Catherine looks up at Nick as he makes love to her. Suddenly she feels tears rolling down her cheeks. Nick stops and says "Are you okay Cath?"
She nods and then at Nick's disapproving glare she shakes her head. Nick looks at her and says "What's wrong?"
She knows that trying to get out of this conversation is useless. So she simply says "I can't loose you Nick."
Nick gives her a look that is difficult to describe. He smiles and says "We will figure something out Cath. I promise."
She smiles up at him and says "I hope your right Nick. I can't stand the thought of us not being together. I finally feel complete Nick and…"
Nick silences her with a kiss. He wipes her tears away with his thumb and looks at her and whispers something in her ear. This causes her to smile and she nods her head and says softly "I'd like that too."
"Good, because I want nothing more."
The scene goes dark as they make love once again. Neither is able to get enough of the other.
The scene opens and we see Nick and Catherine sleeping. Nick has his arms around Catherine's waist. They look totally at peace and very content. Nick is the first to wake up and he smiles when he sees Catherine sleeping beside him. He wakes her with a kiss. She smiles up at him and he says "Morning beautiful."
She gives him a look and says "There are two things wrong with that statement."
"And they are?"
"Well, first of all I know how I look when I first wake up and second is that it isn't morning."
Nick laughs and says "No matter how you look to the rest of the world, you are beautiful to me."
Catherine blushes and says "Well, we should get ready for work."
"Want to ride in together?"
Catherine gives him a look and says "I think we should play it on the low. At least for a little while."
Nick nods and says "Point taken. So I guess I will see you at work."
It was more of a statement that it was a question. Nick leaned over and kissed her softly. She smiled softly and moaned contentedly. He laughed and said "Keeping this a secret is going to be the hardest thing I have ever done."
She nodded in agreement and said "Me too. But…"
"I know, we have to do it. At least for now."
Catherine watched him walk out the door and smiled. She loved watching him come in the room and she loved watching him leave it. He looked equally good coming and going. She laughed to herself and thought about how hard it was going to be.
Scene fades to black. We see Catherine and Nick walking into headquarters. The smiles on their faces are no different than any other time. Although there is something new behind them, something that only they know. Well, Sara knows, but she has secrets of her own to keep and finally confided in Catherine. The two women had never been close, but somehow this made them closer than any of the cases they had ever worked on.
Grissom called everyone to his office. Las Vegas was busy tonight and they had the usual assorted cases. A robbery at the Luxor, a dead body found on the outskirts of town and a kidnapping at the home of a rich executive. Catherine looked at Nick and smiled as she said "It is going to be a busy night."
He smiles and says "No more so than usual."
She laughs and they head off to work the kidnapping case. Nick is driving the car and smiles as he reaches over to grab Catherine's hand. She takes his hand and smiles back at him. They arrive at the scene and Catherine lets go of his hand. Nick chuckles to himself and they walk towards the house. They are not surprised to see the police cars. Catherine knocks on the door and it is answered by one of the police officers. They walk inside and see a man sitting on the couch. His name is Tony Stewart. He looks extremely upset. They find out that it is his wife and son that is missing.
Catherine smiles and says gently "Mr. Stewart, I know this is very difficult for you, but is there anyone that you could think of that would want to hurt you or your family?"
He starts to shake his head and then stops. He says in almost a whisper "There is one person, but…."
Nick looks at him and says "Well, I hate to think that she could do this, but well my sister and my wife got into a terrible fight and well, Jill threatened her."
Catherine and Nick look at each other and Catherine says "Where do you think she could be?"
Tony looks at them and says "Well, there is only one place I could think of."
Catherine smiles gently and says "Where?"
He sighs and says "The desert. She loves the desert."
Nick and Catherine look at each other and think the same thing. This is not good. They take a few more statements and finally leave the scene. They climb back into the Denali and Catherine looks at Nick and says "I have a bad feeling about this one!"
Nick nods his head and says "Me too."
They drive for awhile and finally Nick pulls into the station. He smiles at Catherine and says "Well, we are back."
She smiles and says "Yep."
They walk inside and talk to Greg and Warrick. They finish up for the night and each head home. The days blend into one another and finally a month has passed. Catherine and Nick's relationship is going strong. One morning Catherine wakes up feeling sick to her stomach. She decides that she has the flu and calls in sick to work. She calls Nick and tells him not to come over that night. She doesn't want him to get whatever she has. He smiles and tells her that he will see her in the morning. However, in the morning she is still feeling sick. She decides that she needs to go to the doctor. Before the scene fades to black we see Catherine's shocked face. It is obvious that she has been given some rather shocking news……