A/N: Hey, sorry I took so long getting this updated and I'm sorry the update is a little short! I've been so busy lately that the story just kind of left me but I will keep trying! Thanks to all of you who read and took the time to review - they're what made me keep writing!
"Morning!" Nick greeted Catherine when she came out of her room. She was wearing a long white cotton robe and was shielding her eyes from the bright sunlight pouring in through the windows.
"Really? I hadn't noticed!" Her voice was still hoarse from sleep. Nick smiled.
"Coffee?" He asked cheerfully.
"Please!" She sat down at the table and gratefully accepted the mug of coffee Nick gave her.
"Where did this come from anyway?" She asked, thinking more clearly as she started to wake up.
"There's a little store downstairs. I went down earlier and picked up a few things." He explained. Catherine looked at him in awe. The long flight and time change had knocked her out; she was quite impressed that Nick was capable of shopping.
"Wow! I'm still having trouble forming sentences and you've been up and gone to the store and everything." She smiled and took another gulp of coffee. Nick gave a small laugh.
"Yeah well I travelled a bit when I was younger, guess I just sort of became immune to jet lag." He shrugged. A groan behind them stole their attention.
"Morning!" Nick greeted Warrick cheerfully.
"Oh yeah, what's so good about it?" Warrick grumbled sitting down beside them.
"We're on vacation man!" Nick said enthusiastically. "And there's coffee!" He added gesturing towards the coffee pot on the table. Warrick poured himself a mug of coffee and took a big drink of it.
"Now, it's a good morning!" He smiled. "I take it we're the first ones up?" He asked looking at the other bedroom doors.
"Yup!" Nodded Nick whose eyes moved in the same direction as the other two.
"So do you guys think anything happened last night...between them?" Warrick asked motioning towards Sara and Grissom's bedroom door. Catherine eyed the door with a look of intense concentration on her face, almost as though she were trying to see through it. Nick shrugged and sighed.
"Who knows man? Those two have been dancing around each other for so long I get tired just watching them!"
"Tell me about it!" Warrick rolled his eyes. Catherine looked away from the door to Nick and Warrick. They could tell by the look in her eyes that she was in the middle of a thought chain.
"You know, it's all very convenient that two people who have been dancing around each other for years, who are clearly in love with each other, end up sharing a bedroom on this vacation of a life time." She mused. Nick and Warrick nodded along with her.
"Yeah but Cath come on, if something was going on between them we'd know! I mean we are investigators after all, we'd notice. I'm sure we would!" Nick looked back over his shoulder to the bedroom in question.
"Maybe it's fate!" Chuckled Warrick. Catherine laughed.
"Maybe." She sighed. A moan coming from the direction of Sara and Grissom's room caused all their eyes to widen and jaws to drop. Nick's brow furrowed as he looked from Cath to Warrick to the bedroom door. Catherine and Warrick shook their heads in disbelief.
"Was that...did I hear? Did you guys hear?" He began
"Oh we heard Nicky!" Catherine stood up from her seat and walked quietly towards the door.
"What are you doing?" Warrick called after her in a hushed tone.
"Investigating!" She shrugged and a devious smile crossed her face as she gestured for the boys to follow her. They hesitated for a moment before they gave in and ran after Catherine. She put her finger to her lips to quiet them. Leaning closer to the door they could hear Grissom and Sara in the room.
"That hurt!" Inside the room Grissom was groaning, sitting on the bed rubbing his injured foot.
"Quit being such a baby!" Sara sighed, sitting down on the bed beside him.
"You know you could be a little more sympathetic. Especially considering it was your fault I stubbed my toe in the first place!" He huffed and pouted at her for not paying him more attention.
"My fault?" Sara's voice was high pitched in disbelief.
"The middle of the floor is hardly an appropriate place to store a suitcase!" He raised an eyebrow at her.
"I was tired...sorry!" She gave him the puppy dog eyes and his resolve melted. He rolled his eyes and smiled at her pulling her in for a kiss.
On the other side of the door Catherine sighed.
"No they're just arguing, as usual." She looked dismayed and so did Nick, he had kind of been looking forward to the gossip.
"Uh guys." Warrick said with a mildly disturbed look on his face. Catherine and Nick looked at him questioningly. He winced slightly. "I uh...I think I found the source of the noise." He looked towards the door beside Grissom and Sara's room. The door that belonged to Brass and Sofia. Nick's eyes almost fell out of his head and Catherine's jaw hit the floor.
Inside Grissom and Sara's room a breathless Grissom broke their kiss.
"I couldn't stay mad at you." His eyes sparkled as he gave her a boyish grin. She smiled and got up from the bed, grabbed his hands and pulled him up too.
"Come on I think I can hear the guys outside." She walked over and opened the door, not expecting to see the rest of the group right outside her door. She narrowed her eyes at them in suspicion.
"What are you doing?" Grissom asked from behind Sara.
"Uh...we...uh..." Nick sputtered. Catherine and Warrick looked at each other cluelessly. Caught in the act the threesome dropped their heads and looked at the floor.
"We heard some noises coming from Brass and Sofia's room and we wanted to know what was going on." Nick tried to justify it.
"Are they ok?" Grissom asked out of concern.
"Oh yeah! They're more than ok!" Catherine smirked. Realising what she meant Grissom's eyes widened.
"Oh!" He backed away from the door slightly.
"What do you say we go get some breakfast?" Sara suggested deciding a change of subject was in order.
"Sounds good!" Everyone agreed desperate to get out of their current situation.
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Down in the hotel restaurant Sara, Grissom, Catherine, Warrick and Nick grabbed themselves a table and ordered some breakfast. Their food had just arrived when they saw two familiar faces walking towards them, Brass and Sofia both looking very happy. The group at the table exchanged looks and greeted the pair.
"Morning!" They responded sitting down at the table.
"So...how did you guys sleep?" Grissom asked with a small smirk.
"Good. Good!" Brass nodded and busied himself by putting sugar in his coffee.
"And you're room...how is your room? Comfy?" Catherine asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's...nice!" Sofia smiled her eyes flicking from face to face around the table.
"Walls are kinda thin though." Sara said without looking up from the glass she was drinking from. Jim and Sofia's eyes widened and they looked at each other. Sofia opened her mouth to say something, but closed it without saying a word. Sara lowered her glass and smirked at them. The couple blushed slightly but Sofia smirked back at Sara.
"Yeah, they are a little thing Sara." She raised her eyebrows at her. Sara's eyes widened and she looked quickly at Grissom then back to Sofia. An unspoken truce was agreed between the two women as their respective partners sat clueless. After a few moments silence at the table Nick spoke up.
"Say, was there any sign of Greggo moving when you guys left the suite?" He asked. Sofia finished ordering and answered him.
"Yeah when I noticed the rest of you guys were gone I knocked on his door, asked him if he wanted breakfast. He wasn't really in the mood for breakfast...or talking for that matter." She laughed. "I believe his exact words were 'uuugghhhhmmmmmmfff'!"
"Yeah he seems to have been hit with a pretty bad case of jet lag!" Brass chuckled.
"Seems almost karmic doesn't it?" Quipped Grissom; the rest of the table laughed.
"So what should we do today?" Catherine asked, desperate to get the vacation underway. Mummers were heard around the table as people discussed their options.
"How about the beach?" Warrick suggested, looking around the group for approval. "It's close, non-taxing and fun! Sounds like the perfect way to spend our first day on vacation."
Everyone agreed and spent the rest of their breakfast chattering excitedly about the beach.