(Sara's Prov)
I was nervous walking back through the doors of Miami-Dade Crime lab. I just got up and left everything, my friends, my job and of course Eric. When I left everyone asked me to stay, but I couldn't I needed time to figure out myself. I wasn't really that nervous facing my old boss or my friends I made at the lab, I was more nervous facing Eric. He would call everyday to check on me after I left. He didn't pressure me to come back, but I knew he wanted me to. He was great, he treated me with so much respect and he actually liked the fact I worked with him and the rest of the team. But I knew I broke his heart the day I told him I was leaving. I was on my way to Horatio's office. I had called him a few days ahead of time to ask him about my job. Luckily he gave it to me, so I was on my way to get my badge and other identification. I knocked on H's door and walked in when told me it was fine.
"Hey H, how are you?" I asked while going to give him a hug. "I am doing great, so are you ready to join the team again?" he asked. "Yes, but who knows I am coming back?" I asked. "No one, I figured you would be a nice surprise for everyone." Horatio said. "Okay sounds good to me. So who am I working with?" I asked. "Speed and Calliegh. So here are your ID cards, badge and gun. Speed and Calleigh are in trace lab working on some evidence for the case." he said. "Thank you H, I know you didn't have to give me my job back." I said. "Don't worry about it, you were one of my top csi's." he said. "Bye and thanks again H. Oh and please don't tell Eric I am back yet, I want to talk to him first." I said. "Alright, and Sara it's good having you back." he said.
After that I walked to my locker to put away my things, I was the only one in there until I heard someone walk through the door. When I looked up it was Alexx, she had a huge smile on her face. I missed her, she was my voice of reason and she reminded me of my mother. "Honey, wow you look great come here and give me some sugar" Alexx said. "I missed you so much, and thank you" I said while hugging her. "So are you back for good now, you know that husband of yours wasn't the only one who missed you." she said. "I know and now I am back to work with you all again." I said. I felt bad when Alexx brought up Eric; i haven't talked to him in a couple of months. "Well honey, I have dead bodies to attend to, but don't be a stranger." she said while walking towards the door. "I won't and plus we all need to have dinner together to celebrate my coming home." I said. "Alright hunny, you know just let me know." she said. After my run-in with Alexx I finally made it to the trace lab. Speed was analyzing some evidence with his head phones on, while Calleigh was looking at the pictures from the crime scene. Calleigh looked up as soon as I walked through the door. She was shocked and then went to tap Speed on the shoulder to get his attention. They both didn't say anything at first, but I could tell Speed was not happy to see me. I was the girl who broke his best friend's heart. Calleigh broke the silence when she came and hugged me. I hugged back; Speed reluctantly came and hugged me to. "So, you are back now?" Speed asked. "Yup, and I am your and Calleigh's partner for the case." I said. "When did you get back?" Calleigh asked me. "I got back last night" I said. "Eric didn't tell us you were back in town" Speed said. "He doesn't know, I haven't talked to him. Is he out on the field or in the lab?" I asked. "I am not sure; he is with Ryan and Natalia." Calleigh said. "Oh ok, so what's our case about?" I asked. They both told me about the case. It was a young woman who was murdered in her own apartment. She was stabbed 5 times and there was little evidence left back at the crime scene.
I went the whole day without running into Eric. It was now time to clock out; I spent the whole day with Calleigh and Speed solving the case. We caught the killer. It was the woman's ex-boyfriend, he was jealous that she was seeing someone new. I walked through the door to the locker room and came face to face with Natalia, Ryan, Speed, Calleigh, Speed and Eric. Everyone fell silent when I walked through the door. "Sara, you are back finally, there is too many guys on this team!" Natalia said while walking towards me. "Yup, now we are even" I said with a smile as she hugged me. Ryan came and hugged me also but he didn't say anything. But then Calleigh said, "Why don't we all go out and catch some dinner. We can even call Frank and Alexx and H to celebrate Sara coming back." "That sounds great, can you guys give Eric and I a minute. I will meet you guys at our favorite place" I said. They all walked out leaving Eric and I in the locker room. I opened my locker in silence, but he broke it by saying "So you are back now? How long is it going to last before you leave again?" he asked angrily. I knew he had every right to be angry with me. "I am back for good. I was going to tell you, but I didn't see you until now." I said. "Well that's good. Sara you know I missed you, but I can't pretend that you didn't leave me here." Eric said. "I know and I don't expect you to. Are you coming to dinner?" I asked. "No, I have plans with my mom and Marisol. But thanks and you know you can stay in the guest room at the house." he said. "Thank you, but are you sure you want me at home?" I asked. "Yeah that's fine, we are still married and it is your house to." he said. "Ok, well I guess I will see you at home later. Tell your mom and sister I said hello." I said while making my way to the door.
