Chapter 3
Sara picked up her cell and dialled Nick's number, knowing Catherine would be on the look out for her walking past.
Nick picked up his cell. "Stokes"
"Hey." Sara grinned. "how's MY favourtie CSI doing with his paper work?"
Nick grinned. "I'm doing quite well... and how are you?"
"Ok... but that guy is passing my door a lot... ehh, probably just me. So we having breakfast?"
"the security guard?" nick questioned, but already knew. "Yea... I caught him staring in the office where i am... he was probably going to ask a question but didn't want to disturb me... I guess..." Nick paused. "Um, yea We're having breakfast"
"Good, I mean about breakfast. Maybe he's gay... the security guard... ehh, anyways I have to go copy stuff... I'll see you later." Sara grinned as she chewed her pen.
*gay? I hope not...* Nick shudders to himself. "Alright, I'll see-ya later..."
Sara hung up and walked to the copyroom, she smiled as she saw Catherine checking to see where Sara was going. "I see you!" She called.
Cath grinned and walked towards Sara. "So... Sara... can you give me details now?" cath asked again.
"What details?" Sara asked innocently.
"I think you know exactly what i mean..." Cath said suggestively
"I fell asleep at Nick's after we went for breakfast.... Then I woke up and came to work..." Sara said not looking at Catherine but smiling.
"So by sleep, you mean sex... right?" Cath grinned
"CATHERINE! No, I mean sleep... in different bedrooms." Sara said looking at her and going a slight pink color.
Cath smiled. "ok... if you say so... but i think there's something different about you... You have this, after-sex glow...." Catherine grinned, laughing a little
Sara looked at Catherine again, "Ok... so maybe we MAY have kissed..." She said looking away from Cath's eyes going red.
"See... you can't keep anything from me Sara..." Cath grinned again. She decided to let up on Sara for a while.
Sara smiled, "Cath you have NO idea what it was like... I mean I've known Nick for what... three years and he's like one of my closest friends.... I never thought we'd... umm kiss." Again sara turned red.
*i'll take Kiss to equal sex...* Cath thought, her mind in the gutter. "So was it awkward or anything? or did it just feel right?"
"It felt right. I mean I can't believe he's been here all this time... and I never noticed... I never took the chance... I must have been mad!" Sara laughed and bit her lip as she thought about Nick.
"Well i think it's about time you guys started dating..." Cath addmitted. "I mean, we could all see it and were wondering when you guys would get a clue.."
"Well we aren't the only pair." Sara mummbled.
"what was that?"
"Umm I said umm, well you could have told us..." She replied and uncomfortably shifted her weight as she stood again watching the copies come out.
"right... well, anyway, I gotta get back to my work... I wanna get out of here as soon as possible... it's too slow for my liking.." Cath said as she left
"Ok Cath." Sara smiled, "Ohh Cath..."
Cath heard her name and stopped. "did you say my name?"
"Umm have you noticed the new security guard?" Sara asked, *This is silly Sara... he's just curious.* She thought.
"New security guard? we don't have a new guard... not that i know of anyway... Why?" Cath asked, furrowing her brow
"Yeah we do. I was just wondering if you noticed him staring and stuff... never mind..." Sara shrugged.
"No no... wait - Staring? Maybe he likes you... thinks you're attractive but is too shy to ask you out..." Cath assumed, smiling. "But I don't know... I'll probably check with the front desk... maybe he works somewhere else and is just visiting or something..."
"Not at me... at Nick..." Sara suddenly felt really stupid. *I sound like a overprotective girlfriend.*
"At Nick??" Cath said, surprised. "You know... I think I'm gonna go check on that now... That just seems odd..."
Sara nodded, "Thanks Cath." She grabbed the paper copies and walked down the corridor.
Nick walked out to where Sara was and knocked on the door frame. "hey... I'm gonna go pick us up some donuts, since we already have coffee here... did you want anything?"
"Mmmm, a jelly one... ohh with sprinkles!" She grinned up at him.
"Ok... how many?"
"How much energy will I need." She grinned again steping extremely close to him.
