A Dating Story: CSI Style
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: Don't own them
AN: I'm so sorry for the long update. I was having a major brain fart when it came to how to do this story. I've already decided that the story will either end in this chapter or chapter 9, but no need to worry, I've this will be a 3 part story. And here's a hint, the sequel, I already listed the name of the sequel in chapter 6 of this story. Also, if you watch TLC you'll figure it out what the next to stories will be called. (Insert evil laugh).
Come on go ahead and guess in your reviews. I would love to take a tally how many people guess the right titles. He he.
Thank you to everyone. You guys are awesome.
*~*~*~*
Sara awoke from her nap with a huge smile on her face. Her dreams had been filled with Nick. She looked over to the clock at saw that it was flashing 8:30. Sometimes she detested working graveyard, it took her body so long to get used to sleeping during the day and working at night. Tonight she had to be in at 10pm, other nights she had to be in earlier. She was totally content thought getting the extra sleep. She reached over to her cell phone and decided that she really wanted to hear Nick's voice right now.
She hit '5' on her cell phone, since he was saved on speed dial, within seconds the phone was ringing.
"Hello" a sleepy voice said
"Nicky"
"Hey Sara" his voice immediately brightened
"Did I wake you?" she asked
"Yeah, but it's cool. I needed to get up anyways." As soon as he said that an alarm went off in the background and Sara heard it through the phone
"Your alarm"
"Yeah, hold on a sec, let me turn it off"
" 'kay"
Nick came back moments later, "How'd you sleep?" he asked
"Like a baby"
"That's good"
"So, I was thinking" Sara said
" 'bout what?"
"Revenge" Sara replied
*~*~*~*
9:45 pm Las Vegas Crime Lab break room
Catherine usually wasn't a nervous person, but tonight was no exception. Nick and Sara had had their blind date the night before, so she was expecting something from them. She had no idea what, but knew they were going to be pissed at her.
Catherine was sitting at the table waiting for Greg to finish making the coffee. She was anxiously looking at the clock.
"Cath, you okay?" Greg asked
"Yeah, just not wanting to face Nick or Sara tonight?"
"Why?" Greg asked
"They didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what"
"Sit down" she told Greg. Once he was sitting she told him how she made Nick and Sara fill out A Dating Story applications and she mailed them in. Nick and Sara were chosen to go on the date and the date was the night before.
"Wow" Greg said when she was finished
"Yeah"
"You did this all on your own?"
"Well, no. Warrick convinced Nick to go on the date, I convinced Sara. The thing was we didn't tell them they were going on the date with each other"
Greg laughed "You are so dead Catherine"
She laid her head on the table "Oh yeah" she muttered
Warrick walked into the break room, making sure Nick and Sara weren't there before speaking.
"Nick and Sara know I was in on it"
Catherine looked up "What? How?"
Before he could respond Nick and Sara came into the break room, holding hands and wearing big sappy smiles on their faces. Sara looked over to Nick he understood her look and gave a slight nod.
"Hey guys" Sara said
"Sara, Nick" Catherine said very uneasily
"Hi Cath, how you doing?" Sara asked
"Good and you"
"Great"
Sara went over to the couch and sat down while Nick went to get coffee
"Nick, sweetie, can you bring me a cup of coffee?"
Warrick looked at Catherine and mouthed 'sweetie'
"Sure thing hon, you want cream and sugar?"
'Hon' Catherine mouthed to Warrick
"Yeah"
Nick finished getting the coffee's and walked over to Sara, he handed her the cup
"Thanks"
"Your welcome"
Nick sat down next to Sara, she scooted closer to him, allowing her hand to drift to his knee and one of his arms to go around her shoulders.
The group sat in silence, Nick and Sara kept making cute faces to one another, hoping to elicit a reaction from the team. Sara looked over to the clock, 9:55, they had been trying for a reaction for five minutes now with no luck.
'Damnit Catherine, go after the bait.'
Sara put her empty coffee cup onto the table and took Nick's from his hand and placed his next to hers. She leaned in to Nick's ear and whispered "follow my lead"
"Okay" he whispered back
Sara smiled at him and slowly brought her lips down to meet his. The kiss was full of passion yet gentle.
At the other end of the room, Catherine, Warrick and Greg's eyes bugged out when they saw Nick and Sara kiss. They watched them for a few moments when Catherine suddenly jumped up from the table and began yelling.
