Nick could hardly concentrate on work that night. The four words that Sara
had spoken earlier had thrown him for a loop. 'I'm thinking about it'.
What did she mean by that? Did she want kids at all, or was she
considering that they should be starting a family soon? Was he ready to be
a father?
Warrick noticed his inattentiveness. "Nick, what planet are you on
tonight?"
He looked at Warrick with an open mouth. "Huh?"
"Where is your mind?" Warrick was not all that amused because he knew if you didn't pay attention at a crime scene you could miss things and compromise evidence.
Nick closed his mouth. "Sorry."
"Why don't you take a break and clear your head." Warrick suggested gesturing toward the front door of the house they were processing.
"Uh, sure." Nick stood up and headed towards the outside of the house still looking confused. He wasn't sure how long he'd been leaning against the side of his Denali when his cell phone rang. "Stokes."
"Nick, are you coming back, or did you decide to drive to Reno first?" Warrick had an edge of concern in his voice.
"Uh, sorry, I'm coming back in now." He ended the call and replaced the phone on his belt, turning and heading back into the house.
Warrick studied him and could tell that standing outside for twenty minutes had done nothing to clear Nick's head. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Huh?" Nick looked at him blankly.
Warrick shook his head. "Your mind is clearly not at this crime scene. What gives?"
Nick wasn't sure if Sara would want him telling anyone about their conversation before they had a chance to finish it, but at the same time, he knew that Warrick wouldn't say anything. "Uh, Sara and I were talking before shift and I suggested that we sell both condos and buy a house. Somewhere in there kids came up in the conversation. Catherine came in before I could clarify what Sara meant."
Warrick looked intrigued. "Kids came up in conversation how?"
Nick smiled and rested his hands on his hips. "I asked her if she wanted them and she said she was thinking about it. I'm just not sure whether that's wants them ever or wants them sometime in the near future."
Warrick chuckled. "Well, we still have a crime scene to process here, man. You might as well try and focus because shift isn't going to get over any sooner and I know she's not going to discuss it with you on the phone."
Nick nodded. "Yeah, I know."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When Nick got back to the lab, shift had been over for some time and Sara had already gone home. It was all he could do to drive the speed limit. He only hoped that she wanted to continue the conversation they had started earlier. He didn't think he could sleep until he knew what she was thinking.
When he walked through the front door, he noticed that only the light above the stove was on. Nick furrowed his brow, hoping that she wasn't asleep yet. He set his cell phone and keys down and kicked his shoes off as he made his way down the hallway to the bedroom. As he cracked the door open, he noticed that Sara was asleep on top of the comforter in her pajamas with a copy of a forensics journal lying open across her chest.
He smiled and made his way over to the bed, gently crawling onto it and lying down next to her as he grabbed the journal and tossed it off the bed.
Sara's eyes fluttered open and a smile began to spread across her face as she noticed Nick's proximity. "Hey, I didn't mean to fall asleep."
He grinned and leaned over and kissed her softly. "Did you eat?"
She shook her head. "No, I was going to wait for you." She furrowed her brow. "What time is it anyway?"
"I had to stay a few extra hours." He smiled. "What do you want to eat?"
She stretched and yawned. "Nothing really. I wanted to finish our conversation from earlier."
Nick looked relieved.
Sara noticed his expression and an unreadable expression crossed her face. "You've been thinking about it all night, haven't you?"
Nick looked a little embarrassed. "Yeah, I have. If Catherine hadn't walked in when she did, I might have been able to concentrate a little better tonight."
Sara giggled. "My poor baby." She leaned in and kissed him.
Nick looked anxious. "Are you going to tell me?"
She reached over and trailed her fingers along his lips. "I want kids, Nick. I'm just not sure when."
Nick couldn't help but smile. "What about the house?"
Sara smiled. "Maybe if we have a house, then maybe I might be ready to have a baby."
"But you're open to selling both condos and buying a house?" Nick wanted to clarify.
She grinned. "Yeah, I think we should look into that." She leaned in and kissed him again. "Then we can talk about having a baby."
"But you want them someday." Nick just wanted her to say it again.
She nodded, amused at his disbelief. "Yes, I want kids someday."
Nick was quiet for a moment and then looked at her with a wistful expression. "Uh, so how soon after buying a house would you want to talk about having a baby?"
Sara smirked. "Can we talk about that after we buy a house?"
Nick looked sheepish. "Sorry."
She giggled. "Nick, we have time. I want to enjoy being with you for a while, without any distractions. Well, any distractions besides you."
He raised an eyebrow mischievously. "But you do want kids."
She nodded and smirked. "And you'll be the first person I'll tell when I'm ready."
