To Alex: Please be patient with my story. As the saying goes, Rome was not built in one day.
To Space-Case7029: Thanks for reading my stories. Please stay with me 'till I finish 'em all.
To BeTrAyEd DaUgHtErS: Thanks for those kind words. And thanks for reading my stories.
To GeorgeEadsLover: Thanks for the praise. I hope you'll like the second chap.

One day, Love and Friendship met…
Love asked: Why do you exist, if I already exist?
Friendship replied: To put a smile where you leave tears… (TT)

Chapter 2

Thank God it's a weekday or else there will be a long line of movie goers. We still can't decide what to watch. We were caught in between an R-13 Deuce Bigalow sequel or a PG-13 Zorro sequel. At the end, Rob Schneider won. And it was a good decision, we were laughing out loud throughout the film.

But before the good laughs, the movie already started so we decided to take a stroll in the mall while we wait for the next show time. The time to wait was enough for us to catch up on a lot of things. I started with the usual story of pulling doubles and he countered with me of getting a life.

"It's what we should be learning from the cases we get everyday – how short and screwed up life can be. You should stop pulling doubles, you know," he said with concern in his brown eyes.

"I have a life. Solving crimes is my life and I can certainly say that I'm contented with it," I told him hoping he'll get my point.

"You should go out some time...go find your prince charming and have a date in a carnival," he suggested with a smile plastered on his face.

"Oh, don't put prince charming and carnival in one statement; it reminds me of Grissom and his penchant for roller coasters…"

"I thought you got over him?" he said with a slight disgust.

"Yeah! Well, it just reminded me of him but it doesn't mean I'm still in love with him." I tried to defend myself and I don't know why I did that. "And a girl never look for her prince charming, it's vice versa. Have you ever heard a fairytale with the girl went looking for his knight in shining armor?" Before he could answer, I mouthed 'N-O-N-E.'

"O-kay. First, 'in love with Grissom' is an understatement. You were more like obsessed with him. And second, that's why they are called fairytales…they are far fetched from reality!" he said with brows raised and with a 'do you see the point?' look.

"Obsessed! Ha! I never thought of that…Anyway, do you know any rags-to-riches love stories? Those are called 'Cinderella stories'…so fairytales are true! Well, except for the fairy godmother part…"

Nick just shook his head and let the conversation about fairytales end there and then. However, the whole catching up conversation did not end there. Oh, I wish it did…

After a few moments of light bantering, he became serious again. Reading his thoughts, I made it easier for him to open up and asked him, "So…what have you been doing during your week off?"

"Nothin' much…," he said. Then I saw a slight glow on his face and a smile is beginning to form on his lips. He was keeping something from me and I felt it. And damn, it felt not good…not good at all.

"Somethin' you're not telling me?" I stopped in front of him and gave him a burrowing gaze. "Tell me, Nicky. I know there's something you REALLY want to tell me."

Nick sighed heavily before he gave me his cute half smile and protested, "Sar…" He bowed his head, hoping to avoid me, my gaze, and my inquiry. When he looked up at me and said those three dreadful words, I felt my jaw dropped involuntarily to the ground, head spinning furiously, and heart pounding vociferously on my chest. I just wanted to scream 'God, why? WHY? WHY?'

Sorry for the short ep...I'll update as soon as I can. R&R please.
tsuzuku means to be continued in japanese...tsuzuku!