Truths
Chapter Four
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU, I doubt it will happen in the show. I'm just writing this for fun.
AN: I still want to thank the people who reviewed the first time around, Sara Sidle Stokes, CSI Rocks, SAR, Tish, missyjane, bandgeek2003, Jaded Unmotivated Darkflame, Loretta, spikes_storm, oOoOo, Pam, Nikkd03, Skylar, river goddess, pendray, bex, darth kel, lyn, nicksarafan, scuzmolly, emmymik, petitecat, RK9, jhfortier, CSI 424, krisnina77 and Melissa. To anyone else, Thank You.
Anti N/S: I truly respect your opinion and I thank you for telling me.
Also, I don't know anything about the Grissom and Sara relationship. What I mean is like how they met? I am assuming that it was when she was in college, although I'm pretty sure the show has yet to cover this. (Although I believe they will be possibly answering this question next season). So just give me some leeway when it comes to how they met.
Oh, I fixed the mistake I made about her being a vegetarian. I put Warrick by accident but people told me that it was Grissom. So I fixed it.
*~*~*
Lake Mead
Sara and Nick sat together for a long time, just holding each other. Nick enjoyed their closeness. They spoke about work, about their cases, about anything and everything but the pressing issue on hand. Nick knew that it was on Sara's mind, but he also knew that she would talk more about it when she was ready too; he wasn't going to push her.
"Nick"
"Yeah"
"I've decided something, well a few things" Sara said turning to face him.
"What's that?"
"First, I need to go to San Francisco and talk to my parents. I need to find out the truth from them."
"That's a good idea"
"Secondly, I want you to come with me."
Nick sighed, "Sara are you sure? This might be something that you need to do alone. I don't want to intrude"
Sara nodded and paused before speaking, "I need you to be with me. I don't think I can confront my parents alone. Please.please."
Nick pulled her into a hug, "Of course I'll come with you Sara. I just wanted you to be sure"
Sara pulled away from Nick, "I think we better be heading back"
"Are you sure?" Nick asked "I don't want you to be going home or to work if you're not ready too"
Sara smiled at his concern and stood up. "Well first off, I'm not wanting to go back to work at this present moment and I honestly can't say when I'll be ready."
"I understand Sara, believe it or not I do"
"I know you do"
Sara reached out her arm and helped Nick up and the two began walking back to his Tahoe, hand in hand.
"So you don't want to go back to work, where do you want to go?"
"To the airport" Sara stated firmly.
*~*~*
At the lab
Before speaking to Elizabeth, Grissom left to give Warrick and Catherine assignments. He knew by the looks on their faces that they were curious to what was going on, but they were professional enough to not ask questions. Grissom then decided that speaking to Elizabeth about Sara might not be the best thing to do in his office. He informed the receptionist, along with Greg, Catherine and Warrick that he would be out of the office and to call him on his cell phone.
He took Elizabeth to a little diner that was about a block away from the lab. Close enough to get back quickly if a problem arose, but far enough away for the conversation they were about to have not become office gossip like he was sure their earlier conversation would eventually become once Sara returned to work.
He knew he should be mad at Sara and Nick for just taking off, but he also knew that he brought this upon himself. He should have told Sara sooner. He always had a fear that Elizabeth would someday just suddenly come back into the picture.
Once at the diner they both just ordered coffees.
"So when did you first meet Sara?" Elizabeth asked
"I met her when she was a senior at Harvard. I was doing a guest lecture. I remember when I first saw her, I was kind of surprised"
"Surprised?"
"Yeah, because she looked so much like you, when you were younger. It was uncanny the resemblance. After the lecture was over she came down and we spoke for about twenty minutes. Sara had mentioned that she wanted to go to graduate school and that she wanted to become a CSI. I mentioned that I was one and we exchanged contact information. We kept in touch. She let me know how she was doing in school; I spoke to her about the job and some of the coworkers." Grissom paused to take a sip of his coffee, "After she completed her Masters she received a great job offer with the San Francisco crime lab. She was excited to take the position because she loved living in San Francisco. Her parents and brother were there and she missed them."
"So how did she come to end up here in Las Vegas?"
"Almost four years ago a young woman by the name of Holly Gribbs was killed at a crime scene. Holly was new to the graveyard CSI team. A coworker of hers, Warrick Brown was to be shadowing Holly. Not using very good judgment, he left the scene and Holly was killed. Knowing that we were down a CSI and knowing that I didn't want internal affairs involved I called Sara from San Francisco and asked her to come. She did and she actually did an investigation on Warrick's involvement."