"That's it. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
Nick and Sara broke apart, giving each other sly smiles.
"What are you talking about Catherine?" Sara asked innocently
"What am I talking about? I'm talking about you and Nick totally making out. Here. In the break room. At work. That's what I'm talking about" Catherine yelled
"I'm sorry Cath, Sara and I didn't mean to offend you" Nick said
"You didn't offend me" Catherine replied
"Then why are you still yelling at us?" Sara asked
"I don't believe you two. I did it. I'm the one who set you two up. You then waltz in here without a care in the world. Why aren't you yelling at me?" Catherine yelled
"Should I be?" Sara asked
"Yes!!!"
Sara and Nick laughed, "Cath, were not mad at you, in fact we wanted to thank you" Nick replied
"Thank me" Catherine replied, calming down
"Yeah, we wanted to thank you" Sara said, getting up from where she was sitting, she walked over to Catherine and gave her a big hug.
"Thank you" Sara said to her
Catherine shook her head in disbelief. As soon as Sara released her from the hug, she was pulled into another one by Nick, who also thanked her.
Nick pulled away from her just as Grissom walked into the room.
"Okay guy's here's you assignments for tonight. Sara and Catherine you have a DB in North Las Vegas. Take our new CSI in training Jennifer with you so she can get some field experience."
Catherine grabbed the sheet of paper and her and Sara quickly left the room.
"Nick and Warrick you're with me, murder/suicide at UNLV"
"You got it" Nick replied
The three men walked out and headed to their Tahoe's they saw Catherine, Sara and Jennifer pull out of the parking lot heading towards their crime scene. Nick and Sara connected eyes and winked to one another, setting their plan in motion.
*~*~*~*
FLASHBACK
"So, I was thinking" Sara said
" 'bout what?"
"Revenge"
Nick chuckled, "what kind of revenge we talkin' here Sara?"
"Catherine"
"Oh yeah, she's going down" Nick said in a teasing voice
Sara laughed and was about to say something when Nick spoke up "Sar, I've got another call coming in, hold on 'kay"
"Sure"
*~*
"Hello" Nick said
"Nick, my man. How you doing?" Warrick asked
"I'm good and you?"
"Doing good. So I was calling to see how your date went last night"
Nick smiled "It went well. I had a great time"
"So where did you guys go"
"We had dinner at the Mirage and then went to the Sigfried and Roy show"
"Sweet"
"Yeah, it was a good time. She was great"
"So what did Sara wear?" Warrick asked
Nick got a confused look on his face 'how did Warrick know I was with Sara, shit he was in on it'
"How'd you know I was with Sara?"
"Well.I.um.see.it was.didn't you say you went with Sara?" Warrick said trying to recover from his major blunder
"Uh, no" Nick replied sternly
"I.I.um.you know.someone's calling me. I'll talk to you later man" Warrick said and abruptly ended the call.
Nick had an amused look on his face when he ended the call and went back to Sara.
*~*
"Sar"
"God, what took so long?"
"It was Warrick, you will never believe what happened"
"What?"
"So I'm telling Warrick about the date, I hadn't mentioned yet that I was with you when out of the blue Warrick asks 'what did Sara wear?'"
"WHAT!!!" Sara said loudly "You've got to be kidding me?"
"No"
"Oh those two are going down"
"Oh yeah, so what's your plan" Nick asked
"Well, I was thinking, we should just return the favor"
Nick smiled understanding exactly where Sara was going.
END FLASHBACK
*~*~*~*
2:35 am
Both teams were now back in the lab processing their individual data and attempting to piece together their crime scenes.
Jennifer and Sara were in the computer lab, downloading some shots taken at the scene.
"So Jennifer, any plans for breakfast after shift?" Sara asked
"Nope, not yet"
"You up for getting some breakfast, say 7:30 at IHOP?"
"Sounds good to me"
Sara inwardly smiled and thought to herself 'one down, one to go'
*~*
Nick and Warrick were down in ballistics having the gun and bullet casings found at their scene analyzed.
"Hey Nick, I'm gonna go get some coffee"
"Sure thing, I'll stay put, page you"
"Got it" Warrick said and began to head out
"Hey man" Nick called out
"Yeah"
"Breakfast, IHOP, 7:30"
"You paying?"
"Sure why not" Nick replied
"You're on" Warrick said and left the room.
Nick pulled out his cell phone and text messaged Sara "W set 4 J", knowing Sara would understand the message but anyone else who read it would be confused.
