"Hey Catherine." Sara when she located her.

"Sara, sorry about this being last minute."

"I didn't have anything much planned anyway."

"You said something about ditching the guys on the phone."

"Nick, Warrick and Greg went go-carting earlier. I went and watched after I'd run by the lab, where Cecile is in a bad mood."

"When isn't he?"

"So we were having lunch. It wasn't too hard to ditch them. Just for future reference Greg can't drive a go-kart; he crashed it into the tire barrier."

"And what was that about Red Fish, Blue Fish?" Catherine inquired. Sara filled her in. "I think I see a book shop and a Dr Seuss book in our future."

"Warrick bet Greg twenty bucks that he wouldn't ask Grissom how you measure a goldfish's memory."

"Now that would be an interesting conversation."

"And we get a front row seat too it."

"Shall we get started?" Catherine asked.

"Pick a store."

CSI CSI

"So have you thought about setting a date?" Catherine inquired as they sat drinking coffee taking a break from their shopping spree.

"Not yet. It's been a little busy at work. Then it comes with the problem of where to have the wedding. If we have it in Vegas, all Nick's family live in Texas. They'd have to charter a whole plane to get them out here. Then if we got married in Texas, it would be a problem for you guys to come since you all have to work."

"What about your family?" Catherine asked.

"They won't be coming." Sara replied. "I lost contact with my brother years ago and my Mom couldn't make it."

"If you haven't set a date then how can you know she can't make it?"

"Because she'll be unavoidably detained for at least the next six years." Sara replied.

"Your Mom is in jail?" Sara nodded. "What did she do?"

"The department shrink thinks it would be good to get this out in the open." Sara sighed. "If I tell you can we keep it just between us?"

"Sure."

"My father was abusive, I guess when I was kid I didn't know the difference, one day it just got too much and she stabbed him to death. Nineteen years ago."

"Oh god Sara."

"It's okay." Sara said. "I need to start dealing with it. I forgot about the anniversary which is I was in a weird mood the other day."

"That would have been hard."

"Foster care is lousy." Sara stirred her coffee. "But I got through it."

"Who else knows?"

"Nick, Warrick, the shrink." Sara replied.

"That's it?"

"It's not exactly a good conversation starter. I'd rather people didn't know."

"It explains a few things."

"That's what Warrick said." Sara recalled.

"If you ever want to talk…" She trailed off.

"Thanks. Let's get back to shopping."

"I know exactly the place." Catherine said.

CSI CSI

Sara let herself in, and found Nick, Greg and Warrick watching a replay of a game on TV.

"Hey have a good time?" Nick asked.

"It was fun."

"Do I detect a distinctive pink bag there?" Greg zeroed in on one of Sara's shopping bag.

"You might."

"And what have you been buying at Victoria's Secret?" Greg inquired.

"Shoes." Sara replied. The guys' faces dropped slightly.

"You bought shoes at Victoria's Secret? Do they even sell shoes?"

"Clothes too." Sara replied. "You just have to skip the lingerie part of the catalogue."

"You learn something new everyday." Warrick said.

"I'm just going to dump these on the bed." Sara said.

TBC