Greg had a look of surprise on his face when Sara opened the door. "Sara." "Hey, Greg." Sara hoped her face wasn't flushed from her and Nick's activities only moments before.

"Where's Nick?" Greg looked at her curiously.

Sara gestured with her thumb. "Bathroom. Too much beer apparently." She grinned at Greg conspiratorially as she opened the door to let him in.

Greg chuckled and glanced around the living room as he walked in. He noticed several bottles of beer on the coffee table in front of the couch. He turned toward Sara and raised an eyebrow in question. "You and Nick just hanging out?"

"Something like that." Sara replied heading toward the kitchen to get another beer. She held one up in her hand and gestured toward Greg. "You want one?"

He shook his head and took his hands out of his pockets as he watched Sara walk into the kitchen. She pulled two more beers out of the fridge for her and Nick and walked over toward the couch. Greg followed and stood nearby, fidgeting nervously. As she sat down, Nick finally emerged from the bathroom. She glanced at him briefly and tried to stifle a smile as she noticed things in his pants had returned to normal. She made a mental note to ask him exactly how he'd made that happen as she stood up and handed him the beer she'd pulled for him out of the fridge.

"Greg." Nick greeted as he took the beer Sara offered him.

"Nick." Greg stood there nervously and looked as if he had something on his mind. "Actually, I'm glad you're both here. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any hard feelings about the case."

Sara sat back on the couch and raised both of her eyebrows at Nick while Greg's back was to her. Nick simply smiled. "No problem, Greg. That's the way things go sometimes. Glad you had a chance to get some field experience." He took a swig from his beer.

Greg noticed Sara hadn't said anything. He turned to face her. "Uh, Sara, I really had nothing to do with this."

Sara let out a chuckle. "Greg, I'm well aware of that. It all worked out."

Greg turned back to Nick. "I just wanted to make sure every thing was cool."

"Yeah, we're cool, man." Nick replied, catching a glimpse of Sara taking a swig from her beer and then grinning at him as she began to lick the neck of the bottle in an almost obscene fashion. Greg was oblivious to what was going on behind him. Nick could feel the heat in the room rising and he wasn't quite sure how he was going to get rid of Greg any time soon.

Sara looked completely innocent as Greg turned to face her. "Uh, Sara, I uh, just wanted to know if maybe we could get together sometime and talk about the case. I mean, you being the most brilliant CSI on the team and all."

It was all Sara could do to answer him without laughing as Nick set his beer down and began flexing and posing behind Greg. "Uh, sure."

Greg grinned at her. "So, it's a date then."

Nick had to restrain his laughter as he saw panic register on Sara's face.

She glanced at Nick looking for help, but all she got from him were raised eyebrows and a hip shimmy. She sputtered as she looked at Greg. "Uh, no, not a date, Greg. We can talk about the case, but no date."

Greg's expression sagged a bit. "Well, it was worth a shot." Greg turned toward Nick who had nicely recovered and was trying to act natural. "Warrick was talking about us all catching the game this Sunday. You in?"

"Uh, I'll have to check my schedule." Nick thought about that for a second and it was all he could do to maintain a normal expression as Sara set her beer down and then raised her arms over her head and arched her back in an exaggerated stretch, knowing full well that her shirt would ride up and expose her midriff. There was a mischievous smile on her face as she ran her hands down her body under the guise of smoothing out her shirt.

Greg chuckled. "Hot date?" Greg turned his attention back to Sara who was feigning a yawn to cover up her smile. "Long shift, huh?" He grinned at her.

Sara just nodded and tried not to look at Nick who was gyrating his hips in an Elvis-like fashion and mouthing 'I want you'.

Greg gestured toward Nick as he turned back toward him. "Can you believe this ladies man? Always reeling in another girl."

Nick recovered just in time and had crossed his arms in front of his chest, raising an eyebrow at Greg. "Hey, man, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have a reputation, most of which is you spreading rumors."

Sara couldn't help but giggle, drawing Greg's attention once again. Nick meanwhile was flexing and grinning at Sara. Greg turned just as Nick struck a pose. Nick did his best to act natural as Greg's face reflected a 'what the hell?' expression. The quirky lab tech suddenly felt like a third wheel. "Uh, I should probably go."