*~*
Sara was walking towards the break room, hoping to find Catherine when her phone began to vibrate, she lifted it up and saw the message Nick had sent her and smiled. Everything was set for Warrick and Jennifer. Now it was Catherine's turn.
Sara found Catherine sitting on the couch enjoying a cup of coffee
"Cath"
"Hey Sara"
Sara walked over to the fridge and grabbed a Dr. Pepper.
"Hey I was thinking, you wanna do lunch. We keep putting it off?" Sara asked
Catherine thought about it for a moment, "Yeah, Lindsey is staying with my sister, I could just call and see if it's okay if she stays a bit longer. Where too?"
Sara pretended to think for a moment, having decided earlier in the evening where she would be sending Catherine, "How 'bout Olive Garden, say 11:30"
"Sounds good" Catherine replied
Suddenly both of their pagers went off.
"Autopsy time" Catherine stated and the two women headed out to see Doc. Robbins.
On the way down, Sara pulled out her cell phone and text messaged Nick with 'ma' which stood for 'mission accomplished'. *~*~*~*
Nick headed to Grissom's office with the ballistics reports.
"Grissom"
"Come on in Nicky"
"I've got the ballistics reports" Nick said and handed them to Grissom
"Good" Grissom looked at the reports but noticed Nick was still standing in his office "something up Nicky?"
"Yeah, I really need to speak to you about something, but not here at work cause I don't want what I'm going to say to become gossip"
"Is this about your blind date?"
"How'd you find out?" Nick asked shocked
"I overheard you and Warrick speaking about it at the scene"
"Oh, well yeah"
Grissom thought about it. He considered Nick to be like a surrogate son. "Sure Nicky, what time and where?"
"Well, I've been in the mood for some pasta, so I was thinking Olive Garden at say around 11:30"
"Sure"
"Thanks Grissom" Nick said, turned and walked out a huge satisfied smile on his face.
Nick pulled out his cell phone and saw the message from Sara saying 'ma', Nick immediately texted her back with '2 4 2'.
*~*~*
Nick and Sara had planned their schemes perfectly. Sara had gone over to the IHOP before shift started and showed the hostess pictures she had of Jennifer and Warrick and let her in on the scheme. The waitress agreed to cooperate.
Nick did the same thing when shift ended, he went to Olive Garden right when they opened at 11:00 am and showed the hostess pictures of Catherine and Grissom and told her the scheme, she also agreed to cooperate.
Nick and Sara each left a note that was to be given to the couples once they had arrived and were both seated. Knowing that they had to watch how each meal played out, Nick and Sara planned to be at IHOP and Olive Garden at the specified times, yet hidden.
*~*~*
IHOP 7:27 am
Jennifer walked up the hostess
"Hi how many"
"Two, I'm waiting for the second person"
"Would you like to be seated and I can show them in when they arrive"
"Sure" Jennifer replied not even noticing Nick and Sara sitting at the other end of the room, their faces hidden by menus.
7:32 am
Warrick came running into the IHOP, flustered because he was late.
"Hi, how many"
"Two, but the other person should already be here, I'm late"
"Yes of course, right this way" the hostess said, grabbing a menu and the letter she was given earlier.
She led Warrick to the table
"Here we are sir"
"Nick, man sorry I'm.." Warrick trailed off "Jen"
"Warrick, what are you doing here?"
Before he could answer the hostess handed him an envelope with his name on it "sir this is for you"
Warrick took the envelope and the hostess walked away.
"That was weird, her handing you an envelope" Jennifer said
"Very, mind if I sit down?" Warrick asked
"Please"
Warrick sat down, both of them unaware of Nick and Sara intently watching from the other end of the room.
*~*
"He's opening the envelope" Nick said to Sara and she nodded, continuing to keep her eyes on the couple
*~*
Warrick opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of stationary.
"You got a letter, in a restaurant" Jennifer stated teasingly
"I guess so"
"Come on read it"
"Out loud?"
"Yeah" Jennifer replied
"Okay" Warrick opened the envelope and immediately recognized the handwriting, he sighed and began reading. "Warrick, this is what you get for helping Catherine. P.S. turn around."
Jennifer had a confused look on her face, she leaned her body out to see around Warrick as he turned. At the other end of the restaurant they saw Nick and Sara who had just stood up and were now waving to them.
"What's going on?" Jennifer asked
"Payback"
"Pardon me?"
