Chapter 4

"Griss come look at this, It's so cool." Sara shouts to him as she crouched next to a corpse. It looked near bones, but flesh still covered parts here and there. Grissom came from the darkness and passed her a flashlight to have a closer look. "Thanks."

She shone the light over the bones to reveal bugs not many maggots, but lots of bugs. "Carpet Beetles." Grissom said as he crouched down to pick up one beetle with his gloved hand and lifted it to eye level. "They are the last to arrive on a corpse."

"Nice colour." Sara smiled as he examined the bright red bug closely. Grissom turned and showed her. Sara leaned away from the bug and screwed her face up while raising her hand to stop him. She gripped his wrist and pushed it back. "I said nice, not that I wanted a closer look." He chuckled and placed the bug back on the body.

Grissom stood and held out his hand. Sara took it and pulled herself up from her crouching position. "Well, You wanna have a look at the lake?" Grissom asked as he picked up the rucksack and slung it over his shoulder.

"Yeah, lets go." She walked ahead of him, he reached out and took her hand.

"Slow down you, we have all night to explore." Sara grinned and pulled him to catch up to her.

"I wanna look at everything, so-lets-go. "She stretched out the last few words with excitement causing Grissom to laugh.

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"Sara!"

"Yeah?"

"Come here."

"Hold on."

Silence encased the lake.

"Sara!" More silence. "Sara!" Grissom turned around from looking over the lake and started towards where he last saw her standing. "You alright Sara?" Grissom's heart started pounding. The silence was starting to scare even him. He didn't like it one bit. Just when he was about to shout her name again.

"BOO." Sara jumped out from behind a tree and pounced on him. Grissom jumped out of his skin big time and clutched his chest covering his heart. Sara realised she'd really done some damage a quickly approached him. Her hands covered his cheeks to get his eyes to open and look at her. "You ok? I only wanted to get you back." Grissom pulled her into a tight embrace and touched her forehead with his as he breathed hard trying to draw air into his lungs without passing out. Sara wrapped her arms around his torso and held him to her. "Paybacks a bitch." Grissom chuckled, but didn't move.

"I deserved that, whether you nearly had a coronary on your hands or not." Sara giggled and kissed his cheek softly before burying her face in his shoulder.

"I could get use to this." Sara muffled into Grissom's shoulder.

Grissom rubbed her cheek with his. "Me too."

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"Your lovely and warm." Grissom said tightening his hold and turned his head to kiss her neck.

"Hmmm.Griss?" Sara moved her neck in encouragement for him to continue.

He kissed her again. "Mmmm?"

"You want to. .no never mind." Grissom pulled back as he felt her forehead land in his shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Sara lifted her head and met his eyes.

"I was going to invite you back for a coffee, but Tammy's there."

"Oh!" Sara pushed her head under his chin and gripped his coat. Grissom cleared his throat and suggested. "Well, why don't.you come to mine for coffee instead." Sara slowly lifted her head, her face serious.

"Are you sure? It's just coffee." Grissom nodded and smiled.

"It's just coffee." He repeated leaning forward and kissed her slowly.

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Grissom opened his front door and walked in. They both removed their coats and Grissom hung them up. Sara waited by the door for a light to be turned on in the dark room. Grissom switched on a lamp by his brown leather couch and headed into the kitchen. Sara kicked off her shoes and walked over to the couch and sat down. Grissom flicked the coffee pot switch and it started to boil. He pulled out two cups and set them down. He turned to Sara who was stretched out on the couch; he smiled and walked over to her. He sat on the edge of the couch and she opened her eyes to look up at him. She smiled and turned onto her side resting on her elbow. Grissom fingered a strand of hair, twisting it in his fingers. She took his hand, sitting up giving him room to sit next to her. He slid onto the couch and pulled her back against his chest, he leaned his head back on the couch and closed his eyes. Sara covered his hand around her waist and interlaced her fingers with his.

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The coffee had been made, but the coffee cups remained empty. When they sat down they both fell asleep. Their hands still glued together and lay firmly against Sara's stomach. Grissom shifted slightly and yawned, he brought his free hand up to cover his mouth. Sara in turn began to move and stretched her neck in to the crook of Grissom's, he placed a soft kiss on her neck causing her to shiver and smile.

"Morning." He said stifling another yawn.

Sara released his hand and pulled it closer to her stomach covering it with both her hands. "Sorry." She said quietly through a yawn of her own.

Grissom looked down, leaning his head against hers. "What for?"

"I'd didn't mean to fall asleep." She rubbed her eyes and moved to curl up at the over end of the couch and closed her eyes again.

Grissom smiled and placed his hand on her hip. "It's ok, we were out pretty late." Grissom stood and pulled the comforter hanging over the back of the couch and draped it over her slender form. He got up and walked to the kitchen. "Want some coffee?" He asked as he turned the coffee pot on.

"Yeah, that'd be nice." Sara pulled a cushion from behind her and wrapped her arms around it, pulling up the blanket and sighing.

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