"They're standing right there?" Nick let out a deep breath as he glanced
over at Sara who was looking at him with both eyebrows raised.
"That's what I said." Grissom replied. There were voices in the background for a moment and then Grissom continued. "Catherine wants to talk to you."
"Ok." Nick swallowed hard. He knew that this revelation about he and Sara was a huge shock to his coworkers.
"Nick." Catherine had a tone of disbelief in her voice.
"Hey, Catherine." Nick tried to keep his voice light and confident, it came across as slightly panicked.
"Let me get this straight, from what I overheard it sounded like you and Sara were getting married." From the tone in her voice Catherine clearly thought she had misheard Grissom.
Nick glanced over at Sara and smiled. "That's right."
"You're getting married?" Catherine clarified.
"Yes." Nick replied a bit more confidently. "That's correct."
"To Sara?" Catherine continued.
"Yes. I'm getting married to Sara." Nick had a hint of amusement in it.
"Our Sara?" Catherine further clarified.
Nick chuckled. "Yes, our Sara. Do you want to talk to her?"
"You really asked her to marry you?" Catherine still was having a difficult time fathoming that Nick would have done such a thing.
"Yes." Nick grinned at Sara who looked like she was about to laugh at what she imagined was going on at the other end of the line at that moment.
"And she said 'yes'?" Catherine was being even more thorough than Grissom had been in his questioning.
"Yes, she said 'yes'. Do you want to talk to her and verify it with her?" There was a hint of teasing in his voice.
"Nick, let me talk to her." Sara took the phone from Nick. She smiled at him as she spoke into the phone. "Catherine."
"Sara." Catherine answered. "So, it's true then?"
Sara just laughed. "Why is it so hard to believe?"
"Uh, it's not that. Well, actually it is that. You two weren't even dating when you left." Catherine was trying to get her mind to grasp the information she'd been told. "I mean we half expected you to come back as an item, but not this."
Sara grinned at Nick before she continued talking to Catherine. "Did you know that Nick's grandparents got married a week after he asked her to marry him and they weren't even dating?"
"No, I didn't know that." Catherine replied.
"Or that his sister Chelsea and her husband Kevin never dated before he asked her to marry him?" Sara continued.
"No, I didn't know that either." From the tone of Catherine's voice it was evident that a smile was beginning to form.
"Or that his sister Megan ran off to Vegas and married her husband Will three weeks after they met?" Sara felt Nick's arms snake around her waist and his lips pressing against her cheek.
Catherine chuckled. "Ok, you made you're point."
"I'm in love with Nick and he's in love with me. He asked me to marry him and I said yes." Sara was smiling.
"But you're getting married in Texas?" Catherine wanted more clarification.
"Yes, we're getting married here, but we really want all of you to come." There was something in Sara's voice that pleaded with Catherine to make Grissom work things out so that they could all be there.
"I'll see what I can do." Catherine chuckled softly. "Uh, Warrick wants to talk to you."
Before Catherine could finish her sentence, Warrick was speaking into the phone. "Hey, girl, I knew something was up with you two when you agreed to go home with him."
Sara glanced over at Nick and chuckled. "Warrick, we weren't dating before we left."
"Right." Warrick's tone was dry.
"Seriously. We weren't dating." Sara insisted.
Nick reached for the phone before Sara could say anything else. "Warrick, man."
"Nick." Warrick sounded amused. "So I was right then. You did have a thing for Sara."
Nick chuckled. "When I'm wrong, I admit that I'm wrong. And in this case, I was wrong. However, Sara and I were not dating before we came out here."
"So, what's the rush, man?" Warrick sounded curious as to why Nick and Sara were so anxious about getting married.
Nick looked over at Sara and grinned, his eyes never leaving hers as he spoke into the phone to Warrick. "Well, when it takes you as long as it took me to figure out who you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
Warrick let out a low chuckle over the phone. "So you're getting married next Saturday then?"
Nick nodded before he realized Warrick couldn't see him. "Uh, yeah, next Saturday. You've got to be here, man. I need you to be my best man."
"Wow." Warrick was silent for a moment. "I'll see what I can do. I wouldn't want to miss this for the world."
"Thanks." Nick was still grinning at Sara. "Uh, one more thing."
"What's that?" Warrick asked curiously.
"Break it to Greg gently." Nick replied as Sara started to giggle.
"Uh, no offense Nick, but I'm pretty sure that Sara's the one he's had the crush one all this time." Warrick quipped.
"Very funny, man." Nick commented. "Hey, tell Grissom we'll call him after shift to see what he's come up with."
"Will do." Warrick replied before hanging up the phone.
Nick put the phone down and turned his attention back to Sara. "Greg will be disappointed."
Sara snaked her arms around Nick's neck. "He'll get over it." She leaned in and kissed him insistently.
Nick mumbled against her lips. "The other room would be a lot more comfortable."
"Mmhmm." Sara replied, still not moving from the couch.
Finally, Nick pulled himself off of the couch and Sara with him and began walking back toward the bedroom still kissing, they tumbled onto the bed before giving themselves over to the moment.
