A/N: Hey everyone. I know, you're probably thinking,'why does this stupid girl keep starting more stories if she can't finish her other ones first?' Well I guess you can say, I post 'em as I get 'em. I was home sick and I got this idea. So anywhoo, I hope you like it! ENJOY!!!

It was 11:30pm in Las Vegas. The rain falling lightly on the brightly lit streets of the strip. Sara Sidle was enjoying her much needed and deserved sleep, when her cell phone rang. She picked it up and recognized Grissom's number. She answered groggily.

"Hello?"

"Sara, it's Grissom. I just got a hot case and I need you here ASAP."

"What? Grissom, it's my night off, I'm sick, and I just want to sleep. Can't you call anyone else?"

"Everyone else is already here. Please, we need you here."

"Grissom..."

"Sara please. We need your help on this."

"Fine, give me 45 minutes okay. I need to take a shower before I leave and I need to buy some more medicine." She sighed sniffling.

"Thank you Sara."

"Yeah, whatever Grissom." She said hanging up the phone.

She took her shower and went to the store to find a medication that wouldn't make her drowsy. She bought some Day Quil and headed for the lab.

She walked into the layout room and saw over twenty people trying to find room to stand and work. She spotted Grissom in the crowd and pushed her way toward him.

"Grissom, what is all this?"

"This is every Las Vegas CSI working on our case." He said not once looking up from his case file.

"I thought you needed my help."

"I do. We need all the help we can get right now. This is a hot case Sara. The daughter of a wealthy couple in Summerland was kidnaped. The kidnaped only left us a five hour window before he kills her or does whatever he plans to do to her." He said as Sara stared at him in disbelief. He knew he already had more than enough people to handle three cases like this all at the same time.

"Okay fine, where do you want me to start?"

"Great. Nick is in the other layout room. He has several articles of clothing and other possessions of the little girl. You can help him. It will be much easier to move in there."

"Yay." She said sarcastically as she left him. He stared at her for a moment then he continued his work.

Nick was looking at one of the girl's shirts when Sara walked in.

"Hey Sara. Are you okay? You look like you've been hit by a truck." He said giving her a friendly smile.

"Yeah well that's how I feel right now. My medicine hasn't kicked in yet."

"Why didn't you take the night off?"

"Tonight was my night off. But Grissom called and said that he needed me here so I came."

"You should've told him you were sick. He probably would've let you stay home."

"Nope. I told him, but he insisted. Don't worry about it. What have you got?"

"Uh, this shirt was found outside of the Williams residence, underneath the girl's room."

"Oh my God. Look at all that blood." Sara said as Catherine walked in.

"Hey kids. Whatcha got?" She said walking to the table. "Wow Sara you look- "

"I know I look like I've been hit by a truck. Tonight was my night off, I told Grissom I was sick, and he insisted that I come in. Any questions?"

"Um, nope. That about covers it. Anyway, what did you find?"

"The shirt that was found under the girl's window is covered in blood."

"It could be nothing. Maybe just a bloody nose." Catherine said taking the shirt from him.

"Hey Nick, could you have me the ALS please?" Sara asked as Catherine handed the shirt to her. She turned it on and was stunned as different areas of the shirt fluoresced. "Oh my God. Catherine, I think you should take a look at this." Sara said as Catherine leaned over her shoulder. Catherine looked at the stains as a tear went down her cheek.

"Is that-?"

"Yeah. It's semen." Sara said looking at the floor.

"How old is this girl?" Nick said quickly turning away from them.

"She is six years old." Sara said gently placing the shirt on the table.

Out of the corner of her eye, Catherine saw Nick, looking like he was about to cry.

"Nick? Are you okay?" She said placing a hand on his shoulder. he knew this had to be hard for him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He said holding it all in, as they turned back to Sara.

"I have a feeling that Angela Williams has been sexually assaulted, and is now deceased." Sara said sadly as she looked over to Nick.

"Man. I'll uh go tell Grissom." Nick said staring at the floor as Sara suddenly looked even more sick than she had when she walked in. "Sara? Are you alright?"

"Oh God-" She said running to the bathroom.

"Sara! Nick, go talk to Grissom. I'll go check on Sara." Catherine said running after her.

Catherine entered the bathroom to find Sara hunched over the toilet seat. After five seconds, Sara was spilling whatever she had left in her stomach into the toilet.

"Sara are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine. I don't know where that came from, I haven't eaten anything in hours."

"How long have you been throwing up?"

"I started getting sick yesterday." She said getting up and throwing away the remaining Day Quil she had in her pocket. "Stupid medicine doesn't even work."

"Here, put this on your face." Catherine said handing her a wet paper towel.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. You know, Grissom shouldn't have called you in if you were sick. We have all the help we need."

"Well, that isn't what he said to me. He said that he needed my help. He said it as if there was nobody here. But when I walked in and saw all of the people here, I was so upset." Sara said tossing the paper towel in the waste basket. "Thanks Catherine. I owe you one."

"Ah forget it. what are friends for anyway?"

