Sara had just finished shoving her gear in her locker as Nick walked in. "Hey Nick"
"Hey Sar, ready for lunch, or breakfast…?"
"Yeah how about you?"
"Yup" he answered as he finished stowing his own gear. "Lets go." They left the lab and took Nick's truck over to the diner. They ordered their food and sat down quietly across from each other.
"So" Sara started as she sipped her coffee, "How have you been?"
"Well, while you were gone I saw this girl a few times, but it didn't really work out."
"Really, what happened?"
"Well, I guess she wasn't the one person that I wanted."
"Oh, I'm sorry Nicky. You'll find your someone." Sara said as her cell phone started to ring. You're the only one for me Sara." Nick thought.
"Perez" she answered, "Oh hey honey" she paused. "No, I'm not at the lab, I'm having lunch with Stokes. I should be home in a couple of hours. OK, love you to bye." She hung up the phone. "Sorry 'bout that Nick. So tell me who would be your "dream girl"? You know Josh's cousin is single, she pretty cute."
"Actually Sara, I have had my eye on someone for a while now, but she's taken, so I've kept my distance."
"Nick, you should tell her how you feel. Maybe she likes you too." Sara said as she finished her coffee.
"OK, come with me." Nick said as he stood up.
"Where are we going Nick? We haven't eaten yet."
"Don't worry about it." He took her hand and led her outside, and to the back of the building. "Stand here" He said as he walked away and went back into the diner. Sara was so confused. A few seconds later her cell phone started to ring, so she answered it. "Perez"
"I hate it when you answer your phone like that Sara." The voice said. It took her a minute to realize that the voice was Nick's. " Nick, why are you calling me?"
"Well, you told me to tell the woman that I'm in love with how I feel. And I thought that if I called you and told you, you couldn't slap me."
"Nick are you saying that you love me?" There was a presence of tears in her voice.
"Yes" He said as he came up behind her again. She jumped and turned to face him. The both put their phones away, and Sara wrapped Nick in a hug. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, not quite sure how she was going to react. When she pulled him closer, he did the same.
"Nick, I love you to, but I'm afraid it's to late now. I'm married, and I love Josh." Nick stepped out of her embrace silent tears running down his face. "Oh god Nick, I'm so sorry." He didn't respond, he just walked away. Drove home and went to his couch and bottle of Vodka.