Elizabeth took a deep breath, processing the amount of information she had just received.
Grissom allowed her to process before he continued, "Warrick is still a member of the team, and he and Sara are best friends now. Along with her and Nick."
Elizabeth smiled, it sounded like her daughter was well liked and appreciated at her job.
"Well, what can you tell me about her other than work?"
"That's it; Sara spends most of her time at work. She uses her overtime rather quickly. Nick has encouraged her on more than occasion to get out more"
Elizabeth laughed at the comment
"She's a vegetarian. Became one after she and I had to sit outside and watch a decomposing pig gather bugs and fly's on it for a case."
"I'd probably become one too, that sounds disgusting"
"It's amazing the things you see in our line of work"
"So, does she have a boyfriend, had one?"
"She dated an EMT by the name of Hank off and on for about a year, but in March she found out that he actually had a steady girlfriend and was using Sara to cheat on her."
Elizabeth became angry at the information presented to her, "What an ass"
Grissom laughed, "Yeah I think that sums up Hank. I think we were all ready to pounce on him for treating Sara that way"
"Whose we?"
"Well I, Warrick even Catherine."
"What about Nick?" Elizabeth asked
"If he knew he wouldn't lose his job, Nick would have beaten the shit out of him. That was when I first realized that Nick was developing more romantic feelings for her, but."Grissom trailed off
"But what?"
Grissom sighed, "This is really hard to say, but Sara had romantic feelings for me. I think it came out of all the attention and over protectiveness that I placed upon her. It came to a head back in May"
"What happened?"
"Well, there was an explosion in the lab and Sara was injured. At the end of the day she asked me out to dinner, I turned her down. Of course she didn't know at the time why I turned her down, my suspicions, all she knew was that someone she assumed cared about her in a romantic fashion turned her down. I felt so horrible, I started thinking more about doing the paternity test at the time, but.I don't know I was too chicken to find out"
"Gil, it's not your fault that Sara developed these feelings. You can't change the past, what's done is done, god knows. All you can do is move on from it."
"I know, I just can't imagine how hard this is going to be for Sara to accept"
"But you stated earlier that she is a strong woman"
"And she is, but my fatherly instincts are coming into play also"
"Listen, you can't blame yourself for what happened in May, you can't even blame yourself for what happened tonight." Elizabeth stated. "Plus she's with Nick right now"
"That's true, if anyone can help her, its Nick"
*~*~*
Lake Mead
Nick's Tahoe
"You wanna go to the airport?" Nick said somewhat confused
"Yeah. I want to be on the next available flight to San Francisco"
Nick nodded, unlocked the Tahoe and the two jumped in.
"Why don't you call the airlines and book us a flight out, I'll head to my place first, grab some stuff and then we'll stop at your apartment"
"That's fine" Sara replied and pulled her cell phone from her jacket pocket.
While Sara was on the phone to the airlines, Nick grabbed his hands free piece from his glove box. He knew that Grissom needed to be aware that they were leaving town for awhile.
He put the piece in his ear and punched five on his cell, instantly connecting him.
"Hello Grissom, yeah it's Nick. Yeah Sara's with me. She's fine for now. That's actually why I'm calling. Sara and I are flying to San Francisco. Yeah she told me. I understand. I know I'm not giving you enough notice, but I'm going with her. I'll call you when we get in and once I have an idea how long we'll be. Okay. Talk to you later."
"What did Grissom say?" Sara whispered
Nick looked over at her, he wasn't aware that she had finished up her phone call.
"Not much. He okayed the time off, which actually didn't surprise me, I figured he would. He then asked me if you had told me what you'd heard and I said yes. He then just asked me to call when we got in, which I agreed to do"
"Oh"
Nick, knowing he needed to change the subject, quickly spoke up "So were you able to get us a flight out?"
"Yeah, the soonest one was for 11:45"
Nick looked at his clock; it was flashing 9:30. "Okay, we'll just have to be quick then. I'll just grab my carry on bag, it's not like San Francisco doesn't have stores if I forget something"
They reached Nick's apartment in record time, he quickly grabbed his bag and threw some clothing in it and some toiletries. They then headed for Sara's and she did the same. They made it to the airport by 10:15, but waiting for the shuttle to take them to the terminal took some time. They made it to their gate by 10:45, thankful that security didn't take long and also thankful they had assigned seats.
