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Chapter 2: Back in Vegas
Two weeks later
Before she knew it two weeks went by and it was the day that she was leaving Boston for Vegas, and Josh was nice enough to take her to the airport and wait with her.
When it was time to board the plane, they get up from their seats and turned toward each other, then he gives her a little smile. "Try to have a good time."
She nodded. "I will." Then she hugs him and whispered. "And thank you."
He wraps his arms around her waist as he replied. "For what?"
As they pull back, she responds. "For suggesting that I go."
He gives her another smile before speaking again. "I just know that deep down you might have regretted your decision if you chose not to. You say that you weren't that close to them before you left, but I can tell you really cared about them."
She nodded with one of her smiles. "I really did, and despite my nervousness on going back there, it will be nice to see them again, even if it's only for a weekend."
He raised an eyebrow and smirked. "You sure it's just a weekend?"
She chuckled as they finally release each other. "Yes, I'll be back here Monday evening, you're not getting rid of me that fast."
"Good, because after all this time, I would hate to break in somebody new, you've been one the best partners I've ever had."
"Likewise." She looked back and saw the line to the plane going down, so she looked at Josh again before sighing. "Alright, I better go. I'll see you Tuesday morning."
"You got it, and call if you need to talk."
She nodded. "I will, bye Josh."
He gives her another smile. "Bye Sara."
After a few seconds of looking at each other, she reached down and grabbed her carry on bag before turning and walking up to the line to get on the plane, and Josh didn't leave until he couldn't see her anymore, hoping that when she comes back things will be different between them, he just needed to be patient a little bit longer.
When Sara stepped on the plane, she got to her seat and sat down by the window, then a few minutes later an older woman sits down next to her.
They politely smile at each other and she asks. "Business or Pleasure?"
"A wedding."
The older woman smiled and mentioned how lovely that was, which Sara just politely smiled again before turning her head and looking out the window, then since she had nothing to do but wait, she finally let a memory from the past come to her.
Flashback
5 years ago (Her last day at the lab & Two days before she was leaving Vegas)
After Sara had set her last report on her supervisor's desk, which he wasn't in there at the moment and she was kind of happy about it, she took a breath. Then as she turned and started walking toward the door, her cell phone vibrates, so she pulled her phone off her clip and read the text message that Greg had sent her, he was telling her to come to the break room because he wanted to give her something.
As much as she was looking forward to starting over again, her heart wasn't ready to fully let go, and she knew the reason why, she mentally shook her head, not wanting to go down that road, she needed to be strong.
After she places her phone back on the clip, she walked out of the office and walked to the break room, noticing it looked dark, then when she walked in and said Greg, the lights turned on and the night shift team, excluding Grissom since he wasn't in there, shouted surprise. She smiled a little as she saw a banner hanging up that said 'Goodbye & Good luck.'
When she looked at the team, she asked. "What's going on?"
Nick walks up to her with a cup in his hand, and as he handed it to her, he replied. "I know since you've been here you've experienced more tense moments than carefree ones and things didn't quite work out like you wanted." In her mind she thinks' you have no idea.', then her thoughts get interrupted when he continued. "But you did work with us for almost two years, so I think we should honor that and let you have at least one good memory of us to take with you."
Sara stopped the tears in her eyes before they showed up, then she cleared her throat as she grabbed the cup Nick was handing out to her. "Thank you, guys. This one will definitely be at the top of my favorites list."
They all smiled, and after a toast, they took a sip before talking about old times, and during one of those moments, Sara's attention moved to one of the break room windows, where she saw Grissom standing in the hallway looking in, specifically at her. She couldn't describe the pain she saw in his eyes, but at this point, and even though it was hurting her to see that, she couldn't help him, she had to leave. She looked down a second later, not wanting to see that look anymore, and when she looked up in that direction again, he was gone.
End of Flashback
She didn't realize she had fallen asleep until she felt someone shaking her shoulders, so after she opened her eyes, she lifted her head from the window and looked over at the older woman, she was smiling again. "Dear, we are here, you've must have been tired, you slept through the whole flight."
With the combination of finishing up her reports so she wouldn't have a pile to get back to and the nervousness of coming back here, she didn't get much sleep the last two weeks, so she must have been more tired then she thought.
Sara nodded as they stood up. "I guess, thank you."
"Don't worry about it, dear, and have fun, weddings can be a magical time."
"I will and good luck with your business as well."
The older woman smiled with a nod and the moment they stepped out in the airport they went their separate ways, but Sara couldn't help but watch the older woman being greeted by, who she suspects, her family. Her smile was still on her face as she turned her head to watch where she was going, then it grew a little bigger when she saw Greg standing just on the outskirts of the waiting area. He didn't look the same as the last time she saw him.
His hair wasn't spiky or however he liked to style it on any given shift, it was in his natural color and brushed in a respectable manner, and instead of wearing his Hawaiian shirts or shirts that had words on them, he was in nicer clothes, just one step lower than a suite and tie.
As Sara walked up to the younger man, she shook her head and spoke. "This is not the Greg I remember."
He chuckled. "I clean up rather nicely, don't I?"
"Yeah you do, what happened?"
Greg shrugged. "It was time to grow up, being a CSI can make you grow you up pretty fast."
Sara nodded then she brings him in a hug after she dropped her bag. "Yes it can, and I know I've already told you this, but congratulations. I'm sure you've been an excellent addition to the team."
After he hugs her back, they pull back from one another, then he replied with a smile. "Well I was taught by the best." Sara had to admit Greg's words were close to, if not, the whole truth, then he continued, breaking her out of her thoughts. "The only thing I wish is that you were there so I could've had a little bit of your training too." Sara gives him a look before looking down, then Greg cleared his throat and spoke again. "I'm sorry, the lab's got to be a sore subject."
Sara shook her head while looking at him again. "It's alright, don't worry about it." Greg nodded, and after Sara grabbed her bag, they started walking, then she asked. "So what did they say when you told them I would be here?"
Greg cleared his throat and started saying. "Well...I." Then trailed off.
She looked at him with wide-eyes. "Gregory Sanders, you did tell them I would be here, right?"
"I...uh..."
Sara stopped walking, then Greg stopped and looked back at her as she continued. "You said you would take care of telling them."
"I know, but then I thought it would be a good idea to surprise them, so then you can really see that they've truly missed you and not think it's a fake or rehearsed reaction."
She shook her head with a smile, which made him calm down a little and pat himself on the back for thinking of it, then she replied. "And what if they decide to kill you for not telling them?"
He shrugged his shoulders and said with a smirk as he started walking again. "It would be worth it just to see their surprised looks and finally get something by them."
Sara chuckled and shook her head as she started walking up to him, then she looked at him. "You know what, Greg?" He looked at her as she continued with another smile. "I've really missed you."
"I've missed you too and it's good to have you back here, even if it's only for the weekend." Sara nodded with the smile still on her face.
She was still nervous about seeing everybody again, but she was determined not to let that bring her down from enjoying her time back in Vegas.
AN: Next chapter: Sara sees the team and Grissom. Please review.
