No One Said It Would Be Easy
Chapter 9 – But honey, lets eat out tonight
Disclaimers in chapters 1 and 5
Spoilers: Anything through season four.
A/N: Ok I know it's been like forever since I have updated but RL has kinda put everything else on the back burner. But I finally have the time to update! Hopefully this will be up to everyone's expectations. It's not real long but I hope to have the next chapter up soon!
Las Vegas
Saturday
Sara woke to a sharp screech of laughter coming from the hallway. Then there was the low murmur of Grissom's voice, and then they faded away. Sara rolled over and stretched out her arms and legs. Matthew must have ignored Grissom's instructions because shortly after the door creaked open and his little head peaked in.
"Hey baby," Sara said sliding up the bed leaning against the headboard. Matt ran over and jumped into her open arms.
"Hey Momma." He snuggled into her embrace squeezing her tightly.
"Did you sleep ok?" she asked running her hand through his hair.
"Yup." Matt snuggled further down into his mother's arms his eyes slowly closing. Sara held him tight and pulled the blanket up over them and they fell into a light sleep.
Grissom poked his head into the guest room and saw Matt and Sara curled up together. A grin crossed his face and he pulled the door shut. He never thought of Sara as a mother until she became one. She was the one of the best mother's he had ever seen. She spent as much time as possible with Matthew. Never taking overtime at work, which was her prerogative since she was the boss. But she took time off, something she never did when she was in Vegas. He had always wanted her to come back but thought that she may revert to her old ways of spending as much time as possible in the lab. He now saw that wouldn't be true. Sara was dedicated to her son no matter where she lived or who was around.
When Sara and Matt rolled out of bed Grissom and Catherine were gone, but had left a note on the table letting Sara know that they went to the lake. Matt walked out from their room dressed quite oddly. His shirt was backwards and his sandals were on the wrong feet. Sara laughed and went over to straighten him out.
"Matt, are you having some problems?" he just nodded and Sara fixed his shirt and shoes. "Well buddy it's just me and you today what do you want to do?"
"Nick?" he asked a smile on his face.
"Nick's probably busy baby." Matt shot a pout at his mother but Sara just laughed.
"Call him Momma!"
"Ok, ok I'll call Nick." Matt jumped up and handed her the cordless phone. Sara was surprised that he had taken to Nick so quickly, usually he didn't like men very well. Sara dialed the number she knew by heart and waited for him to answer or for the machine to pick up. The phone rang a few times before Nick answered his voice gruff and filled with sleep.
"Hello?"
"Hey Nick, it's Sara. Sorry did I wake you?"
"No, I was just wrapped up in a game."
"Baseball?"
"No Final Fantasy."
"Um, sounds...interesting."
"So what's up?"
"Matt and I were trying to decide what to do today and his first word was Nick. So I thought I would give you a call and see if you were doing anything today."
"Hmm. I was just going to run some errands."
"Ok that's fine I'll just let you to it then."
"Wait, wait. I didn't say I needed to do them immediately. Look why don't I come over and get you two? We can go to the park or something."
"I don't want to interrupt your day Nick."
"You won't be. We can eat and then I'll drag you along for my errands," he replied with a laugh.
"Well maybe we don't want to go along on your errands." Matt started pulling on Sara's shirt.
"Go with Nick, Momma."
"Ha! Now you have to come with."
"Why?"
"Because you can't disappoint Matt!"
"OK, we'll come with. I need to shower and change though. What time will you be here?"
"Is and hour ok?" Sara glanced at the clock.
"Yeah that should be fine. I'll see you in an hour Nick."
"See you Sara." Sara hung up the phone and sighed a school girl sigh. Nick was taking them to lunch!
"Well Matthew Nicholas Sidle you seem to have gotten your way. Nick is coming to get us in an hour."
"Yeah!"
"Come on Mommy has to shower." Sara walked into the bathroom setting some toys on the floor for Matt so he wouldn't wander away. She jumped into the shower and scrubbed her body and hair, thinking about Nick and the way he seemed to have taken to Matthew. Nick didn't seem to mind that he was a child of a one night stand. She wondered if anything ever happened between the two of them what he would think then. What would other people think?
Sara stepped from the shower and looked down at her son who was happily playing with some toy trucks, his wiry hair sticking up from his head. His dark eyes looked up at her then sparkling. He didn't have a care in the world and that was just fine with her.
Nick picked them up at 11:30 an exact hour since he had talked to Sara. He was dressed casually in a pair of jean shorts and a t-shirt an Astros hat adorned his head, but Sara could see glimpses of his brown hair along the sides. She was dressed equally as casual, in a pair of green capri's and a orange flowered sleeveless shirt. Matthew was in shorts and a t-shirt with little leather sandals on his feet.
"So," said Nick as they got on the road. "Where to first?"
"Well we haven't eaten yet and I know Tiger is getting hungry, as am I. Have you eaten? Is it ok if we go someplace to eat first?"
"Not a problem where to?"
"McDonald's!" yelled Matt from the back of the car.
"No, Matthew. You know I don't take you to McDonald's. Doesn't really matter to me as long as it's not fast food and they serve kids and vegetarians alike."
"Hmm. I think I know a place that will serve to all of our palettes."
"Well then lead on MacDuff."
"Nick MacDuff?" questioned Matthew from the back who was just beginning to understand that people had more then one name.
"No Matt, Nick Stokes."
"Sunshine Sara Sidle!" Matt shouted his mother's full name. Nick looked over at Sara a laugh bubbling from his throat.
"Your first name is Sunshine? How come you never told me that?"
"Well for obvious reasons Nicholas!" Matthew chimed in again after hearing the name Nicholas.
"Matthew Nicholas Sidle!" Sara's face went white and she turned to calm Matt down. They had reached the restaurant by now and Nick parked the car then looked at Sara curiously.
"Sara what did he say?"
"Nothing Nick don't worry about it."
"No I want to know what he said and if it was true."
"Matthew's middle name is Nicholas yes."
"W...why? Do you have a relative named Nicholas?"
"No. Um...I named him for you."