Here you go guys! I really hope you all like this part of the saga! ;) Oh,
it starts five months after Sarah's, like it says at the end of hers.
Chapter title: Remembering
Chapter author: Sam
Disclaimer: you know the drill: don't own, don't sue
A/N: Congrats to everyone else who wrote a chapter, they were all great! Hope you all enjoy my contribution!
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Sara Sidle sat on the edge of her bed in the apartment that she and Nick shared. After that day in the cemetery, they had become closer and closer until she moved back in with him. Nervously, Sara's eyes darted around the room and finally stopped on the clock on her nightstand. Only two more minutes. Two more minutes that would seem like a lifetime. In two minutes, Sara would find out if she were pregnant again.
She lifted herself off the bed and walked over to the clock. She picked it up and focused on the red secondhand gliding in precise circles around the white face sprinkled with red numbers.
One minute to go.
She paced back and forth in front of the bed, the clock still clutched in her hand. Thirty seconds to go. She couldn't wait any longer, she was going insane. Throwing the clock on her double bed, she quickly walked down the hall to the bathroom and pushed open the swinging door. Staring at the test on edge of the sink, a smile crept across her face: it was positive. She and Nick were going to have another baby.
Dazed, Sara walked back to the bed as if she was floating on a cloud. She lay down on her back, and placed a hand on her stomach, remembering what it felt like to be pregnant. She had carried mostly in the front, and Sara laughed, recalling how right off the bat Catherine was sure that the baby would be a boy. She wondered if this baby was a boy or a girl. Her thoughts drifted back to the day she told Nick she was expecting the first time.
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FLASHBACK
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Sara couldn't sit still. Her heart was racing, her head was pounding, and she was ecstatic. The CSI could hardly wait until Nick got home. She had not been feeling well at all that week, and the thought was in the back of her mind, but it wasn't until this morning, after calling in sick, did she decide to take a pregnancy test. And, just like she had thought, it was positive. Her first reaction was utter joy: she laughed, she cried, she even called her doctor and set up an official test, practically in tears of happiness. However, after the high wore off, a black fear settled over her brain: what would Nick say? A sense of panic drained the color from her face, and her smile transformed into a frown. The thrill was gone, and reality had set it. She and Nick weren't married, and Sara had now idea how to care for a baby. As she imagined every extreme, the tears fell from her eyes until she could taste the salty liquid that hung on the corners of her bow-shaped mouth. And that is how Nick found her when he came home that night, her head in her hands.
"Baby, what's the matter? Are you alright?" Nick asked, cradling his girlfriend in his arms.
"Nothing's the matter, I'm fine, and I'm great actually." Sara lifted her head off of Nick's chest. "I'm pregnant"
His mouth fell open. A small noise erupted from the open hole in his face, not really a cry, more like a whimper combined with a laugh.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"Oh. Well, you're going to keep it right? I mean I'll leave it entirely up to you but-," he paused, "I really would like to keep it."
"So would I," Sara giggled. "I'm going to the doctor tomorrow."
"That's wonderful. Do you know how beautiful this baby is going to" he said, placing is hand on her stomach.
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END FLASHBACK
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Sara had moved from the bedroom to the kitchen table, now even more anxious for Nick to come home. But this anxious was a different anxious than the first time: not scared, but excited. Out of desperation for something to put her mind at ease, she got up out of the chair, put on some Christmas music, and began to pull the decorations out of the closet.
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By the time Nick came home, Sara had hung decals in the windows, filled the Santa salt and pepper shakers, and was furiously trying to set up the artificial Christmas tree.
"Um, what are you doing? You do know it's only September, right," He asked
"Oh, nothing, just getting into the Holiday spirit," she answered, looking up from the branch. "So honey, how was your day?"
"Oh, just great, how 'bout you?" Nick countered, becoming suspicious.
Sara got up from the floor, and slid her arms around the man's neck. "Guess what" she whispered in his ear. She didn't wait for him to answer. "I'm pregnant!"
Nick spun her around, and held her tight in his strong arms. When the finally broke free, Sara could see tears glistening in Nick's eyes. His tears begot tears of her own, and they stood there for what seemed like an eternity, just looking into each other's eyes.
