A New Addition

Pairing: Nick and Sara

The team learns about the sex of Nick and Sara's baby. Sara's duties have temporarily changed.

Disclaimer: I don't own Nick, Sara or any other CSI character. I do own Nick and Sara's families and any other non-CSI character.

Alas, Poor Warrick and A Talk

The Crime Lab Locker Room

"Are you serious?" Warrick asked Nick as he closed his locker. "It's going to be a girl? I am going to have a goddaughter?"

"I saw the ultrasound with my own eyes," Nick said. "Just ask Sara if you don't believe me."

"Damn, I owe Lindsey another twenty bucks," Warrick said shaking his head. "She is going to bleed me dry. I am glad she isn't doing predictions for the actual birth date, weight and height. I wonder if she is going to the mall and spending it on jewelry or a CD of her favorite performer."

"Actually, Catherine insists that Lindsey put it toward her college education," Nick said. "Look on the bright side, man, you are helping to expand a good mind."

Warrick chuckled and left the locker room leaving Nick alone.

The Break Room

"Congratulations!" Grissom said as he looked at the copy of Sara's most recent ultrasound. "Somehow, I knew you and Nick will have a girl."

"I feel sorry for Warrick," Sara said with a hand on her belly. "He has to pay Lindsey another twenty dollars."

"That is another twenty dollars invested towards her college education," Catherine said. "She isn't going to spend that at the mall. I give an allowance for shopping."

"Your daughter will be Daddy's Little Girl," Grissom said. "I see how Nick talks about her and she hasn't been born yet."

"That's my Nick," Sara said getting a chuckle from Catherine and Grissom.

"Sara, if you and Nick need a babysitter," Catherine said. "Lindsey would be more than happy to volunteer. She can be trusted."

Both women and Grissom cringed after Catherine said the last sentence. They knew all too well about Nick's molestation by a last minute babysitter when he was nine. A high school girl he was supposed to trust, but it was betrayed when she chose to put her filthy minded hands on that innocent little boy. He wanted his favorite aunt to move to Vegas so she could look after their daughter since he could only trust family members. However, Lindsey was like a niece to him and with some convincing on Sara's part, he would allow her to babysit.

"I will talk to Nick about it," Sara said. "I am not sure if he will go for that, but we'll talk."

"Hey, what is the brouhaha here?" Greg asked coming into the break room. "Where is the party?"

"We are just talking," Sara said.

"Nick told me the news," Greg said making a fresh pot of coffee. "Congratulations on your little girl. Can I be her godfather?"

"Sorry Greggo no can do," Sara said. "Warrick already offered and he will be this baby's godfather. Nick and I are thinking about having another child about two years after this one and you will be his or her godfather."

That put a smile on Greg's face.

"Hey guys, don't we have any assignments tonight?" Nick said searching for coffee.

"Yes, we do, Nick," Grissom said. "First, I want to talk to you and Sara in my office. You aren't in any trouble, but I need to address some concerns."

Nick breathed a sigh of relief.

Grissom got up and left the break room to go to his office. Nick and Sara slowly followed him. After they were in his office, Grissom gently closed the door. He told them to sit on the two chairs in front of the desk as he sat on the one behind it. He took a deep breath and cleared his throat.

"I need to talk to you both," Grissom said. "Sara, as of tonight until you go on maternity leave, you are staying in the lab. It's not that I don't think you are capable of being out in the field, I know you are good at your job. It's just that you're five months pregnant now. We, especially Nick, are concerned that you would put yourself and your unborn daughter in jeopardy."

"I can handle myself!" Sara protested.

"Sara, I don't want to lose you and/or our daughter," Nick said gently. "You are working at the lab whether you like it or not. I will get some days at the lab so you won't feel lonely. It's until you go on maternity leave."

"That brings me to my other concern," Grissom said. "It is a matter of when you are going on maternity leave. When is your due date?"

"November 8," Sara said.

"I am going to make September 19 your last day until you're ready to return to work," Grissom said.

"Come on, Grissom," Nick protested. "Could you imagine Sara on maternity leave? She would go nuts!"

"Which is why she'll keep her mind occupied," Grissom said. "You know she has an archive of forensics journals. She'd probably watch the Discovery Channel and Court TV to keep her memory fresh."

"I saw that movie 'Fargo' while I was still living Dallas," Nick said. "That Police Chief managed to arrest some guy and she was seven months pregnant."

