Author's Note: Thank you to everyone that read and reviewed the first chapter!!! It's means more to me than you'll ever know!!!
Disclaimer: I own nothing dealing with CSI, but Mia is mine!
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Nick pulled up at Sara's house and shut off his car. He opened the door and got out. He made his way to the door and rang the bell. A few moments later, Sara opened the door.
"Hey Nick." She greeted him.
"Hey Sara." He walked in and made his way in the living room.
"Mia, you're dad's here!" Sara called out. She turned her focus on Nick. "Every since I told her you were taking her to the park, she hasn't been still."
"I can imagine." Nick heard a door open and soon his little girl came running to him.
"Hey dad!" She held out her arms and he swooped down and picked her up.
"How's my munchkin?" He asked giving her a kiss.
"Great, are we going to the park now?"
"You bet. Tell your mommy bye." Nick put his girl down and watched as Mia gave Sara a hug and kiss.
"Bye mommy."
"Bye sweetie, be good."
"I'm always good." Mia said as if that was the most obvious thing.
Sara had to fight the urge to roll her eyes and go yeah right. Instead she walked them to the door and watched as Nick put Mia in the car seat and then got in the car. She shut the door as she watched them back out. She went back inside and decided to go and try to get some sleep.
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Nick and Mia played in the park and soon were swinging on the swings.
"Look Dad, I can swing high." Mia said kicking her legs under her.
"Just like I taught you." He commented proudly. He glanced down at his watch and noticed it was about one. "Are you ready for lunch?"
"Yeah!" Mia decided that slowing down her swing would take too much time. "Watch me dad." Mia then jumped out of the swing and landed on her feet but fell backward on her butt. She began laughing.
"Are you okay?" Nick asked and knelt down beside her.
"Yep. Can we eat now?"
He helped her up and they walked back to the car. As soon as they were both buckled inside, they made their way to Mia's favorite place, McDonalds.
"I want a happy meal." Mia told him.
"Okay, what do you want to drink?" Nick ordered the meal and ordered himself a double cheeseburger meal.
"Whatever you're having." She replied looking up at him with her brown eyes.
Nick felt like his heart was melting. He ordered two cokes and soon both were sitting at a table enjoying their food.
Mia opened her meal and pulled out a toy. "Kim Possible!" Mia began singing the theme song of the Disney show. She placed the toy down and began eating her cheeseburger.
Once they were done eating, Nick drove them back to Sara's. He knocked on the door and waited. It took a few minutes before Sara answered the door. When she did, she was wearing a t-shirt and sweat shorts.
"Sorry, I was actually sleeping." She said.
"If you want me to take Mia with me, I'd be happy to." Nick told her.
"It's okay, you need your sleep as well, besides Warrick will home later and can keep an eye on her."
Mia gave her dad a hug and kiss. "Bye Dad, love you." She ran inside.
"Love you too munchkin." Nick turned his attention back on Sara. "Are you doing okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks." She smiled at him. "Did you have a good time?"
"I had a great time. Thanks for letting me take her."
"Nick, she's your daughter too. I'm not going to say no when you want to spend time with her."
He smiled and leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you tonight."
"Bye Nick." She shut the door and Nick walked slowly to his car. He took one last glance at her house thinking not for the first time about how much he wished things could have been different between them.
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Sara hadn't been able to go back to sleep because Warrick called and told her that he was having to pull a double. After she hung up the phone with him, it rang again.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sara." Grissom's voice came on the other end. "I need you to come in."
"Grissom, I don't have a sitter for Mia. Warrick's pulling a double."
"I know, that's why we need you here. I would tell you to call Nick to watch Mia, but I had to call him in as well."
Sara exhaled. She tried her best to think of who could watch her daughter. "Wait, I'll call Lindsey. I'm sure she wouldn't mind watching her." Lindsey kept telling Sara she wanted to baby-sit for them.
"I'm fourteen years old now Sara. I can do it." Lindsey would keep saying. Sara felt she had no choice tonight.
"Hey Grissom, I'm going to call Lindsey and I'll be there soon."
"I'll see you when you get here." With that, Grissom hung up the phone.
Sara dialed Catherine's number and Lindsey answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey Linds, it's Sara."
"Aunt Sara! How are you?"
"I'm okay, but I was calling to see if you could do me a huge favor."
"Sure. What do you need?"
"I have to go in early and I was wondering if you could come over and watch Mia."
Sara had to pull the phone away from her ear because of Lindsey's yelling for joy. "Oh thank you Aunt Sara! I promise I'll take good care of her."
"I know you will. Is your mom around?"
