A/N: My stories are becoming slightly longer every time it seems... If I keep it up like that, I'm going to have to change my summary :-). So this one is based on an episode of season 2 (Caged), the next episode will be And then there were none. Not all the 'moments' are based on simply one episode, but this is...


I have been called to a scene, apparently an SUV got into a fight with a train, clearly the train won. Grissom is already there, but leaves me after a couple of minutes giving me two hours to work the scene. It seems that the sheriff wants the train wreck of the tracks as soon as possible. But before Grissom leaves me he makes my day… He says I can work this scene with Sara and that's all it takes to make me smile all night long.

I love it how good we work together, it's like we share the same brain we even finish each other's sentences. Sara and I have established some kind of friendship but I still like to push her buttons whenever I get the chance, so working all night and probably also the following nights with her is definitely a bonus. I have every intention to get a reaction out of her, any reaction.


We collected the evidence pretty quick and back at the lab we processed in with ease. We found a piece of filament but there was no glass on it, which is only possible if the headlights weren't on. So there might have been a second car that the engineer easily could have missed. We found the vic's cell phone and we take it to Archie in the AV-lab. After some altering we have evidence of a second car. I leave his lab to give Brass a call, on my way out I hear Sara say 'She definitely likes you.'

I can see the smirk on her face even though I'm with my back turned to her, she leaves Archie's lab too and follows me. I stop in my tracks and she almost collides with my back. I turn around and lock eyes with her 'So I like him…what made you think that?'.

A smirk forms on her face again 'Well I know you quite some time now... and when you like someone but you don't want this person to know that, you either ignore them or act bitchy when you're around them.' the smirk turn into a wide grin.

'Funny Sidle, you think so…' I feel a smirk forming on my own face.

'Oh I definitely know so… You used to do that to me, scratch that you still act like that with me around sometimes, but I know you like me.' she has the most shit eating grin I have ever seen on anyone.

I open my mouth a couple of times but no sound comes out, she's right and she knows it all too well. I have no other option than to stand here dumbfounded, I thought she would walk away now with that grin firmly plastered on her face but she doesn't move, she just looks at me. She steps closer to me and bring her mouth near my ear 'Cat got your tongue?' she asks in a husky voice.

She steps back and gives me one of those adorable sexy gab toothed smiles of hers, then she walks past me making sure she brushes ever so slightly against me. I walk into the locker room, I need to be alone to contemplate what happened just now. Was she flirting with me? No she can't be, I'm seeing things… it's not because I crave for her, she feels the same way about me… With all my pondering I almost forget to call Brass, I tell him we might have a homicide on our hands, but that's all I can tell him right now.

When I finally make it out of the locker room there is only one hour left to this shift and I am in desperate need of caffeine. I walk into the break room and fix a hot cup of coffee, I savor the delicious taste. Now that I had my caffeine fix I need to find Sara, knowing her she probably found something interesting by now she's just not the type to sit around like I did.

I walk past a couple of labs until I find the layout room where Sara is working in, she is sitting at the layout table with the contents of Megan Treadwell's car. She looks up at me and tells me what Megan's day was like. Before she went home she ran an errand, she bought doggie treats at Vegas' Finest. We decide to check the place out with Brass at the start of tomorrow's shift.

'Hey Sara, you want to grab some breakfast?'

'No. Sorry, Cath.' She uses my nickname, coming from her I don't mind at all. It rolls deliciously off her tongue. Although I liked her using my nickname I feel somewhat hurt because she turned down my offer without any explanation.


At Vegas' Finest Sara and Brass are questioning one of the workers, she's a cute young redhead and I can tell Sara is her type because she keeps making eye contact with her and she smiles more than is necessary. I am ready to slap that smile right off her face if she does it one more time, so I keep my distance. I'm pretending to look around the place. Jealous much?! Until I hear Megan's name…

A worker from the coffee shop next to the pet place joins in the conversation, apparently she saw or better heard the commotion too. I eye the young women closely and notice they're standing closer to each other than necessary even if they are separated by a small fence. The dark haired one seems to be a bit jealous, her girlfriend is checking someone else out… I can't help but find the display rather amusing, all this goes unnoticed by Sara of course.

The girls' narration was quite interesting, this Mr. Croft had a temper and he had a beef with our victim, we head straight to PD and wait until he is brought in for questioning. Sara decided to check out his car while I went with Brass into the interrogation room. He was telling a lot of BS especially when it became clear the car he was using was just a rental and he got rid of his own vehicle.

Brass found out where Mr. Croft's car was and now it's in the garage. When I walk into the garage at HQ Sara is already there checking out the SUV. I join her, we walk to the front checking the headlight which is busted. I lean forward to get a better look but actually I'm doing this to get into Sara's personal space and giving her a nice view of my body in this position. I hear a small gasp, but don't say anything.

She shows me the silver paint on the front bumper, I tell her to get some scrapings while I stand up and walk behind her. I let my hand brush over her back and feel her shiver. I check the inside of the car and find coffee and a lid of a cup with lipstick on, now we get a pretty good idea of what happened. We start to retell what happened and it looks as if we're one again. Great minds…

'I call Brass, tell him to make an arrest.' Sara states when we're done recounting what happened.

'Good, so… since our work is done. You want to eat something or have a drink?' I ask her hesitantly.

'Yeah I want to eat something but… not with you.' She must have seen the hurt and anger flash through my eyes because she quickly adds 'One day maybe, you'll see. When the time is right.' She smiles and gives me a peck on my cheek. It's the softest and sweetest kiss I ever experienced but before I know it she has left me.

Damn she's good!


I hope you enjoyed it.