A/N I apologize now for the long break in between chapters. I've become one of the horrible authors who doesn't update for a long time. ::breaks down:: I'm so sorry. I've had major writer's block with this story. But thanks for the reviews, hopefully they will help to inspire something worth reading. After this chapter I may continue writing another Nick/Sara fic I'm working on and possibly post a chapter or two of that one.
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI but if I did… this whole firing debacle would never have happened and everyone would be happy with their new raises and there would have been no need for the whole "breach of contract" w/e.
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Megan was so preoccupied with the thoughts and plans forming in her head that she wasn't really paying attention to where she was going and wound up bumping right into Catherine.
"Oh. Sorry."
"No problem. Next time just pay attention to what you're doing."
"Sorry, it's just well…can I speak to you in confidence?"
Catherine looked at the young girl with curiosity. "Sure. Um," Catherine looked around. "Follow me." She led Megan to an empty lay out room and locked the door. "What's up?"
"Well…I don't know how to say this. I know my sister well enough to know when she's interested in someone and I'd have to be dense not to realize that Nick is interested in Sara." Catherine just nodded seeing where all this was going. "Since I have arrived here, I've felt the sexual tension between the two of them and I just feel like they need a little push. I've sort of put a plan into effect and I was wondering if you could help me. I mean, you've known Nick longer than I have and I could really use your help." Megan looked at the woman in front of her expectantly with a look of apprehension on her face. Catherine smiled and that look disappeared.
"It would be my pleasure. God knows it would make it a lot easier to work around here if those two would stop lying to themselves and hiding their feelings. I'm in."
"Great!" Megan beamed. "I'll fill you in on the little I have already done and what I have planned and any ideas you have feel free to tell me." The two left the room and continued to discuss their plans while Megan helped Catherine with her paper work.
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After spending about five minutes trying to figure out what Megan had meant by what she said about seeing what Sara saw, Nick finally got up off of the couch. He went to go see if Greg had any news for him about the blood they had found on some glass they found at the scene but he was backlogged with samples from dayshift and hadn't had a chance to get to it yet. Nick didn't even bother asking Hodges for two reasons. One was he hated the kiss ass and the other was if he did find anything he probably would tell Grissom first even though he wasn't on the case. Nick wondered where Megan had headed off too and began to look for her to ask her about what she had said. Nick started to check the different rooms in the lab. As Nick rounded a corner he slammed into someone moving extremely fast. Both he and the other person fell to the floor as papers fell all around them. After Nick composed himself, he looked over to the other person to see if he or she was all right.
"Oh crap. Sorry Sara." Nick tried to help her up but she didn't take his outstretched hand.
"Don't be sorry. It's my fault." She flashed him a smile to show she was okay.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Well," Nick said, "you just admitted something was your fault."
Sara tried to hold back her smile but failed miserably, so she just playfully smacked him on the arm. "Yeah, well, you can still help me pick these papers up."
The two knelt down and began to pick up the papers. After a minute they had all but one piece of paper picked up. They both reached for it and Nick's hand wound up on top of Sara's instead of on the paper. Nick felt electricity and heat surge through his hand spread through they rest of his body at the simple touch. He looked up and met Sara's eyes. He though he saw something there for second but it was quickly hidden. Nick looked away and as much as he wanted to leave his hand there he took it away. He stood up and Sara followed suit. Nick handed over the papers and made some excuse to leave.
Sara was glad that he quickly left because that gave her a chance to get her racing heart under control. As much as she wanted to deny any feeling she had towards Nick she couldn't now. Not after her body reacted to such a simple, innocent touch. When she had looked up and her eyes connected with Nick's she could have sworn she saw her desire reflected in his eyes but she quickly masked it. Maybe Megan was right.
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A/N I apologize now for the short chapter and the total lack of plot. I honestly have no idea where this is going. It's a WIP obviously. Hopefully I will find a way to end it. Like I said before I have a different Nick/Sara story I have started to work on and I already have an idea of where I would like it to go.