iWe took each day and made it shine
We wrote our names across the sky
We ride so fast, we ride so free
And I knew that you had me/i
Warrick found Sara curled up into a ball in the break room. He cradled her head to his lap and soothed her. He and Greg found Nick storming out of the lab. So he figured out that she's upset because of their encounter. "There, there Sara. It'll be okay. Nick is not mad, I know. He loves you, believe me," he told her.
"Tell me about him, Warrick," she said sitting up. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Well, ever since you left… he became you around this place." She gave him a questioning look. "Nick buried himself into work 24/7, working even during holidays and nights-off. He pulls off doubles every chance he can. He seldom goes out with us for breakfast anymore. He didn't have any serious girlfriends after you."
"The last I was here, he was with Helen. What happened?" He gestured to her that they broke-up. "Why did he do that? He seemed happy with Helen. I assumed he was so I decided to leave."
He tightened his hold on her. "Nick broke up with Helen because he loves you. When you left, he has been a wreck! Sometimes I would find him in his house crying his eyes out on, I presume what used to be your side of the bed. If ever he manages to sleep on this couch, he would call out your name every time and cry when he wakes up. I tell you, I've never seen any guy cry like that over a woman." Sara hugged her knees. "So you see, Nick loves you. I don't know why he walked out but I know he wants you back. I know too well that you still love him. If I were you, I'll find him and tell him…"
Sara straightened up and gave Warrick a hug and a peck. Before leaving and taking his advice, she said, "Why did I fall in love with him instead of you?" They shared a laugh. "Please tell the others I'm going. Here's my number," she gave him her calling card. "Warrick, thank you…" She ran to her Tahoe and went out to find Nick.
Time is running out. In a few hours, she'll be flying back to San Francisco and God knows when she'll be coming to Las Vegas again. "Nick, where are you?" she frantically asked over and over. She checked all the usual places they hung out and even his place. His Tahoe wasn't there. She decided to round the Strip once again. When she saw her car rental agency, by coincidence she saw a very familiar Tahoe pull up by bay #5. She then decided to leave her car off and hope for the worst.
Nick went around in circles. Up this road, down this intersection until he ran low of gas. He stopped by a gas station which was beside a rent-A-car place. He filled his car and just as he was about to drive away, a knock on his passenger window distracted him. It was Sara. He hurriedly opened the door and she climbed in.
"Hey," she said trying not to sound like she was crying. "Where are you going?"
He shifted into gear and drove off even before the car behind them honked in irritation. "Wherever you want to go, Sara." They shared a smile.
"Okay, why don't you go to the hotel where I'm staying, Nick," she said. "You know, where the convention participants are staying?"
"Convention?" he chuckled. She couldn't help but smile again. "Sara Sidle needing to attend a forensic convention? Since when?"
It was Sara's turn to chuckle. "Nick, you know too well that I want to do well in my craft. I want to be perfect in this. You know this is the only thing I can do."
Traffic caught up to them. Nick took this chance to hold Sara's hand. They caught their eyes and he said, "You're already perfect, Sara. And this is not the only thing you can do. You are very amazing. Do you even know that?" They were talking like nothing happened to them in the past.
Sara sighed and tightened her grasp onto Nick's larger hand. "I only believe what you tell me, Nick. Now that you just told me I'm amazing… maybe I am!"
Nick made Sara look at him and he whispered, "Not maybe. You are amazing…" and closed in for a kiss. She returned it with equal intensity and parallel fervor until air was leaving them.
"That was amazing," she whispered to his ear. "But we should go. The light turned green."
The couple reached the hotel in record time without breaking the speed limit. They fell onto the waterbed their top clothes scattered on the floor and Sara's jeans undone. They kissed each other like they wanted to make up for lost time. This was their second chance.
Nick had Sara's bra unfastened and was palming her bare breast when she hesitantly stopped him and sitting up. She wrapped herself with the quilt and rocked back and forth. "I can't… can't do this again," she whispered. "This… this… what we're doing… it's too painful for me to remember."
He fully understood but he wanted this to be. This is HIS second chance – his opportunity. "Sara, please. I want to make it up to you. I never meant to hurt you… you know I love you… please believe me," he tried to soothe her but to no avail.
Sara leaned into his arms and listened to him breathe. He was so warm and inviting and she believes him. "Nick," he shivered when his name escaped her pink lips, "just make me forget. I don't want to make the same mistake again." With no other words, Nick made love to her like there was no tomorrow.
Afterwards, while they were enjoying the aftermath of love-making, Sara finally said, "I love you, Nick." He kissed the top of her head. "There will never be another one after you."
"What do you mean, pumpkin?" he joked. "I'm still here… I'll always be here. And that's a promise." She said no more and drifted off the sleep.
