Sara was exhausted; she wasn't sure how long she'd been sitting in the utilitarian chair in the waiting room for the OR at Desert Palm Hospital. It wasn't until a pair of strong hands began to gently knead her shoulders that she realized just how tense she was as well.

Nick leaned down and whispered in her ear. "I just talked to Catherine's sister and she said it could be a while until we know something. Let me take you home so you can get some sleep. Grissom and Greg have already gone. Warrick's going to stay here."

She knew that he was right, but she was worried about Catherine; she was the one that had been there when she had collapsed in the restroom and now the veteran CSI was undergoing emergency surgery and any information for people who weren't family had been scarce. She let out a deep sigh and nodded. As she stood up, she noticed the tender expression on Nick's face. She furrowed her brow as she felt him take her hand. Her voice was just a whisper as she looked into his eyes. "Will you stay with me?"

He smiled at her softly. "I was planning on it." He didn't let go of her hand as they made their way out of the hospital.

Sara was quiet during the drive to her apartment staring out the window and seemingly lost in thought.

As they entered her apartment, Nick hung his jacket on the back of one of her dining room chairs. "Are you hungry, Sar?"

She shook her head, wrapping her arms around her body. "No not really." This despite the fact that they really hadn't eaten much besides vending machine food and coffee at the hospital.

Concern flickered across Nick's face and he stepped towards her, putting his hands on her shoulders. "You ok?"

Sara wasn't sure what she was feeling at the moment. "I'm really tired, Nick. I think I just want to go to sleep."

Nick saw the conflicted emotions on her face and smiled. "Ok, I'll be out here if you need me."

Sara wasn't really sure where the words came from. "Would you just hold me for a while? I don't want to be alone." Tears began sliding down her face.

Nick sensed that there was a whole lot more going on inside of Sara than worry over Catherine's condition. He pulled her into his arms and rested his cheek on the top of her head. "Hey, it's ok. I'm here for you."

They stood like that for a long few minutes until Sara had composed herself a bit and then they made their way into her room, settling themselves on her bed. Sara nestled herself against Nick and allowed him to wrap his arms around her. The security of his embrace made her feel like she could open up a little bit. "I wonder if Catherine is scared."

Nick rubbed her back. "She probably won't remember anything about passing out."

"I mean scared about losing the baby." Sara had a slight hitch in her voice. "You should have seen her face, Nick."

"Hey, I'm sure she'll be ok." Nick tried to reassure her, but he wasn't totally convinced himself. He had talked to Catherine's sister and knew that most likely if the doctors couldn't stop the hemorrhaging that she could lose the baby altogether and even though she hadn't planned the pregnancy, she had been determined to see it through and do it right.

"I don't know." Sara sniffled. "She really didn't look good, and there was so much blood."

Nick was quiet for a moment as he stroked her cheek. "She's got good doctors."

Sara was quiet for a long time, just relaxing against Nick, taking security from the rise and fall of his chest. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah. Anything." He could tell by the tone of her voice that she was hesitant to ask him whatever it was.

She took a couple of deep breaths before she spoke. "What would you do if someone you dated got pregnant?" Her voice was laced with fear.

Nick wondered to himself if this was one of the reasons that she seemed to be holding back from things between them going any further. He stroked her hair. "I've never been in that situation, but if it happened, I'd stand by her."

"What if it wasn't your child?" Sara's voice had a hitch in it.

Nick sensed that she wasn't really talking about a hypothetical situation, but he wasn't quite sure where she was going with this. "Well, I don't know. I mean if she'd cheated, I think there would be bigger issues going on, you know. But if it happened before I started dating her that would be different. I guess it would just depend on the circumstances." Nick sounded confused and he wasn't sure if he was answering Sara's question, or even what the real question was.

Sara paused for a long moment and closed her eyes before she continued. Her voice was barely audible. "What if she was raped, and that's why she got pregnant?"

Nick whispered in return, keeping his tone gentle. "Sara, did that happen to you?"

Her body tensed and then began to relax as she started to cry. Nick just held onto her, rubbing her back and making soothing noises.

Sara finally spoke again after a very long time. "He didn't believe me because I was too afraid to report it. He thought I'd cheated on him and he didn't want anything to do with me after I found out that I was pregnant, and then one morning shortly after that I felt a lot of cramping and then next thing I knew I was having a miscarriage." She sniffled loudly and looked up to see compassion on Nick's face. "I've never told anyone."

He caressed her arm. "You can trust me, Sara. I'm far from perfect, but you can trust me."

She nodded. "I'm trying."

He hugged her closer for a moment until his cell phone rang. He pulled it off of his belt to answer it. "Stokes." He glanced at Sara. "How is she?" He looked worried and then his face fell. "Oh, shit." He shook his head at Sara's panicked expression. "But otherwise she's ok." He let out a deep sigh. "Thank God." He smiled at Sara. "Ok, thanks, Rick, I will." He ended the call and looked into Sara's eyes. "She lost the baby."

"I was afraid of that." Sara replied softly.

"They had to do a hysterectomy too, she was bleeding too much." Nick continued to explain as he rubbed Sara's back.

Sara closed her eyes as she imagined how hard this was going to be for Catherine.

"She's pretty heavily sedated so Warrick said we should wait until tomorrow to go see her. I told him I'd tell you." He smiled softly as he continued to rub her back.

Sara didn't say anything else, her breathing slowly evened out and she drifted off to sleep a few minutes later. Nick watched her as she slept until he too fell asleep.