"Well it looks like the newlyweds just don't know when to quit." Warrick pointed and quipped as he and Catherine were headed back to his Denali after visiting Greg in the hospital. Several rows over, leaning up against one Las Vegas Crime Lab issued Denali were Nick and Sara in the midst of a rather intense lip lock.
Catherine had a bit of a mischievous glint in her eye. "Think we should break it up?"
Warrick let out at deep chuckle. "After what happened with Sanders it might be a good idea."
The pair quietly stole over towards Nick and Sara, but most likely could have approached with all the subtlety of a Panzer division of tanks. It wasn't until Warrick had given up clearing his throat and actually spoke a bit forcefully that Nick and Sara realized that they weren't alone.
"Nick. Sara." Warrick's tone cut through the lusty fog that seemed to enshroud the couple.
Nick and Sara stepped apart quickly. Nick tried to catch his breath as he glared at Warrick. "You near about gave me a heart attack." His drawl was decidedly more pronounced than normal.
For her part, Sara held her hand over her heart trying to catch her breath. "Did you guys need something?"
Catherine raised an amused eyebrow. "Just trying to say 'hello' before we head back to the lab."
Nick looked a little confused. "Lab?" He couldn't understand why Catherine and Warrick would be heading back to the lab if shift was over since they'd closed their case, unless he'd been kissing Sara longer than he realized and they needed to get to work themselves.
Warrick chuckled at Nick's bewildered expression. "We carpooled."
"Uh, yeah." Nick fumbled with his words. That made more sense. As much as he had confidence in his own stamina, even he didn't think he was that good, but then they had only been kissing.
"Do you two want to catch breakfast?" Catherine queried, curious to get the whole story behind how their romance had blossomed.
"Uh." Nick glanced over at Sara.
She let out a soft giggle at Nick's inability to speak clearly. "That would be nice."
"The diner?" Warrick suggested.
"Sure." Sara agreed, reaching over and taking Nick's hand. "We'll meet you there."
"Today." Warrick glanced at Nick with a meaningful stare.
Nick feigned a protest. "What? I was just kissing my wife."
Catherine just shook her head in amusement. "If we don't see you in ten minutes should we assume you two went home?"
Sara smirked and plucked the keys off of Nick's belt. "No need. I'll be driving."
"Hey, that's my ride." Nick began to protest.
Sara simply raised a single eyebrow at him. "And I'm hungry."
"Ok, honey." Nick grinned at her.
Warrick snorted out a laugh at Nick's comment. "Man you are so whipped."
Nick glanced over at Warrick and just kept grinning. "You say that like it's a bad thing."
"So we'll see you at the diner in a few minutes then." Sara really was hungry and as much as she had enjoyed the kiss they'd been sharing, Nick had promised a few things that they'd need some energy for later.
Twenty minutes later, the four CSIs were seated at a booth in the diner around the corner from the lab. They were there with such regularity that the waitress just walked up to the table and cocked her eyebrow. "The usual?"
"We sure will, Claire." Nick grinned and stretched his arm around Sara.
Catherine let out a chuckle.
Claire simply raised her other eyebrow. "So you finally got around to asking her out then."
Nick and Sara exchanged a glance and then started to laugh.
"Worse than that, Claire." Warrick quipped. "They eloped two months ago and didn't tell anyone."
A smile spread across Claire's face and she turned back towards the kitchen and yelled. "Karl you owe me two hundred bucks! They got hitched." She turned back towards Nick and Sara and smiled. "It's on me today."
Nick leaned forward and in a conspiratorial whisper queried Claire. "Uh, were we that obvious?"
Claire deadpanned. "I've been married for thirty years. I spotted you a mile away."
Sara looked perplexed as Claire walked away. "Who in the hell were we fooling? First Father Ryan and now Claire."
"You fooled us." Catherine confessed with a smile. "I thought maybe there might be something going on between you, but I would never have guessed that you two got married until Warrick told me."
"And we're CSIs." Warrick commented wryly.
"We're just good." Nick grinned as he leaned over and kissed Sara's cheek.
Catherine cleared her throat just to remind them that they weren't alone. "So exactly how did this happen anyway?"
Sara's cheeks suddenly reddened a bit and she glanced at Nick who was just grinning a bit wider. She turned back towards Warrick and Catherine and smiled. "Well, we." She swallowed a bit hard, not exactly sure how to explain.
Nick sensing her hesitance decided to just cut to the chase. "I asked her on a date."
Sara rolled her eyes and looked over at him. "It was a little more than a date."
"It was a very long date." Nick smirked at her.
She turned back towards Catherine and Warrick. "He invited me to go to the wedding of one of his frat brothers." She glanced over at Nick. "And as I recall, it didn't start out as a date. It was supposed to be a favor."
Warrick glanced at Nick. "Your first date was a wedding?"
"In Texas." Sara added.
Catherine looked a little shocked. "When was this?"
Sara furrowed her brow as she looked at Nick. "What? Would you say about eight months ago?"
He nodded. "That sounds about right."
"So if it didn't start out as a date, when did this happen?" Catherine looked at them with unveiled interest.
Sara cheeks reddened a bit again.
Nick let out a soft chuckle and tightened his arm around Sara's shoulder, kissing the top of her head. "Sara caught the bouquet, I caught the garter and the rest is history."
"Uh, huh." Catherine sounded like she didn't completely buy the story.