A/N - Again, be on the look out for those rogue typos! I have never liked writing smut, so I didn't... but we get a little more GSR in this installment.

Disclaimer - Grissom is mine!!! Ok, my cat Grissom is mine, everything else is not...


Mandy's mouth dropped open as Nick piled his collection of prints on the table.

"Let me guess, hotel elevator?" She sighed.

"No, actually these are finger prints here..." He pointed to the pile, and then shook the bag in his hand. "These are toe prints. All numbered, each number represents a different monkey."

Mandy peered over her glasses. "Monkey?"

"Two Barbary Apes were stolen from the Las Vegas Zoo. We believe they were drugged, we found a dart in the enclosure. Sara is dusting it for prints, and we will need to rule out the monkeys."

"As suspects?" Mandy teased.

"Very funny. Any one of them could have touched or moved the dart, so we have to eliminate all the monkey prints and see if the thief left a print of his own." Nick smiled.

"But check out number 11, Bo Bo looked suspicious." He winked as he turned to leave.

"You owe me!" Mandy called after him.

"I ain't singing to you again!" She heard him yell from down the hall.

Mandy stared at the tiny prints. "They couldn't tell by size which print was the suspects? It isn't like an infant did it." She sighed as she started to scan the prints.

Sara walked into Grissom's office and shut the door behind her.

"We can't do that before shift anymore."

"Do what?" Grissom was clueless as he looked up from his photos.

"You know what!" Sara whispered.

"Oh. OH! That." He smiled

"I was in such a good mood... I acted like an idiot at the scene."

Grissom smiled as he remembering her laughing, he loved the way she laughed.

"Grissom! I laughed so hard I almost cried. All because Greg said monkey doodle."

This time Grissom laughed. He got up and came around to the front of his desk.

"Sara, it's ok to be to be in a good mood and laugh once in a while."

"I understand and appreciate that, but, that needs to be reserved for home, or they're going to start asking questions."

"Sara, it'll be fine. No one is going to suspect anything because you let yourself go a bit for one night."

"You better be right, because I'm a horrible liar when I am put on the spot." She smiled.

"Hey Gris!" Catherine swung open the office door. "Oh! Sorry!"

"It's ok, we're going over the photos from the scene at the zoo." Grissom stated, picking up a picture of the enclosure.

"I heard about that, stolen monkeys are going to make great headlines today" Catherine smiled. She knew media equaled the sheriff giving Grissom hell until the case was solved.

"Any leads?"

"Not right now, but everything is still being processed." Grissom sighed.

"Actually I'm going to head down to the evidence room, and help Greg log stuff in for a while." Sara smiled at Catherine as she passed her on the way out.

"What can I do for you Catherine?"

"Just handing in a file, we solved the 419 on Sahara. Thank god for traffic cameras!"

Grissom simply nodded as he continued looking at the photos.

"What's with Sara?" Catherine questioned after a few moments of silence.

"What do you mean?" Grissom slipped of his glasses, doing his best to look overly concerned. Leave it to Catherine to prove him wrong with Sara.

"I overheard Greg telling Nicky she was acting strange at the crime scene."

"Oh!" He sat back in his chair, trying to feign relief. "She was apologizing for that, said something about having too many espressos and visiting an oxygen bar today" He turned his gaze back to the stack of pictures.

"Well espresso would do it. Have you ever been to one of those oxygen stands? They have them all over Freemont Street."

"No, I believe it's a waste of money." Grissom grumbled.

"You really do feel good after you leave, and they add 'flavors' to the oxygen, kind of like aroma therapy."

"What does 'pina colada' do? Make you feel relaxed?" Grissom realized his mistake as soon as it tumbled out of his mouth.

"I thought you had never been to one" Catherine smiled.

He smiled back. "I said I haven't been to one. That doesn't mean I have never seen one before."

Catherine nodded and got up to leave. He thought he'd recovered quite well. He never wanted anyone to know that he and Sara had been sitting at one of those booths just a week before. He did think they were a waste of money, but he had a hard time telling Sara 'No' when just doing it could make her happy.

"Good luck with the monkey snatcher" Catherine called out as she exited his office.

"No luck with the dart" Sara said as Grissom walked into the evidence room. "All the prints came back to 3 different female monkeys."

"What else do we have?" Grissom questioned as he eyed up the evidence.

"Not much." Nick chimed in. "All the prints from the dart and from the glass around the enclosure belong to the monkeys."

"Prints on the door handles of the building all came back to staff." Sara added.

"Inside job?" Grissom questioned.

"I'm starting to think so." Nick sighed. "It's just like the bear. Zookeeper wants to make some money on the side, and uses the animals to do it."

"Well, we are going to have to go back and probe a little deeper with the staff." Grissom shrugged. "And we're going to have to do it next shift. Ecklie was sure to remind me that it's the end of the month and we're all dangerously close to over-time."

"Ahh, going home on time. How I love the end of the month!" Nick sighed as he began to box all the bagged evidence.

Grissom pulled into the garage a few minutes before Sara did. He always left a few minutes before she did. Occasionally Sara would even go as far as to take a different route home.

Bruno sniffed at Grissom when he greeted him in the kitchen.

"Its monkey" He bent down and told the dog as he scratched his head. He opened the door to the backyard and let Bruno out.

"I smell awful" Sara grunted as she came in the door. "I call the shower"

"I could join you, you know" Grissom smiled as he pulled her into a hug. "Or aren't we allowed to do that after shift either?"

Sara reached up and gave him a light kiss.

"I'm taking a shower, you can make the coffee" She smiled as she slung her bag over the back of a chair.

The sound of running water filled the house as Sara got into the shower. Grissom went about the morning routine. He fed the dog, washed his hands and made a pot of coffee. He was frying eggs when Sara came down, water drops still fresh on her skin.

"Breakfast?" Grissom smiled as he slid the eggs onto a plate.

"Love some!" She smiled as she sat at the table.

"That was an interesting night wasn't it?" Grissom said between bites.

"I feel like a complete idiot." Sara sighed.

Grissom decided not to tell her Catherine's question, he wanted her to be in a good mood. He hated going to sleep next to an upset Sara.

"Honey, it's alright. It was nice to hear you laugh."

"That's all fine and well, but I cannot act that way at a crime scene. It's unprofessional." She said stiffening up in her seat.

"I think you're very professional." Grissom stated as he opened the morning paper.

Sara sipped her juice and decided to leave well enough alone, this was something they wouldn't be seeing eye to eye on.

After breakfast Grissom went up to take his shower, and Sara rinsed the dishes. She wiped her hands dry on the towel that hung from the fridge and went up stairs, Bruno on her heels.

She slid into the bathroom, and peeked her head into the shower.

"For the record...we are allowed to do that after shift." She smiled.

Grissom pulled her in, pajamas and all, just to hear her giggle again.