It was nice to wrap up a case so gruesome, so quickly. Rather than report
that the incinerator at the Veteran's Hospital had broken down, the
operator instead took to dumping the waste out in the desert off of I-15.
He didn't count on any of it being found. He was now facing a variety of
charges and Nick and Sara were working on the paperwork so they could both
leave.
Nick was looking forward to sitting in his hot tub for a little while
before he went to bed. He glanced up and looked at Sara who sat across
from him. As he saw her look up, he averted his gaze.
Sara grinned. She knew he was watching her and it made him just that much more irresistible to her.
Nick reached up and started rubbing his neck. He'd had a twinge in it since he'd woken up that afternoon before coming into work. He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes as he hit a particularly sore spot.
Sara looked at him quizzically. "Did you do something to your neck?"
He opened his eyes and looked over at her, a smile forming on his lips. "Yeah, I think I must have tweaked my neck while I was trying to sleep."
Sara smiled. "You should sit in your hot tub, it might help."
He nodded gingerly. "Yeah, I was planning on that, but I'm not sure it's going to help."
"Uh, I, uh." Sara continued somewhat cautiously. "I could massage your neck. I mean, if you think it would help. I mean if you wouldn't mind some company."
Nick smiled in spite of himself. "Yeah, that'd be nice. I think I might still have some Chunky Monkey, that is unless Princess Sleepy didn't eat it all."
Sara giggled. "Well finish up your paperwork, Mr. Chunky Monkey."
Nick laughed. "Yes, ma'am."
Sara raised an eyebrow. "I don't see you working there." She pointed across the table with her pen, a smug grin etched on her face.
Nick turned back to his paperwork, trying to hold in his laughter and counting the seconds until they could leave.
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Greg found Warrick in the locker room. "I have a feeling my man Nick is going to be putting the swerve on Sara."
Warrick raised an eyebrow. "Why do you say that?"
Greg chuckled. "I happen to know that Sara is going over to Nick's as we speak."
"So, she's making her move then." Warrick grinned.
"My money's on Nick." Greg said smugly.
"Wanna double it again?" Warrick challenged.
"You're on." Greg grinned.
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Sara stopped by her apartment to pick up her swimsuit before meeting Nick at his house.
He grinned at her as he opened the door, pint of Chunky Monkey in hand, clad in his swim trunks and a T-shirt.
She walked in and grabbed for the ice cream as she passed by Nick.
He just laughed and held the ice cream above his head. "You forget what happened the last time. I believe your butt fell asleep."
Sara raised an eyebrow and the edges of her mouth curled up in a smile. "I'm just going to go change into my swimsuit."
Nick just grinned as he put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth. "I'll be here, eating ice cream."
"Ok, Chunky Monkey." Sara giggled as she disappeared into the bathroom to change. She emerged a few minutes later clad in her bikini with a towel wrapped around her waist.
Nick tried not to stare as he put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth.
Sara walked over to him with a teasing expression. "Did you save me any?"
A sheepish expression crossed his face as he scooped out the last of the ice cream onto the spoon and put it into his mouth.
She raised an eyebrow.
Nick chuckled. "There's more in the freezer. Do you want some now, or do you want to go sit in the hot tub?"
"Hot tub." Sara responded.
Nick put the empty ice cream container in the trash and followed Sara out to the deck. They pulled the cover off the hot tub and turned on the jets. Nick pulled off his T-shirt and climbed in.
Sara pulled the towel off and slid into the water. She glanced over at Nick. "How's your neck?"
Nick reached up and rubbed it. "Sore."
Sara scooted over next to him. "Here, let me massage it." She began massaging his neck and shoulders; sitting up on her knees behind him. "Wow, you're really tense." Nick's muscles seemed to get even tighter as Sara continued to massage his neck and shoulders.
"Sara." Nick decided that maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
She kept massaging. "You might need to go see a massage therapist; I've never seen someone so tense."
