Sara started to giggle as she lay across Nick's chest. "I'm still trying
to catch my breath and you want to try that again."
"Uh, huh." Nick sounded like a kid who had just gotten off a roller
coaster and wanted to get back on. "Do you have any idea how long I've
wanted to do that with you?"
Sara raised a curious eyebrow at him and propped herself up on his chest. "Why don't you tell me, Mr. Stokes."
He grinned at her. "Since I ruined my favorite shirt with Meyer's roof dust."
"And just what does Meyer's roof dust have to do with you wanting to have sex with me?" She tilted her head slightly as her lips began to curl up in a smile.
Nick chuckled. "It was the day I met you. And let me just state for the record, Sara, that was no ordinary sex, that was amazing."
Sara was taken slightly aback at Nick's statement. Surprise registered on her face. "You've wanted to have sex with me since the day you met me and with all the flirting we've done you never said a word."
Nick smirked at her. "It's not exactly the way you open a conversation, and besides, I seem to recall that one of us used to have a thing for Grissom, and that someone wasn't me."
She tried to repress a smile. "Ok, you've got me there. But if I knew then what I know now, I would have gone out with you."
Nick shook his head. "No you wouldn't have, you only had eyes for the bugman."
She raised her eyebrow at him. "I'm not looking at him. I'm looking at you."
Nick chuckled. "True." He glanced over at the partially assembled entertainment center. "I never would have thought helping you put together an entertainment center would be so much fun."
"We're not done yet." Sara had a devilish grin on her face.
Nick smirked. "Are you talking about it, or this?"
"Take your pick." Sara leaned down and kissed him.
Nick gripped her waist with his hands and rolled her over, finally breaking the kiss. "This." He rested more fully on top of her and leaned down to kiss her again, his hands beginning to caress her body.
She yelped into his mouth and Nick quickly pulled away.
He looked worried. "What did I do?"
She rolled toward him and reached behind her back. "I think I found the packet of missing screws." She tossed the offending packet across the room and propped herself up on her elbow as she faced him.
Nick chuckled. "You know we could go somewhere a little more comfortable." He slung his arm over her waist.
Sara looked at him with mock surprise. "You don't like my carpet?" She traced his brow with her fingertips.
Nick raised his eyebrow at her. "I'm surprised you like your carpet, Ms. Non-oxynol-9."
She grinned at him. "The carpets were new when I moved in."
Nick teased. "You ran ALS on them didn't you?"
Sara started to blush.
Nick laughed. "You did! Sara Sidle, you are amazing."
"You can never be too careful." She looked sheepish and tried to distract Nick by trailing her foot down his calf.
"You bring the term neat freak to a whole new level." Nick was clearly amused.
Sara trailed her fingers down his arm and leaned her face towards his. "Are you going to spend all day talking?" She pressed her lips to his.
Nick chuckled into her mouth and rolled over, pressing her to the floor. He broke the kiss grinning. "Are you trying to seduce me, Sara?"
She giggled. "It seems to be working. I mean, you're completely naked and you've pinned me to the floor."
Nick raised an eyebrow. "Hmm, that sounds more me seducing you."
She trailed her fingers down his sides and grinned. "Ah, but I believe I made the first move, Stokes."
Nick shook his head with an amused expression. "Nope, I think something else beat you to it."
It took Sara a moment to realize what he was talking about and when she did, she started to laugh. "Well, then, I guess you made your move a long time ago, only I didn't notice until just a little while ago."
He tilted his head and waggled his eyebrows at her. "Do I have your attention now?"
She had an innocent expression on her face. "I'm not sure." She locked eyes with him and reached between them, giving him a gentle squeeze.
Nick's eyes began to glaze over as he felt himself getting hard. "Sara." His voice was a croak.
A mischievous grin flickered across her face. "Ok, there we go, now you've got my attention." She leaned up and began to kiss his neck.
"You play dirty, Sidle." Nick's voice was husky.
Sara laid her head back on the carpet and studied him for a moment. "Speaking of playing."
Nick raised his eyebrow curiously. "What?"
"Are we just playing here, or is this more than that?" Sara bit her lip nervously.
Nick grinned at her. "As far as I'm concerned I'd like it to be a hell of a lot more than just playing. I've been quite smitten with you, Sara, only you never seemed interested until now." His drawl was a bit more pronounced.
She giggled. "Uh, Nick, I don't think anyone's ever told me that they were smitten with me before, and especially not in the buff."
Nick propped himself up on his elbows and studied her.
She looked a little confused at his expression. "What's wrong?"
He rolled off of her and let out a deep sigh. "I'm just wondering where you're coming from here, Sara. Because if you're not interested in more than just playing then I think that we have quite literally fucked up our friendship."
Worry furrowed her brow and she rolled onto her side to face him. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh."
He glanced at her with a serious expression on his face.
A smile played at her lips. "I don't want to play, Nick, at least with your heart. I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want more too. "
A smile spread across his face and he breathed a sigh of relief. He let out a chuckle and closed his eyes. "Well, I'm glad that we got that cleared up." As he opened his eyes he winked. "I'll be sure to use the word smitten a little more sparingly in the future."
Sara giggled. "It's cute." She snuggled up against him, resting her head on his shoulder. "Are you hungry?"
Nick lifted his head and looked at her with an amused expression. "Hungry?"
She propped herself up on her elbows. "Yeah, I don't think either one of us has eaten. Besides, cooking naked could be fun." She waggled her eyebrows at Nick as she reached down and gave him a well placed squeeze, before pulling herself up off the carpet and making her way into the kitchen.
