A/N: Again the title is from the song "L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole

…no I loved him. Past tense. I moved on.

I didn't want for her to get upset; I just wanted to know where the relationship stood. She took a huge step; She said she loved me. Nick thought as he leaned against the door outside of the room.

After sitting outside the door for a little bit he decided, he needed to walk around, or get some air, or a drink maybe. He thought she loved him…but maybe not. He didn't want to second-guess himself. He thought, for sure, she felt the same way about him…but maybe she was just that good.

Maybe she was just that good at playing games with me.

He loved her with all his heart and if she did love Grissom, he was just going to have to prove it to her how much he loved her.

Maybe it wasn't the best idea to walk out on her. Maybe now all my chances are lost.

"Sara I'm sorry, I shouldn't have got like that." Nick said as he got in bed next to Sara, while she was still asleep.

"It's okay. Nick, I love you" Sara said, although it was muffled because she was half asleep.

"Why don't we get some sleep now." Nick said as he laid down.

"That sounds good" Sara said as she turned her head to look at Nick.

"Goodnight Sar. I love you." Nick said as he turned onto his side so he was facing Sara's back, which seemed very far from him then it was the previous night.

"Night Nick." Sara said, and then she fell asleep.

Nick laid there watching Sara sleep. Even though it seemed at the end of the night they were okay, they really weren't. Everything that was affecting their relationship revolved around one person. Grissom. As they laid there, Nick missed the warmness of Sara, which he had the previous night. Thinking that Sara wouldn't mind Nick moved closer to Sara and then put his arm over her. After getting comfortable, Nick laid there thinking about the one person he loved and how that Grissom was affecting their relationship. Sara hadn't told him that she didn't love him, and he wanted to believe her when she said she loved him, but he wanted to talk to Grissom to see if he still had feelings for Sara. If he did there would be a serious problem. Nick remembered how Sara told him that Grissom had also asked her to come with him to the banquet, so he must of still had feelings for her. Once Nick was done thinking about everything that was on his mind he decided he was going to call Grissom and ask if he would meet him in the lobby in the morning before Sara was awake.

The next day, Nick called Grissom at told him to meet him in the lobby at 9:00, which was in 15 minutes. Nick was already dressed and he had decided to write Sara note so she didn't get worried about where he was like she had done the day before. He didn't want to tell Sara whom he was going to see or why he was going, but he needed to tell her something. He wrote his note on the hotel notepad that was sitting on the table next to phone. He wrote…

Dear Sara,

Please don't be alarmed that I'm not there.

I'll be back.

I needed to get out and do some thinking.

I'll probably be back around 11 maybe before.

I love you.

Nick

Nick left the note on his pillow hoping Sara would see it when she woke. He leaned over the bed and kissed Sara's head and then left to meet Grissom.

When Nick arrived downstairs in the lobby, he saw Grissom already sitting in a chair with a coffee in his hand and another one on the table. When Nick had called him, he was already up and told Nick that he didn't mind that he wanted to have coffee with him.

"Hi Grissom" Nick said as he sat down in the chair across from Nick

"Hi Nick, I got you a coffee already" Grissom said as he gave Nick the coffee that was sitting on the table

"What's up at the lab?" Nick said not knowing how to approach Grissom about his feelings for Sara. He felt that if he asked, that Grissom might bite his head off and not answer him and get up and leave.

"Nothing really, Catherine has it under control. I talked to her and Greg before I went to sleep last night."

"What did they have to say?"

"I told Catherine about a surprise that I had for Greg, and well I guess he knows that there is something, but he doesn't know what and now he's bugging the whole lab about what it is."

"What is it?" Nick said not knowing about himself

"Well I think I found a replacement for Greg in the DNA lab so he can work in the field. She is flying to Vegas after the banquet is over. I met her yesterday. I think she'll do a good job."

"A girl? What's her name?"

"Her name is Kate Leonard. She is 24, brunette, brown eyes." Grissom said thinking about what else he could tell Nick. Then suddenly realizing that Nick never got to talk about what was on his mind, when he called.

"Greg will love her, and I mean not only for being his replacement either."

"Sorry to get off topic, but what did you want to talk about you said you had something on your mind when you called."

Nick now got really nervous. He felt it was now or never, that he needed to know.

"Grissom, don't get mad at me, but I need to know. Do you have feelings for Sara?" Nick said as he looked at Grissom as his faced lost its once happy expression. "I'm sorry, but I need to know."

"Why do you need to know?" Grissom said emphasizing the need part. Also Grissom felt a little angry that Nick wanted to know something that personal about him.

"I was talking to her yesterday and asked her if she had feelings for you she said no. She did tell me though that you asked her to with you here and that she turned you down. That was like 5 days ago so I want to know if you still have feelings for her. I don't want anyone to ruin the relationship that I have with her. So just tell me if you do or you don't."

"I still don't see the need for you know, but for your information I don't have feelings for her. By her saying no to me made me realize that I don't love her as I thought I did." Grissom said openly. "Is that all you wanted to know?" Grissom said now looking at Nick who was processing everything that Grissom had said.

"Yes and thank you"

"You welcome"

"So what are you doing today? Nick said trying to change the subject and start a different conversation.

It was about 10:15 and Sara was just waking up. She turned over to see if Nick was still asleep. Again like the day before he wasn't there, and again she wondered where he went. Then she noticed the note Nick left her on his pillow. After she read the note she knew what he was thinking. He was thinking about Grissom. She to knew that everything about Grissom wasn't resolved last night. She just hoped Nick wasn't doing anything stupid and that he would be back soon. She decided that maybe he would come back early and that she should get dressed, so she grabbed her clothes from her suitcase and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

"Thanks for coming down here to talk to me. It's close to 11 and left Sara a note that I would be back by 11." Nick said as he stood up

"Yeah it was nice." And with that said Nick left and went to his and Sara's room.