Nick grinned back and felt warm all over. "Hmm... ok... I'll pick up a dozen..." He smiled and gave her a quick kiss before leaving.
Sara smiled and walked back to what she was doing before, "He's so cute..." She told herself.
Nick walked outside to his Tahoe and pulled out of the parking lot. He went to Dunkin' Donuts and got their food before heading back to the Lab. When he pulled up in his parking space, he noticed the same new security guard standing outside. Nick just figured he was out having a smoke on his break. He jumped out of his Tahoe and headed back. Nick walked past the burrly guy and said a quiet hello before walking back inside and finding Sara.
"Honey.. I have donuts!"
"Ahhh, my hero!" Sara smirked as he brought them in. She stood close to his side looking for her donuts.
Nick was going to ask her about the security guard, but decided against it. "So... any fresh coffee made? or do i ahve to hunt down Greg?"
"He just made some." Sara pointed at her cup. "Ohh Jelly donut!"
Nick grabbed a cup of coffee and walked back to the box of goodies, pulling out a boston cream donut and biting into it. "Mmm.... is good..." Nick muffled.
"Not as good as some sweet things." Sara grinned as she kissed Nick's cheek. Nick grinned and gave Sara a soft, but sticky, kiss. The chocolate glaze passed from Nick's lips to hers
"I smell food." Grissom said standing behind Nick.
Nick jumped back and turned red. "Umm... yea... but i thought you were out on the field with warrick? solved the case eh?"
"Sara you have Nick's glaze on your face... Busted!" Warrick laughed as Sara wiped her mouth and went red. Nick turned beet red and tried to hide behind his coffee cup.
"Ahh Jelly donut... with sprinkles... Greg's coffee.... hmm, I see it's been busy tonight." Grissom commented, "Nick my office please... now."
Warrick looked at Nick, "Talk with dad!" He whispered. "And I mean hers... not yours..." he laughed.
Nick looked back at Sara and Warrick before following behind Grissom to his office. "Yea Griss?"
"Close the door." Grissom said flatly. Nick did so, and then took a seat. "What is going on between you and Sara?" Grissom was blunt and to the point,
Nick was taken aback. "Um.. we work together, we're friends... " Nick paused. "We just started dating..." he mumbled the last bit.
"Nick... I need to know... I'm your surpervisor... and I'm a CSI, Nick, how long..." Grissom asked rubbing his eyes.
"Does it really matter?" Nick asked, not trying to sound ignorant
"No..." Grissom looked at him, "I guess not, just needed to know if you were,... together, you can go." Grissom watched nick get up, "Ohh but Nick. you hurt her, I hurt you."
Nick stopped for a moment. "Gris?" he was a little shocked by the threat. "Yessir..." Nick nodded and left, but stopped outside of the door and poked his head back in. "Since yesterday..." He informed him that it all started yesterday. Gil smiled and nodded, he smiled faded into a curious expression as he saw some employee he didn't know walk past. He shrugged.
"Ohh Nicky, what did he say??" Warrick asked.
"nothing... much..." Nick smiled and grabbed his half eaten donut.
Sara hugged Nick, "ohh?" She said as she wiped the choclate off Nick's chin.
"Not on company time please you two." GRissom said walking into the breakroom, "Ohh does Greg know yet?"
"No... he's last to know... as usual.." Nick grinned
Sara smiled and then saw that guard. *What is he about?* Sara shrugged and ignored the feeling she got from him. She instead watched Cath walk into the breakroom eager to see what she found out.
"Catherine did you know?" Gil asked nodding towards Sara and Nick.
"Yep... of course.... did you think I'd let anything get by me?"
"No... nothing does!" He smiled.
"Uhh huh... anyway, what did you find out?" Sara asked
"About that guard?" Cath asked Sara. "Apparantly nothing... no one knows anything about a new security guard..." Sara frowned and looked at Nick who was laughing with Warrick. "Sara... maybe he's just visiting from the Police department or another Lab..." Cath tried to come up with answers
"Yeah that's it! I have no idea why I'm worrying!" She shrugged.
