AN: Aced my Europe final, finished the AIMS testing, have a huge project on which my teacher believes I'm currently working on since I'm writing this in the computer lab, and it will be posted once I email this to my computer at home, and I got that stolen draft of that chapter from my teacher back...interesting note on it too.

'Nice writing minus the cussing, do it at another time,' and 'why are you writing this and where are you posting this stuff?'

Didn't tell her thank god, but if Mrs. C is reading this and recognizes it, it wasn't me a'ight? 22 days left of school then I'm free. Got a whole hour of Science class and computer time. Hope you like this chappie y'all.

Airforceintraining

PS this is written on a mac so bear with me plz

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On the Coast of Somewhere Beautiful

Chapter Six

Sara turned off the kitchen light about to head to bed. She was about to turn off the last light in her living room when the doorbell rang. Thunder echoed outside and she stood up straight curious. Sara walked to the door and opened it up. The sight shocked her. A soaked Nick Stokes stood there.

"Nick?" Sara asked.

"We need to talk," Nick said.

She looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

He was breathing heavily, "You are hard to get a hold of."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sara asked.

"I can't do this anymore," Nick said. "We've been dodging each other Sara-" Thunder echoed and lightning flashed, "We need to talk this over once and for all."

Sara stepped back and let him enter her house. She took his wet jacket and set it down.

"You want anything?" Sara asked. "Coffee?"

"Please," Nick said and she headed back towards the kitchen.

Nick looked around at her house. It had wooden floors and a medium sized living room that melted into the dining room. The living room had a big TV, and Disney Movies surrounding it. The coffee table had a few candles on there which made it look comfy. The Dining Room table had coloring books and crayons on top of it. Nick walked over to the breakfast bar and got a look of Sara in the kitchen. It was a medium sized kitchen, and it was comfy. She was living pretty good.

"You do know that we're three hours ahead then Vegas right," Sara said and Nick almost winced seeing how tired she sounded.

Nick looked at the clock and saw that it read 1.38 AM.

"Yeah," Nick said.

"What couldn't wait until tomorrow?" Sara asked handing Nick the coffee cup.

"I saw my son once Sara and that's definitely not enough," Nick said sighing.

"And this can't wait till tomorrow," Sara said.

"No it can't," Nick said. "Because then you'd find some way to dodge me then too."

"I can't change my life to your convenience Nick," Sara countered. "So don't make any assumptions about me when you don't even know me."

"I did," Nick said.

"Yeah, you did know me," She said angry, "but you fucked that up too now didn't you?"

"Sara I don't want to fight," Nick said.

"I don't want to either but it seems that that's the only way we get to talk. Nick what am I supposed to think? You come here in the middle of the night and," Sara paused. "Nick you made up your mind. You made decision to break up Nick, you made the decision to let me go, and I did and I'm living. You just have to be the one to mess it up again don't you? I got a job, a house, a kid, I'm surviving and here you come. How am I supposed to do this?"

He didn't answer.

"Go to a hotel Nick. I'm not tlaking to you tonight," Sara said. "Come back tomorrow and I'll try to be here."

Break

Sara sat at her desk in the FBI lab and just thought a second.

"What's killin you?" Jessica asked.

"Nick," Sara said. "He popped by my house at 1:30 this morning and started a fight."

"Call the cops?" Mark asked stitting on her desk.

"Verbal fight," Sara said. "I did most yelling, but..."

"That's just wrong," Mark said. "Why'd he want to pop by?"

"Kenny," Sara sighed. "I have a feeling this isn't gonna be over for a long time."

"Don't worry chica," Jessica said. "Kenny's yours, and Stokes ain't gonna change it."

"But he's gonna try," Sara said. "He has to make everything difficult when I finally..."

She trailed off and growled.

"Well," Mark coughed and then dropped his voice, "I have connections so if you want him to disappear without a trace, just nod your head a certain way sometime and It'll be done."

"What are you, the godfather?" Sara asked and they laughed.

Break

After a rough day at work, Sara usually came home and watched TV with Kenny curled up beside her. Now that was taken from her. Nick and she had a fight to settle. Sara picked up Kenny and headed to her house where Nick was waiting against his car.

"Go in your room Kenny," Sara said and Kenny nodded as he ran inside.

"Can we talk now?" Nick asked.

"Yeah," Sara said and they walked inside. "What do you want from me Nick?"

"To be able to see my son. To find out why you kept him from me," Nick said.

"Well I'm sorry but at the time your decision making skills were really shining through bright and clear," Sara said and Nick's expression darkened. "I have a job here Nick, I've raised Kenny, I'm still paying off on hospital bills for hospital trips you weren't there for-"

"Because you wouldn't let me be Sara," Nick said.

"No you wouldn't," Sara said. "We were together for awhile, intimately one day, and then when things get rough at work because of it, you dropped it. It was your choice Nick, and this is mine. You picked the job over feelings so what did I have to go off of to say that you wouldn't do the same again? If you want to be a father to Kenny then do the right thing and leave him be. You already broke his heart."

"I didn't break his heart," Nick argued.

"You'd be shocked," Sara spat. "It kills him to see all the other kids playing with their dads at the park. It kills him to know that you didn't want to be here with him. It kills him to know that you didn't even think to come talk to me after all these years, Everything you do and have done kills him. After he talked to you and we went back to the hotel-" Sara trailed off. "You're one helluva father Stokes."

