Sara lay on her stomach hugging a pillow. Her eyes were closed and she had
a drowsy smile on her face as Nick's fingers trailed up and down her back.
"You do realize that the entire lab is going to know we're sleeping
together by the time we get to work."
Nick's voice was husky as he lay on his stomach next to her, unable to stop touching her. "Technically we haven't done a hell of a lot of sleeping, Sara, and I'm sure that the entire lab is a bit of an exaggeration."
Sara opened her eyes and her smiled widened as she noticed he was watching her intently. "You're making me nervous watching me like that, and for the record, you told Warrick we were in the middle of trying to have sex. What did you think he was going to do with that little tidbit of information? Keep it to himself? I don't think so. At the very least, I'm sure Catherine knows."
Nick leaned over and kissed her softly, his hand coming to rest on her hip. As he pulled away he smiled at her. "Is that a bad thing? I want the whole world to know I'm in love with you."
Sara giggled. "No it's not a bad thing, but it might come as a little bit of a shock to a few people."
Nick grinned. "Greg's going to be jealous." He slid his hand down to cup her butt, giving it a firm squeeze as he began planting kisses on her neck.
"I'm not in love with Greg, I'm in love with you." Sara turned her body to face him and giggled as he pulled her firmly against him, continuing to plant kisses on her neck. "Nick you are a horny little bastard." She could tell that he was already becoming aroused.
He chuckled against her neck and rolled her onto her back so he could lay on top of her. "Yes, I am."
"Mmmn, Nicky baby, we're going to be late for work." Sara didn't protest too loudly, truth be told, she wanted Nick as much as he wanted her.
Nick was thoroughly enjoying the sensation of Sara's bare flesh beneath him. "You make me so hot, Sara." His voice was a husky whisper.
Sara leaned up and captured his lips in a searing kiss, pushing against him to roll them over. In the process, she hadn't realized how close they were to the edge of the bed and they went tumbling over the side. Sara landed on Nick and he let out a grunt.
"Damn, Sara, that hurt like hell. I think I bruised my ass." Nick let go of her and rubbed his tush.
"I think I bruised my elbow." Sara mumbled trying to push herself off of Nick, hitting him in the groin in the process.
"Sara!" Nick winced and the pitch in his voice was considerably higher than normal.
"Oh, baby, I'm so sorry." Sara rolled off of Nick and lay back on the carpet of his bedroom floor, glancing over at him.
Nick lay there for a few minutes looking very much in pain as he rolled onto his side muttering curse words.
As she thought about the situation, she started to giggle.
Nick looked at her slightly annoyed, his face showing that the pain was starting to subside. "What's so funny?"
"We are." She continued to giggle. She sat up and glanced over at him. "I'm really sorry I hurt you, baby, but we need to get up anyway, we're already going to be pushing our luck to get to work on time."
Nick reached out for her arm and pulled her toward him so she fell back against the carpet, then propped himself up so he hovered over her. "I'm sure Warrick could explain where we are. I mean, who could blame me for being late because I wanted to make love to the sexiest woman on the planet." He leaned down and kissed her.
After a few moments, Sara pushed him away and raised an amused eyebrow at him. "Something tells me that wouldn't go over very well, besides I thought you were injured." She reached up and put her fingers against his lips. "We can continue this later, but right now we need to get off the floor and get ready for work."
"Promise?" Nick looked eager as he grinned at her.
"Nick. Work." She stood up pulling a sheet with her and went off in search of her clothes.
Nick simply pulled himself off the floor and walked over to the 'Don't Mess With Texas' boxers he'd discarded on the floor and pulled them on. He found Sara who had already finished dressing in the bathroom.
She glanced up at him and a smirk crossed her face.
He raised an eyebrow at her suggestively. "I just wanted you to know I'd be wearing these for you."
"I'll remember that." She started to giggle as he walked away to find a pair of jeans and a clean shirt.
When they finally arrived at work, they were fifteen minutes late. Grissom did not seem to be in the best of moods. He raised a single eyebrow at them as they tried to enter the meeting room nonchalantly, cups of coffee in hand.
Warrick cast an amused glance Nick's direction and Nick just grinned in return. A faint hue of pink began to color Sara's cheeks.
Grissom glowered over the group of CSIs as he handed out assignments. He assigned Sara and Warrick a home invasion of a prominent Las Vegas attorney and put himself with Catherine and Nick on a homicide. Before they he dismissed the briefing, he glanced at Nick and Sara. "I need to speak with the two of you."
Warrick and Catherine exchanged a curious glance. Neither of them had shared what they'd learned about Nick and Sara's relationship with Grissom.
Grissom looked from Sara to Nick and back again. "I'm sure you have an explanation as to why you're late?"
