Back in Vegas.

Summary: He'd been back for two days now. Two short days, and he already felt like he was home again. Leaving Las Vegas had been the hardest thing he'd ever done. When Gil Grissom had left Vegas, he'd left his heart in Vegas as well. Gil had thought he'd done the right thing going after Sara Sidle. Sara loved him, and she had obviously been special to him as well. But his true love wasn't Sara. Deep down inside, he knew that. And now that he was back in Vegas, he realised his true love was the woman he'd been missing for an incredible long time.
Note: Hi y'all, new story from me! I've been thinking about this story for a while now, and decided to put up the first chapter today. I hope you all like it, please let me know what you think of it. xx.

1.

Gil's townhouse was filled with people that had been his friends for most of his life. Gil had been back for two days now, en his old team members had decided that it would be nice to meet up together and have fun. Even though Gil wasn't such a people person, he'd agreed to the proposition anyway. He hadn't seen all his friends for a very long time now. While he was standing in the kitchen, refilling his glass with water, he had perfect sight on every single one of them. He could see Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown leaning on one of the high tables he'd placed in his garden, both laughing about something that had probably just escaped from Greg Sanders mouth, who was standing next to them. He saw Jim Brass standing next to Sofia Curtis and Sara, probably discussing the new developments in Jim and Sofia's relationship. Gil had always known the two had a thing for each other; it was nice to see that both of them were finally happy. Something he was more surprised about was the couple that was standing at the other table next to Wendy Simms and David Hodges. That couple was Catherine Willows and Tony Vartann.

Gil kept observing Catherine and Tony while taking sips from his water. He could've known that Catherine would've found someone. After all, she was gorgeous, inside and outside. But he could feel the green monster washing over him; he was jealous. He knew he didn't have the right to be jealous. He was the one who'd left to be with Sara. But he missed Catherine more than he'd ever thought he would. He knew he would miss her when he was gone; she'd been his best friend for more than twenty years after all. But he'd missed more about her than he should've missed. He knew that.

And now she was standing there, so close to him, yet further away than he'd ever thought was possible. He felt jealousy when he saw Vartann's hand resting on her butt, and when he saw how Catherine was leaning into his body. Catherine looked incredible. The little black dress she was wearing complimented all her best body parts. At the moment he saw Catherine's face move in the direction of Vartann's, his sight was blocked by a certain brunette, that was standing in front of him. A loving smile escaped from her lips before she said: "You're glad to be back?"

Gil turned his eyes to the brown eyes that were looking at him and faked a smile when he said: "Actually, I am. It's been such a long time since I've seen them."

Sara nodded. "I know." She gave him a quick peck on his lips before walking into the kitchen. Gil followed her with her eyes. He know he was eventually going to hurt Sara. He also knew she didn't deserve that. He knew Sara loved him. And, when he'd left Vegas to go to Sara, he has been convinced he truly loved Sara as well. But the strawberry blonde that was currently in the same room as he was affected him in a way no other woman ever could. He loved that woman more than he could ever love another woman. Gil knew that he wasn't being fair to Sara. Hurting Sara was probably the most horrible thing he'd ever been doing in his life. But he knew that eventually he would.

Gil followed Sara to the kitchen and said: "Hey, do you mind if I ask Cath to stay here a little longer so we can talk.. It's just.. It's been such a long time since.. Well, you know."

Gil felt guilty when he saw Sara's understanding eyes when she nodded and said: "Of course, that's fine. I'll just get back to my own apartment, I understand you two have things to talk about."

Gil smiled and cupper her cheeks before he whispered: "Thank you. I appreciate that." He watched the brunette walk away again, and he knew he was being a total jerk to her. But he needed to be with Catherine alone.

*

Gil had convinced Catherine to stay and talk a little more together. Catherine walked with Tony to their car though. As soon as they stood at the side of the black SUV, Tony said: "So.. How are you planning on getting home?" His hand reached out to one of her strawberry blonde curls, and Catherine couldn't help but smile as she answered: "I don't know. I'll ask Grissom if he wants to bring me, I guess." Tony put his hand on the car so he had Catherine pinned up against it and bend his head so it was closer to Catherine's before he whispered: "Call me if you need me. I can think of some other things we can do afterwards.." Catherine chuckled and kissed him. When they broke the kiss, she said: "You'll hear it. Love you." "Love you too."

As Catherine walked back to Gil's house, all she could think about was the fact that Gil was actually back. She hadn't seen him for such a long time. It had been hard on her, running the lab without Gil. It had been harder though to live her life without him; she'd loved Gil for such a long time. It had taken a lot of time before she'd been ready to accept that he truly loved Sara and that she had to move on with her life. It had been hard. Catherine had been convinced there wasn't a man she could love more than she loved Gil. Thank God for letting her run into Tony Vartann outside of work. Meeting with Tony outside of work had been the best thing that had happened to her. Not only was he an attractive man that could make her forget about Gil. Well, maybe he'd been the first couple of times they had met. But soon, she realised that he was not just an attractive man; he was extremely kind, he was actually good with Lindsey, he was there to help her and listen to her, he was even there to comfort her when she was crying.. And, not unimportant either, the sex with him was more than incredible. She loved Tony. And he loved her.

Catherine turned around to wave at the man sitting in the black SUV before walking back inside of Gil's townhouse, thinking of how nice it was to have her best friend back in Vegas.

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