Truths
Chapter five
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU and I highly doubt it will ever happen on the show. I'm just writing this for pure entertainment purposes.
AN:
One thing to mention, I think Sara's parents live in Tamales Bay. Okay, I have no idea where that is in California. I'm assuming somewhere near San Francisco. For the sake of the story and my sanity, assume her parents live in San Fran. I'm just basing it off that cause she came from the San Francisco lab.
Again, I want to make sure to thank all the people who reviewed the first time: River goddess, Sara Sidle Stokes, Countryfreak77, PeTiTeCaT, Pendray, Joey Des Anges, Jhfortier, sisterbear, annie lune, emmymik, csi freak03, A bloom, Oceanwave, MissyJane, RK9 (I'm not sure if their hippies or not, just assume their hippies who adopted), Krisnina77, spikes_storm, sprinkle143 and mercy. Thank you. To everyone else, Thank you.
Caity: Thank you for responding. Everything's cool.
Grissoms Girl: I respect your opinion and I do thank you for letting me know it.
*~*~*
Nick awoke at 10:45am, Sara was still sound asleep, her head on his chest. Knowing that she was exhausted and needed more time to sleep he reached over and grabbed the phone, pressing zero on it.
"Hello" a male voice answered
"Hi, I'm in room 504 and we were originally supposed to check out today at 11am, would it be at all possible to get the room for another night."
"Let me check the computer sir, but I don't think it should be a problem"
"Thanks"
After a few moments the man came back on the line, "that should be fine sir, I'll book the room for another night, but if you know that you won't be checking out tomorrow, let us know at least by 5pm tonight so that we can rebook the room for as long as you need"
"Okay and thank you" Nick said and hung up the phone. He looked down at Sara and saw that she hadn't even flinched.
'She looks so beautiful when she sleeps' Nick thought. He pulled her body closer and began stroking her hair, eventually he fell back to sleep.
*~*~*
Sara awoke from a very peaceful and restful sleep as she slowly opened her eyes she stared at Nick. She couldn't quite grasp that he was so willing to just jump on a plane and come to San Francisco with her. No one had ever done something so drastic for her. Her finger began drawing patterns on his bare chest and she just laid there and memorized his features. She had always had feelings for Nick, since she first met him. She was just to preoccupied with her infatuation with Grissom. Plus she was scared to persue a relationship with Nick, purely based off of Greg's playboy stories. She was so preoccupied in her thoughts that she didn't notice Nick wake up.
"Hey" he whispered
She looked up and smiled, "Hey"
"Sleep well?"
"Extremely, you?"
"No complaints"
Sara sighed and looked over at the clock and saw that it was blinking 2:30. She leaned up a little with a concerned look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked noticing her face
"Nick, we were supposed to check out at eleven, it's now two thirty"
"We're fine. I called the front desk earlier and asked them to book the room for another night. They just asked me to let them know by five tonight if we were going to stay here longer than tonight"
"It doesn't matter to me, my parents place is about twenty minutes from here"
"Okay, when we leave to go talk to your parents, I'll have them book the room for another night"
Sara laid her head back down on Nick's chest and let out a loud sigh.
"Your worried about talking to your parents aren't you?" Nick asked
"Yeah. I'm kind of scared, which isn't normal for me"
"Sara you're only human and this is going to be an extremely emotional conversation that you're going to have today"
"I know, I just." she trailed off
"Don't worry. I'll be with you the entire time. You'll be okay" Nick said, kissing the top of her head.
"Thanks Nick"
"Your welcome"
They lay in bed just enjoying the feel of holding each other for about another half hour before Nick insisted that they should get up and get dressed. Sara finally agreed when Nick began to tickle her. She took a relaxing shower and exited with a towel wrapped around her body and her hair.
"Your turn"
Nick smiled at her, which caused her to blush, "oh Miss Sidle, you seem to be blushing" he teased.
"Oh go take your shower" she replied with a hint of amusement in her voice.
