Chapter 23
Sara yawned looking to where Nick was meant to be. She read the note and frowned, "Poor Nicky..." She said to the empty room. She got up and checked on Andy. She went back to the main room and decided to have a shower.
Chad parked the black car in the parking lot of Morris Motels. He had found out that Nick and Sara were staying there, just didn't know what room. He climbed out of the car and walked to the office. "Hi... I was wondering if my friends had checked in yet... Nick Stokes?" Chad smiled at the girl and nodded as she told him that he had and gave him the number. "Thank you..." Chad walked out and went over to The motel number. The curtains were almost completely closed, but there was a small space for him to look through.
Sara wrapped a white towel aound her and tied it. She walked into the bedroom and looked for some clean clothes. Smiling she grabbed Nick's shirt, "He won't mind." Suddenly she shivered, "Just my imagination..."
Chad smiled to himself and grabbed his binoculars. He peered farther inside of the room, close up on sara. "Well, well... what do we have here?"
She grabbed a pair of shorts and then lay on the bed with a crime novel. She glanced at the clock, "Where are you Nick?"
Chad reached in his bag and took out his polaroid camera. He turned off the flash and aimed it in the window and took a few quick pictures. He stepped back to the side of the wall and looked at the few pictures that developed.
Sara lookd up, "Nick?" She called out. Getting up she went to the window, seeing nothing she called Nick's cell.
Nick was still sitting in the cafe, sipping the last bit of his coffee when his cell rang. He looked at the ID and answered it. "Sara?"
"Nick, can you come back... I'm scared..." Sara said checking the locks in the small motel rooms. "I'm sure I heard something outside..."
"I'll be right there..." Nick promptly hung up and headed outside. He drove back to the motel and got out of the Tahoe carefully. Looking for anyone or anything suspicious. He was over to the door and tried to opened it. It was locked. "Sara? hunny, its me..." Nick called through the door.
Sara came out of Andy's room, "Nick." She wrapped her arms around him and wasn't letting go.
Hey... are you ok?" Nick pulled back a little and looked at Sara. "Whats wrong hun?"
"I was.. I thought, I was sure someone was outside Nick..." Sara sighed, "I guess I'm just paranoid..." She hugged him again.
"No... You're safe... but if you want, I can call Brass and get him to send some guys over..." Nick held her close
"Just hold me... that's all I need" Sara said looking at the window. Nick kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back. Sara looked up at him, "Will you call the front desk and remind them not to give our room number out... please."
"ok..." Nick picked up the phone and dialled the room. "What..?!?" Nick said after a minutes on the phone. He slammed the reciever down. "Dammit... get your bags again Sara... we have to go. It's not safe here anymore..."
"So he was there, I knew it..." Sara sighed and grabbed everything and put it in the correct bags. She put on a pair of jeans and went to get Andy, "Nick should we go back to the house?"
"I dunno... It's probably not safe there either... " Nick said, as he gather up their stuff.
"You should call Brass and let him know, I'll call Grissom." Sara said as she carried Andy into the main room.
"alright." Nick picked up his cell and called Brass, updating him on the situation.
"Where are we going to go nick?" Sara asked walking back in.
"I dunno... let's go over to CSI. That's the safest place for the time being..." Nick grabbed their bags
"Ok babe." She smiled holding their son in her arms.
"Let's go... " Nick nodded and opened the door for them. He put their bags in the back of the Tahoe and climbed into the driver's seat. "All set?" He asked before starting it up and driving towards CSI.
Sara nodded as she turned to check Andy was ok. She rubbed Nick's hand and sighed.
He offered her a small smile and pulled into the parking lot. They got out of the vehicle and walked inside of the building and down the hall towards the breakroom, where Nick figured someone would be.
***
"Greg I want some coffee, hurry up!" Warrick moaned from the break room.
Nick knocked on the door gently and stepped inside.
"Nick? what are you doing here?" Greg looked a little surprised, hoping nothing was seriously wrong.
"Nick! Sara! There's my favourite little guy." Warrick picked up Andy from the carrier.
Greg walked over to the coffee machine and poured up a few cups of his famous coffee.
"Nick, Sara, what are you doing here?" Grissom asked.
"Hey guys... Grissom. We had to leave the motel, we were being watched and our room number was given out to an unknown guy... I'm presuming it was Chad..." Nick stated bluntly.
"Damn it." Grissom quietly cursed. Warrick held andy and swung him lightly.
"I don't know what to do... It seems like where ever we go, he's there..." Nick sighed, frustrated. Greg placed a coffee in front of Nick, since he looked like he needed it desperately. Sara had sat on the couch and was sleeping. She was just too tired to keep her eyes open.
"I'll call Catherine, she'll take you to mine." Grissom said as he went to call Catherine.
