Sara pushed the door open and saw him sitting at the booth they had sat at
on their first date. Shaking her head she walked up and sat down in front
of him. "Hi Hank."
Hank looked over at Sara, surprised. "Sara? I'm glad you came..." Hank smiled at her.
"Yeah... what is this all about Hank... I mean I'm only here 'cause I was sick of the calls when I'm sleeping."
"Sorry about that... I just wanted to see you again. I hated the way everything ended on a bad note... can I get you something to drink?" Hank asked.
"Coffee thanks." Sara took in a deep breath, "You were cheating on your long term girlfriend with me Hank... how did you think it'd end?"
Hank ordered two coffees and turned back to Sara, reaching across the table, taking one of her hands. "Sara... I'm really sorry... I dunno what I was thinking...I mean, I loved my girlfriend, but I couldn't stand not being with you..."
Sara pulled her hand away. "You can't have everything Hank... when were you gonna tell one of us? Were you gonna keep it to yourself?"
"Sara wait... I was gonna tell you... I just didn't know how..." The coffees were brought over to the table and hank handed Sara hers.
"Thanks, where you? How can I trust you? You know what... you hurt me so much if it wasn't for Nick..."
Sara looked at her coffee, "If it wasn't for Nick I'd still not be able to trust guys...even the ones I work with."
"Look I'm sorry... I really am... But I was hoping that, even though I messed up, that we could still be friends... Maybe... Please?" Hank begged.
"I don't know... I guess as long as you accept thats all it can be... I mean, I'm with Nick now..." Sara said looking at him.
Hank reached for Sara's hand again, holding it with his. "I understand... I do..."
Sara pulled her hand away again. "Hank."
"Sorry..."
Nick decided he'd run over to the diner and grab a sandwich, maybe catch up to Sara before she got home. He walked inside and looked around spotting Sara.... with Hank?! Nick could feel his anger rising but thought to himself that maybe there was an explanation. He walked down next to them, his face clearly showing his hurt. "Sara?? What?"
"Nick?!" Sara stood up, "Nick, I was just talking things over with Hank." She saw the hurt in his eyes, "Don't be mad..." Nick looked down, still hurt. "I thought you weren't going to see him..." He shook his head. "So how come you didn't tell me? Is it something more than just talking?"
"No! I mean I spoke to Cath then... excuse us Hank." Sara said walking away from the booth. "Then he called me again. I just wanted to understand why, Please Nick... there's nothing more going on."
"But you two looked so..." Nick frowned. "Guess I'm pretty stupid for thinking that... sorry, I just didn't want to lose you, especially to Him..."
"Nicky, I'm with you. I always have, please trust me."
"I do trust you... I just don't trust him..."
"I'm not dumb Nick. Tell you what you go to yours and wait for me, I'll be over soon... then maybe we can enjoy each others company..." Sara grinned and kissed his cheek.
"Alright..." Nick have her a quick kiss. "Just don't let him get too close to you, ok?" Nick smiled half-heartedly.
"I won't. See ya in a bit." Sara grinned her famous toothy grin to Nick and walked back over to the booth to Hank.
Nick walked out of the diner, still uncomfortable with the fact that Sara was still in there with, Hank. He shook it off and headed home.
"Hank, listen I'm gonna have to go soon." Sara explained.
"Why? Your boyfriend paranoid?"
"Paranoid? Of what? Us... I mean not there IS an us but no, he's just worried, that's all." Sara looked at Hank.
"Maybe he knows that me and you still might have a thing..."
"But we don't, I told him that and Nick trusts me." Sara faintly smiled.
"Are you so sure of that? Maybe me and you don't have a thing anymore, but what about Nick? I'm sure he has tons of women that he has on the side..." Hank said, trying to cause trouble.
Sara looked at Hank, "Nick wouldn't do that to me. He's not like that."
"He wouldn't cheat on someone he cared about." Sara shot a glance at Hank.
"Oh yea, that's right... Nick isn't the kind-of guy that has one-night stands with hookers..." Hank said, refering to Kristy Hopkins.
"He changed after her."
"Are you so sure about that?"
"Yes."
"If you say so..." Hanks said skeptically. "Well that's not what I heard anyway, but that doesn't matter now..." He lied.
"What?" Sara's eyes shot up, "What did you say?"
"Well now. look who interested... I thought you said you trusted him... So it really doesn't matter if i told you about what happened a few nights ago." Hank lied, making up the story as he went.
"What happened?"
"Well... I was at Bar 911, having a few drinks, and I saw Nick over in the corner with some girl. At first I thought it was you, but at a second glance I knew it wasn't. They were all over each other... then they left together about an hour after."
"When was this?"
"Two nights ago..."
Sara looked at the floor, "Are you sure?"
"Yes... I'm positive..."
"I. I have to go Hank." Sara left. She reached her Tahoe and started to cry. *I can't believe it...* She got in and drove for about 2 hours, finally she stopped outside Nick's.
