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Picking up the Ashes - Chapter 11

Grissom stared down at his wrist watch for the 100th time now, wondering where the hell Sara was. She was late.

Grissom was waiting in the lobby of a 4-star restaurant that had just opened on the strip, it was called Harmony. It was Sara's idea to try it out; Grissom would have gladly just spent the evening at home curled up on the couch watching a movie or something. But it was their seven month anniversary, they had to do something big, or so Sara said.

So here was Grissom all dressed up in a suit and tie waiting for his girlfriend.

Just then the restaurant door swung open and a silver swan stepped into the room.
"Hey Handsome," it cried.

Grissom turned around at this and smiled. "Hey," he greeted Sara.

"You look beautiful," he spoke as he looked over her body. Sara was wearing a silver halter dress that fell to her knees with a white shawl wrapped around her shoulders. Her hair was hung loose around her face in waves. She looked like angel.

"Thanks," replied Sara blushing a little at this. "You don't, look so bad you're self Mister," she spoke smiling leaning in towards Grissom a bit.

Grissom returned the smile and kissed Sara sweetly on the lips.

They soon broke apart from each other. "Shall we?" asked Grissom towards Sara.

"We shall," replied Sara smiling, linking her arm through Grissom's.

They then made their way over to the host.

They were seated at a table in the center of the restaurant; they thanked the host as she gave them their menus and left them.

Grissom pulled out Sara's chair for her.

"Well thank you!" spoke Sara as she took a seat and Grissom pushed her in. He then took the seat across from her. Sara then took off her shawl and placed it on the floor along with her purse. She was past the point now were she didn't care if people stared at her skin.

For about five minutes they were silent both studying the menu seeing what looked good.
"Everything sounds so good," pointed out Grissom looking up from his menu towards Sara.
"I know," nodded Sara in agreement.

Just then the waiter appeared, he was a young handsome looking man with short raven-black hair. He introduced himself to the couple as Jeremy. After Jeremy had taken their orders, Grissom reached out and took Sara's hand which was lying out on the table and gave it a squeeze.

"I am glad we came here," he spoke looking into Sara's eyes.

"Me too," agreed Sara staring back at him smiling. Just then as they began to lean in to each other, Jeremy returned back with their white wine they had ordered.

They both thanked him and once he was gone, Grissom moved his chair closer to Sara and kissed her.

The kiss was longer and deeper then the one in the lobby had been. After a moment or two they pulled away from each other breathless a little.

"Cheers," said Sara lifting up her wine glass.

"Cheers," repeated Grissom, clinking his glass against hers. They then both took a sip of the wine and looked around the restaurant.

After a moment or two, Sara turned back towards to Grissom placing her empty glass on the table, "Oh my God!"

"What? What is it?" he asked, looking over at Sara concerned.

"Over there," hissed Sara pointing over her shoulder. "It's Nick and Greg with two girls!"

"What? Where?" he asked straining his neck; he couldn't see anything.

"Over there, by the window," whispered Sara.

"Oh!"

"Yes oh!" replied Sara. "What do we do??

"Do about what?" he asked clearly confused.

Sara glared at Grissom for a second before replying, "About them? Us? We can't let them see us together!"

"Well," began Grissom looking away from Sara and over to their table, "It looks like they are pretty distracted." He chuckled as he watched the two men flirt with the girls they were with. He then turned back to Sara, who was not looking convinced.

"It only takes one glance in this direction for them to notice us… together!"

"Sara calm down," he began reaching out and caressed her knuckles with his thumb. "Just enjoy the evening, okay?" he asked his blue eyes meeting hers. "Please."

Sara stared at him for a second thinking over what he said before her face broke out into a smile, "Okay!"

Grissom returned the smile, "Good!"

A little while later Jeremy returned wit their food, "The garden salad and pasta for the lady!" he spoke placing a steaming bowl of pasta in front of Sara.

"Thanks," replied Sara up at Jeremy.

"And the salmon for the gentleman," he said, placing a plate in front of Grissom.

Grissom thanked Jeremy.

Once Jeremy left, they both dug into their meals. The food was even better then they had imaged it to be.

For about the first minutes or so neither of them talked they were too busy eating their meal.

"It's amazing!" whispered Sara in between bits.

Grissom, whose mouth was full, nodded in agreement.

As Grissom swallowed a piece of his fish and bit into another one, he felt a rubbing sensation up his leg. It started at his calf but slowly moved up his thigh to his middle.

At this his, eyes widened and he almost choked on his food. Soon it stopped.

Grissom then reached out and took a sip of his water and stared over at Sara in disbelief. She continued to eat her food innocently. She finally did notice Grissom staring at her.

