­­­­­­Disclaimer: CSI does not belong to me. If it did, Eddie would never have existed.

­Grissom: Sad, isn't it doc? Guys like us, couple of middle aged men who have allowed their work to consume their lives. The only time we ever touch other people is when we are wearing our latex gloves. We wake up one day and realize that for fifty years we haven't really lived at all. But then all of a sudden we get a second chance. Somebody young and beautiful shows up, somebody we could care about. She offers us a new life with her. But we have a big decision to make, right? Because we have to risk everything we've worked for in order to have her. I couldn't do it, but you did. You risked it all. And she showed you a wonderful life, didn't she? But then she took it away and gave it to somebody else, and you were lost. So you took her life, you killed them both and now you have nothing.

Dr. Vincent Lurie: I'm still here.

Grissom: Are you?

Sara turned away from the window with a sigh, knowing that Gil would soon be out. She wasn't watching where she was going so it was only natural that she almost walked into Catherine.

"Sara," Catherine sighed. Sara glared at her.

"Catherine," she began angrily.

"I heard the whole thing," Catherine interrupted. "And I know all about it." Sara's anger disappeared instantly.

"How would you know about it?" she whispered. Catherine smiled sympathetically.

"I've known Grissom for 17 years," Catherine said. "He told me himself." Sara looked away, unwilling to let Catherine see how much her words had affected her but looked back when Catherine gently rested her hand on Sara's shoulder and said,

"Our shifts over. How about we go and grab a coffee at the 24 hour place downtown and talk?" Sara looked up at her.

"I'm not sure……," she began.

"Trust me," Catherine interrupted firmly. "You want to hear what I'm going to say." Sara stared at her.

"Then I'll just grab my stuff from my locker," Sara said.

Twenty minutes later Sara and Catherine were sitting in the 24 hour diner and Sara was staring into her coffee.

"How about you just talk to me?" Catherine said. Sara looked up at her.

"I love him so much," she began softly. "Its just I never think he notices. Its like I'm invisible and I hate feeling like that. Like I don't exist." She was crying now and barely noticed when Catherine placed took her hand and squeezed it.

"Listen Sara," Catherine said. "I know it doesn't fell like it but Grissom does love you. Trust me." Sara looked up at her and Catherine knew she had her attention.

"Gil Grissom has always had trouble expressing his feelings," Catherine continued. "But even he knows that he needs to get a move on."

"But what if he doesn't?" Sara asked. "Should I just move on? Find someone else?"

"No Sara," Catherine said. "That would just hurt both of you, and there would be no point in it."

"So what do I do?" Sara asked, mildly shocked that she was actually asking the older CSI for advice.

"Just keep doing what you are now," Catherine advised. "And I'll always be around if you need to talk." Sara smiled tentatively at her.

"Thanks Catherine," she said. "I really appreciate this." Catherine smiled back at her.

"No problem Sara," she said. They stayed there and talked about Gil, work and anything else while they finished their coffees then they left for their separate homes.

Back at her apartment Sara collapsed on her bed.

"I can't believe I confided in Catherine," she muttered to herself but smiled when she remembered how nice Catherine had been. Sara sighed to herself but got up, changed and then crawled into her bed thinking of Gil as she always did at this time. Gil had always been kind to her, but he never seemed to see that she wanted more than just friendship. She wanted him, him and his love. Sara smiled. She could still remember their first words after she had arrived in Vegas.

"I don't even have to turn around. Sara Sidle," Gil said.

"That's me," Sara said. It was funny but when she was first here she would have sworn that Catherine and Gil were in love but time had revealed to her that they were just really good friends. She rolled over and quickly fell asleep.

A/N: Please read and review. They really encourage me to keep writing.