"Nick! What... you..." Catherine stammers.
Nick put one and one together and gets it all. "Didn't shower my ass, Warrick!" Nick says with a smile. "You made out with Catherine just before you came into the break room, didn't you?"
"If you mean it was her lipstick, it was. And the rest is non of your business." Warrick says.
"Please Nicky, keep it quiet. We're going to tell Ecklie today, but don't let anyone else know!" Catherine almost begs.
"Your secret is save with me." Nick laughs, "I'll leave you two alone, then you can go back to where you were." And he shuts the door. They hear him walk away, laughing about what he ran into.
Catherine rests her head against Warrick's chest and sighs. "That wasn't supposed to happen."
"It's not that bad..." He says.
"Yes, it is! Cause now we really do have to tell Ecklie!" She says.
"Why, you weren't going to do that?"
"Well, I thought, we could always postpone it if we don't feel like telling it. Because I'm actually pretty scared of the consequences. Aren't you?" She says.
"Sweety, nothing can happen, really."
"But what if he split us up? What if you have to go back to Grissom's team?" She says.
"That won't happen, I promise." He kisses her on her head.
…
There wasn't a case for her all night, and because she couldn't keep Warrick off his work, she just stuck to her paperwork. After a couple of hours someone knocks on the door. Thinking it's Warrick, she smiles when she says, "Come in!"
The door opens and it isn't Warrick, but Nick, standing in the doorway. He's holding another pile of files and more paper.
"What's that?" Catherine asks.
"Old cases which are solved and closed." Nick says.
"You wanna bury me in paperwork?"
"Actually I'm kinda late. These have been lying around for quite a while now and I figured, you might need them." He explains.
"And you think now's the right time because…" She provokes him.
"Okay, I also wanted to congratulate you." He admits.
"You're so honest Nicky." She says, rolling her eyes.
He sits down. "So, tell me."
She raises both eyebrows. "Tell what?"
"You know… for how long have you been together now?"
"Almost three weeks."
"Does anyone besides me knows it?" He asks.
"Why am I discussing this with you?" She says.
"Because… I just show some interest."
"No, we haven't told anyone else. Why?" She says.
"Cause I'm dying to tell Sara." Nick says.
"You wouldn't!" Her mouth falls open. "No Nick, you said you'd keep it quiet!"
"Just kidding." He laughs. "When are you gonna tell the rest anyway?"
"I don't know. It wasn't even the plan that you would know it."
"But you're gonna tell Ecklie huh?"
She nods.
"Well, good luck with that. Tell me how it went. I'm gonna look for your boyfriend now." He teases.
"You do that." Giving him a bossy look. She goes back to work. It's just a few more hours. She notices she's a little nervous. Well, first this. Cause this paperwork needs to get done anyway.
…
Catherine opens the door and walks out of Ecklie's office. "Thanks Conrad." She says to him.
"Yeah, thanks Ecklie!" Warrick follows Catherine. After he closed the door, he turns around.
Catherine holds her hands out for him, but he doesn't take them. In stead of that, he puts one step forward and lifts her up.
"Yessss!" She yells, holding on to his shoulders. "We did it!"
He puts her down. "And you, miss Willows, you were very convincing."
She laughs. "That's because you give me inspiration."
He smiles and kisses her.
"I love you." She says.
He takes her hand and they walk down the hallway.
"So…" He says. "No shared cases anymore, but I stay at the nightshift."
"And I stay your supervisor. But… all my evaluations of you have to be seen and signed by Ecklie." She says.
"Isn't that bad, right?" He says.
"Not bad at all." She stops and they kiss again.
Now it doesn't matter if someone sees it. Although, it is in the middle of the hall. Catherine notices it and says, "Wanna celebrate it?"
…
TBC