Chapter 4

Sara was paired with Greg, they had a 419 in Henderson. A 9 year old girl was beaten to death, and her parents were somehow missing.

After they processed the scene for a couple of hours they headed back to the lab.

Sara was having a really hard time with the case and she was looking more and more forward towards her lunch break with Mark.

"Are you alright?" Greg asked. They were processing the evidence they collected, and Greg noticed that she was staring at the same spot for about 10 minutes now. The case was hard for her that was obvious. She had been so up beat when they drove to the scene, they were laughing and joking, he hadn't seen that Sara for a long time and he missed it. But the longer they were at scene the more her mood went downhill.

"Fine" she said. Of course she knew Greg wouldn't believe her, but she didn't feel like explaining why this case was so hard for her.

"Okay," he sounded disappointed "but if you ever need to talk you know where to find me!" he said with a wink, trying to get her to smile. Fortunately for him it worked, a tiny smile crept up Sara's lips.

"Thanks Greg, I'll keep that in mind." she glanced at the clock on the wall 11:45, Mark should be here in about 15 minutes. That is if he was going to show. Maybe he changed his mind about dating her after all. But before her thoughts could go any further, there was a voice over the intercom:

"Sara Sidle you have a visitor waiting for you in the reception hall."

Okay so he did show up.

"I think that's the first time in 6 six years that you have a visitor here." Greg commented. "Hot date?"

"As a matter of fact, yes I have a lunch date. So I'll be taking my break now. I'll see you in about an hour!" and she left the room. Leaving a very stunned Greg behind.

On her way to the reception hall, there were a lot of people staring at her curiously.

Mark was standing at the reception, he was looking around and picking at the fabric of his shirt. Sara smiled to herself, maybe she wasn't the only one who was a bit nervous.

She remembered him more clearly now, he had light brown hair, was a few inches taller then her, and was pretty good looking. 'You did good Sara' she thought to herself.

When Mark spotted her he smiled. "Hey Sara, you ready to go?"

"Yup, let's go."

They went to a really nice diner. They went here a couple of times with the team when they were discussing the case on a break.

"So you like this place, or do you want to go someplace else?" he nervously asked.

"No this place is good, I've been here a couple of times before and there food is pretty good."

He led them to a booth in the corner of the diner. And the waitress signaled that she was going to be over in a second.

"So.. crime lab huh?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's a pretty interesting job, never boring. Although sometimes I wish I hadn't seen some of the things that people do to each other. But other then that it's a great job."

"Yeah, I can imagine that."

"So what do you do?"

"Well I actually have a pretty boring desk job, the only thing I have to do is type in a couple of numbers and my job is done!" he said with a charming smile.

She laughed about it. "It can't be that bad, right?"

"It is actually."

"Then why do you do a job that you hate?"

"Well it was actually going to be a temporary job, but I kinda stuck to it, and it pays pretty good. I tried to quit one time, but then they offered me a promotion with a couple of bonuses on top of that, so I figured 'Ah what the hell, I'll stay put.' Now that I think about, it probably would be a better idea if I had just quit then and there."

She laughed "Maybe it was"

Then the waitress came to their table to take their orders.

They made small talk, and both had a pretty good time. They talked about college, his family (there was an uncomfortable moment when he asked about her family, but they got passed that fairly quickly) the things they wanted to accomplish in life and the reason why she was a vegetarian. He didn't get how someone could just give up meat like that, until she explained him how a decomposing pig looked and smelt liked.

They had such a great time that they forgot the time, when Sara looked at her watch she saw that it was 1:15!

"Shit!"

"Is the date that bad?" he said joking.

"No," she said laughing "I just promised my coworker I would be back in an hour and that was an hour and a half ago."

"Ahh.. I'll take you back to your work then." He said signaling for the check.

" Na-ah this one was on me!" he said when he saw her grab her wallet out of her purse.

She nodded and pursed her lips together so that her smile wouldn't get too big.

Mark paid for the check and they drove back to the lab.

"Well I had a really great time." Sara said.

"Yeah, me too. Maybe we can do it again sometime?"

