A/N: To my reviewers... thanks for the great reviews. That's what helps me write.
Chapter Three: A Rainy Day
"This is terrible." Nick muttered.
"What?" Sara called from the bathroom.
"I said this is terrible." Nick repeated, louder this time. Sara walked into the room in a robe and stared at him questioningly.
"What's so terrible?" she asked and Nick pulled the curtain open to show rain pouring from the sky, lighting flashing and you could hear thunder clapping.
"Do you get the impression we should go home?" Sara asked.
"No. It's just a little bit of rain." Nick replied.
"Babe it's like a hurricane out there." Sara said.
"So? We could still have fun. Besides would you like to fly home in this weather?" Nick said.
"Not really. What fun could we have at the hotel?" Sara replied.
"Uh... there's a game room."
"Really? And I play video games since when?" Sara asked.
"It's a game room Sara not a video game room. They got pool and air hockey and uh... other things. I think they got virtual golf too." Nick replied. "Would you rather stay in here and be bored or go play games?"
"Good point." Sara muttered. As soon as she got dressed the two of them headed down to the game room to find it deserted.
"It's just us. Awesome." Nick said, walking over to the pinball machine. "Hey look at this. Lord of the Rings pinball."
"Joy. Have fun."
"Do you have 50 cents?" Nick asked. Sara tossed him the coins and he started his game.
"Look we need coins obviously so I'm going to go get change from the check in desk." She said, heading towards the door. She disappeared through it and a few minutes later the door opened again to reveal a blonde. Nick, so into his pinball game, didn't realize Sara wasn't in the room.
"Baby give me some more coins." He said, not looking up.
"Take the shirt off and I will." The blonde smirked. Nick finally looked up.
"Hey Tara. Sorry, thought you were Sara." He said.
"Nick, do you really love her?" Tara asked. Nick moved away from the pinball machine, losing his turn.
"Why do you care?" he asked. "And yes I do love her."
"I care because well... you could have me." Tara replied.
"No thanks." Nick muttered, turning back to the game. "Besides you're married too and have a kid."
"No I'm not. Dave is my cousin and Brandon is his kid." Tara said.
"Yeah right." Nick laughed.
"I'm serious. You could leave her now. You don't have any kids and the two of you have only been married four days."
"I do too have kids."
"Really? Catherine Willows and Greg Sanders seem a bit too old to be your kids. Cute niece and nephew you got though." Tara said, coming closer to Nick, who backed away.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"You know what I'm talking about Nick." Tara replied. "Why are you backing away from me? It's not like I'm going to hurt you. But then again you've always be wary of who you're with since that night a long time ago."
Nick stared at her. No one knew about that except Catherine.
"Shocked I know? Wondering how I know all of this?" Tara smiled. "Hmm let see... what else do I know? Oh you slept with a girl, Kristy was her name I think, who ended up dead the next day. Everyone thought you killed her."
"I really don't know what you're talking about." Nick said, looking at the door.
"Sara's busy. Tied her up at the desk. Dave's got that handled. Don't worry she's not hurt or anything just the cash drawer won't open and she's stuck there. So don't expect her to come anytime soon." Tara said. Nick's phone started ringing.
"Don't answer it." Tara muttered.
"What do you want?" Nick asked.
"You." Tara replied.
"Well people always want what they can't have."
"Funny. I always get what I want. So do you want to know how I know everything?" Tara said.
"Sure although I have no idea what you're going on about." Nick replied.
"Ok... well here I go then. I have connections out in Las Vegas. One being someone, you know very well." Tara started. "She's been spying on you for me ever since I learned Sara worked with you. You see Dave and I are very close and when Sara took Dave from my best friend, Alicia, she wanted revenge. This is the best way. Taking something from her that she loves so dearly. Anyway, I've been snooping around Sara, figuring out where's she's been and who's she's with. That Hank was pretty good, shame he was sleeping around."
"Get on with it Tara." Nick snapped.
"Fine. My spy thought it was over when she saw Sara falling for that Grissom guy. He's not very good looking. Well not at least for me. When Grissom turned her down I got my spirits up again. It was you, Sanders, or the other fellow, Warrick. I was hoping it would be you. My spy sent me pictures of the three of you." She said, stopping when she saw Nick shudder. "Oh yes you had a stalker, Nigel Crane. Almost killed you I heard."
Nick walked passed Tara to the door.
"Where are you going? It's getting good." She exclaimed.
"Away from you." Nick replied, opening the door.
"Fine. But I'll be back Nick." Tara said, just as the door slammed close. Nick walked towards the main desk and when he saw Sara he walked over to her.
"What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost." She asked.