He nodded and headed into the bathroom, leaving Sara in private. She turned on the TV to watch the news and check out the weather. Even though it was only mid September, San Francisco weather was much cooler than Las Vegas. She dressed in a pair of low rise boot cut jeans, a white fitted shirt and she would wear her leather jacket. She was putting on her socks when Nick exited the bathroom, a towel slung low around his hips.
Without even thinking she blurted out, "well this is something I could get used to seeing everyday"
'Oh she didn't just say that' Nick thought 'but she did'
Sara put her hands over her face in complete embarrassment, "holy shit, I said that out loud. Oh my god." She quickly stood up "I'm gonna go in the bathroom and wait for you to get dressed" she said rushing past him and slamming the bathroom door shut. Once in the bathroom she sat down on the toilet and took some deep breaths to control her breathing.
"Oh my god, I can't believe I just said that" she whispered to herself
Nick knocked on the door once he was dressed in his jeans and black ribbed shirt. "Sara I'm dressed you can come out now"
With that said, he went back and sat down on the bed and watched the news. After a few moments he realized Sara still hadn't emerged from the bathroom. He went back over to the door and gently knocked on it.
"Sara are you okay?"
"Yeah"
"Well you can come out now"
"No"
"Okay, why not?"
He waited for a moment for her to respond, when she didn't he tried the door knob to see if it was locked, when he found it wasn't he entered the bathroom and found Sara sitting on the toilet with her head in her hands. He went over to her and kneeled down in front of her.
"Sara"
"What" came her mumbled response
"What's wrong? I've never seen you behave this way"
She looked up and him, her eyes still filled with embarrassment and even fear.
"It's just that."
"It's just that what?" he gently asked
"I'm just embarrassed for saying that. I just don't want.."
"You don't want what?"
"I don't want you to think that I'm saying these things or doing these things out of comfort and that I need your pity, because I don't. I don't want you thinking that I'm just using you. I'm not. I want you and I need you." Sara said, somewhat relieved that her true feelings were out in the open.
Nick leaned up and captured her mouth in a chaste kiss, he then pulled her body to his in a firm hug.
"Sara, I would never think that you were using me. Never. I care about you so much, Sara."
She smiled and leaned down and they kissed again. She broke the kiss moments later.
"Thank you for understanding"
"Your welcome"
He stood up and pulled her up with him. He put his arm around her shoulder and they exited the bathroom.
"I just need to put my shoes on and then we can go" Sara said sitting on the bed and grabbing her boots, "but I'm hungry, so we need to find a place to eat before we visit my parents"
"Okay, I'm sure I can arrange that"
Nick sat down on the bed and put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her body close to his.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you, no matter what happens today with your parents, okay?"
She turned and looked at him, "Thank you. Let's get out of here and go get some food"
With that, both jumped off the bed and headed out of the room. Sara somewhat mentally prepared for what was to come later in the day and Nick ready to be there for her.
*~*~*~*
After a late lunch, they headed to Sara's parents Bed and Breakfast. With a slight amount of traffic, they reached the home at around 6:30pm. Nick parked the car in front of the house. It was a beautiful white house that reminded him of the Victorian era. Two stories, lots of windows and a huge front porch.
They sat in the car for a few moments. Nick reached over and squeezed her hand offering his encouragement. She looked over and smiled.
"Ready?"
"Yeah"
*~*~*
Alice and William Sidle had just sat down to their dinner when a knock came to their front door. Alice quickly stood and went to the front door.
"Hello" she said as she opened the door, she was surprised to see the face of her daughter on the other side, "Sara, honey, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?" Alice said with surprise and alarm in her voice.
"Hi.mom. Can we come in?" Sara said motioning to herself and Nick.
"Yes, please" Alice said opening the door all the way and letting the two enter the house.
"Where's dad?" Sara asked, somewhat hesitant on using the word 'dad'.
"He's in the dining room, I'll go get him" Alice quickly left the room, leaving Sara and Nick alone.