Sara glanced at Nick, she wasn't about to tell Grissom that the reason they were late was because Nick was a little too horny.
Nick cleared his throat. "I gave Sara a lift to work, and I was late."
"No, it was my fault, Nick. I'm the one who wanted to stop for coffee." Sara didn't want Grissom to place all of the blame on Nick.
"If I had paid attention to the clock, Sara, we wouldn't have been late, even if we'd stopped for coffee." Nick insisted.
"Well, I knew what time it was, we didn't have to stop for coffee." Sara replied.
Nick raised an amused eyebrow. "Well, if we didn't someone would have been too tired to get through shift."
Sara was equally amused. "I'm not the only one, baby." Panic washed over at her the moment she spoke that last word. She let out an audible groan and covered her face with one of her hands.
Grissom took in this information and raised his eyebrow at Nick. "Is there something you want to tell me?"
Nick cleared his throat and looked at Grissom with a sheepish expression. "Gris, uh, Sara and I are dating."
A faint almost imperceptible smile flickered for a moment across Grissom's face. "In the future, I suggest you use an alarm clock so that your extracurricular activities don't interfere with your ability to get to work on time."
Sara just nodded, not meeting Grissom's gaze and turned to leave and find Warrick.
Nick gestured toward the door. "I just need to get something from my locker." He looked nervous.
Grissom glanced at him over the rim of his glasses. "Nick, I'll be in the parking lot."
**********
Sara found Warrick standing next to his Denali, he could tell that she was embarrassed about something. "What did Grissom say to you and Nick?"
She glanced at him as she climbed into the vehicle. "He wanted to know why we were late."
Warrick raised an eyebrow. "And what did you tell him?"
Sara felt her cheeks getting a little warm. "I slipped and called Nick baby."
Warrick started to chuckle. "Tell me you didn't."
She nodded, smirking at Warrick. "I did."
"Nice way to announce to your boss that you and one of your coworkers are sleeping together." Warrick looked amused.
Sara just shook her head and glanced out the window. "It was bad enough that you showed up at Nick's when you did."
Warrick studied her for a moment. "So what exactly is going on between you and Nick anyway?"
She turned toward Warrick and a faint blush crept into her cheeks. "I'm in love with him."
Surprise flashed across Warrick's face. "You're in love with Nick."
She nodded. "He's in love with me too." Sara looked out the window and a grin spread across her face.
"Just how long have the two of you been together?" Warrick was curious how something like this could have slipped under his radar.
Sara chuckled softly. "Since we got stuck in that storm together."
***********
Catherine was dying to quiz Nick about Sara, but wasn't about to as long as Grissom was with them at the crime scene. She could tell that whatever conversation had gone on after she and Warrick left the briefing room had left Nick a little nervous.
Grissom finally left with the coroner to accompany the body back to the morgue.
Catherine looked over at Nick and grinned. "So, Nick, you're looking a little tired tonight. Didn't you get enough sleep?"
Nick glanced up at her and restrained his smile, he knew that Catherine had a pretty good idea why both he and Sara were late and why they both looked so tired. "Something like that." He continued processing the scene.
Catherine tried a different approach. "So what did Grissom want with you and Sara?" She sounded a little too eager.
Nick chuckled. "He wanted to know why we were late."
"What did you tell him?" Catherine pressed him, knowing that eventually he'd tell her what she wanted to know.
Nick looked at her with amusement. "Catherine, I'm pretty sure that Warrick already told you that he stopped by after shift this morning. I think you can figure out the rest."
Catherine started to chuckle. "Ok, you're calling my bluff. Just how long has this fling with Sara been going on?"
Nick laughed. "We're not having a fling, Catherine, I happen to be in love with Sara."
Shock was written all over Catherine's face. "You're in love with Sara?"
Nick nodded and a grin spread across his face. "Yes, I'm in love with Sara, and she's in love with me."
"How long have you been dating?" Catherine's interest was piqued.
Nick glanced at her. "Since we got stuck on that ridge in that storm."
Catherine started to laugh. "Nice, Nicky. Sex in the desert."
Nick shook his head. "It's not like that, Cath. We didn't have sex while we were stranded out there."
Catherine raised an eyebrow at him.
He raised a palm. "And before you ask, we didn't have sex at your house either."
Catherine chuckled. "Well I do know that Lindsey and her friends caught the two of you making out."
A little color began to infuse Nick's cheeks. "Ok, we are guilty of that."
"Explains how she was able to talk you into buying her pizza." Catherine grinned.
Nick glanced at his watch. "Uh, in fact we didn't have sex until about twelve hours ago." He looked entirely pleased as he glanced up to gauge Catherine's reaction.
She started laughing. "No wonder you two were late. Hell, if I were you, I would have called in sick."
