Sara slowly lowered herself into the single green lawn chair that occupied her small balcony.

Tears formed in her brown eyes as reality struck her once again.

"He dumped me," She whispered, pulling her knees to her chest. She had caught Hank, her semi-serious boyfriend of three months, cheating on her with one of his coworkers.

Her mind seemed clouded; She had been distracted at work and she knew that Grissom has noticed.

He had allowed her to take two weeks off; The longest she had taken off in her six years at CSI.

And she was surprised that by her third day off, only Catherine had called to check up on her.

No calls from Grissom.

This upset Sara very much; He had seen how badly she was shaken up and all he did was give her a vacation.

"Bastard," She sniffled. "He doesn't even care."

A few rain drops plodded on Sara's tangled hair. She didn't move from her chair; The rain felt good on her cold skin.

Thunder crashed, causing Sara to jump. She stood up from her seat and took a few steps to the black railing.

She looked out at the evening Vegas sky. It looked beautiful; The golden sun setting in the west, the lights from various casinos turning on. It really was a pretty sight.

Sara sighed. She briefly considered calling Grissom and asking him out on a date.

She laughed at the idea.

"He's always turned you down before. What the hell makes you think he would except now?"

Rain now burst from the sky; Big drops hitting Sara's face with such force she took a step backward.

She didn't go inside her apartment. Instead, she stood out in the rain.

Sniffling, she retreated into her living room; The rain had made her feel a little better.

She walked into her bathroom and carefully peeled off her clothes. She didn't want to do anything but go to sleep, so she put on her bathrobe.

As she exited the bathroom, a knock came from the door.

With a sigh, Sara sauntered over to the door.

"Who is it?" She asked in an angry voice.

"Sara, it's Catherine. May I come in?"

After several silent curses, she unlocked the several locks on the door and Catherine entered.

Catherine seemed a little frightened by Sara's appearance; Her once lively brown hair was now damp and messy and she was only dressed in a bathrobe.

"Sara, are you okay?"

Sara raised one brow; The two had never really gotten along. Why did Catherine care?

"Yeah I'm fine," She lied.

Catherine didn't fall for it.

"I'm not stupid, Sara. Grissom said you asked for a vacation; What's that all about?"

Sara sighed once again and sat on a bar stool she kept at the island in the kitchen.

She really didn't want to talk to Catherine or anyone for that matter. She wanted to go to bed.

"My boyfriend broke up with me. I caught him cheating and before I could break up with him, he broke up with me. Happy?"

An irritated look spread on Sara's face.

"Oh Sara, I'm sorry. Anything I can do?"

Sara fought back the urge to tell Catherine something she could go do and put on a fake smile.

"No, I'm fine. Just taking a little break."

Catherine nodded knowingly. "Grissom asked me to come over and check on you—"

Sara interrupted with, "Grissom? He actually asked you to check on me?"

"Maybe he does care," She thought. "Maybe he does love me."

Catherine nodded again.

"Yep. He was worried about you. Well, hope to see you at work soon!"

With a small wave, she left the apartment.

Leaving Sara to determine whether or not Grissom was still an ass.