Chapter 4

Sara tried to sleep but was failing miserably. It was just before midnight. She turned on her phone, well, Gil's phone, and checked the messages. There was one from Catherine. Saved for later. There was one from Ecklie. Saved for later. And there was one from Gil for her.

"Hey, Sara, if you get this, call me on your cell. I'll keep it on most of the night." Sara frowned at his businesslike tone. That was just Grissom. She dialed her cell number and tapped her foot nervously waiting for him to pick up.

"Hello?" His voice brought a huge grin to Sara's face.

"Hey, sexy." Sara greeted him.

"Hi." He stated simply, but the way he said it always sent shivers down her spine. The familiarity of it always got to her. "How are things with your friends?"

"Oh, great. It was good to see everyone and catch up. But I miss you."

"I know, Sweetie. Just 13 more hours and I will be holding you in my arms and giving you a kiss."

"Mmmm. I can't wait."

"Can't sleep?" He knew her all too well.

"Not really. I checked your messages. There's one from Catherine and one from Ecklie."

"I'll call them tomorrow. Want me to check your messages? It says there are 4. I couldn't remember your password or I would have earlier."

"Don't worry about it, Gil. It's probably just nonsense from Greg and Nick. And I know one is probably from Sam. She said she left one two days ago." Sara was fighting to keep her eyes open and let out an audible yawn. "Just hearing your voice made me sleepy."

"Well, nice to know I have SOME effect." Grissom chuckled. "Get some sleep, Honey. I will see you tomorrow."

"Night, Gil." Sara hung up and smiled as she finally drifted off to sleep.

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Sara was up earlier than she wanted to be. Her flight left at 7:00 a.m. She had a quick layover in Salt Lake and was in Anchorage deboarding the plane by 4:15 p.m. She searched the area for Gil, but failed to find him in the crowd. Maybe he was meeting her in baggage claim. They should have specified. Sara followed the signs to baggage claim. She quickly found her suitcase and was pulling it off the line when she hear a familiar voice.

"Need help with that, maam?" She smiled and turned around.

"Maam? Really?" Her smirk told him she was teasing. Gil took the handled from her grasp and pulled it towards himself.

"Ready?" He raised his brow in question.

"Not yet." Sara just stood there.

"Do you have another suitcase?" Grissom inquired.

"No, but I am missing something." Sara just stood there. She let out a heavy sigh when he just stared blankly at her. "I believe I was promised a kiss when I arrived."

Gil smiled at her. "Of course!" He glanced around quickly then pulled her into his arms and placed an openmouthed kiss on her eager lips. He held her in his arms, smiling at her, his forehead against hers. "That better?"

"Mmmm. Much better, Dr. Grissom."

"Doctor, huh?" Gil let her go but held her hand pulling the luggage along with the other hand. "Must have been discussing how we met with Sam and the gang."

Sara chuckled. "You know me all too well."

They loaded her suitcase into the back of the SUV Gil was using and headed to Gil's temporary apartment. It was located on the small grounds of the research facility. He liked that he could just walk to the buildings that housed the labs. Good thing it was warmer weather or he would need a team of sled dogs to go to work.

Grissom opened the door to his temporary abode. "Welcome." He smiled at Sara. She placed a quick kiss on his lips as she slipped passed him into the living area.

"Not bad." Sara twirled around slowly, taking in her surroundings. She noticed the decorations on the far wall and frowned. "Nice moose head."

"Well, it is Alaska, Sara." Gil wrapped his arms around her from behind and placed a small kiss on the side of her neck. "I missed you."

"Mmmm. I missed you more." Sara turned in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck, placing a kisses along his jaw and finally on his lips. They stood there showing eachother just how much they each missed the other with their lips and tongues. Sara moaned into Gil's mouth as he deepened the kiss and ran his hands down her back, settling on the curve of her ass.

"I would love nothing more than to continue this, Miss Sidle. But we are expected for dinner soon." Gil pulled away from her slightly.

"Not so fast, Dr. Grissom." Sara placed one last earth shattering kiss on his lips and pulled away. "I need to freshen up. Where's the bathroom?"