Nick chuckled as his grin widened. "Don't think it didn't cross my mind. I'm just counting the hours."
Nick's voice was husky as he lay on his stomach next to her, unable to stop touching her. "Technically we haven't done a hell of a lot of sleeping, Sara, and I'm sure that the entire lab is a bit of an exaggeration."
Sara opened her eyes and her smiled widened as she noticed he was watching her intently. "You're making me nervous watching me like that, and for the record, you told Warrick we were in the middle of trying to have sex. What did you think he was going to do with that little tidbit of information? Keep it to himself? I don't think so. At the very least, I'm sure Catherine knows."
Nick leaned over and kissed her softly, his hand coming to rest on her hip. As he pulled away he smiled at her. "Is that a bad thing? I want the whole world to know I'm in love with you."
Sara giggled. "No it's not a bad thing, but it might come as a little bit of a shock to a few people."
Nick grinned. "Greg's going to be jealous." He slid his hand down to cup her butt, giving it a firm squeeze as he began planting kisses on her neck.
"I'm not in love with Greg, I'm in love with you." Sara turned her body to face him and giggled as he pulled her firmly against him, continuing to plant kisses on her neck. "Nick you are a horny little bastard." She could tell that he was already becoming aroused.
He chuckled against her neck and rolled her onto her back so he could lay on top of her. "Yes, I am."
"Mmmn, Nicky baby, we're going to be late for work." Sara didn't protest too loudly, truth be told, she wanted Nick as much as he wanted her.
Nick was thoroughly enjoying the sensation of Sara's bare flesh beneath him. "You make me so hot, Sara." His voice was a husky whisper.
Sara leaned up and captured his lips in a searing kiss, pushing against him to roll them over. In the process, she hadn't realized how close they were to the edge of the bed and they went tumbling over the side. Sara landed on Nick and he let out a grunt.
"Damn, Sara, that hurt like hell. I think I bruised my ass." Nick let go of her and rubbed his tush.
"I think I bruised my elbow." Sara mumbled trying to push herself off of Nick, hitting him in the groin in the process.
"Sara!" Nick winced and the pitch in his voice was considerably higher than normal.
"Oh, baby, I'm so sorry." Sara rolled off of Nick and lay back on the carpet of his bedroom floor, glancing over at him.
Nick lay there for a few minutes looking very much in pain as he rolled onto his side muttering curse words.
As she thought about the situation, she started to giggle.
Nick looked at her slightly annoyed, his face showing that the pain was starting to subside. "What's so funny?"
"We are." She continued to giggle. She sat up and glanced over at him. "I'm really sorry I hurt you, baby, but we need to get up anyway, we're already going to be pushing our luck to get to work on time."
Nick reached out for her arm and pulled her toward him so she fell back against the carpet, then propped himself up so he hovered over her. "I'm sure Warrick could explain where we are. I mean, who could blame me for being late because I wanted to make love to the sexiest woman on the planet." He leaned down and kissed her.
After a few moments, Sara pushed him away and raised an amused eyebrow at him. "Something tells me that wouldn't go over very well, besides I thought you were injured." She reached up and put her fingers against his lips. "We can continue this later, but right now we need to get off the floor and get ready for work."
"Promise?" Nick looked eager as he grinned at her.
"Nick. Work." She stood up pulling a sheet with her and went off in search of her clothes.
Nick simply pulled himself off the floor and walked over to the 'Don't Mess With Texas' boxers he'd discarded on the floor and pulled them on. He found Sara who had already finished dressing in the bathroom.
She glanced up at him and a smirk crossed her face.
He raised an eyebrow at her suggestively. "I just wanted you to know I'd be wearing these for you."
"I'll remember that." She started to giggle as he walked away to find a pair of jeans and a clean shirt.
When they finally arrived at work, they were fifteen minutes late. Grissom did not seem to be in the best of moods. He raised a single eyebrow at them as they tried to enter the meeting room nonchalantly, cups of coffee in hand.
Warrick cast an amused glance Nick's direction and Nick just grinned in return. A faint hue of pink began to color Sara's cheeks.
Grissom glowered over the group of CSIs as he handed out assignments. He assigned Sara and Warrick a home invasion of a prominent Las Vegas attorney and put himself with Catherine and Nick on a homicide. Before they he dismissed the briefing, he glanced at Nick and Sara. "I need to speak with the two of you."
Warrick and Catherine exchanged a curious glance. Neither of them had shared what they'd learned about Nick and Sara's relationship with Grissom.
Grissom looked from Sara to Nick and back again. "I'm sure you have an explanation as to why you're late?"
Sara glanced at Nick, she wasn't about to tell Grissom that the reason they were late was because Nick was a little too horny.
