MW

Chapter 10

By Briana Douglas

Grissom woke up alone on the couch. He shot up and looked around the room.

"Sara? Where are you?" He arose from the couch and walked into the kitchen. He didn't find her so he walked up stairs. He checked her room but found it empty.

"Sara?" He now shouted. He went back down stairs and looked around the house some more calling her name. Nothing, that is until he heard scratching at the back door. He had never noticed this door before. He opened it carefully, Hero jumped out from the other side.

"Oh hey boy where's Sara?" Grissom felt a little silly talking to a dog but the dog barked and walked back through the door. Grissom fallowed close behind. He walked down some stairs that lead down into a green house. There were plants in there that smelled wonderful. The aroma that lurked in the air was amazing and intoxicating. As he kept walking he saw materials for experiments and just homemade remedies. He stopped to look at a butterfly that had crossed his path. But he was brought out of his thoughts by Hero barking at him.

"Sorry boy." As he walked through the door he saw Sara in an office looking room. There were bottles of stuff everywhere. He stared at Sara as she was grinning ingredients into a mortar. He watched her for a little bit. He listens intently as she was humming a tune that he had never heard before. It was very mellow and soothed his mind. He quietly moved behind her, and wrapped his arms around her mid-section. She jumped a little under him, but quickly regained her composer.

"Hey you." She smiled but continued with her task and the song.

"What are you doing?" Grissom looked into the bowl over her shoulder. He could see that there were leaves in the mixer. She reached for a vile off to the side. She opened it and poured some liquid into the dry mixer. Grissom's senses where going wild. The mixer was a mix of cinnamon and mint. It was amazing.

"This is some secret Sidle magic." She said. She put her finger in the green cream and she turned around in his arms. She then dotted his nose with the green cream. Grissom scrunched his nose and face up.

"What is this evidence you put on my face you villain?" His eyes crossed as he tried looking at his nose. Sara laughed full heartedly. His smile matched hers.

"This is my special blend. My grandma would make the greatest lotions and could cook like no other." Sara smiled as she rubbed in the lotion. To his surprise the smell opened up his air ways. It was some kind of magic to him. And on the plus side it made is skin feel really soft.

"So this is your secret lab?" Grissom pulled her closer as she giggled.

"Yeah you can say that. Grandma would bring me back her and help me with my chemistry set that she would get me every Christmas. I loved to watch her make her lotions; I even got to test most of them. When she passed away my mom sealed this section off. But even though she did she couldn't keep me out. I would steal the key and get in here. It made me feel safe and more at home knowing that this was my favorite place." Grissom let her talk and was surprised how she was able and willing to open up that much to him. He lent in and kissed her on the lips. She smiled as they parted.

"What was that for?" She asked as she ran her hands through his hair.

"Just because I can." He said with a smirk.

"Oh and who…said… you could?" She said through kisses.

"It's man law." Grissom said as he pulled her even tighter to her.

"Man law? What kind of excuse is that?" She giggled as he kissed her on the nose then on the forehead.

"Well, I the law states that if I claim you, your mine. Or at least that's what Greg keeps saying to the boys at the lab. Seriously the things that kid brings up." Sara laughed at the confession.

"You are quoting Greg? Wow never thought I see the day." She was laughing.

"Whatever don't judge." Grissom kissed her again. She loved these moments but her stomach started to call to her. And because her stomach touching Grissom he could feel her hunger. He broke the kiss and knelt down and put his head to her stomach.

"What are you doing?" Sara was giggling and Grissom just listen to the grumble. Sara ran a hand through his hair and that's when she heard him talk to her stomach.

"Uh huh, I hear you, that's all. Ok will do." She had a huge smile on her face when he came back to eye level. He on the other hand had a serious look.

"Your stomach would like you to know that it needs food and that I should carry you so that you won't work too hard. And that you should eat more often!" Now he couldn't hold back his smile as he said the last part. She on the other hand could not hold back her laughter at all. She shierked when he picked her up.

"Don't hurt yourself. I just got you; I don't want to break you." She said with a mad giggle behind it. Grissom gave you're the famous eye brow lift as he carried her back into the kitchen. That's where they found the team. They looked at the couple with suspicious looks.

"So how long has this been happening?" Catherine said after a long awkward silence. Warrick's and Nick's jaws hung open. Catherine closed them for the boys.

"Um…we can explain." Sara started.

"Oh please do." Nick said with a smart ass smirk. Grissom had long ago put Sara down but he couldn't take not having contact with her as they confronted their friends. So he did what he could in this kind of situation. He reached for her hand. The entwined their fingers together. She looked down at the action and smiled up at him.

"Well, where should we start Honey?" Sara looked at him puzzled. Honey! He hadn't called her that for so long she forgot how much she missed it. She was frozen for awhile as was the audience. Sara could just narrate the sense in front of her. She even had the voice of John Madden in her head saying, "And the crowd is stunted at the intimacy of that nick name…what will happen when Grissom decides to continue to tell the tale?" She chuckled to herself as she came back to reality.

"I don't know Bug man where should we begin?" This was going to be very interesting.

AN: So what do you think? PLEASE comment I need some feedback. Tell me what you liked and what you think I should improve on….Tell me what you think about a Barbeque? Or even have her go to the seminar with the team. I have so many ideas let me know!

Thanks!

Briana