Yes the restaurant listed below is real, is located off the strip in the Northeast in Henderson, is vegetarian and generally requires reservation, not bad for a person who had never been to America, eh?
''Fess up to what Catherine?''
''OH, come on! I'm a CSI Griss, you can't except me to fall for that. I've been watching you all day and you've hardly stopped grinning. Oh sure you've tried to hide it, but after the amount of time i've known you I can tell when your trying to keep something hidden. So, spill, whats going on?'' He took off his glasses and slowly wiped the lenses and replaced them before answering Catherine's question.
'Alright Catherine, I'll play your game, but you are NOT going to find out about Sara. I know you just as well as you know me.' he thought.
''Yes Catherine, I have been happy today, but how do you know its not just over a new delivery of an insect or new racing roach.''
''Because Grissom, you would have been gloating about it all day, and also because you have a race in a month, and you are not going to buy a new one when you are still training your current ones.''
''OK, Well Done Catherine, you guessed right, now that you have finished here, I have to go interview a suspect'' She sat there feeling slightly smug at getting the better of Grissom for about 3 seconds before realising that it was her who had been got the better off. By this time Grissom was already heading down the corridor. ''You can run, but i'll find you again later, you WILL tell me at some point.'' She sighed when he just turned round and smiled and then headed off to see if Vega had arrived yet to go interview the neighbours.
The interview went pretty standard, the suspect confessed almost immediately which was a slight shock to both Grissom and Sara, as well as to Brass. Between that and CSI's and lab techs walking into the break room as they did their paperwork and fear of going back to the office in case Catherine could corner them there. Grissom and Sara never got a chance to speak to each other properly, not even to confirm their date later that afternoon. Eventually the first chance they got was out in the CSI car park where no actions could be taken for fear of someone seeing. Grissom confirmed the time he was picking her up and then they headed off their separate ways.
Grissom arrived promptly at Sara's apartment at 12:50, 10 minutes before he was due, sure that she would be ready early. He straightened his tie and smoothed down any creases in his shirt and pants, climbed up the stairs and knocked on the appropriate door, waited and was shocked and could only stare at the vision which greeted him through the door.
Sara was wearing a blue silk dress with a circular neckline, Whig cut down into a V-neck line, held there by a broach, floor length, with panels showing slightly coming down from her hips, with a small strip underneath the top part of the dress. She finished off the look by allowing her curls to go untamed, falling softly around her face, a gold necklace, and a silver beaded bag.
Seeing Grissom staring at her she self-consciously touched her hair and tried to straighten invisible creases in her dress. ''Well, you said I needed to dress up.'' He leaned in and planted a gentle kiss on her cheek and whispered softly into her ear, ''You look beautiful.'' Leaning back to stand up straight he asked ''Ready?'' She nodded so he offered her his arm which she took, and escorted her down to the waiting car. He then drove them to Gaetano's Ristorante, a small Italian in Henderson.
''I hope you like it, I know it serves vegetarian options, as far as I could tell there were quite a few options you could have.'' He started saying nervously after they had been shown to their reserved table and sat down. He looked up to see Sara, eyes wet with unshed tears looking at him. She reached across the table and took his hand, ''I Love It'' she said quietly. Grissom turned his hand over to take hold of hers properly and gently rubbed his thumb up and down over her soft skin. He felt like his heart would burst. He hadn't realised he could be so happy just to be sat across the table from someone. He suddenly knew that Sara was the person he had been waiting his life before, he had never believed in one perfect person for everyone, but now he did, and he knew that he had found his, he just hoped that she felt the same.
