Gone With The Wind wasn't exactly what Nick had in mind when Sara had suggested they watch a movie, but apparently his buddy didn't exactly have much selection in for a film library up at the lake house and so they had decided that it was a far better choice than any number of the musicals and children's movies in the collection. The problem was though was the movie was a good four hours long and Sara actually seemed quite interested in the storyline.
"I've always wanted to see this." She was sitting as close to Nick as possible without blatantly arousing suspicion from Archie and Emily and Warrick and Tina who for some reason had come out of the woodwork almost as soon as they'd started the movie. So for now, all six of them were engrossed in the movie while Greg and Chloe were presumably still tending to his ankle in whatever form that might take.
"Me too." Tina interjected; truth was her life was so crazy that to sit down to watch a four hour long movie just seemed like a waste of time. Up here, however, it was a welcome respite and as she snuggled into Warrick, she could tell that he was appreciative of the time to just sit there and not have to worry about getting called in.
Nick on the other hand was frustrated despite the fact that Sara was sitting right next to him; he wanted to kiss her again, but didn't think she'd appreciate an audience and so he tried to get into the movie; the fact that it was centered around a war seemed to help.
It was about three hours into the movie and Sara had gotten up to fill up the popcorn bowl and she was on the way back to the couch when she tripped over something. What she tripped over was up for debate as to whether it was Warrick's foot or something else, but what wasn't up for debate was that as she fell the bowl of popcorn went flying and she landed directly on top of Nick with his lips literally breaking her fall.
Nick had been keyed up the entire movie and at the feel of a very warm Sara tumbling onto him and the feel of her soft lips on his, even though accidental, he shifted into autopilot and kissed her. Despite the surprised audience, Sara didn't seem to mind because she kissed him back and it took a few seconds for the two of them to process that they weren't the only ones in the room.
Warrick let out an amused chuckle. "Now that's one for the record books; I don't think I've ever actually witness someone breaking a fall with their lips before." He glanced at the others and they seemed equally amused as Sara tried to extract herself from Nick and settle back into the couch as a blush colored her cheeks.
"I'm sure you two want to be alone." Archie pulled Emily with him as they got up from the love seat and started heading towards their room. "Besides, we're kind of tired anyway, right Em?"
"Speak for yourself, Archie." Emily countered with a sultry smile. "You'd better have at least a little energy left." She was definitely not shy.
"I think Tina and I are going to turn in too." Warrick glanced over at Tina with a smile. "What do you say, Mrs. Brown?" He knew that she knew that he'd thought there was something between Nick and Sara and now that it seemed there was an opportunity to act on it, he thought it was the perfect time to let them work things out.
"Sounds like a plan, Mr. Brown." Tina glanced over at Nick and Sara and arched her brows. "Have a good night, you two." And she allowed Warrick to take her hand and lead her off towards their room.
The sound of the movie was the only sound in the room as Nick and Sara glanced at each other and in the next moment, they came together in a melding of lips and tongues as the reality that they were finally alone hit. They didn't a damn about Scarlett O'Hara or Atlanta burning and they let themselves get lost in kissing each other for quite a while.
As Nick eased Sara down to lay back on the couch her mind was spinning; she'd wanted this for a while now and to feel Nick's hard body pressed against hers as his fingers seemed intent on eliciting delicious sensations wherever he touched her she found that she wanted him in the worst way. After a particularly hot sensuous kiss, Sara pushed against his chest and looked up into his deep brown eyes. Her voice was a bit breathless as she spoke. "Feel like going for a swim?"
Nick had entertained this very scenario off and on all day long and he most certainly wasn't going to pass up the opportunity. "Are you suggesting what I think you're suggesting?" He just wanted to be one hundred percent sure that they were on the same page before he jumped to conclusions.
"Well neither one of us has ever been skinny dipping before..." She arched her brow at him as she let her words trail off.
Nick let out a sort of growl as he leaned in and kissed her again, only partially processing that if they were going to go skinny dipping that he was going to have to untangle himself from her and the couch they were laying on. A few minutes later they managed to do just that and Nick followed Sara obediently out onto the deck. He was about to ask her if they should go grab a couple of towels first, but as he glanced over she was already stripping down where she stood and he quickly followed suit.
"See you in the water." Sara shed her last article of clothing and glanced over at Nick who seemed to be having a little trouble getting his pants off since he'd forgotten to take his shoes off first. Yes, she was definitely looking forward to getting a little more up close and personal with that body of his.
Nick finally got the rest of his clothes off and he raced after her down towards the dock, there was no way he was going to let a perfectly naked Sara get too far away now that he knew she wanted him too. He caught up to her just as she was diving into the water and he dove in cleanly after her.
If either of them thought that skinny dipping was going to be an erotic sensual experience, the temperature of the water was a rude awakening. At this hour of the night the water had cooled off considerably and the cold was enough of a shock that certain parts of the anatomy seemed to take it a little harder than others. And as they both came up for air Nick seemed to phrase it best. "Holy shit this water's cold."
Sara just wanted to get warm and despite the fact that she was swimming with a naked Nick, she wasn't going to risk developing hypothermia for him. "Hot tub." She swam for the dock with Nick right behind her and as she climbed out she knew that if he didn't beat her back to the deck where the hot tub was that he'd be right on her heals.
Thankfully the hot tub didn't require a lot of rocket science to get started and as the pair slipped into the water and warmth began to seep into their limbs, Nick began to appreciate the reality of the situation and he edged closer to a smiling Sara, leaning in to kiss her and feeling his senses head into overdrive at the sensation of her bare flesh pressing against his as the kiss deepened.