"I think I would like that."

She wanted to get out of the car but his voice stopped her. "Wait! You forgot some thing" he said. Then he slowly moved towards her and softly kissed her lips. What they didn't notice was Nick, Warrick and Catherine pulling in the parking lot after getting back from their crime scene, and witnessing the whole thing.

"Guess she wasn't kidding when she said she was going to get a life!" Nick said with a surprised look on his face.

"There's no time like the present." Warrick said.

They watched for a few seconds and then decided to go inside.

After a few more kisses, Sara breaks it off. "I'm sorry but I really have to go now."

"That's okay, I'll call you."

"Alright, bye" she said while getting out of the car. She closed the door behind her and watched the car while it drove away. Then she walked inside the lab with a huge smile on her face.

When she got into the break room Warrick, Nick and Catherine were looking at her with an expecting look.

"What?"

"I think we should ask you that question" Catherine said "I didn't know you were seeing someone."

"I'm not, not really."

"O okay, so you just got into a strangers car and decided to kiss him?" Nick asked.

"You saw that?"

"Yeah we saw that, we just got back from our crime scene and then we see you kissing some guy in a car." says Warrick "So who is the lucky guy and how long are you seeing him?"

"His name is Mark, and this was actually our first date."

"Where did you meet him?" Catherine asked.

"I met him at a club 2 days ago."

Three faces looked at her as if she was growing a second head. Sara was pretty pleased with the effect actually. 'Bet they didn't expect that'.

Nick was the first to break the silence. "You went to a club?" at Sara's nod he continued "So you went to a club picked up a guy, you go on a date and you kiss him when you know him for barely two days?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Just doesn't seem like the Sara I know"

"Well I told you I was going to try and get a life, so I just have to change a couple of things about myself, and maybe this is one of them." Then she walked out of the break room in search for Greg to apologize and for an update on their case.

"Okay, I hope she knows what she's doing." Nick said.

"Yeah, I know. Let's just keep an eye on her just to be sure." Warrick responded.

"Guys she's a grown women who can do whatever she want. Besides if we go check up on her and she finds out she'll only gets pissed, and didn't we always tell her to get a life?" Catherine said.

"You're right, she should have a private life, it's just coming out of nowhere that she finally agrees to it."

Sara finally found Greg in the DNA lab.

"Hey sorry I was gone for so long, I just lost track of time."

"Don't worry about it, I know how dates can get!" he said with a wink, before updating her on the case.

At 4:30 she was still at the lab, she decided to call Riley to say that she's going to be a little late. They found the parents and she wanted to interview them and hopefully round up the case.

"Hey this is Riley"

"Hey it's Sara."

"Oh hey Sar, you're not calling me to blow the whole thing off right?"

"No , I'm just calling to say that I'm gonna be a bit late. I just have to do something for a case and hopefully finish it." She says with a sigh.

"Ow all right. You okay? You sound a bit troubled."

"Yeah I'm fine, just a tough case brings back some memories. I'll call you when I get off work!"

"Okay see you then! Ow and since we maybe don't have time to go shopping I'll pick something up for you okay? I work in fashion so I know what's hot right now, and I think I can guess your size."

"O-kay" Sara said doubt obviously in her voice. "Just don't make it too daring or anything."

"I won't, don't worry"

Sara put away her phone and went to the interrogation room.

After an hour of talking, the parents finally confessed. According to them their daughter was a brat, "Always looking for attention and nothing was ever good enough for her." That's what her father said.

When she finally finished with the case it was already 8:00. She was really tired and actually didn't feel like going to a party tonight. But she said she would go, and she would probably have a good time when she's there. She's not going to get any sleep anyway with the case still fresh on her mind. Maybe if she would just go out she would forget about the case.

Authors note: I know I promised that Sara would meet interesting people and get some interesting offers I this chapter, but I don't want to make the chapter too long. I'm going to write the next chapter right after uploading this chapter so it should be posted some time today! And thank you for the people who reviewed.

Ow and as in response to BrookeGreene I'm not going to kill off Sara, don't worry I'm too big of a Sara fan myself to do so! ;)