Hey! Thank you all so much for the reviews! I love them!!! Also I wanna thank my beta melody425. So here is another chapter, the next one is ready to go whenever so I'm hopeing to post it on monday!!
KJ
CHAPTER 11 - Are You With Me? - Vaux
Nick came in about 15 minutes later. That time was spent in silence by
Grissom and Sara. It was a comfortable silence though.
"So did you get anything?" Sara asked getting in the back seat.
"Well, evidence wise, nothing. No hairs or fibers or any other form of trace
evidence. But Greg did find three boys matching the description." Nick said as
they headed back to the lab.
"Has Robbins started the autopsy yet?" Sara asked, looking out the window.
"He was just about to when I came to pick you two up." Nick said, looking at
her in the rear view mirror.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Huh?" Sara said looking at him.
"You alright?"
"Yeah. Just thinking, that's all."
"Okay just making sure." Nick said, giving her a brotherly smile.
Grissom turned to look at Sara.
She didn't look herself. Her hair was a little frizzy, her eyes had dark
circles under them, and over all she looked lost. The look on her face was
blank, showing no emotion at all.
The ride was spent in silence. Nick didn't like it. With his family you
always wanted it, but right now he needed something to listen too. After
about 10 minutes he turned on the radio.
He regretted it right when he hit the button. On the way to pick Grissom and
Sara up he had had it on and had turned it up loud.
Carrie Underwood's voice blasted out of the speakers.
Nick almost went off the road trying to turn it off, his cheeks turning
bright red.
When Nick finally composed himself, he looked over at Grissom. He didn't even
know how to explain the look on his face. It was somewhere in between mad,
surprised, and smiling.
He then looked back at Sara. She was smiling her famous smile.
"Did you have fun on the way here Nicky?" Sara asked, a sparkle in her eye.
He could only nod his head.
"You can turn it on if you want to Nick. Just please, not so loud."
Grissom said, giving him an amused look.
And so Nick was happy, but now he had to work on keeping himself from singing
along.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Once back at the lab, Sara, Nick, and Grissom went off to autopsy to see if
Doc Robbins was done.
Sure enough, he was.
"I was just about to call you." He said as they walked in the door.
"Hey SuperDave." Nick said.
"Hey guys, hello Sara." David said, giving her a small smile.
"Hey David." She said.
"What have you got Doc?" Nick asked.
"Well, your John Doe is about 8 years old."
Sara looked away. Grissom noticed and slowly took her hand in his. She turned
and looked at him.
He smiled sofly at her.
"TOD?" Grissom asked, focusing back on the case.
"About 4 days ago. Cause of death was strangulation. There's not much more I
can tell you." Robbins said.
"So, if TOD was 4 days ago, that means he was taken before Logan." Sara
said.
"So Griss, do we have a serial killer?" Nick asked.
"Maybe. We'll have to find out who he is first and then talk to his parents."
Grissom said. "Thanks Doc."
As the three headed out of autopsy, Greg came towards them.
"Hey I was looking for you three. I got a positive ID on the vic, Brandon
Wells. Brass has got the parents coming down." Greg said.
"Okay, meet me in my office in 5 minutes." Grissom said walking away.
"What's up with him?" Greg asked.
"We could have a serial killer." Sara said.
"But Logan isn't dead." Greg said as they headed to the break room for
coffee.
"We don't know that." Nick said.
Sara headed down to Grissom's office before Nick or Greg. She knocked on the
door softly.
"Come in." Grissom said.
Sara slowly pushed the door open. Grissom looked up from the stake of papers
in front of him.
He took in her appearance. Her eyes had dark circles around them, her clothes
were wrinkly, and she looked pale, like she would pass out at any moment.
"I know what you're thinking." Sara said softly, leaning up against the
door.
Grissom gave her a small smile.
She continued. "You want to take me off the case, don't you?"
Grissom took his glasses off and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Sara, I'm worried about you." He said, raising his head to look at her.
"I want to stay on the case Griss." Sara said. "I want to more then anything
right now. Please."
"Sara, look at your self. When was the last time you slept or ate
something?"
"Grissom!" Sara shook her head and turned away from him.
Grissom got up and walked over to her. He placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I don't want to be babied Griss, I just...I want to be there when we find
Logan." Sara said looking him in the eye.
"Sara, you can stay on the case, but promise me one thing. Don't let this get
to you. You have to keep an open mind." He said taking his hand and touching
her cheek.
She closed her eyes at his touch. "I know...." She said softly. "I want to be
there when we find Logan...dead or alive." Sara added opening her eyes to meet
Grissom's.
He smiled softly at her. "I love you."
Sara was a little taken aback at his change of subject. She looked at him
quizzically.
"I love you too." She said as she leaned in to kiss him.
Just then someone knocked on the door.
Sara and Grissom quickly pulled apart. "Come in." Grissom said sitting down
behind his desk.
Nick and Greg came in.
"Hey." Greg said seeing Sara.
She smiled at him.
"Okay, Sara and I are going to talk to Brandon's parents. Nick, I want you to
go over every piece of evidence we have. Do everything twice if you have to.
Greg, I want you to go over the names that Mr. Hall gave us; anything you can
find."
Greg and Nick shook their heads and headed off.
"Okay, let's go make Mr. and Mrs. Wells day a hell of a lot worse." Sara
said sarcastically.
Grissom didn't say anything as they headed down the hall. She knew he hated
this part of the job and this type of case, too.
When they arrived at the door of Brass' office, Sara sighed.
"You ready?" Grissom asked.
"No, but I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Sara said as she opened the door.
"Just remember, I'm right her with you."
