"You may regret getting me that cat." Sara quipped as she watched Nick pull Harley off of the curtains in his living room.
He smirked. "I told you he was a little Hell's Angel."
Sara laughed as Nick put Harley on the floor and the kitten took off at breakneck speed, taking a tumble as he turned a corner and then getting up and licking himself; acting as if nothing had happened. "Ok, as much as you love 'Zoolander'." She smirked. "Which by the way is not as funny as you think it is." She pointed at Harley. "He is funnier."
"Hey, what do you mean it's not that funny?" He feigned a hurt expression as he sat down next to her on the couch. "That movie is damn funny."
Sara rolled her eyes. "No, it's not. Even Greg didn't find it as funny as you did."
"But you both laughed." Nick looked at her with a furrowed brow.
She pursed her lips together in an effort to keep from laughing. "We were laughing at you."
Nick puffed out his chest a little and crossed his arms in front of himself. "It's ok. I can handle it."
Sara couldn't hold back her laughter. "You are such a baby."
He grinned at her and chuckled. "I'm going to go figure out where little Mr. Wheels went." He whispered to her conspiratorially. "He's a little too quiet." Nick pulled himself off of the couch and went in search of Harley.
Sara shook her head in amusement and pulled herself off of the couch to go get a glass of water from the kitchen. She was halfway there when there was a knock at the door.
Nick called out from somewhere down the hall. "Sara, can you answer that? I'm trying to pry your cat off of the shower curtain."
"Sure." She called back, making her way to the front door. When she opened the door a very surprised looking blond women stood before her looking as if Sara was the last person she expected to see. Sara resisted the urge to smirk. "Can I help you?"
The woman arched her eyebrows as she regarded Sara's pajamas and then glanced at the house number before furrowing her brow. "I was looking for Nick."
Sara smiled, hoping it looked more natural than amused. "Just a second." Sara glanced over her shoulder to see Nick with Harley firmly in his grasp walking towards her with a quizzical expression. Sara couldn't hold back her amusement as she smiled at him. "Uh, Nick, there's someone here to see you."
Nick smiled at her in return as he came to the door. He winced as he tried to pull Harley, who had his claws dug into his flesh, off of his hand. He smiled at Sara as he tried to hand her the kitten. "You might want to consider getting him declawed at some point."
She smirked. "I told you that you were going to regret getting him for me." She took Harley from his hand and glanced back at the woman at the door for a moment before looking at Nick. "I'll just leave you two alone." She cuddled Harley in her arms as she walked back over to the couch and plopped down, petting the now purring kitten.
Nick turned his attention back to the door and the now annoyed looking woman. "Uh, Lauren, what are you doing here?"
"So this is what you meant by taking a break." Lauren didn't sound too happy.
"A break." Nick's tone was even and controlled, even though Sara could tell from where she was sitting that he was not very happy that this particular woman was at his door.
"And you go and move in with the first thing that comes along." The tone of Lauren's voice was pitching upwards. Sara only wished that she could see her face.
"Uh, I don't think you understand." Nick took a deep breath and tried to keep his tone controlled. "I broke up with you. As in we are not dating. There was no 'taking a break' as you put it."
"But I thought." There was a hitch in Lauren's voice.
"I haven't even seen you in nine or ten months." Nick sounded incredulous.
"It hasn't been that long." Lauren protested.
Nick let out a bitter chuckle. "Oh, yes it has. It's hard to forget when you find out someone's cheating on you."
Suddenly, Sara felt like she was truly invading Nick's privacy. She took Harley and headed down the hallway into the guest room, shutting the door behind her so that Nick could continue his conversation in private. She hadn't been in there more than a few minutes when she heard a soft tap at the door.
"Sara?" Nick called out.
"Yeah?" She lay on the bed stroking Harley's fur.
Nick opened the door. "Sorry about that." He gestured behind him.
She smiled. "Hey, it's ok. I just felt like I shouldn't be listening in."
Nick smiled at her. "She apparently didn't understand the definition of breaking up."
Sara gave him an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry she cheated on you. No one deserves that." Her own thoughts went to her experience with Hank and she silently wondered if his girlfriend ever learned that he'd been unfaithful to her.
Nick watched her expression and knew what she was thinking. "No, you're right. No one deserves that." He smiled again. "Hey, what do you say we pop in a movie and order some pizza?"
Sara wrinkled her nose. "You are not picking out the movie."
He laughed at her. "Don't push your luck, Sidle."
She grabbed the pillow off the bed and threw it at him.
He ducked as it hit the wall, and then raised an eyebrow as he teased her. "You throw like a girl."
She smirked as she stood up, leaving Harley sleeping on the bed. "Good."
After Nick had ordered the pizza he settled himself on the couch as Sara sat on the floor and looked through his DVD collection. "Find anything you want to watch yet?"
She tried to keep the amused expression off of her face without any luck as she held up one particular movie. "How did I know you'd have a copy of this movie?"
He raised an eyebrow at her in challenge. "And just what are you implying, Sara?"
She feigned innocence. "Oh, nothing. I just find it ironic, that's all."
"It's a classic Hitchcock film." He defended smiling at her. "Perhaps you've heard of him."
"Oh, I know who Alfred Hitchcock is." She smirked at him, her eyes twinkling in amusement. "I just think it's funny that you've got this particular movie."
"It has nothing to do with the Discovery Channel." He knew what she was getting at.
"Maybe not, but I still find it interesting." She smiled mischievously.
Nick's eyebrows curved upward. "Are you suggesting that we watch it?"
"We could." She pursed her lips together momentarily trying to remain serious before she started to laugh. "I cannot believe you have a copy of 'The Birds'."
Nick chuckled at her. "It's not even that good." He pointed at the rack of DVDs. "If you look up on the second shelf there's a movie that's even better. It's a spoof on 'The Birds' called 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'."
Sara's eyebrows shot up. "You have that? How did I miss it?" She glanced up and began to search the titles, finally pulling the case out and holding it up in victory. "I've heard about this movie, but I've never seen it." She grinned.
Nick laughed, grinning at her. "Alright then, it's settled. 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes' it is."
