Sara woke to the muffled sound of Nick's voice and giggling. A smile spread across her face as she realized that Fiona must have woken him up and now he was tickling her. Sara stretched and then closed her eyes for a moment. She wanted to savor how relaxed she felt at just that moment. The giggles were interrupted by a high pitched squeal and then more giggling. Sara had to restrain her own laughter as she heard Nick trying to keep his voice down.

"No, Fiona, don't go in there." Nick was too late because Fiona had already opened the bedroom door. "Sara's still sleeping." The last part of his sentence was an attempt at a whisper.

Sara tried to keep a straight face with her eyes closed. She fully expected that Fiona would stand beside the bed and stare at her after what Nick had told her, what she didn't expect was that the little girl would climb up on the bed and crawl up next to her and peer down at her, much the way Sara would when trying to find miniscule evidence on carpet. She could feel Fiona's breath on her face as the little girl hovered, trying not to giggle.

Nick whispered. "Fiona, you need to come back out here, Sara's sleeping."

Fiona started to giggle, and Sara couldn't contain herself any longer and burst out laughing.

"You're awake." Nick observed standing in the doorway.

"Sara's not sleeping, Unca Nicky." Fiona tilted her head slightly and pointed at Sara, her finger a fraction of an inch from Sara's face. "See."

Sara sat up in bed and grinned at Nick. "Yeah, I'm not sleeping."

Nick chuckled. "We didn't wake you up, did we?"

Sara shook her head in amusement. "No." She looked over at Fiona and smiled. "How are you this morning, young lady?"

"Do you like the zoo?" Fiona looked at her in anticipation that Sara's answer might hold her entire day's happiness in it.

"I love the zoo." Sara replied.

Fiona's eyebrows shot up and she looked over at Nick with a giddy expression. "Sara loves the zoo!"

Nick looked thoroughly amused. "I heard. Maybe we should ask her if she wants to go to the zoo today."

Fiona nodded her head excitedly and turned back to Sara. "Wanna go to the zoo? Unca Nicky said if you said yes, we could go to the zoo. Can we? Huh?"

It was all Sara could do to not dissolve into laughter. She smiled at Fiona and nodded. "That sounds like fun." She glanced up at Nick curiously.

Fiona stood up and started jumping on the bed. "We're going to the zoo! Yeah! Yeah!"

Nick walked over toward the bed and grabbed Fiona mid-jump. "Fiona, hon, the zoo doesn't open for a couple more hours, and we need to let Sara have time to get ready and get something to eat. Why don't you go out in the other room and finish watching 'Sponge Bob'?"

Fiona nodded vigorously. "Ok."

Nick put her down on the floor and Fiona ran out into the other room chanting. "Sponge Bob! Sponge Bob!"

For the first time, Sara noticed that Nick was already showered and dressed. She smiled at him as she sat there certain that she looked rumpled in comparison. "How did you sleep?"

Nick reached up and rubbed his neck. "I'm a little stiff, but I'll be alright."

Sara pursed her lips together and raised an eyebrow. "Did you talk to Chelsea?"

Nick nodded and then chuckled. "Well, when I mentioned that I got a stiff neck from trying to sleep on the couch, she looked horrified. Apparently, Aiden and Conner stole the mattress from the hide-a-bed and put it in their fort."

Sara looked doubtful.

"The boys even confessed." Nick smirked. "And since they're both grounded because of it, I'm pretty sure she didn't put them up to it. They figured since Kevin's mom wasn't living down here anymore that no one would miss the mattress."

Sara looked amused. "I supposed I should get dressed if we're going to the zoo."

Nick crossed his arms in front of his body. "Only if you want to, but you might be more comfortable in a pair of jeans instead of your pajamas." There was a smirk clearly etched on his face.

Sara rolled her eyes. "So did Fiona wake you up?" She asked curiously covering her mouth as a yawn overtook her.

Nick shook his head, trying to restrain his smile as he studied Sara. "No, I went upstairs looking for coffee and when I mentioned the couch to Chels, Fiona decided to help me bring the mattress down." Damn, Sara was attractive first thing in the morning. Nick grinned in spite of himself.

Sara smiled. "So we're going to the zoo, huh?"

"Chels got called in to work on a case and I said we could watch Fiona. I hope that's ok." Nick flashed her an apologetic smile.

She nodded and smiled. "Sure. It should be fun." Seeing Nick with a small child all day would be interesting.

Nick tried to swallow a smile. Sara had no idea what watching a three year old involved, but then sometimes ignorance was bliss. "Ok, I supposed I should let you get ready."

Sara tried to stifle another yawn as she climbed out of bed. "I suppose you should."

Nick gestured with his thumb towards the living room. "I'd better make sure that watching 'Sponge Bob' doesn't get out of hand."

"Admit it, Nick, you love cartoons." Sara quipped.

Nick just laughed and turned and left the room.

As she watched him retreat, the thought occurred to Sara that she'd never noticed how cute his butt was before. She tried to shake the thought out of her head. This was Nick she was talking about, her friend Nick. As quickly as she tried to shake the thought, she asked herself what she was doing. She had decided to just see what would happen between them, and if she thought his butt was cute, she was going to let herself admire it.

A smile spread across her face as she gathered her things to take a shower. She silently wondered what Nick would think if he knew she was ogling his rear. Not that she was about to tell him. It was one thing to admit to herself that she might be attracted to him, it was completely another to admit it to him. Besides, she still had nearly two weeks to explore what all of this meant before they had to return to Vegas.