Nick could see that Sara was about to say something and his gut told him she was about to invite Greg to stay. He shot her a look and shook his head, instead he walked over to Greg putting his arm around the lab tech's shoulder and leading him toward the front door. "Sorry you can't stay man, but Sara and I actually have another case that we're discussing right now."

"Oh, uh, ok." Greg had a slightly bewildered expression as he was practically shoved out the front door.

Sara looked thoroughly amused as Nick stalked back towards the couch. "That was really subtle."

He smirked at her as he stood next to the couch. "Oh, and what you were doing behind his back wasn't?"

She chuckled. "You're one to talk. Besides, I was just trying to get your attention." She reached over and took his hand, pulling him down onto the couch next to her.

"You have my attention. And I would have gotten Greg's too if you'd kept it up." Nick teased gesturing toward his pants.

"Well, don't worry, Greg likes girls." Sara grinned.

Nick chuckled. "I wasn't worried about that. What I was worried about was trying to explain to him that it wasn't him I was happy to see."

Sara leaned toward him, a smirk on her face. "So, how did you get things back to normal anyway?" She reached over and slid her hand up his thigh with a glint in her eye.

Nick tried to swallow his grin and couldn't help but laugh. "It's not what you're implying, Sidle."

Sara feigned innocence. "Oh, and what would that be, Mr. Stokes?" She tilted her head slightly to the side to emphasize her point.

He shook his head and grinned. "I'm not even going to dignify that with a reply."

"Why not?" Sara feigned a pout.

Nick chuckled in amusement. "Do you really want to spend the rest of the day talking about this, Sidle?"

She giggled and shook her head. "No, I'm not really in the mood to talk."

He raised both eyebrows. "Oh, and what are you in the mood for?" He was clearly amused by their line of conversation.

She reached up and trailed her fingers down the buttons of his shirt. "I seem to recall we were in the middle of something before Greg stopped by." Her eyes were fixed on his lips as she leaned toward him and softly kissed him.

As they broke the kiss, Nick rested his forehead against Sara's. His voice was husky. "Why don't we move this into the other room?" He leaned in and kissed her again. "I really don't want our first time together to be on the couch." He stood up and took her hand, leading her toward the bedroom. As they stood in front of the bed, Nick pulled her against him and leaned down to kiss her.

Sara pushed him away and shook her head, a playful smile on her lips. "Sit down."

He looked at her curiously, but complied, sitting on the end of the bed. "Ok."

She smirked. "I seem to recall you wanted a striptease."

Nick grinned and raised his eyebrows. "Only if you promise not to tease me."

Sara raised a single eyebrow. "I won't tease you if you promise to do one for me. That's the deal, remember?"

He nodded and his grin widened. "I remember."

Sara began to slowly unbutton her shirt, swiveling her hips in a sultry dance. Piece by piece her clothes were dropped to the floor until she stood before Nick with nothing but a smile on.

He was completely mesmerized and it took him a minute to realize that Sara had taken his hands and pulled him to a standing position. She pressed her lips against his and then pulled back, tilting her head and smiling as she waggled her eyebrows. "It's your turn, sexy."

She didn't give him a chance to touch her; she slipped past him and climbed into the bed, pulling the covers over her lower body as she leaned against the headboard to watch him, her crossed arms covering her breasts.

He turned to face her and began to slowly remove his clothes, never taking his eyes off of her as he drank in the sight of her in his bed. When he was finished, he joined her, climbing under the covers and leaning against the headboard next to her, just staring, almost afraid to touch her, finally realizing that the moment was real when she reached out to trace his jaw line with her fingertip. He broke out of his reverie and smiled. "You're beautiful, Sara."

She smiled at him. "You're pretty incredible yourself."

Nick leaned in and kissed her softly, his hand finally reaching out to touch her hip, his fingers enjoying the sensation of her bare skin.

They began slowly at first; almost tentative. Then their kisses deepened and their hands began to roam freely as they explored and touched, aroused and teased. Nick pressed Sara back into the mattress as he lay on top of her, both of them enjoying the sensation of their bare flesh pressed together. Nick gripped her hips as they came together; their eyes locking as they felt wave after wave of pleasure washing over them, finally collapsing against each other as they reached mind blowing ecstasy. They fell asleep tangled together in each others arms.

~The End~

A/N: Sorry, had to end sometime.