"I'm exhausted." Sara said as she crawled into bed.

"Well running around with the kids will do that." Nick climbed in next to her. "But you can sleep in. I want to show you some of Dallas before we have to go back to Vegas."

"I'd like that." Sara agreed yawning.

"Go to sleep." Nick told her. "And I'll take you to the Aquarium."

"The Aquarium?"

"Either that or the zoo."

"The zoo."

"It's Dallas, you have to go to the zoo or the Aquarium and if you're really good I'll take you to the Science Place."

"Science Place?" Sara questioned.

"Science museum, they have all those hands on science experiments for kids."

"You just want to play with lightning ball." Sara accused.

"But they're so cool."

"Find thirty bucks and buy one on e-bay." Sara told him.

"Seriously?"

"Just don't buy a disco ball or I'll start worrying you're spending too much time with Greg." She yawned.

"Go to sleep." He kissed her.

"Goodnight."

CSI

"Morning Mom." Nick walked into the kitchen. Bill had already left to catch his flight to Austin for the week; they had said their goodbyes before they went to bed.

"Nicholas. I thought you'd still be in bed." Jillian said as stuffed a file into her bag.

"I had enough sleep. I'm sure how long Sara is going to sleep for, running around with the kids exhausted her."

"You get used to it." Jillian stated. "I've got to leave in five minutes. The house keys and the keys to your father's truck are on the table. I should be home by 6.30 at the latest depending on how things go."

"We can fend for ourselves."

"Do you have plans for today?" Jillian inquired.

"I thought I'd take her to see some of the sights of Dallas. Maybe the aquarium or the zoo and the science museum."

"I'm sure she'll enjoy that."

"I hope so."

"Oh I almost forgot." Jillian walked over to the Welsh dresser in her kitchen and reached behind on of the plates and handed Nick the envelope she had extracted from behind it.

"What's this?"

"Your father was given them by a colleague who can't use them. Since he's going to be in Austin he thought you'd like them although I'm not quite sure how Sara will feel about it."

Nick opened he envelope inside were to tickets to that nights Cowboys game.

"Cowboys tickets." His face lit up. "I haven't been to a game for a long time."

"I know. If you don't want to go try your brother or sisters."

"I want the tickets."

"Good, I have to leave now. Hopefully I'll see you before have to leave."

"Thanks Mom. Have a good day."

"You too."

CSI

"Sara." Nick gently stroked her face.

"Mmmm." Sara mumbled. "You better have a good reason for waking me up Stokes."

"I brought you breakfast in bed."

"That'll work." Sara opened her eyes as Nick kissed her. "Morning."

"Morning."

"Your parents left?"

"Yes."

"Okay."

"Mom left us the keys to Dad's truck. So you just need to pick whether you want to go to the zoo or the aquarium. But just so you know the aquarium has penguins."

"Penguins in the middle of Texas?" Sara questioned.

"Yes."

"That I have to see."

"Aquarium it is. By the way Mom gave us these." He handed her the tickets.

"Cowboys tickets?"

"Want to come to the game with me tonight?" He inquired.

"You know how bad my knowledge of football is."

"I know, but at least you'll be able to say you went to a game which will annoy certain people back in Vegas."

"Only if you take me to the Science museum." Sara said.

"Deal."

TBC