A/N: Next 2 chapters, enjoy R&R!!!
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Gil Grissom sat doing the crossword puzzle in the book Lynsey had bought him.
Warrick walked into the breakroom, "Hey Gil... wow cool, 2nd here!"
"Warrick, yes, Catherine usually is, but not today.... enjoy your night off?"
Warrick nodded, "You could say that," He grinned.
Catherine walked in and saw the two talking. "Hey Warrick, Gil."
"Yo Cath."
Gil looked up, "Catherine... enjoy your night off?"
"Yep... I finally got the chance to sit down and spend some quality time with Lynsey. We went to the theatre." Cath smiled.
"Very nice." Warrick nodded.
Sara walked in, seeing Warrick sitting on the couch, "Am I late?"
"No... you're right on time." Cath smiled at her. "So what do you guys do on you night off?" Cath asked Warrick and Sara.
"We all went to the that club on the strip... Nick and I were on the VIP list... And FYI Sara can down shots like theres no tomorrow!" Warrick smiled.
Sara blushed, wanting the ground to open up and swallow her whole.
"Sara?" Cath asked, surprised.
Grissom looked up again. "Wheres Nick?"
Warrick smiled looking at Sara and was about to say something when he saw Sara's face. "He had shots too... maybe they had the same affect on him as they did Lauren."
Sara looked at Warrick, "Where you with her in the morning Warrick?"
He grinned and shrugged.
"Children." Grissom intrupted.
Nick wiped at the beads of sweat forming on his brow, as he jogged up to the breakroom and rushing inside. "I'm not late am I?" He asked quickly.
"Yes." Warrick smiled, "I was 2nd here..."
Sara smiled softly at Nick. She hoped he wasn't annoyed at her, all through breakfast she just a bad vibe from him.
"Warrick please... Now we MUST do paperwork this shift, all of it finished before anyone leaves..." Grissom annouced.
Nick sighed and plopped down on the couch. Warrick frowned at the two, 'That's a tad different than last time I saw them.' he thought.
"I have a few calls to make... we'll meet in 4 hours just to check up on progress." Grissom walked out noticing a difference in Nick and Sara. He shrugged and walked to his office.
"Well then... let's get to work..." Cath said standing up and walking out of the room.
Sara grabbed her coffee, "If we have too..."
Warrick turned to Nick, "You ok?"
"Yea... just fine..."
"Well if you need to talk, I'm here." Warrick offered then headed out to his stack of paperwork.
Nick sighed and got himself a cup of coffee before heading out to start on his paperwork
Sara sat at the computer, she tried to do the work, but she kept thinking of Nick, "Whats wrong with you?" she asked the empty room. 'Are you talking to the computer or yourself?' asked that annoying little voice in her head.
Nick just stared at the blank screen on the computer. He couldn't focus enough to work. He stood up and went to find Sara.
Greg saw Nick, "Hey Nick! NICK!" Greg caught up with him.
Nick turned around. "Yea Greg?"
"Did you and Sara... well you know.... Cause you looked very cosy..." Greg asked wanting to know.
Nick sighed and shook his head, walking past Greg, ignoring his question.
"Ok then!"
Sara grumbled at her computer. Nick saw her and knocked on the door frame.
"Greg for the last time NO!" Sara huffed and turned to see Nick, "Ohh Nick... sorry I thought you were Greg... Whats up?"
"Sara... you busy? I think we should talk..." Nick said, stepping inside.
"Ok..." She said turning to give her full attention.
"Look... I can't stop thinking about you, last night and this morning."
Sara blushed.
"And I just wanted to know how you felt about everything... if you felt like maybe, giving me, us, another chance..."
Sara smiled at him, she let out a little laugh.
"what?"
She smiled softly at his expression, he looked like a puppy in confusion, "Nick... you don't need another chance. I didn't mean what I said this morning to stop this thing between us happen... I just needed to slow it down... I can't go jumping into bed with the first person I get whatever this feeling is... do you understand?" Sara asked.
