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Chapter 4
Sara let Nick unlock his door and walked inside, "I'm just going to change... be right back." She kissed his cheek and went into the spare room to change after a waitress spilt coffee on her.
Nick smiled and nodded. "I'll be out here if you need me..." He winked and watched her go. Then made his way into the living room, propping his feet up on the coffee table and flicking through the channels.
Sara looked at her top in the mirror and frowned. "Probably done it on purpose... I was very cosy with Nick..." Sara grinned as she said this. "Ehh... this cute?" She asked herself. Sara changed and walked out to see Nick.
Nick looked up at her. "Hey there... c'mere..." Nick took hold of one of her hand and pulled her down on his lap, wrapping his arms around her.
"MMMMm Nicky..." Sara smirked and kissed him. "What are we watching?"
"I know what i'm watching..." Nick grinned and brought his face close to hers and kissed her passionately.
Sara happily kissed back. She pulled away and shivered, "I just had a funny feeling... that sounds bad... I mean like someone else is here, yukky." She snuggled into his Neck.
"Sara honey, no one else is here... it's just me and you... " Nick tried to reassure her, wrapping his arms tightly around her and running a hand across to back in a soothing way.
~*~ He stood outside, peering in through the half shut blinds. He scoffed to himself. "That's where you're wrong Nicky... It's not just you and Sara... I'm here too, although soon... the count will go back down to two...." ~*~
She shrugged, "I know silly, just horrible creepy feeling. Maybe I'm just sleepy." Sara stood up, "I AM sleepy... I'm going to bed." she kissed him and walked off, going to his spare room.
Nick pouted and then smiled, deciding to get to sleep too. He followed Sara into the spare bedroom and slipped into the bed next to her, just for a minute, before he went back to his room. He just wanted to hold her. To make sure this was really real and not some perfect dream. Nick had fallen asleep in the spare bed room and awoke 20 minutes later, creeping out of the room and back to his own room, crawling under the covers
~*~ Chad tried to see into the window, but the angle wasn't right so he moved to the next one on his right. He stood on a small concrete block, peering inside. The hallway was empty. He leaned farther to one side to see more, but lost his balance and fell against the window, making a loud thump. He ducked down, out of sight. ~*~
Sara sat up, "What the?" She got up and walked into Nick's room and ran into his bed, waking him up. "Sorry Nick I heard something."
Nick woke up, looking at Sara from one eye. "What?" He asked sleepily. "You heard something? where? are you sure it wasn't the fridge or soemthing?"
"It came from outside... it was freaking... maybe a fox hitting the trashcan.., do you mind me being in your bed?" Suddenly Sara felt stuipd.
Nick looked at her puzzled. "Of course i don't mind you staying here with me... " nick wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. "I really doubt it was anything serious, but I definately don't mind the company tonight.."
"Mmmmmm good..." Sara snuggled. "I love.. this." Sara froze, *Did I just almost say.... nah!*
Nick rested his head next to Sara's and drifted off to sleep and sweet dreams about the two of them, completely unaware of what was lurking just outside.
~~~
The sun seaped into the room, "Mmmmmm Nicky..." Sara said in her sleep. "I love you too..." She grinned still in the land of nod.
Nick yawned, stretching his arms above him. He opened his eyes a little and smiled at Sara, kissing her forehead.
"No I mean it..." Sara frowned. "I love you more..." she argued with herself and rolled over.
Nick grinned at her. He was amused and enlightened. Nick crawled out of the bed and walked over to Sara's side, leaning down and kissing her gently.
Sara opened her eyes, "Hey... guess who I was dreaming of..." She smiled unaware of her sleep chatter.
"oh i think I have an idea..." Nick grinned. "You were professing your undying love to... Ecklie" Nick joked, snickering to himself.
"undying love? wh wh why do you say that?" Sara sat up in shock..."
"So you admit it... you're in love with Ecklie..." Nick kidded again then looked seriously at her. "I love you too Sara..."