Chapter title: Remembering
Chapter author: Sam
Disclaimer: you know the drill: don't own, don't sue
A/N: Congrats to everyone else who wrote a chapter, they were all great! Hope you all enjoy my contribution!
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Sara Sidle sat on the edge of her bed in the apartment that she and Nick shared. After that day in the cemetery, they had become closer and closer until she moved back in with him. Nervously, Sara's eyes darted around the room and finally stopped on the clock on her nightstand. Only two more minutes. Two more minutes that would seem like a lifetime. In two minutes, Sara would find out if she were pregnant again.
She lifted herself off the bed and walked over to the clock. She picked it up and focused on the red secondhand gliding in precise circles around the white face sprinkled with red numbers.
One minute to go.
She paced back and forth in front of the bed, the clock still clutched in her hand. Thirty seconds to go. She couldn't wait any longer, she was going insane. Throwing the clock on her double bed, she quickly walked down the hall to the bathroom and pushed open the swinging door. Staring at the test on edge of the sink, a smile crept across her face: it was positive. She and Nick were going to have another baby.
Dazed, Sara walked back to the bed as if she was floating on a cloud. She lay down on her back, and placed a hand on her stomach, remembering what it felt like to be pregnant. She had carried mostly in the front, and Sara laughed, recalling how right off the bat Catherine was sure that the baby would be a boy. She wondered if this baby was a boy or a girl. Her thoughts drifted back to the day she told Nick she was expecting the first time.
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FLASHBACK
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Sara couldn't sit still. Her heart was racing, her head was pounding, and she was ecstatic. The CSI could hardly wait until Nick got home. She had not been feeling well at all that week, and the thought was in the back of her mind, but it wasn't until this morning, after calling in sick, did she decide to take a pregnancy test. And, just like she had thought, it was positive. Her first reaction was utter joy: she laughed, she cried, she even called her doctor and set up an official test, practically in tears of happiness. However, after the high wore off, a black fear settled over her brain: what would Nick say? A sense of panic drained the color from her face, and her smile transformed into a frown. The thrill was gone, and reality had set it. She and Nick weren't married, and Sara had now idea how to care for a baby. As she imagined every extreme, the tears fell from her eyes until she could taste the salty liquid that hung on the corners of her bow-shaped mouth. And that is how Nick found her when he came home that night, her head in her hands.
"Baby, what's the matter? Are you alright?" Nick asked, cradling his girlfriend in his arms.
"Nothing's the matter, I'm fine, and I'm great actually." Sara lifted her head off of Nick's chest. "I'm pregnant"
His mouth fell open. A small noise erupted from the open hole in his face, not really a cry, more like a whimper combined with a laugh.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"Oh. Well, you're going to keep it right? I mean I'll leave it entirely up to you but-," he paused, "I really would like to keep it."
"So would I," Sara giggled. "I'm going to the doctor tomorrow."
"That's wonderful. Do you know how beautiful this baby is going to" he said, placing is hand on her stomach.
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END FLASHBACK
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Sara had moved from the bedroom to the kitchen table, now even more anxious for Nick to come home. But this anxious was a different anxious than the first time: not scared, but excited. Out of desperation for something to put her mind at ease, she got up out of the chair, put on some Christmas music, and began to pull the decorations out of the closet.
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By the time Nick came home, Sara had hung decals in the windows, filled the Santa salt and pepper shakers, and was furiously trying to set up the artificial Christmas tree.
"Um, what are you doing? You do know it's only September, right," He asked
"Oh, nothing, just getting into the Holiday spirit," she answered, looking up from the branch. "So honey, how was your day?"
"Oh, just great, how 'bout you?" Nick countered, becoming suspicious.
Sara got up from the floor, and slid her arms around the man's neck. "Guess what" she whispered in his ear. She didn't wait for him to answer. "I'm pregnant!"
Nick spun her around, and held her tight in his strong arms. When the finally broke free, Sara could see tears glistening in Nick's eyes. His tears begot tears of her own, and they stood there for what seemed like an eternity, just looking into each other's eyes.