Disclaimer: I do not own CSI Epilogue
Catherine was frustrated. She had done the right thing giving her friends and colleague privacy the week before, and what did she get for it… nothing. The curiosity was killing her. She couldn't just ask because then they would know she had been there watching.
Sara and Grissom had reappeared a couple of hours after their confrontation and quickly gone there own ways. Since then, when at work, they avoided looking at each other. They barely spoke, except about cases and even then it was straight to the point. But the thing that Catherine had noticed the most was that the tension everyone in the lab had felt for the last couple of years was no longer there. There was now an noticeable ease betweenGrissom and Sara that had not been around in years, since Sara had first arrived in Las Vegas. A couple of times she had thought she had seen a smiles across each of there faces but they had disappeared so quickly it was as though they were never there.
When she had spotted Brass in the lab one day she pulled him into an empty lab,
"Have they said anything to you," she demanded.
"Well hello to you too Catherine," Brass remarked sarcastically.
"Have either of them said anything to you," Catherine asked again.
"Either who? Said what?" Brass asked not holding back his grin.
Brass, too, had been watching his friends over the previous week. Though nothing had been said to him he had sensed a happiness between the two CSI's that had been missing for the past three plus years. He had caught a couple of half hidden smiles shared across crime scene that had to be seen to be believed. There had even been a shared night off that he knew they had spent together. It had been his night off too. He had driven past Gil's town house to see if he would join him for a drink but had kept driving after recognizing the second car parked in the driveway.
He was surprised Catherine had lasted this long before pouncing on him,
"You know who…" she hissed. He raised an eyebrow and she growled slightly, "Grissom and Sara."
"Oh, Grissom and Sara… What about them?" he asked innocently. He held back a laugh as her arms flew up in frustration.
"Don't play games with me," she huffed, "something has changed and I want to know what."
"Catherine," Brass let out a chuckle, "give them time, what ever is going on between them is new, don't add any pressure and ruin it for them. They will tell us when they are ready." Catherine narrowed her eye at him.
"You know something…" she said.
"Nothing concrete. They haven't said anything to me but all you need to do is see the two of them to know something has changed," he told her, "Come on lets get a coffee."
Brass put an arm around her shoulder as they headed towards the break room. He didn't know how long Catherine would last before she had to dig for answers but he hoped it would give Grissom and Sara a chance to settle into whatever existence they were now sharing.
I know this is short but there were people out there wanting a little closure for Catherine and Brass. I know this isn't much but more will be revealed soon. I am working on a sequel. After all I couldn't leave everything running smoothly between Grissom and Sara… beware... drama ahead.