"No..." Nick grabbed Grissom's arm that held the cell. "It'd just be putting you in harms way... I couldn't ask you to do that..."
"You're not... Chad knows nothing about me, he was-... is only interested in your life Nick..." Grissom dialled Cath's number, "Catherine come and pick Nick and Sara and take them to my townhouse. Thank you." Grissom turned to Nick, "There now it's done. Make sure she gets some sleep."
Nick glanced over his shoulder at Sara's sleeping form. "I'm sure that won't be a problem for her..."
"Good, now Cath has a set of keys..." Grissom said getting a look from Warrick, "And she'll let you in." Nick nodded absent-mindedly, only half-listening to Grissom. Grissom turned and waddled off down the hall in his usual manner.
"Why does Catherine have a key to Grissom's place?" Warrick asked Greg.
Greg's thoughtful smile, turned into a devious Grin. "Oh, you know..." He made an exaggerated wink. "They must've been doing a little sumpin' sumpin' in Nick's house that day..".
"GREG! That's.. their like our... that's just disturbing!" Warrick said as he grabbed the coffee pot off of Greg. "Why did I even bother to ask YOU of all people..." He grumbled to himself, trying to get rid of the mental image.
"What's all the shouting about?" Sara moaned as she woke up. She glanced at Andy quickly checking he was ok in his carrier. "and Who's doing a little sumpin sumpin?" Sara asked all confused.
"Nothing... No one... " Greg quickly responded, pretending to be all innocent.
"Huh?" She looked at Nick with a confused expression.
"It's nothing... Greg just has his mind in the gutter once again..." Nick smiled.
"Ohh Where we going?" Sara asked seeing Catherine walking towards them.
"Grissom's place..." Catherine stepped inside the breakroom. "You guys all set?"
"Yeah, come on Andy." Sara said picking him up, "Nick will you take him in the back, I'm in front with Catherine." She smiled.
"Sure..." Nick nodded and headed out
Sara jumped into the front and smiled, "Thanks for driving us Cath..." Nick climbed into the Tahoe and sat next to Andy, resting his head against the back of the seat.
"No problem..." Catherine glanced back in her rear-view mirror and saw Nick. She looked back over at Sara. "How is he?" She asked quietly.
"Not sleeping, hardly eating. He's worried sick about me and Andy, I don't know what to do anymore." Sara shrugged looking at Nick in the mirror.
Catherine shook her head. "He's going to make himself worse if this continues... But I'll let Grissom know. He's been worried about him too. All of us have been actually." She offered a look of sympathy for the young woman next to her. "Try to convince him to take better care of himself... He'll need his strength. Just hang tight ok?" She gave a thin smile
"After this is over we'll go on vacation, I'll take him somewhere to relax..." She smiled watching him sleep.
"That sounds like a plan..." Catherine smiled. "So have you two decided what to do about the wedding?"
"Nope..." Sara laughed, "We've not spoken about it."
"Well i'm sure something will work out. " Catherine said as she pulled up to Grissom's townhouse. "Well here we are... Chez Grissom." She chuckled.
"How come you have keys?" Sara smirked.
"now... that's for me to know, and you to find out." She winked playfully. "let's just say I visit often..."
Sara shook her head and gentley shook Nick, "Hun... we're here."
Nick squinted up at Sara and stifled a yawn. "already?" He got up and took Andy out of the Tahoe.
Sara picked up Andy's things and walked over to him and Nick, "Look Andy, Uncle Grissom's."
Nick handed Andy over to Sara while he walked to the back and grabbed their bags. "All set?"
"Come on, Cath's inside." Sara sighed, as she took the sleeping baby.
Nick followed up behind them and walked into Griss' townhouse. "you sure he doesn't mind us staying here?"
"I'm sure..." Catherine nodded, flicking on the lights.
"Nick, you go and take Andy up stairs, lie with him please... he's only sleeping when your around." Sara asked.
Nick nodded. "Ok..." He kissed Sara's cheek and then picked up Andy and headed to the upstairs bedroom.
Sara heard ringing, "Should I just answer it?" She asked Cath while looking at the housae phone.
"Sure..." Catherine nodded.
"Hello? Hi Grissom, yeah thanks, umm yeah, sure." Sara held out the phone to Cath, "He wants you... I mean to talk to you...."
Catherine smirked and took the phone. "Hey Gil... what's up?"
"Come back now, the lab's empty, all alone..." Grissom paused when his beeper went off. He looked down at the message. "nevermind, meet us at the stables... ASAP. Bring your kit, don't tell Sara or Nick." Grissom hung up.
Catherine was a little confused by the sudden change in the message. "Sara, I have to go... but if you need anything, my cell and pager will be on." She smiled and was out the door.
Sara frowned and watched her go. She went up the stairs and smiled, finding Nick was sleeping.
..... To Be Continued In 24 .....
