Nick groaned as he woke up. There was something about that lazy feeling of
wanting to just roll over and go back to sleep that was just stronger when
you knew you had to get up and go to work. For some reason Nick was just
not looking forward to shift tonight. Maybe it was the case he'd had the
night before. It had just illustrated how sick and twisted people could
be. It was times like that that he questioned why he did what he did, but
then when they caught someone and put them behind bars, it made it all
worth it.
He rolled himself out of bed and wandered out into the kitchen to make himself some coffee. The door to the guest room was still closed, and Nick hoped that Sara was still sleeping. In fact he had no plans to wake her up. Shift had been so pleasant for everyone else last night without Sara there, that Catherine had suggested he try and convince Sara to take another night off, even if the rest of them had to double up. He wasn't sure he could convince her, but he certainly wasn't going to wake her up either.
He didn't have to. The aroma of coffee in the air drew Sara out of her slumber. She wandered into the kitchen and Nick was slightly embarrassed as he realize he only wore his boxers. Sara seemed too tired to notice. She looked rumpled and still completely exhausted as she walked into the kitchen toward the coffee machine, pulling a coffee cup out of the cupboard on her way.
She was about to reach for the pot to pour herself some coffee, when Nick beat her to it. He held the coffee pot, but didn't pour. She looked up at him with a slightly annoyed expression. "Are you going to hold that all day, or are you going to let me have some of that?"
Nick looked contemplative. "I don't know."
Sara let out an exasperated sigh. "Look, I need coffee if I'm going to be awake enough to work tonight."
Nick reached over and took the cup out of her hand. He poured coffee into the cup and then set the pot back into the coffee maker.
Sara reached for the cup, but instead of handing it to her, Nick brought it up to his mouth and took a sip. Sara glared at him.
Nick chuckled. "Why don't you take another night off, Sar?"
There was a hint of a whine in her voice. "Nicky, I've got cases I need to work on."
Nick chuckled again. "Sara, no offense, but you look like hell." She still looked extremely exhausted, and the fact that her hair was all mussed up and she was swimming in the clothes Nick had loaned her to sleep in didn't help.
Sara glared. "Thanks. You sure know how to woo the ladies." She crossed her arms in front of her body.
Nick chuckled and took another sip of the coffee. "I wasn't trying to woo you."
Sara raised a tired eyebrow at him. There was a hint of a smirk on her face. "Oh, and so that's why you're standing there in your underwear teasing me with your bare chest and coffee."
Nick was amused. He didn't think she was awake enough to notice what he was wearing. Apparently he was wrong. "Trust me, you haven't been wooed." He raised an eyebrow and took another sip of his coffee.
Sara rolled her eyes.
Nick chuckled. "Yet."
Her eyebrows shot up, but she didn't say anything. Instead a perplexed expression crossed her face.
Nick chuckled again. "Sara, you need sleep more than you need coffee. There are people from days already filling in since Grissom is gone, and honestly Catherine suggested that I try and convince you to take another night off."
Sara studied him. She was still slightly off kilter from a single word that he'd uttered. Yet. What the hell did he mean by that?
Nick raised an eyebrow. "You can stay and use my hot tub and cable again if you want to. Although, you're on your own if you want Chunky Monkey ice cream. Someone seems to have eaten all of it." He grinned.
Sara opened her mouth as if to say something, but couldn't quite get the words out.
As Nick continued, he tried to restrain a chuckle. "I'll even grab your extra clothes from your locker if you want."
She just nodded.
Nick finished the last of the coffee in the cup and set it in the sink. "Go back to sleep." He casually slung his arm over her shoulder and propelled her back down the hall to the guest room.
Sara didn't say a word. She glanced at him for a moment with a slightly befuddled expression and then she turned and walked back into the guest bedroom, shut the door behind her, and crawled back into bed. She was asleep again in minutes.
Nick chuckled as he got ready for work. She sure seemed a bit undone by one little word. Yet. He wasn't really sure where that came from, but the thought did make him smile. What would it be like to woo Sara? Hmm. He'd have to think about that.
He rolled himself out of bed and wandered out into the kitchen to make himself some coffee. The door to the guest room was still closed, and Nick hoped that Sara was still sleeping. In fact he had no plans to wake her up. Shift had been so pleasant for everyone else last night without Sara there, that Catherine had suggested he try and convince Sara to take another night off, even if the rest of them had to double up. He wasn't sure he could convince her, but he certainly wasn't going to wake her up either.
He didn't have to. The aroma of coffee in the air drew Sara out of her slumber. She wandered into the kitchen and Nick was slightly embarrassed as he realize he only wore his boxers. Sara seemed too tired to notice. She looked rumpled and still completely exhausted as she walked into the kitchen toward the coffee machine, pulling a coffee cup out of the cupboard on her way.
She was about to reach for the pot to pour herself some coffee, when Nick beat her to it. He held the coffee pot, but didn't pour. She looked up at him with a slightly annoyed expression. "Are you going to hold that all day, or are you going to let me have some of that?"
Nick looked contemplative. "I don't know."
Sara let out an exasperated sigh. "Look, I need coffee if I'm going to be awake enough to work tonight."
Nick reached over and took the cup out of her hand. He poured coffee into the cup and then set the pot back into the coffee maker.
Sara reached for the cup, but instead of handing it to her, Nick brought it up to his mouth and took a sip. Sara glared at him.
Nick chuckled. "Why don't you take another night off, Sar?"
There was a hint of a whine in her voice. "Nicky, I've got cases I need to work on."
Nick chuckled again. "Sara, no offense, but you look like hell." She still looked extremely exhausted, and the fact that her hair was all mussed up and she was swimming in the clothes Nick had loaned her to sleep in didn't help.
Sara glared. "Thanks. You sure know how to woo the ladies." She crossed her arms in front of her body.
Nick chuckled and took another sip of the coffee. "I wasn't trying to woo you."
Sara raised a tired eyebrow at him. There was a hint of a smirk on her face. "Oh, and so that's why you're standing there in your underwear teasing me with your bare chest and coffee."
Nick was amused. He didn't think she was awake enough to notice what he was wearing. Apparently he was wrong. "Trust me, you haven't been wooed." He raised an eyebrow and took another sip of his coffee.
Sara rolled her eyes.
Nick chuckled. "Yet."
Her eyebrows shot up, but she didn't say anything. Instead a perplexed expression crossed her face.
Nick chuckled again. "Sara, you need sleep more than you need coffee. There are people from days already filling in since Grissom is gone, and honestly Catherine suggested that I try and convince you to take another night off."
Sara studied him. She was still slightly off kilter from a single word that he'd uttered. Yet. What the hell did he mean by that?
Nick raised an eyebrow. "You can stay and use my hot tub and cable again if you want to. Although, you're on your own if you want Chunky Monkey ice cream. Someone seems to have eaten all of it." He grinned.
Sara opened her mouth as if to say something, but couldn't quite get the words out.
As Nick continued, he tried to restrain a chuckle. "I'll even grab your extra clothes from your locker if you want."
She just nodded.
Nick finished the last of the coffee in the cup and set it in the sink. "Go back to sleep." He casually slung his arm over her shoulder and propelled her back down the hall to the guest room.
Sara didn't say a word. She glanced at him for a moment with a slightly befuddled expression and then she turned and walked back into the guest bedroom, shut the door behind her, and crawled back into bed. She was asleep again in minutes.
Nick chuckled as he got ready for work. She sure seemed a bit undone by one little word. Yet. He wasn't really sure where that came from, but the thought did make him smile. What would it be like to woo Sara? Hmm. He'd have to think about that.