A/N: Well this is the last chapter. I will most likely write a sequel, though it won't be like this story with the stalking and kidnapping.
Epilogue
"Guys!" Catherine called. Warrick, Grissom, and Greg ran into the break room.
"What?" Greg asked.
"Meet Nicky." Catherine smiled, turning her laptop around. An email was opened with a picture of Sara, Nick, and a baby. (Awww how sweet. Anywho the baby will be referred to as Nicky, while our favorite CSI will be referred to as Nick.)
"How old is he?" Greg asked.
"Four days old."
"Wow." The three guys muttered. Nick had called the lab when Nicky had been born and everyone at the lab had heard all about the baby but hadn't seen him yet.
"Isn't he a cutie?" Catherine asked, still smiling.
"More like a puny." Greg muttered, earning himself a whack from Warrick.
"He's a baby. What do you expect?" he said.
"Yeah but he's tiny." Greg said.
"All babies are tiny Sanders." Grissom said.
"No. My nephew's big." Greg smirked.
"Oh? And how old is he?" Catherine asked.
"Four months." Greg said proudly.
"There's a big difference Greg. Nicky's four days old and your nephew, God bless him for having an uncle like you, is four months old." Catherine explained. Soon everyone had a different plan for the new baby.
"Ah couldn't he just do what he wants?" someone asked.
"Yeah. When he's older?" someone else added. Catherine turned towards the door to find Nick and Sara, who was holding Nicky.
"Oh my God!" she squealed, jumping out of her seat.
"Oh please." Greg muttered.
"Can I hold him Sara?" Catherine asked, looking excited.
"Sure." She laughed, handing her son off to her friend.
"Are you back?" Grissom asked. "We got a lot of cases."
"Grissom!" Catherine scolded.
"No sorry. I'll be back on Monday and I don't know when she's coming back." Nick replied.
"God it seems like you guys were just married yesterday and now you've got a baby." Warrick said.
"Yeah but it was almost a year ago." Nick agreed.
"This was one eventful year." Catherine murmured, gazing at the baby in her arms. "Gil..."
"No." Grissom said. "We already have one."
"Yeah but Lindsey isn't a baby." Catherine sighed.
Brass walked into the room.
"Catherine I didn't know you had a baby." He joked. "Congratulations you two." He added, looking at Nick and Sara.
"Thanks Brass." Nick said. "Catherine are you planning on taking Nicky home with you?"
"No he's just so cute." She replied.
"He is." Nick agreed.
"What are you going to do with him after Sara comes back to work?" Greg asked.
"Oh my mom's closing down the B&B up in San Francisco. She said she wanted to be near her grandson and is moving down here. During the day, we'll spend time with Nicky and while we work at night my mom will watch him." Sara replied.
"Cool. Uh... Sara... can I... uh... hold him?" Greg asked, a timid look on his face.
"Yeah." She smiled. "Don't be afraid of him Greggo."
"I'm not. I'm afraid of you. I read somewhere that mothers get protective of their young." Greg joked. Soon the new baby was being passed around the room, being held by all of the night shift. After about an hour of being at the lab, Nicky started to get fussy and Sara thought it be best if they brought the baby home. On the car ride home Sara watched, in the rearview mirror, as Nicky fell asleep in his car seat. She sighed and Nick glanced over at her.
"What? What's that sigh for?" he asked.
"Nothing. I'm just so happy." Sara replied, looking at him. "You know back when all that stuff with Tara was happening if someone asked me if we'd be here right now, with Nicky in his car seat and Dopey at home, I'd say no."
(Dopey's their dog.)
"Why?"
"Because I thought she was really going to hurt of one us." Sara said. "You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that you weren't afraid she was going to kill me."
"Sara I didn't want to think about the bad outcomes of everything. I kept a happy outlook on everything." Nick said. "Let's not talk about this. It's all in the past. We're happy now. We got Nicky and everything's fine."
"You're right." Sara said. "Everything's good now."
"Yeah." Nick smiled as he pulled into the driveway of their house. "He asleep?"
