Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. CBS does.

Author's Note: I initially posted this over at my livejournal. Just thought I'd share it here as well. All titles are from the song "Street Map" by Athlete.


"Miniature golf?" Sara raised an eyebrow. When Nick told her that their date was going to be in the afternoon and that she should to dress casually, a couple of ideas came to her but they didn't include this. "I'm not dressed for this." Fortunately, the wind wasn't strong that day.

Nick looked over her tank top and light skirt appreciatively. "That'll do, Sara." He grinned and took her hand as they walked towards the first hole. "So remember, there's a five stroke limit on this. You go first." He handed her a club as she situated herself on the fairway.

"Hmmm…" Sara twisted the club a couple of times to get a firm grip on it. She still needed to get used to it since it's been ages since she last played golf. Sure, miniature golf is easier but she'd never done it before.

"Need help?" Nick asked.

"No, I got this…" She was concentrating real hard on swinging at the perfect angle.

"You sure?" he said, trying to convince her otherwise.

She looked up and saw him glancing at her behind. "You just wanna put your hands on me." She grinned teasingly.

"Don't you?" he grinned back.

Sara pursed her lips trying to contain her smile. "You know what, I do need help…"

Nick laughed and strolled towards her. He stood behind her and placed his hands on the sides of her hips. "So here's how it goes…" He nudged her feet with his right foot. "Stand wider… and lean a bit forward."

"Okay." She shivered a little when he slid one hand up her spine to lean her forward. He pushed her hair to one side and breathed on the side of her face.

"Ready?" he whispered close to her ear.

Sara nodded, but closed her eyes when she felt him nuzzle her neck.

"You missed."

"What…" She glanced down and indeed she had swung and sent the ball to a completely different direction.

"Sara, you need your eyes to take a shot."

She could feel him chuckling behind her. She turned her head towards him and glared. "I knew that."

"Try again."

She really should've just instructed him to step away from her, but couldn't bring herself to do it. "Do you really expect me to take a decent shot?"

"Consider it a challenge." He ran his hands along her sides.

Sara tried again. "Okay, I give up."

"Fine. I'll keep my hands to myself." He held his hands up and grinned as he stepped backwards.

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Nick held Sara's hand as he led her towards the elevators of the hotel beside the golf course. They got to the eighth hole when they decided to call it a day. Hungry stomachs don't mesh well with sports anyways. He absentmindedly tapped his foot as they waited for one of the elevators to open. He was getting a bit anxious.

"Are you okay?" Sara tugged at his hand to get his attention. She was looking down on the foot he was tapping.

"Yeah. Sorry." He smiled at her briefly and then turned towards one of the doors that opened. A lone kid was inside. Nick pressed the top floor button and then hugged Sara to him. "Finally got you in private."

She giggled. "Not really…" She motioned her head towards the young boy, who was openly staring at them.

He brought her neck closer and kissed her softly. "A technicality… darlin" He kissed her again and let it go deeper this time. Then he pulled back, feeling a little guilty for putting on a show for the kid. He glanced back to him and sighed. "I can wait… I think." He still held Sara against him as he watched the floor numbers go up. Finally, the elevator doors opened and the kid got out, which made Nick one happy devil. "So where were we?"

"Right about here…" Sara playfully licked his bottom lip. "You know, we could've just gotten room service."

Nick liked the way she was thinking and grinned. "Yeah, but I gotta show you something first. And we got to eat decently at least."

"Sometimes, being a gentleman isn't always good."

"Stop complaining, Sidle." He chuckled. Nick pulled her out of the elevator and led her to the restaurant that was located at the rooftop deck. He glanced up and smiled. The sun was about to set and he was sure Sara would appreciate the view of a setting sun over the mountains of Nevada.

"What's up here anyways…Oh." Sara looked around approvingly. "This is beautiful, Nick."

"Yeah, and they happen to have the best steak too… and an abundance of veggie dishes in case you're wondering."

"Not really. I knew you'll have that covered," she said and smiled.

He led her towards railings where he stood behind her as they both turned towards the view. They were silent for a long while, just taking it all in. Nick put his arms around her and kissed her temple, then did the one thing he should've done long ago.

"I love you, Sara."


lol yeah we're getting a bit mushy. Reviews are love:)