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The bustle of the airport was serving to make Sara incredibly nervous and she was thankful that Nick seemed to be clinging as tightly to her hand as she was to his. The idea that she was going to be meeting Nick's sister in a few short minutes with his five year old niece in tow was causing waves of panic to hit and she was doing her best to fight off her nerves.

"I can't believe they're going to be here in a few minutes, I haven't seen Natalie in months and I'm not sure I'll even recognize Fiona." Nick was scanning the crowd in baggage claim for any sign of his sister. The display over the baggage claim carousel showed her flight and according to the monitors in the terminal, they should be on the ground.

Sara smiled in spite of her nerves. "I'm sure you'll recognize them." He had shown her a picture of Fiona just last night; it was a fairly recent one and Sara could tell even from that picture that the five year old had a firecracker of a personality.

"They are going to love you." Nick had to restrain his tongue as he realized that the reason he knew that they would love her was because he was falling hard for her. "I'm really glad you could come with me. Remind me to thank Grissom later."

Sara smirked. "I think you thanked him enough on the way out of the lab." The case they'd all been working on had broken wide open when the evidence began to suggest that a friend of the son had been in the car and when confronted with the fact that they knew he'd been in the car, he'd confessed to all three murders. The motive was still a bit murky, but the rest of the CSIs were in the midst of processing evidence and since the most likely suspect was in custody, Grissom had agreed to let Nick and Sara have the evening off; after Nick had explained why they needed it off in the first place.

"Well, I know that he didn't have to let us off, so I'm gonna just thank him a little bit more; especially for letting you come with me." Nick grinned at her before leaning over to plant a kiss on her cheek.

Sara didn't say anything, she just smiled back and she only hoped that her nervousness didn't show through. The last time her stomach had felt like this, she'd had a 24-hour flu bug. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a blond woman who looked far too much like Nick to not be related moving their direction with a young girl in tow. Sara forced a smile and nudged Nick in the direction of the blond that was now calling out Nick's name.

"Nicky!" A petite blond with a wide smile was expertly maneuvering herself and a curly headed brunette about half her height Nick and Sara's direction.

"Natalie! Fiona!" Nick's grin widened even further as he swept his sister up into a hug and his niece wrapped herself around his hips.

Sara stood there feeling incredibly awkward wondering just how she was going to be received. After the happy reunion between the three, she felt all eyes turning her direction and now she would swear even under oath that the 24-hour flu had nothing on what she was currently feeling.

"Nat, Fiona, this is my girlfriend Sara." Nick seemed to relish introducing Sara as his girlfriend and he slipped his arm around her waist a bit possessively to emphasize his point.

"Hi." Sara hoped that her voice didn't sound as cracked to them as it did in her own ears. "Nick's told me a lot about you." She appreciated the warm smile and the handshake from Natalie. Fiona was a bit more of a hard sell.

The curls on Fiona's head seemed to dance as she cocked her head to the side and her eyes narrowed just slightly as she gave Sara a once over. She studied her for a long moment and then a big smile broke out across her freckled face. "I like her Uncle Nicky; she's pretty."

"I think so, Fiona." Nick grinned and pulled Sara a little closer; somehow sensing that the whole situation was sending Sara into overdrive.

"Nicky has been talking non-stop about you, Sara." Natalie shot Nick a knowing look; the fact that it had been longer than any of their family could remember that Nick had told them he even had a girlfriend told her how special Sara must be to him; usually she'd just hear about a string of first dates that never seemed to go anywhere.

"Oh." Sara sounded a little surprised, but pleased all at the same time and she found herself smiling even as her nerves remained.

Nick felt a bit nervous now and he quickly changed the subject. "So Fiona, I hear you're doing ballet now."

"I'm in the 'Nutcracker'! I get to be a snowflake." Fiona grinned widely and spun around to demonstrate just why she'd been chosen to twirl around the stage.

"She had a rehearsal with the local ballet company and so she couldn't go to California with the rest of the family." Natalie explained tousling Fiona's hair.

"Someday I might get to be Clara." Fiona sounded almost reverent at the mention of the main character's name.

Nick let out a soft chuckle. "And when you get to be Clara, I'll be sure to be there opening night, darlin'." It was evident that Nick was proud of his niece.

Sara felt a rush of emotion that she did her best to squash down rather than to risk crying at the thought that Nick would make a great father; she had to remember, they were taking this one step at a time and they were only dating; there were no guarantees how far this relationship between them would go.

"And now I get to go to Disneyland!" Fiona was beyond excited.

"Well first, we're going to spend some time with Uncle Nicky and Sara and get dinner." Natalie's grinned; she was looking forward to spending some time getting to know this woman that appeared to have captured her little brother's heart. She could tell by the way the pair kept exchanging glances that this relationship between them was probably more serious than either one of them would admit to.

"Yeah!" Fiona jumped up and down. "Can we go get some fries? I love fries."

"I think we might be able to arrange that." Nick replied with an amused grin. "But first we need to get your bags." Nick found Sara's hand with his and began to follow Natalie and Fiona through the crowd to the baggage carousel.

"They seem really nice." Sara hadn't said much, her stomach was still churning with nerves, but the smile on her face was genuine.

"They are." Nick leaned over and kissed her cheek; a thought running through his mind that he hoped that the rest of his family would get the opportunity to meet her too. "And I can tell they really like you."

Inwardly, Sara felt a sense of relief and as she watched Nick help his sister grab her and Fiona's bags, she felt a small hand slip into hers. A smile tugged at her lips as she glanced over to see Fiona standing next to her with a firm grip on her hand. As the little girl looked up at her and smiled in return Sara felt her heart melt.

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay in updating this story; life has been abundantly crazy. Know that I have this story planned out so it will get posted, just slower than I would like.