Sara planned to arrive at work a little early that night. She had thoroughly enjoyed her date with Nick and had stopped at a Hallmark store and bought him a card to let him know how much she appreciated his thoughtfulness. She couldn't believe the ridiculous amount of time she spent picking out a card considering that she had hoped to get to work before he arrived so she could put it in his locker, but she wanted to find the perfect card and she found herself laughing out loud at several cards before she finally decided on one that was blank inside and had a picture of a field of sunflowers on the front.
She still arrived an hour early and didn't see his Denali in the parking lot when she pulled in, so she thought she'd have plenty of time to get the card into his locker unnoticed. She walked into the locker room and opened her own locker to hang up her jacket. Inside was a bouquet of flowers along with a note.
Sara,
I hope that our date last night was just the first of many.
Nick
She leaned against the bay of lockers smiling and wondered to herself if he had stopped there on his way home from her apartment since she hadn't seen his Denali in the parking lot when she pulled in.
She decided that she'd better get the card she'd bought him into his locker before anyone showed up. She quickly opened his locker and placed it inside. As she closed it, she heard someone entering the room and she quickly spun around.
An amused Nick, with arms crossed over his chest stood there with an eyebrow raised. "Do you know what the penalty for breaking and entering is in Nevada, Sara?"
She smirked at him. "It didn't seem to stop you."
He stepped toward her smiling. "True." He regarded her curiously. "So why were you in my locker?"
She tried to restrain her grin. "I'm not sure what you're talking about."
Nick tilted his head and took another few steps toward her chuckling. "Sara."
She raised an eyebrow at him in challenge. "Nick."
"Sara." Nick put one hand on the locker behind her and grinned at her.
Sara couldn't help but grin at him in return. "I'm glad we're clear on each other's names."
"Me too." Nick chuckled. "What did you put in my locker?"
Sara shook her head. "I don't know what you're talking about." She couldn't keep the smile off of her face.
"You're a terrible liar." He looked amused.
"Thanks for the flowers." Sara looked into his eyes.
"It was my pleasure." Nick glanced at her lips. "Did you read the note?"
Sara nodded. "Uh, huh."
Nick searched her face. "And?"
"Me too." Sara smiled.
Nick's grin widened. "What are you doing after shift?"
Sara smirked. "Going to the dentist."
Nick looked at her for a moment to see if she was serious and then started laughing when he realized she was. "Ok, then. What about after that?"
"Going home and getting some sleep." She replied coyly.
Nick chuckled. "What are you doing before shift tomorrow?"
"Someone gave me this gift certificate so I'm getting a massage." Sara smirked.
Nick smiled. "I'm glad you're taking advantage of that. You deserve to be pampered."
Sara laughed softly, fingering the collar on his button up shirt. "What about Tuesday? I was thinking that we could make breakfast and maybe I could rent 'Gone With the Wind'."
Nick raised a curious eyebrow. "Ok, but why 'Gone With the Wind'?"
Sara tried to restrain her smile as she glanced at his lips. "Because I've heard it's a must see classic and it's also really long."
Nick couldn't help but start laughing again as he searched her face. "I like how you think." He leaned toward her, his eyes slowly closing. Sara's eyes fluttered shut too as Nick's lips softly touched hers. She found herself splaying her hands out against his chest and responding to the kiss as Nick slid his arms around her waist; both of them completely forgetting that they were standing in the middle of the locker room at work.
"I take it your little date went well?" Warrick looked thoroughly amused as Nick and Sara sprang apart.
Sara tried to swallow her grin. "I'll be in the break room." She glanced back at Nick with a smile as she exited the locker room.
Warrick raised an eyebrow at Nick. "So, Nick, the date went well then?"
Nick nodded. "Not as planned, but I'm not complaining."
Warrick surveyed Nick for a moment. "Hey, man, what exactly are your intentions with Sara?"
Nick chuckled as he opened up his locker and hung up his coat. "Don't worry, Warrick. The last person I would ever want to hurt or piss off is Sara Sidle. If I had less than honorable intentions toward her, I would not only be the dumbest man on the planet, I'd be on the hit list of half the men who work in this lab." He closed the door to his locker and glanced over at Warrick. "In case you haven't noticed, I really like her, otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to Catherine's little challenge in the first place."
Warrick chuckled. "Alright then."
"See you in the break room." Nick headed out of the locker room just as Catherine was walking in.
She raised a curious eyebrow at Warrick and gestured toward Nick. "Did I just overhear what I think I overheard?"
Warrick laughed. "Yeah."
"So I take it their date went well?" Catherine queried Warrick.
"Considering that Nick was kissing Sara when I walked in, I would say so." Warrick replied with an amused smile.
Catherine's eyes widened and she let out a deep throaty laugh.