----------------------------------------- A/N: I'm SO sorry this has taken SO long to get posted! I had a comp virus and I had to get a new hard drive and it erased my copy of the story! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! If you do I'll post the last few chapters tomorrow! :D please r&R!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Hank looked over at Sara, surprised. "Sara? I'm glad you came..." Hank smiled at her.
"Yeah... what is this all about Hank... I mean I'm only here 'cause I was sick of the calls when I'm sleeping."
"Sorry about that... I just wanted to see you again. I hated the way everything ended on a bad note... can I get you something to drink?" Hank asked.
"Coffee thanks." Sara took in a deep breath, "You were cheating on your long term girlfriend with me Hank... how did you think it'd end?"
Hank ordered two coffees and turned back to Sara, reaching across the table, taking one of her hands. "Sara... I'm really sorry... I dunno what I was thinking...I mean, I loved my girlfriend, but I couldn't stand not being with you..."
Sara pulled her hand away. "You can't have everything Hank... when were you gonna tell one of us? Were you gonna keep it to yourself?"
"Sara wait... I was gonna tell you... I just didn't know how..." The coffees were brought over to the table and hank handed Sara hers.
"Thanks, where you? How can I trust you? You know what... you hurt me so much if it wasn't for Nick..."
Sara looked at her coffee, "If it wasn't for Nick I'd still not be able to trust guys...even the ones I work with."
"Look I'm sorry... I really am... But I was hoping that, even though I messed up, that we could still be friends... Maybe... Please?" Hank begged.
"I don't know... I guess as long as you accept thats all it can be... I mean, I'm with Nick now..." Sara said looking at him.
Hank reached for Sara's hand again, holding it with his. "I understand... I do..."
Sara pulled her hand away again. "Hank."
"Sorry..."
Nick decided he'd run over to the diner and grab a sandwich, maybe catch up to Sara before she got home. He walked inside and looked around spotting Sara.... with Hank?! Nick could feel his anger rising but thought to himself that maybe there was an explanation. He walked down next to them, his face clearly showing his hurt. "Sara?? What?"
"Nick?!" Sara stood up, "Nick, I was just talking things over with Hank." She saw the hurt in his eyes, "Don't be mad..." Nick looked down, still hurt. "I thought you weren't going to see him..." He shook his head. "So how come you didn't tell me? Is it something more than just talking?"
"No! I mean I spoke to Cath then... excuse us Hank." Sara said walking away from the booth. "Then he called me again. I just wanted to understand why, Please Nick... there's nothing more going on."
"But you two looked so..." Nick frowned. "Guess I'm pretty stupid for thinking that... sorry, I just didn't want to lose you, especially to Him..."
"Nicky, I'm with you. I always have, please trust me."
"I do trust you... I just don't trust him..."
"I'm not dumb Nick. Tell you what you go to yours and wait for me, I'll be over soon... then maybe we can enjoy each others company..." Sara grinned and kissed his cheek.
"Alright..." Nick have her a quick kiss. "Just don't let him get too close to you, ok?" Nick smiled half-heartedly.
"I won't. See ya in a bit." Sara grinned her famous toothy grin to Nick and walked back over to the booth to Hank.
Nick walked out of the diner, still uncomfortable with the fact that Sara was still in there with, Hank. He shook it off and headed home.
"Hank, listen I'm gonna have to go soon." Sara explained.
"Why? Your boyfriend paranoid?"
"Paranoid? Of what? Us... I mean not there IS an us but no, he's just worried, that's all." Sara looked at Hank.
"Maybe he knows that me and you still might have a thing..."
"But we don't, I told him that and Nick trusts me." Sara faintly smiled.
"Are you so sure of that? Maybe me and you don't have a thing anymore, but what about Nick? I'm sure he has tons of women that he has on the side..." Hank said, trying to cause trouble.
Sara looked at Hank, "Nick wouldn't do that to me. He's not like that."
"He wouldn't cheat on someone he cared about." Sara shot a glance at Hank.
"Oh yea, that's right... Nick isn't the kind-of guy that has one-night stands with hookers..." Hank said, refering to Kristy Hopkins.
"He changed after her."
"Are you so sure about that?"
"Yes."
"If you say so..." Hanks said skeptically. "Well that's not what I heard anyway, but that doesn't matter now..." He lied.
"What?" Sara's eyes shot up, "What did you say?"
"Well now. look who interested... I thought you said you trusted him... So it really doesn't matter if i told you about what happened a few nights ago." Hank lied, making up the story as he went.
"What happened?"
"Well... I was at Bar 911, having a few drinks, and I saw Nick over in the corner with some girl. At first I thought it was you, but at a second glance I knew it wasn't. They were all over each other... then they left together about an hour after."
"When was this?"
"Two nights ago..."
Sara looked at the floor, "Are you sure?"
"Yes... I'm positive..."
"I. I have to go Hank." Sara left. She reached her Tahoe and started to cry. *I can't believe it...* She got in and drove for about 2 hours, finally she stopped outside Nick's.
----------------------------------------- A/N: I'm SO sorry this has taken SO long to get posted! I had a comp virus and I had to get a new hard drive and it erased my copy of the story! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! If you do I'll post the last few chapters tomorrow! :D please r&R!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE!