By the time Nick and Sara got up for the day it was well past breakfast and closing in on lunchtime. They might have lounged in bed all day if it hadn't been for the fact that the hotel cleaning crew hadn't seen a 'do not disturb' sign on the door and had walked in at a rather inopportune moment. To say that Sara was completely mortified was an understatement as she clutched the blankets around herself. Nick had taken things a little more in stride and had just waved as the very embarrassed maids had profusely apologized in Spanish before retreating and closing the door behind them. With the mood effectively killed, they decided to get out of bed and get a quick shower before seeing what else the town of San Miguel had to offer.

"It was a little funny." Nick smirked as he and Sara walked towards the plaza where they planned to get something to eat for lunch before heading to the dock where they could make a reservation to swim with the dolphins.

"No, it wasn't." Sara had a faint hue of pink coloring her cheeks. Her embarrassment at the situation was still a little fresh in her mind for her to want to laugh about it.

"But you should have seen the look on your face." Nick had found the entire situation amusing.

"Nick, you weren't the one flashing the maids." She was doing her best to sound mad, but it wasn't working all that well.

Nick waggled his eyebrows at her. "Well you were flashing me too, but I was kind of enjoying it."

Sara giggled and nudged him in the ribs as he slung his arm over her shoulder. "Next time, just put the sign on the door."

"Oh, you can bet I will." Nick smirked as they neared a café. "You want to stop in here?"

Sara took in the slightly run down exterior and then noted the crowd inside and the delicious aroma wafting out through the open door and nodded. "Yeah. I didn't realize how hungry I was."

Nick puffed his chest out a little bit. "I guess I did tire you out a little bit." He sounded pretty pleased with himself.

Sara crossed her arms over her chest and tilted her head slightly as she scoffed. "I'm dating a horny teenage boy."

"You say that like it's a bad thing." His eyes were dancing with amusement as he leaned over and kissed her chastely. "Now let's get something to eat, you're going to need more energy for later."

Sara stopped abruptly and just looked at him with a furrowed brow as if something had just occurred to her.

"What?" Nick felt a sinking feeling as he regarded her expression.

Sara let out a deep sigh. "Is that what this is going to be?" Her insecurity was rearing its ugly head again.

"Huh?" Nick was thrown for a loop. One minute they were having a good time and the next he had no idea what she was talking about.

Sara spoke to him in hushed tones as people walked past them "This relationship. Is this just going to be about sex?" She looked almost ashamed to be asking, but she just wanted to be sure that they were in this for the same reasons.

Nick looked hurt at the suggestion, but he could sense the fear in her voice and so he reached out and caressed her cheek with his fingers. "Sara, I'm in love with you." He stepped towards her and pulled her into his arms as he leaned down to whisper in her ear. "And as amazing as last night and this morning were, I love you for a whole lot more than sex."

Sara whispered back. "I'm just scared, Nick." There was a lot left unspoken that she knew he understood about other men that had either been emotionally unavailable or had simply used her. And then there was the overblown reputation that Nick had garnered when she'd first met him. Greg had made what he referred to as Nick's flavor of the month legendary water cooler gossip.

"I know, Sara, I'm scared too." He smiled as she melted against him as they stood on the sidewalk outside the café. "But I just want you to know that I fell in love with you because of who you are and how much fun I have when I'm with you. You're one of my best friends; you can trust me."

Sara stomach started to grumble rather loudly bringing a bit of levity to the moment and she started to giggle.

Nick couldn't help but laugh also. "Now what do you say we go get something to eat and then find out when we can swim with the dolphins?" He rubbed her back reassuringly.

Sara pulled out of his embrace and smiled at him. "Thank you."

Nick wore an 'awe shucks' expression on his face and leaned down to kiss her briefly. "You're welcome."

They found a table in the fairly crowded café and were soon devouring plates of food that Sara was fairly sure would give some curves to her willowy frame if she made a habit of it.

Nick watched her with amusement as she seemed to take pleasure out of every bite of food. "That good, huh?" He winked as she caught on to the teasing tone in his voice.

She smirked at him. "Well somebody told me I needed to have some energy for later." As much as she didn't want their relationship to be about sex, she certainly wasn't against enjoying it with plenty of gusto. And judging from Nick's performance earlier, he was thoroughly enjoying himself too.

Nick chuckled and decided to explain himself given their conversation outside the café. "I just thought maybe we might want to go swimming or biking, I wasn't inferring that all of our activities had to be naked ones." He arched his brows suggestively at that last comment and did a poor job of stifling a snicker with a bite of his food as he watched Sara's cheeks get a little pinker.