Hi All,
Hope you all enjoy this one, it was supposed to be a one chapter GSR moment, but my imagination got away with me
Thank you for reading
It had been a long week in Las Vegas Crime Lab, too long in fact. Sara Sidle ponder on the events of the week as she sat processing evidence at the latest crime scene. It was that time of year again, it was summer so more people were out and about which meant more people drinking, which lead to more fights and unfortunately led to more crime.
Sara was in a large house on the outer edge of Las Vegas, on first glance this seemed open and shut. The husband was dead on the floor, wife was shaking, terrified in the back of an ambulance and the ex was in the back of the police car covered in the victim's blood. But as with any case easy or not, all the evidence had to be collected. Sara sat in silence as she processed. She thought someone would have been here to help her by now. Just when she was about to call Catherine, Sara heard someone calling out to her
"Sara?"
Sara smiled a little, even at a crime scene the sound of him saying her name made her heart beat a little faster.
"Back here" she called out, and a moment later Gil Grissom appeared in the door way
"Hey" Grissom greeted her "need some help?"
Sara nodded "that would be amazing, I'm not sure how well I'm doing I'm about to enter my third double shift this week and I think I'm starting to go crazy"
Grissom smiled and kissed her on the top of the head, before taking a spot beside her on the floor.
Grissom noticed Sara staring at him, he turned toward her
"What?" He asked innocently
"Gris, we're at work," Sara replied
"And?" Grissom said "No one's around." He said winking at Sara
Sara shook her head, "If we get caught, Gris, then you know we'll be put of different shifts, plus you could be in all sorts of trouble because you're my supervisor. What if someone had walked in right now?"
Grissom shrugged, "But they didn't"
Sara just stared at him with dis-belief, obviously the overtime they were doing was starting to effect his sanity.
"Gris, no more of that at work ok?"
Grissom nodded, "Yes Dear" he answered simply
Grissom and Sara worked in silence for what felt like hours. Grissom loved how they could work like this, so many of his other colleagues liked to chat while they worked, but not Sara. It was an easy silence, one of the many things he loved about her.
Grissom heard Sara sigh loudly, he looked over to her to see her rubbing her face. He could tell she was tired, hell he was tired, and they had barely stopped in weeks.
"You ok Sara?" Grissom asked
Sara looked toward him, she looked exhausted
"Mmm, I just don't know how long I can keep going tonight, I really need a break"
Grissom looked at his watch, they had been there for hours. He looked out the window, it was well and truly daylight.
"How about we get something to eat and then get some sleep" he said to Sara
Sara nodded, she knew the crime scene wasn't going anywhere, and she knew if she didn't refresh she would definitely miss something crucial.
They packed up their belongings and made their way to the car, they walked in close proximity but did not touch.
Sara smiled and looked at Grissom.
"I don't think we've spent this much time together in weeks, it's a shame on the circumstances" She said
Grissom chuckled, he politely opened the door for Sarah, as he always did.
As they started to drive back into town Grissom noticed Sara starting to fall asleep, he gently touched her leg, which startled her.
"Sorry" He said, smiling, it was funny to him how easily she scared sometimes, considering her job
Sara sighed, her heart was beating quite fast.
"I've missed you" Sara said to Grissom as they drove, "I feel like I've hardly seen you, let alone spent any time together."
Grissom nodded, as he reached over and squeezed her hand
"I've missed you too, maybe we can get some time of soon, after this crazy period is over, and we can go away somewhere"
"That would be nice" Sara agreed
They pulled up to their favourite place to eat, which was close by to the house they now shared and away enough from the lab that gawking colleagues wouldn't catch them together. It was quite busy, Sara and Grissom were used to being here in the early hours of the morning when there wasn't the hustle and bustle of people. Grissom ordered while Sara found them a seat. She found an unoccupied booth that was tucked away in the corner.
Sara was day-dreaming when Grissom returned with coffee and sandwiches for the both of them, Grissom slid in beside Sara. Before he started eating Grissom turned toward Sara and kissed her on the cheek, Sara turned so she could kiss him on the lips. They stayed that way for a moment, just enjoying each other's presence. When they pulled apart Sara lent into Grissom who wrapped his arm around her, and that's how they stayed while they were eating. Their conversation was easy and it drifted between work and other things.
As they were about to leave they heard a sound that made both of their hearts stop. Gun shots were being fired in the café. People were screaming and ducking. A man, his face covered by a mask, started to scream as he locked the door.