Nick glanced up at Sara from the file he was reviewing and tried not to smile as he noticed her pout. "He said it was up to us."
"I know." She let out a huff and returned her attention to the stack of files they were sifting through for any leads on their missing person's case.
Nick let out a soft chuckle. "Sara, they'll figure it out."
She pursed her lips together and countered. "They haven't figured it out yet."
"True." He smiled. "But we've also been trying to hide it. Now that we're not trying, I don't think it will take them that long."
She glanced up at him again with a furrowed brow. "I'm not sure I want to wait."
Nick chuckled and looked back down at the file. "We can just tell them you know."
"But Grissom has a point. They're all slipping if they didn't at least notice that something was going on between us." Sara fretted.
He looked into her eyes and smiled softly. "Sara, this isn't about them, it's about us. If you don't want to wait, we don't have to. I would be perfectly happy standing up on the break room table and yelling at the top of my lungs that you and I are married."
She couldn't keep from smirking. "Do you think they'd believe you?"
He chuckled and shook his head. "Probably not."
Sara opened her mouth to protest. "And why not?"
He tried to answer diplomatically. "Well, I think some people don't think that I'm your type, that I'm not good enough for you."
"Trust me I know you're my type." She smiled at him seductively. "And you're very good for me."
"You're good for my ego, you know that don't you?" Nick grinned at her.
"The feeling is mutual, baby." Sara grinned back.
They held each other's gaze for a long moment before they were interrupted by Warrick walking into the conference room in search of Nick. The gaze between the two of them wasn't lost on him. "Hey, Nick, if you're done flirting with Sara, I think I've got something that might be related to your case."
Nick didn't even look at Warrick, he just kept grinning at Sara. "I like flirting with Sara."
Warrick's eyes went a little wide. He had gotten so used to Nick denying that he even had feelings for Sara that this admission in front of her took him by surprise. "Excuse me." He looked over at Sara to see what her reaction to this news was.
Sara simply glanced at Warrick with a smirk. "He said he likes flirting with me."
Warrick wasn't sure what to make of the situation. He looked at them both quizzically. "Is there something going on that I should know about?"
Nick did a horrible job at restraining his smile as he looked down at the file in front of him.
Sara only did a slightly better job at keeping her smile to a minimum. "I'm not sure I know what you mean, Warrick."
Warrick stared at them for a long moment studying their body language. He raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Are you two having a thing?"
Nick glanced up at Sara and just cleared his throat. "It's not a thing."
"Uh, huh." Warrick's tone was suspicious as he crossed his arms over his chest. "And I heard that George Bush just decided to become a Democrat."
Nick tried to act natural as he finally turned around to face Warrick. "You said you had something on our case?"
Warrick narrowed his eyes at Nick and Sara. "Yeah."
Nick looked at him expectantly as Sara turned her attention back to the files on the table between them, a faint hue of pink in her cheeks.
Warrick finally spoke again. "If you're not having a thing, are you dating?" There was just something about their demeanor that Warrick wouldn't let go until he had a few more answers.
Sara glanced up and chuckled. "Nick and I are not dating." Mischief was clearly dancing in her eyes.
Nick looked equally guilty. "We're not dating, bro."
Warrick had temporarily forgotten about the case, now he just wanted to get to the bottom of whatever was going on between Nick and Sara. "Right." His tone clearly implied that he didn't believe either one of them.
Nick let out a chuckle and shook his head turning back towards Sara. "We're not lying."
Warrick furrowed his brow. "If you're not dating and you're not having some soft of a thing, what are you having?" He gave them both a pointed stare.
Sara smirked in challenge.
Warrick chuckled at Sara's expression. "Well you sure as hell didn't elope." He thought his statement would get some sort of reaction out of them, but definitely not the one he expected.
Sara immediately looked at Nick with a conspiratorial grin and then looked at the file on the table in front of her.
Nick didn't dare turn around because he knew that his grin would give him completely away.
Warrick's eyebrows slowly went up in disbelief and he considered the idea for a brief moment before laughing nervously. "There is no way you could keep something like that a secret." He was rationalizing that something that huge couldn't get past them.
Nick finally turned back towards Warrick and just lifted his eyebrow in challenge. "Oh?" There was a quality of feigned innocence in his voice.
Warrick's eyes widened again and he looked over at Sara who had a smug expression on her face. He narrowed his gaze at them.
Sara tried to keep from smiling as she glanced at Nick. "Especially not for what? Two months, Nick?"
Nick nodded thoughtfully. "Yeah, that sounds about right."
Warrick didn't say a word. He regarded them doubtfully. "Now you're messing with me." He reasoned that they had gotten tired of him teasing each of them about how he thought they felt about the other and had finally put their heads together to get back at him.
Nick was having a hard time not laughing. "We wouldn't do that to you, man."
Sara just sat back and grinned at Warrick.
Warrick was getting a little flustered. "Ok, one of you, tell me what is going on." His tone was decidedly paternal.
"I thought you had it figured out." Sara teased with a waggle of her eyebrows.
Nick smirked at him and spoke in a conspiratorial tone. "We eloped."
"No." Warrick looked at them with complete disbelief.
Sara nodded, letting out a giggle. "Yes."
Warrick still wasn't sure he believed them. "Eloped?"
"July 31st." Nick had a completely serious expression on his face.
Warrick looked at Sara and shook his head. "I don't believe it."
"We can bring in the marriage license if that would help. I have to take a copy to HR to have my name changed anyway." Sara confirmed.
Warrick's jaw dropped. "You're serious?"
Nick nodded.
"That was two months ago." Warrick's expression bordered on hurt for not being told sooner.
Sara's tone was soft. "If it makes you feel any better, we didn't tell anyone at work until today."
"The only ones that knew are my family." Nick added.
"Married. You two." Warrick was trying to let the information sink in.
Nick and Sara exchanged an amused glance before Nick cleared his throat. "Uh, bro, didn't you say you had something related to our case?"
Warrick shook himself out of his reverie and nodded. "Just waiting for Sanders to confirm the DNA, but it looks like your missing persons might be my homicide." He looked at them again in disbelief. "You got married two months ago. When the hell did you start dating?"