Sara woke up early. She knew they had to hike out before the worst of the day's heat set in. She had her gear packed up before she heard Warrick or Nick stir.

Warrick was the first of the two guys to emerge from his tent, "Morning, Sara."

She smiled in the pre-dawn light, "Morning, Warrick."

By the time Warrick had his gear packed up they still had not heard a noise out of Nick's tent outside of an occasional snore. Warrick smacked the side of Nick's tent, "Hey, Nick, get up. We need to get on the trail soon." The only response Warrick got was a snore.

Sara chuckled at Warrick.

He looked over at her, "Ok, you try and wake Sleeping Beauty."

She smiled mischievously, "Ok." Sara unzipped Nick's tent and crawled in.

Warrick stood outside waiting.

Sara hovered above Nick's face and whispered, "Nick."

Warrick chuckled outside, "You're gonna have to be louder than that, Sara."

Sara smiled. She leaned down and blew in Nick's ear. He shook his head for a moment and pulled his sleeping bag tighter around himself. Sara chuckled. She leaned down and whispered in his ear, "Nicky, time to get up."

Nick mumbled, "Five more minutes." He didn't open his eyes.

Warrick chuckled harder outside, "Sara, you're gonna have to do better than that."

Sara placed a hand firmly on the ground on either side of Nick's head and leaned down and kissed him softly on the lips and then whispered a little louder, "Nick."

Nick smiled without opening his eyes, "Sara."

She smiled, "Nick, you have to get up."

"Don't want to." He mumbled sleepily.

Warrick called from outside the tent, "Did I mention that the last time we went camping we had to pull him, sleeping bag an all out of the tent?"

Sara chuckled, "Ok, Nick, you're asking for it."

He just made mumbling sounds in reply.

Sara got a hold of the zipper to his sleeping bag and pulled it all the way down. Her plan was to roll him out of his sleeping bag.

Nick was greeted with a influx of cool air, "Cold."

Sara giggled, "Nick, you have to get up."

Warrick called out, "Let me know if you want any help."

"I think I can handle it," She called back. She tried to pull the top of the sleeping bag back, but Nick had too good of a grip on it with his hand. Then she decided to try and pull him out so she slid her hand in over his chest where she had lowered the zipper.

A smile formed on Nick's face and he grabbed Sara's wrist without opening his eyes. His other hand let go of the top of the sleeping bag and snaked around her waist. He pulled her into the sleeping bag with him. His eyes fluttered open and he leaned up to kiss her. Sara became lost in the moment and their tongues became swiftly entangled in a passionate kiss. Her hands grazed his sides, and it was only then that she became aware that Nick wasn't wearing anything.

She broke the kiss, breathing heavily, "Who knew you slept commando while camping."

Nick waggled his eyebrows at her, "Too bad you're overdressed."

Sara giggled, "Nick, you need to get up." She shifted her weight.

Nick's grip on her tightened and he whispered, "If you keep moving like that, I'll be up in more ways than one."

Sara blushed.

Warrick called out, "I did not need to know that!"

Nick chuckled, "Ok, I'm getting up."

Sara leaned down and kissed him again before disentangling herself from him, turning so she gave him some privacy as she exited the tent.

Warrick grinned at her as he saw her slightly red face and chuckled at her.

She narrowed her gaze at him, "You knew Nick slept commando didn't you?" Her hands were on her hips.

Warrick laughed, "Why do you think I didn't want to go in there and wake him up?"

An embarrassed smiled crossed her face, "You could have warned me."

Warrick chuckled, "The look on your face was priceless, Sara."

She swatted at Warrick just as Nick finally emerged from his tent wearing a pair of shorts.

Nick chuckled, "Your face was pretty priceless, Sara."

She leveled a gaze at both Nick and Warrick, "This does not get broadcast around the lab. Understand?"

They both nodded and then tried to restrain themselves from laughing as Nick packed up his gear.

In short order the trio was on the trail, munching on Power Bars as they hiked. They made it back to the Tahoe in good time. They stowed their gear in the back and made the drive back to Vegas with Warrick behind the wheel. Sara was the first to get dropped off. Nick walked her to the door. Warrick had been waiting for about five minutes for Nick to return and he was about to honk the horn, when he saw Nick bounding down the stairs back to the vehicle. Warrick chuckled at him. Warrick dropped Nick off next and then headed home.

That night Warrick sauntered into the lab a full hour early. As he walked into the break room, Catherine greeted him, "How was your guy weekend?"

Warrick chuckled, "Nick's buddy Ben bailed on us at the last minute."

"That's too bad." Catherine replied.

Warrick wore a bemused grin, "Nick didn't think so."

Catherine's curiosity was piqued, "Why is that?"

"You'll have to ask Nick," Warrick replied. They both left the break room and headed toward the locker room. On the way there they ran into Greg in the hall.

Greg greeted Warrick following him and Catherine toward the locker room, "So how was the male bonding weekend?"

"Ben bailed on us," Warrick commented.

Greg looked surprised, "I would have gone, why didn't you call me?"

"Nick asked someone else to go," Warrick replied.

"Who?" Greg queried.

Warrick chuckled as he opened the locker room door, "You'll have to ask Nick."

Greg's jaw dropped.

Catherine's eye's widened in surprise.

Nick and Sara stood leaning up against the lockers, there arms around each other in a passionate kiss.

Warrick cleared his throat. Nick and Sara were oblivious.

"Oh, my word!" Catherine exclaimed laughing.

Nick and Sara finally broke apart grinning.

Greg looked incredulous at Nick and then Warrick, "You took Sara with you."