Then before Nick could counter a reply the phone rang. Sara walked over and answered it.

"Sidle," She answered not looking at Nick.

NIck sighed looking at the clock as Sara listened to whoever was on the line.

"Where's Mark?" Sara asked and then listened.

NIck watched as Sara sat down listening.

"So Mark and Jessica just disappeared," Sara said. "You sure they didn't run of to elope or something?"

Sara chuckled then got serious again.

"You want me to pick up Mel?...yeah she can stay with me. I'll be there in 10," Sara said hanging up and standing. "Kenny come on. We gotta pick up Melinda."

"Cool!" Kenny said running in.

Sara put on her jacket and turned to Nick, "We aren't finished talking, but I have to pick up Melinda for reasons we'll talk about later. You tagging along?"

"Sure," Nick said following her out and they got in her car.

Kenny got himself in the car seat and the two took the front seats. Sara put the keys in the ignition and the music started playing. Nick smirked as Kenny wrinkled his nose.

"Switch to Rascal Flatts," Kenny said and Sara grabbed the Cd from the visor case and then put it in.

Then they started driving towards Jessica's house which was surrounded by police cars and ambulences. Sara parked the Jeep Grand Cherokee.

"Stay with Kenny alright?" Sara said to Nick who nodded.

She got out of the car and walked over to where Jason was standing talking to a cop.

"Jay, what's going on?" Sara asked and Jason walked over.

"Jessie didn't pick up Melinda from daycare so they called me. I came here and the door was busted open, no sight of Mark or Jessica, except a lotta blood. Bryan's team's taking it and we have off until we find them. I just need you to take Mel cos you're the only one who really can take care of her," Jason said.

"I'll take her," Sara said nodding. "You staying here?"

"Until Bryan's team pops up," Jason said.

"Aunt Sara!" Melinda said running over and Sara picked up the three year old.

"Hey Mellie," Sara said. "You're gonna stay with us for awhile alright?"

"Okay," Melinda said.

"Later Kiddo. Later Sara," Jason said and Sara nodded heading back to the car where she put Melinda in the other car seat.

Sara got in and then Melinda asked, "Who's he?"

Nick smirked at Sara, "Yeah Sara who am I?"

"Someone I know Mel," Sara said putting her seatbelt on. "Mel have you eaten anything?"

"Nope," Melinda said.

"McDonalds it is," Sara said heading to the highway.

Break

While the two kids played in the Playplace at the McDonalds, Sara and Nick sat at a table talking.

"One thing I did makes you not let me see Kenny? It's not fair Sara," Nick said.

"It was one big thing for you to do," Sara said sighing. "Nick we're arguing about the same thing and never getting anywhere. What do you expect me to do?"

"I expect you to let me see my son," Nick said.

"And I don't want you to because I know my son and it's going to kill him Nick," Sara said.

"Then we're going to have to go to court Sara," Nick replied.

"You're going to kill Kenny," Sara scoffed shaking her head.

"How's that?" Nick asked.

"He gets some hope to see you then you go back to Vegas. How long until you see him again? Weeks? Months?" Sara just shook her head and leaned back in the booth. "You obviously care about your job in Vegas more than me from how you picked. You going to pick the same with your son?"

In the play area Kenny and Melinda were watching the two below from up in a tube.

"Who is that?" Melinda asked

"My dad," Kenny answered.

"Then why is your mommy mad at him?" Melinda asked.

"Because he's a meanie," Kenny said his eyes narrowing. "I don't like him."

"You don't like your dad? That's mean," Melinda replied.

"He made my mommy cry. And he left," Kenny told Melinda. "I heard him talking to my mommy before we picked you up and she got mad at him and if my mommy gets mad then it's for a reason. Like when I spill my milk on accident she got a little mad. She was really mad."

"My mommy said you're dad's a," Melinda paused. "Well I can't say it. My mommy said I can't say that word until I'm 40. I cantst even count that high yet!"

Kenny chuckled, "Let's go back down there so we can go home and they can argue there."

"OKay," Melinda nodded.

He crawled off and Melinda went after him.

Back down in the play area the two sat...

"You have to meet me halfway Sara, the job's all I got," Nick countered.

"And Kenny's all I got," Sara replied. "I can't go back to Vegas either Nick. I didn't only leave because of you and because I was pregnant. I overstayed my welcome which was shown last time I was there. If anyone's gotta meet halfway it has to be you Nick because I just can't change the way things are going or else I can't do it."

"The girl I used to know wasn't afraid of confronting people if that's what you're now afraid of when it comes to Vegas," Nick said.

"That was beforeI had a son who I was told wouldn't live past the age of 1 and still might die young," Sara told Nick looking down and resting her head against the window as she put her feet up on the booth.

"What?" Nick asked.

"I told you he spent his first year in the hospital," Sara replied. "Then I had Jess, Mark, and Jay helping me out. Now Jess and Mark are missing leaving Melinda and I don't even want to think how this is going to end. Go back to Vegas, Nick. Somewhere in the heart I know you have, you know I'm right. Go back to Vegas and when you know what to do then we'll see what happens."

Break

So 5 minutes left of science class. I'll post this when I get home. Review please because they make me dance with the happies and inspire me that if I finish homework then I can write some more. :D