"Nick, wake up." Sara poked Nick repeatedly in the side. Her one month
leave of absence had turned into two as her morning sickness had not
abated.
"Mnnph." Nick was exhausted. He'd worked another half shift before he'd come home that day and he was getting precious little sleep as it was. Sara had taken to waking him up for one reason or another and Nick suspected that it had more to do with the fact that she was lonely rather than hungry.
"Nick. I need something to eat." Sara poked him again.
Nick groaned. "Sara, I'm tired."
"Please." Sara leaned toward him and kissed his cheek.
"Sara." There was a warning tone in Nick's voice.
"Baby, please." Sara's voice was a little too sweet.
Nick nearly growled. "Sara, I'm tired. Why can't you get it yourself?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth he knew that she was going to be upset, as for once his fatigue outweighed his concern for her feelings.
Sara sniffled. "You don't love me. I'm getting fat and you don't love me." She turned away from him and started crying.
Nick let out a deep breath and rolled towards her, putting his arm around her waist, his hand resting on her growing abdomen. "Honey, I do love you, I'm just exhausted and I need some sleep."
"It's not fair." Sara sniffled.
Nick thought for a moment before he opened his mouth to speak again. "What's not fair?"
Sara was quiet for a moment as she sniffled. "You get to work and I'm stuck here all night by myself."
Nick felt her hand covering his. "Have you met any of the neighbors?"
"To do that I'd have to sleep at night, and then I'd never get to see you." Sara continued to sniffle. "I want to go back to work."
"But if you're not feeling well, is that such a good idea?" Nick queried with a sleepy voice.
Sara turned toward him still sniffling. "I feel worse just sitting around here all night by myself."
"You know what, why don't you ask Grissom if you can come back and just do paperwork or something? I know it's not what you want to be doing, but I'm sure that the smell of the files won't make you sick." Nick reached over and wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingertips.
She sniffled again. "Do you think he'd let me?"
"Never hurts to ask." Nick yawned. "You know how much he dislikes doing paperwork."
Sara smiled. "It seems to me that you don't like doing paperwork either."
Nick chuckled. "I miss you too, honey. It's just not the same at work without you there." He leaned in and kissed her softly.
"I really am hungry." Sara sniffled.
"And I really am tired." Nick replied.
"It's just that my feet are starting to swell all the time." Sara explained.
Nick pulled her against him. "I didn't know, babe. I'm sorry." He let out a yawn. "What do you want to eat?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Grissom looked at Sara skeptically over the rim of his glasses. "You're sure you'd be ok just doing paperwork?"
Sara tried to contain her smile. "Grissom, I'm going crazy just sitting at home alone. Just ask Nick."
"She's right." Nick nodded at Grissom. "Besides, Gris, you know how far behind we are on case files."
Grissom chuckled. "Yes, I do." He studied Sara for a long moment. "I'm not completely convinced that this is a good idea, Sara." He let out a deep breath. "Just try and stay away from the DNA lab for the time being."
Sara grinned. "Thank you." She turned toward Nick and leaned in for a quick kiss. "Honey, I'm so excited, I get to work."
He grinned back at her. "I know, babe."
"Sara, you can start with these." Grissom gestured toward a substantial stack of files on his desk. "Most of these just need a quick review."
Sara stood up and waved off Nick's offer to help her carry them. "I'll just set myself up in the break room so I can put my feet up."
Nick and Grissom exchanged an amused glance at Sara's excitement as she left. As Nick stood, he looked relieved. "Gris, I owe you one."
"That bad?" Grissom queried knowing that Nick had looked fairly haggard for the last few weeks.
Nick paused for a moment. "Gris, don't get me wrong, I love Sara and I'm excited that we're going to be parents, it's just that, well you know how much she loves her job. I think it's been really hard on her to not get to be here."
Grissom nodded. "Well, it's good to have her back."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A surprised Greg walked into the break room and notice Sara sitting on the couch reviewing case files. "Sara."
She glanced up and grinned. "Hey, Greggo."
Greg's eyebrows shot up as he noticed how large her abdomen had gotten. She hadn't been into the lab in a while and even though she was almost five months pregnant, she looked more like seven. "Looks like those babies are growing."
Sara glanced down and smirked. "I know they haven't left much room in here for anything else."
Greg chuckled. "Are you feeling better?"
She shook her head. "Unfortunately, no, but Grissom said I could do paperwork. I'm going nuts sitting at home by myself."
Greg poured himself a cup of coffee. "Well, let me know if you need anything."
Sara smirked. "Thanks, Greg, but I'm supposed to stay away from the DNA lab."
Greg chuckled again as he remembered the last time she'd been in there. "I could just stock it with a few evidence bags if you feel sick."
She laughed and shook her head. "I'd rather not throw up, but thanks."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So Sara's doing paperwork, huh?" Catherine commented as she and Nick processed a B&E.
Nick nodded with a chuckle. "And I can't tell you how glad I am that she's got something to do besides clean the house and wake me up so I can go to the store and buy her Chunky Monkey ice cream."
"Just wait until she send you to the store for diapers." Catherine grinned. "You're doing a great job, Nicky. You two are going to be great parents."
