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A/N: Set right after "Leave out all the Rest" the Lady Heather episode of Season 9.

My take on what happens after Grissom asks Lady Heather to stay. Pure friendship I don't want to mess around with GSR.

Grissom is laying on the bed in Lady Heather's guest room….

"Heather, please stay" he said.

Heather obliged and closed the door to the bedroom, leaving the together.

Heather went over to the bed and sat in the chair facing the heart-broken Gil Grissom, she could see the tears glistening in his eyes.

"Talk to me Grissom, please." She said gently.

"I am so confused Heather. I-she and I were so close so much in love and she leaves me?" He said.

"From what you tell me Grissom - she's happy where she is … do you want to stand in her way?"

"No I don't want to stand in her way – but our parting was not very good. I wish I – uh handled it better." He replied.

Heather reached out and touched his hand. "Grissom, talking things out has never been a strong point in you has it. Even with a woman you love?"

Grissom shook his head. "She was my fiancée" he told her.

Heather looked at him in shock. "You two were engaged? Why the hell did you not go after her?" she demanded.

Grissom sighed. "I – I don't know. I – uh guess I got scared, cold feet." He confessed.

Heather looked at him again. He looked like he had aged ten years, Gil Grissom was absolutely heartbroken and she could do nothing about it.

"Grissom, have you talked to any of your team at the lab? Catherine maybe??" she asked.

He shook his head. "No I've completely stopped all personal chit-chat. I have been burying myself in my work since Sara left the lab last year and now since Warrick's murder and Sara's subsequent trip south of the equator as she put it in her video." He said.

"You're burning out." She stated.

"Possibly." He replied.

"Have you thought of leaving the lab either for good or to take a vacation – I mean a real vacation not a sabbatical where you can teach for a month."

Grissom laughed hollowly. "In my years at the lab, I don't think I've ever taken much actual vacation time. I would go stir crazy if I were to take any time off."

Heather sighed. "You need to go after Sara." She told him.

"She's fine without me." He retorted. "She told me so in that video."

Heather looked at him like he was crazy. "Gil Grissom you don't understand women do you? She says she's fine, but she's not! Read between the lines and go after her! She needs you and you need her. " she said.

"I will take your advise under advisement." He said and thanked her and closed his eyes.

Heather stayed with him, keeping him company for a little longer. Two hours later she walked by the bedroom and heard Gil's sobs. She opened the door and he had his back to the door so he didn't know she had opened the door.

"Oh Sara! I love you I miss you. I want to be with you! I want you to bear my child before it's too late. I am so sorry for everything!" he sobbed.

Heather sighed and closed the door again. She believed he was still asleep and was crying out in his sleep.

"I am so sorry for everything Sara. Please forgive me. I-I know where I belong, I belong with you forever. You have to understand that I have a few things here in Las Vegas that I have to take care of first. I – I hope you understand that your video scared me and the thought of losing you to some other guy finalized my decision……"

He looked at his cell phone and realized he was running out of battery and hoped to hell that Sara received his entire message. Gil Grissom closed his eyes and had the first restful sleep in months.