Hey, it's TickTockNelly, thank you so much for all your wonderful reviews. I'm glad you liked the story and even though I didn't plan on continuing it, after so many reviews asking me to I decided to write more. I hope that you enjoy, please review and tell me what you think.

You'll Always Have Me

Chapter 2

TickTockNelly

Nick and Sara finally pulled apart from their embrace after about five minutes, and as soon as they did Nick stepped two feet away, obviously needing distance.

"Nick, are you alright?" Sara asked concerned. "What's wrong?" she stepped toward him not once taking her eyes off of his frightened ones.

"I don't want to," Nick said, shaking his head. "Sara, I don't want you to see me like this."

Sara's eyes were brimming with tears as she reached out and held Nick's hand in hers. "Nicky, I am not going to go away at a time when you most need me."

"No, Sara," Nick pleaded, "I'm a mess, I'm all scarred, I'm scared all the time, I can't take a shower in the bathroom because it's too small and I feel claustrophobic, I have to go down to the lake and wash myself, which isn't a fun thing to do, Sara. I don't want you to see me like this."

"Then how do you want me to see you?" Sara asked.

"As a CSI who can do his job without getting a gun pointed at him, being kidnapped, or getting upset over deaths."

"Nicky, you're not Grissom," Sara told him wholeheartedly.

Nick looked up into her eyes, and then quickly looked away again. "Maybe I should be more like Grissom."

"Nick, Grissom, sometimes, actually almost always is, like a robot. Nobody wants to see you turn into Grissom and nobody wants to see you hurt. We all know that you're hurting and you leave and we have absolutely no chance to help you. We all wanted to help, we all want to speak to you and see you and we don't care, Nicky."

"You don't care that I'm absolutely broken inside?" Nick asked confused.

Sara looked at him sympathetically. "We just want to be here for you." She stepped closer and took both his hands in hers with eyes brimming with tears. "I just want to be here for you. That's all I've ever wanted, and that's all I'll ever want, just you Nicky. Just you."

Nick smiled slightly, "I don't know how much of me there is left."

Sara had tears in her eyes as she said, "Well then let me help you find it."

"Find what?"

"Yourself, Nicky," Sara told him, "You might have a hard time believing this, but I will do anything for you, just as I know that you will do anything for me. We're friends, best friends, and I feel as though ever since the shift broke up that we haven't been as close as usual. But I miss you, Nicky, and I know that I may never completely get the old Nicky back, but any Nicky is fine with me."

"Do you think that it would be possible for me to go back to who I used to be, Sara?" Nick asked her thoughtfully, "I used to love my job, now the thought of it scares me, the thought of you being by yourself at a crime scene, of Catherine, of anyone, scares me so much, Sar, and I don't know what to do."

"Hey, cowboy," Sara said and Nick smiled at the use of her nickname for him. She took hold of his hands and looked him in the eye, "Ever since, well you know police security at crime scenes and the CSI's has increased so much. I don't think anything like that could ever happen again. But if you don't think that you'd be able to come back, then I'm not going to be mad, or try and force anything on you. I care about you and whatever you want is good for me."

Nick smiled his first real smile in a month, "I don't know what I would do without you."

"I can't even imagine living without you, cowboy." Sara replied and pulled him into another hug. She let him go regretfully and looked closely in his eyes, "Are you coming back?"

And that's the end of chapter 2, I hope that you like it. Like I said I wasn't planning on making this go longer, but if you like this chapter and want more review and let me know and I'll write another one. Thanks.