Keeping Nick's hand in hers, she began giving him a mini tour of the house. "This is the living room, back to the left is the master bedroom to the right is the dining room and kitchen. Then there are four bedrooms upstairs and the attic. They converted the attic to a bedroom, so it was actually my room when I was still living at home. Now I'm pretty sure it's storage"
Nick began looking at all the pictures on the wall, most were of Sara and he was assuming her brother, Josh.
"That's your brother" Nick asked pointing to a picture
"Yeah" Sara whispered
Nick put his arm around her, "it's going to work out Sara, I promise you"
Before she could respond, they heard her parents coming into the living room.
"Sara, sweetheart, what are you doing here?" her father asked, pulling her into a hug. Sara was somewhat uncomfortable, but returned it.
"Can we just sit down, I need to talk to you guys about something"
"Uh, yeah, sure" Alice said and motioned for them to sit. Sara and Nick took the couch, while Alice and William took chairs opposite of the couch.
They sat in silence for a couple of moments before Alice interrupted it, "So Sara who is your friend?"
"This is Nick. I work with him in Vegas. Nick, my." she paused quickly "my parents, Alice and William Sidle"
"It's nice to meet y'all" he replied, his accent touching through
"So where you from Nick?" William asked
"I'm from Texas, all my families still there"
"That's nice"
"So are you and Sara dating" Alice piped up
"Yes. Yes we are" Nick stated without thinking. When he realized what he had done he glanced at Sara and he saw what could only be described as relief in her face. He then realized that she was relieved that she didn't have to explain why she brought him with her when she had such an important conversation ahead of her. A friend is one thing, a boyfriend was something else entirely.
Her parents continued to ask Nick about Texas and their relationship. Nick answered the questions truthfully. He knew that Sara was building up her courage. He knew that even though she is an incredibly strong woman, this situation had thrown her for a loop. Finally, after about ten minutes of her parents grilling Nick, Sara spoke up.
"Mom, dad, why did you lie to me?"
Her parents exchanged glances before her father answered, "lie to you about what sweetie"
"About being adopted?"
*~*~*
Sorry to end it right here, but I just thought that I needed a good ending spot.
Brianna
Chapter five
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU and I highly doubt it will ever happen on the show. I'm just writing this for pure entertainment purposes.
AN:
One thing to mention, I think Sara's parents live in Tamales Bay. Okay, I have no idea where that is in California. I'm assuming somewhere near San Francisco. For the sake of the story and my sanity, assume her parents live in San Fran. I'm just basing it off that cause she came from the San Francisco lab.
Again, I want to make sure to thank all the people who reviewed the first time: River goddess, Sara Sidle Stokes, Countryfreak77, PeTiTeCaT, Pendray, Joey Des Anges, Jhfortier, sisterbear, annie lune, emmymik, csi freak03, A bloom, Oceanwave, MissyJane, RK9 (I'm not sure if their hippies or not, just assume their hippies who adopted), Krisnina77, spikes_storm, sprinkle143 and mercy. Thank you. To everyone else, Thank you.
Caity: Thank you for responding. Everything's cool.
Grissoms Girl: I respect your opinion and I do thank you for letting me know it.
*~*~*
Nick awoke at 10:45am, Sara was still sound asleep, her head on his chest. Knowing that she was exhausted and needed more time to sleep he reached over and grabbed the phone, pressing zero on it.
"Hello" a male voice answered
"Hi, I'm in room 504 and we were originally supposed to check out today at 11am, would it be at all possible to get the room for another night."
"Let me check the computer sir, but I don't think it should be a problem"
"Thanks"
After a few moments the man came back on the line, "that should be fine sir, I'll book the room for another night, but if you know that you won't be checking out tomorrow, let us know at least by 5pm tonight so that we can rebook the room for as long as you need"
"Okay and thank you" Nick said and hung up the phone. He looked down at Sara and saw that she hadn't even flinched.
'She looks so beautiful when she sleeps' Nick thought. He pulled her body closer and began stroking her hair, eventually he fell back to sleep.
