Disclaimer: I don't own any Characters or the show CSI. This prose is merely a way to express my creativity and practise my writing.But people, Creativity is always better than Copying.

A/N: Second C2. More chapters coming soon. What do you think so far? Love to hear from you;)

Sara walked sulkingly into the break room. There sat Greg, who was completely wrapped up in the 'Teen People' magazine, with a shirtless Usher on the front."Fine literature you got there, huh Greg?" remarked Nick as the level-3 CSI prepared a cup of cofee."Hey, Usher is so hot right now!" replied Greg, looking up. He spotted Sara, who was attempting to ignore them. "Sara, do you think Usher or Nick is hotter?" "Why don't you two just grow up!" she snapped. "Well, look who woke up on the right side of the bed today!"Nick said sarcastically. It was obvious that she was pissed off, probobly at Grissom again.

Sophia Curtis entered the smiling, as usual. "Hey, Nick!" She said enthusiastically." Are you joing us for the evening?" "Uh, ya" He replied, "I heard you guys were short-handed, so Cath let me pull a double. Besides, I have'nt worked with Greggo for a while." "Yes, we have a backload of about 150!" Sophia remarked."Gris should be here soon."

In walked the cause of Sara's anger,Gil Grissom.Her eyes flashed an extra shade of hate. "Assignments!" He said." Greg and Sara, you have a 419 in Henderson. Suspicious circs. Nick, who is joining night shift for today, will assist you. Sophia and I have a double homicide. Let's get going people!" Sara avoided eye contact with Grissom, but Nick could tell she was angry with being put aside, onto the easier case. Grissom looked as if he did'nt notice that his ex-favourite CSI looked as if she would love to put a bullet through his head.

Sara knew that he had put her aside on purpose. He wanted to be with her. Sophia Curtis. Ever since Grissom had met Sophia, he had been fastinated and smitten with her. He began to ignore Sara, always choosing to work with Sophia. To Sara, she was an evil, evil person. She had stolen the feeble relationship between Sara and Grissom. Grissom had turned Sara down when she invited him to dinner, and she had heard him tell Dr. Lurie that even though he loved a special girl he worked with, she was just not worth the risk, several months ago. She had felt hurt and unwanted, but she soon got over it, content with the thought that no one would have him. But, then when Sophia came along, He asked Sophia to dinner! And she went! That had hurt her the most. She had cried reletlessly for a few days before returning to work. Even though it was obvious, even to Sara, that he was not interested in her, she still half-hoped he would start to love her. However, after he had blown her off again that morning as she asked him to go out with her, she began to realize it would never happen.

Nick watched Sara as she processed the scene. She still appeared angry, although much less than at the beggining of shift. "Hey, Sara!" he called. She turned to him sourly. He walked towards her, and she began to busy herself again with photographing the scene. "What?" she said angrily." What happened this morning? Why are you so angry?" He interrogated her. "Nothing!" She replied. "Come on, Sara. You looked as if you wanted to strangle Gris!" He said annoyingly. "I...I...I asked him if he would like to go out to dinner after shift. He said no, and that he was not interested in me. Then Sophia came by, and the bastard asked her out. Right in front of me!" Nick immidiately went to give her a hug, as a few tears trickled out onto her cheek.

After several minutes, he released her. She fought back several more tears, and returned to her camera. "Sara, how about you and I go out?" Nick said tentavily.Sara turned to stare at him. "We could go to a really fancy resturant.A vegetarian resturant. Grissom will probobly take Sophia to some bug farm, anyway." Nick continued. Sara emmited a small giggle at the thought of eating bugs with Grissom. "Grissom doe'snt know anything. You don't deserve to be treated like this." He said. Sara thought for a minute, then replied. "Okay, Nicky. I have'nt spent time with you for ages!"

Nick returned to his work. He wondered why he had'nt asked her out before. She was beautiful, and they had flirted a lot, in the first year. Oh, Yeah. Grissom. That's why he hadn't asked her out. She had been so obviously smitten with Grissom, but he never seemed to notice. The man must be blind! Thought Nick.Sara was great! She was beautiful, and fun. How on earth could Grissom turn her down? She had been so desperate that she had to ask him out!

After leaving the scene, Nick flipped through the yellow pages, hoping to find a good resturant. He must have looked through over 100 ads, when in walked Warrick. "Hey, Nicky!" Warrick said. He glanced over the page of the big book, and looked at Nick. "Hot date, Stokes?" Warrick asked slyly." Um...Yah. I asked Sara out." Nick replied calmly. "What? Sara?" Warrick said, suprised.

"Yep" Nick said slowly. "And she said yes?" Warrick asked incrediously. "Yep" Nick said again. Warrick was amazed. As far as he knew, Sara was still set on Grissom, although the supervisor never seemed interested in her.

"So, where are you taking her?" Warrick asked after several minutes. "I'm not sure..." Nick said."Well, how about La Rosa Rouge?" Warrick suggested. "La Rosa Rouge?" Nick asked blankly. "Ya..It's out near Lake Mead, pretty fancy, not too many people. Plus, there's lots of vegetarian meals. My lady Tina loved it. A little pricy though." Explained Warrick. Nick looked won over. "Okay...So, do I just walk in?" He asked. "No, man. You gotta make a reservation." Warrick replied smartly. "Oh..." Nick said, catching on.

Sara was sitting in the break room when her phone began to ring. "Sidle" She answered. "Hey, Sara. What time do you want to meet me at?" Nick said quickly on the other end. "Uh...7 pm okay?" She asked. "Sure!" Nick replied. " We can sleep,get ready, have dinner, and have you back in time for shift!" Nick said, planning out the evening." Okay, Great!" Sara said brightly." See you later!" Then Sara began to wonder what she was going to wear. She pulled out her cell phone again and dialed Nick." Hello again!" He answered." Hey..I was just wondering.. Where are we going?" She asked tentavily. " Oh, La Rosa Rouge."He replied, hoping she liked that resturant." La Rosa Rouge?" She asked faintly. "Ya, it's a fancy resturant. Warrick suggested it." He replied. " Okay..bye Nick!" She said softly. She was beggining to feel faint. La Rosa Rouge! La Rosa Rouge...The most romantic resturant in Nevada. Sara Sidle, Takeout Junkie and Workaholic Extrodinare, was going to La Rosa Rouge. La Rosa Rouge. With a handsome man, nontheless. Wow. She was going to look forward to this date...

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M16 Dec. 23