"Nick, that was only a movie," Grissom said. "Second, your wife isn't a police chief, she is your fellow CSI. She is staying in the lab and going on maternity leave after September 19."

Sara and Nick looked at each other with blank expressions on their faces. They both knew that Grissom was right, Sara could endanger herself and their Little Princess in the field. Nick would have rather worked with her at the lab than out in the field.

"Do you have any further complaints and questions?" Grissom asked.

"No, we don't," Nick and Sara said in unison.

They got up and left the office. Grissom immediately returned to the break room with Sara and Nick following him.

"Greg and Warrick, you are with me handling a 419 at the Luxor," Grissom said. "Brass is waiting for you. Catherine, you are with Nick on a smash and grab at the Hard Rock Café Hotel. O'Riley is already there. Sara, you are doing some paperwork until there is some evidence to process."

"Catherine, I'll be with you one moment," Nick said to Catherine as he approached Sara. "Are my girls going to be okay in the lab?"

For the first time since they came to work tonight, Sara grinned and laughed.

"Nick, we are going to be fine," Sara said.

"Sara, I will make sure Nick stays out of trouble," Catherine said. "I will tell O'Riley to keep eye on him. I know that neither your husband nor O'Riley would appreciate the 'babysitting', but under these circumstances, they could make an exception."

Sara shrugged her shoulders and chuckled.

"Hey Little Princess," Nick said softly to Sara's tummy. "Be a good girl and don't kick your Mommy too much."

They embraced and kissed before Nick kissed her belly.

"Nick, stop spoiling your wife and unborn daughter," Catherine said. "We have a crime scene to process and O'Riley is getting impatient."

"You better get going," Sara said. "We'll be fine!"

"I love you and Little Princess," Nick shouted as he and Catherine went to the elevator.

"We love you, too, Nick," Sara shouted back.

"Are you and Nick calling my goddaughter Little Princess?" Warrick asked.

"We are calling her that until we come up with a name," Sara said.

"When she is old enough," Warrick chuckled. "I am going to tell her that her parents first called her Tadpole, then Mini-Baby and finally Little Princess. I am sure that she will think you are crazy."

"Nick is planning on buying a baby names book tomorrow," Sara said. "We'll figure out a name before she is born."

"You better settle on a name," Warrick smiled. "I won't have my goddaughter born confused over her name."

"She won't be," Sara said with a wink. "Warrick, don't you have to meet Grissom and Greggo for an investigation."

"Yeah, I will see you later," Warrick said. "Stay out of trouble."

"You should, too," Sara said.

The lab was quiet, but the techs were busy processing evidence from another shift. Sara was sitting quietly doing some paperwork as Grissom told her. She wasn't happy doing it at all. She missed Nick and wanted to be with him on the smash and grab case he was working on with Catherine. If she could sneak out of the lab and went to the Hard Rock Café Hotel, Nick would have been pissed at her and sent her back to the lab. After she finished with the paperwork, she went to the break room and started to watch the Discovery Channel.

"I see that being married to me has made you a Discovery Channel Addict," a voice the very familiar Texas drawl said causing Sara to jump.

"Nick, you shouldn't sneak up on a pregnant woman like that," Sara said sharply. "You had been around them since you were a kid. You should know better than that!"

"I am sorry," Nick said. "I didn't mean to scare you and the baby."

"Come here, Cowboy," Sara said. "Here is something that says 'I forgive you'."

She got up from the break room couch and gave him a passionate kiss and didn't care who was looking from outside break room.

"Break it up!" Greg said. "There is a little girl in Sara's stomach!"

Nick and Sara looked at Greg funny and just chuckled. Greg just scoffed at them and walked away.

"That kid needs a girlfriend," Sara observed.

"Does he ever," Nick agreed. "Do you have anyone in mind?"

"Dr. Blake's nurse comes to mind," Sara said. "She's young, pretty, with a bubbly personality and seems to be available."

"Are you playing matchmaker?" Nick asked.

"Not right now," Sara said. "I want to wait a little while."

The rest of the shift was devoted to processing evidence from the two crimes. Sara was eager to help out since she was bored doing paperwork several hours before. Nick noticed the change in Sara's mood from the time he left with Catherine on a smash and grab. He allowed her to analyze the evidence he and Catherine collected at their scene.

More than an hour after their shift ended, Nick and Sara were already at home. They ate breakfast before going to their apartment. They enjoyed each other's company while eating their food. Now they were very tired and judging by their facial expressions they needed some rest. They both fell asleep in each other's arms.

TBC