"Yes.... I do... " Nick smiled at her, finally setting his mind at ease.
Sara looked out the doorway, she kissed Nick's cheek, "Last time I trusted someone this much, they broke that trust... I need to just hold on for a bit..."
"Ok... " Nick gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. "well I gotta get back to work"
"K..." Sara smiled softly.
Greg saw Nick walk out after talking to Sara, he ran to her, "Sara, just tell me!"
"Argh! Greg no we didn't 'do it'." She huffed and closed the door.
Nick could hear Sara from behind him and chuckled.
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WARRICK'S CALL
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Warrick looked at his cell, "Should I?" He grabbed it and dialled Lauren's number
Lauren heard the phone and picked it up. "Hello?" She mumbled into the receiver.
Warrick paused, "Hi Lauren? It's Warrick..."
"Warrick? oh.. Hi... What's up?"
"Umm hi, nothing much I just wanted to check on you... you seemed pretty drunk..." Warrick replied sheepishly.
"oh yea... I was... and I have a killer hangover..." Lauren smiled to herself, floping back down on her bed.
"So no classes tonight then?" He chuckled.
"I'm sure if I get enough sleep and drink tons of water, i might be able to make it..." She grinned.
"Well I'm going to the gym... thank God we live in Vegas. I mean if we didn't I'd not be able to work out... you know cause of the 24hr gyms..." Warrick started to babble.
Lauren chuckled. "Yea... I know..."
"So umm, I had fun last night..."
"Me too... we should do it again sometime... " Lauren smiled.
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to... I mean go out for dinner or something..."
"Sure... sounds great..."
"Really!? I mean uhh Cool, how about tomorrow?" Warrick grinned as he done a stupid dance.
"Ok! Where and When?" Lauren grinned, grabbing her schedule on her night stand.
He laughed, "Umm, tomorrow about 5ish.. at the place beside the nightclub we were at, it's nextdoor, can't miss it..."
"Alright... perfect.... see-you then?"
"See ya then!" Warrick grinned hanging up and starting the dance again.
Cath walked down the hall and saw Warrick. "What are you doing??"
"Nothing, just getting a date!" Warrick grinned.
Cath rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't you be working?"
"Doing that after my dance..." He smiled.
"Ok... well I'm going to get back to my thrilling paperwork... see-ya later!" Cath smiled and walked off.
Grissom heard noises from Warrick's small office room, he stood and watched Warrick and frowned in confusion. He shook his head and walked into his office, "I'll never understand them..." He said as he fed his spider and sat at his desk.
NEXT DAY!
Sara slammed her loaker room door shut. It had been a day since her and Nick spoke... and he wasn't picking up his cell last night. She sat down with her head in her hands, "Why bother...." She said quietly.
Nick walked in the locker room and opened his locker. "Hey Sara..."
"Nick... hi." Sara smiled feeling butterflies in her stomach.
Nick pulled a shirt out from his locker and flung it on the bench. "What's up?"
"Nothing... I tried to call you this morning..." She looked at him.
"Really? sorry about that..."
"No problem, you were busy... I was only calling on a chance anyway..." Sara said blushing as she saw Nick change shirt. She turned away thinking about their night together.
"Anyway i can make it up to you?" Nick said pulling his shirt down over his head.
"I guess." She smiled looking back checking she could turn round.
"Name it.."
"Umm I don't know..." Sara stared at Nick and let her gaze drop to his lips. She sighed and stood up.
Nick looked at her and smiled, letting his eyes travel down her body. She blushed, she stepped forward to kiss him. Nick leaned towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist. Sara smiled as she felt Nick deepen the kiss, it was the first proper kiss they had had since *THAT* Night.
Sara pulled away, she smiled, "Wanna get beakfast after shift?" She asked ginning like the cat that got the cream.
"Sure... I'd love to..." Nick smiled at her.
"Good," Sara said as she kissed Nick again.
