A New Addition

Pairing: Nick and Sara

Jason and Haley take Nick and Sara out to dinner at their favorite restaurant. They are without their daughters who are staying with Cynthia at Stokes Manor.

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.

Abigail First Trip to Dallas, Part Three

"Jason, you were right about this place!" Sara said. "The food is delicious and there is something for everyone."

"Sara, we had just had the appetizers and split a family size green salad," Jason chuckled. "Just wait until you have the main course."

"She's very eager to try her main course," Nick smirked.

"I also can't wait for the dessert," Sara grinned. "Haley told me that this place has the best chocolate truffle cake in the state. I can't wait to compare to the ones we eat in Vegas."

"Sara, didn't you mother teach you that patience is a virtue?" Haley asked.

"Yes, she did," Sara smiled. "She never taught me that when it came to yummy desserts."

"I just hope she'll teach Abigail about patience," Nick chuckled. "That would also include waiting for those yummy desserts!"

Sara gave Nick a glare and he stopped. Their waitress arrived with the main course. Nick had a filet mignon with vegetable medley and wild rice and red pepper pilaf, Sara had baked wild mushroom ravioli with pesto, both Jason and Haley had grilled tequila chicken with sautéed mushrooms and saffron rice. The waitress briefly stared at Sara the lone vegetarian at the table and smiled. She told her clients to enjoy their meal and left.

"Nick, I know what you are going to ask me," Sara said. "Here is a little bit of my baked ravioli."

"Thanks, Sara," Nick grinned. "I know that we have to order different desserts so I could give you a little bit of mine."

"I take it that this is a compromise between a meat eating native Texan and his vegetarian native Californian wife," Jason observed.

"We also have another one," Sara said. "I let Nick eat his meat, but I can't whine and complain about it."

"You are quite a pair," Haley said.

"There are plenty of couples like us out there," Nick smiles before taking a bite of his filet mignon. "They are a very happy together despite dietary preference. You know what they say, 'love conquers all'."

"I guess love conquered your dietary preferences," Haley beamed.

"Yes, it did," Sara grinned.

"Sara, I know you are probably tired of being asked this question many times," Jason said. "But I would like to know how and why did you become a vegetarian."

Nick almost stiffened at the thought of his and Sara's boss driving her to become a vegetarian.

"I'll give you the brief, less gross version," Sara said. "One day, I was with our boss Gil Grissom investigating the murder of a young woman. He wanted to do an experiment to prove her husband lied about what happened to her. To make a long and gross story short and less gruesome, I haven't been able to eat meat since that night. Now, that doesn't mean I can't handle looking at my husband and other people eating it. I have my opinions, but when it comes to seeing Nick eating meat, I can't protest or groan about it."

"Gil Grissom isn't such a bad boss," Nick added. "The guy brought the two of us to Vegas. He just is a little weird that's all. His office is very creepy, you don't even want to know what kind of things he keeps in there. There just one thing Sara left out in this deal I have with her. I allow myself to eat a vegetarian dinner twice a week. Even this Cowboy need to lay off the meat once in a while."

"Nick, who calls you 'Cowboy'?" Haley asked.

"Some of my co-workers do," Nick said. "Sara is the only one that I don't mind being called 'Cowboy' by."

Jason and Haley just smiled as they ate their chicken. Sara gave them a little bit of her ravioli since she didn't want them to feel deprived. In return, they would give her and Nick each a small amount of their dessert. Even those the Watsons had been to this restaurant a couple of times, they had never tried the baked wild mushroom ravioli with pesto. They loved it as much and Sara did although she ate most of it. Next time they would have that dish.

"Next time we are back in Dallas," Nick beamed. "We are coming here and maybe Sara and I will take my parents."

"Nick, we haven't even had dessert and already you are speaking as if we were about to leave," Jason said.

Haley and Sara left the table to make a phone call. They returned to see the concerned looks from their husbands.

"We just called Nick's mom," Sara reassured them. "Abigail and the twins are doing fine and on their best behavior. She told us that the twins were a little rambunctious, but they were napping a few minutes later. Abigail has been sleeping on and off."

"That's good to know," Nick replied.

"It looks like the girls don't want to wait another six weeks to turn the terrible twos," Jason said. "Nick, it's a good thing that you and Sara live in a single level apartment. Haley and I have to be on our two making sure the baby gates are still at the top of the stairs and kitchen."

"We still have to get those gates anyway," Sara said. "Abigail is starting to crawl around the apartment and who knows what potential hazards she'll get herself into."

"Our house has stairs and we don't want them to take a spill down the stairs and get themselves hurt," Haley said. "We wouldn't want to be frantic parents and rush them to the nearest emergency room."

Their waitress arrived to take their dessert and coffee/tea order and left. Nick, Sara, Jason and Haley continued talking, but this time they were joking and laughing while waiting for their dessert and beverage. At some point during their banter, Nick and Sara let slip a few jokes about Conrad Ecklie. They even shared with their friends about how Grissom saved Abigail from spending more traumatizing time being handled Ecklie by using the famous cliché from 'The Exorcist'.

"I take it from what we hear about that vile piece of slime that nobody in your shift likes that Ecklie guy," Jason said.

"He nearly fired me after I became a suspect in my friend Kristi's murder," Nick whined. "It a good thing that I was exonerated or I would be in jail and out of job."

"Ecklie and Grissom have this rivalry over who has the best shift," Sara said. "I hate to be partial, but I think our shift is better than Ecklie's."

"I think Grissom makes jokes or comments that only Ecklie finds either disrespectful or not funny," Nick quickly added. "We just wait until that scumbag is out of earshot and laugh with our boss."

A few moments later, their waitress returned with their desserts and drinks. Nick had his favorite tiramisu that was garnished with a drizzling of chocolate sauce and a light dusting of cocoa powder. He also had a cappuccino topped with cinnamon. Sara had the dessert she wanted – the chocolate truffle cake that was nestled on top of a raspberry crème Anglaise and topped with shaved chocolate. She ordered the same drink as Nick did. Haley had a slice of dark and white chocolate mousse cake and a cup of chamomile tea. Jason had a trio of gelato with tuile cookies and an espresso to drink. Everyone took a small sample of each others' treats while leaving more than enough for the original owner of the dessert to eat. The bites, sips and conversations continued until Jason asked the waitress for the check.

"You aren't going to hear any arguments from Sara or me about who pays for dinner!" Nick chuckled.

"I'm glad you remembered the promise we made when we were in Vegas, Lugnut!" Jason said.

"How could I forget, Squirrel Boy!" Nick grinned.

"Down boys!" their wives giggled.

The waitress cleared off the table, gave Jason the check and she left. Jason looked at the total so he could figure out the tip amount. He took out a credit card from his wallet and placed on top of the check. The waitress came and took it to process. A few moments later, she returned with his credit card and transaction slip. He wrote the amount of the tip, totaled the amounts, signed it and took the customer copy for his records.

An hour later, they were at Stokes Manor so Jason and Haley could pick up Sydney and Nicole. Haley spent a few minutes waking the sleeping twin toddlers. Jason and Haley exchanged 'good nights' with Nick, Sara and Cynthia. When the Watson family left Stokes Manor to go home, Nick and Sara went to check on Abigail. After seeing that she was sleeping peacefully, they prepared themselves for bed and went to sleep in each other arms.

TBC