Nick closed his eyes and tried not to groan. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He turned toward Sara, but ended up knocking her off balance and right onto his lap.
Sara let out a little yelp as she ended up straddling Nick's lap, her hands splayed out on his chest.
An embarrassed expression crossed Nick's face as he closed his eyes.
A slightly shocked, but amused expression crossed Sara's face. "Oh, that's why you're so tense."
"Uh, yeah." Nick opened his eyes and looked up at Sara who was smiling.
They weren't sure who moved first, but when their lips met, they felt like they'd been jolted with electricity. Lips quickly parted and tongues began exploring as hands began to roam. The need for air finally drove them apart.
The sound of a child's voice called out as a football came sailing over Nick's fence. "Sorry, Mr. Stokes!" Sara pulled herself off of Nick's lap to sit next to him as a young boy came through the gate in the fence in search of his football. He waved at Nick who grinned and waved back at him.
It was then that Sara realized that her bikini top was floating nearby in the hot tub. Nick picked up her top and looked over at her as the boy went back through the gate. "I think you're missing something." He waggled his eyebrows at her.
With an embarrassed smile she grabbed for it. "Someone's sneaky."
Nick pulled it away grinning.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Nick."
He chuckled and put it on top of his head waggling his eyebrows at her.
She shook her head trying to restrain a smile. "Do you want to go inside?"
"I'm having fun here." He grinned at her.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "So, you'd rather give the neighbors a live porn show then?"
Nick swallowed hard. "Inside is good."
She tilted her head to one side. "Can I have my top then?"
He handed it to her and grinned as she put it back on and climbed out of the hot tub and wrapped a towel around her waist. He climbed out after her and they headed back into the house. Nick quickly pulled Sara into a passion infused kiss, their hands roaming once again.
A knock sounded at the door. They broke apart breathing heavily. Nick looked Sara in the eye, "I'll be right back." He started to walk toward the door, but glanced over his shoulder grinning. "You might want to check your top again."
Sara had an embarrassed grin as she reached behind her back and refastened her top.
Greg and Warrick stood at the door. Warrick had an easygoing smile on his face. "Hey, we thought we'd drop by and see how that hot tub was working out. That is unless you're busy."
Sara grinned. She knew he was watching her and it made him just that much more irresistible to her.
Nick reached up and started rubbing his neck. He'd had a twinge in it since he'd woken up that afternoon before coming into work. He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes as he hit a particularly sore spot.
Sara looked at him quizzically. "Did you do something to your neck?"
He opened his eyes and looked over at her, a smile forming on his lips. "Yeah, I think I must have tweaked my neck while I was trying to sleep."
Sara smiled. "You should sit in your hot tub, it might help."
He nodded gingerly. "Yeah, I was planning on that, but I'm not sure it's going to help."
"Uh, I, uh." Sara continued somewhat cautiously. "I could massage your neck. I mean, if you think it would help. I mean if you wouldn't mind some company."
Nick smiled in spite of himself. "Yeah, that'd be nice. I think I might still have some Chunky Monkey, that is unless Princess Sleepy didn't eat it all."
Sara giggled. "Well finish up your paperwork, Mr. Chunky Monkey."
Nick laughed. "Yes, ma'am."
Sara raised an eyebrow. "I don't see you working there." She pointed across the table with her pen, a smug grin etched on her face.
Nick turned back to his paperwork, trying to hold in his laughter and counting the seconds until they could leave.
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Greg found Warrick in the locker room. "I have a feeling my man Nick is going to be putting the swerve on Sara."
Warrick raised an eyebrow. "Why do you say that?"
Greg chuckled. "I happen to know that Sara is going over to Nick's as we speak."
"So, she's making her move then." Warrick grinned.
"My money's on Nick." Greg said smugly.
"Wanna double it again?" Warrick challenged.
"You're on." Greg grinned.
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Sara stopped by her apartment to pick up her swimsuit before meeting Nick at his house.
