Sleeping with the enemy

Three hours into shift Grissom was exhausted. He had finally managed to collect the last of the evidence from the scene and was on his way to the office to process it when his phone began to ring. He looked at the caller ID and noticed his home number, growing a little panicked he quickly answered the phone.

"Grissom" he tried to answer without any worry portrayed in his voice. He felt much better when Sara's voice came over the phone "hey" she said to him. He could see her smile even though she was not in front of him. "Hey yourself, how's your night going?"

"Cath passed out in my bed so I'm lying in yours and decided to give you a call. I'm bored" She said on a sigh. Grissom took in a deep breath with the thought of Sara laying in his bed talking to him. "I hope its ok that I lay in your bed, I really didn't think about it. I'm sorry, I should have asked first."

"It's fine Sara, don't worry about it." He said aloud as he inwardly began to imagine what she was wearing. He imagined some of the very provocative underwear she put in her case and grew even hotter under the collar. He was going to have to stop this if he was going to make it through the night.

"I guess I better let you get back to work then" she said suddenly and although he really wanted to talk longer on the phone he really did need to get the paperwork in front of him done. "Yeah, I guess" was all he managed in response before she said good bye and disconnected.

He looked at the phone for a moment and then replaced it on the hook, still imagining what she could be wearing. The rest of the night seemed to drag by for Grissom, with nothing but paperwork to keep him busy his mind kept wandering to his favorite subject, Sara.

Sara wasn't doing much better. She tried to sleep but found it difficult to do so being surrounded by the smell of him. She finally managed to nod off early in the morning.

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Grissom came home to find Catherine standing in the kitchen nursing a cup of coffee. "Hey" she greeted him "Sara's asleep in your room, I kinda fell asleep on her bed while she was watching a movie."

"Yeah, I know. She called me last night to let me know. Anything else happen I should know about?" he asked as he put his briefcase and keys away before shucking off his jacket.

"Nope, quiet night. I have to get going, Lindsey needs a ride to school today." She said putting her mug in the sink. "Thanks for coming over last night, it really meant a lot to me." He escorted her to the door. "Again, not a problem. See you at work tonight" she said before leaving. He closed the door and then headed to his bedroom to check on Sara.

She was sound asleep with Hank at her side.

He knew it was a bit irrational but he felt a little jealous of the dog. He shook his head to dispel the thoughts and quietly crept to his dresser to retrieve some fresh clothes for a shower. He took a shower in Sara's bathroom and then made himself comfortable on the couch, hoping to grab a couple hours sleep before she woke.

Sara slowly opened her eyes to find Hank beside her, keeping her company. She looked over at the clock on the side table and found it was five in the afternoon. Astonished that she had slept that late she got up and headed out to the living room looking for Grissom, she found him lying on the couch, sound asleep.

Gilbert the cat was lying on his stomach and when Sara came into the room he looked up at her and meowed. "Shhh" she said to the cat as she headed to her room. "Come on Gilbert, food." At the mention of being fed the cat jumped off Grissom and traipsed after his owner.

Once the two were out of the room Grissom smiled to himself, he had been waiting for that damn cat to get off him for the last ten minutes. The cat must have made himself comfortable during the day while he was sleeping and positioned himself a little too close for comfort to a part of his body he was thoroughly attached to.

Grissom got up and went to his room to change into his jogging clothes. When he came out of the room and into the kitchen Sara had just finished making some coffee. "I'm sorry I took your bed. You could have kicked me out you know."

He reached into the cupboard and grabbed two mugs, placing them on the counter before answering her, "I know, you just looked so comfortable. I didn't want to wake you, don't worry about it" he finished as Sara got the milk from the fridge.

She added a bit to her cup and then put it away as Grissom added a teaspoon of sugar to his and then another to hers, tasting it to make sure it was alright before handing it to her.

"Thanks" she said as he handed her the cup before taking a drink from his own.

"What do you want for breakfast?" he asked

"Why don't you go take your jog, and I will make breakfast for the both of us" she replied. He raised an eyebrow up at her and she raised her hands.

"No sharp objects, I promise" she said quickly.

"OK, but only if you promise" he said before taking one last drink of his coffee.

"Promise" she said with a smile.

"OK, Hank, leash" he yelled over his shoulder as he went to put his sneakers on. She watched him leave with the dog and got to work. She knew she had at least an hour to get breakfast ready.

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