Grissom's journey

Grissom hummed a merry tune all the way to the scene wondering what kind of insects he was going to be able to collect. Brass was sitting on the hood of his car when he arrived at the site. He got out of the car and greeted the detective who was wearing a wide smile on his face.

"Hey Brass, where's the body?" Brass lifted his arm and thumbed behind him, indicating the location of the body. Grissom gave him a puzzled look, "are you coming?"

"No, I think I'll sit this one out. After the mess with Sara's crime scene, another dead body can go without me."

Grissom raised an eyebrow at him, "I gave Sara a B&E, not a murder."

"Well, whatever you gave her it was soup" Brass punctuated this by pinching his nose and Grissom winced. Sara was not going to be a pleasant person to be around. Grissom started to head to the body when Brass stopped him by handing him a pair of waiters.

"What are these for?" he asked

All he got in return was, "Just put them on and follow the trail." Once again Grissom raised an eyebrow but decided to follow instructions. Once he was done putting on the waiters he proceeded to the body. The further he went the soggier the ground got. By the time he managed to make it to the body he was knee deep in mud and was finding it hard to keep moving forward.

The body was indeed bug infested but seemed to be almost levitating on the surface of some wood just above the mud. David and a couple of assistant coroners were trying to decide how to extricate the body when Grissom finally managed to wade his way over.

Unthinkingly he set his kit down just to have it start sinking into the mud. He quickly grabbed it and handed it to one of the deputies standing close. He collected his specimens and put them all in his kit. Once he was finished collecting what little evidence there was he had the deputy take his kit to the Denali while he help strap the body to a backboard to be hauled out of there.

Once the body was taken care of and David had managed to follow it out Grissom began his slow trek back to his SUV. He got about five steps before his foot got stuck and his step faltered. The next thing he knew he was sitting in the mud and it was seeping over the edge of the waiters and slowly filling them up.

He managed to get up with a loud sucking noise and lost his balance again, only this time he landed face first. By the time he managed to work his way back to his Danali he was covered head to foot in slimy mud. Brass took one look at him and doubled over in laughter.

Grissom didn't give a damn that he was covered in mud and climbed into the SUV and headed back to CSI. By the time he got back to the office the mud was beginning to dry and bits of pieces of it were falling off in chunks as he progressed through the halls of the office. He got to the evidence lock up and could smell a mixture of decomp and Lysol hanging in the air.

The receptionist looked up at him and tried with all her might to hide the smile. Once he was done logging his evidence he headed for the showers. He rounded the corner and passed the break room on his way to the showers dropping cakes of mud as he progressed. He stopped momentarily as he heard the break room erupt in a chorus of laughter before completing his journey to the showers.

It took him almost a half an hour to remove all the mud (it had wedged into every crease of his body). He dried off and reached for his clothes to find they were missing. "Damn, I must be going senile." He wrapped the towel around his waist and headed towards his locker. When he opened it, it was devoid of everything except what looked like a shirt box.

Heaving a deep sigh he opened the box to find a pair of black silk boxers. "Damn, they must have found out." He mumbled while trying to decide weather the towel or the boxers would be the better of the two in order to get him to his office. Finally deciding he would use both just in case he slipped on the boxers and covered them with the towel.

Accepting his fait he started walking towards his office. He thought he was in luck when he managed to make it to his office with no one noticing him. He quickly entered his office and locked the door behind him, sighing once more with relief.

"You too, huh." Grissom nearly jumped out of his skin and the towel slipped off as he turned around to see Sara sitting on his couch in nothing but a red teddy. His mouth ran dry and his blood began to boil at the same time.

Sara got off the couch and stepped over to Grissom, she handed him a picture she held in her hand. Grissom pried his eyes off of her long enough to glance down at the picture to see the same image he was witnessing in person.

"Catherine wanted me to give this to you."

"I take it they figured out we did the pranks and that we are together." Sara answered him with a very uneducated "yup" and encircled her arms around his neck. He had just done the same around her waist when the door swung open and Greg and Nick ran in.

Don't worry guys, this is so far from ended. I told you they were going to get it together in the end and they will. Stay tuned and you will find out what happens when Greg and Nick come into the room… This is fun.