Considering that he was losing three of his four CSIs in less than a month, I thought that Grissom handled the news of Warrick's departure rather well. When Catherine had come by to drop Austin off, Warrick had broken the news to her. She didn't take it too well. Oh, she was excited for the opportunity that Warrick had the same way she was excited for Nick and I getting to work as technical consultants on a new TV series. She would just miss us all. I also suspected that it brought a few things to the surface between her and Grissom. Things that neither of them had wanted to deal with in the years that they'd known each other.

But back to Grissom's reaction. The poor man almost had a heart attack. He was already faced with replacing two CSIs and wasn't thrilled with the people he was getting from day shift. Greg had expressed an interested in training as a CSI, but he was just learning and it would take him quite some time to get up to a Level III.

That's why when everyone came over to our house on Thanksgiving, I was surprised to see Catherine and Lindsey show up with Grissom, smiles on their faces. In fact, they all looked a little too happy. Nick and I exchanged a glance and he shrugged his shoulders. It wasn't until I headed into the kitchen to pull something out of the freezer that I figured out what it was.

As I rounded the corner, I caught Grissom sliding his hand down and squeeze Catherine's butt while leaning over and give her a kiss on the cheek. They didn't even notice that I was standing there so I quietly backed out and went to find Nick. He was sitting watching football with Warrick, Lindsey, and Greg. Austin was cradled against his chest fast asleep. I got his attention and motioned slightly with my head that I needed to talk to him in the other room. Nick raised his eyebrows at me and I raised mine right back. I know how much he loves football, but I knew he'd want to know what I just found out.

Nick reluctantly pulled himself off the couch and glanced back at the others. "I'm just going to lay Austin down in his crib for a while." He headed toward Austin's room and I followed. Nick laid Austin in his crib just as I closed the door. He turned around and raised an amused eyebrow at me. "If you wanted us to be alone, you shouldn't have invited all these guests over."

I chuckled, "As much as I enjoy being alone with you, I think I figured out why Grissom and Catherine are a little too happy today."

Nick looked curious. "Really."

I nodded. "Would you like a demonstration of what I saw in the kitchen?"

Nick chuckled. "If I like it, can I have more later?"

I swatted at him smiling. "Seriously, Nick. I headed into the kitchen to pull something out of the freezer, and I saw Grissom doing this to Catherine." I stepped closer to him and slid my hand down to grab his butt while leaning up to kiss his cheek.

Of course Nick, being the opportunist that he is, grabbed my butt and pulled me into a full blown kiss. I giggled against his lips. If we weren't afraid of Austin waking up, or one of our friends walking in on us, I'm sure that a quick removal of clothes would have followed.

As we broke apart, Nick raised an eyebrow at me. "I know what I want for dessert."

I giggled. "Be quiet, you'll wake up your son. Besides, you have to finish your dinner before you can have any dessert."

Nick chuckled softly and leaned down to kiss me again. "I'll give up turkey if I can have you for dinner."

I giggled against his lips again. "Nick, we have company."

He just slid his hands down and cupped my butt pulling me against him. "They already think we're always having sex." He started kissing my neck and he slid his hands up and started pulling my shirt out of my slacks.

I chuckled. "That's because we usually are." In the firmest voice I could muster. "Nick, stop. You're going to wake up the baby."

Nick chuckled and continued kissing my neck. His hands were already up the back of my shirt. "Do you really want me to stop?"

I think there was a slight squeak in my voice. "No. But we have company, so we'd better."

Nick slid his hands out from under my shirt and squeezed my butt once more before releasing me from his embrace.

I raised an eyebrow at him and tried to scold him. "Oh, sure, you get me all hot and bothered, and now I have to go out there and try and act naturally."

Nick waggled his eyebrows at me. "Quiet, you'll wake the baby."

I swatted at him and tried to tuck my shirt back in before heading back out into the living room. We emerged from Austin's room to a group of amused faces. I glanced at the clock and realized we'd been in there for a while.

Catherine raised her eyebrows at us. "Austin sleeping ok?"

"Like a baby." Nick replied grinning as he came up behind me, wrapped his arms around me and kissed my neck.

Warrick chuckled. "That's good, because with the amount of time you two have been gone, I'm surprised you didn't have another one yet."

I think a little color must have been in my cheeks because my face felt a little hot. It felt even hotter after Nick threw in his two cents worth.

"Always trying." He chuckled and kissed my neck again before releasing me.

I quickly made my way into the kitchen to pull the pie out of the freezer to defrost. Nick's mom might bake pies from scratch, but I prefer Mrs. Smith's from the freezer section of the grocery store. Besides, I needed to cool off a little.