TITLE: Broken 1/6
AUTHOR: VanillaBug
RATING:PG-13
CATEGORY: G/S Romance
DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything!
SPOILERS: Anything up to the end of Season 5 consider it fair game
SUMMARY: Nick and Sara deal with the years past events in a unique way and Grissom gets the wrong idea.
Broken 1/6
Greg Sanders bounced through the halls of the crime lab looking for Sara. She had been pleading with him for the results he finally completed for the better part of the shift, and now for the life of him, he couldn't seem to find her. Looking frantically around the lab, Greg ran into Nick.
"Hey Grego, you look lost buddy."
"Hey, you seen Sara?" he asked.
"Um, last I saw her she was in the evidence room trying to piece together that broken window."
"I just went past there and I didn't see her," he said scratching his head.
"She probably saw you coming and ducked for cover," Nick joked.
"Funny," he replied only slightly hurt.
"Come on Don Juan," Nick said placing an arm around the lab tech's, walking with him to find Sara.
Coming to the evidence room you could hear Sara's voice ... singing. Her back was to the doorway when the guys approached it. Sara's voice rang through the room, but the shocking thing was , unlike Greg , she was actually in tune.
I wanted to be like you
I wanted everything
So I tried to be like you
And I got swept away
Sara had her headphones on, so she was in her own little world. Grissom, Nick and herself had been working on an B&E, and Sara got stuck with the lovely chore of putting a glass window back together. She thought back to when Warrick had the same tedious task a few years back, and she smiled at the memory making fun of him. She realized halfway through her current task that it was to quiet, so she went to the locker room, grabbed a CD from her locker and threw Greg's old headphones on.
I didn't know that it was so cold and
You needed someone
To show you the way
So I took your hand and we figured out that
When the time comes
I'd take you away
Greg took in the sight before him. She was hunched over the lighted evidence table, occasionally moving her body with the beat of the music only she could hear. Nick however was absolutely fascinated with the sound coming from the feisty brunette. Sara almost always kept to herself, except for the occasional drinks and breakfast with everyone. Nick had never imagined Sara had this side to her.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
Nick knew the song she was singing and knew her voice sounded perfect. Not really his taste of music, but in the past year he and Sara had become really close and it was one of her favorite CD's, besides he would let her sing Mandy Moore just her hear her voice. She could be what he was missing.
I'm sinking slowly
So hurry hold me
Your hand is all I have to keep me hanging on
Please can you tell me
So I can finally see
Where you go when you're gone
Since Nick's abduction he was living his life to the fullest, and that included taking Jason up on his offer to join the band. His friend Jason had been begging him for months before his kidnapping to sing lead in a small band he had formed. Nick had played guitar since he was ten and in college, Nick and Jason messed around with music and had their own little jam sessions.
Jason took it one step further later on and created a band cover band with some friends. Jason knew that Nick had some strong vocals for the kinda music his band normally played: Nickelback, Green Day, Puddle of Mudd and so on. Jason always asked him, whenever they got together to just try it out.
Nick kept refusing, saying he was just to busy or work was just to time consuming. But his abduction helped him realize that you don't have all the time in the world. So, he finally took his old buddy up on his offer, and found that it was now something that he couldn't be without.
Their next show was going to be Saturday night at a bar called Plush just on the outskirts of the strip. They had been rehearsing a new song but it just didn't sound right to Nick. But listening to Sara sing he was becoming convinced that she was the missing link.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
All you wanted was somebody who cares
If you need me you know I'll be there
She sounded incredible.
"Body, brains, heart, soul, and the voice of an angel. Everyday I find another reason to love that woman," Greg said never taking his eyes of Sara's dancing figure.
"You really got it for her don't ya?"
"I know I don't stand a chance, but hey, a guy can always have a dream right?"
Nick was going to ask Greg what he meant when it dawned on him. Everyone on their team knew the force that was Grissom and Sara. Everyone but Grissom and Sara that is. Nick knew Sara was a strong woman, but he knew the she could only take so much. After all she had been through, all she revealed, he knew all she needed was someone to give her the love she deserves. Maybe he could help with that as well.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
"Sara?" Nick said
She didn't hear him and kept on singing. The song was almost over so he waited until it was done to interrupt her.
If you want to
I can save you
I can take you away from here
So lonely inside
So busy out there
And all you wanted
Was somebody who cares
Please can you tell me
So I can finally see
Where you go when you're gone
Nick slowly walked into the room and tapped her on the shoulder and she jumped at the touch.
"JESUS NICK! Are you trying to kill me or what? You shouldn't sneak up on people like that," she replied catching her breath, removing her headphones.
"No one snuck up on you. We've been here for awhile," Greg replied making his way into the room.
"What ... are you serious? How long have you been here?" she asked.
"Long enough to know you have an amazing voice Sara," Nick said sincerely.
"Among other things!" Greg added.
"Oh, shut up! I do not!" she said turning back to the evidence table.
"Yes, you do Sara. You are amazing," Nick said.
"Well, thank you," she conceded taking the compliment.
"Have you ever had lessons or anything?" Nick asked intrigued.
"No ... not really. Music has always been an outlet for me. For as long as I can remember, I have thought of music as a type of therapy. The lyrics, the passions, the voices, they seem to have a life of their own. Every song I have ever heard, I can always relate it to some experience of my life. When I hear the words I float to the memories and I become more and more passionate about a song. I feel like it is me who is telling the story of the lyrics. That the song is always about my life. Weird I know."
"No, honey not weird at all. Whatever helps you deal. I never knew you felt this was about music," Nick said
"There are a lot of things that people don't know about me," she sighed.
Nick placed a finger under her chin and lifted her face to meet his.
"We are working on that," he replied with a serious tone.
Greg could see the tears building in her eyes.
"Hey now ... Hello? ... I'm still here. What am I chopped liver?" Greg asked.
"Come here Greg," Sara said opening her arms and engulfing him in a hug.
She placed a soft kiss on his cheek before she released him.
"Thank you Greg," she said turning to face Nick.
"And you ... thank you"
Nick took her hands in his, held her gaze and brought his lips to hers in a light kiss.
"Hey, what are brothers for," he asked
"What would I do without you guys?" she asked.
"I knew it! You can't live without me. I see it now … 'Dear Diary, today Sara said she couldn't live without me'" Greg replied holding his hands over his heart.
Sara took one hand out of Nicks grasp and playfully slapped Greg on the arm.
"Don't mind him ... there's one in every family!" Nick said
The three CSI's were to involved in their conversation to notice a figure watching the scene from the office down the hall.
The song is called "All You Wanted" and belongs to Michelle Branch