"The Underdog"

Couples: Sara/Warrick and a little bit of Grissom/Catherine

Rating: It depends on your part. But now K

Summary: Sara and Warrick discover Catherine and Grissom are together but, in trying to make them jealous, they slowly fall in love. Set after Season 5 with the team back together again.

Little note So here, the whole set up by Joyce ( the wonderful author of The Consequences of Flirting and some other Swarrick fictions ! )

Chapter 5 : Joyce

Warrick was walking down the hallway in peace, ready to pick up his DNA results. A smile on his face when he remembered the kiss he and Sara had shared. He was beginning to like this little stunt they were pulling. He was startled by Greg coming up behind him, pushing him in a corner.

"Rick, my man. Just the guy I needed to see."

Warrick raised his eyes suspiciously.
"What do you want, Sanders?"

He younger man smiled, a innocent expression on his face.
"I decided that I don't see you enough. And I just missed my buddy."

He paused, seeing the skeptical expression on Warrick's face.
"We are buddies, right?" he asked the taller man.

Warrick shrugged.
"I guess," he said.

He wanted to continue but he was interrupted by Greg who was nodding excitedly.
"Right! And that's why we need to have breakfast, just you and me. It will
be fun! So, what do you say?. You and me, after shift?"

"Eh," Warrick said. "Sure man, if you want to. Are you ok?"

Greg grinned, already walking away.
"I couldn't be more ok. See you in a couple hours."

He left Warrick standing in the corner, looking more then a little confused.

In a other part of the lab Sara was walking along absentmindedly, wondering why she still felt Warrick's lips on hers. She was surprised to see Nick appearing before her, a big smile on his face.
"Sara, just the girl I needed to see."

"What's up, Nicky?"

He walked beside her, laying a friendly arm around her shoulders.
"Nothing, I just realized I don't get to see you nearly enough. Wanna have breakfast with me after shift?"

She nodded.
"Sure, I'd like that."

He had an overly enjoyed expression on his face and she briefly wondered why
but he was already gone.
"Looking forward to it. See you, Sara."

He left her there, running into Greg on his way back to the DNA-lab.
"Mission accomplished?" he asked him.

Greg had an evil smile on his face.
"Mission accomplished," he said, slapping Nick's raised hand. The two men continued their separate ways trough the lab, both with a big grin on their face.

Meanwhile Catherine stormed into Grissom's office.
"Have you heard the rumors yet?" she asked her boyfriend.

He looked up from the bug he was studying, a horrified look on his face.
"Cath, you know I don't listen to rumors."

She barely heard him, continuing on.
"They're saying that Sara and Warrick are having an affair. Someone saw them
kissing!"

He shrugged, not really getting what the fuss was all about. Again, she didn't seem to pay attention to him.
"Just so you know, you and me are having breakfast with the gang after shift. We need to know if these rumors are true."

She stormed out of the office, leaving Grissom behind.
"Breakfast it is then," he muttered.

Once shift was over Warrick made his way to the locker room, wondering why everybody stopped talking all of a sudden every time he appeared somewhere in the lab. He ran into Sara in the locker room.
"Look, it's my lover," he said grinning.

She barely looked up, rolling her eyes.
"The charade is over for now, I gotta go. I have plans."

She left the locker room, hearing him yell after her.
"Without me? But I'm your lover!"

He watched her leave then changed his clothes and also left the locker room.
Stepping into his favorite diner a couple of minutes later. Surprised to see everyone all gathered around at a table.
"Is this a intervention?" he asked the assembled party. "Because I haven't gambled in years."

They just chuckled and he took a seat next to Sara, who seemed happy with his decision to sit next to her. He noticed the looks his co-workers were giving each other and suddenly knew what this was all about. Why everybody stopped talking once they spotted him, the weird way Greg was behaving.
Griss may not have saw them kissing but somebody sure as hell did.
"So," he said, "This is rare, everybody here at the same time."

They all avoided his eyes, talking at once.
"Me and Sara just wanted to have lunch," Nick said.

"Me and Grissom come here all the time, really."

"I just missed you, buddy!" Greg said. Nodding hard to emphasize his point.

Warrick glanced at Sara, seeing her smile and he knew that they were both on the same page.
"Isn't that a coincidence," he said. An amused sparkle in his eyes.

They just nodded and quickly looked at their menu's, all but Grissom who was seriously wondering what he was doing here. A couple of minutes of silence followed in which nobody said a word until Greg spoke up.
"Screw it!" he said. "I need to know, are you two getting all biblical with each other?"

They all looked at the lab tech in shock, with the exception of Warrick and Sara who had trouble keeping straight faces at this point.
"No Greg," Sara said. "We're not doing each other."

Warrick stepped in, wrapping his arm around her and he noticed her cuddling up against him.
"We just recently discovered these feelings we have for each other. It's all kinda new and we're not at that point yet. Right, Sidle?"

She was smiling at him, leaning up to place a short kiss on his lips.
"Right," she said.

"So," Greg asked again. "You two are an item now?"

Warrick just nodded, looking at Sara.
"I guess we are," he said. Wondering why he didn't feel like he was lying when he looked at her.

Greg raised his hands up in despair.
"Great, just great! With everybody pairing off that just leaves me and Nick."

Nick quickly spoke up.
"Don't even go there, Sanders. Not in this lifetime."

"Fine," Greg mumbled. "But you have no idea what you're missing."

Nick looked appalled, Catherine was looking at Warrick and Sara in shock and
Grissom was still wondering what the hell he was doing here.

"Ok," Warrick said, standing up and pulling Sara with him. "This interest in my personal life has been fun, but me and Sidle are gonna go now."

"Yeah," she said, sliding her arm around his waist. "We need some alone time."

They said their goodbye's and left the group behind, laughing once they got outside.
"Do you think they bought it?" Warrick asked her.

Sara nodded, grinning.
"You know, I think they did."

He impulsively leaned down and kissed her. When he pulled back she had a confused expression on her face.
"Warrick," she said. "They can't see us here."

He got into his car and she stepped in too.
"I know," he said.

She was even more confused.
"You knew?"

He just winked at her, before driving of.
"This is going to be interesting, Sidle," he said.

Looking back at the diner one last time Sara glanced at Warrick. Wondering what she had gotten herself into.

TO BE CONTINUE...next Sunday !