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Gil Grissom sat doing the crossword puzzle in the book Lynsey had bought him.
Warrick walked into the breakroom, "Hey Gil... wow cool, 2nd here!"
"Warrick, yes, Catherine usually is, but not today.... enjoy your night off?"
Warrick nodded, "You could say that," He grinned.
Catherine walked in and saw the two talking. "Hey Warrick, Gil."
"Yo Cath."
Gil looked up, "Catherine... enjoy your night off?"
"Yep... I finally got the chance to sit down and spend some quality time with Lynsey. We went to the theatre." Cath smiled.
"Very nice." Warrick nodded.
Sara walked in, seeing Warrick sitting on the couch, "Am I late?"
"No... you're right on time." Cath smiled at her. "So what do you guys do on you night off?" Cath asked Warrick and Sara.
"We all went to the that club on the strip... Nick and I were on the VIP list... And FYI Sara can down shots like theres no tomorrow!" Warrick smiled.
Sara blushed, wanting the ground to open up and swallow her whole.
"Sara?" Cath asked, surprised.
Grissom looked up again. "Wheres Nick?"
Warrick smiled looking at Sara and was about to say something when he saw Sara's face. "He had shots too... maybe they had the same affect on him as they did Lauren."
Sara looked at Warrick, "Where you with her in the morning Warrick?"
He grinned and shrugged.
"Children." Grissom intrupted.
Nick wiped at the beads of sweat forming on his brow, as he jogged up to the breakroom and rushing inside. "I'm not late am I?" He asked quickly.
"Yes." Warrick smiled, "I was 2nd here..."
Sara smiled softly at Nick. She hoped he wasn't annoyed at her, all through breakfast she just a bad vibe from him.
"Warrick please... Now we MUST do paperwork this shift, all of it finished before anyone leaves..." Grissom annouced.
Nick sighed and plopped down on the couch. Warrick frowned at the two, 'That's a tad different than last time I saw them.' he thought.
"I have a few calls to make... we'll meet in 4 hours just to check up on progress." Grissom walked out noticing a difference in Nick and Sara. He shrugged and walked to his office.
"Well then... let's get to work..." Cath said standing up and walking out of the room.
Sara grabbed her coffee, "If we have too..."
Warrick turned to Nick, "You ok?"
"Yea... just fine..."
"Well if you need to talk, I'm here." Warrick offered then headed out to his stack of paperwork.
Nick sighed and got himself a cup of coffee before heading out to start on his paperwork
Sara sat at the computer, she tried to do the work, but she kept thinking of Nick, "Whats wrong with you?" she asked the empty room. 'Are you talking to the computer or yourself?' asked that annoying little voice in her head.
Nick just stared at the blank screen on the computer. He couldn't focus enough to work. He stood up and went to find Sara.
Greg saw Nick, "Hey Nick! NICK!" Greg caught up with him.
Nick turned around. "Yea Greg?"
"Did you and Sara... well you know.... Cause you looked very cosy..." Greg asked wanting to know.
Nick sighed and shook his head, walking past Greg, ignoring his question.
"Ok then!"
Sara grumbled at her computer. Nick saw her and knocked on the door frame.
"Greg for the last time NO!" Sara huffed and turned to see Nick, "Ohh Nick... sorry I thought you were Greg... Whats up?"
"Sara... you busy? I think we should talk..." Nick said, stepping inside.
"Ok..." She said turning to give her full attention.
"Look... I can't stop thinking about you, last night and this morning."
Sara blushed.
"And I just wanted to know how you felt about everything... if you felt like maybe, giving me, us, another chance..."
Sara smiled at him, she let out a little laugh.
"what?"
She smiled softly at his expression, he looked like a puppy in confusion, "Nick... you don't need another chance. I didn't mean what I said this morning to stop this thing between us happen... I just needed to slow it down... I can't go jumping into bed with the first person I get whatever this feeling is... do you understand?" Sara asked.