"Yeah, she's fixing to go to work, so I'll have her drop me off at your house. See you in a few." Sara heard the click and knew Lindsey had hung up. Sara kept trying to convince herself that Lindsey would be fine with Mia. It wasn't that she didn't trust the other girl, she just hoped that Lindsey wouldn't get scared being alone with Mia. Sara walked into Mia's bedroom and watched as her daughter played with her toys.
"Mia, Lindsey is coming over to play with you while I go to work okay."
Mia turned to face her mom. "Where's daddy?"
"He's working, but he'll be home as soon as he can."
"Can Lindsey and I watch a movie?"
"Sure, I bet she would love to."
"Good, I'm going to go find one." Mia got up and ran to the living room. While she was flipping through the different movie selections, Sara got ready for work. She changed her clothes and freshened herself up. She walked out of the bathroom and found Mia watching T.V. on the couch. The doorbell rang and Mia ran to answer it.
"Mia, what did I tell you about answering the door without me?"
Mia stopped at the door. The handle was still in her hand. She looked up at Sara. "Sorry, I want to Lindsey."
"I know, but you don't know if that's Lindsey on the other side." Sara walked over and stood beside her daughter and gave her a nod. "Go ahead."
Mia opened the door and was instantly hugged by Lindsey. "Mia!"
"Hey Linds, wanna watch a movie?"
"Okay." Lindsey and Mia walked over to the couch and sat down. Sara glanced over at Catherine.
"Thanks for letting her do this." Sara replied.
"It's no problem. Lindsey's been begging to do this every since Mia was born. Plus this will keep her off the phone."
Sara laughed. "Still crushing on Adam, huh?"
Catherine rolled her eyes. "I'm telling you Sara, she's always going somewhere with him. I'm not too sure I like this idea of her having a boyfriend."
"I don't want to even think about boyfriends." Sara replied. "Of course, Mia does have one thing going for her."
Catherine knew exactly what Sara was going to say. "She has two fathers to scare the boys off."
"Well, we better go." Sara said and turned her attention on the two girls. "Lindsey, I left emergency numbers on the fridge and some money on the table if you want to order pizza. Remember Mia can't answer the door."
"I know Aunt Sara. I'll guard her with me life."
"I know you will." Sara walked over and gave Mia a hug and kiss. She then gave Lindsey a hug as well. "Bye you two. I love you both."
Catherine also told the two girls bye and kissed them both.
"Bye Aunt Cath, love you." Mia told her.
"Bye Mom." Lindsey said.
"No calling Adam." Catherine told her and then left. The last thing the girls heard was Sara telling them to keep the doors locked.
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Disclaimer: I own nothing dealing with CSI, but Mia is mine!
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Nick pulled up at Sara's house and shut off his car. He opened the door and got out. He made his way to the door and rang the bell. A few moments later, Sara opened the door.
"Hey Nick." She greeted him.
"Hey Sara." He walked in and made his way in the living room.
"Mia, you're dad's here!" Sara called out. She turned her focus on Nick. "Every since I told her you were taking her to the park, she hasn't been still."
"I can imagine." Nick heard a door open and soon his little girl came running to him.
"Hey dad!" She held out her arms and he swooped down and picked her up.
"How's my munchkin?" He asked giving her a kiss.
"Great, are we going to the park now?"
"You bet. Tell your mommy bye." Nick put his girl down and watched as Mia gave Sara a hug and kiss.
"Bye mommy."
"Bye sweetie, be good."
"I'm always good." Mia said as if that was the most obvious thing.
Sara had to fight the urge to roll her eyes and go yeah right. Instead she walked them to the door and watched as Nick put Mia in the car seat and then got in the car. She shut the door as she watched them back out. She went back inside and decided to go and try to get some sleep.
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Nick and Mia played in the park and soon were swinging on the swings.
"Look Dad, I can swing high." Mia said kicking her legs under her.
"Just like I taught you." He commented proudly. He glanced down at his watch and noticed it was about one. "Are you ready for lunch?"
"Yeah!" Mia decided that slowing down her swing would take too much time. "Watch me dad." Mia then jumped out of the swing and landed on her feet but fell backward on her butt. She began laughing.
"Are you okay?" Nick asked and knelt down beside her.
"Yep. Can we eat now?"
He helped her up and they walked back to the car. As soon as they were both buckled inside, they made their way to Mia's favorite place, McDonalds.
"I want a happy meal." Mia told him.
"Okay, what do you want to drink?" Nick ordered the meal and ordered himself a double cheeseburger meal.
"Whatever you're having." She replied looking up at him with her brown eyes.
Nick felt like his heart was melting. He ordered two cokes and soon both were sitting at a table enjoying their food.
Mia opened her meal and pulled out a toy. "Kim Possible!" Mia began singing the theme song of the Disney show. She placed the toy down and began eating her cheeseburger.
