It has been two years since Gil and Sara met. Between San Francisco and Las Vegas they spend as much time as they can together. Part of Gil's problem has been solved; they lifted the ban on inter-office romance as long as the couples conduct themselves professionally at all times.

LAS VEGAS

Gil is called to Brass's office, when he gets there Brass is packing his things, Ecklie is there also. "Brass has been appointed as Chief of Detectives," Eckie says, "graveyard is yours now." Grissom nods to Ecklie and then to Brass he says, "Is this congratulation, or what?" "I go where I am told. Anyway, I don't think the lab was meant for me, good luck." They shake hands, Ecklie says to Grissom, "We are two people short on graves; I will let you handle that, get whoever you want." Grissom's heart leaps for joy; this could be the opening he is looking for, if only Sara will be willing to come to Vegas.

SAN FRANCISCO

Sara is called into her supervisor's office, "I have news for you," he tells her, "your promotion to CSI III has come through. The only problem is we only have room in the budget for one third class CSI and Jones has it already. You can look for another position or turn down the promotion; you have a week to decide." Sara is a little depressed when she goes home. Her phone rings, she is excited to see it is Grissom. "I have some news love," he tells her. "So do I," she tells him. "Ladies first," Gil tells her. She tells him about her conversation with Miller. "That is fantastic!" he says. Sara is a little confused," How can it be fantastic?" she wants to know. "Because of my news," he says, then he tells her about his talk with Ecklie. "Do you know what that means?" he asks her. "Yes," she says, "it means I can wake up in your arms every morning." They talk about the 'proper' way to handle her transfer.

LAS VEGAS

The next day Grissom makes the necessary calls and files the necessary paperwork for her transfer. In his office he tells the others, none of them are happy about it, especially Catherine.

Two weeks later Sara knocks on Gil's door. He pulls her close to him and kisses her. They spend the rest of the day together. Sara was not to show up until Monday, she came early so they could have sometime together and talk about the best way to handle things. There is no doubt that they will live together in his house, Sara decides it would be better if they kept their relationship under wraps for a while. She will find an apartment in town just to make it look good.

MONDAY AT THE OFFICE

Sara walks in, Gil stands and shakes her hand, "I would like you all to meet Sara Sidle. Sara this is Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown." They all nodded as they were introduced, Nick warms up first, "Nice to meet you Sara," he says. Catherine acts as if Sara is invading her space.

Grissom asks Nick to show her around and introduce her to the others. After they leave Catherine looks at Gil. "Is there a problem?" Gil asks her. "I just don't like strangers in our business," she says. "We were all strangers at one time," he says, "it will be OK." Grissom decides it is best not to pair Sara and Catherine up right away so her first assignment is with Nick.

They have a possible homicide. An elderly man, collecting cans, found a body in a dumpster. Catherine and Warrick have a kidnapping; a teen was taken from the park. Grissom said he will be with Dr. Robbins to follow up on yesterday's drowning.

Ecklie comes in the office, "I need to talk to you," he says. Grissom excuses the others, "Have a seat." Ecklie tells him he is not happy with his choice, but will stick to his word. He tells Grissom to keep a close eye on her. Inside he smiles, "Closer than you think," he says to himself.

At their scene Nick and Sara are taking pictures and collecting evidence, "Do you have any idea why Grissom picked you?" he asks. Knowing on the inside why she just says, "Nope, guess I was just available." After shift they are at the house, Sara has settled in.

They are sitting on the porch, "you will never guess what happened today?" Sara says. "Nick hit on you," Grissom says. "How did you know?" she wonders. "He told me he asked you out and you said 'NO'." They laugh. "Would you rather I said 'YES'." "Not on your life, you are mine," he says taking her in his arms and kissing her.

"She is not a team player, Grissom. She always wants to take over the case," Catherine was telling Gil. "I told you I did not like the idea of you bringing her in, I still don't." "Is that the way the rest of you feel too?" he asked the others. "She is a little headstrong," said Warrick, "but I don't have a problem with her." "I like the way she works," Nick says, "sure, she jumps in and takes charge, but what the hell, we are a team here."

