Author: Joyce

Title: The Consequences of Flirting.

Disclaimer: The characters used in this story are not mine. Go figure.

Note: This is the first chapter of my new story, which is of course W/S. The first chapter is a little short, I want to know if you guys like the premise of this story before I continue it. It takes place at the beginning of season six and Tina is in the picture but I did alter the story line a little bit for the benefit of my story and because I hate the original story line. I hope you guys enjoy it and I want to thank anyone who reviewed Better Memories, you guys took me over a hundred reviews, a first for me, and I was so happy with that! Thank you!

In the break room

It was silent in the locker room and Warrick took comfort in that silence. His shift had been rough and all he wanted to do was go home, take a shower and sleep. He also wanted to see her. She would be there, in his home, and that thought still baffled him. He had done it, took the plunge and it both scared and excited him. He was startled by a sound coming from behind him and when he turned around he found his best friend watching him, his arms crossed over his chest.

"You've been holding out on me, man," Nick reprimanded him but a hint of a smile was seen on his face.

Warrick grinned before he shrugged.

"Lab rumors got to you before I could?" he questioned and his friend just nodded, still standing there with his arms crossed, waiting for an explanation.

"It felt right, Nicky. After what happened to you..." he trailed of when he saw the expression on Nick's face. Talking about that night was not something they did often. Warrick still felt the guilt every time he saw his friend, he still saw him lying there covered in ants, he remembered the scared man he had consoled in that ambulance when they took him to the hospital and it weren't images that he would ever forget. People thought Nick was fine now but he knew, he saw what everybody else missed. On the outside his friend seemed fine but on the inside...Nick had lost his faith in people and Warrick didn't know how to fix that, wasn't sure that he could. He composed himself and forced a smirk on his face, carrying on with his story.

"Life is too short," he said while closing his locker. "And I like her, really like her. She makes me smile and she's fun. It felt right," he repeated.

Nick shook his head, hearing that the tall man was trying to convince himself.

"You've only known Tina for two months. Don't you think you're rushing this, already asking her to move in with you?"

Warrick just smiled, gave his co-worker a friendly pat on the shoulder and left the locker room.

"It will work out, bro," he told him before he left the room. "You'll see once you meet her, she's a gem."

Outside he sighed, once more reminding himself that he had done the right thing before he made his way trough the lab, seeing people looking at him as he went along. Apparently the news had traveled fast. He stopped when a grinning face appeared next to him and he steeled himself for another round of twenty questions.

"You've been the topic of discussion all day," Sara told him, not doing anything to hide the amusement that she felt.

He looked around him and saw that they were being watched by Greg and Lea, who pretended to look elsewhere while listening to their conversation. Delaying his shower and sleep somewhat longer he dragged Sara into the break room, closing the door behind him.

"Why is this lab so interested in my personal life?" he demanded to know from her once they were alone.

She shrugged.

"They just are," she said innocently, laughing a little. "I heard a lot of different versions today. Someone told me you were married, another one told me you had proposed to your girlfriend and I also heard that she had moved in with you. So, which version is the right one?"

He just held up three fingers while sitting down in a chair, running his hands trough his hair.

"The stories all had one thing in common though," Sara continued. "They all said that you broke Cath's heart."

That made him look up and she saw a flash of guilt in his eyes. Taking a seat on the table before him she sat right in front of him, real concern in her voice this time.

"Are you ok?" she asked her friend and he gave her a weak smile.

"I didn't think it would affect her this much," he admitted. "We talked about it today and she seemed...hurt. Told me that it sucked losing a fantasy."

"You're a hard fantasy to lose, Brown," Sara said and she saw the surprise on his face.

"You too?" he asked, almost afraid to hear the answer and he was relieved and a little hurt when she laughed, loud.

"No," she said, still laughing. "I managed to resist you charms but then again, you never flirt with me like you did with Cath."

He narrowed his eyes.

"I do flirt with you," he exclaimed, stopping to hear how bad that sounded and he laughed too. "Sometimes," he admitted once he stopped laughing.

Sara rolled her eyes.

"No, you don't. You've never flirted with me."

He glared at her.

"I did," he assured her. "It was subtle, I'll admit that but I did, you just never noticed because you were to busy gawking at your boss."

He felt satisfied when he saw her blush and leaned back in his chair, confident.

"But you would have noticed if I ever flirted with you for real," he said, a cocky smile on his face.

"Get real, Warrick," Sara said, laughing despite herself.

"You would," he told her again, leaning forward and he was suddenly very close, his green eyes staring into hers and suddenly the air got thicker and they were both silent, lost in each other for a while.

He was the first to jump up, confused at this sudden turn of events.

"Right," he mumbled. "I need to go home now, take a shower."

She jumped up too, looking flushed and just as confused.

"Right," she confirmed. "A shower sounds good..." She blushed bright red again when she realized what she said and he couldn't help the heated look he gave her. Something that he didn't plan to do but she looked so damn cute all red and flustered.

"I really gotta go," he said before he almost ran out of the room, leaving her behind.

"What the hell was that?" she whispered to herself, shaking her head in surprise.

Warrick decided that he needed to get out of the lab and he raced trough the lab not stopping before he was in his car.

"That was weird," he mumbled before he took off, coming home half an hour later to find his home filled with suitcases and a beaming woman in his living room.

"Hi," Tina said to him, a bright and happy smile on her face. "Welcome in our home."

She approached him, wrapping her arms around him and he rested his head on top of her head, sighing.

"Tough shift?" she asked him and he just nodded trying to get the image of a laughing Sara out of his head.

"I'm glad I'm home," he told her, trying to convince himself yet again and when she kissed him he couldn't shake the image of Sara out if his head, no matter how hard he tried. Suddenly he was very scared...

Tbc...