Sara was runing late for Nick's housewarming party. She had fallen asleep on the sofa watching re-runs of friends. She was supposed to be at Nicks two hours early to help set up as well. He will have had to do all the food himself. Damn she thought as she pulled onto Nicks driveway and saw that everyone was there already.

"Sorry im late i - whats wrong?" She asked seeing everyone stood in the entrance hall looking pissed off.

"All flights out of Vegas have been canceled due to a snowstorm heading this way. Whick means we are all stuck here for christmas." Brass answered

"A bloody snowstorm! In Vegas!" Catherine ranted.

"Oh" Sara said

Nick just smiled. "No worries guys, we can have our own christmas here. Shops don't shut until christmas Eve. We can go buy the food and spend the day here."

"Ohh good idea Nick." Catherine beamed.

Everyone agreed to buy something and spend the day at Nick's. Everyone was feeling happier now that they had somehting something.

"Awesome" Lindsay yelled.

Nick laughed and went over to Sara to say hello properly with a kiss.

Grissom watched, happy that Sara was happy, but sad that it wasn't hiom that was making her happy.

"Didn't we come to see your house Nick?" Grissom asked

"Yeah, feel free to walk around."

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The entrance hall had been left more or less the same, however the walls were covered with pictures of Nick and his family. Ranging from when he was a baby to his college days. There were pictures of his house and his horses as well as pic of the team at various events. Many pictures were of Nick and Sara.

After admiring all of the pictures Lindsay opened the doors to the cloakroom and walked in. On one side were all of Nick's shoes and trainers, with his coats hung on the pegs. At the back however were all of Nick's sports equipment. Footballs, basketball, baseball and bat tennis set. you name it he had it.

"I think we should have a game of basket ball later. I notice the hoop put front when i pulled in." Greg said

"Hell Yeah" Warrick agreed

"You don't stand a chance boys" Catherine added smiling.

The next room they looked at was the downstairs bathroom. The glass shelves had ornaments on them. A grey towel hung from the towel rack below the shelves. The shower had a bottle of shampoo and shower gel. A massive mirror hung above the sink and in the corner the cabinet was filled with extra toilet roll and toothpaste.

"Wow very modern" Greg commented

Next everyone went into the main body of the house the first thing they saw was the pool table.

"Nice" Warrick said admiring it.

Turning right everyone went to look at the dinning area. There was a masiive glass table with comfy looking yet modern chairs in the area behind the waist high wall. Moving past the pool table they saw that there was a black sofa pushed up against the other side of the small wall looking out onto the decking. Another sofa was placed so it was in an L shape to that sofa looking at the wall where the tv was mounted. In between the two sofas sat a black leather armchair at an angle. Another armshair was against the wall with the tv pointing back down the house towards the kitchen. In the middle of the sitting area sat a coffee table that had the remotes and some magazines on it. Below the tv some glass shelves held a dvd player and a sky boy. In the corner near the patio doors was a big stack of dvds. Moving back towards the kitchen they passed a big cd player and the pinball machine. Going 'into' the kitchen everyone took in the huge space. On the counters was a microwave, a kettle, a coffee maker a toaster and other appliances. Where the gaps used to be stood a big 6" fridge, a dishwasher and a washing machine.

"God this place is amazing and even the colous scheme is good. It adds some warmth yet stays modern. Very nice." Catherine said.

"Thanks Cath"

"Hey Mum come look outside" Lindsay yelled. Going back towards the sitting area everyone walked out onto the decking where there was another big table and chairs and a big pile of cushions for people to hang out on. Down on the grass area was a big hammock that Lindsay was currently sat on.

"How much did all this cost Nick?"

"Not much actually, The place i got it all from was closing down so i got 50 or 75 off on everything.

"Not bad" Grissom said

"You haven't seen upstairs yet guys"

Quickly everyone went up the stairs starting on the right. The first room they went into was the red one. the back wall was a bright red while the other three were laft white. There was a queensize wooden bed in the centre of the red wall with red silk sheets. On the same wall that the door was on stood some drawers and the built in wardrobe. Two bedstands held a light next to the ced and the bathroom had a large mirror above the sink. While the bathroom was small it was still nice. Like all the other upstairs bathrooms the tile was red. A red towel hung on the towel rack. Moving on to the second room they saw that it was furnished exactly the same but the room was an olive green and the bedsheets were white with a green leaft pattern. The third room on the right was the white bedroom. The bedsheets were a simple white and a picture of a red sunset was hung on the back wall behind the bed.

The next room was the study. There was a brown leather sofa on the left wall near the door to the bathroom and the desk with the pc was on the right wall. The walls had shelves and shelves of cd's and a big picture of five pebbles in a row on white canvas. The bathroom in this room hadn't been touched. Yet it was still ready to be used.

Walking into the master bedroom everyoine gasped. The Kingsize bed was against the dark wall with dark brown sheets. The doors to the balcony were open a large tv was on the wall and a large set of drawers were against the left wall. The bathroom was by far the biggest and held personal effects such as Nick's toothbrush and hair gel.

The last room they went in was the gym. It was complete with a treadmill and many other machines. The walls all had pictures of some famous basket ball game or another sport. There was even a large picture of Nick surfing when he was 20.

"Jesus i want to move in" Greg said when they had finsihed looking around

Nick just laughed

"Are any of you hungry coz i am and i got loads o food downstairs."

"Everyone replied that they were and walked down to the kitchen where Nick, Cath and Sara got all the food out while everyone else sat down. After eating and watching the end of a movie they decided to play basketball. While everyone moved there cars to clear the driveway for the game. Some into the big garage and some onto the grass Nick went and got his basket ball.

"Okay so what are the teams" Nick asked

"Sara, Lindsay, Warrick and myself V Brass, Greg, Grissom and you Nick."

"Okay prepare to lose Warrick" Greg laughed

"Why would i lose Greg? I'm with the best.. You have obviously never seen these lot play before." Warrick laughed at the look on Gregs face and started the game.

An hour later the score was tied.

"Okay i say the next team to score wins coz my back is killing me" Brass said

Sara managed to get the ball from greg by bending over so he could see down her top. As soon as he stopped to check her out she grabbed the ball and threw it to Cath laughing at him. Nick quickly tried to get the ball off of Cath but she was to quick. SHe threw it to warrick who threw it to lindsay. Warrick quickly ran up behind lindsay, picking her up so she could place the ball in the net.

"She shoots, she scores." Catherine shouted jumping around and laughing at the guys.

After a few drinks everyone left leaving Nick and Sara to watch some tv.

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Yea i know bad ending but this chapter was annoying me so i ended it quickly. Don't forget to review.