"Nick...the coffee." Sara mumbled against his lips as they traded slow deep kisses. They had managed to actually go inside the Starbucks and order several cardboard carafes of coffee to take back to the lab before coming back out to the Denali and getting rather involved in kissing each other.
"Mmm, we have time..." He wasn't sure if that was true, but at the moment, he really didn't care. He knew that if they got results back from either of their cases that they'd be paged, and he also knew that if anyone wondered why they'd been gone so long that they could blame it on the barista at Starbucks who said it would take them at least half an hour to get the carafes together for them.
"We should check..." Sara would have loved nothing better than to sit there the rest of the night kissing Nick, but she also knew that she couldn't afford to lose her focus on work while they were on the clock. This was something they were going to have to talk about because she really didn't want to be making out with him in every deserted corner of the lab; well, she did, but then there were their jobs to consider. They really needed to establish some ground rules before things got out of hand. She pulled away, finding that Nick just followed on after her and after another rather mind numbing kiss, she pushed him away. "Nick, we can't..."
Nick had a dazed expression on his face; he had dreamed of dating Sara for longer than he would admit even if Warrick pressed him on it. He tried to clear his foggy mind. "Can't what?"
Sara smiled at him and cleared her throat; her voice was still a little husky as she spoke. "We can't get into the habit of doing this while we're on duty..." Her words trailed off as she realized that she this was exactly what she'd intended to happen as she'd cast a glance over her shoulder at him when they left the lab. She needed to make it clear she wasn't blaming him; that she was just as responsible. "As much as I'm enjoying this...and trust me, I am enjoying this...I just don't want us to have our professionalism called into question because we can't control ourselves on the clock."
Nick's face had a myriad of expressions and then he let out a low chuckle. "Technically, we're on a break." He smirked at her and leaned in and placed a soft chaste kiss against her lips. As he pulled away, he smiled and reached up to caress her cheek. "But you are right...we probably shouldn't get into the habit of doing this when we're working."
Sara grinned at him; glad that he understood. "I mean it's not like we don't have a date for after shift." She hoped that their second date was as fun as the first and that even though she thoroughly enjoyed kissing him that they'd get to do something as fun and goofy as carving pumpkins again.
Nick grinned back at her. "Yeah, we do." He looked at her thoughtfully for a long moment. "Interested in a little breakfast and a round of miniature golf?" As much as he would love to spend the entire date making out with he, that would surely start leading to other things and he knew for certain that was a line they needed to be careful about crossing. He didn't want to treat sleeping with Sara lightly especially because of the conversation they'd had previously. If or when they crossed that line, it would be because they'd talked about it ahead of time and were both ready for it.
"That sounds like fun...hopefully we won't end up pulling doubles." Sara knew full well that it was very possible that they would get results back just before the end of shift and it would just make sense to keep working.
"Yeah...although it would be nice to catch a break on my case." Nick smirked at her. Double shifts were something that you just had to accept in this line of work; they both knew it, but it could certainly put a huge damper on your social life.
Sara nodded in understanding; her case had been rather perplexing and she really would like to get some sort of lead from the evidence that she'd gathered if for no other reason than she'd feel like what she'd done was going to make some semblance of a difference in the grander scheme of things that night. She let out a deep sigh and then glanced over at Nick. "Hey, Nick?"
His eyes locked with hers and he couldn't help but smile at her. "Yeah?" He could tell that she had something on her mind, but even though her expression was serious, she looked at peace.
"Thank you." Sara could just about get lost in those deep brown eyes of his.
Nick chuckled softly. "What are you thanking me for?" Not that he didn't have confidence in his ability to kiss; he just didn't think that's what she was talking about.
Her lips twitched up into a tiny smile and she reached up and tucked a stray bit of her hair back behind her ear. "Thank you for calling my bluff and not running away from me when I asked you to...well...I...you were right...I do want it all." A faint blush colored her cheeks. "I just didn't think I was the kind of woman you'd be interested in...I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't know how this thing between you and I is going to end up, but I'm glad that we're taking the risk to find out."
Nick's face broke into a grin and he leaned over and kissed her cheek. "Life's too short not too, darlin'." He knew full well that the risk was well worth finding out if a relationship with Sara would have a tag line that said 'happily ever after'. He'd had plenty of time to contemplate his own mortality and after being rescued, he wasn't about to waste another day letting fear rob him of living life to its fullest.
Sara smiled softly and then gestured towards the Starbucks. "We probably should go get the coffee and get back to the lab...but I wouldn't mind another break like this during a really long shift."
Nick laughed out loud rather heartily; he completely shared her sentiments. "I think that can be arranged." They both knew that it was time to step back into the real world and so they slid out of the SUV and headed into Starbucks to pick up their coffee. Once they got back they probably wouldn't get to see each other again until the end of shift, but the break had been extremely nice and they were sure that the coffee they were bringing with them would be very welcome back at the lab, especially by one very tired Greg Sanders.