During the intervening time before they boarded the flight, they sat in silence, holding each other's hands. Each thinking about the events that were going to occur once they reached San Francisco. *~*~*
After Grissom spoke to Nick, he and Elizabeth quickly left the diner. He explained briefly what was going on. Elizabeth nodded and stated she would talk to him later. She gave him her cell phone number and headed to her motel while he headed back to the crime lab.
Once back at the lab he saw that Warrick and Catherine were sitting in the break room discussing their case.
"Hello" Grissom said and the two looked up and over to him "could you two come to my office, I need to speak to you about something"
They nodded and silently followed him out. Once inside his office Grissom indicted for them to take the two chairs while he remained standing.
"I know that you two are curious about what transpired earlier this evening, I'm sure you're also concerned for Nick and Sara, mostly Sara"
They nodded, allowing him to continue.
"I'm going to make this very brief, but I don't want this to become office gossip, understand?"
"You got it boss" Warrick said
"I understand Griss" Catherine replied
Grissom took a deep breath and explained to them about Elizabeth, her getting pregnant and them being forced to put the baby up for adoption and that the baby was Sara. He explained that he had had an idea for awhile that she was his daughter but didn't do anything about it; he was just overprotective of her. Once he finished, both Catherine and Warrick had blank expressions on their faces. They had a variety of thoughts floating through their brains. They each felt bad for Sara, but their hearts also went out to Grissom and Elizabeth.
"So that was why Sara was screaming" Warrick stated
"Yeah" Grissom whispered
"So, do we know where Sara and Nick are?" Catherine asked
"I got a call from Nick about thirty minutes ago. He and Sara are taking a flight out to San Francisco tonight. Their probably at the airport right now." He paused "So with them gone, I'm going to get some people from day shift to cover, okay"
"Yeah" the replied simultaneously.
Knowing that this was the end of the conversation, Warrick got up and left, leaving Catherine in the room.
"Cath, you should get back to work" Grissom said
"Are you sure you're doing okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just worried about Sara"
"She'll be fine, but this is going to take her sometime. She needs to understand why her parents lied to her and never told she was adopted? She then needs to understand why you and Elizabeth gave her up? Why you guys didn't try to find her later? Why now after all these years? She is going to have a lot of questions that you, Elizabeth and her parents have to answer for her. None of this will happen overnight, and I'm sure she will resent you, Elizabeth and her parents for awhile, but Sara has an immense capability to forgive. Don't sell her short, just give her time"
With that Catherine stood up and gave Grissom a hug and a light peek on the check.
"Just give her time" she stated one last time and left the office, leaving Grissom to contemplate what she had just said to him.
*~*~*
San Francisco International Airport
By the time their plane landed it was close to two am. Both were extremely exhausted. As quickly as they could, they exited the plane and headed down to the rental car agencies. Nick randomly picked one and got them a rental car. As they left the airport, Nick spoke up.
"The first hotel I see, I'm getting us a room. No arguments, we're both tired and you should talk to your parents during the day, after you've had some rest"
Sara looked over at him and smiled, she was actually about to argue with him, but saw his jaw firmly set and decided against it. Whether she wanted to admit it or not he was right. She was tired.
As they were driving, the first hotel Nick spotted was a Marriott. He quickly pulled into the parking lot and parked the rental. They both exited the vehicle and headed inside.
"Hello, welcome to the Marriott" the over-energetic counter agent stated
"Hi, we need to get a room for the night" The young woman began typing in her computer seeing what was available for the night.
"Okay, we have a single."
"That's fine, we'll take it" Nick said interrupting her and thrusting his credit card to her.
The woman nodded and gladly took his credit card. Nick signed the receipt, while the woman got their keys ready.
"Okay, here are your keys. Your room is number 504. Elevators are behind you. Check out is eleven am. If you need anything, just press zero on your phone"
"Thank you" Sara said taking the two keys.
They headed to their room in silence, once there Sara unlocked the door and Nick held it open. It was a decent size room, TV, dresser, desk, chair and a king size bed. Being that they were so tired, neither one cared about the other being in the room. They both quickly stripped off their clothing. Nick decided to just sleep in his boxers and Sara put on t shirt. They both quickly climbed into bed.
Needing to feel close to Nick, Sara rolled over and laid her head on his chest, she then pulled his arms around her body. Nick was surprised by her movements, but it wasn't unwelcome. Within moments her breathing had evened out and she was asleep. Nick watched her for awhile before his eyes closed and he to was asleep.
