Same disclaimer and crap as before.

Part 9/?

After the sun had come up, and the deep purple turned to a bright blue, they decided to head home and get some sleep. But Sara's body had other plans. She had fallen asleep before they had even driven three miles. Grissom tried hard to keep his focus on the road but his eyes were drawn to her. The way the morning light danced upon her angelic face.

Their trip home took an hour and by the time Grissom had parked the car he wished he were like Sara, already asleep. Even though he was tired he didn't want to wake Sara so he carried her from his car to his apartment bedroom, where he laid her down to sleep on his large comfortable bed. And after he did, he laid down right beside her holding her close, keeping her safe, and welcoming sleep.

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Grissom awoke hours later finding Sara's sleeping form curled up close to him, or so he thought she was sleeping. As he slightly shifted to get comfortable she turned around to face him, looking up at him with her big brown eyes.

"Hey you. Have a nice sleep?" he asked

"Yeah. Have you been there all night, well day?"

"Yeah. I said I would protect you, and well, here I am."

"I can't say I mind." She said with a smile as she moved her body closer to his.

Minutes passed with out conversation, but it wasn't long before Grissom spoke.

"Are you sure you're ready to go back to work?"

"Grissom I'm not sure of anything here lately, but I want to do this. I've got to do this."

"Your sure?"

"Yeah. I am."

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The last few hours before Sara had to go to work were spent talking with Grissom, and then getting ready for work while he made dinner. And now Sara was on her way to a place she hadn't been to in three weeks, work.

Because Sara had not gotten her Tahoe back, she was forced to use Grissom's.

"Bye Sara." He said as he helped Sara into the car.

"Thanks. Bye Grissom I love you."

"Love you too Sara. You'll be fine at work, and tell Warrick if anything happens to you I will come after him with my most venomous spiders."

She couldn't help but laugh. "I will Griss. Bye."

"Bye sweetie."

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When Sara walked into work, she felt nervous, anxious, and a bit scared. She kept getting looks from many people and it was making her uncomfortable. She went to find Warrick, but he found her first, when they both turned a corner and collided.

"Hey Sara! Sorry about that. You ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine Warrick."

"Welcome back girl." He said as he pulled her in for a hug. "We missed you."

"Thanks Warrick. I missed ya'll too."

"Well, lets go Cath is about to hand out assignments."

"Ok."

The two friends made their way to the break room where Sara was greeted with hugs from all, including Greg who was brewing up a batch of his special Hawaiian Blue coffee.

"Hey Sara. Welcome back. Want some coffee?"

"Yeah. That would be great. Thanks Greg."

"Ok. Well, down to business." Catherine started, as she passed out assignments, "Sara and Warrick, you guys have a 419, at the Bellagio. Nick your with me on a 402A."

They all stood and headed out the door, Sara grabbing her cup of Hawaiian Blue from Greg on her way out.

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The Two CSI's walked to the Tahoe laughing at the fact that Grissom said, "Tell Warrick if anything happens to you, I will come after him with my most venomous spiders." It was definitely a Grissom thing to say.

"That's Grissom for ya." Warrick said while laughing. "Here, let me get that." He said as he helped Sara into the car.

"Thanks Warrick." She said as he helped her, and went to his side of the car, started the engine and headed toward the crime scene.

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