AN: I know it wasn't easy to read last chapter and some of the other chapters may not be easy to read either but I hope you trust me and continue to read.
This is an old story so the idea I had for this one came a long time ago so bear with me and hope you stick around till the end. Thanks for the reviews, favorite and followers. Now here is your next chapter.

Chapter 2: First meeting

As she was still standing in front of the balcony door she saw people dancing, laughing, drinking champagne or other various drinks. She felt like this was the wedding reception rather than just a party before the wedding. Her fiancé, Dr. Taylor Smith wanted to make this night special for her. In fact he always does special things for her and had always put her first, even when they first met. She looks to her left and as she watches Taylor with his older sister and parents talking her mind travels back to when they first met.

Flashback

8 months ago

The CSI issued Denali pulled up to the emergency section of the hospital and Nick gets out of the driver's side, slams the door and ran to the passenger side as Sara opened her door but before she put her feet down on the ground Nick had scooped her up in his arms.

She groaned, glared at him and said. "Nick I can walk. I told you I am fine, I don't even know why you drove me here."

He shook his head, shuts her door and headed inside the hospital as he spoke. "Your ankle could be broken. I just want to make sure you're really ok and I want you to take it easy." Sara just sighed and lets Nick take her to the first exam room that the nurse said to go to and told them a doctor will be there shortly.

He sets her down on the hospital bed, straightens up, looks down at her with an amused look.

She looks up at him and asked. "What?"

He smiles a little and replied. "What got you so distracted, anyways?"

They were at a crime scene and Sara wasn't watching were she was going and tripped over a rolled up water hose outside the house and to her the only thing that got bruised was her ego.

She looked at him for a minute then looked away, Nick chuckles and answered his own question. "It was the boss man wasn't it?"

Sara looks sharply at him, raised her eyebrow and asked. "What?"

Nick chuckles again and said. "Don't give me that. I see that 'Grissom look', you were thinking about him again weren't you?"

Sara crosses her arms over her chest and said. "I plead the fifth."

Then she looks away again, not wanting to admit that's were her mind did wander. Ever since he took her home from the police station from getting pulled over their relationship has gotten a little better and she couldn't help but think how sweet he was acting towards her.

Nick looks at her for a second then looks up as the doctor came in the doorway and he moved so he was out-of-the-way.

The nice looking doctor asks. "You must be the patient?"

Sara looks away from the wall and turned her head to look at the him, nodded with a smile but then said. "Yeah but I really don't think I need to be here.
I could have just sprang my ankle."

He smiles back at her, walks up to the stool with wheels, scoots it closer to the bed and replied. "Well we'll just see about that." He took her shoe and sock off as Sara sucked in her breath a little because it hurt. He checked out her ankle then after a few seconds he looks back up at her and said. "It's a mild Sprang, you were right." Sara looks back at Nick and smirks then looks back at the doctor as he continued. "You just need to wrap it and take it easy for a few days."

Sara nodded and then the nurse that was walking in said. "I could wrap it Dr. Smith."

Sara was just about to decline and tell them that she could just wrap it when she leaves here but was surprised when the doctor spoke his next words.
"It's ok nurse Susan, I can do it." The nurse nods with a small smile then leaves the room.

Sara and Dr. Smith look at each other and she was still a little surprised at his answer, usually when it's something as small as a wrapped ankle doctors usually let the nurses do it.

He smiles at her, gets up, takes a wrap out of one of the drawers that had supplies in it, sits back down on the stool and got to work wrapping her ankle and this gave Sara a chance to really observe at him. Clean shaven, soft face features, he looked to be a little younger than her by a few years, he had short brown hair, she also noticed he had green eyes and an athletic build.

Her observing about the doctor was interrupted when he looked back up at her and said. "All done."

She smiled and said. "Thank you, you really didn't have to."

He nods, gets up from his stool and replied. "It's ok I like taking care of my patients, just next time be more careful and have your boyfriend take better care of you." The doctor looks over at Nick and Sara saw this.

