A/N- Thank you all for your reviews, I REALLY appreciate the help. I am 14 and have just started writing so I really need your input. This chapter is longer, and I have really tried to use your advice to my advantage. I realized that I need to show Sara's thoughts as well so this is how it goes: Nick, Eliza and Sara. Also I still don't have someone to beta it so all mistakes are mine. I added a little Yo!Bing also.
Disclaimer: If I owned CSI (which I DON'T) Jorja would be the richest person in the world because I would give her all the money ever just to stay on CSI even if I were flat broke (Which I am)!
(Just so you know, this chapter starts when Sara shuts the door after the date.)
Sara heart was pounding so hard she thought it might pound right through her chest. She leaned against the door just to steady herself. Sara had no idea that the grin plastered on her face matched the one on Nicks face right at that moment. Sara was in complete bliss and couldn't imagine going to sleep so she turned on the TV. Crap, Crap, and more crap. Can't they put anything decent on TV nowadays? Sara settled on a chick flick that was on Oxygen, because of her cheerful mood.
Sara woke up less happy then when she had gone to sleep the previous night. She fell asleep on her couch and now had a crook in her neck. Sara tried to stretch her neck but it wasn't doing much but making it worse.
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I can't believe Grissom is calling me into work, I just worked a triple. Sara had gotten home just in time to get ready for her date with Nick. "Hello?" Sara said in an irritated tone.
"Should I call back later?" Was what came from the very familiar voice on the other end of the line. Sara smiled.
"Sorry Eliza, I though it was going to be Grissom. What do you need" Sara had become Eliza's surrogate mother in a way after her real mother Kimberly left her and Nick.
"So, how are you?" Sara knew something was up, Eliza called her often but there was always a reason."
"I'm great, how are you?" Sara had cheered up immensely since she had discovered it was Eliza on the other end, opposed to her nice but fairly tiresome boss.
"So your great? Like really great?" Eliza had perked up at the mention of great being made by Sara.
"Yea, I guess. Why?" Eliza was practically squealing in anticipation.
"My dad's STILL asleep and I am absolutely DYING to hear how it was last night?!?!?" Sara loved that behind the black hair, ripped jeans, and various band t-shirts Eliza was still a gossip queen who loved to shop.
"Maybe you should wait for him to wake up and ask him yourself." Sara said fully knowing that nick had pulled triples for three nights in a row so that he could get the whole weekend off, something few CSI's were able to actually do.
"Oh come on, I can't wait for him. You know how impatient I am." It was quite true that was one thing Eliza had inherited from her mother no doubt about it. It was funny because Nick was one of the most patient people she had ever met, and his daughter, his flesh and blood, couldn't stand the wait of baking easy make cookies.
You're not getting anything out of me. "Goodbye!"
"Sara, PLEASE!"
"I said goodbye." Sara laughed at how persistent Eliza was.
"Okay, Okay. Goodbye Sara."
"Bye Lizzie." I am E-V-I-L.
"I HATE when you call me that!"
"I know." Sara was now trying so hard not to laugh she thought she may burst out in tears.
"Bye."
"Bye."
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"DAD WAKE UP" Eliza screeched as she jumped on Nick's bed. Hailey felt like old times, when she would get her parents up on Christmas and Easter. Except it wasn't old times, her mom was gone and her dad was dating someone else.
"I'm tired." Nick actually wasn't tired at all but he didn't want to be grilled for details about his date from his teenage daughter.
"Oh come on you have been sleeping for EIGHT hours, you never sleep for eight hours."
"All right, I'm getting up. What do you want to do?" The Stokes family would always go out whenever Nick could get a Saturday off and have fun. Of coarse it was different now that it was just Nick and Eliza but Nick had started to get every Saturday off since the divorce so Eliza could have something stable.
"Let's go to a movie!"
Oh great, I'll be going to a teenage chick flick. That's all she seems to watch nowadays. Nick kept the smile on his face anyway, he enjoyed just being with his daughter in general, and it kept their family strong. "What do you wanna see?" Oh great her slang is rubbing off on me.
"Oh there's a TON I want to see! Juno, I am Legend, P.S. I Love You, and OH SWEENY TODD! I wanna see Sweeny Todd." Nick was surprised by her choices and selection. He thought for sure she would choose a chick flick not a musical.
"Sweeny Todd, I thought you hated musicals." Elisa made a mock hurt face.
"Just because the school forced me to sit and watch the LONGEST, STUPID, HORRIBLE movie that just HAPPENS to be a musical by the name of "doesn't mean I hate musicals. PLUS this is a MURDER musical, totally different." Nick laughed at how animated his daughter was. She definitely got that from Kim. No, don't think about Kim it's done, over, she cheated on you.
"Dad, are you okay?" That brought him out of his daze.
"Yea, sorry. So Sweeny Todd, what is that rated?"
Eliza's smile faded to a half smile and she bit her lip. "R." She was begging him with her eyes, and it seemed to be working.
"But it's only for violence, DADDY PLEASE!" The puppy look seemed to get better since Kimberly left. Anything Eliza asked for she got with Kim, she always was trying to buy her out.
"All Right lets find the paper and look at times."
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In the locker room before shift the mood was considerably lighter than it had been in a while. Their last case hit close to home for Catherine and Warrick because one of Lindsay's friends was involved, and last shift it was solved. Plus the fact that Sara who is never happy-go-lucky, was.
"You look happy." Catherine noted as Sara placed her stuff in her locker rather than shoving it in the bottom like usual.
"I am." Sara couldn't stop smiling, or thinking about Nick.
"So that means it went well?" Catherine could tell that by her face it went very well.
"Yes. What about you? It was your anniversary right?" Catherine was elated.
"Yes it was." Catherine showed Sara her wedding ring, which had clearly been upgraded with various diamonds around it.
Sara gasped, "I have to say Warrick you have excellent taste in jewelry!"
"And what did you get Warrick?" Warrick gave Catherine a questioning look.
"He got cufflinks." Catherine answered quickly
"Okay." Sara said as she walked out of the locker room. That was bizarre.
Sara got to the break room, and saw Greg on the couch drinking coffee. Sara darted to the coffee maker knowing what would be waiting. She let out a delighted sigh when she got a waft of the Blue Hawaiian. Greg turned around and gave her a dirty look but said nothing. Sara got her coffee and refilled the coffee maker with the labs crap they call coffee. Then she saw Catherine and Warrick walking down the hall and quickly sat by Greg on the couch.
Warrick smelt the aroma of Blue Hawaiian and went to the coffee maker much like Sara but was disgusted when he discovered it was the labs coffee. "So you got it first?" Warrick asked Sara.
Sara just smiled looking forward. Soon Grissom came in and handed out assignments. "Warrick and Greg you have a DB out in Henderson, Sara since you finished up your case yesterday you can help Catherine with her and Nicks previous case. Fill her in will you?" He asked Catherine.
"I'll be sure to."
"Hey, what are you doing?" Sara answered.
" I'm doing your Evaluations." He answered while still walking toward the door.
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A/N- Okay that wasn't very long either but cut me some slack, I wrote it at 12:30 last night, and I usually use my weekends to catch up on sleep. Anyway next chapter will have MUCH more drama, and get into the whole Kimberly problem. PLEASE REVIEW!!! Thanks
