Title: A Night to Remember

Author: loubric

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimers: I have no rights to CSI. It belongs to CBS, Alliance Atlantis, Anthony Zuicker and any number of persons and entities other than me. No infringement is intended in any way, and this story is not for profit. The storyline, however is mine so please don't use it without my permission!

A/N: This is a follow-up story to Dance With Me. This story is loosely set during the beginning of season 6, throughout which a serious and physical relationship between Grissom and Sara begins and is evident but is unknown between the rest of the staff. I would appreciate any constructive criticism. Positive and negative feedback is always welcome :)

As the song ended Grissom pulled Sara up and held her against him. They were interrupted by the rest of their team clapping loudly. They laughed as they were unaware of the audience and they purposely avoided looking at each other as they walked back to their table.

"I'm impressed Boss ….. didn't think you had it in you ……" Warrick announced as they sat down. Grissom sat down casually, smirked as he stole a glance at Sara as he answered "…Believe me Warrick, what you saw isn't even half of it…"

Nick and Warrick exchanged surprised looks and Greg let out a low whistle. Brass smiled "Guess we have to teach these youngster a thing or too eh…..???"

Grissom raised his eyebrows "Are you calling me old …?" and Sara cut in before the playful conversation got out of hand. "Grissom… Brass… no one here is old …..mature maybe……"

Catherine added "Yes, I think it's time we all headed out of here, it's getting late … past Greg's bedtime.."

"Hey … hey, no need to pick on me Cath, just because you're jealous that you're not my date for the evening…" he added cheekily, earning him an evil look from Catherine and his date, Abbey.

"I think Catherine's right…." Grissom said as he stood up "Shall we Miss Sidle…?" he extended his hand.

"My pleasure ……" she replied and then she looked at Greg, Warrick and Nick as she stood up "…Some men know how to treat a lady.." and she stuck out her tongue as she left arm in arm with Grissom, leaving the boys laughing.

The cold night air hit them as they walked outside, and Sara shivered slightly. Without saying a word, Grissom removed his jacket and put it around her shoulders. She looked up at him and smiled gratefully. The wind came up behind them, and a strand of Sara's hair blew into her face.

Grissom tenderly brushed it away with his fingertips and the moment his skin touched hers she felt a wave of energy shoot through her. She wanted to kiss him right there in front of the building they had just left but she knew they couldn't.

"This does have its disadvantages, you know..." she added softly.

He looked at her and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well, like now for instance, I would like nothing more than to kiss you, but considering our surroundings……" her voice trailed off as she looked around.

"I think that can be arranged…" he replied as he grabbed her hand and walked around to the side of the building away from the entrance.

"Grissom …" she laughed "….what are you doing, someone might see us…."

He looked straight at her, his face stern as he pushed her against the cold stone building. The wall was rough and dug into her skin but it only seemed to arouse her even more. He took his hand and trailed his fingers from the exposed skin between her breasts, slowly up her chest until he reached her neck. She groaned in pleasure. He put his hand behind her head and positioned his mouth on hers.

Because it was second nature to her, her body responded immediately and her mouth opened to his kiss. This time the kiss was forceful and urgent. He was relentless and demanding and she gave everything. For the second time that evening his hand ran up her exposed leg, making her shudder in delight at his touch.

"…god Grissom …. I want you so badly …." She mumbled between kisses.

He grinned at her "How does my place sound..?"

She pushed past him, whistled and yelled and a taxi screeched to a halt next to them within seconds.

He was impressed and looked at her admirably as he opened the door for her as she smiled daringly back at him.

Grissom sat next to Sara in the taxi and gave the driver directions to his house. Not daring to look at Sara for fear of what he might do, he sat back and casually draped his arm around her shoulders.

Snuggling close to him, she let out a contented sigh and he smiled down at her.

They reached his town home sooner than they expected and Sara stood awkwardly while Grissom paid the driver. He turned to look at her and sensed her apprehension.

He stood in front of her and placed his hands on her shoulders "Sara honey, we don't have to do this tonight, we have all the time in the world….."

She looked up, saw the care, concern and passion in his eyes, and smiled slowly as she took his hand and started walking up the stairs to his front door.

He didn't need her to do anything else.

He unlocked the door leisurely and held it open for her. She stepped inside the entrance hall and barely had a chance to glimpse around when she found herself in his arms. He had waited long enough. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her into his living room.

She smiled as she wrapped her slim arms around his neck.

He put her down in front of the huge, luxurious leather couch that dominated the room. He slowly removed his jacket that was still around her and she felt it fall to the ground. She gently, but firmly pushed him down onto the couch. He sat up as she stood between his legs.

He ran his hands up and down her lower legs and he enjoyed the fact that her breathing increased. His sky blue eyes stared at her intensely and in the moonlight, they appeared to have a silver hue.

"Come here……" he said huskily and pulled her onto the couch next to him.

She lay back against the couch and watched as Grissom undid his tie and loosened the top few buttons. She reached up, grabbed his tie, and pulled him down on top of her. He shifted his weight so he lay across her. Looking up at him lying above her gave her such a thrill. He bent down to kiss her when suddenly his pager went off.

He ignored it and she licked her lips in anticipation. Then his cell phone started to ring. "This can't be good…" she whispered as he reluctantly got off her and snatched the cell phone out of his pocket.

"What?" he barked into the phone.

He ran a frustrated hand through his hair as he grunted an agreement and snapped the phone shut and threw it across the room angrily. Sara knew something was wrong but his anger at being interrupted was a bigger turn on than she could ever have imagined.