"How 'bout I explain over breakfast?" Warrick asked
Jennifer smiled "Okay"
*~*~*~*
It was 11:35 and Nick and Sara were patiently waiting on the other side of the wall for Catherine to show up. Grissom had been on time of course.
"Here she comes" Sara whispered to Nick, both quickly picking up their menus to hide their faces from her view as she walked by.
"Catherine" they heard a shocked Grissom say
"Gil, what are you doing here? I was supposed to be meeting Sara"
Before Grissom could respond, the hostess spoke up and handed Catherine a envelope.
Sara peaked over the wall and saw the Catherine was sitting down
"She just sat down" Sara mouthed to Nick
Nick smiled a mischievous smile back
"So what's in the envelope?" Grissom asked
"Have no idea"
Nick and Sara heard her rip the envelope open, she cleared her thought and began reading.
"Catherine, Catherine, Catherine. Payback is a bitch. Revenge is so sweet. We just thought we would bestow upon you the same courtesy you bestowed upon us. Love Nick and Sara. P.S. Stand up and look over the wall"
"What does that mean?" Grissom asked
Catherine quickly stood up and looked over the wall to see Sara and Nick sitting there, smiling at her.
"Hi Cath" they said simotaniously.
Grissom got up and also saw Nick and Sara, "guys what's going on here? Nick I thought I was meeting you for lunch?"
Nick and Sara got up "Sorry Grissom, I'm taking my girlfriend out on a picnic"
"Girlfriend?" Grissom asked confused
"Me" Sara stated. Grissom shook his head in confusion "ask Catherine. See you both later, enjoy your lunch" Sara said as she and Nick left the restaurant hand in hand.
Catherine and Grissom went back to their table and sat down.
"Catherine, what was that about?"
"Okay it all started about 2 weeks ago.." Catherine began.
*~*~*
AN: Okay that's it, this is the end. Don't worry as I stated there will be a sequel. I know, I know you guys probably hate the ending, but I really wanted to get it finished so that I could work on the sequel. Remember, I would love to hear your guesses on what you think the title of the sequel will be.
I should be posting the first chapter of the sequel hopefully sometime this week, but I am going out of town June 27 through July 1st, so if not this week it will be next week.
Brianna
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: Don't own them
AN: I'm so sorry for the long update. I was having a major brain fart when it came to how to do this story. I've already decided that the story will either end in this chapter or chapter 9, but no need to worry, I've this will be a 3 part story. And here's a hint, the sequel, I already listed the name of the sequel in chapter 6 of this story. Also, if you watch TLC you'll figure it out what the next to stories will be called. (Insert evil laugh).
Come on go ahead and guess in your reviews. I would love to take a tally how many people guess the right titles. He he.
Thank you to everyone. You guys are awesome.
*~*~*~*
Sara awoke from her nap with a huge smile on her face. Her dreams had been filled with Nick. She looked over to the clock at saw that it was flashing 8:30. Sometimes she detested working graveyard, it took her body so long to get used to sleeping during the day and working at night. Tonight she had to be in at 10pm, other nights she had to be in earlier. She was totally content thought getting the extra sleep. She reached over to her cell phone and decided that she really wanted to hear Nick's voice right now.
She hit '5' on her cell phone, since he was saved on speed dial, within seconds the phone was ringing.
"Hello" a sleepy voice said
"Nicky"
"Hey Sara" his voice immediately brightened
"Did I wake you?" she asked
"Yeah, but it's cool. I needed to get up anyways." As soon as he said that an alarm went off in the background and Sara heard it through the phone
"Your alarm"
"Yeah, hold on a sec, let me turn it off"
" 'kay"
Nick came back moments later, "How'd you sleep?" he asked
"Like a baby"
"That's good"
"So, I was thinking" Sara said
" 'bout what?"
"Revenge" Sara replied
*~*~*~*
9:45 pm Las Vegas Crime Lab break room
Catherine usually wasn't a nervous person, but tonight was no exception. Nick and Sara had had their blind date the night before, so she was expecting something from them. She had no idea what, but knew they were going to be pissed at her.
Catherine was sitting at the table waiting for Greg to finish making the coffee. She was anxiously looking at the clock.
"Cath, you okay?" Greg asked
"Yeah, just not wanting to face Nick or Sara tonight?"