"But you wouldn't mind if I distracted you in the meantime." Nick inched closer to her on the bed.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." She grinned, beginning to unbutton his shirt as he leaned in and kissed her.
He looked at Warrick with an open mouth. "Huh?"
"Where is your mind?" Warrick was not all that amused because he knew if you didn't pay attention at a crime scene you could miss things and compromise evidence.
Nick closed his mouth. "Sorry."
"Why don't you take a break and clear your head." Warrick suggested gesturing toward the front door of the house they were processing.
"Uh, sure." Nick stood up and headed towards the outside of the house still looking confused. He wasn't sure how long he'd been leaning against the side of his Denali when his cell phone rang. "Stokes."
"Nick, are you coming back, or did you decide to drive to Reno first?" Warrick had an edge of concern in his voice.
"Uh, sorry, I'm coming back in now." He ended the call and replaced the phone on his belt, turning and heading back into the house.
Warrick studied him and could tell that standing outside for twenty minutes had done nothing to clear Nick's head. "Hey, what's going on?"
"Huh?" Nick looked at him blankly.
Warrick shook his head. "Your mind is clearly not at this crime scene. What gives?"
Nick wasn't sure if Sara would want him telling anyone about their conversation before they had a chance to finish it, but at the same time, he knew that Warrick wouldn't say anything. "Uh, Sara and I were talking before shift and I suggested that we sell both condos and buy a house. Somewhere in there kids came up in the conversation. Catherine came in before I could clarify what Sara meant."
Warrick looked intrigued. "Kids came up in conversation how?"
Nick smiled and rested his hands on his hips. "I asked her if she wanted them and she said she was thinking about it. I'm just not sure whether that's wants them ever or wants them sometime in the near future."
Warrick chuckled. "Well, we still have a crime scene to process here, man. You might as well try and focus because shift isn't going to get over any sooner and I know she's not going to discuss it with you on the phone."
Nick nodded. "Yeah, I know."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
When Nick got back to the lab, shift had been over for some time and Sara had already gone home. It was all he could do to drive the speed limit. He only hoped that she wanted to continue the conversation they had started earlier. He didn't think he could sleep until he knew what she was thinking.
When he walked through the front door, he noticed that only the light above the stove was on. Nick furrowed his brow, hoping that she wasn't asleep yet. He set his cell phone and keys down and kicked his shoes off as he made his way down the hallway to the bedroom. As he cracked the door open, he noticed that Sara was asleep on top of the comforter in her pajamas with a copy of a forensics journal lying open across her chest.
He smiled and made his way over to the bed, gently crawling onto it and lying down next to her as he grabbed the journal and tossed it off the bed.
Sara's eyes fluttered open and a smile began to spread across her face as she noticed Nick's proximity. "Hey, I didn't mean to fall asleep."
He grinned and leaned over and kissed her softly. "Did you eat?"
She shook her head. "No, I was going to wait for you." She furrowed her brow. "What time is it anyway?"
"I had to stay a few extra hours." He smiled. "What do you want to eat?"
She stretched and yawned. "Nothing really. I wanted to finish our conversation from earlier."
Nick looked relieved.
Sara noticed his expression and an unreadable expression crossed her face. "You've been thinking about it all night, haven't you?"
Nick looked a little embarrassed. "Yeah, I have. If Catherine hadn't walked in when she did, I might have been able to concentrate a little better tonight."
Sara giggled. "My poor baby." She leaned in and kissed him.
Nick looked anxious. "Are you going to tell me?"
She reached over and trailed her fingers along his lips. "I want kids, Nick. I'm just not sure when."
Nick couldn't help but smile. "What about the house?"
Sara smiled. "Maybe if we have a house, then maybe I might be ready to have a baby."
"But you're open to selling both condos and buying a house?" Nick wanted to clarify.
She grinned. "Yeah, I think we should look into that." She leaned in and kissed him again. "Then we can talk about having a baby."
"But you want them someday." Nick just wanted her to say it again.
She nodded, amused at his disbelief. "Yes, I want kids someday."
Nick was quiet for a moment and then looked at her with a wistful expression. "Uh, so how soon after buying a house would you want to talk about having a baby?"
Sara smirked. "Can we talk about that after we buy a house?"
Nick looked sheepish. "Sorry."
She giggled. "Nick, we have time. I want to enjoy being with you for a while, without any distractions. Well, any distractions besides you."
He raised an eyebrow mischievously. "But you do want kids."
She nodded and smirked. "And you'll be the first person I'll tell when I'm ready."
"But you wouldn't mind if I distracted you in the meantime." Nick inched closer to her on the bed.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." She grinned, beginning to unbutton his shirt as he leaned in and kissed her.
