Author: Joyce

Title: Better memories

Disclaimer: I do not own Warrick and Sara, sadly. Who would have guessed, huh?

Note: I want to thank anybody who took the time to read and comment on this story. I never expected such a huge response and it has been great to read all of your comments. This is the last chapter of this story, I felt it was time to finish it. Beware, I love happy endings so this could be a little to sweet for some of you. What can I say? Sue me if you don't like it : )

I am planning on starting a new W/S story simply because this couple stole my heart and I love writing about them. So look out for more coming your way soon!

And lastly, another big thank you to all of you! You guys rock!

Creating new memories

"I made a decision," Sara told him and Warrick's heart stopped for a second before he stepped aside to let her in.

"That was fast," he said to her, his voice sounding calm and collected and he briefly wondered how he was able to do that since he was anything but calm on the inside.

She hung up her coat, her back to him when she admitted;

"It wasn't that hard, I've known all along who I wanted to be with. I was just scared."

He briefly closed his eyes but when she turned around there was no sign of his inner struggle and he gave her a weak smile.

"Dinner was that good, huh?" he asked her.

Sara nodded, seeing that he was scared and she decided to have fun with him for a little while.

"Yeah," she mumbled. "They had a killer vegetarian salad."

His brows furrowed in confusion.

"Right," he managed to choke out and his confusion grew when she broke out laughing.

"A lot is going to change, Warrick," she then told him out of nowhere.

He sat down on the couch and she immediately followed to sit next to him.

"Like what?" he finally asked her, feeling like she was playing a game with him that he didn't know the rules of.

"Well, for one thing, a part of the lab is going to be devastated." There was a huge grin that accompanied her statement and he couldn't help but smile back before he asked her another question.

"Why?"

"Because you're of the market," she said to him, slowly seeing a real smile spreading on his face, one that warmed her heart.

"I am?" he asked her, knowing that he was asking a hell of a lot of questions but he needed to be sure. She just nodded, a look in her eyes that eliminated his last doubts.

Her next words were acoompanied with a wink and a sultry smile.

"I'm not sharing you with anybody so you better tell those women to back of."

He pretended to think about it, slowly nodding.

"Fine, but then you gotta do the same for me. I don't want Sanders standing here on my doorstep declaring his love for you."

She broke out laughing.

"Picture that," she said for the second time that night and she was beginning to wonder whose trademark sentence it was, his or hers.

Warrick rolled his eyes.

"The scary thing is.. Yes, I can," he admitted to her before he too started to laugh.

They were silent when she grabbed his hand and squeezed it.

"I'm sorry it took me so long to realize that it was you all along," she whispered and his hand reached up to brush some hair out of her face.

"That's ok," he reassured her. "I'm just glad you finally came to your senses."

She rolled her eyes at his cocky statement.

"This must have been hard," she then analyzed. "A womanizer like yourself, having to wait for me to finally get a clue and pick you."

"I'm not a womanizer, Sidle," he told her and he even believed his own words.

Sara laughed yet again, even more when she noticed the annoyed look on his face.

"I've seen you strutting along in that lab. You snap your fingers and they come running."

"Yes," Warrick said sarcastically while standing up from the couch, "I mean, look at you. It took me four years and you had to lose your memory but then I snapped my fingers and wham, there you were!"

She walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his waist while giving him her most innocent smile.

"But that is why you love me, Brown. I'm special."

He could only agree with her.

"That you are," he whispered before he kissed her.

"I'm also a slow learner," she told him several minutes later and Warrick gave her a look that sent shivers down her spine.

"That's ok," he mumbled while kissing her neck. "I can do slow."

Several images flashed before her eyes and she decided that she had waited long enough.

"Show me," she said, her voice a little husky.

He led her to his bedroom, never taking his eyes of hers.

"I love you," he admitted to her before he lowered her on the bed.

"Good," she whispered between kisses. "I love you too."

A couple of hours later Sara woke up to find him laying beside her, very awake and watching her.

"You're gorgeous, Sidle" he said in a low voice that made the hairs in the back of her neck stand up.

Her hand reached out and she entwined her fingers with his.

"You look pretty decent too... Sometimes," she told him with a straight face.

He gave her a glare that sent her into a fit of giggles that only intensified when he started tickling her.

"Fine," she eventually said, giving up. "You're gorgeous too."

He smiled a proud smile.

"Thank you," he beamed down at her. "That is all I needed to hear."

They were silent, just holding each other when he pulled back somewhat so he could look at her.

"Why did you pick me over the love of your life?" he wanted to know since that had been on his mind since she had told him she wanted to be with him. "He was your whole world," he continued.

She was silent for a while, searching for a sign of jealousy or insecurity in his eyes but she found nothing, just genuine curiosity.

"You said it right," she told him with little sigh. "He was my whole world."

He said nothing, silently asking her to carry on and she gave him a short kiss before she continued;

"I was sitting there tonight, in that fancy restaurant with Grissom sitting across the table from me giving me his full attention and I was thinking about all these memories we shared together when it suddenly dawned on me..."

She trailed of, not knowing how to continue so that he would understand what she was trying to say.

"What dawned on you, sweetie?" Warrick asked her gently.

She continued;

"It dawned on me that these memories weren't what I always thought they were. I used to commit every moment with Grissom to my memory, giving them a special place, putting them on a pedestal and tonight I finally realized that you had given me better memories when I wasn't even trying to commit them to my memory. They have a special place here and here," she told him, gesturing to her mind and her heart, "because these moments were already special when we created them together, not because I decided they had to be after the event."

She saw something glistening in his eyes and stopped talking.

"Are you crying?" she asked him teasingly.

"No," he said, shaking his head in a way that he hoped was manly and indifferent but then he caved in when he saw the grin that was still on her face. "Maybe a little bit," he confessed.

She gave him another kiss, pulling back a while later.

"Did you get what I was trying to say?"

"Yeah," he said, nodding and smiling. "I think I do, Sidle."

"Good," she told him, pulling him closer. "So remember that, he was a big part of my life but you gave me better memories and that is why I love you so much."

He shrugged.

"I can live with that," he said jokingly and he rolled her over so she was on her back with him pinning her down on the bed.

"You wanna make some more memories?" he asked her, waggling his eyebrows and she answered by pulling him towards her and kissing him, ready to spend a lifetime with him that was filled with better memories.

The End.