"Nick I'm fine honest" said Sara putting on her best smile for him despite the fact she still had a sick feeling in her stomach but she wasn't sitting at home alone.
"Ok I was just concerned," said Nick holding one hand up in defence "so were moving your stuff in after shift" he asked with his huge Texan smile
"I don't have that much stuff to move you've seen my apartment" smiled Sara as they pulled into the garage
"True we could fit most of your stuff in my cupboard hey maybe you could live in here"
"Hey" Sara hit Nick on the arm as she got out the car. "When you asked me to move in I didn't think you meant the cupboard"
"Well you know you will cramp my bachelor pad style a bit"
Sara stood her moth hanging open "oh, you never had a bachelor pad Nick, it looks more homely than mine" she said as they went inside.
"Most houses were more homely than yours"
"Grissom's isn't" defended Sara
"Your defending yourself with walls decorated with bugs, your not decorating my house" he smiled as the receptionist smiled at him followed by a lab tech walking by.
"I think people might know," whispered Nick
"Then why are you whispering, new spreads faster then Ebola round here," replied Sara
"You make a lovely couple" smiled Judy seeing them walking by
"Um thanks," replied Nick taking Sara's hand "do you think Cath put a announcement in the newsletter"
"No that's not out yet," replied Sara with a smile. "Oh" said pointed to where Grissom was stood talking heatedly to Ecklie outside his office.
"Maybe we should make a run for it" suggested Nick sarcastically.
Grissom turned to see them stood and smiled as they walked towards him "Well the whole lab hasn't fallen apart yet Conrad but if any thing happens I'll let you know""B…." Ecklie started but Grissom cut him off
"I'm pleased to see you concern about MY team through" said Grissom walking up to Nick and Sara "please keep walking I just did politics and if I stand there any longer I'm afraid I may turn into Ecklie"
Sara laughed at Grissom obvious discomfort
"Its nice to see you both happy" said Grissom smiling
"So it's not a problem," asked Nick referring to them been a couple
"Not to me, Conrad has a few issues but I'm sure he'll work through them. I enjoy having a reason to converse with our leader anyway," said Grissom in sarcastic voice getting a smile out of Sara.
"He gave you a 'for the good of the lab' speech didn't he?" she asked following him into the break room like a small child following their parent.
"I believe so there was a fly crawling up the wall next to him and I found it much more interesting" said Grissom as they got into the room.
"So it's true watching a fly crawl up the wall is more interesting at least to bugman" smiled Greg drinking his coffee. "Congratulates you two although I think Cath nearly had aneurysm covering for you she told twenty people in the space of about two minutes" he said sitting down.
"The hype was out of control," said Warrick eyeing Cath who was turning red "she half screamed it at me in the layout room at first I though she said 'knick's have caught a trout"
"Turns out it was Nick and Sara are going out" added Greg "you know encase you were confused" he added sheepishly as everyone looked at him in obviously way.
"Now that we have that over with can we get on with assignments before Conrad sticks his head round the door and tries to talk tome again" asked Grissom getting a pile of paper out.
"He's happy for you really" smiled Cath
"Catherine I have already expressed my feelings"
"Well that must have been a first" replied Cath getting a muffled laugh from everyone it the room.
"Right Nick, Warrick dumped car with a body, batteries not included," said Grissom handing them a piece of paper. "Catherine, Sara you have a homicide in Henderson, oh and do you have any idea why Ecklie keeps telling me about his dry cleaning bill?" asked Grissom as Sara took the piece of paper form him and hid her bright red face behind it.
"Maybe he wanted to swap dry cleaning stories suggested Cath suppressing a snort of laughter.
"Greg you're with me robbery at a jewellers and if you mention the word 'bling' then I will leave you here" warned Grissom before Greg could open his mouth.
"Sara where's your other half" smiled Brass lent up against his car as the two women got out there's.
"You managed to tell Brass?" asked Sara looking at Cath
"I happened to be in the police station later I couldn't not tell him"
"Good luck to you, I hear his house is a pig sty"
"Who told you tat, no wait Greg? Anyway I wouldn't insult our house" warned Sara as Cath nearly fell over her case she'd dropped.
"Our house?"
"Yes Nick asked me to move in with him yesterday" smiled Sara enjoying the look on Cath's face.
"What why didn't you tell me this earlier I knew it was serious but not that serious I mean. Wow" finished Cath stopping for air.
"Ladies when you've finished discussing living arrangements we have one house that's just come on the market" said Brass showing them inside
"I can't believe you didn't tell me your living together," mumbled Cath
"It's not even been twenty four hours" sighed Sara smiling slightly "any way it made sense I was staying at his a lot of the time anyway" said Sara
"You're rationalising" warned Cath waving a finger.
"Ok so were living together and it's a big deal, I've never lived with anyone before and I'm scared that I'll do something really stupid and mess it up" whispered Sara
"See It's fun to share "smiled Cath "and you wont mess it up short of burning his house down it think that's impossible"
"You haven't seen me cook" smiled Sara as they reached the body.
"Wow" muttered Sara looking at the blood pool on the floor
"Neighbours heard gunshots and called the police who found this," said Brass reading his notes "Lee Adams, 34" he added flipping his note book shut.
Twenty minutes late and they had cleared the room so the coroner could take the body away.
"Well front window was broken point of entry," said Cath looking around the room.
"They took the damn bullet," shouted Sara waving her arms in the air "that or it broke on impact with something but I can't find it or find anything to say where it should be" said Sara waving her arms.
"I'll be helping out front," said Brass sheepishly ignoring Sara's rant.
"Cath I can't find the damn bullet," said Sara coming outside to where Cath was staring at a drainpipe.
"Cath hello" said Sara waving her arm at her.
"Oh sorry shouldn't this be running?"
"What?" asked Sara looking at the drainpipe as well
"Well it rained in the last three hours here grounds wet yet it's dripping," she pointed to where water was slowly dripping from the drain pip
"So they need to clear their guttering," said Brass not getting the point.
"Oh I get it" Sara looked at the broken window and to where Cath had dusted prints of the top window seal.
"We'll I don't'" said Brass
"Chipped tiles" said Sara pointing up.
"Dispose of the weapon on your way out throw it on the roof were only looking inside the house for evidence" said Cath.
"Or we were" smiled Sara disappearing and retuning with a ladder form behind the house.
"So whose' turn is it to go up" asked Cath looking at Sara.
"I went in the bin on the last trash run" said Sara raising an eyebrow
"I went in the elevator shaft to collect blood splatter its your turn" smiled Cath as Sara lent the ladder against he wall.
"Next door has nice pool" commented Sara now perched at the top of the seven foot ladder
"Can you see anything?" shouted Cath as Sara ran her hand through the gunk clogging up the drainpipe.
"Lots of leaves and rubbish, oh and it smells worse than a decomp" added Sara wrinkling her nose up at the smell that was turning her stomach. "isn't it your turn to come up yet" she shouted down at he was a loud screeching of tyres and a black car sped round the corner coming completely off the road and onto the path in front of the house. Before anyone could react the car was on the front lawn heading straight for Cath and Sara. Cath threw herself sideways into a bush as there was a clatter as the car hit the ladder veering off onto the road again.
TBC ………………….