Sara yawned looking to where Nick was meant to be. She read the note and frowned, "Poor Nicky..." She said to the empty room. She got up and checked on Andy. She went back to the main room and decided to have a shower.
Chad parked the black car in the parking lot of Morris Motels. He had found out that Nick and Sara were staying there, just didn't know what room. He climbed out of the car and walked to the office. "Hi... I was wondering if my friends had checked in yet... Nick Stokes?" Chad smiled at the girl and nodded as she told him that he had and gave him the number. "Thank you..." Chad walked out and went over to The motel number. The curtains were almost completely closed, but there was a small space for him to look through.
Sara wrapped a white towel aound her and tied it. She walked into the bedroom and looked for some clean clothes. Smiling she grabbed Nick's shirt, "He won't mind." Suddenly she shivered, "Just my imagination..."
Chad smiled to himself and grabbed his binoculars. He peered farther inside of the room, close up on sara. "Well, well... what do we have here?"
She grabbed a pair of shorts and then lay on the bed with a crime novel. She glanced at the clock, "Where are you Nick?"
Chad reached in his bag and took out his polaroid camera. He turned off the flash and aimed it in the window and took a few quick pictures. He stepped back to the side of the wall and looked at the few pictures that developed.
Sara lookd up, "Nick?" She called out. Getting up she went to the window, seeing nothing she called Nick's cell.
Nick was still sitting in the cafe, sipping the last bit of his coffee when his cell rang. He looked at the ID and answered it. "Sara?"
"Nick, can you come back... I'm scared..." Sara said checking the locks in the small motel rooms. "I'm sure I heard something outside..."
"I'll be right there..." Nick promptly hung up and headed outside. He drove back to the motel and got out of the Tahoe carefully. Looking for anyone or anything suspicious. He was over to the door and tried to opened it. It was locked. "Sara? hunny, its me..." Nick called through the door.
Sara came out of Andy's room, "Nick." She wrapped her arms around him and wasn't letting go.
Hey... are you ok?" Nick pulled back a little and looked at Sara. "Whats wrong hun?"
"I was.. I thought, I was sure someone was outside Nick..." Sara sighed, "I guess I'm just paranoid..." She hugged him again.
"No... You're safe... but if you want, I can call Brass and get him to send some guys over..." Nick held her close
"Just hold me... that's all I need" Sara said looking at the window. Nick kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back. Sara looked up at him, "Will you call the front desk and remind them not to give our room number out... please."
"ok..." Nick picked up the phone and dialled the room. "What..?!?" Nick said after a minutes on the phone. He slammed the reciever down. "Dammit... get your bags again Sara... we have to go. It's not safe here anymore..."
"So he was there, I knew it..." Sara sighed and grabbed everything and put it in the correct bags. She put on a pair of jeans and went to get Andy, "Nick should we go back to the house?"
"I dunno... It's probably not safe there either... " Nick said, as he gather up their stuff.
"You should call Brass and let him know, I'll call Grissom." Sara said as she carried Andy into the main room.
"alright." Nick picked up his cell and called Brass, updating him on the situation.
"Where are we going to go nick?" Sara asked walking back in.
"I dunno... let's go over to CSI. That's the safest place for the time being..." Nick grabbed their bags
"Ok babe." She smiled holding their son in her arms.
"Let's go... " Nick nodded and opened the door for them. He put their bags in the back of the Tahoe and climbed into the driver's seat. "All set?" He asked before starting it up and driving towards CSI.
Sara nodded as she turned to check Andy was ok. She rubbed Nick's hand and sighed.
He offered her a small smile and pulled into the parking lot. They got out of the vehicle and walked inside of the building and down the hall towards the breakroom, where Nick figured someone would be.
***
"Greg I want some coffee, hurry up!" Warrick moaned from the break room.
Nick knocked on the door gently and stepped inside.
"Nick? what are you doing here?" Greg looked a little surprised, hoping nothing was seriously wrong.
"Nick! Sara! There's my favourite little guy." Warrick picked up Andy from the carrier.
Greg walked over to the coffee machine and poured up a few cups of his famous coffee.
"Nick, Sara, what are you doing here?" Grissom asked.
"Hey guys... Grissom. We had to leave the motel, we were being watched and our room number was given out to an unknown guy... I'm presuming it was Chad..." Nick stated bluntly.
"Damn it." Grissom quietly cursed. Warrick held andy and swung him lightly.
"I don't know what to do... It seems like where ever we go, he's there..." Nick sighed, frustrated. Greg placed a coffee in front of Nick, since he looked like he needed it desperately. Sara had sat on the couch and was sleeping. She was just too tired to keep her eyes open.
"I'll call Catherine, she'll take you to mine." Grissom said as he went to call Catherine.
