Worry had consumed Sara, and Nick just held her whispering soothing words
until she fell asleep in his arms on the couch. Their earlier passion had
been temporarily forgotten in the wake of Grissom's phone call to Sara.
Nick's cell phone rang and he managed to disentangle himself from Sara to grab it before it went to voicemail. "Stokes."
"Nick, it's Catherine." There was a hint of a smile in her voice.
"What's up?" Nick didn't want to sound to eager, but he knew that the only reason she'd be calling so soon after their last conversation would be that she'd talked to Grissom.
She chuckled softly. "I talked to Grissom. You and Sara don't have to worry about anything, at least from him. You're right about your interpretation of the rules, and quite frankly, he knows better. I think it was just a little bit of a shock to find out you two were an item."
"He still has a thing for her doesn't he?" Nick queried softly even as Sara began to wake up.
"I told him he missed his chance and he'd better get over it, or I'd talk to Mobley." Catherine concluded.
Nick chuckled. "Catherine Willows, you sure know how to pull punches."
"When you work in a man's world, you need to be able to play a man's game." She chuckled. "Let Sara know, and let me know if he does anything else."
"I will." Nick smiled at Sara who looked at him with a curious expression.
"One more thing." Catherine added. "He's going to be out tonight and when he comes back if he doesn't apologize to both of you, I want to know about it."
"Sure thing. Thanks, Catherine." Nick ended the call and turned his attention to Sara.
"What did she say?" Sara looked somewhat worried.
"Not to worry. She talked to Grissom. I think more accurately she probably chewed his ass out, but she said everything is ok." He grinned at her.
A sleepy smile spread over her face. "Good."
"She said we should expect an apology." Nick looked somewhat amused.
Sara started to laugh. "Grissom apologizing, this should be good." She motioned for him to return to the couch.
He sat down next to her and she leaned her head against his shoulder. "I think we need to get some sleep."
Nick glanced at her, amused. "Sara, we've been sleeping almost all day, I'm not tired."
She waggled her eyebrows at him. "Good, then you'll have plenty of energy for what I have in mind."
Nick let out a low growl as he grabbed her waist and began kissing her neck as he tickled her.
Sara giggled. "Nick, stop."
He pulled away with a slightly confused look on his face. "Sorry."
She stood up from the couch and began to back away toward her bedroom. She grinned at him and just as she stood in the doorway of her bedroom, she pulled her tank top off over her head and tossed it at him. "Aren't you coming?"
Nick pulled his shirt over his head and let it drop on the floor as he walked toward her bedroom, by the time he walked through the door, he had discarded his jeans as well.
Sara raised a single eyebrow at him as she lay there under the covers. "Turn the light off."
He complied and then shed his boxers before crawling into bed next to her. He reached for her and began to rekindle what they had started earlier before they'd been interrupted. Being with her was even better than he had remembered, and as they lay there in the semi darkness holding each other, Nick smiled.
"Nick?" Sara's voice was a bit tentative as she splayed her fingers out over his bare chest.
Nick leaned over and kissed her forehead. "Yeah?"
"I love you." Her words felt like the sweet kiss of rain.
Nick's voice was husky as he pulled her more fully against him as they lay there facing each other, tangled together. "I love you too."
Sara placed a soft kiss against his lips, and they became lost in the moment, basking in the confessions that they'd just made to each other.
Nick's cell phone rang and he managed to disentangle himself from Sara to grab it before it went to voicemail. "Stokes."
"Nick, it's Catherine." There was a hint of a smile in her voice.
"What's up?" Nick didn't want to sound to eager, but he knew that the only reason she'd be calling so soon after their last conversation would be that she'd talked to Grissom.
She chuckled softly. "I talked to Grissom. You and Sara don't have to worry about anything, at least from him. You're right about your interpretation of the rules, and quite frankly, he knows better. I think it was just a little bit of a shock to find out you two were an item."
"He still has a thing for her doesn't he?" Nick queried softly even as Sara began to wake up.
"I told him he missed his chance and he'd better get over it, or I'd talk to Mobley." Catherine concluded.
Nick chuckled. "Catherine Willows, you sure know how to pull punches."
"When you work in a man's world, you need to be able to play a man's game." She chuckled. "Let Sara know, and let me know if he does anything else."
"I will." Nick smiled at Sara who looked at him with a curious expression.
"One more thing." Catherine added. "He's going to be out tonight and when he comes back if he doesn't apologize to both of you, I want to know about it."
"Sure thing. Thanks, Catherine." Nick ended the call and turned his attention to Sara.
"What did she say?" Sara looked somewhat worried.
"Not to worry. She talked to Grissom. I think more accurately she probably chewed his ass out, but she said everything is ok." He grinned at her.
A sleepy smile spread over her face. "Good."
"She said we should expect an apology." Nick looked somewhat amused.
Sara started to laugh. "Grissom apologizing, this should be good." She motioned for him to return to the couch.
He sat down next to her and she leaned her head against his shoulder. "I think we need to get some sleep."
Nick glanced at her, amused. "Sara, we've been sleeping almost all day, I'm not tired."
She waggled her eyebrows at him. "Good, then you'll have plenty of energy for what I have in mind."
Nick let out a low growl as he grabbed her waist and began kissing her neck as he tickled her.
Sara giggled. "Nick, stop."
He pulled away with a slightly confused look on his face. "Sorry."
She stood up from the couch and began to back away toward her bedroom. She grinned at him and just as she stood in the doorway of her bedroom, she pulled her tank top off over her head and tossed it at him. "Aren't you coming?"
Nick pulled his shirt over his head and let it drop on the floor as he walked toward her bedroom, by the time he walked through the door, he had discarded his jeans as well.
Sara raised a single eyebrow at him as she lay there under the covers. "Turn the light off."
He complied and then shed his boxers before crawling into bed next to her. He reached for her and began to rekindle what they had started earlier before they'd been interrupted. Being with her was even better than he had remembered, and as they lay there in the semi darkness holding each other, Nick smiled.
"Nick?" Sara's voice was a bit tentative as she splayed her fingers out over his bare chest.
Nick leaned over and kissed her forehead. "Yeah?"
"I love you." Her words felt like the sweet kiss of rain.
Nick's voice was husky as he pulled her more fully against him as they lay there facing each other, tangled together. "I love you too."
Sara placed a soft kiss against his lips, and they became lost in the moment, basking in the confessions that they'd just made to each other.