"Nothing I'm fine. The game room is boring. Let's go back to the room." Nick replied, pulling her towards the elevator. Right before the door closed Sara saw Tara emerge from the game room.
"What happened?" she asked, turning to face him.
"What are you talking about?" Nick asked.
"Why did you say let's leave and Tara just walked out of the game room?" Sara replied.
"She was in there but kept away from me." Nick lied. The elevator stopped at their floor and they got off. Once inside the room Nick flopped onto the couch and turned the TV on.
"What happened?" Sara asked again.
"Will you stop bugging me?" Nick yelled. Sara jumped at his tone and her soft look turned cold and she glared at him.
"Fine. Sorry for caring about you." She muttered, walking into the bedroom. A few minutes later Sara, lying on the bed, heard Nick curse, rather loudly, and throw something. Nick collapsed onto the floor, shaking. He didn't mean to yell at Sara. He was just shaken up about what Tara was saying. He had another stalker. When Nigel was stalking him it was the scariest thing he had ever gone through and now it's happening again and Tara's accomplice is someone he knows. The only one that knew about what happened with his babysitter when he was nine was Catherine. Nick didn't want to believe that Catherine was the one spying on him but it was the only possible person.
'Never rule out any possibilities.' Grissom's words haunted Nick's mind. There had to be someone else at the lab that heard about what had happened to him.
Sara finally sat up in bed, listening to Nick's heavy breathing in the next room. She didn't know what he was going through but it was ripping her apart inside. She was contemplating whether she should go to him or not since he seemed annoyed with her. Sara stood up and walked to the door. She silently opened it and saw Nick sitting on the floor, totally out of it. He was just staring at the wall, not realizing his wife's presence in the room.
"Nicky..." Sara said quietly. Nick jumped and looked at her.
"What?" he asked.
"I heard you curse, throw something, then fall to the ground and start breathing heavily. Me being the good wife I am came to see if you were alright." Sara replied.
"Well I'm fine." Nick said.
"Good. I'll go back into the bedroom then." Sara said, turning around.
"Sara..." Nick called out, almost weak-like. She turned around.
"What?" she asked.
"Stay with me. Please." Nick replied. Sara was surprised to see fear in his face.
"Nicky what's the matter?" she asked, sitting down next to him.
"Everything." He muttered.
"You lied to me before. Something happened with Tara. Tell me." Sara said. Nick relayed the few minutes spent with Tara in the game room to Sara, leaving out the part about his babysitter when he was nine.
"Oh honey. This is insane. She's insane. Who do you think is her spy?" she said.
"Catherine." Nick replied quietly.
"What? Catherine? Why?" Sara asked.
"She's the only one that knows."
"Knows what?"
That's when Nick clammed up.
"Nicky I know you don't want to talk about it but honey I need to know why so we figure out why Catherine would go against us." Sara said, pulling him into a hug. Nick sighed deeply.
"It's too hard to talk about. It was hard telling Cath." He said.
"Nick I need to know." Sara said softly. He pulled away from her so he was facing her and finally told her what had been haunting him since he was nine.
"Oh my God." Sara muttered when Nick was finished. "You never told anyone?"
"Only Cath cause we had that case together and it was bugging me." He replied. "I'm sorry I never told you. I thought I could put it past me. When I told Catherine I put it past me again but Tara bringing it up and knew all of my secrets it seemed it started freaking me out."
"We're going home." Sara said, standing up. She pulled Nick up with her.
"What? No! Not just because my past is finally catching up with me." He exclaimed.
"This isn't about that. Grissom needs to know Catherine or someone else in the lab is betraying us. It's not just you Nicky! She sent pictures of Warrick and Greg to Tara too. If we stay here any longer don't you think Tara might try something to hurt you or me or both of us?" Sara explained.
"You're right. We'll leave tomorrow morning." Nick said and hugged Sara close to him.
"This was one great honeymoon." She muttered.
"Yeah right?" Nick agreed.
LATER THAT NIGHTIt was around 2 A.M, Sara was fast asleep, and Nick layed on his side, staring at her. She looked so peaceful when she was asleep and Nick thought he could lie there all night watching her. He didn't know what he'd do if anything ever happened to her. When the lab explosion happened he thought he lost her and he was distraught, though he didn't show it. Nick nearly fell out of the bed when Sara gave a soft moan and wrapped an arm around his chest.
"You're not asleep are you?" She whispered.
"Neither are you." Nick said, kissing her forehead.
"I'm too worried about you." Sara replied, opening her eyes.
"Baby I'm fine."
"Then why are you staring at me like someone's going to come and take me away?" Sara asked.
"Because with everything that's happening I don't know what'd I do if I lost you." Nick replied.
