Chapter Four:

Sara sat in the conference room with the others waiting for the assignments to be handed out. She refused to make eye contact with Grissom. He did the same.

When he finished, he turned to Catherine.

"Catherine I need for you to accompany me to Ecklie's office. I'm going to request that Sara be transferred to your supervision." Catherine looked at Sara and then Grissom.

Sara's mouth fell open but then quickly closed. Nothing more was said. Sara made a hasty retreat as the guys followed. She managed to make it to the locker room when Nick grabbed her by the hand.

"Hey! Sara. Is there something wrong between you and Grissom?"

"No. there's nothing between us."

"Then why?" He saw the tears in her eyes and he stopped. He hugged her and then motioned for the others to stay away. Sara sat down on the bench.

"If you need anything, you know I'm here. Got it?" asked Nick.

Sara nodded and turned away. Nick knew her body language and it was telling him to leave her alone. He reluctantly did. She swiped at the tears in her eyes, grabbed her jacket and headed out of the office. Greg was waiting for her outside.

"You or me?" asked Greg. Sara always drove. It was only on rare occasions that Greg got to drive. It was one of those nights. Sara tossed him the keys as she got into the vehicle.

They worked in silence through out the night. Greg had worked with Sara long enough o know that she only opened up when she was ready. He glanced in her direction every now and then but made a point to not make eye contact with her. He knew she hated that when she had been crying. Greg and Sara were finishing up on the scene when she felt someone standing over her. It was Grissom.

"I need to talk with you," whispered Grissom.

"Your attorney can talk with mine." She then remembered she didn't have one.

"Greg, are you about finished here?"

"Yeah, we can leave as soon as Sara finishes…"

"Great. You can head on back. I'll give Sara a lift back." Greg looked at Grissom and then Sara. He started to walk away but stopped. "Sara?"

"It's fine Greg." He shot Grissom an angry look. Don't hurt my Sara. Grissom knew that look. He had given it to him plenty of times in the past when he and Sara had disagreed.

Grissom offered to help but she refused his offer. He returned to the vehicle and waited for Sara to finish. She collected her kit with the remaining evidence and just stood there as if hoping there another option. When none materialized, she reluctantly got into the car.

"I didn't call my attorney. If you want to contact yours then do it. I can't stop you."

Sara looked puzzled. She didn't know what to say. "Griss…" She stopped. How do I tell you I don't want a divorce? How do I tell you I want you? Of course you've always known that.

He waited for her to say something but when she stopped and turned away, he started the vehicle. They had been driving for a few minutes when he spoke.

"I don't believe in divorce. I don't know how we're going to work this out but I'm not going to divorce you. I know you can fight me on this but I hope that you won't. I talked with Ecklie and he has agreed to let Catherine supervise you since we're married. He has agreed to let us work together as long as our marr… marriage doesn't affect our jobs. He did offer to give us some time off for a … honeymoon. I told him I would speak with you." Grissom pulled over to the side of the road. He turned and looked at her.

"I need to know what you want, Sara." Sara sat there dumbfounded. She wanted to kiss him. She wanted to jump him right there in the vehicle but then his words echoed in her head. "I don't believe in divorce." It hurt. You don't love me….

Sara's head was pounding. Alarms were going off inside her heart telling her to be cautious. She softly whispered, "I won't fight you for a divorce. I… don't need a…. honey…" The words stuck in her throat and she turned away so that he wouldn't see the tears. She folded her hands in her lap and played with the string on her jacket. It was then that he noticed her hand. There was no ring. Shit!

They returned to the lab as if nothing had transpired. Sara left as soon as the shift ended. She watched Grissom drive away as she headed in the opposite direction.