csi fic: just another morning
SUMMARY: Breakfast and a movie-the beginnings of Sara’s friendship with Nick. Set early season one.
RATING: If you can watch the show, you can read this. (K+)
DISCLAIMER: I don’t own. CBS and whatnot do.
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“So, how about it?”
Sara shifted her weight from one foot to another as she contemplated Nick’s offer of breakfast and a movie. It was tempting, for sure. She hadn’t done anything but work and sleep since moving to Vegas a month ago. She had spent most of the month working, solidifying her reputation of a workaholic. When she wasn’t at work, she had been holed up in her one-bedroom apartment still half-filled with unpacked boxes.
But while Sara knew it would be nice to spend some time away from the lab and her apartment, she wasn’t sure she wanted to spend that time with Nick.
It wasn’t that Nick didn’t seem like a perfectly nice guy. Nick seemed to be the embodiment of a nice guy, at least on the surface. She had heard rumors in the month she had been working for the Vegas crime lab, and the gossip wasn’t exactly favorable in regards to Nick’s nice-guy status.
In passing, Sara had heard tales of Nick being easy with the ladies. He was a love-them-and-leave-them kind-of-guy according to the gossip that circulated through the lab. The women said he was a good lover but that he moved on quickly.
Sara had no intention of being added to the list of Nick’s conquests. She had self-respect and, besides that, she was interested in persuading Gil to give them a chance in the romance department. Being the next notch on Nick’s bedpost certainly wouldn’t help her self-respect or her desire to be with Gil.
“Just a friendly thing,” Nick added, widening his eyes innocently. He held up his hands, as if surrendering any intention for his offer to be interpreted in anything but as a friendly gesture to a new co-worker.
If Nick hadn’t been flirting with her for the past two weeks, Sara might have easily believed him. But Nick had been flirting with her, and Sara had flirted back, and so she couldn’t exactly just accept Nick’s words at face value.
She knew she shouldn’t have exchanged in the playful flirting with Nick but it had been fun. It had been years since she had done the whole flirting thing and it was nice to practise skills she had forgotten she possessed.
And, too, it was flattering to have a guy as attractive as Nick flirting with her. It made her vanity, which rarely reared its ugly head, flare up and she had given into the flirting Nick seemed to inspire in her whenever he was around.
“Seriously Sara, it’s just eggs and bad coffee at old Frank’s diner followed by a harmless film.”
She tilted her head and regarded Nick seriously for a moment. “No theatres are open this early.”
Nick grinned excitedly, as if she had just said yes. Sara thought about shaking her head but resisted the urge. If her question made Nick that happy then she’d let him have a little happiness.
After all, she was planning to say no to his offer. It wasn’t her fault Nick was misinterpreting her signs. Not her fault at all.
“I picked up The Sixth Sense before work last night.” Nick’s smile grew brighter. “I thought it’d be right up your alley.”
A smile tugged at her lips without her permission. Nick’s assumption was a hundred miles off base. Sara preferred action films and bad comedies over horror films, whether the horror film had gore or not. But Nick seemed so earnest that it was hard not to smile at him. He reminded her of a little boy she had seen a couple of days ago, jumping up and down because he had just been given a new action figure by his mom.
“I’ll even throw in popcorn,” Nick offered, trying to sweeten the deal.
It wasn’t her intention but Sara found herself opening her mouth and saying, “Fine, Nick, we’ll have breakfast before watching a movie.” She couldn’t help it. She just couldn’t say no to Nick, even if she had wanted to, even if she was still worried about him perceiving her as just a potential addition to his bed notches. He looked too much like a little kid whose heart she would break if she said no.
She hadn’t realized she was a sucker for guys with little-boy smiles but apparently she was.
“Great, let’s go,” he replied with a smile.
He held out his arm, gentleman-style, and she took it laughing. Nick joined in on the laughing as Nick led her across the parking lot and to his truck.
Sara thought at reminding Nick that they were just friends but the words got lost in laughter. She decided to let the whole issue slide, figuring the words had already been said earlier and so didn’t need to be repeated. It was just a cheap breakfast followed by a bad movie and the whole thing seemed so simple now that she thought about it, as Nick started the truck. All so simple and she had been over-thinking earlier.
Sara decided she really needed to stop with the over-thinking of things. She also needed to stop listening to office gossip too. But those were things she could work on gradually. She pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind and focused on enjoying getting away from her normal everyday routine.
After all, it was fun to have a friend to eat breakfast with and watch a movie with. Fun and normal and nice and so Sara had an effort to hold on to those thoughts and not let her fears and worries consume her so much.
Because she had just been over-thinking. Really. Hopefully. Maybe.
“You okay?” Nick asked as he pulled out on to the street.