"You what... too? I... what just happened?" Sara frowned and rubbed her head.
Nick raised his eyebrows and grinned, grabbing a pair of pants and walked out of the room and to the bathroom, turning on the water for the shower.
"Hey!" Sara walked after him, she didn't notice where they ended up. "Nick... what just happened?"
"You were talking in your sleep... and you said you loved me..." Nick said softly.
Sara couldn't help but notice Nick's stomache, she bit her lip, "I do love you..." She kissed him.
"and I love you too Sara..." Nick said softly. "But I have to get a shower right now, unless of couse you want to join me..." He smirked.
"Mmmm, that could be fun..." Sara said in a husky voice and kissed him again.
~*~ 3 Weeks Later ~*~
Gil Grissom sat going through his mail, there was some memos, some rubbish, some mail from the mayor, and a brown package. It was address to 'Graveyard shift' "Hmm..." He said aloud. He walked into the breakroom and saw Catherine. "Hey Catherine look at this." He handed the package to her.
Cath looked over at Grissom. "What is it?"
"Just got it in the mail."
"It's for the Graveyard Shift?" Cath raised an eyebrow.
"Apparantly! What do you think it is?" Gil asked her.
"A package?" Cath said sarcasticly. "Geez, I don't know... why don't you open it.... that's usually what you do with packages..." Cath smirked.
"You... it's for the graveyard shift... that includes you!" Gil smirked as he read the letters he had recieved.
"Gil... you are the supervisor, so you open it..." Cath said. "Do you even know who it's from?"
"No and no. I have stuff to do... you... open... it..." Hesaid tapping it kidding on he was busy reading when he really was trying to finish his crossword puzzle.
"Fine fine...." Cath huffed. "but if this is some kind of explosive, I'm taking my medical service out of your pocket..." Cath added as she opened the small package.
"Ok..." Gil nodded and sat showing his crossword.
"It's... a video tape?" Cath looked curiously at the item. "I'm guessing we're supposed to watch this?" Cath walked over to the Television / VCR set and popped in the tape.
Gil looked up as Warrick walked in, "ohh Video? What is it?" He asked sitting down.
"That's what we're about to find out..." Cath said as an image appeared on the screen. Catherine's jaw dropped and she shook her head. "It can't be..." The image turned into the face of Nigel Crane. The guy who had stalked Nick a few years ago.
"What the hell? Turn it up Cath." Grissom asked. Cath reached over and turned up the sound and watch Nigel rant on the screen.
"Good evening all." Sara chipped, "Ohh my god... that's Nigel Crane." She pointed at the screen, "Why?"
~*~ "Well it looks as though I've been betrayed... I thought we could have been friends Nick, but you..." Nigel shook his head. "I guess this was how it was all meant to be... I knew I needed to kill you, but I thought we were friends and I could never do that to a friend... but now, that you've rejected me, It will be easier for me to reach my goal.... So Nick... I'm sorry, I wish things could've turned out better." Nigel paused and held up a picture of Nick, rubbing his thumb over it. "Bye bye Nick..."~*~
The screen turned to black as Cath stopped the tape. Cath turned around to face Sara. "We got this in the mail today..."
"But... what? from?"
"Sara calm down, theres no return address. Bag it and get it to trace, get the stamp to Greg and Warrick take the tape to audio, Sara call in Nick..." Grissom ordered.
Cath nodded, taking the packaging and walked out of the room. She placed a hand on Sara's shoulder and gave her a half smile. "It's gonna be ok... Nigel's in jail..."
Sara dialled Nick's cell number.
Nick heard his cell and picked up. "Stokes.."
"Nick, get here now... I'm at work... please hurry." Sara sniffed.
"Sara? what's wrong? I'm on my way..." Nick jumped into his Tahoe and started it up.
"Ok... love you."
"Love you too..." Nick hung up and backed out of the driveway, heading to work.
....continued in 5....