Gil pointed down the hallway to his left and headed that way, pulling Sara's suitcase behind him. Sara followed Gil into the bedroom and put her suitcase on the bed. She rummaged around and found her toiletries bag and headed to the bathroom across the hall to freshen up. Gil sat on the edge of the bed, grinning to himself. How did I ever get so lucky as to have such a wonderful woman in my life. I feel like I don't deserve her sometimes.

"Penny for your thoughts." Sara interrupted his thoughts. He smiled at her.

"I was just thinking how lucky I am to have you in my life."

"Yeah, good one, Gil." She smirked at him. "I'm sure some type of insect was on your mind."

"No, really! I'm happy you are here. I can't wait for our cruise next week." He waggled his eyebrows at her, which made Sara laugh out loud. She stood in front of him and ran her fingers through his hair. Grissom hugged her, holding his head to her abdomen, and let out a contented sigh. "I love you, Sara."

"What?" Sara stepped back.

"What? I know we don't say it much. Well, ever really. But I do." Sara just stared at him, then cocked her head to the side and smiled at him.

"Thank you, Gil. For loving me." She kissed him quickly and then began to rummage around in her suitcase. Gil shook his head in confusion. No "I love you too?" No " I feel the same"?

"Well, at least there aren't any animal heads in here." Sara commented looking around."By the way," Sara looked up from her suitcase, holding his gaze, "I love you, too." Gil grinned at her and let out a small chuckle.

An hour later they were seated in a quaint Diner with Gil's friend and research colleague, Charles. They ordered their meals. Sara had a hard time finding something vegetarian on the menu besides a salad, so she opted for that and a grilled cheese. Charles and Gil both got the steak. Sara turned up her nose at Gil. She leaned in towards his ear, whispering: "someone better use extra floss and mouthwash if he wants to get lucky tonight." Gil chuckled.

"So, Sara, Gil tells me you are the best CSI on his team." Charles took a sip of his coffee and waited for her reply.

"He did? Hmmm. I wouldn't go THAT far. But, yeah. I'm good." She grinned at Charles.

"You're right, Gil. She is charming." Charles chuckled at the duo. Sara turned to stare at Gil. Gil just leaned over and gave her a quick kiss.

"So, Charles, what else has Gil told you about me?"

Charles never got a chance to answer. They were interrupted by a cell phone ringing.

"Oh!" Grissom reached into his breast pocket and fished out Sara's phone. "We need to switch our phones back!"

Sara took the phone from Gil, looking at the caller ID. It was Nick. Sara rolled her eyes and let it go to voicemail. "It's Nick. I'll call him later."

"Yeah, you have quite a few messages. You should check them." Sara handed Gil his phone. He turned it on. He had two new messages. "You don't mind if we check these, do you?" Gil asked of Charles.

"No, go ahead." He smiled at them and continued to sip his coffee.

Gil listened to his first message. There was another one from Catherine asking him about some paperwork he was supposed to have filled out for Ecklie. He rolled his eyes. The next message was from Greg. "Hey, Grissom! I'm here! It's 7:00 and I'm taking a cab to the research facility. See you there!" Grissom's eyes grew wide and he caught Charles gaze.

"What's wrong, Gil?"

"Charles? Did you put that paperwork through for ONE person or TWO with the Las Vegas Lab?"

"What? I filled out yours and also Sara's, but I left instructions with my secretary to only send yours through to Vegas."

"SHIT!" Sara let out the expletive rather loudly. "Greg is on his way here!"

"I know! He just left a message about 5 minutes ago saying his plane landed and he was on his way to the lab."

"Oh, no. My secretary must have sent BOTH sets of paperwork through and your lab thought they could send another person for a week!" Charles stared at Gil, who was sitting speechless.

"Gil. Gil!" Sara tapped his shoulder to get him to look at her. "What are we going to do?"

"Ok. Listen. I have an idea." Charles leaned in and told them his plan.

A/N: Teehee! Hate to leave you hanging! But fun is ahead!!! Hope you liked this shorter chapter. But I felt I had to post something for you! Please leave a review!!! HAPPY EASTER!