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Summary: The gang want to get out of Vegas for the 4th of July and asked Sara if her friend would allow them to stay in her summer-house on lake Tahoe.
While there they meet new people. Will this trip change everything? And make a certain two people finally get together? Please Read and Find out. Part 1 of 2 in the Changing Series. Some Characters from NCIS & CSI: Miami appear.

AN: If characters are way out of character I apologize I do try, hope you enjoy it.

AN#2: Any OC's you don't know see special note in my profile.

Title: A Trip that could change everything
Rating: K+
Time-line: Sometime after Season 3
Spoilers: Any episode in Season 3
Warnings: None
Main Parings: GSR, CatNip, Greg/OC, Warrick/OC
Minor Parings: None
Other Characters: Peter (See Profile), From NCIS: Tony Dinozzo, Tim McGee,
From CSI Miami: Ryan Wolfe, Calleigh Duquesne (Briefly), Horatio Caine (Mention)

A Trip that could change everything

Chapter 1: Asking

Sara walks into the Las Vegas crime lab and heads into the locker room to get ready for another shift.

After she shuts her locker she walks to and in the break room, toward the counter to get a cup of coffee, then sat down at the table, enjoying the quietness since she was the first person there.

After a few minutes Greg, Warrick, Catherine and Nick came into the room talking about something, and when they saw Sara they smiled at her and Nick said. "Hi Sara, how are you?"

Sara looks at them, smiles back and replied. "I'm doing fine, how about you guys?"

They all said they were fine and walked to the coffee pot to get their late night coffee then they all sat down and stared at her.

She looks at them and asked. "What? I have a feeling you want to ask me something, so go ahead?"

They nodded their heads and Nick said. "Well Greg suggest that we should go somewhere for this fourth of July."

"Ok. What do you need me for?"

They all look at Greg using their eyes as if saying 'it was your idea.' He looks at them, sighs, looks back at Sara and said. "Well we're kind of hoping that you would talk to Grissom about giving us the time off and maybe asking your friend if we could use her summer-house that you talk about sometimes."

Sara thinks about that for a minute then answered. "I will ask about the house but Why do I have to ask Grissom?"

Warrick spoke this time. "We think that if you ask he might give us the time off."

They were now using their eyes to plead with her, she shook her head and said. "I don't think me asking him is going to help…"

She was cut off when Greg spoke again. "Come on Sara, we know that Grissom has a soft spot for you."

Sara shrugged her shoulders and replied. "I don't think so anymore." She mentally cringed after she said that, still remembering the rejection to her dinner invitation that happened a little over a month ago.

She looks at them after shaking those thoughts away, and they were pleading again, plus it looked like Greg was going to pout, so she sighs and said. "Ok, I will go see what he says, but I am not making any promises." They smiled and nodded their heads and said thank you. She gives them a smile back, gets up from her seat and walked to her boss's office.

When she got there she took a breath, raised her hand and knocked on the door.

A few seconds later and she heard. "Come in."

She takes another breath, opens the door, peeks her head in his office and said. "Hey Griss, can I talk to you for a minute?" He looks up from his paperwork after hearing her voice and sees her standing there.

He wishes things could be different with them. Ever since he said no to her dinner invitation it has been tense between them but now that he got his hearing corrected maybe he could get his friendship with her corrected or maybe more.

He mentally sighed on the last part and thought. 'There is no way she could be interested in me after what happened.' He mentally shook his head, nodded at her and replied. "Sure, What can I do for you?"

She walks into his office, shuts the door behind her, walks over to the chair in front of his desk and sits down, then looks at him as she speaks. "Well it's not only for me. The guys wanted to ask you for time off to go to a summer-house in Tahoe my friend owns. It's for the 4th of July, and plus now that I thought about it I figured we are all in need for a vacation."

Grissom nods in agreement, takes his glasses off, sets them on the desk, leans back in his chair and folds his arms in front of him as he answered. "How many days are we talking?"

She thinks about that then said. "We could leave Wednesday morning after work and come back sometime after Sunday."

Grissom thinks about that then replied. "That is a lot of days but I will talk to Ecklie and see what he says."

Sara gives him a small smile and Grissom had to smile a little back, then she said. "Thank you Grissom I will tell the team."

Grissom nods, Sara gets up from the seat, and as she was walking to the door Grissom spoke again. "If you guys do go I hope you all have fun."

She gets to the door, turns to him and replied. "You can come too."

Grissom was surprised of this offer and asked. "You would want me to?"

She smiles. "Well it would make me not feel like a seventh wheel. Warrick will more than likely bring his wife BreAnna, Greg will probably bring his girlfriend Amanda and of course there is Nick and Catherine, besides you could use a vacation too right?"

Warrick met his wife BreAnna two years ago when there was a robbery at her new pastry shop, but no one was hurt. They connected right away and started dating, they have been married six months now.

Greg met his girlfriend Amanda two months ago when he found an injured dog and took him to Amanda's Veterinarian place, it was love at first sight with them too, they have been dating two months now.

And Catherine and Nick started dating sometime after her divorce from her husband two years ago.

Grissom nods his head on what she said then spoke again. "I'll think about it, thank you for the invitation." She gives him another small smile, a nod then leaves the office.

When the door clicked shut, Grissom runs his hand down his beard and smiles, glad that it seems like they could get their friendship back on track. Then he puts his glasses back on and spends the next few minutes before shift working on paperwork.

Sara walked back to the break room and sits back down, and noticed they were all looking at her.

Finally she told them before they all started pouting "Grissom said he would have to talk about it with Ecklie first."

They all groaned and Greg said. "Well then we won't be going."

Nick said. "Hey we don't know that he, might let us."

Greg looks at him and responded. "Yeah right, maybe when hell freezes over."

They all laughed and nodded in agreement, then they all calmed down by the time Grissom walked in the room. He got their attention and handed out assignments, then off the work they went, with their minds on the job now, hoping it all works out.

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