"So you finally asked Sara out... have you... you know... yet?" Warrick asked wanting to know how long it REALLY had been going on for.
"Warrick... " Nick gave him a look. "anyway, it's only been since yesterday... or this morning... something like that..."
"Ohh! I get ya!" He inked and checked his watch.
Nick sighed and shook his head. "You're hopeless man..."
"YEah you guys can go, shifts over." Gil smiled noticing Warrick looking at his watch.
Nick looked up at he wall clock. "Shifts over already? wow... so, anyone for breakfast?"
Everyone nodded, "Lets go then!" Sara smiled and took Nick's hand. This shock the others, including Nick. Sara was never like this, it was like a new Sara.
Nick smiled at her. He liked this. It just felt so much better this way. "So grissom... you buying again man?"
"No, Catherine is."
"Fine... but anyone who orders anything over 10 dollars is buying for themselves..." Cath said, smiling
Sara laughed. "ok, meet you guys outside..."
"where are you going?" Nick asked
"forgot something." Sara smiled and ran back to the breakroom. she picked up the last jelly donut and turned to leave. Sara went to the front doors and saw the guard again.
The guard looked at her and watched her leave as he mumbled a gruff "hello..." He rolled his neck hearing a sickening crack, then cracked his knuckles.
"Hi. I'm sorry, but can I ask your name?" Sara asked.
The man grunted and eyed her before stating his name. "It's Chad... and yours would be?"
"Sara, Sara Sidle. Do you work here now?"
Chad didn't care for her little game of 20 questions and didn't want to reveal to much information. "Yea I do.. Ms. Sidle. I transferred from another county, just here for a little look befire the paper goes through"
"Ohh, well if you need anything just give me a shout... I'm on nightshift as a Level 3 CSI." She offered and smiled.
Chad nodded to her. "I 'preciate it... and I'm sure i'll see you and your friends around..."
Sara smiled and nodded. She went out the doors meeting Nick and the others. She kissed Nick and got in his tahoe to go have breakfast. Still she looked back at the guard 'Chad' standing watching.
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Sara picked up her cell and dialled Nick's number, knowing Catherine would be on the look out for her walking past.
Nick picked up his cell. "Stokes"
"Hey." Sara grinned. "how's MY favourtie CSI doing with his paper work?"
Nick grinned. "I'm doing quite well... and how are you?"
"Ok... but that guy is passing my door a lot... ehh, probably just me. So we having breakfast?"
"the security guard?" nick questioned, but already knew. "Yea... I caught him staring in the office where i am... he was probably going to ask a question but didn't want to disturb me... I guess..." Nick paused. "Um, yea We're having breakfast"
"Good, I mean about breakfast. Maybe he's gay... the security guard... ehh, anyways I have to go copy stuff... I'll see you later." Sara grinned as she chewed her pen.
*gay? I hope not...* Nick shudders to himself. "Alright, I'll see-ya later..."
Sara hung up and walked to the copyroom, she smiled as she saw Catherine checking to see where Sara was going. "I see you!" She called.
Cath grinned and walked towards Sara. "So... Sara... can you give me details now?" cath asked again.
"What details?" Sara asked innocently.
"I think you know exactly what i mean..." Cath said suggestively
"I fell asleep at Nick's after we went for breakfast.... Then I woke up and came to work..." Sara said not looking at Catherine but smiling.
"So by sleep, you mean sex... right?" Cath grinned
"CATHERINE! No, I mean sleep... in different bedrooms." Sara said looking at her and going a slight pink color.
Cath smiled. "ok... if you say so... but i think there's something different about you... You have this, after-sex glow...." Catherine grinned, laughing a little
Sara looked at Catherine again, "Ok... so maybe we MAY have kissed..." She said looking away from Cath's eyes going red.
"See... you can't keep anything from me Sara..." Cath grinned again. She decided to let up on Sara for a while.
Sara smiled, "Cath you have NO idea what it was like... I mean I've known Nick for what... three years and he's like one of my closest friends.... I never thought we'd... umm kiss." Again sara turned red.