Sara forced a smile on her face, telling herself to stop worrying. “I’m just fine.”
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The End
RATING: If you can watch the show, you can read this. (K+)
DISCLAIMER: I don’t own. CBS and whatnot do.
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“So, how about it?”
Sara shifted her weight from one foot to another as she contemplated Nick’s offer of breakfast and a movie. It was tempting, for sure. She hadn’t done anything but work and sleep since moving to Vegas a month ago. She had spent most of the month working, solidifying her reputation of a workaholic. When she wasn’t at work, she had been holed up in her one-bedroom apartment still half-filled with unpacked boxes.
But while Sara knew it would be nice to spend some time away from the lab and her apartment, she wasn’t sure she wanted to spend that time with Nick.
It wasn’t that Nick didn’t seem like a perfectly nice guy. Nick seemed to be the embodiment of a nice guy, at least on the surface. She had heard rumors in the month she had been working for the Vegas crime lab, and the gossip wasn’t exactly favorable in regards to Nick’s nice-guy status.
In passing, Sara had heard tales of Nick being easy with the ladies. He was a love-them-and-leave-them kind-of-guy according to the gossip that circulated through the lab. The women said he was a good lover but that he moved on quickly.
Sara had no intention of being added to the list of Nick’s conquests. She had self-respect and, besides that, she was interested in persuading Gil to give them a chance in the romance department. Being the next notch on Nick’s bedpost certainly wouldn’t help her self-respect or her desire to be with Gil.
“Just a friendly thing,” Nick added, widening his eyes innocently. He held up his hands, as if surrendering any intention for his offer to be interpreted in anything but as a friendly gesture to a new co-worker.
If Nick hadn’t been flirting with her for the past two weeks, Sara might have easily believed him. But Nick had been flirting with her, and Sara had flirted back, and so she couldn’t exactly just accept Nick’s words at face value.
She knew she shouldn’t have exchanged in the playful flirting with Nick but it had been fun. It had been years since she had done the whole flirting thing and it was nice to practise skills she had forgotten she possessed.
And, too, it was flattering to have a guy as attractive as Nick flirting with her. It made her vanity, which rarely reared its ugly head, flare up and she had given into the flirting Nick seemed to inspire in her whenever he was around.
“Seriously Sara, it’s just eggs and bad coffee at old Frank’s diner followed by a harmless film.”
She tilted her head and regarded Nick seriously for a moment. “No theatres are open this early.”
Nick grinned excitedly, as if she had just said yes. Sara thought about shaking her head but resisted the urge. If her question made Nick that happy then she’d let him have a little happiness.
After all, she was planning to say no to his offer. It wasn’t her fault Nick was misinterpreting her signs. Not her fault at all.
“I picked up The Sixth Sense before work last night.” Nick’s smile grew brighter. “I thought it’d be right up your alley.”
A smile tugged at her lips without her permission. Nick’s assumption was a hundred miles off base. Sara preferred action films and bad comedies over horror films, whether the horror film had gore or not. But Nick seemed so earnest that it was hard not to smile at him. He reminded her of a little boy she had seen a couple of days ago, jumping up and down because he had just been given a new action figure by his mom.
“I’ll even throw in popcorn,” Nick offered, trying to sweeten the deal.
It wasn’t her intention but Sara found herself opening her mouth and saying, “Fine, Nick, we’ll have breakfast before watching a movie.” She couldn’t help it. She just couldn’t say no to Nick, even if she had wanted to, even if she was still worried about him perceiving her as just a potential addition to his bed notches. He looked too much like a little kid whose heart she would break if she said no.
She hadn’t realized she was a sucker for guys with little-boy smiles but apparently she was.
“Great, let’s go,” he replied with a smile.
He held out his arm, gentleman-style, and she took it laughing. Nick joined in on the laughing as Nick led her across the parking lot and to his truck.
Sara thought at reminding Nick that they were just friends but the words got lost in laughter. She decided to let the whole issue slide, figuring the words had already been said earlier and so didn’t need to be repeated. It was just a cheap breakfast followed by a bad movie and the whole thing seemed so simple now that she thought about it, as Nick started the truck. All so simple and she had been over-thinking earlier.
Sara decided she really needed to stop with the over-thinking of things. She also needed to stop listening to office gossip too. But those were things she could work on gradually. She pushed those thoughts to the back of her mind and focused on enjoying getting away from her normal everyday routine.
After all, it was fun to have a friend to eat breakfast with and watch a movie with. Fun and normal and nice and so Sara had an effort to hold on to those thoughts and not let her fears and worries consume her so much.
Because she had just been over-thinking. Really. Hopefully. Maybe.
“You okay?” Nick asked as he pulled out on to the street.
Sara forced a smile on her face, telling herself to stop worrying. “I’m just fine.”
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The End