"You'd better not let me trip Nicholas Stokes." Sara warned him as helped her out the car.

"I won't." He gave her a quick reassuring kiss.

"We're not on the Strip at least." Sara guessed from how quiet it was.

"No. There is a sloped." He warned her as he led her up to the door.

Nick rang the bell.

"Nick what's going?" Sara asked.

"Just wait." The door opened. "Hi." He mouthed. "Okay there is a step up." He told her.

Nick led her inside the people were quiet so as not to spoil the surprise.

"Close your eyes." He requested.

"Nick?" Sara shook her head and closed her eyes.

Nick moved behind her and undid the blindfold.

"SURPRISE!" They all yelled.

Sara was surprised to see Jillian, three of Nick's sisters, Erin and Lara Jo and various other women she knew sat around Catherine's living room.

Sara turned her head and looked at Nick.

"Have fun. I'll see you later."

"Where are you going?" Sara inquired.

"Baby showers are girly things; I'm going to play pool with Warrick and Greg. Call me when you're done and I'll come and pick you up." He gave her a quick kiss goodbye. "Bye ladies."

"Come and sit down." Catherine guided her to a seat.

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"So how did Sara take the surprise?" Greg inquired as he broke the balls, scattering them across the table.

"She was annoyed that I woke her up, annoyed that I made her get dressed, she threatened to make me sleep on the couch, she was annoyed when I made her get in the car, even more annoyed when I made her wear her a blind fold. I think she was about ready to kill me by the time we got to Catherine's."

"So did she like the surprise?"

"I kind of split before she got that far." Nick admitted.

"So you just dumped her there and ran?" Warrick questioned.

"I said goodbye and told her to call me when they were done so I could go and pick her up. Mom and Catherine will look after her."

"Why did she marry you again?" Greg asked.

"Lost a bet." Nick took his shot and potted the ball.

"She did laugh through the whole thing." Warrick reminded Greg.

"True."

"Sara's fine, she gets to open a lot of free stuff that will save us spending hours going around a store."

"So you dumped her at a baby shower so you didn't have to spend so much time in a store?" Warrick queried.

"It was Catherine's idea to throw her a shower, she arranged it all, and all I had to do was get her there." Nick stated. "Besides showers are more in the women's arena."

"Right." Warrick said, he nudged Greg who nodded. Warrick let out a loud whistle.

"What are you doing?"

"Turn around." Greg suggested.

Nick turned around to see Grissom, Brass, Archie and several of the other guys from the lab appear with balloons, a cake and several gifts.

"What's this?" Nick asked.

"Sort of a macho baby shower." Greg replied.

"Catherine and co sorted out the practical girly shower; we thought we'd provide the typically male things a growing boy needs." Warrick added.

"It was Catherine's idea." Greg told him.

TBC