Hoo boy I've been really slack with updating :oP thanks to everyone that reviewed thus far and I'm really sorry it's taken me so long to update I don't even think I have a good excuse as to why?! But anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter :)
DISCLAIMER: Sadly still don't own them! :(
"Nick, wait up!" Warrick called walking quickly to catch up to Nick.
"Yeah War, what's up?" Nick questioned stopping in the almost empty hallway.
"Is there something going on between you and Sara?"
"No man. How come?"
"Well you've gone from biting each others heads off every time you're in a room alone to working like you used to – finishing each others sentences. Seem to have become buddies again pretty quickly."
"I'm just trying to help her after Hank. She turned up on my doorstep drunk man." Nick whispered trying to make sure no one else in the lab could hear him.
"Drunk? Cath said they went out for a drink."
"Well she evidently didn't stop at one drink. She was totally drunk."
"Sara? Our Sara?"
"Yeah."
"Shit." Warrick exclaimed a little to loudly grinning sheepishly when several staff looked in his direction. "How's she doing now?"
"Better."
"God I can't believe I liked that guy. You can understand why I find in weird man. I mean you're hardly talking one moment and then the next you're best friends again."
"Well we got over the issue." Nick could see Warrick thinking for a moment before he said his next comment.
"The issue that lasted the entire length of her relationship with Hank?" Warrick smirked knowing he'd found the issue by Nick's facial expression.
"Nah..."
"No point in denying it Nick. I've seen the way you look at Sara."
"Drop it bro."
"Oh no I can see I've hit something here."
"What did you hit War?" Both men snapped around to find a grinning Sara.
"Nothing." He answered quickly.
"Why do I get the feeling I'm being lied to. Nick?"
"Yeah?"
"What did he hit?"
"Uh his elbow?" Nick hazards a guess.
"Back to you Warrick?"
"Yeah I hit my elbow." He nodded.
"Urgh! You guys are impossible." She shook her head with a grin on her face. "I've finished entering the bullets it you guys want to come and watch a light show."
"I've got to go see Archie about the liquor shop surveillance."
"Later bro." Warrick called as Nick made his exit knowing full well what Warrick meant by later bro.
"Bye Nick." Sara called.
"Let's go see the light show." Warrick said flashing a big grin at Sara.
"Ok but not until you tell me what's got you so happy."
"Life Sara." He grinned walking into the room followed closely by a totally confused Sara.
"Hey guys." Sara managed to get out before yawning.
"Hey sleepy head." Nick grinned broadly at her, which Warrick noticed and tried to keep the smirk off his face.
"You want to come to breakfast with us?"
"Um I think I'll pass and let you two men have a manly discussion seeing as you were hell bent on leaving me out of it earlier." She grinned.
"Your loss Sara. Going to pass up the opportunity of breakfast with the hottest CSI's!"
"I bet you tell yourself that every day don't you Warrick?" Sara smirked getting a chuckle out of both men.
"Nick I'll meet you out in the parking lot I need to ask Gris something before we head out. Have a good rest girl." He said dropping a quick kiss on Sara's forehead before leaving the pair alone in the locker room.
"You sure you don't want to come to breakfast?" Nick questioned moving closer to Sara.
"Yeah I'm really tired." She yawned again as if to emphasize her point.
"Oh ok." Nick said trying not to look too disappointed. Sara glanced quickly to the door of the locker room before closing the remaining distance between them and kissing him briefly but a kiss full of promise. Nick couldn't stop the goofy grin that made its way to his face.
"I'm just really tired Nicky."
"Ok that's fine. How 'bout I come around and make you dinner before shift?"
"That sounds like an offer I can't refuse. A hot guy in my apartment cooking me dinner – what more could a girl ask for?"
"So about 4.30?"
"Sounds good." They both took a step apart as the locker door swung open and Catherine ran in.
"Hey Cath."
"Hey Nick, I've got to run Gris and I are catching a movie." She said opening her locker and grabbing her coat before running back out.
"Is there something going on with those two?" Nick questioned.
"No idea but I know you better get going or Warrick is going to get suspicious and annoyed."
"He already is suspicious and I'm quiet certain he'll be well on his way to being annoyed." Nick grinned. "So I'll see you at 4.30, have a good rest, a really good one."
"Ok you horny teenage boy you." She called in return as he grabbed his belongings and headed out the door with quick smile and wave as he left her alone in the locker room with her thoughts.
Things had moved quickly between them. She'd only just broken up with Hank and had her heart totally broken. Nick was different, she new about his reputation as a ladies man but he was one of her best friends. It was risky to continue on with this relationship – what if he cheated on her as well. Sara remembered well what he'd shouted at her months ago about how not that it wasn't any of her business but he hadn't slept with anyone since Kristy. That was a long time ago and he'd obviously changed a lot since then. She didn't know if she was ready for a new relationship but then there was something different about Nick. He truly cared for her and if she wasn't sure of it before the way he'd helped her over the past days surely had. Nick Stokes the hunky man from Texas really liked her. It was possible for her to kiss Nick – something that she'd wanted to do since moving to Vegas. A wide grin spread to her face. That hunky man from Texas was coming over to cook her breakfast in seven hours fourteen minutes and twenty-two seconds she calculated after checking her watch. She quickly grabbed her belongings and left the locker room wandering out to her Denali with one of the widest grins she'd had on her face in ages firmly fixed there. Her inner voice was screaming – Nick Stokes liked her!
Once again sorry for the delay and thanks to everyone that has reviewed...hopefully I'll update a lot sooner! :)