*i'll take Kiss to equal sex...* Cath thought, her mind in the gutter. "So was it awkward or anything? or did it just feel right?"
"It felt right. I mean I can't believe he's been here all this time... and I never noticed... I never took the chance... I must have been mad!" Sara laughed and bit her lip as she thought about Nick.
"Well i think it's about time you guys started dating..." Cath addmitted. "I mean, we could all see it and were wondering when you guys would get a clue.."
"Well we aren't the only pair." Sara mummbled.
"what was that?"
"Umm I said umm, well you could have told us..." She replied and uncomfortably shifted her weight as she stood again watching the copies come out.
"right... well, anyway, I gotta get back to my work... I wanna get out of here as soon as possible... it's too slow for my liking.." Cath said as she left
"Ok Cath." Sara smiled, "Ohh Cath..."
Cath heard her name and stopped. "did you say my name?"
"Umm have you noticed the new security guard?" Sara asked, *This is silly Sara... he's just curious.* She thought.
"New security guard? we don't have a new guard... not that i know of anyway... Why?" Cath asked, furrowing her brow
"Yeah we do. I was just wondering if you noticed him staring and stuff... never mind..." Sara shrugged.
"No no... wait - Staring? Maybe he likes you... thinks you're attractive but is too shy to ask you out..." Cath assumed, smiling. "But I don't know... I'll probably check with the front desk... maybe he works somewhere else and is just visiting or something..."
"Not at me... at Nick..." Sara suddenly felt really stupid. *I sound like a overprotective girlfriend.*
"At Nick??" Cath said, surprised. "You know... I think I'm gonna go check on that now... That just seems odd..."
Sara nodded, "Thanks Cath." She grabbed the paper copies and walked down the corridor.
Nick walked out to where Sara was and knocked on the door frame. "hey... I'm gonna go pick us up some donuts, since we already have coffee here... did you want anything?"
"Mmmm, a jelly one... ohh with sprinkles!" She grinned up at him.
"Ok... how many?"
"How much energy will I need." She grinned again steping extremely close to him.
Nick grinned back and felt warm all over. "Hmm... ok... I'll pick up a dozen..." He smiled and gave her a quick kiss before leaving.
Sara smiled and walked back to what she was doing before, "He's so cute..." She told herself.
Nick walked outside to his Tahoe and pulled out of the parking lot. He went to Dunkin' Donuts and got their food before heading back to the Lab. When he pulled up in his parking space, he noticed the same new security guard standing outside. Nick just figured he was out having a smoke on his break. He jumped out of his Tahoe and headed back. Nick walked past the burrly guy and said a quiet hello before walking back inside and finding Sara.
"Honey.. I have donuts!"
"Ahhh, my hero!" Sara smirked as he brought them in. She stood close to his side looking for her donuts.
Nick was going to ask her about the security guard, but decided against it. "So... any fresh coffee made? or do i ahve to hunt down Greg?"
"He just made some." Sara pointed at her cup. "Ohh Jelly donut!"
Nick grabbed a cup of coffee and walked back to the box of goodies, pulling out a boston cream donut and biting into it. "Mmm.... is good..." Nick muffled.
"Not as good as some sweet things." Sara grinned as she kissed Nick's cheek. Nick grinned and gave Sara a soft, but sticky, kiss. The chocolate glaze passed from Nick's lips to hers
"I smell food." Grissom said standing behind Nick.
Nick jumped back and turned red. "Umm... yea... but i thought you were out on the field with warrick? solved the case eh?"
"Sara you have Nick's glaze on your face... Busted!" Warrick laughed as Sara wiped her mouth and went red. Nick turned beet red and tried to hide behind his coffee cup.
"Ahh Jelly donut... with sprinkles... Greg's coffee.... hmm, I see it's been busy tonight." Grissom commented, "Nick my office please... now."
Warrick looked at Nick, "Talk with dad!" He whispered. "And I mean hers... not yours..." he laughed.
Nick looked back at Sara and Warrick before following behind Grissom to his office. "Yea Griss?"
