"I think I'm just going to have to go change my clothes." Nick looked down at the mess that he and Sara had been trying to pick off of his clothes, but the sauce had seeped through his shirt and his pants weren't doing much better.
"I'm really sorry about that. I should have put the pizza down first." Sara looked at him somewhat apologetically, trying to restrain a smile.
He grinned at her. "I'm not sorry. I'm definitely not ever going to forget that kiss."
Sara's cheeks tinged a little pink. "I'm not sure I want to be remembered for plastering you with pizza."
He was openly admiring her. "Oh, it's not just the pizza that made it memorable."
Sara's smile was unrestrainable. "Maybe we should finish eating before we try that again." As much as she had enjoyed that kiss, she wanted more of them and without the distraction of pizza.
Nick reached over and tucked an errant lock of hair behind her ear. "I'll be right back." He paused for just a fraction of a second and looked into her eyes before he leaned in and gave her a quick kiss.
Sara felt a flurry of butterflies in her stomach as she watched him stand up and head down to the hallway to his bedroom to change his clothes. While he was changing, she decided to clean up the rest of the pizza that had gotten onto Nick's leather couch and she took her plate with what remained of her pizza into the kitchen. As she was getting herself more pizza on a fresh plate, she felt a pair of hands coming to rest on her waist and Nick's breath against her cheek.
"You didn't have to clean that up you know." His smile was evident in his voice.
Sara turned around to face him and as she did, she rested her hands on his biceps becoming very aware of just how strong he was. "You clean up pretty good." The shirt he'd changed into was just a plain gray T-shirt, but it fit him well and accentuated his muscular physique quite nicely.
He whispered in a slightly husky voice. "Well you look pretty damn good just the way you are."
Sara wasn't sure why she was nervous, maybe because she was still experiencing some disbelief that this was actually happening. She unconsciously wet her lips as she felt him slide his arms around her waist and pull her towards him. Her hands splayed across his chest and she couldn't keep her eyes off of his lips. They stood like that for what felt like an eternity to Sara until she couldn't stand it anymore. She looked up into his eyes and smirked. "Are you going to just stand there all day or are you going to kiss me?"
Nick let out a chuckle at her impatience. "Well since you put it like that." He acted like he was going to let her go, but then laughed at the impertinent look on her face and pulled her even closer.
Sara smirked at him, stating the obvious. "You're still not kissing me."
"I think I can do something about that." Nick smirked back and then dipped his head towards hers.
It was Sara who closed the distance between them though as her lips sought out his in a soft kiss. That kiss turned into several more kisses and then as Sara slid her arms up his chest and around his neck, the kisses deepened.
They stood there like that in the kitchen for quite a while trading slow deep kisses; Sara stuck between Nick and the kitchen counter as they enjoyed the sensation of holding onto each other. It wasn't until Nick's stomach grumbled loudly that they pulled apart a bit breathless but with smiles on their faces.
"You're hungry." Sara was hungry too, but she'd at least had a nap and some food.
"I do recall you saying that we should eat before we did this again." He was trying to let it sink in that he and Sara had just made out in the middle of his kitchen and from the smile on her face, she had thoroughly enjoyed herself.
Sara giggled. "I guess I didn't feel like waiting." She felt her own stomach complaining.
Nick laughed. "Ok, I think we should eat, especially now that the pizza's probably cold."
Sara pushed him away with an impish grin. "I like cold pizza. It was a staple in college."
Nick quirked an eyebrow. "And I thought only guys lived on that."
Sara picked up a slice of pizza and took a bite out of it, smiling as she swallowed. "Can I ask you something?" There were several things that she was curious about and she finally had the confidence to ask him.
"Sure." Nick reached past her and grabbed a slice of pizza for himself taking a large bite.
Sara hesitated for a moment and took another bite from her pizza.
Nick watched her curiously and continued to wolf down his slice of pizza, grabbing another one as he waited for her to say something.
A hint of doubt flickered in Sara's eyes as she looked at Nick. "Why did you want to go out with me?" Her track record with men was a bit dismal the last few years and she wanted some sort of reassurance from him that he wasn't in this to use her.
Nick's eyes widened in surprise. He had anticipated that maybe she wanted to grill him about his overblown reputation as a ladies man, but he couldn't understand why she'd question why any man wouldn't want to go out with her, but then Grissom had turned her down and Hank had used her to cheat on his girlfriend. It was natural that Sara might have doubts about his intentions. "Why wouldn't I want to go out with you? You're one of the most amazing people that I know and you're also one of the most beautiful women that I've ever known. I should be asking you why in the world you agreed to go out with me."
Sara looked at him intently for a moment as she absorbed his words and then a tiny smile began to tug at her lips. "You're pretty amazing too."
Nick just smiled at her, glad that the feeling was mutual. He felt like perhaps she needed to know a little more of what he was thinking, but he wasn't going to push it quite yet. He didn't want to scare her off by being too intense too fast. "Why don't we go back out in the living room and watch a little TV?"
She smiled back at him. "That sounds good."
He waggled his eyebrows at her. "Or maybe we could just kiss a little more."
She let out a soft chuckle and grinned at him. "That sounds even better."
"Good." He grinned. "But why don't we leave the pizza in here this time?"