*~*~*
Chapter Four
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU, I doubt it will happen in the show. I'm just writing this for fun.
AN: I still want to thank the people who reviewed the first time around, Sara Sidle Stokes, CSI Rocks, SAR, Tish, missyjane, bandgeek2003, Jaded Unmotivated Darkflame, Loretta, spikes_storm, oOoOo, Pam, Nikkd03, Skylar, river goddess, pendray, bex, darth kel, lyn, nicksarafan, scuzmolly, emmymik, petitecat, RK9, jhfortier, CSI 424, krisnina77 and Melissa. To anyone else, Thank You.
Anti N/S: I truly respect your opinion and I thank you for telling me.
Also, I don't know anything about the Grissom and Sara relationship. What I mean is like how they met? I am assuming that it was when she was in college, although I'm pretty sure the show has yet to cover this. (Although I believe they will be possibly answering this question next season). So just give me some leeway when it comes to how they met.
Oh, I fixed the mistake I made about her being a vegetarian. I put Warrick by accident but people told me that it was Grissom. So I fixed it.
*~*~*
Lake Mead
Sara and Nick sat together for a long time, just holding each other. Nick enjoyed their closeness. They spoke about work, about their cases, about anything and everything but the pressing issue on hand. Nick knew that it was on Sara's mind, but he also knew that she would talk more about it when she was ready too; he wasn't going to push her.
"Nick"
"Yeah"
"I've decided something, well a few things" Sara said turning to face him.
"What's that?"
"First, I need to go to San Francisco and talk to my parents. I need to find out the truth from them."
"That's a good idea"
"Secondly, I want you to come with me."
Nick sighed, "Sara are you sure? This might be something that you need to do alone. I don't want to intrude"
Sara nodded and paused before speaking, "I need you to be with me. I don't think I can confront my parents alone. Please.please."
Nick pulled her into a hug, "Of course I'll come with you Sara. I just wanted you to be sure"
Sara pulled away from Nick, "I think we better be heading back"
"Are you sure?" Nick asked "I don't want you to be going home or to work if you're not ready too"
Sara smiled at his concern and stood up. "Well first off, I'm not wanting to go back to work at this present moment and I honestly can't say when I'll be ready."
"I understand Sara, believe it or not I do"
"I know you do"
Sara reached out her arm and helped Nick up and the two began walking back to his Tahoe, hand in hand.
"So you don't want to go back to work, where do you want to go?"
"To the airport" Sara stated firmly.
*~*~*
At the lab
Before speaking to Elizabeth, Grissom left to give Warrick and Catherine assignments. He knew by the looks on their faces that they were curious to what was going on, but they were professional enough to not ask questions. Grissom then decided that speaking to Elizabeth about Sara might not be the best thing to do in his office. He informed the receptionist, along with Greg, Catherine and Warrick that he would be out of the office and to call him on his cell phone.
He took Elizabeth to a little diner that was about a block away from the lab. Close enough to get back quickly if a problem arose, but far enough away for the conversation they were about to have not become office gossip like he was sure their earlier conversation would eventually become once Sara returned to work.
He knew he should be mad at Sara and Nick for just taking off, but he also knew that he brought this upon himself. He should have told Sara sooner. He always had a fear that Elizabeth would someday just suddenly come back into the picture.
Once at the diner they both just ordered coffees.
"So when did you first meet Sara?" Elizabeth asked
"I met her when she was a senior at Harvard. I was doing a guest lecture. I remember when I first saw her, I was kind of surprised"
"Surprised?"
"Yeah, because she looked so much like you, when you were younger. It was uncanny the resemblance. After the lecture was over she came down and we spoke for about twenty minutes. Sara had mentioned that she wanted to go to graduate school and that she wanted to become a CSI. I mentioned that I was one and we exchanged contact information. We kept in touch. She let me know how she was doing in school; I spoke to her about the job and some of the coworkers." Grissom paused to take a sip of his coffee, "After she completed her Masters she received a great job offer with the San Francisco crime lab. She was excited to take the position because she loved living in San Francisco. Her parents and brother were there and she missed them."
"So how did she come to end up here in Las Vegas?"
"Almost four years ago a young woman by the name of Holly Gribbs was killed at a crime scene. Holly was new to the graveyard CSI team. A coworker of hers, Warrick Brown was to be shadowing Holly. Not using very good judgment, he left the scene and Holly was killed. Knowing that we were down a CSI and knowing that I didn't want internal affairs involved I called Sara from San Francisco and asked her to come. She did and she actually did an investigation on Warrick's involvement."
