A/N okay heres the 2nd chapter i will post the third chapter as soon as possible thanks to those who are reading and reviewing this story :)
Thanks to louise and theyHAUNTme for the beta-ing and proof read :)
May 26th midday
Gil and I didn't sleep much last night. A few times I woke up from a nightmare and saw Gil staring at the ceiling. I asked if he was okay and he said he was, even though we both know he's lying. I was wondering where Hank was this morning and Gil told me he dropped him of with the sitter as soon as he came home, as he wanted to be alone. I know he won't admit it, but last night I saw tears in Gil's eyes. I know he doesn't cry, but sometimes people need to cry to grieve. Warrick's death hit me this morning and Gil was there to comfort me. We are visiting the lab today, and I don't know how the team is going to react, will they hate me for leaving?
"Honey you ready?" Grissom asked from the kitchen.
"Yeah one minute," Sara replied, stuffing her journal into the bedside drawer before grabbing her jacket and meeting Grissom at the door.
Without another word said, Grissom led Sara to his Tahoe and drove to the lab.
They drove in silence, although Grissom did hold Sara's hand, squeezing it occasionally.
Arriving outside the lab, Grissom turned his engine off and took a few deep breaths before getting out of the car. He walked around the front of the car and helped Sara out of the passenger side.
As the entered the lab, everyone's head turned, first because they saw Sara,but mainly because they spotted Sara and Grissom holding hands as they were walking down the hallways.
"Sara!" Greg yelled from his seat in the break room after seeing her walk past.
"Greg!" Sara stopped and let Greg run up to her and pull her into a tight hug.
They stayed like that for several minutes when Sara noticed her shirt was wet. Pulling Greg's head up so she could look into his eyes, she saw tears.
"Hey, Greggo its okay," Sara smiled, trying to stop her own tears from falling.
"Are you staying?" Greg sniffled. "I mean we don't want to lose you after loosing War..." Greg couldn't finish his sentence before hugging Sara once more and crying.
"Sara I'm going to go talk with Ecklie. How about you stay with Greg in the break room and I will come and find you later?" With Sara's nod, Grissom left the two and headed for his office.
"Come on Greg how about we get out of the halls and we'll talk in the breakroom?" Sara offered.
Greg pulled himself away from Sara and went back to his seat on the breakroom couch. He patted the spot next to him for Sara to sit, which she did.
"I'm sorry for getting your shirt wet, it's just when I saw you everything came out," Greg explained, wiping his eyes.
"It's okay Greg, Gil told me you didn't show any emotion when you found out.To be honest, I was worried about you."
"I'm okay Sara, it was just such a shock. I mean Rick and I are...were buddies, and I'm just going to miss him."
"We all are Greg, I just feel so bad about leaving you all, then coming back for this," Sara said softly, with tears in her eyes.
"Hey everyone will be glad, you're back." Once Greg said that, Nick and Catherine came into the break room. Both Catherine's and Nick's eyes where red and puffy, which showed they didn't have any sleep last night.
"Sara!" Nick smiled a genuine smile at the sight of Sara before Sara stood up and hugged him.
"So nice to see you Sara,"Nick mumbled.
"It's great to see you,"Sara said after breaking the hug.
"Hi Sara," Catherine mumbled before taking a seat on a break room chair, staring into the floor.
"She's taking it much worse then all of us," Nick whispered into Sara ear before sitting next to Greg.
"Catherine are you okay?" Sara asked, taking a seat next to her.
"Yeah I'm fine, everything's just great." Tears started to fall again down Catherine's face. Sara, despite Catherine's sarcasm reached, for a tissue out of her pocket. She knew they would come in handy today, and passed it to Catherine.
"Cath I know, what your feeling..." Sara started before getting cut off.
"You haven't got a clue what I'm feeling. Hell you came here to investigate Warrick so don't say that!" Catherine spat.
"Cath, Sara was like a sister to Warrick, don't take it out on her," Nick spoke up.
Sara couldn't believe that Catherine had brought that up.
"But it's true! She had never liked Warrick from the start," Catherine spat before walking out of the break room, banging into Grissom on the way out.
"Is she okay?" Grissom asked, looking at Sara who looked like she was going to burst into tears.
"Catherine just said a lot of nasty things to Sara about Warrick," Greg answered before turning towards Sara. "She doesn't mean them, it's just she's really taking this bad, and she took it out on you."
"It's okay Greg," Sara mumbled.
"Ok Guys, Ecklie says we are all off work for the next 5 days to grieve also it's essential for us to see a counselor before coming back," Grissom informed the team.
"What! We are not allowed to work Warrick's case?" Nick asked.
"No, I'm afraid not, the undersheriff is working that case"
"That's not fair, Warrick would have wanted us to work his case!" Greg said angrily, tears glistening in his eyes.
"I know Greg, but it's out of my hands now. I recommend you all go home and get some much needed rest."
"He's right guys," Sara said.
"Okay, I order you all to get some rest, and if you ever want to talk, you have my number," Grissom said.
"Okay thanks boss," Nick mumbled before he and Greg left Sara and Grissom alone.
"Are you okay?" Grissom asked, when Sara avoided his gaze.
"Yeah, come on lets go home," she said before offering Grissom her hand and leading him to his car.
May 26th evening
Warrick's case has been given to the undersheriff, Nick and Greg were angry at this. Gil said he tried to say he was fit to take the case, but Ecklie wasn't having any of it. The team seemed happy to see me, except Catherine. She brought up why I came to Vegas in the first place, to investigate Warrick, and how I never liked him. This upset me, as I loved Warrick as a brother, maybe not at first but we grew closer. Gil has been out for 2 hours now and I'm starting to get worried. He said he was going to pick Hank up from the sitter's then take him for a walk. I think he needs to clear his head. I don't know how to comfort him. I wish he'd open up, he will feel better afterwards...
Sara heard the front door open and ran to see if it was Grissom, leaving the journal on the couch she was sitting on.
"Gil, I started to worry."
"Sorry honey, I needed to clear my head" Grissom replied, taking Hank of his lead. As soon as he did, Hank jumped over Sara and showered her with his sloppy kisses.
"I missed you too baby," Sara said childishly, rubbing the dog's belly.
"Down!" Grissom ordered, noticing Hank was getting too excited. Hearing his owner say this, Hank went off to his bed in the kitchen.
After the dog had left Sara alone, Sara pulled Grissom into a powerful hug, kissing his neck occasionally.
"You want some dinner?" Sara asked, pulling back from the hug after several minutes had passed.
"How about we order take out?" Grissom offered, leaving Sara to go into the kitchen."I'll order."
"Okay Gil," Sara replied, turning on the TV and sitting down on the couch.
Ordering their take out, Grissom went over to join Sara. That's when he spotted her journal.
"What's this?" Grissom asked before Sara quickly took it out of his hands.
"Sorry, it's my journal...when I left Vegas, I decided to write my thoughts and what I did in here. So when you asked about the time I was away, I could show you this and you'll understand..." Sara paused and took a deep breath before continuing, "I'm not ready to show you yet."
"I understand honey, I will only read it when you are ready for me to,"Grissom replied, draping his arm around her shoulder so that he could settle down and get comfy before switching his focus to the TV.
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