It took a few days for Sara to get an appointment with her doctor and then a call the following day to give her the results.
"I'm going out for a while." Sara told Nick, she needed some time alone.
"Want me to come with you?" He offered.
"No, I'm just going for a walk to get some air. I'll be back in an hour."
"Okay." Nick replied.
Sara gave him a quick kiss goodbye before she left.
When Sara wasn't back ninety minutes later Nick went to look for her. When she usually went for a walk she went to the park near their home.
Nick found her sat on a bench near the children's play area lost in thought.
"Sara." He said. Sara jumped slightly.
"I'm sorry." She apologised when she realised the time.
"It's okay." He sat down next to her. "Are you okay?"
"I was just thinking."
"About anything specific?" Nick inquired.
"Yes."
"Want to share?" Nick suggested.
"Can we walk?" Sara asked. Nick nodded.
They started to walk back towards the house.
"I went to the doctors yesterday."
"Are you sick?" Nick asked.
"No." Sara replied. "But I had a slight screw up."
"Screw up?"
"With my birth control pills."
"What about them?" Nick was a little confused.
"I've never had to say this before so I'm not sure how to put it." Sara stopped dead.
"Just say it." Nick stood directly in front of her.
"I'm pregnant." She blurted out.
"Pr…pre…pregnant." He spluttered.
"Since they take it from the date of your last period about six weeks." She clarified.
"Wow… wow… I need to sit down."
"Okay." Sara guided him to a bench and sat him down. "Are you okay?"
"I should be asking you that." Nick stated.
"I'm fine. No morning sickness or weird cravings as of yet."
"How long have you…." Nick stared.
"How long have I known? I had three positive pregnancy tests a few days ago, I saw the doctor yesterday and they called with the results of my blood test a few hours ago."
"Why didn't you say anything?" Nick questioned.
"I needed to get my head around it and I wanted to be certain before I said anything. Figure out how I felt about it."
"How do you feel about?"
"Terrified. I didn't exactly have the best childhood and this wasn't planned, I don't want to screw our kid up."
"We'll try our hardest not to, but every parent screws their kid up slightly." Nick tucked a loose hair behind her ear.
"I know." She sighed.
"So we're doing this?"
"It looks that way." Sara replied.
"Wow. You honestly don't know happy my mother is going to be when we tell her."
"Can we wait a while before we tell her or anyone else? Just in case." Sara requested.
"Sure." Nick replied.
"I know have to tell Grissom so he can watch which cases I'm put on."
"Okay." He paused. "Does anyone else know?"
"Only Doc Robbins."
"Did he guess?"
"No. I needed someone to tell me that three pregnancy tests had a very poor chance of being wrong. I already knew the answer I just needed someone else to tell me that. He won't say anything."
"I know." Nick rubbed her hand.
Sara yawned.
"Sorry. I think I need to take a nap before we go to work."
"Let's go home. We'll celebrate later."
"As long as it's with orange juice or decaf coffee." Sara told him.
"How about milk?" Nick suggested.
"We'll see."
TBC