She placed her fork down and smiled, "what?"

"What!" cried Grissom, a bit outraged. "Hello!" he spoke gesturing to his lap.

Sara just gave him an evil smirk and went back to eating her food.

A moment or two later, Sara lifted her right foot up again under the table and ran the edge of her shoe up and down this time Grissom's right leg.

Grissom dropped his fork and closed his eyes and let out a quiet moan as the edge of Sara's foot touched his middle, lightly at first but then deepening her touch. Soon Grissom was fully aroused by this and felt him self harden.

"Sara," he moaned his eyes dark on hers.

Sara just smiled and released her foot.

Just then Jeremy appeared, "Are you done sir?" he asked down at Grissom.

Grissom looked up at the young waiter, surprised to see him, "Yes, Yes I am!" he choked out, clearly embarrassed. Even though his excretion was covered by the table, he still felt redness creep up the collar of his shirt. Sara could help but let out a giggle at this.

Jeremy took Sara's empty plate too and asked if they would like dessert.

Sara glanced over at Grissom then back at Jeremy and smiled, "No, I think the bill would just be fine thanks!" Sara had dessert waiting back at her apartment.

"I am going to go to the bathroom, okay?" asked Sara getting to her feet and grabbing her purse.

Grissom just nodded his head and gripped the table cloth, he was still aroused.

"Don't go anywhere," chuckled Sara as she kissed him quickly on the cheek and walked towards the bathroom.


A long five minutes later Grissom's anatomy finally went down and he could relax.

Just as he let out a sigh of relief, someone appeared at the table.

"Oh good your back," spoke Grissom opening his eyes thinking it was Sara. But instead it was Nick, Greg and two girls that he did not know.

"Hey Grissom," greeted Nick smiling at his boss.

"Nicky? Greg?" asked Grissom in disbelief. "What are you doing here??

"We're on a double date," replied Greg pointing to the two girls by their side. They smiled at Grissom. Grissom blinked at them for a second but then soon returned the smile.

"Mady, Lee, this is Gil Grissom our supervisor," pointed out Greg, introducing the two girls to him.

Grissom stood up at this and shook the two girls' hands.

"So what are you doing here?" asked Nick.

"Um," spoke Grissom feeling his neck going red again, "I'm on a date."

"A date!?"

"Yeah a date," repeated Grissom avoiding their glances.

"Where is she?" asked Nick grinning enjoying Grissom's discomfort.

"In the bathroom," he mumbled.

Just then the waiter appeared with the check.

Sara emerged from the bathroom and looked over at her table and stopped dead in her tracks, standing there was Nick and Greg. She then took a step back and reentered the bathroom.

Sara gave it about three minutes before emerging again, praying that Greg and Nick had left.

And sure enough she was right; Grissom was sitting on his own now, waiting for her to return.

"I saw you had some visitors," spoke Sara as she approached the table.

Grissom looked over at her and nodded, "Yeah but don't worry they don't suspect anything."

"Yet!" added Sara.

Grissom just stared at her for a second before getting to his feet. "Should we go?" he asked.

"Yes," replied Sara nodding.

Grissom then placed his hand on the small of her back and lead her out of the dining room.


"Wait I want to see who Grissom is with," spoke Greg as he opened the car door but made no move to get inside.

"Why?" asked Nick.

"I'm curious," shrugged Greg, "That's all!"

"Whatever buddy," replied Nick shaking his head and he slid into the driver's seat.

"Wait!" cried Greg, "Here he comes!"

"WHAT? Where?" asked Nick getting out of the car.

"There," pointed out Greg, pointing towards the doors of Harmony.

"Holy shit!" cried Nick his jaw dropping in disbelief.

The two men watched as Grissom held the door open for a tall slim brunette. From a distance they couldn't really make out her face but she did look familiar but they just couldn't place who it was.

They watched as Grissom embraced the brunette and kissed her passionately on the lips.

A moment or two later they pulled away from each other and began to walk in their directions hand in hand.
"Quick their coming," called Greg, getting into the back, where is date Mady sat.
"Can we go yet Greggy?" she asked sliding closer to Greg putting a hand on his thigh.

Just a minute, he spoke ignoring her touch.

He and Nick then looked over their shoulders as Grissom and his lady friend came closer and closer towards them. Once they were a foot away from them they got a better picture of the brunette face.
"Oh my God!" spoke both Greg and Nick as they turned back around in their seats, shocked at what they had just seen.


Oh no! What does this mean?

Do Greg and Nick know about Sara and Grissom?

Got to wait and find out!

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