"I'm sorry Sara… there's been a shooting, multiple injuries and deaths, and they need all the help they can get…" he said as he started running around the room getting his things together.

Sara jumped up "….I'm coming too…" and ignoring his attempts at protesting she continued "Grissom, I'm part of your team, I'm coming …now do you have a sweater I can borrow?"

Hours later, Grissom looked up from the grisly scene and stared at wonderment at Sara. She was on her haunches collecting blood samples in her stiletto heels and designer dress covered in dirt. Her hair had been pulled back into a ponytail because it kept getting in the way and she was wearing one of his old college sweaters. He was mesmerized.

She felt him staring at her from across the road and looked up. Their eyes met and she half heartedly smiled at him as she wiped the hair that was plastered to her face out of her eyes.

He grudgingly turned away and continued taking photographs.

A while later, Grissom walked past one of the many ambulances in the vicinity and overheard two paramedic's talking to one another. He stopped dead in his tracks as he heard what they were saying.

"Yeah, her names Sara Sidle, she's with the Crime Lab…." The one guy remarked.

The other paramedic looked her over "She looks damm fine in that dress…"

"Yeah and with the amount of leg she's showing she's begging for it…"

"I hear she's single…. Think I might get me a piece of that ass, show her what she's been missing…" the first paramedic replied as he cracked his knuckles.

Grissom's blood began to boil. His animal instinct and protectiveness took over and he didn't stop to think as he barged around the ambulance and interrupted the paramedic's in mid sentence.

"This is a crime scene, I would appreciate it if you would start doing your job and stop ogling my staff members, and if you can't do that then shut the fuck up… there's nothing more disgusting than men disrespecting a woman. And you two are obviously not even in her league.!" he said in a low whisper.

Turning red, one of the paramedics looked shameful. The knuckle crunching one, however, took a step towards Grissom and said angrily "What the fuck are you gonna do about it? She'll be screaming my name before the nights over and there's not a single thing that you can do about it…"

Grissom didn't hesitate as he pulled his arm back and punched the guy in the face, with all the strength of an 18 wheeler. The paramedic stumbled back and then looked at Grissom, his eyes burning as he spat "... You asshole, you're gonna wish you never did that..." he lunged forward and hit Grissom in the nose.

Sara and Warrick were talking, exchanging theories when they saw Greg and Nick run past them screaming "...Grissom's...fighting...ambulance..." Sara and Warrick stopped what they were doing and followed them.

Sara couldn't believe that Grissom was fist fighting, until she saw it with her own eyes. Warrick grabbed hold of Grissom and pulled him off the paramedic who was being held back by Nick and his friend.

By that time, Ecklie had arrived and was surveying the scene. With his arms folded he was looking from Grissom to the paramedic. "You..." he pointed at the paramedic and his friend, "Get the hell outta here... and you..." he pointed at Grissom "Go home, get cleaned up and meet me in my office ... and the rest of you ... get back to work.." and with that Ecklie turned on his heels and stalked off in a huff.

"I'm fine, I'm fine.." Grissom said irritably as he pressed his fingers on the bridge of his nose to stop the bleeding and waved the others away.

"Whoa boss ... what happened? Why did ya kick that guys butt?" Greg asked.

"He just needed to be taught a lesson ... okay... let's just leave it at that.." he replied as he avoided Sara's gaze.

"Damm Gris... I don't think I've ever seen you hit anyone before in your life, that guy must have really pissed you off..." Warrick said.

"Yeah... what he do? Sleep with your girl or something...?" Nick added jokingly.

"Funny one Nick.." Grissom grimaced as pain shot up into his head.

Finally Sara interjected "Are you sure you're okay Gris?"

After a while Grissom looked up and Sara and said "Yes, I'm fine, ...now my apologies for the distraction... I'll be going home now..." and before anyone else could say anything, Grissom pushed past them and left.

Sara struggled to concentrate for the next few hours and by the time she got back to the lab and had finished processing her findings it was late morning. The rumors were flying around the lab and she finally found out that Grissom had been sent home for a day or two to calm down.

She had tried calling Grissom but kept getting is voice mail so after she left the lab and had stopped at home to change she headed over to Grissom's house.

She stood in front of the front door knocking for what seemed like hours. Finally, she heard footsteps and the door opened a fraction and she locked eyes with Grissom.

She smiled up at him "Hey..."

He grinned softly "Hi..."

"Can I come in...?" she asked and sensing his hesitation "...Just for a minute.."

He opened the door wider and she slipped past him. After he locked the door he turned round and stood face to face with Sara.

"Now... are you going to tell me what really happened Gil ...?" she asked firmly but she looked concerned as she surveyed his bruised nose and black eye.

He sighed "It's embarassing Sara, I overheard those paramedic's lusting after you and I got mad, so I punched the arrogant one in the face .. no big deal ..." he mumbled as he ran a nervous hand through his hair.

Her heart leaped and she felt a tingling feeling come over her whole body. She couldn't believe that Grissom had been jealous of those guys and that he had ultimately defended her honor.

She stepped towards Grissom and lightly placed her hands on his chest "...Why Grissom ... were you perhaps jealous of those men...?

He grinned sexily down at her "Maybe ... I guess I overreacted a little, but those guys were jerks and they disrespected you, I was acting possessive..."

She leaned closer to him "...Thank-you..." she whispered and then kissed him firmly on the mouth.

The End ... will it ever happen???