"Right." She said as they walked back to the layout room.

Meanwhile...

"Hey Grissom!"

"Hey Nick. Where did you come from?"

"Sara and I found something interesting on Angela Williams' clothes." He said filling Grissom in on all the details.

"Okay, I'll notify everyone. Is that it?"

"Um, no. Could I talk to you alone for a second?"

"Sure. Let's go to my office." Grissom said as they left. "What's on your mind Nick?" Grissom said closing his office door.

"Sara."

"What about Sara?"

"You shouldn't have called her in. She's sick Grissom, she needs rest."

"I need her here."

"No you don't. You have all the help you need right here."

"She bought some medicine, so she should be fine for a while Nick."

"Well, I guess what ever medicine she bought doesn't work. She just ran to the bathroom, and is probably throwing up right now."

"Look, I'll have her work for a while and if she gets sick again I'll tell her to go home. Does that work for you?"

"No it doesn't Grissom. She is sick. She needs to be at home resting, not here working and getting sick." Nick said getting frustrated.

"Nick, Sara is tough. She can get through one shift even if she is sick."

"I don't care, I'm telling her to go home."

"Well Nick I'm afraid you can't do that. You aren't her boss."

"Oh yeah? Watch me." Nick said as he started to leave.

"Nick! Just, tell her to come and talk to me okay?"

"Alright. But if she gets sick again, or if I think she can't work anymore, I'm going to take her home. You can fire me if you have to."

"That won't happen Nick. Just tell Sara to come see me." Grissom said as Nick left.

Back in the layout room...

"Hey Sara, how are you feeling?" Nick said as he walked in.

"Well, now I know that Day Quil doesn't work." She said making him show his charming Texan grin.

"I could've told you that."

"Yeah, right."

"Okay kids, no fighting at the layout table." Catherine said as they all started to laugh.

"Yes mother." Nick said as he turned to Sara. "Oh Sara, Grissom wants to see you."

"Okay. Did he say why?"

"No. But I told him you were not feeling well, so maybe he's going to let you go home."

"That would be great. All I want to do is sleep." She said leaning up against his shoulder and closing her eyes.

"Not just yet sleeping beauty. Let me know how it goes. If he is letting you go home, I'll give you a ride."

"Okay. Thank you Nick."

"No problem. Go before Grissom gets upset." Nick said shooing her away. After she was gone, Nick turned to Catherine.

"What do you think will happen?"

"I know Grissom. He wouldn't have normally called Sara in with this much people here helping."

"Yeah I was thinking that too."

"I know how much he cares about her too. You both care about her, heck we all do. I guess he just wanted her close by so he could keep an eye on her himself."

"But if she needs to rest, why call her in? I mean if I cared about someone and wanted to keep an eye on them, I would go take care of them, not call them in to work."

"I know Nick. I know you would." Catherine said putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Do you think he'll let her go home?"

"Did you tell him she got sick?"

"Yeah. I told him if she got sick again or if she couldn't work anymore I would take her home."

"Nick, you know Sara, if Grissom told her to work for three straight days in anything worse than her condition, you know she would do it."

"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about. She would do anything for him, but he won't take a step outside the lab to help her."

"Yeah. I know how you feel Nick. And I know how much you want to be there for her."

"I like Grissom, he is a great guy, but Sara deserves so much better. She needs someone to take care of her, someone to notice her off the job."

"I understand how much you care about her. I think you should talk to her." Catherine said as Sara walked in.

"Hey. What's going on?"

"Nothing, we were just talking over the case. How did it go?" Nick said curious to see what Grissom had done.

"Okay I guess. I'm going to stay here until the end of shift, then he gave me the next two days off to rest."

"He what?" Nick said in disbelief. He stormed out and headed for Grissom's office.

"What's wrong with him?"

"He is just a little upset. He will probably fill you in later."

"Oh, okay. Do you mind if I sit down for a minute?" Sara said holding her stomach.

"Sure. I'd tell you to go lay down in the break room, but there are about 15 other people in there, and I don't think it would be too peaceful."

"Catherine? Is Nick upset with Grissom?"

"Nick just wants to take care of you. He wants you to rest. He is trying to help."

"I know. Nick has a thing for that." Sara said smiling. "He's a great friend when you need help."

"Yeah, even when you don't." Catherine said as Sara stared at her blankly. "Get some rest. I'll wake you up if I find something good."

"Okay. Thanks Catherine." Sara said as she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.

A/N: What will Nick do? Can he get Sara to go home and rest? Tune in next week to find out. LOL Sorry, a little bit of soap opera humor. HeHeHe I'm just siting here, being sick, and NOW some of my writers block is lifted. Boy I'll tell ya, it stinks to have ideas in your head and not be able to type them right away you know? Anywhoo, I should be updating The Secrets We Keep within th next few days for anyone who has started reading it. And for anyone who hasn't, well what are you waiting for? LOL No rush of course. I hope you liked it. I should post the next chapter of THIS story in at least a day or two. Thanks!

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