*~*~*
Sara awoke from a very peaceful and restful sleep as she slowly opened her eyes she stared at Nick. She couldn't quite grasp that he was so willing to just jump on a plane and come to San Francisco with her. No one had ever done something so drastic for her. Her finger began drawing patterns on his bare chest and she just laid there and memorized his features. She had always had feelings for Nick, since she first met him. She was just to preoccupied with her infatuation with Grissom. Plus she was scared to persue a relationship with Nick, purely based off of Greg's playboy stories. She was so preoccupied in her thoughts that she didn't notice Nick wake up.
"Hey" he whispered
She looked up and smiled, "Hey"
"Sleep well?"
"Extremely, you?"
"No complaints"
Sara sighed and looked over at the clock and saw that it was blinking 2:30. She leaned up a little with a concerned look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked noticing her face
"Nick, we were supposed to check out at eleven, it's now two thirty"
"We're fine. I called the front desk earlier and asked them to book the room for another night. They just asked me to let them know by five tonight if we were going to stay here longer than tonight"
"It doesn't matter to me, my parents place is about twenty minutes from here"
"Okay, when we leave to go talk to your parents, I'll have them book the room for another night"
Sara laid her head back down on Nick's chest and let out a loud sigh.
"Your worried about talking to your parents aren't you?" Nick asked
"Yeah. I'm kind of scared, which isn't normal for me"
"Sara you're only human and this is going to be an extremely emotional conversation that you're going to have today"
"I know, I just." she trailed off
"Don't worry. I'll be with you the entire time. You'll be okay" Nick said, kissing the top of her head.
"Thanks Nick"
"Your welcome"
They lay in bed just enjoying the feel of holding each other for about another half hour before Nick insisted that they should get up and get dressed. Sara finally agreed when Nick began to tickle her. She took a relaxing shower and exited with a towel wrapped around her body and her hair.
"Your turn"
Nick smiled at her, which caused her to blush, "oh Miss Sidle, you seem to be blushing" he teased.
"Oh go take your shower" she replied with a hint of amusement in her voice.
He nodded and headed into the bathroom, leaving Sara in private. She turned on the TV to watch the news and check out the weather. Even though it was only mid September, San Francisco weather was much cooler than Las Vegas. She dressed in a pair of low rise boot cut jeans, a white fitted shirt and she would wear her leather jacket. She was putting on her socks when Nick exited the bathroom, a towel slung low around his hips.
Without even thinking she blurted out, "well this is something I could get used to seeing everyday"
'Oh she didn't just say that' Nick thought 'but she did'
Sara put her hands over her face in complete embarrassment, "holy shit, I said that out loud. Oh my god." She quickly stood up "I'm gonna go in the bathroom and wait for you to get dressed" she said rushing past him and slamming the bathroom door shut. Once in the bathroom she sat down on the toilet and took some deep breaths to control her breathing.
"Oh my god, I can't believe I just said that" she whispered to herself
Nick knocked on the door once he was dressed in his jeans and black ribbed shirt. "Sara I'm dressed you can come out now"
With that said, he went back and sat down on the bed and watched the news. After a few moments he realized Sara still hadn't emerged from the bathroom. He went back over to the door and gently knocked on it.
"Sara are you okay?"
"Yeah"
"Well you can come out now"
"No"
"Okay, why not?"
He waited for a moment for her to respond, when she didn't he tried the door knob to see if it was locked, when he found it wasn't he entered the bathroom and found Sara sitting on the toilet with her head in her hands. He went over to her and kneeled down in front of her.
"Sara"
"What" came her mumbled response
"What's wrong? I've never seen you behave this way"
She looked up and him, her eyes still filled with embarrassment and even fear.
"It's just that."
"It's just that what?" he gently asked
"I'm just embarrassed for saying that. I just don't want.."
"You don't want what?"
"I don't want you to think that I'm saying these things or doing these things out of comfort and that I need your pity, because I don't. I don't want you thinking that I'm just using you. I'm not. I want you and I need you." Sara said, somewhat relieved that her true feelings were out in the open.
Nick leaned up and captured her mouth in a chaste kiss, he then pulled her body to his in a firm hug.
