Sara knocked on his door about an hour later. She had changed clothes and held papers in her hand. Grissom stepped aside to grant her entrance. He led her to his table before bringing her some coffee. He knew she was waiting for him to start the conversation.

"So, why were you crying in the shower?" He started.

"Diane. I brought these over. I need to go see her." Sara could feel the tears building up again, but she would not succumb to her tears again until she was alone.

"Would you like to travel alone or can we book our trip together?"

"Why don't you buy our tickets and I will pay for the rooms and the car?" Sara offered. She liked the idea of traveling with him again. Deep in her heart, she didn't want to be alone for this trip. She watched him nod.

"That's fair. My office is just down the hall. Let's go make the reservations now." He stood and led her to the computer. Ten minutes later, their trip was booked. Grissom also signed her request for the time off. Since there was no other reason for her to stay, Sara gathered her belongings and left. Grissom didn't have the courage to stop her.

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Two nights later, Sully had finally bullied Grissom into letting him meet the rest of the team. Grissom came into the break room with a sigh just as Sara was ending a phone call. The smile on her face told him she had just spoken to Sully. He took a seat at the head of the table.

"As you all probably know by now, a man came looking for me a few days ago…"

"Is this the same guy Sara took to lunch?" Nick interrupted.

"Yes. He wants to meet all of you. Would you all care to join me for breakfast at the diner after shift?" All five heads nodded yes. Sara sent a text message to Brass, inviting him. There was an almost immediate positive response. Her smile grew even wider because Sully had told her he was going to embarrass the hell out of Gil. She couldn't wait. Sully was the only one with enough ammo to bring him down a peg.

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For the first time ever, his entire team left the lab exactly at shift end. They were all eager for this introduction. Nick and Warrick were leading the pack since they had already seen him. They wanted to know how Sara knew him too. Sully was waiting in the diner at a large table. Sara walked behind Grissom to make sure he didn't bolt. She knew he didn't really want to go to this breakfast. They carpooled to the diner and found Brass waiting for them in the parking lot. All seven of them walked in at once. Gil sat next to Sully and Sara on the other side of Gil. Catherine was on Sully's other side. Nick, Warrick, Greg and Brass sat between the ladies.

"Alright Gil, introduce us." Sully initiated the conversation.

"This is Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes, Warrick Brown, Greg Sanders, Jim Brass and you already know Sara." Gil went around the table. Sully nodded to each one of them.

"Nice to meet you all. My name is John Grissom, but everyone calls me Sully. I'm Gil's older brother." Five sets of eyes began to make immediate visual comparisons between the two siblings.

"Gil's never mentioned a brother before." Catherine commented. Sully glared at Gil.

"Well I brought pictures that I no longer need. I'm going to show your friends now just to spite you."

"Sully, no" He demanded.

"Your call, Sweets." Sully deferred to Sara. Gil swiveled his head to her.

"Sara, please say no." His eyes did more pleading than his words did in order for her to save his humility.

"Hey Sully, why do you call her Sweets?" Greg asked while pointing to Sara and sparing Grissom for a few extra seconds.

"When I met her, she had an unusually strong addiction to lollipops. She was one of the nicest girls I have ever met and 'Sweetheart' was reduced to 'Sweets'."

"So what happened to the lollipops, Sara?" Brass was teasing her.

"I gave them up when someone made lewd comments." She answered and fixed an accusatory glare at Grissom. The man in question feigned innocence.

"You're kidding, right? Grissom? Our Grissom?" Nick asked in disbelief.

"Not kidding. Gil has a pretty sick mind. Mother would frequently wash his mouth out with soap because of the dirty jokes he told." Sully backed up Sara's accusation.

"I still don't believe that well mannered, polite Gil Grissom could behave that way." Catherine interjected.

"It's true. Sara was just as bad and encouraged my wife Diane to join forces with her. It was even worse when we were drinking." Sully informed the team. They were all shocked.

"Don't play yourself off as innocent in all of your tales. Two of us here know for a fact it isn't true." Sara defended her and Grissom.

