Sara sat bolt upright at the sound of the cockerel crowing.

Nick chuckled by her side.

"It's not funny." Sara playfully slapped his arm.

"It really is."

"Why do I like you again?"

"Because I'm charming." Nick smiled.

"No." Sara shook her head. "That's definitely not it."

"Hey." Nick started to tickle her.

Sara collapsed back against the pillows giggling until Nick kissed her.

"Okay maybe you're slightly charming."

"Thank you."

"But this isn't happening here." Sara said.

"How do you feel about haylofts?" Nick inquired.

"Well I don't have hay fever."

"I'll show you where it is later." He kissed her neck.

"Nicholas." His mother tapped on the door. "Are you awake?"

"Just about Mom."

"Breakfast will be ready in half an hour."

"Okay Mom." Nick replied.

"Your Mom gets up early." Sara said.

"She always gets up this early. She has seven kids and a full time job and she lives on ranch. The chickens have to be fed and the horses mucked out."

"You have horses?"

"I actually have a horse here too. I'll introduce you later."

"What's he or she called?"

"A she and I'll tell you later."

"We should get up." Sara said.

"Five minutes more minutes." Nick pleaded.

"Okay."

CSI

"Morning Dad." Nick said as he and Sara walked into the kitchen.

"Nicholas." His father said. "You must be Sara."

"Nice to meet you Mr Stokes."

"Call me Bill." Bill Stokes suggested. "And the two of you sit down."

"So how was your flight Dad?" Nick inquired.

"After the delay it was fine. How was your flight?"

"It made me remember why I don't like flying coach." Nick replied.

"You should upgrade to business class you get more legroom."

"It's only a couple of hours." Nick replied.

"Good morning Sara." Jillian said as she set some toast on the table.

"Good morning."

"How did you sleep?"

"Pretty good. I'm not used to it being so quiet at night."

"I had the opposite problem last time I came to Las Vegas to visit Nick, it was too loud."

"Sammy scared her half to death even though I'd warned her." Nick said.

"He's a good alarm clock." Jillian said.

"I just wasn't expecting it." Sara stated.

"You'll get used to it." Bill said. "Some days I sleep through it."

"That's comforting."

"So Sara, do you like being a CSI?"

"Yes. I like the challenge of figuring out what happened. As Grissom says the evidence doesn't lie."

"But sometimes evidence is put there to mislead you." Bill pointed out.

"A good CSI can make the distinction, there is usually something that is out of place but you just have to make sense of it, even if the outcome isn't what you expect."

"You went to Harvard didn't you?"

"Yes." Sara replied.

"Dad, this isn't an interrogation." Nick pointed out.

TBC