(Eric's Prov)
After Sara walked out of the locker room, all I could think about was that she was back. I missed her, I would call her but in the last couple of months she stopped taking my calls. I didn't know whether to be pissed or happy she was back in town. On the way to my mom's house, I kept replaying the day she left in my mind. She didn't come into work that day, and she was being very distant with everyone except for Alexx. I remember coming home and seeing Sara's bags packed by the front door. She was crying sitting in the living room, when she heard me she came to the door. I just remember her saying "Babe, I need to go! I am not happy here and I know you are, but I feel like I am missing something. I can't stay here and pretend everything is okay, I need some time." That was the last thing she said before she picked up her bags and walked away. I would have chased her, but in a way I knew she wasn't happy. I finally arrived at my mom's house; I got out of my car and walked into her house. My sister was the first one to greet me." Hey little Bro, What is wrong with you?" Marisol asked. "Sara is back in town." I said. My sister was in shock, I also knew she was pissed. My mom and Marisol didn't take it to well when they found out Sara left town. "When the hell did that happen" my sister asked. "She got back I am guessing last night. She took her old job back at the lab." I said. Before my sister could respond my mom came into the room to greet me." Mi mijo, como estas?" she asked me. "Bien, Mami." I answered. "Are you going to tell Mami about Sara?" Marisol asked. "Mami, Sara is back in town." I said. I saw a flash of anger in my mother's eyes. But before either one of them could respond I said, "Guys, I don't want to talk about Sara, Let's just eat."
After we ate, I decided to head home. On my way home I was thinking about the night I met Sara. I was at the night club right down the street from Miami-Dade University with a couple of the guys. Sara was with her own group of friends, they were laughing and dancing. She was hot, so I decided to walk up to her. I was right behind her when she turned and bumped into me spilling my drink I was holding in my hand all over me and her. All her friends were laughing and I saw her blush. I remember her offering to buy me a new drink. Instead I just told her it would be better if she just danced with me. She just laughed and introduced herself and said yes to the dance. We danced more than one song together, by the end of the night my group and her group of friends were hanging out together. After that night Sara and I dated for two years before we got married. I snapped out of my own thought when I pulled up to the house.
(Sara's Prov)
I walked into the restaurant the team and I always used to go to. The whole team was there, even Horatio and Frank. Before I sat down Frank came and hugged me, he was the only one I haven't seen all day. "Alright guy's first round is on me." I said. "Okay Sara, but you do remember we still have to work tomorrow right?" Ryan asked me. "Of course I do, but one beer isn't going to kill you" I said to him. We all ordered food and drinks, reminiscing about all the things I missed while I was gone. As it got later, Frank and Horatio and Alexx left leaving me alone with Calleigh, Natalia, Speed and Ryan. "Sara, you know we all missed you, but don't you think you should be with Eric. You owe him a better explanation for why you left then the one you gave him. I don't want to bud in, but he hasn't been the same after you left. He will only talk to H or Speed." Natalia said. "I know I do, but I am not sure I am ready to have that conversation with him yet." I said." Can I ask you where you went?" Calleigh asked. "I went to California for a couple of months to visit my parents and my brother. Then I went traveling around in the states and out of the country." I said. The guys decided to go home while I talked with the girls.
After awhile I decided it was time to head to my house. I said my goodbyes to the girls and made my way to my house. It felt weird pulling into the drive way, Eric and I had a small town home about 20 minutes away from the lab. It was a small cozy little 2 bedroom 2 bathroom house. I walked to the front door and put my key into the door to unlock it. It felt like I didn't live here, like I was breaking into someone's house. I walked into the darkness of the house and walked into the guest room, on the bed was a note from Eric. "Sara, I think we need to talk. Tomorrow dinner here at the house." it said. I sighed placing the note on the night stand and opening my suit case looking for some pjs to change into. I went to sleep thinking about what I was going to say to Eric, Natalia was right I did owe him a better explanation.