Chapter 4
Sara let Nick unlock his door and walked inside, "I'm just going to change... be right back." She kissed his cheek and went into the spare room to change after a waitress spilt coffee on her.
Nick smiled and nodded. "I'll be out here if you need me..." He winked and watched her go. Then made his way into the living room, propping his feet up on the coffee table and flicking through the channels.
Sara looked at her top in the mirror and frowned. "Probably done it on purpose... I was very cosy with Nick..." Sara grinned as she said this. "Ehh... this cute?" She asked herself. Sara changed and walked out to see Nick.
Nick looked up at her. "Hey there... c'mere..." Nick took hold of one of her hand and pulled her down on his lap, wrapping his arms around her.
"MMMMm Nicky..." Sara smirked and kissed him. "What are we watching?"
"I know what i'm watching..." Nick grinned and brought his face close to hers and kissed her passionately.
Sara happily kissed back. She pulled away and shivered, "I just had a funny feeling... that sounds bad... I mean like someone else is here, yukky." She snuggled into his Neck.
"Sara honey, no one else is here... it's just me and you... " Nick tried to reassure her, wrapping his arms tightly around her and running a hand across to back in a soothing way.
~*~ He stood outside, peering in through the half shut blinds. He scoffed to himself. "That's where you're wrong Nicky... It's not just you and Sara... I'm here too, although soon... the count will go back down to two...." ~*~
She shrugged, "I know silly, just horrible creepy feeling. Maybe I'm just sleepy." Sara stood up, "I AM sleepy... I'm going to bed." she kissed him and walked off, going to his spare room.
Nick pouted and then smiled, deciding to get to sleep too. He followed Sara into the spare bedroom and slipped into the bed next to her, just for a minute, before he went back to his room. He just wanted to hold her. To make sure this was really real and not some perfect dream. Nick had fallen asleep in the spare bed room and awoke 20 minutes later, creeping out of the room and back to his own room, crawling under the covers
~*~ Chad tried to see into the window, but the angle wasn't right so he moved to the next one on his right. He stood on a small concrete block, peering inside. The hallway was empty. He leaned farther to one side to see more, but lost his balance and fell against the window, making a loud thump. He ducked down, out of sight. ~*~
Sara sat up, "What the?" She got up and walked into Nick's room and ran into his bed, waking him up. "Sorry Nick I heard something."
Nick woke up, looking at Sara from one eye. "What?" He asked sleepily. "You heard something? where? are you sure it wasn't the fridge or soemthing?"
"It came from outside... it was freaking... maybe a fox hitting the trashcan.., do you mind me being in your bed?" Suddenly Sara felt stuipd.
Nick looked at her puzzled. "Of course i don't mind you staying here with me... " nick wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. "I really doubt it was anything serious, but I definately don't mind the company tonight.."
"Mmmmmm good..." Sara snuggled. "I love.. this." Sara froze, *Did I just almost say.... nah!*
Nick rested his head next to Sara's and drifted off to sleep and sweet dreams about the two of them, completely unaware of what was lurking just outside.
~~~
The sun seaped into the room, "Mmmmmm Nicky..." Sara said in her sleep. "I love you too..." She grinned still in the land of nod.
Nick yawned, stretching his arms above him. He opened his eyes a little and smiled at Sara, kissing her forehead.
"No I mean it..." Sara frowned. "I love you more..." she argued with herself and rolled over.
Nick grinned at her. He was amused and enlightened. Nick crawled out of the bed and walked over to Sara's side, leaning down and kissing her gently.
Sara opened her eyes, "Hey... guess who I was dreaming of..." She smiled unaware of her sleep chatter.
"oh i think I have an idea..." Nick grinned. "You were professing your undying love to... Ecklie" Nick joked, snickering to himself.
"undying love? wh wh why do you say that?" Sara sat up in shock..."
"So you admit it... you're in love with Ecklie..." Nick kidded again then looked seriously at her. "I love you too Sara..."