"Why?" Greg asked
"They didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what"
"Sit down" she told Greg. Once he was sitting she told him how she made Nick and Sara fill out A Dating Story applications and she mailed them in. Nick and Sara were chosen to go on the date and the date was the night before.
"Wow" Greg said when she was finished
"Yeah"
"You did this all on your own?"
"Well, no. Warrick convinced Nick to go on the date, I convinced Sara. The thing was we didn't tell them they were going on the date with each other"
Greg laughed "You are so dead Catherine"
She laid her head on the table "Oh yeah" she muttered
Warrick walked into the break room, making sure Nick and Sara weren't there before speaking.
"Nick and Sara know I was in on it"
Catherine looked up "What? How?"
Before he could respond Nick and Sara came into the break room, holding hands and wearing big sappy smiles on their faces. Sara looked over to Nick he understood her look and gave a slight nod.
"Hey guys" Sara said
"Sara, Nick" Catherine said very uneasily
"Hi Cath, how you doing?" Sara asked
"Good and you"
"Great"
Sara went over to the couch and sat down while Nick went to get coffee
"Nick, sweetie, can you bring me a cup of coffee?"
Warrick looked at Catherine and mouthed 'sweetie'
"Sure thing hon, you want cream and sugar?"
'Hon' Catherine mouthed to Warrick
"Yeah"
Nick finished getting the coffee's and walked over to Sara, he handed her the cup
"Thanks"
"Your welcome"
Nick sat down next to Sara, she scooted closer to him, allowing her hand to drift to his knee and one of his arms to go around her shoulders.
The group sat in silence, Nick and Sara kept making cute faces to one another, hoping to elicit a reaction from the team. Sara looked over to the clock, 9:55, they had been trying for a reaction for five minutes now with no luck.
'Damnit Catherine, go after the bait.'
Sara put her empty coffee cup onto the table and took Nick's from his hand and placed his next to hers. She leaned in to Nick's ear and whispered "follow my lead"
"Okay" he whispered back
Sara smiled at him and slowly brought her lips down to meet his. The kiss was full of passion yet gentle.
At the other end of the room, Catherine, Warrick and Greg's eyes bugged out when they saw Nick and Sara kiss. They watched them for a few moments when Catherine suddenly jumped up from the table and began yelling.
"That's it. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
Nick and Sara broke apart, giving each other sly smiles.
"What are you talking about Catherine?" Sara asked innocently
"What am I talking about? I'm talking about you and Nick totally making out. Here. In the break room. At work. That's what I'm talking about" Catherine yelled
"I'm sorry Cath, Sara and I didn't mean to offend you" Nick said
"You didn't offend me" Catherine replied
"Then why are you still yelling at us?" Sara asked
"I don't believe you two. I did it. I'm the one who set you two up. You then waltz in here without a care in the world. Why aren't you yelling at me?" Catherine yelled
"Should I be?" Sara asked
"Yes!!!"
Sara and Nick laughed, "Cath, were not mad at you, in fact we wanted to thank you" Nick replied
"Thank me" Catherine replied, calming down
"Yeah, we wanted to thank you" Sara said, getting up from where she was sitting, she walked over to Catherine and gave her a big hug.
"Thank you" Sara said to her
Catherine shook her head in disbelief. As soon as Sara released her from the hug, she was pulled into another one by Nick, who also thanked her.
Nick pulled away from her just as Grissom walked into the room.
"Okay guy's here's you assignments for tonight. Sara and Catherine you have a DB in North Las Vegas. Take our new CSI in training Jennifer with you so she can get some field experience."
Catherine grabbed the sheet of paper and her and Sara quickly left the room.
"Nick and Warrick you're with me, murder/suicide at UNLV"
"You got it" Nick replied
The three men walked out and headed to their Tahoe's they saw Catherine, Sara and Jennifer pull out of the parking lot heading towards their crime scene. Nick and Sara connected eyes and winked to one another, setting their plan in motion.
*~*~*~*
FLASHBACK
"So, I was thinking" Sara said
" 'bout what?"
"Revenge"
Nick chuckled, "what kind of revenge we talkin' here Sara?"
"Catherine"
"Oh yeah, she's going down" Nick said in a teasing voice
Sara laughed and was about to say something when Nick spoke up "Sar, I've got another call coming in, hold on 'kay"
"Sure"
*~*
"Hello" Nick said
"Nick, my man. How you doing?" Warrick asked
"I'm good and you?"