A few seconds later Nick and Sara both laugh then Sara shakes her head and said. "He's not my boyfriend, we are friends and colleagues."

That answer eased the tension in the doctor when he looked back at her and said. "oh my mistake ,sorry."

Sara waved it off and replied. "It's ok."

They stare at each other for a second then he pulls a card out of his white coat, hands it to her and said. "If you have any questions or just need to talk, here is my number."

She grabs the card from him with a nod and he speaks again."Enjoy your night and try to be more careful." Sara nods again and the doctor walks out of the room with one more smile at Sara.

When the doctor left the room Sara looks down at the card, and as Nick came back fully into the room he talked, drawing her attention back to him. "Nothing like flirting over a sprang ankle huh?"

She shook her head and as she was putting her sock over the wrapped ankle she replied. "I wasn't flirting."

Nick shook his head, grabbed Sara's shoe that was on the bed, puts Sara's arm around his shoulders, helped her up and responded. "Maybe not but he was. I think he likes you."

Sara shook her head again while limping and still having her arm around Nick's shoulders she spoke. "Why? Just because he gave me his card? Do you know how many women he could have given his card too and besides things with Grissom are…"

She trails off as Nick scoops her back up in his arms when they got to the hospital doors so he could carry her back to the vehicle so her foot doesn't get wet since it rained earlier. He opens the door, sets her in the passenger seat and said. "Things with you and Grissom are what? Are you finally a couple?"

Sara shook her head looked up at him and said. "Well no it's just..." She sighed and continued. "It's complicated." She sighs again and looks down.

Nick speaks after a few seconds. "Then I think you should try it with the doctor. I can see the way he was looking at you and the relief he felt when you told him we were just friends and colleagues."

Sara looks back at him shocked and said. "What about Me and…"

He cuts her off. "Grissom?" she nods and he continued. "Hey I am all for you two finally getting your shot in fact I wouldn't even mind setting up a party for you two but how long are you going to wait for him to finally admit there is something between you two. I just want you to be happy Sara, whether it would finally be with Grissom, this doctor or somebody else."

Sara had tears in her eyes but she wasn't going to let him see her cry so she just puts a hand on his cheek and said. "Thank you Nicky and not just about your speech."

He smiles squeezes her hand and said. "Anytime friend, now are you ready to go home?"

Sara raised an eyebrow and said. "Home?"

He shook his head, sighed and said. "I mean back to work." Sara nodded with a smile, she could at least still do paperwork. He shook his head again and shut the door.

As he was walking to the driver's side. Sara looks down at the business card the doctor gave to her, contemplating on what to do.

Nick did have a point, she could be waiting for the impossible when it came to Grissom admitting his feelings and after hearing what he told Dr. Laurie almost 6 months ago it could never happen and just because things were getting better with them the last two months doesn't mean it was going to stay that way or get even better. She sighed as Nick shut the door then as he started the vehicle she looked over at him and said. "Nick you're right I deserve to have happiness, I'll call him tomorrow."

He smiled, nodded and drove them back to the crime lab, happy that his friend will finally get a life she deserved and hoping it works out in the end.

Sara looks away from Nick again and looks back at the card in her hand, having a feeling if she made this call it could change her life.

End of flashback

From that day on things have been great in her personal life. And even though things were a little tense between her and Grissom for awhile they had gotten better then she sighed and thinks. 'Now this.'

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard Taylor talking. "Hey honey." She looks over at him and smiles. His hair had grown a little so she runs her hand through his hair to move it back from his eyes. He smiles back and notices something is wrong so he takes her hand and asked. "What is it? Are you ok?"

Sara nodded and replied. "Yeah just give me a few minutes ok? I am going to go to the ladies room." He nods, leans to her and kisses her on the cheek then she pulls back, squeezes his hand and heads to the restrooms. He watches her walk way, hoping everything is ok, he didn't see Grissom so he didn't know that she had just talked to him. He turns back to walk over to his best man and a few other friends that came to celebrate.