"At least I can keep my inhibitions in check when I drink." He shot back. The team watched the verbal sparring.

"That's because you drink wimpy drinks with very little alcohol." She said.

"Well, somebody had to stay sober enough to carry you drunk ass home." He retorted. Sara had the decency to look at her lap. She had no come back for this and Sully savored his victory for it rarely happened with her.

"When was this?" Warrick finally joined in the conversation."

"The last time was roughly ten years ago." Grissom said quietly. Catherine looked to Sully.

"So, you said you had pictures?" Sully looked to Sara with the trademark eyebrow raise.

"Sweets?" Sara looked at Grissom briefly.

"Can I see them first?" She asked and Sully passed two pictures her way. Gil had them and she looked over his shoulder.

"You can't show these." They both said at the same time. The other five team members spoke within a second of each other.

"Why?"

"They are incriminating and embarrassing." Gil said and held the two photos close to his chest. Sully rolled his eyes.

"You just don't want people to know that you know how to have a good time. Pass them on." Sully demanded. Gil sighed and reluctantly passed them on. The very first one was Sully, Diane, Gil and Sara. The two men had their arms wrapped around the women and all four of them had giant smiles and golden tans. The second one was Sara sitting on Gil's lap. They had their arms around each other and their heads were touching. Greg got the first one.

"Who's the other woman in this picture?" Brass asked.

"That's my wife, Diane." Sully answered with a smile.

"Whoa, Sara you're a hottie. I never knew your hair was so long!" Sara said nothing. She was so embarrassed. When Sully told her that he had photos, he failed to mention that she was in them. Nick only added to their joint embarrassment.

"Were you two together? This one looks awfully couple-y." He was referring to the second photo.

"It's complicated." Gil answered.

"No, it isn't. You make things that way. Tell us what happened." Sully demanded.

"No." Sara and Gil both said firmly.

"Okay, be that way. Here Catherine." Sully dug through some pictures and found two to pass in the opposite direction. By Catherine's reaction, Gil knew these were even worse than the two he's just seen. Catherine was remembering a conversation she'd had with Gil a few years ago about him being burned in a previous relationship. She suspected that it might have been Sara now that she has seen these photographs. Each member of the team had the same wide eyed look when seeing the new photos. They were of Gil and Sara alone on the beach and kissing. The second one was almost the same, except Sara was on her back with Gil on top of her with his hand under her shirt. When Sara saw these new ones, she glared at Sully for capturing such a private moment. She got up and left without a word. Gil saw these, collected all of the photos and followed her. She was on the phone calling for a cab.

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"…twenty minutes! Forget it; I'll walk." She abruptly hung up and set up a brisk pace on foot. Gil caught up to her, a block later, mentally cursing her long legs. He was completely out of breath.

"Sara, breath… wait breath…slow breath…down." He didn't notice the tears because she didn't stop. He grabbed her elbow. She spun out of it and stopped when she saw who touched her.

"What?"

"Slow breath…down. Please." He was gulping air and trying to slow his heart rate.

"I'm so mad at Sully."

"Me too… Honey. Me too."

"Sully told me he had photos. He didn't tell me I was in them. What's worse is those last two pictures. They take away from the magic of that memory." Grissom was able to breathe normally again.

"Honey, I'm mad at him too. He's never been this vindictive before. May I walk with you?" Neither noticed the sentiment that had escaped his mouth twice in as many minutes. Sara nodded.

"Sure. I'm sorry for dragging you into the lion's den so to speak."

"You thought you were teasing me just like old times. I forgive you." She spared him a small smile and they completed the rest of the walk in comfortable silence.

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A/N: You all are awesome! Thank you for the reviews and the positive remarks. They really bring a smile to my face and inspire more ideas. Please keep those reviews coming! Don't blame Sully, he's not really a bad guy. Just an older brother teasing a younger one. :)

Also, I've had a lot of comments about Sully. He's Grissom's older brother and married to Diane. Sully is not interested in Sara romantically. :) I felt the need to clarify that. Stay tuned and I will post again soon.