"That's what I said." Grissom replied. There were voices in the background for a moment and then Grissom continued. "Catherine wants to talk to you."
"Ok." Nick swallowed hard. He knew that this revelation about he and Sara was a huge shock to his coworkers.
"Nick." Catherine had a tone of disbelief in her voice.
"Hey, Catherine." Nick tried to keep his voice light and confident, it came across as slightly panicked.
"Let me get this straight, from what I overheard it sounded like you and Sara were getting married." From the tone in her voice Catherine clearly thought she had misheard Grissom.
Nick glanced over at Sara and smiled. "That's right."
"You're getting married?" Catherine clarified.
"Yes." Nick replied a bit more confidently. "That's correct."
"To Sara?" Catherine continued.
"Yes. I'm getting married to Sara." Nick had a hint of amusement in it.
"Our Sara?" Catherine further clarified.
Nick chuckled. "Yes, our Sara. Do you want to talk to her?"
"You really asked her to marry you?" Catherine still was having a difficult time fathoming that Nick would have done such a thing.
"Yes." Nick grinned at Sara who looked like she was about to laugh at what she imagined was going on at the other end of the line at that moment.
"And she said 'yes'?" Catherine was being even more thorough than Grissom had been in his questioning.
"Yes, she said 'yes'. Do you want to talk to her and verify it with her?" There was a hint of teasing in his voice.
"Nick, let me talk to her." Sara took the phone from Nick. She smiled at him as she spoke into the phone. "Catherine."
"Sara." Catherine answered. "So, it's true then?"
Sara just laughed. "Why is it so hard to believe?"
"Uh, it's not that. Well, actually it is that. You two weren't even dating when you left." Catherine was trying to get her mind to grasp the information she'd been told. "I mean we half expected you to come back as an item, but not this."
Sara grinned at Nick before she continued talking to Catherine. "Did you know that Nick's grandparents got married a week after he asked her to marry him and they weren't even dating?"
"No, I didn't know that." Catherine replied.
"Or that his sister Chelsea and her husband Kevin never dated before he asked her to marry him?" Sara continued.
"No, I didn't know that either." From the tone of Catherine's voice it was evident that a smile was beginning to form.
"Or that his sister Megan ran off to Vegas and married her husband Will three weeks after they met?" Sara felt Nick's arms snake around her waist and his lips pressing against her cheek.
Catherine chuckled. "Ok, you made you're point."
"I'm in love with Nick and he's in love with me. He asked me to marry him and I said yes." Sara was smiling.
"But you're getting married in Texas?" Catherine wanted more clarification.
"Yes, we're getting married here, but we really want all of you to come." There was something in Sara's voice that pleaded with Catherine to make Grissom work things out so that they could all be there.
"I'll see what I can do." Catherine chuckled softly. "Uh, Warrick wants to talk to you."
Before Catherine could finish her sentence, Warrick was speaking into the phone. "Hey, girl, I knew something was up with you two when you agreed to go home with him."
Sara glanced over at Nick and chuckled. "Warrick, we weren't dating before we left."
"Right." Warrick's tone was dry.
"Seriously. We weren't dating." Sara insisted.
Nick reached for the phone before Sara could say anything else. "Warrick, man."
"Nick." Warrick sounded amused. "So I was right then. You did have a thing for Sara."
Nick chuckled. "When I'm wrong, I admit that I'm wrong. And in this case, I was wrong. However, Sara and I were not dating before we came out here."
"So, what's the rush, man?" Warrick sounded curious as to why Nick and Sara were so anxious about getting married.
Nick looked over at Sara and grinned, his eyes never leaving hers as he spoke into the phone to Warrick. "Well, when it takes you as long as it took me to figure out who you want to spend the rest of your life with, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
Warrick let out a low chuckle over the phone. "So you're getting married next Saturday then?"
Nick nodded before he realized Warrick couldn't see him. "Uh, yeah, next Saturday. You've got to be here, man. I need you to be my best man."
"Wow." Warrick was silent for a moment. "I'll see what I can do. I wouldn't want to miss this for the world."
"Thanks." Nick was still grinning at Sara. "Uh, one more thing."
"What's that?" Warrick asked curiously.
"Break it to Greg gently." Nick replied as Sara started to giggle.
"Uh, no offense Nick, but I'm pretty sure that Sara's the one he's had the crush one all this time." Warrick quipped.
"Very funny, man." Nick commented. "Hey, tell Grissom we'll call him after shift to see what he's come up with."
"Will do." Warrick replied before hanging up the phone.
Nick put the phone down and turned his attention back to Sara. "Greg will be disappointed."
Sara snaked her arms around Nick's neck. "He'll get over it." She leaned in and kissed him insistently.
Nick mumbled against her lips. "The other room would be a lot more comfortable."
"Mmhmm." Sara replied, still not moving from the couch.
Finally, Nick pulled himself off of the couch and Sara with him and began walking back toward the bedroom still kissing, they tumbled onto the bed before giving themselves over to the moment.