AUTHOR: Jennifer Ransdell

Summery: G/S Sara is having a bad day

Disclaimer: I own nothing with CSI but I do love me some Grissom & Sara

Feedback: This is my first fic, so be gentle!

Sara thought to herself Oh this is just freaking great

It all started at the beginning of shift. Grissom had sent her out solo, again, and not only did she have to deal with a decomp, but it started to rain almost as soon as she took the first picture, all but washing away every bit of evidence. She could swear that the black clouds were following her. Once she got back to CSI, soaking wet, she realized that not only did she not have a spare change of clothes but Nick had used the last of her stash of lemons. Then Grissom got pissy with her when she asked to go home and change.

"Sara, I can't have my CSI's going home in the middle of shift," He said tensely.

Sara tried to keep her cool, "Grissom I didn't do this on purpose, it's not like I asked the heavens to open up and deliver a rainstorm. I wasn't out in the middle of the desert doing a rain dance. I was out there

working."

"Yeah, what good that did," he shot back.

"Maybe if someone hadn't sent me out on my own, I might have been able to collect more evidence before the floodgates opened," She shot back.

"Well if you can't handle it..."

"That's it!" Sara yelled as she slammed her hands down on the break room table. "This CSI is going home to shower and change clothes. I'll be back in 45 minutes. You can time me if you want."

Grissom saw the frustration written on her face and the helplessness in her eyes and his tone softened," Sara..."

"I know," She cut him off, "The lab need me." She said over her shoulder as she stomped out of the break room and headed to her car. Once there she proceeded to beat on her steering wheel. "I swear one of these days I'm gonna strangle him. Doesn't he know I could do it and get away with it!"

Sara got home, took a shower, and changed clothes. As she was getting ready to walk out she noticed the pile of mail sitting on her counter. She hadn't had a chance to go through it yet. She picked it up and that's when she noticed an envelope from her bank. She opened it and uttered a curse under her breath. It was notice telling her that there had been a problem with her account and she had until today to get it squared away. "Looks like I get to spend my day at the bank," she said as she locked her door and headed back to the lab.

As she was walking past the break room she saw Grissom sitting in there by himself. She took this opportunity to watch him for a moment. Ever since she had asked him out to dinner he had been ignoring her. Putting her with anybody but him. She knew she wasn't going to be able to handle that much longer without some kind of confrontation. Okay, she got it, he wasn't interested, she misinterpreted everything that had ever, or in this case never, happened. How much longer was he going to punish her? She was

trying to fall out of love with him but something made her heart keep holding on. Taking a deep breath she stuck her head around the corner, "43 minutes and 29 seconds."

He looked up but she was already gone. Grissom let out a sigh, he couldn't keep doing this to her. It wasn't her fault. He was punishing her for being the brave one. Shouldn't they be the ones that are rewarded? And what does she get for her courage? Nothing, nada, zip. He knew he was going to have to fix this before their relationship deteriorated past the point of no return. Grissom knew this but still he kept holding back. Maybe I'll pair her up with me next shift. Yeah right he thought, can't put forth any effort can you Gil.

Sara managed to avoid Grissom the whole rest of shift. She made it to the bank about 10:00 and was surprised that it wasn't that busy. Maybe my days looking up she thought. She had to stand in line for what seemed like forever and by the time she got up to a teller named Stacy her nerves were beyond frayed. She was arguing with the teller when 3 men stormed into the bank with ski masks and weapons. And that's what had brought her to her current musings.

Oh this is just freaking great

TBC