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Chapter 24

Sara woke slowly to the sensation of Nick's warm hand sliding from her lower back down to her rear end. He caressed it lovingly for a few moments before gliding his hand back up her body, over her hip and up to her breast. He cupped it tenderly in his hot hand as his thumb stroked her to full attention.

"Nick," she hotly whispered as she turned her head slightly to look at him. "Morning Darlin'," he whispered as he softly kissed her shoulder and gave her a sexy smile. He leaned over and began to explore the sensitive area behind her earlobe with his tongue. She shuttered at the arousing sensation his lips and hand was making her feel. She hissed his name again as she wiggled her backside against his very aroused body.

Sara felt him growl hungrily against her neck. In the next instant he had her rolled onto her back and he was straddling her waist. She looked up at him and saw his dark eyes dancing with desire. She couldn't keep the smile off her face. "Hungry again?" she murmured softly. "Ravenous," he replied heatedly.

"Then by all means Mr. Stokes, Bon Appetit" she said with a sexy grin. He gave her one of his trade mark smiles before he leaned down and captured her lips in a voracious kiss. He pulled away after a few moments and said with a playful smirk, "I figured it was my turn to reciprocate after your very amorous display earlier."

Sara cheeks flamed red as she remembered how she had ardently taken him before. He watched in amusement as her lovely cheeks turned a bright shade of pink. "I can honestly say Sara; no one as ever woke me up quite like that before." Her cheeks flushed even more at the memory of how she had woken up with a powerful need to have him again. She had watched him for a few moments as he had lain there sound asleep, her eyes slowly caressing his magnificent naked body. Not being able to restrain herself she had stroked his beautiful body to life.

She had smiled wickedly as she straddled his hips and sighed with pleasure when their bodies had become intimately joined. Nick's eyes had flown open at the sudden stimulating sensation. He had blinked once then twice not quite believing his eyes. There sat a very beautiful and very naked Sara. She had smiled down at him and then begun to move. His eyes then widened in realization at exactly where she was and what she was doing. "God Sara," he had moaned huskily. She had then leaned down and slowly brushed her chest up his to whisper hotly in his ear, "I need you Nick." Nick had growled impatiently and then tightly grasped her hips.

Then Nick's lips were on hers in an instant as he had hungrily kissed her. His hand had traveled up her back and into her hair as he ravaged her mouth. Needing air, their mouths had broken apart and Sara had slowly sat up. She then had run her hands slowly up his chest and over to his arms to capture his hands with hers. With their eyes locked, she had brought their joined hands up to her lips and tenderly kissed his knuckles. She had smiled at him and said, "I love you." His eyes had danced with happiness as he whispered, "I love you too Sara." With those words she then took him to paradise.

As the arousing memory ran through his head, he couldn't keep the smile off his face. Nick had to admit he had been very surprised by her bold actions but he had thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It made him feel incredible to know that Sara craved him as deeply as he craved her. He watched her as a small embarrassed smile spread across her beautiful face, god how he loved her. Her self consciousness quickly disappeared as she watched the look of adoration fill his face.

He leaned down and kissed her tenderly on the cheek. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise. "You make me happy," he simply said. Sara's heart filled with emotion at his tender words. She reached up and caressed his cheek lovingly. A smile began to tug at the corners of her lips and her brown eyes began to dance with mischief. She wrapped her legs firmly around his waist and pulled his body down to hers. "Let me show you how happy you make me." she whispered huskily. ""By all means Darlin show me," he grinned. They spent their last hour before shift started loving each other completely.

Shift crept by agonizingly slow. Nick and Sara were working on two different cases and hadn't seen each other since shift had started. They finally met up in the break room and were extremely happy to steal a little alone time together. Sara was attempting to pour them both a cup of coffee as Nick nibbled seductively on her neck. "Nick," she hissed, "Someone is going to catch us." "Relax Darlin, Grissom, Cath and Warrick are all out of the building." he said with a confident grin. She turned around and gave him a glare when she felt his hand sneak up inside her shirt. "Behave yourself cowboy," she growled.

Nick just smiled and stepped away from her knowing he was treading into dangerous territory by the look she gave him. "I'm sorry Sara but I need to touch you to reassure myself that the last 8 hours were real and not some wonderful fantasy." Sara turned around to fully face him with a smirk on her face. "Darlin'," she successfully drawled, "That there love bite on your neck should be evidence enough that what happened between us was very real."

Nick's grin widened at her playful attempt on his Texas accent. He raised his hand and tenderly touched the mark she had so brazenly left. "Now Sara at least I left mine where roving eyes can't see." he said with a waggle of his eyebrows. Sara's face flamed red at precisely where he had left his mark.

Nick closed the distance between them as he gathered her face in his hands. He gently stoked her cheeks with his fingertips as his dark eyes danced with emotion. "I love you Sar," he quietly said. A smile graced her face and she whispered "I love you Nick." He leaned in and affectionately kissed her on the lips.

The sound of Nick's cell phone ringing broke them apart. "Stokes," he answered. "Hey! What's up?" His eyes met hers and she watched his face cloud over. She felt a sinking sensation in her stomach. "How many...No I don't think it's a good idea Grissom...I know...Are you sure...Fine...We'll see you there." Nick flipped his phone shut and held her concerned gaze for a moment before he spoke.

"There's been a shooting off the stripe. Three people were gunned down. Grissom wants us to take it. He's finishing up a scene and will meet us there. As soon as Warrick and Cath are done with their case they'll join us too." Sara relaxed when she realized it wasn't their guy. A small smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. She was finally going back out into the field.

Nick watched as that old spark filled Sara's eyes. He knew she had been missing this part of her job. It was part of who she was and it completed her. She loved being able to see the whole picture and figuring out exactly how all of the pieces fit together. She had a great mind. She was one of the smartest people he had ever met and he admired her deeply for her intelligence. But at this moment he wished she would be a little more reluctant about going back out there.

Sara could tell that Nick was not pleased with their assignment. "I'll be fine Nick," she said as she kissed his cheek and headed toward the door. "I need to grab my stuff from my locker and double check my kit. I'll meet you at your Denali." she said with a smile. He watched her go and could clearly see the bounce in her step. He knew he should be happy that they could go back out into the field again but he still felt uneasy. That madman was still out there and he knew without a doubt that he was not finished with Sara. He just prayed that he could keep her safe.

Sorry this chapter was so short and really not well written. I had hoped to write more but I am getting ready to go on vacation and I have very little time. I apologize now if I don't get to post for a while. Please don't give up on this story. The next chapter is MAJOR! I hope to get it posted before I leave. My fingers are crossed. Thanks for bearing with me and my extreme slowness.