"Doing good. So I was calling to see how your date went last night"
Nick smiled "It went well. I had a great time"
"So where did you guys go"
"We had dinner at the Mirage and then went to the Sigfried and Roy show"
"Sweet"
"Yeah, it was a good time. She was great"
"So what did Sara wear?" Warrick asked
Nick got a confused look on his face 'how did Warrick know I was with Sara, shit he was in on it'
"How'd you know I was with Sara?"
"Well.I.um.see.it was.didn't you say you went with Sara?" Warrick said trying to recover from his major blunder
"Uh, no" Nick replied sternly
"I.I.um.you know.someone's calling me. I'll talk to you later man" Warrick said and abruptly ended the call.
Nick had an amused look on his face when he ended the call and went back to Sara.
*~*
"Sar"
"God, what took so long?"
"It was Warrick, you will never believe what happened"
"What?"
"So I'm telling Warrick about the date, I hadn't mentioned yet that I was with you when out of the blue Warrick asks 'what did Sara wear?'"
"WHAT!!!" Sara said loudly "You've got to be kidding me?"
"No"
"Oh those two are going down"
"Oh yeah, so what's your plan" Nick asked
"Well, I was thinking, we should just return the favor"
Nick smiled understanding exactly where Sara was going.
END FLASHBACK
*~*~*~*
2:35 am
Both teams were now back in the lab processing their individual data and attempting to piece together their crime scenes.
Jennifer and Sara were in the computer lab, downloading some shots taken at the scene.
"So Jennifer, any plans for breakfast after shift?" Sara asked
"Nope, not yet"
"You up for getting some breakfast, say 7:30 at IHOP?"
"Sounds good to me"
Sara inwardly smiled and thought to herself 'one down, one to go'
*~*
Nick and Warrick were down in ballistics having the gun and bullet casings found at their scene analyzed.
"Hey Nick, I'm gonna go get some coffee"
"Sure thing, I'll stay put, page you"
"Got it" Warrick said and began to head out
"Hey man" Nick called out
"Yeah"
"Breakfast, IHOP, 7:30"
"You paying?"
"Sure why not" Nick replied
"You're on" Warrick said and left the room.
Nick pulled out his cell phone and text messaged Sara "W set 4 J", knowing Sara would understand the message but anyone else who read it would be confused.
*~*
Sara was walking towards the break room, hoping to find Catherine when her phone began to vibrate, she lifted it up and saw the message Nick had sent her and smiled. Everything was set for Warrick and Jennifer. Now it was Catherine's turn.
Sara found Catherine sitting on the couch enjoying a cup of coffee
"Cath"
"Hey Sara"
Sara walked over to the fridge and grabbed a Dr. Pepper.
"Hey I was thinking, you wanna do lunch. We keep putting it off?" Sara asked
Catherine thought about it for a moment, "Yeah, Lindsey is staying with my sister, I could just call and see if it's okay if she stays a bit longer. Where too?"
Sara pretended to think for a moment, having decided earlier in the evening where she would be sending Catherine, "How 'bout Olive Garden, say 11:30"
"Sounds good" Catherine replied
Suddenly both of their pagers went off.
"Autopsy time" Catherine stated and the two women headed out to see Doc. Robbins.
On the way down, Sara pulled out her cell phone and text messaged Nick with 'ma' which stood for 'mission accomplished'. *~*~*~*
Nick headed to Grissom's office with the ballistics reports.
"Grissom"
"Come on in Nicky"
"I've got the ballistics reports" Nick said and handed them to Grissom
"Good" Grissom looked at the reports but noticed Nick was still standing in his office "something up Nicky?"
"Yeah, I really need to speak to you about something, but not here at work cause I don't want what I'm going to say to become gossip"
"Is this about your blind date?"
"How'd you find out?" Nick asked shocked
"I overheard you and Warrick speaking about it at the scene"
"Oh, well yeah"
Grissom thought about it. He considered Nick to be like a surrogate son. "Sure Nicky, what time and where?"
"Well, I've been in the mood for some pasta, so I was thinking Olive Garden at say around 11:30"
"Sure"
"Thanks Grissom" Nick said, turned and walked out a huge satisfied smile on his face.
Nick pulled out his cell phone and saw the message from Sara saying 'ma', Nick immediately texted her back with '2 4 2'.
*~*~*
Nick and Sara had planned their schemes perfectly. Sara had gone over to the IHOP before shift started and showed the hostess pictures she had of Jennifer and Warrick and let her in on the scheme. The waitress agreed to cooperate.
