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A/N only a short chapter, but lots more to come, will post another tomorrow.

Dead bodies and New life - Chapter 12 Ecklie

Walking through the lab doors Gil and Sara were determined to get their meeting with Ecklie over and done with as quickly as possible, Gil was going to tell Conrad about their soon to be marriage and Sara's pregnancy, and Sara was going to explain some of the changes she would have to make regarding reducing her working hours. They had been to the supermarket then gone home and had something to eat, and a short nap, Gil was due back on shift tonight, and Sara tomorrow at 5pm, so after the meeting Gil was going to take her to dinner before dropping her off back home.

As they approached Ecklie was on the phone, he signaled for them to enter and take a seat, which they both did, Gil held Sara's hand.

"yes sheriff, i can get them to you, tomorrow" Ecklie carried on his conversation.

"no problem, bye" he finished and sat in his office chair.

Ecklie eyed their joined hands disapprovingly, which irked Gil "we are both off the clock, and there is no law against it Conrad"

"what can i do for you Sidle, you called this meeting, which sounded quite urgent" he sneered at her, then looked at Gil. "and why, may i ask are you here Gil"

"because the contents of this meeting concern both Sara and i, so i will start, so we wont take up too much of your time" he looked to Sara for confirmation, she nodded to him.

"as lab policy instructs, i am here to inform you that Sara and myself are engaged, and will be getting married in the very near future, and i am sure you will need us to fill out the necessary paperwork Conrad" he paused and smirked "and while we are filling the paperwork to add spouses to our insurance and pension plan packages, we might as well start filling out the paperwork required to add a child, as Sara is currently pregnant" he looked reassuringly at Sara, and squeezed her hand, then continued before Ecklie could interrupt "if you could let us have the paperwork, we will have them back to you ASAP" he finished confidently.

Ecklie looked annoyed "i can get my secretary to drop them in your office, you are coming into work tonight i take it Gil" he replied sarcastically

"yes, i will be on the clock tonight Conrad, and as you well know, i have months worth of vacation time added up, which i could use anytime, but as yet, i will not be using any " Gil spit back feeling his temper begin to rise at the insinuation that he took a lot of time of work, he squeezed Sara's hand gently to help calm himself.

"good Gil, because caseloads and your paperwork are building up, and needs to be done pronto" Ecklie said cockily.

Gil looked annoyed but nodded to Sara to let her know to start, so she smiled at him "Conrad as you now know i am pregnant, and i will have to make some changes to my work schedule, and working environment, i have a list of chemicals that i need to avoid. The changes to be made have been recommended by my doctor, due to some health and medical issues that have arisen due to my condition" not that Sara was going to expand on the details that were private.

Ecklie quickly said "what changes are we talking about, i can't be seen to be favoring individual csi's , now can i Sidle"

"oh you, i, and everybody, already knows that Sara is your least favorite csi, so don't worry on that one Conrad" Gil spit out angrily.

"it's okay Gil, i can handle things don't worry" Sara said in a low voice to reassure him and calm him down, before he did something stupid.

Ecklie smirked "i don't think there is any call for that kind of talk Gil" trying to wind him up "now Sidle, i will ask again, what sort of changes are we looking at"

Sara knew that the use of her surname was getting Gil mad, he hated how it sounded disrespectful of her, coming from Ecklie, so she wanted to wrap up the meeting as soon as possible to avoid a confrontation between her boss and fiancée.

"i will have to reduce my working hours to starting each shift at 5pm until 10pm, a reduction of 3 hours per shift. I will only be able to do work in the lab, as field work has been deemed too risky to my pregnancy, and as previously stated i will have to avoid certain chemicals, and wear a protective masks for others"she finished looking to Gil who's anger was building.

Ecklie looked at her with narrowed eyes "and these changes are really necessary" he said sarcastically. Sara nodded biting he lip "if that is the case,Sidle, i would like a supporting letter off your doctor" he smirked again "i will need that before you start back tomorrow, so we are covered by the liability insurance" knowing full well the inconvenience would annoy them both.

Sara stood and pulled on Gil's hand, she could feel the anger rolling of him in waves at how Ecklie had spoken to them "that is all we needed to discuss with you Conrad, i will get the letter to you tomorrow, we will let ourselves out" she tried to say looking confident, but inside she was seething at their treatment, and worried how Ecklie was going to be treating her at work when Gil wasn't about.

Gil sensed Sara being worried and angry, and he didn't want her to get stressed, he was angry himself ,and worried how Ecklie would treat her at work,so they left the lab and got in the car. "god damn son of a bitch! why do i let him talk to us like that" Gil grunted with frustration as he slammed the car door.

"because he's our boss Gil, and there is nothing we can do about it" Sara said quietly, turning to him, and seeing the anger in his eyes, she caressing his face to try and calm him.

"i swear to god Sara, if he makes work unbearable for you or i, or upsets you in any way, i wont let him get away with it" he said laying his palm on top of hers on his face, and his anger started receding at her touch.

"hey, hey, come on calm down, don't let him get to you" she soothed him.

He sighed heavily "your right" he leaned over and kissed her tenderly "come on lets go get dinner" he turned the key in the ignition, and they drove of as he reached for her hand to hold.

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