Nick let out a groan as he gingerly pulled himself off the carpet and followed her into the kitchen with an entirely different appetite in mind.
Sara raised a curious eyebrow at him and propped herself up on his chest. "Why don't you tell me, Mr. Stokes."
He grinned at her. "Since I ruined my favorite shirt with Meyer's roof dust."
"And just what does Meyer's roof dust have to do with you wanting to have sex with me?" She tilted her head slightly as her lips began to curl up in a smile.
Nick chuckled. "It was the day I met you. And let me just state for the record, Sara, that was no ordinary sex, that was amazing."
Sara was taken slightly aback at Nick's statement. Surprise registered on her face. "You've wanted to have sex with me since the day you met me and with all the flirting we've done you never said a word."
Nick smirked at her. "It's not exactly the way you open a conversation, and besides, I seem to recall that one of us used to have a thing for Grissom, and that someone wasn't me."
She tried to repress a smile. "Ok, you've got me there. But if I knew then what I know now, I would have gone out with you."
Nick shook his head. "No you wouldn't have, you only had eyes for the bugman."
She raised her eyebrow at him. "I'm not looking at him. I'm looking at you."
Nick chuckled. "True." He glanced over at the partially assembled entertainment center. "I never would have thought helping you put together an entertainment center would be so much fun."
"We're not done yet." Sara had a devilish grin on her face.
Nick smirked. "Are you talking about it, or this?"
"Take your pick." Sara leaned down and kissed him.
Nick gripped her waist with his hands and rolled her over, finally breaking the kiss. "This." He rested more fully on top of her and leaned down to kiss her again, his hands beginning to caress her body.
She yelped into his mouth and Nick quickly pulled away.
He looked worried. "What did I do?"
She rolled toward him and reached behind her back. "I think I found the packet of missing screws." She tossed the offending packet across the room and propped herself up on her elbow as she faced him.
Nick chuckled. "You know we could go somewhere a little more comfortable." He slung his arm over her waist.
Sara looked at him with mock surprise. "You don't like my carpet?" She traced his brow with her fingertips.
Nick raised his eyebrow at her. "I'm surprised you like your carpet, Ms. Non-oxynol-9."
She grinned at him. "The carpets were new when I moved in."
Nick teased. "You ran ALS on them didn't you?"
Sara started to blush.
Nick laughed. "You did! Sara Sidle, you are amazing."
"You can never be too careful." She looked sheepish and tried to distract Nick by trailing her foot down his calf.
"You bring the term neat freak to a whole new level." Nick was clearly amused.
Sara trailed her fingers down his arm and leaned her face towards his. "Are you going to spend all day talking?" She pressed her lips to his.
Nick chuckled into her mouth and rolled over, pressing her to the floor. He broke the kiss grinning. "Are you trying to seduce me, Sara?"
She giggled. "It seems to be working. I mean, you're completely naked and you've pinned me to the floor."
Nick raised an eyebrow. "Hmm, that sounds more me seducing you."
She trailed her fingers down his sides and grinned. "Ah, but I believe I made the first move, Stokes."
Nick shook his head with an amused expression. "Nope, I think something else beat you to it."
It took Sara a moment to realize what he was talking about and when she did, she started to laugh. "Well, then, I guess you made your move a long time ago, only I didn't notice until just a little while ago."
He tilted his head and waggled his eyebrows at her. "Do I have your attention now?"
She had an innocent expression on her face. "I'm not sure." She locked eyes with him and reached between them, giving him a gentle squeeze.
Nick's eyes began to glaze over as he felt himself getting hard. "Sara." His voice was a croak.
A mischievous grin flickered across her face. "Ok, there we go, now you've got my attention." She leaned up and began to kiss his neck.
"You play dirty, Sidle." Nick's voice was husky.
Sara laid her head back on the carpet and studied him for a moment. "Speaking of playing."
Nick raised his eyebrow curiously. "What?"
"Are we just playing here, or is this more than that?" Sara bit her lip nervously.
Nick grinned at her. "As far as I'm concerned I'd like it to be a hell of a lot more than just playing. I've been quite smitten with you, Sara, only you never seemed interested until now." His drawl was a bit more pronounced.
She giggled. "Uh, Nick, I don't think anyone's ever told me that they were smitten with me before, and especially not in the buff."
Nick propped himself up on his elbows and studied her.
She looked a little confused at his expression. "What's wrong?"
He rolled off of her and let out a deep sigh. "I'm just wondering where you're coming from here, Sara. Because if you're not interested in more than just playing then I think that we have quite literally fucked up our friendship."
Worry furrowed her brow and she rolled onto her side to face him. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh."
He glanced at her with a serious expression on his face.
A smile played at her lips. "I don't want to play, Nick, at least with your heart. I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want more too. "
A smile spread across his face and he breathed a sigh of relief. He let out a chuckle and closed his eyes. "Well, I'm glad that we got that cleared up." As he opened his eyes he winked. "I'll be sure to use the word smitten a little more sparingly in the future."
Sara giggled. "It's cute." She snuggled up against him, resting her head on his shoulder. "Are you hungry?"
Nick lifted his head and looked at her with an amused expression. "Hungry?"
She propped herself up on her elbows. "Yeah, I don't think either one of us has eaten. Besides, cooking naked could be fun." She waggled her eyebrows at Nick as she reached down and gave him a well placed squeeze, before pulling herself up off the carpet and making her way into the kitchen.
Nick let out a groan as he gingerly pulled himself off the carpet and followed her into the kitchen with an entirely different appetite in mind.