Nick smiled as he looked up. "Thanks, Cath."
"Mnnph." Nick was exhausted. He'd worked another half shift before he'd come home that day and he was getting precious little sleep as it was. Sara had taken to waking him up for one reason or another and Nick suspected that it had more to do with the fact that she was lonely rather than hungry.
"Nick. I need something to eat." Sara poked him again.
Nick groaned. "Sara, I'm tired."
"Please." Sara leaned toward him and kissed his cheek.
"Sara." There was a warning tone in Nick's voice.
"Baby, please." Sara's voice was a little too sweet.
Nick nearly growled. "Sara, I'm tired. Why can't you get it yourself?" As soon as the words were out of his mouth he knew that she was going to be upset, as for once his fatigue outweighed his concern for her feelings.
Sara sniffled. "You don't love me. I'm getting fat and you don't love me." She turned away from him and started crying.
Nick let out a deep breath and rolled towards her, putting his arm around her waist, his hand resting on her growing abdomen. "Honey, I do love you, I'm just exhausted and I need some sleep."
"It's not fair." Sara sniffled.
Nick thought for a moment before he opened his mouth to speak again. "What's not fair?"
Sara was quiet for a moment as she sniffled. "You get to work and I'm stuck here all night by myself."
Nick felt her hand covering his. "Have you met any of the neighbors?"
"To do that I'd have to sleep at night, and then I'd never get to see you." Sara continued to sniffle. "I want to go back to work."
"But if you're not feeling well, is that such a good idea?" Nick queried with a sleepy voice.
Sara turned toward him still sniffling. "I feel worse just sitting around here all night by myself."
"You know what, why don't you ask Grissom if you can come back and just do paperwork or something? I know it's not what you want to be doing, but I'm sure that the smell of the files won't make you sick." Nick reached over and wiped the tears from her eyes with his fingertips.
She sniffled again. "Do you think he'd let me?"
"Never hurts to ask." Nick yawned. "You know how much he dislikes doing paperwork."
Sara smiled. "It seems to me that you don't like doing paperwork either."
Nick chuckled. "I miss you too, honey. It's just not the same at work without you there." He leaned in and kissed her softly.
"I really am hungry." Sara sniffled.
"And I really am tired." Nick replied.
"It's just that my feet are starting to swell all the time." Sara explained.
Nick pulled her against him. "I didn't know, babe. I'm sorry." He let out a yawn. "What do you want to eat?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Grissom looked at Sara skeptically over the rim of his glasses. "You're sure you'd be ok just doing paperwork?"
Sara tried to contain her smile. "Grissom, I'm going crazy just sitting at home alone. Just ask Nick."
"She's right." Nick nodded at Grissom. "Besides, Gris, you know how far behind we are on case files."
Grissom chuckled. "Yes, I do." He studied Sara for a long moment. "I'm not completely convinced that this is a good idea, Sara." He let out a deep breath. "Just try and stay away from the DNA lab for the time being."
Sara grinned. "Thank you." She turned toward Nick and leaned in for a quick kiss. "Honey, I'm so excited, I get to work."
He grinned back at her. "I know, babe."
"Sara, you can start with these." Grissom gestured toward a substantial stack of files on his desk. "Most of these just need a quick review."
Sara stood up and waved off Nick's offer to help her carry them. "I'll just set myself up in the break room so I can put my feet up."
Nick and Grissom exchanged an amused glance at Sara's excitement as she left. As Nick stood, he looked relieved. "Gris, I owe you one."
"That bad?" Grissom queried knowing that Nick had looked fairly haggard for the last few weeks.
Nick paused for a moment. "Gris, don't get me wrong, I love Sara and I'm excited that we're going to be parents, it's just that, well you know how much she loves her job. I think it's been really hard on her to not get to be here."
Grissom nodded. "Well, it's good to have her back."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
A surprised Greg walked into the break room and notice Sara sitting on the couch reviewing case files. "Sara."
She glanced up and grinned. "Hey, Greggo."
Greg's eyebrows shot up as he noticed how large her abdomen had gotten. She hadn't been into the lab in a while and even though she was almost five months pregnant, she looked more like seven. "Looks like those babies are growing."
Sara glanced down and smirked. "I know they haven't left much room in here for anything else."
Greg chuckled. "Are you feeling better?"
She shook her head. "Unfortunately, no, but Grissom said I could do paperwork. I'm going nuts sitting at home by myself."
Greg poured himself a cup of coffee. "Well, let me know if you need anything."
Sara smirked. "Thanks, Greg, but I'm supposed to stay away from the DNA lab."
Greg chuckled again as he remembered the last time she'd been in there. "I could just stock it with a few evidence bags if you feel sick."
She laughed and shook her head. "I'd rather not throw up, but thanks."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So Sara's doing paperwork, huh?" Catherine commented as she and Nick processed a B&E.
Nick nodded with a chuckle. "And I can't tell you how glad I am that she's got something to do besides clean the house and wake me up so I can go to the store and buy her Chunky Monkey ice cream."
"Just wait until she send you to the store for diapers." Catherine grinned. "You're doing a great job, Nicky. You two are going to be great parents."
Nick smiled as he looked up. "Thanks, Cath."