Elizabeth took a deep breath, processing the amount of information she had just received.
Grissom allowed her to process before he continued, "Warrick is still a member of the team, and he and Sara are best friends now. Along with her and Nick."
Elizabeth smiled, it sounded like her daughter was well liked and appreciated at her job.
"Well, what can you tell me about her other than work?"
"That's it; Sara spends most of her time at work. She uses her overtime rather quickly. Nick has encouraged her on more than occasion to get out more"
Elizabeth laughed at the comment
"She's a vegetarian. Became one after she and I had to sit outside and watch a decomposing pig gather bugs and fly's on it for a case."
"I'd probably become one too, that sounds disgusting"
"It's amazing the things you see in our line of work"
"So, does she have a boyfriend, had one?"
"She dated an EMT by the name of Hank off and on for about a year, but in March she found out that he actually had a steady girlfriend and was using Sara to cheat on her."
Elizabeth became angry at the information presented to her, "What an ass"
Grissom laughed, "Yeah I think that sums up Hank. I think we were all ready to pounce on him for treating Sara that way"
"Whose we?"
"Well I, Warrick even Catherine."
"What about Nick?" Elizabeth asked
"If he knew he wouldn't lose his job, Nick would have beaten the shit out of him. That was when I first realized that Nick was developing more romantic feelings for her, but."Grissom trailed off
"But what?"
Grissom sighed, "This is really hard to say, but Sara had romantic feelings for me. I think it came out of all the attention and over protectiveness that I placed upon her. It came to a head back in May"
"What happened?"
"Well, there was an explosion in the lab and Sara was injured. At the end of the day she asked me out to dinner, I turned her down. Of course she didn't know at the time why I turned her down, my suspicions, all she knew was that someone she assumed cared about her in a romantic fashion turned her down. I felt so horrible, I started thinking more about doing the paternity test at the time, but.I don't know I was too chicken to find out"
"Gil, it's not your fault that Sara developed these feelings. You can't change the past, what's done is done, god knows. All you can do is move on from it."
"I know, I just can't imagine how hard this is going to be for Sara to accept"
"But you stated earlier that she is a strong woman"
"And she is, but my fatherly instincts are coming into play also"
"Listen, you can't blame yourself for what happened in May, you can't even blame yourself for what happened tonight." Elizabeth stated. "Plus she's with Nick right now"
"That's true, if anyone can help her, its Nick"
*~*~*
Lake Mead
Nick's Tahoe
"You wanna go to the airport?" Nick said somewhat confused
"Yeah. I want to be on the next available flight to San Francisco"
Nick nodded, unlocked the Tahoe and the two jumped in.
"Why don't you call the airlines and book us a flight out, I'll head to my place first, grab some stuff and then we'll stop at your apartment"
"That's fine" Sara replied and pulled her cell phone from her jacket pocket.
While Sara was on the phone to the airlines, Nick grabbed his hands free piece from his glove box. He knew that Grissom needed to be aware that they were leaving town for awhile.
He put the piece in his ear and punched five on his cell, instantly connecting him.
"Hello Grissom, yeah it's Nick. Yeah Sara's with me. She's fine for now. That's actually why I'm calling. Sara and I are flying to San Francisco. Yeah she told me. I understand. I know I'm not giving you enough notice, but I'm going with her. I'll call you when we get in and once I have an idea how long we'll be. Okay. Talk to you later."
"What did Grissom say?" Sara whispered
Nick looked over at her, he wasn't aware that she had finished up her phone call.
"Not much. He okayed the time off, which actually didn't surprise me, I figured he would. He then asked me if you had told me what you'd heard and I said yes. He then just asked me to call when we got in, which I agreed to do"
"Oh"
Nick, knowing he needed to change the subject, quickly spoke up "So were you able to get us a flight out?"
"Yeah, the soonest one was for 11:45"
Nick looked at his clock; it was flashing 9:30. "Okay, we'll just have to be quick then. I'll just grab my carry on bag, it's not like San Francisco doesn't have stores if I forget something"
They reached Nick's apartment in record time, he quickly grabbed his bag and threw some clothing in it and some toiletries. They then headed for Sara's and she did the same. They made it to the airport by 10:15, but waiting for the shuttle to take them to the terminal took some time. They made it to their gate by 10:45, thankful that security didn't take long and also thankful they had assigned seats.