Once they were done eating, Nick drove them back to Sara's. He knocked on the door and waited. It took a few minutes before Sara answered the door. When she did, she was wearing a t-shirt and sweat shorts.
"Sorry, I was actually sleeping." She said.
"If you want me to take Mia with me, I'd be happy to." Nick told her.
"It's okay, you need your sleep as well, besides Warrick will home later and can keep an eye on her."
Mia gave her dad a hug and kiss. "Bye Dad, love you." She ran inside.
"Love you too munchkin." Nick turned his attention back on Sara. "Are you doing okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks." She smiled at him. "Did you have a good time?"
"I had a great time. Thanks for letting me take her."
"Nick, she's your daughter too. I'm not going to say no when you want to spend time with her."
He smiled and leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I'll see you tonight."
"Bye Nick." She shut the door and Nick walked slowly to his car. He took one last glance at her house thinking not for the first time about how much he wished things could have been different between them.
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Sara hadn't been able to go back to sleep because Warrick called and told her that he was having to pull a double. After she hung up the phone with him, it rang again.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sara." Grissom's voice came on the other end. "I need you to come in."
"Grissom, I don't have a sitter for Mia. Warrick's pulling a double."
"I know, that's why we need you here. I would tell you to call Nick to watch Mia, but I had to call him in as well."
Sara exhaled. She tried her best to think of who could watch her daughter. "Wait, I'll call Lindsey. I'm sure she wouldn't mind watching her." Lindsey kept telling Sara she wanted to baby-sit for them.
"I'm fourteen years old now Sara. I can do it." Lindsey would keep saying. Sara felt she had no choice tonight.
"Hey Grissom, I'm going to call Lindsey and I'll be there soon."
"I'll see you when you get here." With that, Grissom hung up the phone.
Sara dialed Catherine's number and Lindsey answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey Linds, it's Sara."
"Aunt Sara! How are you?"
"I'm okay, but I was calling to see if you could do me a huge favor."
"Sure. What do you need?"
"I have to go in early and I was wondering if you could come over and watch Mia."
Sara had to pull the phone away from her ear because of Lindsey's yelling for joy. "Oh thank you Aunt Sara! I promise I'll take good care of her."
"I know you will. Is your mom around?"
"Yeah, she's fixing to go to work, so I'll have her drop me off at your house. See you in a few." Sara heard the click and knew Lindsey had hung up. Sara kept trying to convince herself that Lindsey would be fine with Mia. It wasn't that she didn't trust the other girl, she just hoped that Lindsey wouldn't get scared being alone with Mia. Sara walked into Mia's bedroom and watched as her daughter played with her toys.
"Mia, Lindsey is coming over to play with you while I go to work okay."
Mia turned to face her mom. "Where's daddy?"
"He's working, but he'll be home as soon as he can."
"Can Lindsey and I watch a movie?"
"Sure, I bet she would love to."
"Good, I'm going to go find one." Mia got up and ran to the living room. While she was flipping through the different movie selections, Sara got ready for work. She changed her clothes and freshened herself up. She walked out of the bathroom and found Mia watching T.V. on the couch. The doorbell rang and Mia ran to answer it.
"Mia, what did I tell you about answering the door without me?"
Mia stopped at the door. The handle was still in her hand. She looked up at Sara. "Sorry, I want to Lindsey."
"I know, but you don't know if that's Lindsey on the other side." Sara walked over and stood beside her daughter and gave her a nod. "Go ahead."
Mia opened the door and was instantly hugged by Lindsey. "Mia!"
"Hey Linds, wanna watch a movie?"
"Okay." Lindsey and Mia walked over to the couch and sat down. Sara glanced over at Catherine.
"Thanks for letting her do this." Sara replied.
"It's no problem. Lindsey's been begging to do this every since Mia was born. Plus this will keep her off the phone."
Sara laughed. "Still crushing on Adam, huh?"
Catherine rolled her eyes. "I'm telling you Sara, she's always going somewhere with him. I'm not too sure I like this idea of her having a boyfriend."
"I don't want to even think about boyfriends." Sara replied. "Of course, Mia does have one thing going for her."
Catherine knew exactly what Sara was going to say. "She has two fathers to scare the boys off."
"Well, we better go." Sara said and turned her attention on the two girls. "Lindsey, I left emergency numbers on the fridge and some money on the table if you want to order pizza. Remember Mia can't answer the door."
"I know Aunt Sara. I'll guard her with me life."
"I know you will." Sara walked over and gave Mia a hug and kiss. She then gave Lindsey a hug as well. "Bye you two. I love you both."
Catherine also told the two girls bye and kissed them both.
"Bye Aunt Cath, love you." Mia told her.
"Bye Mom." Lindsey said.
"No calling Adam." Catherine told her and then left. The last thing the girls heard was Sara telling them to keep the doors locked.
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