Warrick raised a curious eyebrow. "So she caught the bouquet and you caught the garter. How does that translate into eloping and keeping it a secret?"

Nick smirked and he knew that Sara was doing her best to keep the color out of her cheeks. If he told the exact truth he'd probably be sleeping on the couch for a week, and he just didn't want to take that risk.

Sara sincerely hoped that Nick could think on his feet and tell the truth without telling the whole truth, because if they knew the whole truth she wasn't sure she'd be comfortable showing her face around the lab for the next twenty or thirty years.

Catherine let out a deep throaty laugh as she watched their faces. "Why do I get the feeling that you don't really want to tell how this happened?"

"I just want to make sure I don't leave a single detail out." Nick grinned a bit too wide.

Sara reached under the table and squeezed his thigh hard to emphasize that she hoped he wasn't serious all the while smiling as she looked over at Warrick and Catherine.

Nick winced slightly and then glanced over at Sara. "Do you want to tell them, or do you want me to tell them?"

Sara slid her hand up his thigh a little higher and squeezed it again as she leaned over and gave him a quick kiss, smiling as she looked into his eyes. "You tell them." Her meaning to Nick was clear, 'tell all the details and you'll be singing soprano'.

He turned back towards Warrick and Catherine. "Well, Sara and I danced after that and I think we knew that something was happening between us."

That was the truth, something was definitely happening between them as they danced. Sara's proximity to Nick was making him extremely aroused and she could tell. But since all eyes were on them and the bride and groom, they kept on dancing.

Sara continued smiling and interjected before Nick could say anything else. "We just couldn't seem to stop dancing."

That was true too because the longer they danced, the more aroused Nick seemed to get and they were afraid if they stepped apart, it would be obvious to the rest of the guests. Nick had whispered in her ear and begged her to keep dancing until they could figure out a way to discreetly maneuver off of the dance floor since his parents were attending the wedding.

Nick casually slung his arm over Sara's shoulder again. "And after a while, we decided that we wanted to spend a little time alone." He glanced over at Sara. "Isn't that right, babe?"

She shot him a grin that he knew was more of a glare and nodded. "Yeah, that's right. We wanted to talk about what was going on between us."

Truth be told, Sara had agreed to walk in front of him up to his hotel room so that he could relieve himself of his embarrassment in the privacy of his room, but as they got to his door he realized that he'd lost his key card and so after shooting Sara a pretty pathetic and desperate expression, they went to her room instead.

"And I let her know exactly how I felt about her." Nick squeezed Sara's shoulder and kissed her cheek.

As soon as they had gotten into the hotel room, Nick rushed towards the bathroom intent on relieving the tension that had been building. The sounds emitting through the not quite closed door had Sara feeling very hot and bothered and she was having a hard time listening to him since she knew that she was the reason he was in that condition in the first place.

Sara smiled. "He made it very clear how he felt, and as I recall, I let him know how I felt too."

Nick had exited the bathroom with a look of relief on his face as he finished zipping up his slacks. He was going to thank Sara for being so understanding when he noticed her sitting on the bed looking a bit shell shocked. With a furrowed brow, he had said her name and as she looked up he saw something he didn't expect in her eyes.

"Yes, you did." He grinned at her.

The next thing Nick had known he was being pulled down onto the bed by Sara and the shirt he'd just tucked in was being tugged out. By the time they'd returned from orbit, the wedding reception was long since over and even though Nick was fairly certain his parents had probably noticed that he and Sara were gone, he really didn't care. He had been interested in Sara since the day he'd met her and he knew his parents loved her the moment they met her.

"So you had some sort of relational epiphany at this wedding?" Catherine was still sure that they weren't giving her and Warrick all of the details.

"Yes." Nick affirmed just as their meals arrived.

Warrick interjected. "So that's when you decided to date each other then." He was just as skeptical as Catherine that they were only telling part of the truth.

Sara nodded. "We've pretty much been inseparable since then, except at work."

Nick let out a soft chuckle as he began to eat his food. "That's right."

They had been inseparable and insatiable. As soon as shift was over they were together, and even though this new phase of their relationship was very physical, the fact that they'd been good friends for four years prior to that just added fuel to the fire.

Catherine cleared her throat. "So when did marriage enter the picture?"

Sara looked over at Nick and smiled genuinely. "It was pretty spontaneous actually."

Nick leaned over and kissed her, smiling against her lips. "I told her that I didn't want to spend another day without knowing she would be in my life forever."

For the first time since they'd sat down, a slightly incredulous expression crossed Catherine's face.

Sara glanced at the other two CSIs. "He even got down on one knee. I never thought anyone would do that for me, and then when he pulled out this ring." Sara's smile widened.

"You have never seen so many tears from one woman." Nick grinned as a faint blush hued Sara's cheeks.

"So where are your rings now?" Catherine queried, knowing that she'd never seen either one of them wear one.

Sara leaned her head against Nick's shoulder. "At home."

"But they're coming out today, aren't they, honey?" Nick seemed relaxed and very peaceful at the thought that they didn't have to keep their marriage a secret any longer.

"Yeah." She smiled softly.

Warrick just chuckled from the other side of the table. "As sappy as you two are, I hope that I'm just as damn lucky someday."

Catherine smirked at him. "You just never know when you might get lucky."