Nick and Sara ate breakfast on Nick's couch while watching the Discovery
Channel. They kept stealing glances at each other and occasionally, they
would catch the other looking and they would chuckle. After they finished
eating, Nick put the dishes in the sink and came back to sit next to Sara,
putting his arm around her shoulder.
Sara giggled and looked at him. "I still can't believe you kissed me, Stokes."
Nick waggled his eyebrows at her. "I still can't believe you didn't kick my ass for doing it, Sar."
Sara grinned at him and snuggled against him. "This is nice."
Nick tightened his hold on her and kissed the top of her head. "Yeah, it is nice."
They sat there watching a documentary on the construction of the Hoover Dam and slowly drifted off to sleep. Several hours later, Nick woke with a tickle in his nose. As his eyes fluttered open, he realized that the TV was still on, now showing a documentary on earthquake safety. Sara's head was tucked under his chin and her hair was tickling his nose. He grinned. If anyone had asked him two days ago that Sara Sidle would willingly be sleeping in his arms he would have called them a liar. Of course, they were on the couch, he didn't think that he would be making that kind of jump anytime soon.
As he stirred, so did Sara. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled. "Oh, it wasn't a dream."
Nick chuckled. "I suppose it depends on what you were dreaming."
She chuckled softly and started to absent mindedly play with the fabric of his shirt. "I dreamt I was sleeping in your arms."
Nick smiled and then raised a concerned eyebrow. "How does your ankle feel?"
Sara grimaced. "It still hurts." She raised her eyebrows at Nick. "Uh, do you think you could hand me my crutches, I sort of need to use the ladies room."
Nick deadpanned. "I didn't know I had a ladies room here. And besides, I'm kind of pinned down right now by a gorgeous brunette."
Sara giggled. "Ok, I'll move." She tried to push herself up, and succeeded in hitting Nick in the gut in the process.
"Ouch!" Nick grimaced.
An embarrassed expression crossed Sara's face. "Oh, Nick, I'm sorry!" She started giggling again when she saw he was fine.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "That's gonna cost you, Sidle."
She rolled her eyes slightly. "Oh, really?"
He nodded. "Uh huh."
A smile played at her lips. "What's it gonna cost me?"
He pulled her against him and he grinned as his mouth lingered a fraction of an inch from her lips. "Oh, one or two of these should do." He closed the distance between them and planted a kiss on her smiling lips.
Sara giggled against his lips. "Nick, I really have to go to the bathroom."
He broke the kiss and feigned a disappointed expression. "Ok, but you still owe me."
She giggle. "Can I have my crutches now?"
Nick got up off the couch and retrieved Sara's crutches so she could hobble to the bathroom. He glanced at the clock and noticed that they still had quite a bit of time before they had to be at work. He yawned. Sara emerged a few moments later. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Better?"
She nodded.
He glanced at her ankle. "Let me see your ankle."
Sara started to protest, but Nick raised a single eyebrow at her. "Sara, I want to see how the swelling is."
She rolled her eyes at him. "Nick, I'm sure it's fine."
A mischievous expression crossed Nick's face. "Ok, you leave me no choice then."
Sara looked at him curiously as he walked toward her and scooped her up in his arms, letting her crutches fall to the floor. He turned and carried her into his bedroom and deposited her on the bed.
Sara had a slightly worried expression on her face. Nick chuckled as he unwrapped the elastic bandage on her ankle. "Sara, I'm not going to try and take advantage of you, so you don't have to worry about anything."
"I wasn't worried about that." Sara didn't sound very convincing. She knew Nick's reputation with the ladies and even though they had just discovered that they had feelings for each other, she didn't want to rush things. She was glad that he seemed to feel the same way.
He chuckled. "I know very well what people say about me, Sar." He left her ankle unwrapped. "I'm going to go get some ice to put on this." He returned a few minutes later with an ice pack. He propped her foot up on a couple of pillows and then put the ice pack on her ankle. He stood over her and raised an eyebrow. "You need to get some rest, Ms. Sidle."
Sara had a pout on her face. "I'm not enjoying this."
Nick chuckled and stepped toward her. "Would this help?" He placed a hand on either side of her on the bed and bent down and kissed her softly and as he did she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him against her as she lay on the bed. Nick lost his balance and found himself sprawled on top of Sara. Their kiss quickly became more passionate as their lips parted and their tongues danced sensuously. Nick finally broke the kiss breathing heavily. "I'm sorry, Sar."
She chuckled. "Uh, I think I'm the one that made you lose your balance, but I'm not sorry. I like kissing you."
Nick chuckled and pushed himself off of Sara and the bed. "I like kissing you too, but I think I'm going to go sleep on the couch until it's time to get ready for shift." Still trying to catch his breath he glanced at her ankle. "I think I'll put the ice pack back in the freezer too."
"Ok." Sara touched her fingers to her lips as she watch Nick leave the bedroom. Shortly thereafter she drifted off to sleep.
Nick on the other hand, had a hard time getting to sleep. It wasn't that the couch was uncomfortable, it was that he really wanted to be with Sara and he knew that neither of them was really ready for that. He also didn't trust himself to just sleep if they shared a bed. So Nick just lay there on the couch thinking about their case.