"Close the door." Grissom said flatly. Nick did so, and then took a seat. "What is going on between you and Sara?" Grissom was blunt and to the point,
Nick was taken aback. "Um.. we work together, we're friends... " Nick paused. "We just started dating..." he mumbled the last bit.
"Nick... I need to know... I'm your surpervisor... and I'm a CSI, Nick, how long..." Grissom asked rubbing his eyes.
"Does it really matter?" Nick asked, not trying to sound ignorant
"No..." Grissom looked at him, "I guess not, just needed to know if you were,... together, you can go." Grissom watched nick get up, "Ohh but Nick. you hurt her, I hurt you."
Nick stopped for a moment. "Gris?" he was a little shocked by the threat. "Yessir..." Nick nodded and left, but stopped outside of the door and poked his head back in. "Since yesterday..." He informed him that it all started yesterday. Gil smiled and nodded, he smiled faded into a curious expression as he saw some employee he didn't know walk past. He shrugged.
"Ohh Nicky, what did he say??" Warrick asked.
"nothing... much..." Nick smiled and grabbed his half eaten donut.
Sara hugged Nick, "ohh?" She said as she wiped the choclate off Nick's chin.
"Not on company time please you two." GRissom said walking into the breakroom, "Ohh does Greg know yet?"
"No... he's last to know... as usual.." Nick grinned
Sara smiled and then saw that guard. *What is he about?* Sara shrugged and ignored the feeling she got from him. She instead watched Cath walk into the breakroom eager to see what she found out.
"Catherine did you know?" Gil asked nodding towards Sara and Nick.
"Yep... of course.... did you think I'd let anything get by me?"
"No... nothing does!" He smiled.
"Uhh huh... anyway, what did you find out?" Sara asked
"About that guard?" Cath asked Sara. "Apparantly nothing... no one knows anything about a new security guard..." Sara frowned and looked at Nick who was laughing with Warrick. "Sara... maybe he's just visiting from the Police department or another Lab..." Cath tried to come up with answers
"Yeah that's it! I have no idea why I'm worrying!" She shrugged.
"So you finally asked Sara out... have you... you know... yet?" Warrick asked wanting to know how long it REALLY had been going on for.
"Warrick... " Nick gave him a look. "anyway, it's only been since yesterday... or this morning... something like that..."
"Ohh! I get ya!" He inked and checked his watch.
Nick sighed and shook his head. "You're hopeless man..."
"YEah you guys can go, shifts over." Gil smiled noticing Warrick looking at his watch.
Nick looked up at he wall clock. "Shifts over already? wow... so, anyone for breakfast?"
Everyone nodded, "Lets go then!" Sara smiled and took Nick's hand. This shock the others, including Nick. Sara was never like this, it was like a new Sara.
Nick smiled at her. He liked this. It just felt so much better this way. "So grissom... you buying again man?"
"No, Catherine is."
"Fine... but anyone who orders anything over 10 dollars is buying for themselves..." Cath said, smiling
Sara laughed. "ok, meet you guys outside..."
"where are you going?" Nick asked
"forgot something." Sara smiled and ran back to the breakroom. she picked up the last jelly donut and turned to leave. Sara went to the front doors and saw the guard again.
The guard looked at her and watched her leave as he mumbled a gruff "hello..." He rolled his neck hearing a sickening crack, then cracked his knuckles.
"Hi. I'm sorry, but can I ask your name?" Sara asked.
The man grunted and eyed her before stating his name. "It's Chad... and yours would be?"
"Sara, Sara Sidle. Do you work here now?"
Chad didn't care for her little game of 20 questions and didn't want to reveal to much information. "Yea I do.. Ms. Sidle. I transferred from another county, just here for a little look befire the paper goes through"
"Ohh, well if you need anything just give me a shout... I'm on nightshift as a Level 3 CSI." She offered and smiled.
Chad nodded to her. "I 'preciate it... and I'm sure i'll see you and your friends around..."
Sara smiled and nodded. She went out the doors meeting Nick and the others. She kissed Nick and got in his tahoe to go have breakfast. Still she looked back at the guard 'Chad' standing watching.
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