Swimming with the dolphins was everything that Sara had thought it would be and more. Nick couldn't help but smile as he watched her interact with the dolphin assigned to them for their session. The trainer showed them hand signals to use to communicate and after a bit more instruction they spent time stroking and feeding the dolphin and then had a very memorable swim. The grace and power these gentle mammals had was a bit overwhelming and as Nick and Sara walked back to the hotel to get ready to meet up with Ned and Carla for lunch Sara couldn't seem to stop talking about the experience.

"And the way he kept putting his snout under my hand, I mean it was so amazing." Sara was literally gushing.

Nick chuckled and gave her hand a squeeze. "It was pretty amazing."

Ever since their revelations to each other the previous evening they had felt a connection between them that hadn't existed before. Sara had felt her insecurities fade away and she had found herself living in the moment and just enjoying Nick's company. Nick had found that her new found confidence made him feel more secure in this fledgling romantic relationship and couldn't stop smiling when he was around her.

As they neared the hotel, Sara glanced over at Nick. "Did you ever make sure that your credit card wasn't going to get charged for the other room we never got to use?"

Nick shook his head and smiled at her. "I guess I should check on that, now shouldn't I?"

Sara quirked an eyebrow mischievously. "Unless you want me to stay in that other room."

Nick pulled her against him, just outside the hotel lobby and dropped a quick kiss on her lips. "Not a chance."

As they approached the reception desk, the clerk glanced up and smiled. "Ah, Mr. Stokes, Ms. Sidle, you are having a lovely time?"

"Yes, wonderful, thank you." Sara grinned as Nick slipped an arm around her waist.

"Yes, but I have a question." Nick interjected. "When we checked in we were supposed to have a second room at some point."

The clerk glanced at the pair curiously. "Ah, yes, the broken pipe." He smiled widely. "It is fixed. You want the extra room now?"

Nick let out a soft chuckle. "Actually, no, the one room will be just fine. I was just going to see if I could get a refund on my credit card since we didn't get to use the other one."

The clerk smile got wider if that was possible. "It is all taken care of. No charge for you."

"Great. Thanks." Nick smiled back and then propelled Sara with him as they headed out towards their room. About halfway to the door, Nick stopped as if he had an idea. "Hey, I gonna go ask him if he can recommend a restaurant for dinner later."

"Ok, sure." Sara leaned up and kissed him softly. "I'm just going to go back to the room to get showered and changed."

"Kay." Nick smiled and then walked back to the front desk. As he approached, he overheard something that stopped him short.

"Ah, yes, Mr. Brown. Everything went according to plan. No, Mr. Stokes knows nothing. We told him that a pipe broke." The clerk chuckled. "No, when I offered, he made it very clear they would only be needing the one room." A short pause. "Yes, nice doing business with you too. Adios."

Nick backed up so the clerk wouldn't notice him and then walked out of the lobby and headed up to the hotel room. He was sure that Sara was going to find this little tidbit of information just as interesting as he did, that is as long as he could spit it out. He couldn't believe that Warrick would go to that much trouble to get the two of them together. Wouldn't it have been far simpler to just tell them both that he thought they had the hots for each other?

Sara glanced up as Nick entered the room. "That was quick. What did he say?"

Nick looked a little dazed. "I didn't ask."

Sara quirked an eyebrow at him and noticed his facial expression. "You ok?"

Nick looked at her concern and then smiled, letting out a nervous chuckle. "Yeah. But Warrick might not be when we get back."

"Huh?" Sara looked at little confused.

Nick smirked. "I overheard the clerk talking about us on the phone to a Mr. Brown." He raised his eyebrows to emphasize his point.

Sara's eyes widened.

"Yeah." Nick nodded. "It seems our friend Warrick arranged for the 'broken pipe' so we'd have to share a room."

Sara started to snicker. "I can't believe him."

Nick snorted out a laugh. "I think he even went so far as to rent the room so that he could guarantee it wouldn't be available."

Sara just shook her head in disbelief. "You know we have to pay him back."

Nick looked at her oddly. "For the room?"

Sara giggled. "No, for this whole elaborate scheme of his."

Nick stepped towards her. "So are you having second thoughts about sharing a room with me?"

Sara shook her head and stepped towards him, her hands coming to rest on his shoulders. "Not at all." She leaned up and softly kissed him, smiling as she pulled away. "But Warrick doesn't need to know that until we've had sufficient time to torture him."

Nick slid his arms around her waist, a sly grin on his face. "Oh, what did you have in mind for him?"

Sara's arms went around his neck. "Hmm, I don't know, but I'm sure between the two of us we can come up with something."

An idea began to form in Nick's mind. "So when did we tell Ned we'd meet him and Carla?"

Sara let out a sultry laugh. "In about an hour and a half."

"Hmm, seems to me we don't have much time." Nick feigned concern.

"What? We have plenty of time." Sara giggled as she glanced over at the clock on the table next to the bed.

"Not for what I have in mind." He arched his brows suggestively.

"Mmmn, and just what was that?" Sara was quickly catching on as Nick began to shuffle them towards the bathroom.

"A plan to conserve water." Nick had a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Really?" Sara eyed his lips hungrily.

"Mmmhmm." Nick nodded.

"How environmentally conscious of you." Sara commented as she began to tug at his shirt.

Nick let her pull his shirt over his head and then reached into the shower and turned the water on with one hand as he began to unbutton the blouse that Sara wore over her swimsuit with the other. "I know how important that is to you."

"I appreciate it." Sara mumbled as Nick leaned down and kissed her.

"I thought you would." Nick slid Sara's shirt off of her shoulders, letting it fall to the floor behind her.

As steam clouded the bathroom and events unfolded in the shower, neither one of them was really paying attention to the fact that there was one little detail that they'd forgotten to cover.