Sara Meets The Stokes
Pairing: Nick and Sara
Nick and Sara are back in Vegas and at work. They share with their colleagues a few details of their vacation.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the CSI characters. I only own Nick's family.
Back to Work
Three days later
Nick, Sara, Warrick and Catherine were waiting in the break room for Grissom to hand out their assignments. Nick and Sara had smiles on their faces. Warrick looked at them and snorted.
"Are you going to stop smiling?" Warrick asked with a chuckle. "Or do I have to wipe the smiles off your faces?"
"Warrick, this is Nick and Sara we are talking about here," Catherine said. "The crime lab's lovebirds had recently returned from a week in Dallas. I am sure Nick's family gave him and Sara their blessing."
Grissom entered with a smirk on his face. He was met with four eager faces waiting to see who would be working with whom and what crime scenes needed to be processed.
"Catherine and Nick, you are handling a 419 at the Luxor," Grissom said. "O'Riley is waiting for you. Sara and Warrick, you have a 419 south of Tropicana. Brass is meeting you there."
"I'll meet you at the break room," Nick whispered to Sara's ear.
"I love you, Nick," Sara beamed.
"I love you, too, Sara," Nick said as they kissed.
"Sara, I'll make sure Nicky stays out of trouble," Catherine said.
"Nick, I'll keep an eye on Sara," Warrick said.
The couple just laughed. As much as they wanted to work together, they really didn't mind working with their friends. They only worry they both had was getting the third degree from them about their relationship. Nick was sure that's what he was going to get from Catherine and Sara knew Warrick will give her grief about it.
Catherine and Nick's crime scene
Nick put a long red hair in a small bindle and placed it in collection box. He then opened a swab, moistened it with a drop or two of a solution and rubbed it on the ice cube holder. It was blood since it turned pink. Was it human? He put the swab to another test and it was a positive result.
"Hey Catherine, it looks like area of the blood spatter is bigger than we thought," Nick said in disgust
"It looks like somebody really beat this man to death," Catherine shook her head.
"That someone must have been pretty pissed off at the victim," Nick mumbled. "I don't want to think about what that poor wretch must have been going through in his final moments."
"Nick, how was your trip to Dallas?" Catherine asked wanting to change the subject. "How did Sara cope with meeting that big family of yours? Was she overwhelmed?"
"Dallas was great," Nick grinned. "Sara was a little intimidated about meeting them at first, but she fit in immediately. They all adore her and she adores them."
"Will she become a member of the Stokes family?" Catherine inquired giving Nick a gentle nudge in the shoulder.
"My parents and siblings have this idea that she will be," he replied. "I want to marry her, but not right away. One night, we went to a local karaoke bar and had an awesome time. We had an encounter with a stranger who told us we should be married."
"Nicky, ever since Grissom brought her in to investigate Warrick," Catherine chuckled. "You have been smitten with her. Why didn't you pursue her more aggressively and save us all from that fucking headache named Hank?"
"My siblings, especially my brother, told me that," Nick said.
"Nicky, it's in the past," Catherine smirked. "Sara has you and you both love each other, that's what matters the most. She is the happiest that she has even been in the time we have known her."
"Catherine, we still have this heinous crime scene to process," Nick said. "I am sure O'Riley might want ask us about our findings."
"Okay, smart ass, but we will discuss it later before you reunite with Sara," Catherine shrugged.
Nick snorted before helping Catherine collect evidence to be processed, analyzed and interpreted.
Sara and Warrick's Crime Scene
"What the hell is that?" Warrick asked looking at a bizarre object crawling near the dead body.
"It looks like something up Grissom's alley," Sara said giving him a look of disgust. "I'll put it in a little jar and bring it to him."
"So, how did you like Dallas?" Warrick asked. "Did Nick behave himself? How did you like his family? Did they like you?"