Nick did the same thing when shift ended, he went to Olive Garden right when they opened at 11:00 am and showed the hostess pictures of Catherine and Grissom and told her the scheme, she also agreed to cooperate.
Nick and Sara each left a note that was to be given to the couples once they had arrived and were both seated. Knowing that they had to watch how each meal played out, Nick and Sara planned to be at IHOP and Olive Garden at the specified times, yet hidden.
*~*~*
IHOP 7:27 am
Jennifer walked up the hostess
"Hi how many"
"Two, I'm waiting for the second person"
"Would you like to be seated and I can show them in when they arrive"
"Sure" Jennifer replied not even noticing Nick and Sara sitting at the other end of the room, their faces hidden by menus.
7:32 am
Warrick came running into the IHOP, flustered because he was late.
"Hi, how many"
"Two, but the other person should already be here, I'm late"
"Yes of course, right this way" the hostess said, grabbing a menu and the letter she was given earlier.
She led Warrick to the table
"Here we are sir"
"Nick, man sorry I'm.." Warrick trailed off "Jen"
"Warrick, what are you doing here?"
Before he could answer the hostess handed him an envelope with his name on it "sir this is for you"
Warrick took the envelope and the hostess walked away.
"That was weird, her handing you an envelope" Jennifer said
"Very, mind if I sit down?" Warrick asked
"Please"
Warrick sat down, both of them unaware of Nick and Sara intently watching from the other end of the room.
*~*
"He's opening the envelope" Nick said to Sara and she nodded, continuing to keep her eyes on the couple
*~*
Warrick opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of stationary.
"You got a letter, in a restaurant" Jennifer stated teasingly
"I guess so"
"Come on read it"
"Out loud?"
"Yeah" Jennifer replied
"Okay" Warrick opened the envelope and immediately recognized the handwriting, he sighed and began reading. "Warrick, this is what you get for helping Catherine. P.S. turn around."
Jennifer had a confused look on her face, she leaned her body out to see around Warrick as he turned. At the other end of the restaurant they saw Nick and Sara who had just stood up and were now waving to them.
"What's going on?" Jennifer asked
"Payback"
"Pardon me?"
"How 'bout I explain over breakfast?" Warrick asked
Jennifer smiled "Okay"
*~*~*~*
It was 11:35 and Nick and Sara were patiently waiting on the other side of the wall for Catherine to show up. Grissom had been on time of course.
"Here she comes" Sara whispered to Nick, both quickly picking up their menus to hide their faces from her view as she walked by.
"Catherine" they heard a shocked Grissom say
"Gil, what are you doing here? I was supposed to be meeting Sara"
Before Grissom could respond, the hostess spoke up and handed Catherine a envelope.
Sara peaked over the wall and saw the Catherine was sitting down
"She just sat down" Sara mouthed to Nick
Nick smiled a mischievous smile back
"So what's in the envelope?" Grissom asked
"Have no idea"
Nick and Sara heard her rip the envelope open, she cleared her thought and began reading.
"Catherine, Catherine, Catherine. Payback is a bitch. Revenge is so sweet. We just thought we would bestow upon you the same courtesy you bestowed upon us. Love Nick and Sara. P.S. Stand up and look over the wall"
"What does that mean?" Grissom asked
Catherine quickly stood up and looked over the wall to see Sara and Nick sitting there, smiling at her.
"Hi Cath" they said simotaniously.
Grissom got up and also saw Nick and Sara, "guys what's going on here? Nick I thought I was meeting you for lunch?"
Nick and Sara got up "Sorry Grissom, I'm taking my girlfriend out on a picnic"
"Girlfriend?" Grissom asked confused
"Me" Sara stated. Grissom shook his head in confusion "ask Catherine. See you both later, enjoy your lunch" Sara said as she and Nick left the restaurant hand in hand.
Catherine and Grissom went back to their table and sat down.
"Catherine, what was that about?"
"Okay it all started about 2 weeks ago.." Catherine began.
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AN: Okay that's it, this is the end. Don't worry as I stated there will be a sequel. I know, I know you guys probably hate the ending, but I really wanted to get it finished so that I could work on the sequel. Remember, I would love to hear your guesses on what you think the title of the sequel will be.
I should be posting the first chapter of the sequel hopefully sometime this week, but I am going out of town June 27 through July 1st, so if not this week it will be next week.
Brianna