"Yeah. I'll get him." Sara said.
"No. I got him." Nick said, getting out of the Tahoe. Ten minutes later Sara stood in the doorway of Nicky's room, watching Nick put their son to bed. She had to smile. She remembered one of the cases they had and she said she didn't do good with kids but here she was with a son. She also swore she'd never marry Nick Stokes but she did. Sara snapped out of her reverie as she saw Nick standing before her.
"What?" he asked. Sara shook her head.
"I was just thinking." She said as they walked to their room.
"About what?"
"Remember that case we had back when I first started working at the lab and Grissom made me a Taxi service for that little girl? The quadruple murder?" Sara asked.
"Not my favorite case but yeah go on." Nick replied.
"Well I said I wasn't good with kids and now there's Nicky." Sara said.
"And you're wonderful with him." Nick complimented.
"Well thanks. And my other thought had you in it." Sara smiled.
"Am I going to like this?" Nick asked, looking at her.
"It's nothing bad. I remember sitting with Catherine in the break room, watching you when you didn't know it and thinking to myself, 'I will never be with him so get the thought out of your mind.' But here we are married." Sara replied. Nick kissed her gently.
"You know I've never told you this but the first time I ever saw you I was throwing dummies off the hotel roof for Grissom and I fell in love with you right there. When shift was over I called Warrick and I said, 'Man, I'm in love.' He replied by saying, 'Who?' I said, 'The prettiest woman I've ever seen in my life.' 'A name would be nice.' Warrick said and I told him. 'I have no idea. I saw her while I was throwing dummies off a roof." He said.
Later on that night Sara and Nick were woken up by a cry.
"I got him." Sara muttered, rubbing her eyes. She walked out and Nick followed her. "Go back to bed."
"No. I'll help." He said.
"There's not much to help with. Either he needs his diaper changed, he's hungry, or he just woke up and started crying." Sara said.
"Well I don't care." Nick muttered. They walked into the baby's room and Sara picked Nicky up.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"He's hungry." Nick said.
"How do you know?" Sara asked.
"Well for one I am a CSI and two I'm the youngest of seven children. I've got a lot of nieces and nephews I've had to watch over the years and I know which cry is what." Nick replied. "Besides he has to be hungry. He's my kid!"
"Oh yeah that's true. Has to be like his daddy." Sara laughed. "Will you go get me a bottle?"
Nick nodded as he left the room and returned a couple of minutes later with a bottle. Once Nicky had finished the bottle he fell back asleep.
"See I know my son." Nick said, following Sara back into their room. "Dopey!"
The dog, who was lying on Nick's side of the bed, looked up at him.
"Up!" Nick said.
"Dopey get up." Sara said, trying to hide her smile. Dopey was a year old basset hound and loved sitting in Nick's things. "Nick, just push him off."
"No I don't want to hurt him." he said.
"Once you start to move him he'll move himself off. All dogs are the same." Sara said.
"Not this dog. Dopey get up!" Nick exclaimed, moving towards the bed. Dopey jumped up and trotted out the door. Sara walked over to the bed and lied down on as Nick brushed his side off.
"I think you disinfected it enough." she said.
"Knowing my luck that dog will come in later tonight and slobber all over me." Nick said, finally lying down. Sara sighed as she draped an arm over Nick.
"But you love him all the same." She said. "You know you do."
"He's my boy." Nick muttered. "He's been feeling lonely since Nicky came."
"Oh Nick he's a dog." Sara sighed.
"Dopey's still got feelings." Nick said, defending his beloved dog. Sara didn't reply but fell back asleep. Nick watched her as she slept and she sighed.
"Why are you watching me?" she asked.
"Because I want to." Nick replied. "You know you got to admit we've got a great life."
"I don't know where that came from but you're wrong." Sara said.
"I am?" Nick asked.
"Yeah. We've got the perfect life." Sara replied and closed her eyes, falling asleep. Nick grinned and kissed her gently as he slowly fell asleep himself.
A/N: Well that's it. It's done.