"Warrick, stop bombarding me with all these questions," Sara said. "Since you already asked the most important questions, I shall answer you. Dallas was awesome and beautiful. Nick was on his best behavior most of the time. I was very impressed with that big family of his. I love them. They adored me and wouldn't be surprised if became a part the family."
"That boy really loves you," Warrick chuckled. "While you and Nick were in Dallas, I was having a conversation with Catherine and Grissom about the two of you."
"What about Nick and me you were talking about?" Sara asked.
"We were discussing when he will pop the question," Warrick smirked.
"Nick and I have been dating for about three months," Sara whined. "We agreed not to rush things. He'll propose to me when we are both ready, not when someone pushes us into something that we aren't ready for."
"I have a feeling that he will do it sooner that you think," Warrick grinned.
"I told you before that we aren't rushing things," Sara was on the defensive.
"Come on Sara," Warrick said. "When do you want Nick to propose? When you are both in your eighties. Catherine and I should have gotten the two of you together immediately after you investigated me in my role in the Holly Gribbs shooting."
"Warrick, calm down," Sara laughed. "I don't think Nick would wait sixty years to propose to me. I know he wants to do while we are both still young and I could have kids with him."
Brass approached them and saw the two young CSIs allegedly bickering about something.
"Kids, can you bicker and process the crime scene at the same time?" Brass asked with a very rare tinge of humor in his voice. "I know you can multitask. If you can do that, the sooner we can process the evidence."
Sara and Warrick didn't know if what was what Brass said or how he said, but they were laughing. They immediately stopped talking about Sara and Nick's relationship and continued processing the scene.
Break room, four hours later
Nick was sitting on the break room couch watching the Discovery Channel. Greg had made a fresh pot of his famous Blue Hawaiian coffee. Nick got up from the couch, grabbed a cup, poured himself a cup and put cream and sugar in it. He returned to his spot on the couch and started taking slow sips. He saw that Greg was still in the break room.
"Greggo, don't you have some DNA to process?" Nick asked.
"I just wanted to take a breather for a few moments," Greg said. "Even lab rats need to rest."
"Have you seen Sara?" Nick asked. "She was at crime scene with Warrick and Brass."
"No, I haven't seen her," Greg said. "I am sure that Warrick is keeping an eye on her for you."
"If I tell you something," Nick said. "Will you promise not to tell Sara? If you tell her, I will have to kick your ass."
"You have my word and my lips are sealed," Greg smiled with the gesture of zipping his lips. "I permit you to beat the shit out of me if I blab."
"Two weeks before Sara and I left for Dallas," Nick said. "I started saving up some money for an engagement ring. I don't know when I plan to propose, but at least I will have the money available to buy one."
"Sara is one lucky girl to have you," Greg beamed.
As if on cue, Sara walked into the break room with a smile on her face. Nick put down his cup of coffee on the table, got up to get her some coffee, but sat down because she beat him to it.
"Damn it, Sara," Nick hissed. "Let me bring you coffee once in a while. Next time, just sit on the couch and I'll serve you a cup."
"Nicky, you love spoiling me," Sara smiled. "Don't you?"
"Yeah, but you enjoy it anyway," Nick smirked.
"Uh, I am going back to the lab to analyze DNA," Greg said as he left the break room. "I'll leave you lovebirds alone."
"Did you miss me?" Sara asked while Nick pulled her into an embrace.
"Like you wouldn't believe," Nick chuckled that instantly turned into a whine. "Catherine was hassling me about our relationship."
"I got the third degree from Warrick," Sara protested. "It looks like they want us to rush things."
"We aren't going to rush this relationship," Nick reassured her. "We'll take it at our own pace."
"I love you, Nick," Sara cooed.
"I love you, too, Sara," Nick mumbled.
Catherine and Warrick walk towards the break room, but didn't go inside. They just watched the couple sitting on the couch in an embrace and kissing.
"They do have it for each other," Warrick said softly.
"Warrick, leave them alone," Catherine said. "Let's go see Greg about the DNA results."
TBC
