"I cannot believe he didn't completely freak out." Nick had an incredulous expression on his face as he and Warrick unloaded the Denali. Nick had fully expected that Grissom would have reamed him verbally for what he'd walked in on in the locker room; not that he was even sure that Grissom had seen him and Sara kissing, but he'd made it pretty clear he knew what was going on between them.

Warrick just laughed. "You know, you can't make that a habit. I know this is all new between the two of you, but if he catches you doing that on company time on a regular basis, you're both going to get written up."

Nick nodded. "I was more worried about him finding out at all. Sara just laughed. She said he had the same expression on his face that her dad did when he caught her making out with some guy in the eighth grade."

Warrick raised an eyebrow. "I think Sara and Catherine are the only ones who aren't afraid of him around here."

Nick puffed his chest up a little. "I'm not afraid of him."

Warrick chuckled. "Yeah, and I'm the pope. We're all a little afraid of him; he's our boss."

"Ok, I'll give you that." Nick pulled the last of the gear out of the Denali and set it on the ground before closing the door.

"You taking Sara out on another date?" Warrick hadn't gotten much information out of either Nick or Sara other than the fact that they'd gone out once, it went well, and they'd been caught twice in a very involved kiss in the locker room.

Nick grinned. "We haven't had a lot of time. We've been working."

Warrick looked doubtful. "Something tells me that hasn't stopped the two of you from getting together."

"We've shared a few meals and watched a few movies." Nick admitted, trying not to smile.

"Just how many of these movies have you seen the end of?" Warrick jested.

Nick didn't say anything; he just restrained his smile and picked up some of the gear they'd removed from the Denali. "You gonna give me a hand with some of this?"

Warrick shook his head, letting out a low chuckle as he picked up the rest of the gear and headed into the lab.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Nick grinned as he walked into the locker room; Sara was there stowing her gear. "You're still here."

She glanced up and smiled. "Yeah, Catherine and I just finished up. You?"

He nodded. "Free as a bird."

Sara laughed softly and yawned, sitting down on the bench in the middle of the bay of lockers. "Me too."

He leaned toward her conspiratorially. "Wanna watch 'Gone With The Wind'?"

She gave him an apologetic smile. "Can I have a rain check? I'm tired and you should be too."

Nick sat down next to her on the bench and elbowed her. "Is this going to be hard?"

Sara looked at him quizzically. "Is what going to be hard?"

"This. Us." He began, gesturing between them. "I mean, I want to spend time with you and take you out on real dates, but things like today, when we both pull overtime happens, and all either of us has time for is to go home and sleep so we can come back and do it again tomorrow."

A smile formed on Sara's lips as she nudged him. "Hey, you don't need to impress me by taking me out on what you call real dates, Nick. I'm already impressed because I know you, the real you. I want to spend time with you. I get to spend time with you. And if that means we eat breakfast after shift and watch movies that we know we're never going to see the end of then so be it."

He laughed and put his arm around her shoulder. "You know, we could just watch TV."

Sara smirked. "Somehow I don't find the Discovery Channel as romantic as a chick flick."

"I'll keep that in mind." Nick smirked back.

Sara smiled. "I need to go home, I'm really tired. I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be just as long."

Nick couldn't help but smile at her. "Let me walk you out." He squeezed her shoulders before standing up and gathering his things from his locker.

They walked out to the parking lot together, getting curious stares as Sara held the bouquet of flowers that Nick had left in her locker. No one but Warrick, Catherine, and Grissom were aware of what was transpiring between Nick and Sara, so the fact that Sara had walked out of the lab with flowers several times over the last week was raising a few eyebrows.

They approached Sara's Denali and stood there talking for a few minutes before Sara opened the door. She set her things inside the vehicle and climbed inside.

Nick stood there leaning against the open doorway, reluctant to leave because he wanted to spend time with her.

"You know, it's going to be hard to drive away if you don't move so I can close the door." Sara looked amused. She too wished that they had more time to spend together.

He smiled at her softly and reached over and took her hand. "I know you said I don't need to take you out on real dates, and I know you think that I'm buying you far too many flowers, but I want you to know that it's just one way to show you that I think you're special. I want to do those things for you. You deserve to be treated like the amazing woman you are."

An embarrassed smile spread across Sara's face and her cheeks turned a little pink. "I'm just not used to this. I like it; I'm just not used to it."

Nick grinned. "The next time we both have the night off, I want to take you out on another real date. Ok?"

She nodded, unable to hide her smile. "I need to go and so do you."

Nick reached up and cupped her face, leaning in and placing a soft kiss on her lips. They lingered like that for a few minutes and Nick finally pulled away, only to lean back in and kiss her again.

"Nick, I need to go." Sara leaned in and kissed him again before breaking the kiss and giggling. "We're pathetic."

Nick grinned, his fingers caressing her cheek. "If this is pathetic, then I like it." He leaned in and placed one more quick kiss on her lips before stepping back and waving goodbye as she shut the door.

From the other side of the parking lot, Greg Sanders stood there with car keys in hand staring, his mouth agape. He had been on vacation when Catherine had challenged Nick to woo Sara. The scene that had unfolded before him had left him completely flummoxed.