During the intervening time before they boarded the flight, they sat in silence, holding each other's hands. Each thinking about the events that were going to occur once they reached San Francisco. *~*~*
After Grissom spoke to Nick, he and Elizabeth quickly left the diner. He explained briefly what was going on. Elizabeth nodded and stated she would talk to him later. She gave him her cell phone number and headed to her motel while he headed back to the crime lab.
Once back at the lab he saw that Warrick and Catherine were sitting in the break room discussing their case.
"Hello" Grissom said and the two looked up and over to him "could you two come to my office, I need to speak to you about something"
They nodded and silently followed him out. Once inside his office Grissom indicted for them to take the two chairs while he remained standing.
"I know that you two are curious about what transpired earlier this evening, I'm sure you're also concerned for Nick and Sara, mostly Sara"
They nodded, allowing him to continue.
"I'm going to make this very brief, but I don't want this to become office gossip, understand?"
"You got it boss" Warrick said
"I understand Griss" Catherine replied
Grissom took a deep breath and explained to them about Elizabeth, her getting pregnant and them being forced to put the baby up for adoption and that the baby was Sara. He explained that he had had an idea for awhile that she was his daughter but didn't do anything about it; he was just overprotective of her. Once he finished, both Catherine and Warrick had blank expressions on their faces. They had a variety of thoughts floating through their brains. They each felt bad for Sara, but their hearts also went out to Grissom and Elizabeth.
"So that was why Sara was screaming" Warrick stated
"Yeah" Grissom whispered
"So, do we know where Sara and Nick are?" Catherine asked
"I got a call from Nick about thirty minutes ago. He and Sara are taking a flight out to San Francisco tonight. Their probably at the airport right now." He paused "So with them gone, I'm going to get some people from day shift to cover, okay"
"Yeah" the replied simultaneously.
Knowing that this was the end of the conversation, Warrick got up and left, leaving Catherine in the room.
"Cath, you should get back to work" Grissom said
"Are you sure you're doing okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just worried about Sara"
"She'll be fine, but this is going to take her sometime. She needs to understand why her parents lied to her and never told she was adopted? She then needs to understand why you and Elizabeth gave her up? Why you guys didn't try to find her later? Why now after all these years? She is going to have a lot of questions that you, Elizabeth and her parents have to answer for her. None of this will happen overnight, and I'm sure she will resent you, Elizabeth and her parents for awhile, but Sara has an immense capability to forgive. Don't sell her short, just give her time"
With that Catherine stood up and gave Grissom a hug and a light peek on the check.
"Just give her time" she stated one last time and left the office, leaving Grissom to contemplate what she had just said to him.
*~*~*
San Francisco International Airport
By the time their plane landed it was close to two am. Both were extremely exhausted. As quickly as they could, they exited the plane and headed down to the rental car agencies. Nick randomly picked one and got them a rental car. As they left the airport, Nick spoke up.
"The first hotel I see, I'm getting us a room. No arguments, we're both tired and you should talk to your parents during the day, after you've had some rest"
Sara looked over at him and smiled, she was actually about to argue with him, but saw his jaw firmly set and decided against it. Whether she wanted to admit it or not he was right. She was tired.
As they were driving, the first hotel Nick spotted was a Marriott. He quickly pulled into the parking lot and parked the rental. They both exited the vehicle and headed inside.
"Hello, welcome to the Marriott" the over-energetic counter agent stated
"Hi, we need to get a room for the night" The young woman began typing in her computer seeing what was available for the night.
"Okay, we have a single."
"That's fine, we'll take it" Nick said interrupting her and thrusting his credit card to her.
The woman nodded and gladly took his credit card. Nick signed the receipt, while the woman got their keys ready.
"Okay, here are your keys. Your room is number 504. Elevators are behind you. Check out is eleven am. If you need anything, just press zero on your phone"
"Thank you" Sara said taking the two keys.
They headed to their room in silence, once there Sara unlocked the door and Nick held it open. It was a decent size room, TV, dresser, desk, chair and a king size bed. Being that they were so tired, neither one cared about the other being in the room. They both quickly stripped off their clothing. Nick decided to just sleep in his boxers and Sara put on t shirt. They both quickly climbed into bed.
Needing to feel close to Nick, Sara rolled over and laid her head on his chest, she then pulled his arms around her body. Nick was surprised by her movements, but it wasn't unwelcome. Within moments her breathing had evened out and she was asleep. Nick watched her for awhile before his eyes closed and he to was asleep.
*~*~*