Catherine slams her hand down on the desk, "It is just because she is a sexy looking younger lady. That is what has your juices flowing." "Is that why you DON'T like her?" Nick asks, "You don't like the idea of another lady hanging around. It has nothing to do with her ability to do her job, you are just afraid she will get in the way of you finding a man. Anyway, I think she has someone."

Catherine just raises her eyebrows and sighs. "Look people," Gil says, "Sara is a good CSI. Unless there is a real reason why not, she stays." They all take their assignments and leave. Sara comes in the office; the others did not know she was listening. "SEXY? Wow, I never thought Catherine would say that," she says.

"How many of the others have asked you out?" Gil wants to know. "Are you jealous? Darling, there is no need to worry, you know I love only you." she tells him with that smile that always lets her get her own way. "Now, let's get going." She never did answer his question.

They arrive at their scene, two bodies were found in a garage. "What a mess," Sara says, "I don't know where to start." Gil stands there and scratches his head, "I would think we should try to ID them." Sara takes pictures and collects blood for DNA. Gil looks around trying to find some sort of clue as to who is who.

"Let's wrap this up," Sara says after printing the victims. "Yes," Gil said, "I doubt there is anything else we can do here."

Back at the lab they run the prints and DNA. They get a hit off the DNA right away; one of the victims is a convicted child molester. Prints show that the other was one of his victim's fathers. Hodges comes in, "I was able to clean the blood off this paper you found." It was a note from one of the victims.

It turns out that the father had found out that the man who molested and killed his daughter was let out due to a loop hole his lawyer found. He lured the man to the garage, shot him and then turned to shotgun on himself.

Gil's phone rings, he answers it and tells Sara they need to go right away. It seems that Catherine is having trouble at her scene. Catherine was investigating a shooting at one of the hotel bars, they thought the scene was clear but the shooter was still there.

A passerby had seen a man holding a gun on a lady and called 911. At the bar Brass is trying to talk to the gunman and not getting anywhere. Sara walks round the back with no one seeing her. She sneaks into the bar, crawling, and gets behind the bar.

She takes out her weapon, draws a deep breath, and starts to stand. As she is standing her foot hits a glass that had fallen, the gunman turns and they both shoot and fall to the floor. Catherine is unhurt, she runs to Sara's side.

From outside Grissom witnessed everything that happened and runs into the building. Going to Sara he fights the urge to cradle her in his arms. "What the hell were you thinking?" Catherine demands.

Sara is holding her arm, "Just trying to help a friend," she says. Grissom looks at her, his eyes telling her what his mouth can't, she looks back at him. They did not realize that Catherine was watching them, now she understands why Sara has turned down the others, she sees the love in their eyes, and she also decides not to say anything to anyone.

Sara is treated at the emergency room; the bullet only grazed her arm. She has a few stitches and is bandaged and then Gil takes her home. "My God, Sara, you could have been killed!" he tells her finally being able to take her in his arms.

"I was so scared." "I am sorry, darling, I just reacted before I thought, I have a bad habit of doing that." They kiss. Sara's phone rings, it is Brass. "We will need to do an official inquest, the gunman died. We already have your weapon; you can come down tomorrow and give us your statement. Catherine has already given us hers."

Sara starts to shiver, then cry. Gil pulls her closer. "I have never killed a man," she said. Gil just holds her; he does not know what to say or do, and he just lets her know he is there for her.

Sara tells him she has a headache and wants to rest. She goes to the bedroom and after kicking her shoes off she lays down. She falls asleep but soon starts to relive the events of the day and wakes up screaming.

Gil rushes into the bedroom; she is crying and gasping to catch her breath. He engulfs her in his arms and she lays her head on his chest and cries. "Hold me, please?" she asks him. Gil kicks his shoes off and lies next to her. He kisses the top of her head, "I am here love," he tells her, "I will always be here." Her breathing becomes regular as she falls asleep.