"Expect the Unexpected" chapter 1
By trueshipper
All the same information is the same from the
prologue.
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Sara Sidle sat watching Gil Grissom next to her in the car. While he drove, his full attention was on the road in front of him. What little conversation she tried to start seemed so one sided, and soon she gave up trying, and just enjoyed the drive through the city. She figured he was just one of those careful drivers who put all their attention on the road. They could always talk at the restaurant.
Gil Grissom was being the perfect gentleman. He opened the door for her, and he let her walk in first into the restaurant. She always knew he would be a gentleman towards a woman, but she felt there was a need to lighten the mood of their first date. So she decided to play with him a little. "You know I'm fully capable of opening a door myself."
He smiled slightly at her comment. "Well you never know when a person will need protection."
He had said it so seriously it took her a moment to realize that he was playing along with her. 'So Gil Grissom could be a teaser. I'll have to keep that in mind later,' Sara thought, and decided for know to roll her eyes at him.
Through dinner most of the talk was about work still Sara kept feeling like she had to carry on the conversation. She was getting tired of talking about work. There was not that much to talk about when they were both there.
So she went on to talk about a movie she had gone to see the other week, or was that last month? She couldn't remember. It was with Hank, and of course, she told Gil about it. Hoping to inspire some jealousy into the man. Gil never even heard of the
movie. The first attempt at a new conversation had failed
her.
Movies aren't going to work, so she decided to talk about a new book she had read. Well, that brought a spark from him. Somehow he had gotten the conversation back to work, and he was telling her a new process he had learned about recently.
Well maybe the third attempt at a topic will work so she brought the one topic she was
dreading bringing up with him. That one old subject that would always work with Gil. Lindsay, Catherine's little girl, that Gil obviously adored like his own daughter. She admired the way he was with Lindsay who could bring out a new side of Gil that was rarely seen with him. Now Gil was talking about something that Catherine, Lindsey, and he did to celebrate Lindsey's birthday.
Finally, they were done eating, and ready to go home. He again opened the door for her, and she let it pass with only a look between them. They drove back to her place in silence. He walked her to her door, and she decided to take a chance.
"Would you like to come in for a nightcap?"
TBC....
By trueshipper
All the same information is the same from the
prologue.
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Sara Sidle sat watching Gil Grissom next to her in the car. While he drove, his full attention was on the road in front of him. What little conversation she tried to start seemed so one sided, and soon she gave up trying, and just enjoyed the drive through the city. She figured he was just one of those careful drivers who put all their attention on the road. They could always talk at the restaurant.
Gil Grissom was being the perfect gentleman. He opened the door for her, and he let her walk in first into the restaurant. She always knew he would be a gentleman towards a woman, but she felt there was a need to lighten the mood of their first date. So she decided to play with him a little. "You know I'm fully capable of opening a door myself."
He smiled slightly at her comment. "Well you never know when a person will need protection."
He had said it so seriously it took her a moment to realize that he was playing along with her. 'So Gil Grissom could be a teaser. I'll have to keep that in mind later,' Sara thought, and decided for know to roll her eyes at him.
Through dinner most of the talk was about work still Sara kept feeling like she had to carry on the conversation. She was getting tired of talking about work. There was not that much to talk about when they were both there.
So she went on to talk about a movie she had gone to see the other week, or was that last month? She couldn't remember. It was with Hank, and of course, she told Gil about it. Hoping to inspire some jealousy into the man. Gil never even heard of the
movie. The first attempt at a new conversation had failed
her.
Movies aren't going to work, so she decided to talk about a new book she had read. Well, that brought a spark from him. Somehow he had gotten the conversation back to work, and he was telling her a new process he had learned about recently.
Well maybe the third attempt at a topic will work so she brought the one topic she was
dreading bringing up with him. That one old subject that would always work with Gil. Lindsay, Catherine's little girl, that Gil obviously adored like his own daughter. She admired the way he was with Lindsay who could bring out a new side of Gil that was rarely seen with him. Now Gil was talking about something that Catherine, Lindsey, and he did to celebrate Lindsey's birthday.
Finally, they were done eating, and ready to go home. He again opened the door for her, and she let it pass with only a look between them. They drove back to her place in silence. He walked her to her door, and she decided to take a chance.
"Would you like to come in for a nightcap?"
TBC....