Over by the bar, sitting on the bar stools was Sara's friends and colleagues, well the girls were, the guys were over by the other male guests talking about sports. They had just seen Sara head to the restrooms and BreAnna, the girlfriend of Warrick Brown for the last 6 months asked. "She looked upset, should we go talk to her?"

They all had seen Grissom show up and watched her go out in the balcony with him, now they were wondering how that conversation went and considering the way Sara looked they might say it wasn't that great.

Catherine Willows, the assistant supervisor for the night shift and the best friend of Grissom, shook her head and replied. "I think we should give her a few minutes to herself."

Amanda, who was the girlfriend of Greg Sanders the last 3 months, nodded her head and replied. "Yeah I guess your right, I just hope both of them will be ok."

Catherine shook her head in agreement then saw Grissom walk out of the balcony area, he looked in her direction for a few seconds then looked away, walked out of the room and out of the building.

Catherine mentally sighed as she watched him, she knew that Sara and Grissom loved each other and had wished things could have worked out for them. Then she shook her head before her thoughts went to far down that road, she tried to be the voice of reason with Grissom about Sara years ago but he just wouldn't listen, she goes for her drink and thinks. 'I am sorry Gil but I told you.'

She mentally shook her head again then looked at the two younger women as BreAnna speaks again. "Well really I don't see how Sara could be in a bad place I mean look at the guy she is marring, although I wouldn't trade Warrick for anything."

They all have a little smile and looked at Taylor and they had to admit Sara was a very lucky woman.

Amanda smiled while shaking her head. "Yeah I would agree but I wouldn't trade Greg for anything either."

Catherine looks at them, then looks back at Taylor and said. "I see where you guys are coming from he does have the whole package working for him, he is funny, smart and really just…." She stopped what she was saying when she heard a clearing of a throat. She looked to her left and saw Nick standing there so she smiled and changed her answer. "And really just plain ugly."

The girls snickered as Nick shook his head and said with a small smile. "It's ok Catherine I get it, you're already tired of me after two months." Nick and Catherine had been dating since his ordeal of getting buried underground.

When he had first joined the CSI team she developed a crush on him but nothing could happen because she was married at the time then as the years went by they became really good friends. But when she saw him on that computer screen when he was buried she realized her feelings for him was still there they were just hiding and so while he was on his leave of absence they talked and confessed how they really felt for each other and it was one of the best days of their lives.

Catherine stands up as she watched him being dramatic, she puts her hand on his shoulder and replied. "I am not tired of you I was…"

She was cut off when he wraps arms around her waist, she gasped a little then puts her arms around his neck and he said. "You were just observing right?"

Catherine nodded with a small smile then Nick smiled back and looked away from her eyes and said. "Then I guess I could do a little observing myself."

His eyes were roaming to were the pretty girls were but Catherine shook her head and brings his face back to look at her again then said. "I don't think so. I'll stop if you stop."

He smiles one of his charming smiles and said. "Ok deal, just know where your eyes should be looking."

Catherine smiles again, puts her hand on his cheek, looks right into his eyes and said. "Right here baby."

They smile at each other and kiss, but before it got to passionate they pulled away and put their foreheads together then heard Amanda speak. "Hey Sara you ok?"

Nick and Catherine get out of their own little world and turn to Sara, who had just walked up to them.

She gives them a reassuring smile and replied. "Yeah why wouldn't I be? It's my wedding tomorrow. It should be the happiest day of my life." But inside her heart was torn and she was trying to put on a show for them. She grabbed a champagne flute and drained the glass in one shot, she sets the glass down, looks at her friends and continued. "Enjoy. I'll talk to you guys later." She puts on another reassuring smile and walked away with the gang watching her, feeling something was really off and wishing they could help her.

AN: Will there be a wedding? Find out next chapter. Also find out what happens to Grissom. Please review.