This will be a 2 chapter ff or maybe a 3 chapter
Grissom walked through the park with Bruno, it was 7am and no one else was about,
Bruno was running from Grissom to the stick he was throwing for the dog and back to Grissom,
As Grissom threw the stick for the third time his cell phone rang,
It was an anonymous number , "Grissom", he said as Bruno came bouncing back to him with the stick,
At first he thought there was no one on the other end of the phone, but he could hear something in the back ground,
When Grissom took the stick from Bruno he said, "Good boy", Bruno then barked telling Grissom to throw it again.
"Hello", he said into the phone, but no reply so he closed the phone over and put it into his trouser pocket then he throw the stick for Bruno to fetch again.
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Miles away Sara sat looking at the phone she had just hung up,
She had tears in her eyes as she sat up in bed, waking up from another nightmare as she did every night,
Two days before she had sat with the phone in her hand, thinking of what to say to Grissom when he answered,
But she never got to dial the number,
This time she dialled the number but when she heard his voice she froze and hung up,
Sara turned and put the volume up on the radio by her bed,
Listening to music was better than the silence in the room.
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Grissom opened the door and they both walked into the empty house,
Bruno was getting used to his early morning walks in the park when Grissom wasn't working,
Grissom wasn't sleeping when he wasn't working, not that he was off much, but Catherine and Brass told him to go home many times after Sara had left,
His two friends were worried about him, all he did was work, well he did that before but he would sleep in his office instead of going home, with Catherine or Brass taking turns each taking Bruno out and feeding him.
Then one day Catherine opened Grissom's office door to find him crying, with his head on the desk, he looked terrible and Catherine had had enough of watching her friend falling apart,
Catherine called Brass and they took Grissom home and told him he was to sleep in his bed and they would come back later to cook him a meal.
Catherine true to her word, came back later with Brass and cooked them a meal, and they all sat down, not a lot was said during the meal, and when Brass took Bruno for a walk, or should that be Bruno took Brass for a walk as Catherine had said watching them walk towards the park,
Grissom sat on the sofa and smirked as Catherine said that about Brass, Catherine turned her head round and smiled, that was the first time in a month she had seen a smile, well not a full smile but it was a start, she thought.
Catherine cleaned the plates up when brass was out and had told Grissom he was to dry, well I do this in my own house myself so you should at least help me, she had said looking at Grissom on the sofa.
They both stood in the kitchen, Catherine washing the dishes and Grissom drying when a plate slipped from his hand and smashed on the floor, Grissom let the towel fall to the floor and started to cry,
Catherine took his hand and led him to the sofa sitting beside him on the sofa telling him that she wished she could do something to find Sara, but Grissom looked at her and told her no she will come home in her own time.
When Brass came back with Bruno Catherine was on the sofa by herself, "Shower", Catherine said as Jim looked around,
Jim slept on the sofa that night as Catherine had to get back for Lindsay.
After four months Grissom was back at work, he would come in and get on with his work, he would stay late but Catherine always made sure he went home and didn't sleep in his office.
Sara was never mentioned, well not in front of Grissom.
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Sara had arrived at her new place for just now,
When she left the lab that night all she thought about was that kiss,
She could still taste him as she sat in the cab to the airport,
Sitting at the airport she waited for her flight watching everyone as they went about there business in the airport,
She smiled as she watched a couple kissing goodbye and thought maybe she should have told Grissom she was leaving and he was with her at the airport, but she knew if she had told him about her leaving that he would have tried to get her to stay and she didn't want to see the hurt in his eyes as she told him she was going and that was the end of it, not the end of them she hoped, she still loved him she always would love him, and she prayed he would wait till she came back home and they could get on with there lives,
But right now she had to get away from work from the nightmares she was having and to sort herself out.
Sara heard her flight being called and as she walked to the gate her cell phone rang, she didn't look at the phone she let it ring out then switched it off.
She knew it would be Grissom, but she couldn't talk to him or she would have not got that flight.
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Grissom opened the back door and threw the stick out into the back yard for Bruno,
He went into the fridge and took a bottle of water from the top shelf, as he closed the fridge door his cell phone rang again,
Taking the phone from his pocket and looking at it, noticing it must be the same person as before, he placed it on the table and let it ring until it stopped,
Taking a drink of water and putting the bottle down on the table he looked at the phone as it bleeped,
Picking the phone up and listening to the voicemail his face lit up and he smiled as he heard her voice,
Gil it's me it's Sara, I….I don't know how to say this, I… Gil I want to come home if you will still have me, my flight gets in at 3pm I will understand if you are not there. I will text you the flight details.
Grissom closed the phone over and put the phone back down on the table, Sara is coming home, he thought as the smile got bigger on his face.
"Bruno", Grissom shouted,
Bruno came running to Grissom, "We need to get you and this place cleaned up boy, mummy is coming home" he said, Bruno licked his face and Grissom laughed, the first time he had laughed since that day Sara kissed him,
Grissom got Bruno cleaned up and cleaned all the things lying around away, he looked round the house and smiled then went for a shower,
Grissom stood in front of the mirror after his shower, he touched his lips with his hand, closing his eyes and thinking of that last kiss, he opened his eyes and sighed, he didn't want to think of anything else apart from continuing that kiss and being with Sara.
Grissom looked around the house it was the cleanest it had been since Sara had left, then he looked at his cell phone it was a text with flight details.
Bruno sat looking at Grissom all cleaned up,
"Come here boy, I won't be long and I will be home with Sara soon", he said as he hugged Bruno,
Grissom left his house leaving Bruno sitting wagging his tail.
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Sara closed the phone over and sat back in the chair, what if he doesn't come, she thought as she looked at the phone in her hand.
Sara went and had a shower, when she came out she stood in front of the mirror, looking at her lips she thought back to the last kiss she had with Grissom, not caring who saw them she just wanted to kiss him and go, and now all she wanted to do was kiss him again and tell him she is sorry.
Sara got her things together and closed the door of the flat she had rented out in her time in San Francisco.
TBC
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