He grinned at her as he opened the door, pint of Chunky Monkey in hand, clad in his swim trunks and a T-shirt.
She walked in and grabbed for the ice cream as she passed by Nick.
He just laughed and held the ice cream above his head. "You forget what happened the last time. I believe your butt fell asleep."
Sara raised an eyebrow and the edges of her mouth curled up in a smile. "I'm just going to go change into my swimsuit."
Nick just grinned as he put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth. "I'll be here, eating ice cream."
"Ok, Chunky Monkey." Sara giggled as she disappeared into the bathroom to change. She emerged a few minutes later clad in her bikini with a towel wrapped around her waist.
Nick tried not to stare as he put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth.
Sara walked over to him with a teasing expression. "Did you save me any?"
A sheepish expression crossed his face as he scooped out the last of the ice cream onto the spoon and put it into his mouth.
She raised an eyebrow.
Nick chuckled. "There's more in the freezer. Do you want some now, or do you want to go sit in the hot tub?"
"Hot tub." Sara responded.
Nick put the empty ice cream container in the trash and followed Sara out to the deck. They pulled the cover off the hot tub and turned on the jets. Nick pulled off his T-shirt and climbed in.
Sara pulled the towel off and slid into the water. She glanced over at Nick. "How's your neck?"
Nick reached up and rubbed it. "Sore."
Sara scooted over next to him. "Here, let me massage it." She began massaging his neck and shoulders; sitting up on her knees behind him. "Wow, you're really tense." Nick's muscles seemed to get even tighter as Sara continued to massage his neck and shoulders.
"Sara." Nick decided that maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
She kept massaging. "You might need to go see a massage therapist; I've never seen someone so tense."
Nick closed his eyes and tried not to groan. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore. He turned toward Sara, but ended up knocking her off balance and right onto his lap.
Sara let out a little yelp as she ended up straddling Nick's lap, her hands splayed out on his chest.
An embarrassed expression crossed Nick's face as he closed his eyes.
A slightly shocked, but amused expression crossed Sara's face. "Oh, that's why you're so tense."
"Uh, yeah." Nick opened his eyes and looked up at Sara who was smiling.
They weren't sure who moved first, but when their lips met, they felt like they'd been jolted with electricity. Lips quickly parted and tongues began exploring as hands began to roam. The need for air finally drove them apart.
The sound of a child's voice called out as a football came sailing over Nick's fence. "Sorry, Mr. Stokes!" Sara pulled herself off of Nick's lap to sit next to him as a young boy came through the gate in the fence in search of his football. He waved at Nick who grinned and waved back at him.
It was then that Sara realized that her bikini top was floating nearby in the hot tub. Nick picked up her top and looked over at her as the boy went back through the gate. "I think you're missing something." He waggled his eyebrows at her.
With an embarrassed smile she grabbed for it. "Someone's sneaky."
Nick pulled it away grinning.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "Nick."
He chuckled and put it on top of his head waggling his eyebrows at her.
She shook her head trying to restrain a smile. "Do you want to go inside?"
"I'm having fun here." He grinned at her.
She raised an eyebrow at him. "So, you'd rather give the neighbors a live porn show then?"
Nick swallowed hard. "Inside is good."
She tilted her head to one side. "Can I have my top then?"
He handed it to her and grinned as she put it back on and climbed out of the hot tub and wrapped a towel around her waist. He climbed out after her and they headed back into the house. Nick quickly pulled Sara into a passion infused kiss, their hands roaming once again.
A knock sounded at the door. They broke apart breathing heavily. Nick looked Sara in the eye, "I'll be right back." He started to walk toward the door, but glanced over his shoulder grinning. "You might want to check your top again."
Sara had an embarrassed grin as she reached behind her back and refastened her top.
Greg and Warrick stood at the door. Warrick had an easygoing smile on his face. "Hey, we thought we'd drop by and see how that hot tub was working out. That is unless you're busy."