"No..." Nick grabbed Grissom's arm that held the cell. "It'd just be putting you in harms way... I couldn't ask you to do that..."
"You're not... Chad knows nothing about me, he was-... is only interested in your life Nick..." Grissom dialled Cath's number, "Catherine come and pick Nick and Sara and take them to my townhouse. Thank you." Grissom turned to Nick, "There now it's done. Make sure she gets some sleep."
Nick glanced over his shoulder at Sara's sleeping form. "I'm sure that won't be a problem for her..."
"Good, now Cath has a set of keys..." Grissom said getting a look from Warrick, "And she'll let you in." Nick nodded absent-mindedly, only half-listening to Grissom. Grissom turned and waddled off down the hall in his usual manner.
"Why does Catherine have a key to Grissom's place?" Warrick asked Greg.
Greg's thoughtful smile, turned into a devious Grin. "Oh, you know..." He made an exaggerated wink. "They must've been doing a little sumpin' sumpin' in Nick's house that day..".
"GREG! That's.. their like our... that's just disturbing!" Warrick said as he grabbed the coffee pot off of Greg. "Why did I even bother to ask YOU of all people..." He grumbled to himself, trying to get rid of the mental image.
"What's all the shouting about?" Sara moaned as she woke up. She glanced at Andy quickly checking he was ok in his carrier. "and Who's doing a little sumpin sumpin?" Sara asked all confused.
"Nothing... No one... " Greg quickly responded, pretending to be all innocent.
"Huh?" She looked at Nick with a confused expression.
"It's nothing... Greg just has his mind in the gutter once again..." Nick smiled.
"Ohh Where we going?" Sara asked seeing Catherine walking towards them.
"Grissom's place..." Catherine stepped inside the breakroom. "You guys all set?"
"Yeah, come on Andy." Sara said picking him up, "Nick will you take him in the back, I'm in front with Catherine." She smiled.
"Sure..." Nick nodded and headed out
Sara jumped into the front and smiled, "Thanks for driving us Cath..." Nick climbed into the Tahoe and sat next to Andy, resting his head against the back of the seat.
"No problem..." Catherine glanced back in her rear-view mirror and saw Nick. She looked back over at Sara. "How is he?" She asked quietly.
"Not sleeping, hardly eating. He's worried sick about me and Andy, I don't know what to do anymore." Sara shrugged looking at Nick in the mirror.
Catherine shook her head. "He's going to make himself worse if this continues... But I'll let Grissom know. He's been worried about him too. All of us have been actually." She offered a look of sympathy for the young woman next to her. "Try to convince him to take better care of himself... He'll need his strength. Just hang tight ok?" She gave a thin smile
"After this is over we'll go on vacation, I'll take him somewhere to relax..." She smiled watching him sleep.
"That sounds like a plan..." Catherine smiled. "So have you two decided what to do about the wedding?"
"Nope..." Sara laughed, "We've not spoken about it."
"Well i'm sure something will work out. " Catherine said as she pulled up to Grissom's townhouse. "Well here we are... Chez Grissom." She chuckled.
"How come you have keys?" Sara smirked.
"now... that's for me to know, and you to find out." She winked playfully. "let's just say I visit often..."
Sara shook her head and gentley shook Nick, "Hun... we're here."
Nick squinted up at Sara and stifled a yawn. "already?" He got up and took Andy out of the Tahoe.
Sara picked up Andy's things and walked over to him and Nick, "Look Andy, Uncle Grissom's."
Nick handed Andy over to Sara while he walked to the back and grabbed their bags. "All set?"
"Come on, Cath's inside." Sara sighed, as she took the sleeping baby.
Nick followed up behind them and walked into Griss' townhouse. "you sure he doesn't mind us staying here?"
"I'm sure..." Catherine nodded, flicking on the lights.
"Nick, you go and take Andy up stairs, lie with him please... he's only sleeping when your around." Sara asked.
Nick nodded. "Ok..." He kissed Sara's cheek and then picked up Andy and headed to the upstairs bedroom.
Sara heard ringing, "Should I just answer it?" She asked Cath while looking at the housae phone.
"Sure..." Catherine nodded.
"Hello? Hi Grissom, yeah thanks, umm yeah, sure." Sara held out the phone to Cath, "He wants you... I mean to talk to you...."
Catherine smirked and took the phone. "Hey Gil... what's up?"
"Come back now, the lab's empty, all alone..." Grissom paused when his beeper went off. He looked down at the message. "nevermind, meet us at the stables... ASAP. Bring your kit, don't tell Sara or Nick." Grissom hung up.
Catherine was a little confused by the sudden change in the message. "Sara, I have to go... but if you need anything, my cell and pager will be on." She smiled and was out the door.
Sara frowned and watched her go. She went up the stairs and smiled, finding Nick was sleeping.
..... To Be Continued In 24 .....