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Once Sara was able to pull her sobbing body off of the wooden doorstep and stand without feeling nauseous, she pulled out her cell phone and called a cab. She slowly began to pace the sidewalk outside her mother's house waiting for the car to pull up to retrieve her.

"I'm so getting a car when I get back," the brunette said aloud, not caring if anyone seen or heard her talk to herself. She wasn't about to be worried about what other people thought of her.

Seeing the yellow cab pull onto the street, Sara walked back to the drive-way of her mother's house and with one last look at the living room window of the house, got inside the cab.

The cab ride felt like forever. So much was going through Sara's mind that she felt like her world was crashing down on top of her. She was far from solving things with her mother, but this was definitely a start to that. Now at least she'd spoken to her mother. She wanted to ask her mother so much more. She wanted to get to know her mother; to know what has went on since they last spoke.

But most of all, Sara wanted to make friends with her mother. She knew they would never have a Mother/Daughter relationship like everyone else. But she at least wanted to be able to talk to her mother. To talk about their days, what was going on with work, life, some celebrity they were following… basically just be able to talk about anything. She wanted to be able to introduce her future children to their grandmother. That is, if Grissom and her were still together when she got back and if they wanted children. The two never spoke of children. It just didn't seem in their cards at the time.

When the car pulled up to the hotel and the driver said the amount due, Sara quickly paid and walked inside the hotel. Most people had seemed to check in or out so the lobby wasn't as populated as before. It was pretty dead to be honest.

Sara made her way to the Car Rental desk and began to fill out the form as asked. It asked the usual Name, Age, Gender, Credit Card Number, whether or not she wanted insurance. Sara filled everything out and was able to pick out her car. She chose a new Trail Blazer in Black Granite. It was a manly vehicle yes, not something a woman would usually drive, but she didn't like little cars. She wasn't that girly.

Upon receiving the papers for the car and information on what parking lot she could pick it up in, Sara turned around and seen Craig walking in the entrance. She smiled and walked over to him.

"Why, hello," he said, his face changing from a frown to a smile upon seeing her.

Sara grinned, "How are you?"

"I'm good. Long day at work… How are you?"

"I'm good… just got back from… running errands… wondering if you wanted to go out and get something to eat…" Sara said with a smile. She was in a good mood right now and since she was feeling lonely, decided she might as well make a friend.

"I think that sounds great… Just let me put my bag in my room and I'll meet you down here," he said with a smile, obviously happy about getting asked to dinner.

Sara smiled and the two went to the elevators. Sara exited at her floor and left Craig in the elevator to get to his. Sara walked down the hallway to get to room 222 and swiped her card.

Sara quickly touched up her make-up, which was a bit smudged under her eyes due to her crying and then brushed her teeth. Her mouth tasted of old coffee right now and she wasn't really enjoying it.

The brunette felt like she was getting ready to go out on a date. Which was strange given she wasn't. They were just having dinner… right?

Sara decided it would be just dinner and retrieved her purse and headed downstairs. Craig joined her a couple minutes later and the two looked at the map on San Francisco on the wall. The map outlined some 'Hot spots' but the two decided upon a small bar near by.

Deciding to walk, the two headed out the door, making their way towards their restaurant of choice, talking about the news and whatever small talk that came to mind.

Sorry for it being so short… I didn't want to continue their 'date that's not a date' so I'm probably going to continue that next chapter… or not… we'll see how I feel lol! Happy New Year Everyone!