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Grissom looks confused. I don't know if his confusion is just because Catherine and me took a lot longer than a toilet break would take, whether it's because we are both smiling, or perhaps it's because we are both still alive after travelling together.

The confused look is quickly replaced by what can only be called the 'Grissom face', stoic and non-committal.

"Cath, Sara, the hotel was basically fully booked, we have the last four rooms; now, Nick and Greg are sharing, Warrick and I are, Brass and Sofia when they arrive, they have the only 2 bedroomed room, and well, you two are sharing, room 231, we are meeting with the Governor in 20 minutes, so you can quickly unpack" And with that he turned and walked inside.

The only part I heard Grissom say was 'you two are sharing'. I mean is he totally crazy? Everyone still thinks that we are each others enemy number one. I do hope there are two beds in this room, because I swear my body would not be able to cope, and well my head wouldn't be on the job if I had to share a bed with the woman of my affections.

"Sara? Sara are you ok?"

I shake myself out of my thoughts and turn to Catherine, who looks slightly worried.

"Are you okay Sara? You zoned out there for a minute. You don't mind sharing with me do you? I mean I know we are new at this friendship thing…"

I smile at her, this new caring for me thing she is doing is really nice, and I like seeing this side of her. Realising I haven't replied, I shake my head again:

"Sure I'm fine Cath, and I'd rather share with you than any of the others, so, lets get in and unpacked, wouldn't want to keep anyone waiting would we now?"

She laughs at me and picks up her bags, walking into the hotel. I do the only thing I can, follow, and try to divert my eyes from her perfect backside. Quite successfully may I add... I am proud of myself.

The hotel actually looks really nice, and my thoughts are confounded when Catherine opens the door to our room. It is truly gorgeous, and thank you god there are 2 beds, my body can rest safely now…

The room is decorated with gorgeous purple walls, with a huge bathroom complete with a centre Jacuzzi style bathtub just off to the left of the entrance. The two beds are on the right, and there is a mini-bar and big balcony which has a small table and two chairs on it. This room truly is breathtaking, and so is the view from the balcony, the stars are so bright in the night sky; damn I wish I wasn't here for work...

Catherine has decided she wants the bed closest to the left, because she 'always sleeps on the left of the bed', and I'm left with the bed on the right, which is good, because I prefer the right, we could share a bed perfectly fine, or maybe not... I mean I don't think she'd agree...We unpack in a comfortable silence, and then make our way downstairs, to where we are to be briefed.


The Governor stands in front of us looking pensive, and I notice Brass and Sofia have also arrived and are already sitting. I take two bottles of water from the table and pass one to Catherine. She smiles at me again, and I'd melt if I hadn't been distracted by the door opening for the others to enter.

The Governor stands tall, his wrinkled face etched with worry as he gives a slight smile and proceeds to tell us what he knows, which isn't much.

"Thank you for coming on such short notice. I'm here in person, as this is extremely serious. Now I know I'm stating the obvious, but we need to try and get all persons involved back, unharmed, as quickly as possible, and without any media attention. Understood?"

"Governor Stratson, do we have anything to go on? Other than these letters that have been found at each person's car? Because, with all due respect, you can't have brought all of us here for that? That needs doing in the lab anyway, I have left my daughter with my mother, again, for an undetermined time period, and we need more to go on than that." Catherine grumbles.

I can feel her tense up, so, as she did with me to Ecklie-the-ass, I try and calm her down by squeezing her arm, and leaving my hand there.

My body reacts just from touching her arm, I mean imagine if I ever got the chance to…

Stopping me thinking about Catherine in a less than appropriate way, the governor responds "Ms. Willows I presume?" Catherine nods, and he goes on to say:

"Well Ms. Willows, these people are some of the states most respected persons, as you well know. A local bar has been getting e-mails and telephone calls for the past 3 days, and when the police turned up, they stopped. Now, I think they are being kept somewhere around here, they know the local area well. We have brought you to the outskirts, so that they will not be alerted to your presence. But we need to get evidence, maybe they are frequenters of this bar which is why they chose it, I need you to find out. You are the best team in the state, I need this sorting. I will have a copy of the e-mails sent to the bar sent to each of your rooms, but for the rest of tonight, I want you to rest, read these e-mails and try and find us a starting point for tomorrow. Thank you."

With that he strides out of the room, leaving us all shaking our heads. I notice my hand is still firmly placed on Catherine's arm, and she turns around and smiles at me. I obviously did something right. She covers my hand with her free one, squeezes it and leaves it covering mine. I swear it feels almost, but then I notice Grissom standing up, shaking me out of my reverie, and back to the land of the normal. Catherine smiles at me and mouths 'thank you'.

Half an hour later we have gone through everything we know again, and have an action plan for tomorrow. Catherine and I will go to this bar, and act as country tourists, see if we can spot anything unusual, whilst Grissom and Warrick will drive around the surrounding areas searching for any noticeable places the 'hostages' could be being held, Nick and Greg will be walking around the town looking for any kind of information, and Brass and Sofia will search the Internet for anything to do with "Freedom4Nev."

This case sucks, we haven't even started yet, and it looks as though all we will be doing is a job that some rookie police guy could do, information searching. I suppose it's what they get for being so called important people.

Everyone has retired to bed for the evening, knowing we will have an early start. I'm not ready for bed yet; I hardly sleep anyway- so I find myself at the hotel bar with a beer thinking about the day's events.

I smile as I remember the quick kiss and hug I got from Catherine, and how she didn't remove my hand from her arm before, how amazing it felt when her hand covered mine...

I think I'm going to like this friendship. Two beers later I head to our room, feeling calmer.


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