Chapter 25
Kate tried to sleep the whole day, but she was too excited. She hadn't been there in a while and couldn't wait to see Robin and Garrett. She'd been in reception , but not into the labs themselves. Sitting in the car as they drove towards the lab, she was starting to become irritating with excitement, until Grissom pointed out that she could work with Phillip in DNA if she was quiet. She smiled widely at her father and looked out the window the rest of the way.
Grissom pulled up to the lab and parked. Walking up to the front door, he turned to look at Kate. She was hanging on her mothers arm. Grissom chuckled and pulled the door open. Signing in and getting a visitors pass, Kate looked up to see Robin rushing towards her. "Hey girl." She laughed and hugged Kate close. "Where have you been? I hear your teacher gave you the day off to spend the night with us."
Kate nodded. "Dad and mum said that I could. Can I hang with Robin? Please."
Sara shrugged at Robin and looked over at Grissom. He was leaning against the reception desk, watching them. He nodded. "You ok with strict lab work Robin? Nothing too." He smirked. "Gory."
Robin chuckled and pulled on Kate's arm to get her moving. "We'll see you later."
Sara signed in and followed Grissom towards the lockers. She pushed through the door and saw Garrett tying up his shoes. "Hey." Sara smiled and walked towards her locker.
Garrett looked up. "Hi Sara, Grissom. Anything on tonight?"
Grissom pulled his jacket off and hung it up. "Not sure yet. Kate's here. She's with Robin for the night."
Garrett jumped to his feet. "Cool! Catch you in a few."
Sara turned from her locker and grinned. "She's very popular."
"Ah well, she's a people person. Goes with the territory I suppose." He shrugged and opened the door. "Coming?"
"Yep." She answered, clipping her gun to her belt and pushing out her shirt. "All set." He grinned and slipped his arm around her waist as kissed her softly. Sara smiled and rubbed his chest lightly. "What was that for?"
He chuckled and covered her hand on his chest. "I love you." He shrugged and slowly pulled away from her, his hand the last to let go. "I'll see you in a few minutes." He called over his shoulder as he walked towards his office.
Sara blushed and turned to walk towards the break room. She noticed a bunch of flowers on the table and walked by them towards the coffee pot. She poured herself a coffee as she looked behind her and glanced over the flowers. Filling her cup, she stepped up to the table and carefully prodded the leaves. They were red roses and smelt wonderful. She leaned over the table for a card and saw her name on it. Curiosity got the better of her and it did have her name on it. Pulling the small card from the envelope, she read it.
'Rose are red Violets are blue 15 years and I still love you'
The card fell in slow motion to the table as she gasped and stepped back. She hit the wall and stared at the card. Grissom strolled in with a smile, but it left quickly when he saw her face. "Sara? What's wrong?" He followed her eyes and looked at the table. He moved to stand over them and pulled on his glasses to read the note. His head snapped up quickly. He walked towards her and placed the assignments on the unit beside her.
He reached out and grasped her hand. Sara seemed to snap out of her trance and wrapped her arms around him. "They're from him." She whispered.
Grissom held her as he looked towards the door and saw Robin and Kate walking down the corridor. "Kate's coming. You ok? I'll sort these and be back in a minute." He touched her face and brushed back her hair. She nodded and took a shallow breath. "Good. I'll be back." He promised.
Kate tried to sleep the whole day, but she was too excited. She hadn't been there in a while and couldn't wait to see Robin and Garrett. She'd been in reception , but not into the labs themselves. Sitting in the car as they drove towards the lab, she was starting to become irritating with excitement, until Grissom pointed out that she could work with Phillip in DNA if she was quiet. She smiled widely at her father and looked out the window the rest of the way.
Grissom pulled up to the lab and parked. Walking up to the front door, he turned to look at Kate. She was hanging on her mothers arm. Grissom chuckled and pulled the door open. Signing in and getting a visitors pass, Kate looked up to see Robin rushing towards her. "Hey girl." She laughed and hugged Kate close. "Where have you been? I hear your teacher gave you the day off to spend the night with us."
Kate nodded. "Dad and mum said that I could. Can I hang with Robin? Please."
Sara shrugged at Robin and looked over at Grissom. He was leaning against the reception desk, watching them. He nodded. "You ok with strict lab work Robin? Nothing too." He smirked. "Gory."
Robin chuckled and pulled on Kate's arm to get her moving. "We'll see you later."
Sara signed in and followed Grissom towards the lockers. She pushed through the door and saw Garrett tying up his shoes. "Hey." Sara smiled and walked towards her locker.
Garrett looked up. "Hi Sara, Grissom. Anything on tonight?"
Grissom pulled his jacket off and hung it up. "Not sure yet. Kate's here. She's with Robin for the night."
Garrett jumped to his feet. "Cool! Catch you in a few."
Sara turned from her locker and grinned. "She's very popular."
"Ah well, she's a people person. Goes with the territory I suppose." He shrugged and opened the door. "Coming?"
"Yep." She answered, clipping her gun to her belt and pushing out her shirt. "All set." He grinned and slipped his arm around her waist as kissed her softly. Sara smiled and rubbed his chest lightly. "What was that for?"
He chuckled and covered her hand on his chest. "I love you." He shrugged and slowly pulled away from her, his hand the last to let go. "I'll see you in a few minutes." He called over his shoulder as he walked towards his office.
Sara blushed and turned to walk towards the break room. She noticed a bunch of flowers on the table and walked by them towards the coffee pot. She poured herself a coffee as she looked behind her and glanced over the flowers. Filling her cup, she stepped up to the table and carefully prodded the leaves. They were red roses and smelt wonderful. She leaned over the table for a card and saw her name on it. Curiosity got the better of her and it did have her name on it. Pulling the small card from the envelope, she read it.
'Rose are red Violets are blue 15 years and I still love you'
The card fell in slow motion to the table as she gasped and stepped back. She hit the wall and stared at the card. Grissom strolled in with a smile, but it left quickly when he saw her face. "Sara? What's wrong?" He followed her eyes and looked at the table. He moved to stand over them and pulled on his glasses to read the note. His head snapped up quickly. He walked towards her and placed the assignments on the unit beside her.
He reached out and grasped her hand. Sara seemed to snap out of her trance and wrapped her arms around him. "They're from him." She whispered.
Grissom held her as he looked towards the door and saw Robin and Kate walking down the corridor. "Kate's coming. You ok? I'll sort these and be back in a minute." He touched her face and brushed back her hair. She nodded and took a shallow breath. "Good. I'll be back." He promised.