"Please remind me of this experience if I'm ever tempted to buy and install a ceiling fan." Sara smirked at Nick as he attached the glass shade onto the light fixture of the fan and then stepped down off of the ladder to admire his work.
"C'mon, it wasn't that bad." He teased with a grin. "Besides, you got to spend the night with me." He let out a guffaw and dodged as she swatted at him and stepped off of the chair adjacent to the ladder.
"You already have a big enough ego." She couldn't keep herself from smiling though. She was having a good time and she knew that it had absolutely nothing to do with her home improvement skills.
He gestured towards the newly installed fan as he looked at Sara. "What do you say we see if all of our hard work paid off?"
"It better have paid off, it took us long enough to put that thing up." She smirked at him in amusement as she crossed her arms over her chest.
He just shook his head and chuckled as he headed out of his bedroom and down the hall towards where the circuit breaker was located. He was very glad that he'd run into Sara at the Home Depot, and if he was being honest, he was very thankful for the way her jeans hugged her snuggly and her shirt rode up every so often. She seemed to have no idea just how sexy he found that. When he returned to his bedroom a few minutes later, he found a curious site.
Sara was laying on top of his bed, her arms over her head and a smile on her face. The fan was spinning quite nicely. She smiled at him and gestured towards the fan. "It works."
He tried to restrain the smile that threatened to creep across his face. "I can see that." He stepped a little closer to the bed, wisely keeping any cracks about getting her into bed to himself.
Sara apparently wasn't reading his mind as she glanced over at him. "You should try it out, this is really nice. C'mon." She gestured towards the empty spot next to her, unaware that her Harvard T-shirt had ridden up a little and Nick was trying hard not to look at the small swath of her exposed abdomen.
Nick wasn't sure it was a good idea, but at that moment he really didn't care. He walked over and sat down on the bed, before lying down and stretching out next to Sara, closing his eyes for a moment as the breeze from the fan blew over them. He smiled and then glanced over at Sara as he opened his eyes. "This is really nice." In the back of his mind he wasn't sure if he was talking about the fan or his proximity to Sara.
She smiled back at him and she suddenly realized that maybe this wasn't the best idea. Here she was lying in bed with one of her best friends, albeit fully clothed, and she wanted to kiss him in the worst way. She swallowed hard and thought about how she might get herself out of the situation without revealing her thoughts to him.
Nick's cheeky comment broke the ice. "So you know Greg would be jealous if he could see me now."
Sara grinned and let out a bit of a scoff as she turned onto her side to smack Nick.
He caught her hand midair, a grin of his own firmly etched on his face. He was about to say something else as he turned to face her when he saw something in her eyes that took him a bit by surprise. His words never made it to his mouth.
Sara wasn't sure how long they lay there looking at each other, but the sensation of her hand in his was electrifying, and perhaps it was this that gave her a bit of extra courage as she felt herself leaning her face closer to his, her eyes darting to his lips as her tongue unconsciously flicked out and wet her lips.
It was something he had wanted to do for longer than he cared to admit. He leaned in and softly kissed Sara, his hand still holding onto hers. The softness of her lips took him by surprise and as she returned his kiss, he felt her free hand come to rest on his shoulder, her fingers gently gripping it as she seemed to slide her body a bit closer to his. He brought the hand that enveloped hers up to his chest and he felt his heart speeding up a bit.
It had really only been a few seconds but to Nick it had seemed a bit longer when he finally pulled away and looked into Sara's eyes. He knew that they had crossed a line and he hoped in the depths of his heart that she didn't regret it; this wasn't exactly how he had pictured testing the waters, but at the same time, she seemed receptive. He watched for a moment as she unconsciously wet her lips and then smiled as she leaned towards him again.
The fluttering sensation that Sara felt in the pit of her stomach just before Nick had kissed her intensified as she leaned towards him and pressed her lips back against his. Here she was kissing one of her best friends in his bed; definitely dangerous territory. In the back of her mind she wondered if Nick was just taking advantage of an opportunity or if he really wanted more between them, because if it was the former rather than the latter, this was a bittersweet way to ruin a wonderful friendship. It was with this thought that she pulled back and her eyes widened, searching his.
His brow furrowed and he caressed her hand with his thumb trying to reassure her. He pulled it up to his mouth and kissed it before he released it from his grasp, his hand reaching over and resting gently on her hip. The soft steady hum of the ceiling fan was the only sound in the room other than their breathing. He studied the uncertainty in her expression and felt his own doubt and insecurity surfacing. He said the first thing that came to his mind. "Hey." His gaze was intense as he searched her eyes.
Sara's mouth twitched upwards into a smile. "Hey." She wasn't sure what to say but found it amusing that the two kisses they'd shared had rendered them both nearly speechless.
Nick cleared his throat, his thumb unconsciously caressing Sara's side as her shirt rode up slightly. He furrowed his brow. "Should we be doing this?" He was really voicing his own worries about how this would affect their friendship.
Sara watched his expression. She could see both uncertainty and adoration in his eyes and at that realization she smiled and nodded. "Yeah, we should be doing this." She couldn't hold back the grin that spread across her face as she watched Nick's expression change and a grin overtook his face as well.
"Well, Sara Sidle, you do think I'm good looking." There was a smug satisfaction in his tone as he teased her and then leaned over and kissed her again.
Sara giggled against his lips at his cheeky comment, and she pulled away from him only to find that he'd snaked an arm around her waist and pulled her a bit closer. She grinned at him. "Yeah, you may be good looking, but I know you think I'm hot."