There was an element of dread that entered Sara just before she walked through the doors of the lab that night. She reasoned that Nick had probably talked to Warrick about their date since he'd known about it beforehand and she knew that Greg would probably try and grill her for more details, but she had no idea if anyone else knew, or how much Nick would have shared with Warrick. A flurry of butterflies churned in her stomach as she made her way to the locker room to stow her purse and get her gear for the evening's shift. Thankfully the room was empty and she let out a sigh of relief as she opened her locker. She could hear the sound of voices approaching and she glanced up as she recognized one of them as Nick's, and a smile flitted unbidden across her face as she noticed him look through the doorway and grin, slowing his pace.

"Rick, I need to grab something real quick, I'll meet you in the layout room." Nick called out as he made a quick detour into the locker room and walked over to where Sara stood.

She smirked. "By something, did you mean me?" She attached her ID badge onto her lapel and tilted her head slightly as he approached.

Nick chuckled. "I wasn't exactly thinking of grabbing you. Some people might get the wrong idea." He stepped closer to her and couldn't resist reaching out and trailing his fingers along her arm until his hand caught hers and gave it a quick squeeze. "I just wanted to say 'hi'."

Sara was smiling rather widely. "Hi." She was tempted to kiss him, but thought better of it as she heard more voices in the hallway.

A sheepish expression crossed Nick's face. "Uh, I sort of told Warrick and Catherine about us." He reasoned that it was best not to keep a secret about something like that, and besides, he didn't care if the whole world knew that he was dating Sara Sidle.

Sara looked a little relieved that she knew who knew. "Uh, that's good." She smiled a bit nervously.

Nick looked a little worried. "Is that ok?" He hadn't really considered that she might not want him shouting it from the rooftops.

She let out a soft laugh and nodded. "Yeah, it's ok. I guess it's better to tell them than to let the rumor mill get started." She looked into Nick's eyes and felt her heart flip. Why he seemed to be so interested in her was beyond her. She smiled at him. "You better not keep Warrick waiting."

"You want to try and catch breakfast after your shift?" Nick was suddenly finding the split up of their team rather annoying and inconvenient.

Sara smirked at him. "When do you plan on sleeping, Nick?" As much as she liked the idea of spending some more time with him, she also knew how taxing this job could be and sleep was a desperately needed commodity at times.

"I'll take a power nap and call you." He winked at her as a grin spread across his face.

"Ok." She grinned back at him. "Breakfast." She wanted to kiss him in the worst way at that moment and it seemed he had the same idea because he quickly ducked his head and softly pressed his lips against hers before sauntering out of the locker room with a grin on his face.

Sara just stood there watching him go wondering how so much had changed in the span of a few days. She had to admit that these new feelings that were unfolding for Nick were scary and exciting all at the same time, and that while it certainly would be easier to just sit back and never take a relational risk, she would far rather see where the ride took them than to worry about the ultimate destination.

By the time she settled herself at the conference room table for the briefing before shift sipping a cup of coffee, she was still smiling.

Greg quirked an eyebrow at her from across the table. "So I take it the rest of the date went well."

She smirked at him, conscious of the fact that Sophia was sitting right next to her and that Grissom was expected at any minute. "Yes."

The blond CSI glanced over at Sara with a smile. Apparently when she'd mentioned that Gil Grissom's loss would be someone else's gain, she'd had someone specific in mind. Sophia's curiosity was piqued.

Greg leaned back in his chair with a cheesy grin and looked at her expectantly. "And?" His tone clearly implied she'd better start sharing some details. He could only imagine that if she was smiling like that, that Nick was probably feeling pretty good.

Sophia had difficulty suppressing a laugh at Greg.

"We had a very good time." Sara was decidedly evasive; she reasoned that she could tell him just enough later to satisfy his curiosity without going into too much detail. The last thing she wanted was for Grissom to walk in while she was dishing out details of her date with Nick. It wasn't that she didn't want Grissom to know, as her supervisor he probably should know especially since Nick was a coworker; she just wanted to have a little bit more control over the circumstances when he got the information.

Greg wasn't easily discouraged. "So, does that mean he's getting a second date?" From the way Nick and Sara had been acting towards each other at the club, he reasoned that there was no way Nick wasn't getting a second date unless he'd done something after he and Tiffany had left to really blow it.

Sara's smile was smug and she couldn't resist tossing out a little tidbit of information just to see Greg's reaction. "We've actually already had the second date." She hid her smirk behind a cup of coffee that she brought up to her lips as she watched Greg's eyes widen. From the corner of her eye she could see Sophia regarding her curiously as to who this mystery man was, especially given their conversation several days prior.

You could almost see the gears turning in Greg's mind, wondering just how much of a time lag there had been between the first date and the second. It seemed he wanted to press her for more specifics, but realized that he really couldn't ask her about it the same way he would one of the guys.

The thought occurred to Sara that Greg was probably jumping to conclusions about whether or not she and Nick had spent the night together and she decided to squash that idea before it had a chance to even become a rumor. "He called me this afternoon and we went for a run and coffee." A smile spread over her face as she sipped her coffee.

"Ah." Greg wasn't sure why he felt relieved, but he had suddenly felt protective of Sara. "Running, huh?" It had been a rather warm day and in the back of his mind he was thinking that Nick must have really wanted to spend some time with Sara if he'd gone running when it was over 80 degrees outside.

"Yes, running." Sara chuckled in protest.

Greg smirked and then whispered in a conspiratorial tone. "So is he getting a third date?"

Sara felt a faint blush creep up her cheeks and she couldn't hide it behind her cup of coffee. "Yes, he's getting a third date." She took a sip and then set the cup down as a smile spread across her face. "In fact we've decided to see each other."

Sophia finally interjected a question as Greg seemed to be rendered temporarily speechless. "So who's the lucky guy, Sara?" She was genuinely happy that her coworker seemed excited about this mystery man.

Sara's smile widened as she faced Sophia. "Nick Stokes." The words were out of her mouth before any of them noticed that Grissom was standing in the doorway peering over the rim of his glasses with a surprised expression on his face.