Sara giggled and looked at him. "I still can't believe you kissed me, Stokes."
Nick waggled his eyebrows at her. "I still can't believe you didn't kick my ass for doing it, Sar."
Sara grinned at him and snuggled against him. "This is nice."
Nick tightened his hold on her and kissed the top of her head. "Yeah, it is nice."
They sat there watching a documentary on the construction of the Hoover Dam and slowly drifted off to sleep. Several hours later, Nick woke with a tickle in his nose. As his eyes fluttered open, he realized that the TV was still on, now showing a documentary on earthquake safety. Sara's head was tucked under his chin and her hair was tickling his nose. He grinned. If anyone had asked him two days ago that Sara Sidle would willingly be sleeping in his arms he would have called them a liar. Of course, they were on the couch, he didn't think that he would be making that kind of jump anytime soon.
As he stirred, so did Sara. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled. "Oh, it wasn't a dream."
Nick chuckled. "I suppose it depends on what you were dreaming."
She chuckled softly and started to absent mindedly play with the fabric of his shirt. "I dreamt I was sleeping in your arms."
Nick smiled and then raised a concerned eyebrow. "How does your ankle feel?"
Sara grimaced. "It still hurts." She raised her eyebrows at Nick. "Uh, do you think you could hand me my crutches, I sort of need to use the ladies room."
Nick deadpanned. "I didn't know I had a ladies room here. And besides, I'm kind of pinned down right now by a gorgeous brunette."
Sara giggled. "Ok, I'll move." She tried to push herself up, and succeeded in hitting Nick in the gut in the process.
"Ouch!" Nick grimaced.
An embarrassed expression crossed Sara's face. "Oh, Nick, I'm sorry!" She started giggling again when she saw he was fine.
He raised an eyebrow at her. "That's gonna cost you, Sidle."
She rolled her eyes slightly. "Oh, really?"
He nodded. "Uh huh."
A smile played at her lips. "What's it gonna cost me?"
He pulled her against him and he grinned as his mouth lingered a fraction of an inch from her lips. "Oh, one or two of these should do." He closed the distance between them and planted a kiss on her smiling lips.
Sara giggled against his lips. "Nick, I really have to go to the bathroom."
He broke the kiss and feigned a disappointed expression. "Ok, but you still owe me."
She giggle. "Can I have my crutches now?"
Nick got up off the couch and retrieved Sara's crutches so she could hobble to the bathroom. He glanced at the clock and noticed that they still had quite a bit of time before they had to be at work. He yawned. Sara emerged a few moments later. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Better?"
She nodded.
He glanced at her ankle. "Let me see your ankle."
Sara started to protest, but Nick raised a single eyebrow at her. "Sara, I want to see how the swelling is."
She rolled her eyes at him. "Nick, I'm sure it's fine."
A mischievous expression crossed Nick's face. "Ok, you leave me no choice then."
Sara looked at him curiously as he walked toward her and scooped her up in his arms, letting her crutches fall to the floor. He turned and carried her into his bedroom and deposited her on the bed.
Sara had a slightly worried expression on her face. Nick chuckled as he unwrapped the elastic bandage on her ankle. "Sara, I'm not going to try and take advantage of you, so you don't have to worry about anything."
"I wasn't worried about that." Sara didn't sound very convincing. She knew Nick's reputation with the ladies and even though they had just discovered that they had feelings for each other, she didn't want to rush things. She was glad that he seemed to feel the same way.
He chuckled. "I know very well what people say about me, Sar." He left her ankle unwrapped. "I'm going to go get some ice to put on this." He returned a few minutes later with an ice pack. He propped her foot up on a couple of pillows and then put the ice pack on her ankle. He stood over her and raised an eyebrow. "You need to get some rest, Ms. Sidle."
Sara had a pout on her face. "I'm not enjoying this."
Nick chuckled and stepped toward her. "Would this help?" He placed a hand on either side of her on the bed and bent down and kissed her softly and as he did she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him against her as she lay on the bed. Nick lost his balance and found himself sprawled on top of Sara. Their kiss quickly became more passionate as their lips parted and their tongues danced sensuously. Nick finally broke the kiss breathing heavily. "I'm sorry, Sar."
She chuckled. "Uh, I think I'm the one that made you lose your balance, but I'm not sorry. I like kissing you."
Nick chuckled and pushed himself off of Sara and the bed. "I like kissing you too, but I think I'm going to go sleep on the couch until it's time to get ready for shift." Still trying to catch his breath he glanced at her ankle. "I think I'll put the ice pack back in the freezer too."
"Ok." Sara touched her fingers to her lips as she watch Nick leave the bedroom. Shortly thereafter she drifted off to sleep.
Nick on the other hand, had a hard time getting to sleep. It wasn't that the couch was uncomfortable, it was that he really wanted to be with Sara and he knew that neither of them was really ready for that. He also didn't trust himself to just sleep if they shared a bed. So Nick just lay there on the couch thinking about their case.