We wrote our names across the sky
We ride so fast, we ride so free
And I knew that you had me/i
Warrick found Sara curled up into a ball in the break room. He cradled her head to his lap and soothed her. He and Greg found Nick storming out of the lab. So he figured out that she's upset because of their encounter. "There, there Sara. It'll be okay. Nick is not mad, I know. He loves you, believe me," he told her.
"Tell me about him, Warrick," she said sitting up. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Well, ever since you left… he became you around this place." She gave him a questioning look. "Nick buried himself into work 24/7, working even during holidays and nights-off. He pulls off doubles every chance he can. He seldom goes out with us for breakfast anymore. He didn't have any serious girlfriends after you."
"The last I was here, he was with Helen. What happened?" He gestured to her that they broke-up. "Why did he do that? He seemed happy with Helen. I assumed he was so I decided to leave."
He tightened his hold on her. "Nick broke up with Helen because he loves you. When you left, he has been a wreck! Sometimes I would find him in his house crying his eyes out on, I presume what used to be your side of the bed. If ever he manages to sleep on this couch, he would call out your name every time and cry when he wakes up. I tell you, I've never seen any guy cry like that over a woman." Sara hugged her knees. "So you see, Nick loves you. I don't know why he walked out but I know he wants you back. I know too well that you still love him. If I were you, I'll find him and tell him…"
Sara straightened up and gave Warrick a hug and a peck. Before leaving and taking his advice, she said, "Why did I fall in love with him instead of you?" They shared a laugh. "Please tell the others I'm going. Here's my number," she gave him her calling card. "Warrick, thank you…" She ran to her Tahoe and went out to find Nick.
Time is running out. In a few hours, she'll be flying back to San Francisco and God knows when she'll be coming to Las Vegas again. "Nick, where are you?" she frantically asked over and over. She checked all the usual places they hung out and even his place. His Tahoe wasn't there. She decided to round the Strip once again. When she saw her car rental agency, by coincidence she saw a very familiar Tahoe pull up by bay #5. She then decided to leave her car off and hope for the worst.
Nick went around in circles. Up this road, down this intersection until he ran low of gas. He stopped by a gas station which was beside a rent-A-car place. He filled his car and just as he was about to drive away, a knock on his passenger window distracted him. It was Sara. He hurriedly opened the door and she climbed in.
"Hey," she said trying not to sound like she was crying. "Where are you going?"
He shifted into gear and drove off even before the car behind them honked in irritation. "Wherever you want to go, Sara." They shared a smile.
"Okay, why don't you go to the hotel where I'm staying, Nick," she said. "You know, where the convention participants are staying?"
"Convention?" he chuckled. She couldn't help but smile again. "Sara Sidle needing to attend a forensic convention? Since when?"
It was Sara's turn to chuckle. "Nick, you know too well that I want to do well in my craft. I want to be perfect in this. You know this is the only thing I can do."
Traffic caught up to them. Nick took this chance to hold Sara's hand. They caught their eyes and he said, "You're already perfect, Sara. And this is not the only thing you can do. You are very amazing. Do you even know that?" They were talking like nothing happened to them in the past.
Sara sighed and tightened her grasp onto Nick's larger hand. "I only believe what you tell me, Nick. Now that you just told me I'm amazing… maybe I am!"
Nick made Sara look at him and he whispered, "Not maybe. You are amazing…" and closed in for a kiss. She returned it with equal intensity and parallel fervor until air was leaving them.
"That was amazing," she whispered to his ear. "But we should go. The light turned green."
The couple reached the hotel in record time without breaking the speed limit. They fell onto the waterbed their top clothes scattered on the floor and Sara's jeans undone. They kissed each other like they wanted to make up for lost time. This was their second chance.
Nick had Sara's bra unfastened and was palming her bare breast when she hesitantly stopped him and sitting up. She wrapped herself with the quilt and rocked back and forth. "I can't… can't do this again," she whispered. "This… this… what we're doing… it's too painful for me to remember."
He fully understood but he wanted this to be. This is HIS second chance – his opportunity. "Sara, please. I want to make it up to you. I never meant to hurt you… you know I love you… please believe me," he tried to soothe her but to no avail.
Sara leaned into his arms and listened to him breathe. He was so warm and inviting and she believes him. "Nick," he shivered when his name escaped her pink lips, "just make me forget. I don't want to make the same mistake again." With no other words, Nick made love to her like there was no tomorrow.
Afterwards, while they were enjoying the aftermath of love-making, Sara finally said, "I love you, Nick." He kissed the top of her head. "There will never be another one after you."
"What do you mean, pumpkin?" he joked. "I'm still here… I'll always be here. And that's a promise." She said no more and drifted off the sleep.