"Yes.... I do... " Nick smiled at her, finally setting his mind at ease.
Sara looked out the doorway, she kissed Nick's cheek, "Last time I trusted someone this much, they broke that trust... I need to just hold on for a bit..."
"Ok... " Nick gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. "well I gotta get back to work"
"K..." Sara smiled softly.
Greg saw Nick walk out after talking to Sara, he ran to her, "Sara, just tell me!"
"Argh! Greg no we didn't 'do it'." She huffed and closed the door.
Nick could hear Sara from behind him and chuckled.
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WARRICK'S CALL
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Warrick looked at his cell, "Should I?" He grabbed it and dialled Lauren's number
Lauren heard the phone and picked it up. "Hello?" She mumbled into the receiver.
Warrick paused, "Hi Lauren? It's Warrick..."
"Warrick? oh.. Hi... What's up?"
"Umm hi, nothing much I just wanted to check on you... you seemed pretty drunk..." Warrick replied sheepishly.
"oh yea... I was... and I have a killer hangover..." Lauren smiled to herself, floping back down on her bed.
"So no classes tonight then?" He chuckled.
"I'm sure if I get enough sleep and drink tons of water, i might be able to make it..." She grinned.
"Well I'm going to the gym... thank God we live in Vegas. I mean if we didn't I'd not be able to work out... you know cause of the 24hr gyms..." Warrick started to babble.
Lauren chuckled. "Yea... I know..."
"So umm, I had fun last night..."
"Me too... we should do it again sometime... " Lauren smiled.
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to... I mean go out for dinner or something..."
"Sure... sounds great..."
"Really!? I mean uhh Cool, how about tomorrow?" Warrick grinned as he done a stupid dance.
"Ok! Where and When?" Lauren grinned, grabbing her schedule on her night stand.
He laughed, "Umm, tomorrow about 5ish.. at the place beside the nightclub we were at, it's nextdoor, can't miss it..."
"Alright... perfect.... see-you then?"
"See ya then!" Warrick grinned hanging up and starting the dance again.
Cath walked down the hall and saw Warrick. "What are you doing??"
"Nothing, just getting a date!" Warrick grinned.
Cath rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't you be working?"
"Doing that after my dance..." He smiled.
"Ok... well I'm going to get back to my thrilling paperwork... see-ya later!" Cath smiled and walked off.
Grissom heard noises from Warrick's small office room, he stood and watched Warrick and frowned in confusion. He shook his head and walked into his office, "I'll never understand them..." He said as he fed his spider and sat at his desk.
NEXT DAY!
Sara slammed her loaker room door shut. It had been a day since her and Nick spoke... and he wasn't picking up his cell last night. She sat down with her head in her hands, "Why bother...." She said quietly.
Nick walked in the locker room and opened his locker. "Hey Sara..."
"Nick... hi." Sara smiled feeling butterflies in her stomach.
Nick pulled a shirt out from his locker and flung it on the bench. "What's up?"
"Nothing... I tried to call you this morning..." She looked at him.
"Really? sorry about that..."
"No problem, you were busy... I was only calling on a chance anyway..." Sara said blushing as she saw Nick change shirt. She turned away thinking about their night together.
"Anyway i can make it up to you?" Nick said pulling his shirt down over his head.
"I guess." She smiled looking back checking she could turn round.
"Name it.."
"Umm I don't know..." Sara stared at Nick and let her gaze drop to his lips. She sighed and stood up.
Nick looked at her and smiled, letting his eyes travel down her body. She blushed, she stepped forward to kiss him. Nick leaned towards her, wrapping his arms around her waist. Sara smiled as she felt Nick deepen the kiss, it was the first proper kiss they had had since *THAT* Night.
Sara pulled away, she smiled, "Wanna get beakfast after shift?" She asked ginning like the cat that got the cream.
"Sure... I'd love to..." Nick smiled at her.
"Good," Sara said as she kissed Nick again.