A FRESH BEGINNING part 3

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AN a slight spoiler for Play with fire.

A big thank you to Haldir's Heart and Soul, Ayesha84, Meester, Forensic nurse

And Miley Kapri for the lovely reviews hope you carry on enjoying this.

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The journey to the lab was silent, each mentally preparing themselves for what lay ahead. Grissom pulled into the lab car park and switched off the engine. He turned to look at Sara.

"You okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah. Have you ever had one of these before?" Sara asked as she turned to look at him.

"Once, it was bad. You?"

"No, never, unless you count the lab." Sara answered him." I suppose we ought to go in."

"Yes, I suppose we should. Sara I had a good time tonight." Grissom gave Sara a small smile.

"So did I," replied Sara, "Even if you never did answer my question! Come on let's go."

With that they both left the car and entered the building. Grissom headed to his office, while Sara went straight to the break room. The room was already full with the guys from days and swing shift. Sara saw Nick, Warrick and Greg stood in a corner; she went over to join them.

"Hey! Seems ages since I saw you. How's swing shift going?" she asked Nick and Warrick while reaching for a coffee.

"It's okay, bit strange to have Catherine as the boss but okay. How is it working with Greg and Sofia?" Nick answered with a grin.

Sara turned to look at him with a half smile.

"Great working with Greg."

Warrick laughed at her answer and shook his head.

"Since when did you become such a diplomat Sara?" he asked.

Sara didn't bother answering; she just gave a snort as she saw her second least favourite person walk into the room. Sara didn't know what it was about Sofia but she didn't like her. Maybe it was because she used to be Ecklie's second in command or maybe the fact that Sofia was trying to get her claws into Grissom.

"So what do we know?" Sara asked the guys turning to face them.

Warrick shook his head.

"Nothing more than the initial call of the bomb at a school.

"We're waiting for Ecklie and the supervisors to tell us more." Said Nick.

Just then Ecklie walked in followed by Grissom, Catherine and the days shift supervisor. Ecklie moved to stand in front of everyone, raising his hands in the air.

"Right guys, listen up. I've just got off the phone with the bomb squad. The whole thing was a huge hoax. Somebody phoned in a bomb threat and then set off two heavy duty smoke bombs." He told the room.

"Thank God!" came a small voice from the couch.

Ecklie turned towards the voice.

"I agree. We've been lucky. Days and swing shift you're stood down. Thank you for responding so quickly. Grissom I'll let you sort out your shift." With that Ecklie turned and left the room, followed by the guys from day shift and Catherine. Nick and Warrick hung around quietly talking to Greg and Sara.

Grissom walked over to the coffee pot and helped himself to a mug. He looked over at his crew, noticing Sofia was sat away from the others. He knew she wasn't fitting in but he didn't know what to do about it. He shook his head slightly.

"Right, let's get on with assignments," he said to the room. "Greg I want you to help Sara investigate this bomb hoax. You okay with that?"

Greg looked up a little nervous, he still had the occasional nightmare from the lab blowing up.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." He said.

"Sofia you're on stand by here for the next job that comes in. I'm on paperwork again in my office." With that Grissom turned and left.

Warrick and Nick placed their mugs in the sink and turned to follow him out.

"Have fun guys," they called as they left.

"Bye!" called Sara, "Greg I'll meet you at the truck you can drive." She handed him the keys and walked down the corridor towards Grissom's office.

When she got there, she gave a small knock on the door. Grissom looked up and smiled.

"Hey, shouldn't you be on your way out?" he asked.

"Just got a quick question." Sara replied.

"Another?"

Sara chuckled and then answered,

"Yes another. Do you think it's wise sending Greg out on this? You could always send Sofia."

"Sara, you'll be with him, I have every faith in you. You'll keep an eye on him." Grissom told her." Besides I don't really want to have to respond to a 419 if I sent Sofia out with you!"

Sara gave a small chuckle and turned to leave. As she reached the door Grissom's phone rang.

"Grissom…. Okay Sofia will be with you shortly." Grissom hung up the phone and moved around the desk.

"I'll walk down with you, I've got to give Sofia her case." He said as they walked out the door.

"Oh anything nice?" Sara asked.

"A decomp." Grissom answered in a small voice.

"Oh. Well I'll leave you to it. Greg's waiting for me. See you later." Sara walked down the hallway with a huge grin spreading over her face. She got into the truck still grinning.

"What's up with you?" asked Greg as he saw her grin.

"Nothing." Sara replied while thinking YES!!! There is a God.

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Eight exhausting hours later, Sara and Greg had wrapped up the case. It turned out that a student had a problem with his science teacher and had set off the smoke bombs to make a point. Brass now had him in custody and all that was left for Greg and Sara to do was to get Grissom to sign off on their paperwork. They were sat in the break room enjoying a cup of Greg's Blue Hawaiian coffee, each of them thinking about the night before.

I wonder just what Grissom would have answered with if we weren't interrupted, thought Sara; it seemed to be getting a bit heavy. No I must stop this, he only sees me as a friend. I can't think any more into it, Grissom doesn't think of me that way.

Greg's thoughts were way in the past, the day the lab exploded. We were lucky today and that day, he thought, both Sara and I could have been killed back then, hell today dozens could have been killed. As Greg sat there he could still smell the burning plastic and see himself and Sara flying through the air. He gave a small shudder which caused Sara to look up.

"You okay?" she asked him.

"Yes," he started to say but then changed his mind, "No not really. Sara, do you remember things you would rather forget?"

"Every day Greg, every day but we have to move on." Sara told him, "Is this about the lab exploding?"

Greg turned to look at her and nodded. Sara stood up.

"Come on, let's get out of here. You go and give that paperwork to Grissom while I get my jacket. Then I'm taking you out to breakfast."

"Sara, you don't have to do that. I'll be okay." Greg said as he joined her at the door, paperwork in hand.

"Greg, when do I do things that I don't want to do? I am taking you to breakfast so get a move on. I'll meet you at the cars." With that Sara walked down the corridor.

Greg shook his head, there was no use arguing with Sara when she had made her mind up about something. He walked in the opposite direction and was soon outside Grissom's office. He knocked and walked in, he was surprised to find his boss looking through some old lecture notes.

"Planning on going somewhere Boss?" he asked.

Grissom looked up startled and quickly covered the paperwork a slight blush on his face.

"No. What can I do for you Greg?" he asked quickly to disguise his embarrassment. The paperwork he was looking at contained details of the seminar where he had met Sara including notes and photo's of them together.

"Nothing. We've wrapped up the case; just need you to sign off on it." Greg answered.

"Good. Any problems?" Grissom asked back to business.

"No not really. Hit a bit close to home but I'm okay."

Grissom looked up at Greg and raised an eyebrow in question.

"I'm okay, honestly. Sara has ordered me to breakfast no doubt to talk. Tonight made me realise just how lucky I was, hell even Sara was lucky, we both could have been killed. Anyway I'd better go you know Sara hates being kept waiting." Greg turned and left the room not noticing that Grissom's face had paled.

Grissom sat there, remembering that day. He had blanked out the fact that Sara could have been seriously hurt or even worse killed from his mind.

What would I do if she wasn't here? He asked himself.

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AN sorry I don't like Sofia and I couldn't help giving her a decomp hee hee. I hope you are still enjoying this, if you are I love reviews.