"You what... too? I... what just happened?" Sara frowned and rubbed her head.
Nick raised his eyebrows and grinned, grabbing a pair of pants and walked out of the room and to the bathroom, turning on the water for the shower.
"Hey!" Sara walked after him, she didn't notice where they ended up. "Nick... what just happened?"
"You were talking in your sleep... and you said you loved me..." Nick said softly.
Sara couldn't help but notice Nick's stomache, she bit her lip, "I do love you..." She kissed him.
"and I love you too Sara..." Nick said softly. "But I have to get a shower right now, unless of couse you want to join me..." He smirked.
"Mmmm, that could be fun..." Sara said in a husky voice and kissed him again.
~*~ 3 Weeks Later ~*~
Gil Grissom sat going through his mail, there was some memos, some rubbish, some mail from the mayor, and a brown package. It was address to 'Graveyard shift' "Hmm..." He said aloud. He walked into the breakroom and saw Catherine. "Hey Catherine look at this." He handed the package to her.
Cath looked over at Grissom. "What is it?"
"Just got it in the mail."
"It's for the Graveyard Shift?" Cath raised an eyebrow.
"Apparantly! What do you think it is?" Gil asked her.
"A package?" Cath said sarcasticly. "Geez, I don't know... why don't you open it.... that's usually what you do with packages..." Cath smirked.
"You... it's for the graveyard shift... that includes you!" Gil smirked as he read the letters he had recieved.
"Gil... you are the supervisor, so you open it..." Cath said. "Do you even know who it's from?"
"No and no. I have stuff to do... you... open... it..." Hesaid tapping it kidding on he was busy reading when he really was trying to finish his crossword puzzle.
"Fine fine...." Cath huffed. "but if this is some kind of explosive, I'm taking my medical service out of your pocket..." Cath added as she opened the small package.
"Ok..." Gil nodded and sat showing his crossword.
"It's... a video tape?" Cath looked curiously at the item. "I'm guessing we're supposed to watch this?" Cath walked over to the Television / VCR set and popped in the tape.
Gil looked up as Warrick walked in, "ohh Video? What is it?" He asked sitting down.
"That's what we're about to find out..." Cath said as an image appeared on the screen. Catherine's jaw dropped and she shook her head. "It can't be..." The image turned into the face of Nigel Crane. The guy who had stalked Nick a few years ago.
"What the hell? Turn it up Cath." Grissom asked. Cath reached over and turned up the sound and watch Nigel rant on the screen.
"Good evening all." Sara chipped, "Ohh my god... that's Nigel Crane." She pointed at the screen, "Why?"
~*~ "Well it looks as though I've been betrayed... I thought we could have been friends Nick, but you..." Nigel shook his head. "I guess this was how it was all meant to be... I knew I needed to kill you, but I thought we were friends and I could never do that to a friend... but now, that you've rejected me, It will be easier for me to reach my goal.... So Nick... I'm sorry, I wish things could've turned out better." Nigel paused and held up a picture of Nick, rubbing his thumb over it. "Bye bye Nick..."~*~
The screen turned to black as Cath stopped the tape. Cath turned around to face Sara. "We got this in the mail today..."
"But... what? from?"
"Sara calm down, theres no return address. Bag it and get it to trace, get the stamp to Greg and Warrick take the tape to audio, Sara call in Nick..." Grissom ordered.
Cath nodded, taking the packaging and walked out of the room. She placed a hand on Sara's shoulder and gave her a half smile. "It's gonna be ok... Nigel's in jail..."
Sara dialled Nick's cell number.
Nick heard his cell and picked up. "Stokes.."
"Nick, get here now... I'm at work... please hurry." Sara sniffed.
"Sara? what's wrong? I'm on my way..." Nick jumped into his Tahoe and started it up.
"Ok... love you."
"Love you too..." Nick hung up and backed out of the driveway, heading to work.
....continued in 5....