Nick cleared his throat. "I gave Sara a lift to work, and I was late."
"No, it was my fault, Nick. I'm the one who wanted to stop for coffee." Sara didn't want Grissom to place all of the blame on Nick.
"If I had paid attention to the clock, Sara, we wouldn't have been late, even if we'd stopped for coffee." Nick insisted.
"Well, I knew what time it was, we didn't have to stop for coffee." Sara replied.
Nick raised an amused eyebrow. "Well, if we didn't someone would have been too tired to get through shift."
Sara was equally amused. "I'm not the only one, baby." Panic washed over at her the moment she spoke that last word. She let out an audible groan and covered her face with one of her hands.
Grissom took in this information and raised his eyebrow at Nick. "Is there something you want to tell me?"
Nick cleared his throat and looked at Grissom with a sheepish expression. "Gris, uh, Sara and I are dating."
A faint almost imperceptible smile flickered for a moment across Grissom's face. "In the future, I suggest you use an alarm clock so that your extracurricular activities don't interfere with your ability to get to work on time."
Sara just nodded, not meeting Grissom's gaze and turned to leave and find Warrick.
Nick gestured toward the door. "I just need to get something from my locker." He looked nervous.
Grissom glanced at him over the rim of his glasses. "Nick, I'll be in the parking lot."
**********
Sara found Warrick standing next to his Denali, he could tell that she was embarrassed about something. "What did Grissom say to you and Nick?"
She glanced at him as she climbed into the vehicle. "He wanted to know why we were late."
Warrick raised an eyebrow. "And what did you tell him?"
Sara felt her cheeks getting a little warm. "I slipped and called Nick baby."
Warrick started to chuckle. "Tell me you didn't."
She nodded, smirking at Warrick. "I did."
"Nice way to announce to your boss that you and one of your coworkers are sleeping together." Warrick looked amused.
Sara just shook her head and glanced out the window. "It was bad enough that you showed up at Nick's when you did."
Warrick studied her for a moment. "So what exactly is going on between you and Nick anyway?"
She turned toward Warrick and a faint blush crept into her cheeks. "I'm in love with him."
Surprise flashed across Warrick's face. "You're in love with Nick."
She nodded. "He's in love with me too." Sara looked out the window and a grin spread across her face.
"Just how long have the two of you been together?" Warrick was curious how something like this could have slipped under his radar.
Sara chuckled softly. "Since we got stuck in that storm together."
***********
Catherine was dying to quiz Nick about Sara, but wasn't about to as long as Grissom was with them at the crime scene. She could tell that whatever conversation had gone on after she and Warrick left the briefing room had left Nick a little nervous.
Grissom finally left with the coroner to accompany the body back to the morgue.
Catherine looked over at Nick and grinned. "So, Nick, you're looking a little tired tonight. Didn't you get enough sleep?"
Nick glanced up at her and restrained his smile, he knew that Catherine had a pretty good idea why both he and Sara were late and why they both looked so tired. "Something like that." He continued processing the scene.
Catherine tried a different approach. "So what did Grissom want with you and Sara?" She sounded a little too eager.
Nick chuckled. "He wanted to know why we were late."
"What did you tell him?" Catherine pressed him, knowing that eventually he'd tell her what she wanted to know.
Nick looked at her with amusement. "Catherine, I'm pretty sure that Warrick already told you that he stopped by after shift this morning. I think you can figure out the rest."
Catherine started to chuckle. "Ok, you're calling my bluff. Just how long has this fling with Sara been going on?"
Nick laughed. "We're not having a fling, Catherine, I happen to be in love with Sara."
Shock was written all over Catherine's face. "You're in love with Sara?"
Nick nodded and a grin spread across his face. "Yes, I'm in love with Sara, and she's in love with me."
"How long have you been dating?" Catherine's interest was piqued.
Nick glanced at her. "Since we got stuck on that ridge in that storm."
Catherine started to laugh. "Nice, Nicky. Sex in the desert."
Nick shook his head. "It's not like that, Cath. We didn't have sex while we were stranded out there."
Catherine raised an eyebrow at him.
He raised a palm. "And before you ask, we didn't have sex at your house either."
Catherine chuckled. "Well I do know that Lindsey and her friends caught the two of you making out."
A little color began to infuse Nick's cheeks. "Ok, we are guilty of that."
"Explains how she was able to talk you into buying her pizza." Catherine grinned.
Nick glanced at his watch. "Uh, in fact we didn't have sex until about twelve hours ago." He looked entirely pleased as he glanced up to gauge Catherine's reaction.
She started laughing. "No wonder you two were late. Hell, if I were you, I would have called in sick."
Nick chuckled as his grin widened. "Don't think it didn't cross my mind. I'm just counting the hours."