I heard the alarm go off in Eric's room when I decided to get up. I showered and changed into black dress pants and a purple short sleeved button down shirt. I brushed my hair and put it into a ponytail. I put on some light make up and slipped on my black wedges. I heard the shower still running in the other bathroom, so I decided to go and make some breakfast. I whipped up some eggs and some coffee. After I was done cooking, I served myself a plate of food and sat down at the table to eat. Eric came out of the room right when I was finished. "Thanks for cooking, I usually don't eat here in the morning." he said. "No problem, and thanks for letting me stay in the guest room." I said while getting up to put my dishes in the sink. He didn't respond, so I just told him bye and made my way to the lab. I was less nervous walking in today. The day seem to take forever, the lab was booked with cases all day. We only found one murder and we still had to gather up suspects for the other cases. After the long day, I clocked out and headed home.
When I walked in the front door, I could smell food cooking in the kitchen. "Hey, I hope you are okay with spaghetti?" he asked me. "Yeah that's fine, I am going to change." I said while walking to the guest room. After I changed I headed back into the kitchen, Eric had already set out the food and was patiently waiting for me to sit. "Thanks, it looks great" I said. "Your welcome, but we need to talk now, I was patient about it yesterday, but today I am not going to be." he said. "What do you want to know? Where I went? Why I left?" I asked. "Well I know where you went, I just want to know why in the hell did you leave?" he asked. "You want an honest answer Eric; I wanted a break from our routine life. After we finished school we started at the lab. Yes it was exciting, but after a couple of years I started to get tired of the same routine day after day. It was work, then coming home or going out with the rest of the team. I missed my family and I need a break. I wasn't going to ask you to leave your job and your family to come with me. That's why I left on my own, and plus I felt pressured by your mom to have a kid. I am not ready to have a kid and neither are you. We have demanding jobs." I said.
"Sara, then why are you back to the old routine then? Why didn't you just move back in with your parents and send me divorce papers? You could have done it that way and not worry about facing Me." he said angrily. "Because I didn't want to divorce you, I just needed time to figure out where I wanted to be. I want to be here with my job and husband that I love. I am going to keep saying sorry and I know it's not going to be enough. But I came back to work on what I had here with you, and I understand if you don't want to. I am the one who walked away leaving you broken hearted." I said to him. It was silent for a few moments before he spoke again. Everything I told him was the truth; I did want to be here, being away from him made me realize it. "I want to also, but you need to talk to me. You can't just shut me out. And I never asked you for a kid, I knew when we were both ready we would have that discussion together." he said. We both sat there in silence, I decided to get up and get started on the dishes. After I finished I turned around to come face to face with Eric. His lips were only inches from mine. I just stared at him for a minute until I felt his lips crash on mine.
I knew that us sleeping together wasn't going to help anything, he knew the same thing but it didn't stop it from happening. We were both scrabbling to get to the bedroom. Running into the wall or whatever other furniture that was in the way. When we finally got the room, he carried me to the bed, laying me on it gently. We helped each other take off our all our clothes, but before he slid my shirt over my head he stopped and just stared at me. Then we were entangled in each others limbs for the first time in over a year.
I woke up the next morning to the alarm going off, when I looked up I saw Eric staring at me. "Babe, how long have you been up?" I asked groggily. "Not long, it just felt weird to wake up with you in my arms again" he said while planting a kiss on my forehead. "I know, but we have to get dressed for work." I said while leaning in to kiss him. He kissed back passionately; I missed this waking up in his arms and kissing him in the morning before rolling out of bed. I reluctantly pulled away from the kiss and started to get up. I went to the guest room to get clothes for the new day. After I got dressed, I found that Eric had already left, so I headed to work.
I got to work 15 minutes to early and decided to go and talk to Alexx before I started my shift. I walked down to the corner's office to find her filling out some paperwork. "Oh no Honey, you know sex does not solve anything." she said. "Is it really that obvious?" I asked while blushing. "Honey, I have known you for awhile and I know when you and Eric have been together. Its practically written all over both of your faces." she said while smiling. I couldn't help but laugh, Alexx was always the one who could read me like a book. That's what I loved about her; she could read people just by looking at them. "I know it doesn't, but it kind of just happened." I said. "I know what you mean, but did you at least talk to that boy. When you stopped talking to him, he would be down here in my office asking me if you were okay. Man that boy loves you." she said. "Yes I did talk to him and I also know he loves me." I said. "Alright Honey, Get upstairs and do your job, I got plenty of things to do for my own." Alexx said. "Thanks Alexx, and I will see you around" I said while getting up and heading to the door. I went back upstairs and started my day.