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"The water is so beautiful," Sara said as they stopped on the boardwalk to look at the water. Nick had his arm around Sara's shoulder and Sara had her arm around Nick's side as they leaned against the railing as they watched the water and all the people on the beach.
"Yes, and so are you" Nick whispered into her ear. Sara then turned to Nick and looked into his eyes and wanted so bad to kiss him but she didn't know if she should. "Sara, can I kiss you?" Nick said, as they were inches apart, in a slight whisper, looking into Sara's eyes to see if it was alright.
"Yes Nick" Sara said in a very soft voice coming closer to him. Then it happened the thing that she always wanted, someone to kiss her and mean it with all their heart. As they kissed, Sara put her arms around Nick's neck and pulled him close. This is perfect. She is perfect. Nick thought to himself.
"That was great" Sara said as they pulled away from each other
"Yes it was" Nick said giving Sara a smile
"Nick what time is it?" Sara said wondering how long till the banquet
"Wow, we have been out for a long time it is almost 4:00 we should start heading back" Nick said as looked at his watch
"Yeah we should" Sara said as she turned to walk back to the hotel when Nick put his arm around her shoulder. She put her arm around his waist and moved close into Nick.
"How do I look?" Sara said to Nick who was in the middle of getting dressed as she walked out of the bathroom in her new dress with her hair all done in ringlets. Nick look up from putting his tuxedo pants on, he didn't have a shirt on.
Nick's heart skipped a beat. Sara's dress was breath taking. "Sara, who look amazing"
"Thank you, Nick" Sara said
"Are you already to go?" Nick said putting his shirt on
"Almost, are you?" Sara said sitting on the bed watching Nick finish getting dressed
"Pretty close, would you mind putting on my tie?' Nick said handing Sara his tie
"Not at all" Sara said as she stood up and stood in front of Nick to put his tie on
"All done" Sara said after a minute or so
"Sara it looks great, and so do you" Nick said cupping Sara's face
"Thank you for asking me to come" Sara said, as they were inches apart
"Thank you for coming" Nick said right before they kissed
"Sara we better get going, we have to go meet Grissom" Nick said while he tied his shoe
"Okay, Okay, I am ready lets go" Sara said as she stepped out of the bathroom
"One sec Sara" Nick said as he went to his carry-on bag
"What are you doing?" Sara said as she walked over closer to Nick
"Since I knew you were coming with me, I wanted to get you something from me" Nick said as he turned around to face Sara with something in his hand "Once I saw it I knew you would like it" he said opening his hand letting a gold necklace with a heart charm with a diamond on it dangle down
"Nick, I love it" Sara said as she held the charm "It is so beautiful"
"Turn around, let me put it on you" Nick said to Sara
Sara turned around and Nick put the necklace on Sara. It looked so perfect with the dress.
"Nick you are wonderful" Sara said as she draped her arms around Nick's neck giving him a kiss
"I'm glad you like it" Nick said giving Sara another kiss "I'd love to stay here but we have to go meet Grissom"
"Yeah you're right we better go" Sara said taking Nick's hand
Grissom was sitting on one of the sofas in the lobby in a new looking tuxedo when Nick and Sara walked in.
"Hi Grissom" Nick said walking up to Grissom
'Hi Nick, hi Sara" Grissom said
"Hi Grissom" Sara said, "Did you find out what we had to do?"
"Yes I did, we have to go to a room and mingle with people; we have to go on stage in the middle of dinner and talk for a couple minutes about us and Catherine, Greg, and Warrick; and you two have to go to this Q and A thing tomorrow. That is all I know right now.
"Why do we have to do the Q and A thing and not you?" Nick said wondering why Grissom wasn't going
"I have to go to a supervisor seminar," Grissom said as he looked at his watch "I think we better get going, we have to go to the mingling room"
"Okay, lead us there" Nick said as he gestured to Grissom to lead them
"See you guys at dinner, there is some people I would like to see" Grissom said as he left Nick and Sara at the door
"Bye Grissom" Sara and Nick both said as Nick grabbed Sara's hand after Grissom left.
"What are we suppose to do?" Sara said looking at Nick
"Grissom said to mingle" Nick said restating what Grissom said
"With who?" Sara said with a laugh
"I say those people right there" Nick said nodding to a couple who looked a couple years older than Nick and Sara. The woman was sitting on a bench while the man stood next to her.
"Do you know who they are?" Sara said with a puzzled look
"No, just come on" Nick said pulling Sara to come with him
Sara didn't know what to say, so she decided she should sit next to the woman.
"Is anyone sitting here?" Sara asked the woman
"Oh no" the woman said
"Hi my name is Sara, this is my boyfriend Nick" Sara said looking to Nick. This should make Grissom a little bit more jealous, me, calling Nick my boyfriend. Ha. I bet he wishes he could have been my boyfriend.
"My name is Ali and that is my fiancé Austin," she said pointing over her shoulder to her fiancé who was talking to another man
"Are you here for the CSI banquet?" Nick butted in
"Yes, are you? We both work in Seattle at their CSI unit." The women said looking at Nick
"Yes me and Sara both are CSI's, we work in Las Vegas" Nick said answering the woman
"That's cool" Ali said
"So did you guys meet at work?" Sara said meaning Ali and Austin
"Yeah we did, Austin and I met when I came to fill a temporary position in Seattle. Austin says when he met me; he fell in love with me. We constantly flirted for a couple of years and then he finally got the guts to ask me out. I said yes. And now we are getting married in a couple of months. It is really hard to believe" Ali said "Did you guys meet at work?" Ali said wanting to find out about Nick and Sara
"Yeah, I know Gil Grissom and he called me and he asked me to come to Vegas and replace one of his CSI's who passed away" "The first time I met Nick, he was throwing dummies off the top of a building. It seemed like we flirted all the time, didn't it?" Sara said looking up at Nick. He shook his head agreeing with Sara. "Nick and I were always best friends, we always went out together as friends and we would go out with our friend Warrick to places but I never thought of us as more. Then the past couple of weeks things changed and then he got an invitation to come here and asked me to come. I said yes, but not right away."
"Which drove me crazy" Nick butted in
All three of them laughed.
"And things evolved from there. I always had a place in my heart for Nick even though I went through some stuff in the years; he was always there for me. Which made me like him more." "I think everyone at the lab knew you liked me" Sara said pointing to Nick. Nick laughed and agreed. "Now we are together and we are happy." Sara said giving Nick's hand a squeeze
"Hey Ali, who are your new friends?" Austin said as he entered the conversation
"This is Nick and Sara, they are from Las Vegas" Ali said.
"Nice to meet you" Austin said as he shook Nick's hand and then Sara's hand.
"You too" Nick said, then Sara
"Sorry to end your conversation but we should go to the dining hall" Austin said putting his hand on Ali's shoulder
"He's right Sara, we have to go find Grissom" "Nice meeting both of you" Nick said shaking both of their hands. Sara did the same.
"Same to you" "Hope we will see you guys again" Ali said waving to Nick and Sara as she turned to leave.
"That went well," Sara said as she stood up from the bench
"Surprisingly" Nick said grabbing Sara's hand as they walked to the dining hall