"Sara, I would never think that you were using me. Never. I care about you so much, Sara."
She smiled and leaned down and they kissed again. She broke the kiss moments later.
"Thank you for understanding"
"Your welcome"
He stood up and pulled her up with him. He put his arm around her shoulder and they exited the bathroom.
"I just need to put my shoes on and then we can go" Sara said sitting on the bed and grabbing her boots, "but I'm hungry, so we need to find a place to eat before we visit my parents"
"Okay, I'm sure I can arrange that"
Nick sat down on the bed and put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her body close to his.
"I just wanted to let you know that I'm here for you, no matter what happens today with your parents, okay?"
She turned and looked at him, "Thank you. Let's get out of here and go get some food"
With that, both jumped off the bed and headed out of the room. Sara somewhat mentally prepared for what was to come later in the day and Nick ready to be there for her.
*~*~*~*
After a late lunch, they headed to Sara's parents Bed and Breakfast. With a slight amount of traffic, they reached the home at around 6:30pm. Nick parked the car in front of the house. It was a beautiful white house that reminded him of the Victorian era. Two stories, lots of windows and a huge front porch.
They sat in the car for a few moments. Nick reached over and squeezed her hand offering his encouragement. She looked over and smiled.
"Ready?"
"Yeah"
*~*~*
Alice and William Sidle had just sat down to their dinner when a knock came to their front door. Alice quickly stood and went to the front door.
"Hello" she said as she opened the door, she was surprised to see the face of her daughter on the other side, "Sara, honey, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?" Alice said with surprise and alarm in her voice.
"Hi.mom. Can we come in?" Sara said motioning to herself and Nick.
"Yes, please" Alice said opening the door all the way and letting the two enter the house.
"Where's dad?" Sara asked, somewhat hesitant on using the word 'dad'.
"He's in the dining room, I'll go get him" Alice quickly left the room, leaving Sara and Nick alone.
Keeping Nick's hand in hers, she began giving him a mini tour of the house. "This is the living room, back to the left is the master bedroom to the right is the dining room and kitchen. Then there are four bedrooms upstairs and the attic. They converted the attic to a bedroom, so it was actually my room when I was still living at home. Now I'm pretty sure it's storage"
Nick began looking at all the pictures on the wall, most were of Sara and he was assuming her brother, Josh.
"That's your brother" Nick asked pointing to a picture
"Yeah" Sara whispered
Nick put his arm around her, "it's going to work out Sara, I promise you"
Before she could respond, they heard her parents coming into the living room.
"Sara, sweetheart, what are you doing here?" her father asked, pulling her into a hug. Sara was somewhat uncomfortable, but returned it.
"Can we just sit down, I need to talk to you guys about something"
"Uh, yeah, sure" Alice said and motioned for them to sit. Sara and Nick took the couch, while Alice and William took chairs opposite of the couch.
They sat in silence for a couple of moments before Alice interrupted it, "So Sara who is your friend?"
"This is Nick. I work with him in Vegas. Nick, my." she paused quickly "my parents, Alice and William Sidle"
"It's nice to meet y'all" he replied, his accent touching through
"So where you from Nick?" William asked
"I'm from Texas, all my families still there"
"That's nice"
"So are you and Sara dating" Alice piped up
"Yes. Yes we are" Nick stated without thinking. When he realized what he had done he glanced at Sara and he saw what could only be described as relief in her face. He then realized that she was relieved that she didn't have to explain why she brought him with her when she had such an important conversation ahead of her. A friend is one thing, a boyfriend was something else entirely.
Her parents continued to ask Nick about Texas and their relationship. Nick answered the questions truthfully. He knew that Sara was building up her courage. He knew that even though she is an incredibly strong woman, this situation had thrown her for a loop. Finally, after about ten minutes of her parents grilling Nick, Sara spoke up.
"Mom, dad, why did you lie to me?"
Her parents exchanged glances before her father answered, "lie to you about what sweetie"
"About being adopted?"
*~*~*
Sorry to end it right here, but I just thought that I needed a good ending spot.
Brianna