"Are you sure you're up for this?" Nick looked at Sara with an expectant expression on his face.

She smirked. "If you're referring to my digestive issues, I'm willing to take the risk."

"Because, we won't be back for a while." Nick wanted to make sure that she wasn't having any second thoughts about their outing for the day.

She rolled her eyes slightly. "Nick, if we don't go today we might not get to go at all. Besides, I think things are under control."

"If you're sure." Nick had his arms crossed over his chest and was looking at her intently.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you didn't want to see me in a bikini." Sara pursed her lips together to keep from smiling knowing full well that she was hitting one of Nick's hot buttons.

"Bikini?" A smile began to spread across Nick's face as his thoughts drifted back to that dream he'd had about he and Sara on the beach and that oh so hardly there bikini.

Sara giggled. "What did you think I'd bring to Mexico?"

Nick wasn't sure he should answer that question.

Sara smirked again.

"So, we should get going then." Nick suggested as he quirked an eyebrow. "You do have your swimsuit on, don't you?"

Sara arched both brows and stepped towards him, planting a kiss on his cheek. "Yes, but I'm not about to show it to you right now because I have a feeling that if I do, we're going to be late and I don't want to miss out on getting to snorkel in that cave."

Just as Sara moved to step away, Nick snaked his arms around her waist and pulled her close, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "We won't be late."

Sara giggled. "That's what you say now."

"Ok, so maybe we'd be a little late." Nick conceded with a grin as he looked into her eyes.

"I don't want to be late." Sara smiled in spite of herself and then leaned up and kissed him softly before pulling away.

Nick had an impish grin on his face. "Are you sure I can't have a peek?"

Sara snorted out a laugh as she pushed him away. "Nick, we're going to be snorkeling for a while, it's not like you won't have plenty of opportunity."

He chuckled softly. "Promise?"

She rolled her eyes and tugged on his arm as she headed towards the door of their hotel room.

They had asked the desk clerk at the hotel to get them a taxi to take them to where the guide was picking everyone up for the excursion into the jungle to the cave where an underground river flowed.

As they approached the taxi, Nick let out a chuckle. "Wouldn't you know it."

"Juan Carlos." Sara smiled as the familiar taxi driver smiled broadly at them.

"Nick and Sara, it is so good to see you. When I hear that we need a pick up here at Hacienda San Miguel, I had suspicions that it might be you." Juan Carlos looked at them in the rear view mirror as they climbed in. "So where are we going today?"

"Snorkeling in the jungle." Nick replied.

"Ah, I know the place. Not really for me, but if you are adventurous, it's just the thing." Juan Carlos continued.

"We're meeting a guide near…" Nick didn't have a chance to finish his sentence.

"At Ned's hotel." Juan Carlos grinned.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Sara smirked.

"Mi amigo Javi picks up the tourists and takes them out there." Juan Carlos shrugged.

Nick absentmindedly slung his arm across Sara's shoulders and kissed her cheek, causing a smile to spread across her face, a move that did not go unnoticed by Juan Carlos.

"So, Nick and Sara, I have not seen you since our dinner at El Morro…" He seemed to be fishing for information.

"I've been a little sick." Sara responded.

"Oh, no. I hope it's not serious." Juan Carlos seemed genuinely concerned.

"Just a little Montezuma's revenge from drinking tap water." Nick quipped.

"I'm so sorry." The taxi driver furrowed his brow at Sara.

"I'm feeling a lot better." She smiled reassuringly at Juan Carlos who seemed to think that it was his fault.

They pulled up in front of the hotel where others were gathering near a bus. "Ok, so I should meet you here in a few hours then." Juan Carlos seemed to have decided that he was providing transportation both ways.

"If it's no trouble man." Nick replied as he and Sara slid out of the taxi and handed him the fare.

"No problem." Juan Carlos grinned and then gunned the engine and sped off in true Juan Carlos fashion.

As Nick and Sara approached the bus, a very curious site met them. Standing just off to the side of the crowd was Ned being chatted up by a very leggy blond and he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it.

Nick leaned over and whispered to Sara. "It looks like Ned might have a good time on this trip after all."

Sara was a little more skeptical. "I just hope she's nicer than she looks, because I'd hate for him to get his heart broken again."

Nick chuckled softly and slid his arm around Sara's waist, planting a kiss on her cheek. "You're cute when you're protective."

Sara smirked as she looked at him. "I'm just saying; she may be pretty but that doesn't mean there's any depth there."

Nick chuckled again. "But it doesn't mean there isn't though either. I mean look at you."

Sara furrowed her brow. "What about me?" Her insecurity was evident in the tone of her voice.

Nick pulled her close. "Just that you're intelligent, well educated, articulate, and absolutely beautiful."

Sara's cheeks tinged pink.

"I love you, Sara." Nick leaned over and kissed her softly.

Sara heard her own words echoing in the back of her mind as he pulled away, but couldn't make them come out of her mouth, instead she looked into his eyes intently and hoped that he could read what her heart wanted to say.

Nick smiled and gestured towards Ned. "Let's go check out Ned's friend and see if she meets with your approval."

"Ok." Sara replied, studying the blond near Ned as they approached.

Ned glanced up as they neared and smiled. "Hey, Sara, you must be feeling better."

"I am." She smiled.

"Nick, you guys going on this snorkeling trip?" Ned queried him.

"We are." Nick replied.

Ned looked at Sara quizzically. "Are you sure you're up for this? You were pretty dehydrated the other day."

"I'm fine." Sara was determined to go snorkeling. "I've been getting plenty of fluids and I haven't had an episode since yesterday." She pursed her lips together to keep her embarrassed smile at bay.

The blond cleared her throat and smiled in Nick and Sara's direction.

"Oh, I'm forgetting my manners." Ned said with a laugh in his voice. "Carla, this is Nick and Sara. Nick and Sara, this is Carla."

Carla smirked as she shook Sara's hand. "I went to med school with Ned and we ran into each other yesterday."

"Nice to meet you." Sara was already beginning to change her opinion of Carla.