Chapter Two:
Strange Things Go Bump in the Night
Another long shift was over. As Sara was heading out of the lab, Catherine yelled to her from down the hall, "Sara."
"Yes, Cat?" Sara inquired.
"The guys and I were wondering if you wanted to come to breakfast with us?"
"Oh, I don't know. I am really tired and wanted to go home and rest," Sara replied.
Just about then Nick came up behind Catherine. He said, "So, are you in or not, Sar?"
Catherine interrupted, "She doesn't know. Claims she's tired. But I think she just wants to go home and wait on a certain person's call."
Sara's mouth hung open while she tried to find the words to defend herself. "Sara stop opening and closing your mouth. You look like a codfish," Warrick injected as he approached the group. "So, are we all in for breakfast? If we are, it's on Sara. She's the one 'sleeping' with the boss," Warrick blurted.
Sara turned a bright red, smiled, and said, "Sure, why not? I have his credit card. Let's go. Hey, where's Greggo?"
"Right here, Sar. I'm coming up behind you." Greg replied as he looked down at his book.
"Whatcha studying?" Nick asked trying to grab the book.
Greg grabbed the book back and said, "Nothing Nick. I was reading Stephen King's IT. It's my favorite book."
"So who's driving?" Catherine asked.
Sara answered, "Well, since I'm paying, I'm out. How about Nick?"
"Sure I'll drive," Nick replied.
As they reached the SUV, Sara's phone rang. "Hey, you," she said as she answered the call.
"So, what are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm going out to breakfast with three very handsome men and a very attractive female."
"Should I be jealous?" he asked with a certain smirk to it.
"Oh no, they are family," Sara added.
"So, I guess they know about us then?" Grissom assumed.
Sara answered, "Oh, yeah."
Just about then, Grissom heard four simultaneous hellos from his team. "Tell the team I said, 'Hello' back."
Sara repeated, "He says, 'Hello, guys'."
Sara wrapped up her conversation with Grissom as the SUV reached the diner. After a great breakfast, the team soon headed to their respective homes.
When Sara reached the townhouse, she had an eerie feeling that someone was watching her. Upon entering, she kept hearing strange sounds outside. Then, she began to think it was just her imagination. So later in the evening about eight, Sara decided to get something to eat at the local vegetarian restaurant. After arriving back home, she felt the eerie feeling again. But, she ignored it. As she entered the townhouse, her phone rang.
"You're calling me early tonight," Sara bubbled.
"I guess you were expecting your little fiancée," came the reply.
Sara immediately hung up the phone, and the doorbell rang. Thinking they would eventually go away, she refused to answer. She looked out the peephole and saw a figure she did not recognize.
Again Sara's phone rang. The ringing scared her, and she dropped the phone.
Picking the phone up again, "Hel...lo," she said with a shaky voice.
"Sara, what's wrong Honey?" Grissom asked, knowing something was not right.
"Oh, nothing dear. I just ran to get to my phone," Sara replied trying to cover her trembling voice.
"Alright," Grissom replied knowing there was more to the story than she was telling.
"M, I missed you today," Sara replied.
"I missed you, too. I may be coming home sooner than I thought."
"Oh, really? How soon?"
"Like Sunday, My class is over and there really is no reason for me to stick around. Plus, I miss holding you at night," Grissom added.
"Oh Gil, that would be great." As Sara was talking to him, the doorbell rang again. "Hold on, baby. Someone's at the door."
"OK."
Sara looked out the peephole again. It was the mysterious figure from before.
Grissom asked, "Who was it?"
"Oh, nobody. I guess some teens playing around," she replied.
"Well, babe, I have to go. Some students are coming by so I can catch them up on the material before the test tomorrow."
"OK. Bye, bye."
"Love you."
"Love you, too."
Hoping that it was just kids playing around; Sara flipped her phone shut, turned out the lights, and went to bed.
