Chapter 2- Whoops
Nick sighed silently to himself as he had to bear another hour of Sara's gloating of 'how wonderful Tom was' and that 'she really did like him'. Nick tried to ignore the small group as they laughed. He glanced up at Grissom as he walked in then looked back down at the file he was reading. Grissom cleared his throat as he sat down at the head of the table. Grissom sighed to himself, he honestly didn't like the fact that Sara had found someone else to replace him.
Nick was thankful Grissom had called everyone's attention back to work. He guessed he did blame himself a little considering he had set the two up. The point was that it was supposed to backfire…make her see the other side of him. He wasn't really expecting for Tom to 'be' her type. He looked up when he realized Grissom was starring at him. Grissom spoke again, "I was talking to you Nicky?"
Nick turned a little red, "Whoops."
Grissom starred at him, "Whoops?"
"Sorry Gris. What was the question?" Nick asked. He turned even redder with embarrassment and then some with anger.
"I said, did you and Catherine work on those fiber samples from the vic?"
"Um… one of the fibers are a hair which has no follicle and uhh," he looked at Cath for help. He couldn't remember. Catherine would definitely let him have it later.
Catherine gave a smile, "Sorry, I haven't told him about the carpet fiber yet…Greg is processing the blood found on it and there is another unidentified fiber that he's working on too."
Grissom glanced at Nick who was starring at the table, "Okay, keep me posted."
Sara watched Nick from the corner of her eye. She was curious. Nick had never forgotten fibers before or even evidence for that matter. Grissom turned to Warrick and Sara, "How are those tapes coming?"
Sara grunted, "Well, their coming alright."
Warrick looked at her then back at Grissom. He didn't have a clue what was on those tapes, "We haven't found anything that can help the case yet, of course we are still on tape seventeen."
"It's like watching porn. I swear more people in this city get lucky in an elevator than they do in their bedroom," commented with a little hint of laughter.
Catherine smirked, "Speaking from experience Sara?"
"Yeah," Nick's head shot up and he starred at Sara, "From what I've observed."
They all laughed a little except Grissom and Nick. It seems now that they were on the same page in the book of love. Depression and regret. Grissom cleared his throat, "Alright then, if anything comes in Nick you get the call and everyone back to work."
They all nodded as they stood up, "Nick, I need to talk to you for a minute."
"Okay Gris," Nick stood up and moved off to the side as everyone left. Sara eyed the two men as she left. Grissom waited until everyone was out of an eat shot of hearing.
"I reviewed your request for days…," Grissom crossed his arms and his stony expression never flinched, "May I ask the purpose of the request?"
Nick nodded slightly, "I just…I thought it was time to do something different. Explore options…you know."
Grissom nodded skeptically, "Well, I'll hand it in to Ecklie, but let it be known…I don't support this decision….that is on a friend basis."
Nick didn't know what to say. On a friend basis. Grissom was giving him friendly advice. All he could do was just nod, so he did. Grissom gave a pat on Nick's back as he left Nick standing there.
"So you are leaving?"
Nick swung around at the sound of the familiar sweet voice he recognized, "Yeah…"
Sara nodded at his comment. It was barely above a whisper. She swallowed hard, "So I guess you and Kelly are serious then, huh?"
Nick didn't answer. He didn't know what he and Kelly were, hell, he didn't even know what he and Sara were. Sara continued, "Honestly, Nicky, she's not right for you."
They held their gaze for a moment before Sara broke and began to walk off. Nick crossed his arms as he sighed heavily.
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Three Weeks Later.
Nick and Sara hadn't spoken much since that day in the conference room. Sara had been seeing a lot of Tom lately and they hadn't had time to talk or it could they were avoiding each other. Of course, they had to work with each other, but that was different. They could talk about the cases it wasn't that big deal, but there was nothing more. Grissom sat in his office reading looking at the screen of his laptop. He heard giggling. Giggling he hadn't heard before. He slowly stood up and walked to his door and peered out to the left, it was Sara and her boyfriend. He sighed silently. Tom had an arm slipped around her waist kissing her neck. It wasn't time for her shift, maybe he could say something.
"Hey Gris…," Nick stopped when he saw what he was starring at. He looked back at Grissom who was looking at him. Grissom could tell that he was upset just as much as he was. Nick looked down at the ground, "Can I talk to you about that request?"
"Sure." Grissom nodded as he gave one last look in Sara's direction. She was watching. He turned to go inside and then she looked at Nick. He met her eyes. They held their stare for moment until Tom guided her lips to his. Nick suddenly looked down and walked in closely the door.
Sara pulled away, "I think you need to go."
Tom looked at her strange, "Excuse me? I 'need' to go?"
Sara nodded as she smiled a little, "Um…the shift is about to start. I need to go to the locker room and get my stuff."
Tom nodded skeptically, "Alright…are you staying…over…tonight…" He gave a sexy grin as he rubbed her arm.
Sara didn't smile, well, at least not a real smile, "No…not tonight."
Tom stepped back angrily, "Fine. I'll call you later."
He walked off and Sara shook her head. He could be a jerk sometimes. She walked off to the locker room.
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"Well?"
Nick realized he hadn't said anything yet, "I wanted to know how the request was coming."
"It's…Nick, why the hurry?" Grissom leaned forward as he put his elbows on the desk. Nick sat down in the chair hard. He sighed as he rubbed his burning eyes, "I'm just…I need to do something different Gris."
"Okay," Grissom leaned back in his chair, "I talked to Ecklie and he said that another person already applied for that position. But he is interested in having you on. In two more weeks…he said you'll know."
Nick hopped up nodding, "Okay. Sounds good. Thanks Grissom."
Nick left and headed to the locker room. Catherine stepped in, "What's up Gil?"
"Nothing." Grissom shook his head slowly and tried to seem innocent. Catherine closed the door before sitting down, "Liar. Talk."
Grissom sighed heavily as he took off his glasses then looked at Catherine, "Well…."
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