GETTING IT TOGETHER by Sadie

Disclaimer: Thanks to all the OTHER people, who created CSI, it gives me something to write about. Don't sue me I'm only dreamin here. Thanks to Incubus again..(this will hopefully end my Incubus obsession) .your songs just fit soooo well.

Summary: Sara is back from her vacation and starting her new relationship with the man of her dreams, but will it all go smoothly once they get back to work?. G/S..Please R/R

Part 5

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Back to the old Grindstone

They had reluctantly gotten themselves out of bed and ready for work. Grissom just needed to stop home to pick up some new clothes and they could be on their way. They stopped in front of his town house and he looked at her and said, "Sara, I'd like nothing more than to invite you inside, but if you go in there with me, we're never going to get to work tonight."

She just smiled at him and said, "I agree, maybe you could bring me back after shift and make me breakfast?"

"I'd like nothing more than to cook for you my dear." With that said he stepped out of the truck and he walked quickly to his house before he could change his mind. What had she done to him? A few weeks before he was miserable and withdrawn, and now he felt alive and happy. How the hell was he gonna hide this sudden change at work. Maybe he shouldn't hide it, just tone it down a little. Yeah, like that's any easier. He felt like standing on the break room table and declaring his love for her to anyone within the building. Get a grip Gil; this will die down a little just give it time. He must've been taking too long because he heard Sara calling him from the doorway.

"Gil, are you OK in here?"

"I'm fine I'll be out in just a minute." He called out to her hoping she wouldn't come in, because he was sure he couldn't control himself. He was relieved to exit his room with no sign of her in sight. 'She must have gone back to the truck', he thought as he went into the kitchen. He nearly knocked her over as he turned the corner. She'd been turning to leave as he walked in and BAM! He barely managed to catch her before she hit the floor. His face hovered above hers; one arm wrapped around her waist, one hand grabbed her by the arm as he worked hard not to lose his own balance and land right on top of her.

"Well you sure know how to sweep a girl off her feet," she smiled at him.

"Your lucky I didn't send you head over heels," he cocked his eyebrow and smiled at her.

"Um, Gil? You can let me up now."

"Hmm, oh sorry, I was admiring the view," her eyes flashed him that passionate glow and he decided they had to get out of here now while they still could.

He pulled her up into a light embrace and kissed her quickly before slipping past her to get himself a bottle of water from the fridge. He turned to her and asked, "What ARE you doing in my kitchen Sara?"

She picked up her bottle of water and shook it seductively; "I needed something only you could give me."

He just laughed and shook his head at her sexual overtone, "Come on Sara I think we're late enough already."

With that they headed back out to the truck.

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He pulled the truck into the lot and parked. She turned and put her hand on his leg, he turned to look into her deep brown eyes. "Are you sure you wouldn't rather go home and get settled in? You have been away for two weeks, what's one more day?" he was nervous and wasn't sure he could keep this a secret yet. It was all still so new to him.

"Grissom, I'm ready to go into that building, I think maybe it's you who needs to settle down. You look like you've committed some horrible crime." She smiled at him hoping he wouldn't be so rattled that he either blew their cover, or ran from this new thing they've found. He would be OK she tried to reassure herself, he just needed to get buried in a case and he'd be just fine. "Come on Gil, I be right by your side. Let's get in there and get through this shift."

He looked at her and replied, "I don't know Sara, I'm not sure I can go in there and keep a straight face with all those people. They are investigators you know, and good ones at that, they're gonna suspect something is going on."

"So what, they can suspect all they want, we can play games with them to throw them off track. We could always fake an argument." She smiled at the last thing she said, knowing that before this they had been going through a rough time in their relationship.

"We do have a lot of experience with that don't we?" he looked away before she could agree with him.

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"Hey there Sara, how was your vacation?" Nick asked thinking 'damn she looks great!'

"Hey there Nicky. I'd have to say it was," she watched Grissom walk past the room, going to trace she suspected, he looked over and caught her eye, smiled and continued walking, "everything I ever could have asked for in a vacation." She smiled a big smile and walked over to the coffee machine.

'What the heck was she looking at in the hallway' he turned to see, but it was already gone.

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As he passed the break room he turned to see her talking to Nick and gave her a quick smile. He was glad they came in, he found it easier than he'd thought. There weren't any huge cases, so they wouldn't have to go out into the field tonight, Warrick and Catherine had that end taken care of. There was paperwork for him to catch up on and some lab work he could assign to Sara. Nick was waiting on some test results so he could pursue his case further. Looked like things would run smoothly and they could get out of here at a normal time and continue where they had left off earlier. He just had to stop at the store and pick up some food for their breakfast. He was startled to hear someone call his name and he spun around to see Greg staring at him like he had two heads.

"Greg, didn't anyone ever tell you it's not nice to sneak up on people?"

Greg continued to look at him funny and said, "Grissom, I didn't sneak up on you, I asked if there was anything you needed, you've been standing in my doorway for two minutes staring at the floor."

Gil thought, 'oh my god was I really doing that?' "No Greg I was thinking, and since when is the door to the lab YOUR doorway?" He was only kidding, but he could see Greg getting nervous. He didn't want to make the poor kid jittery, after all he was the one who was staring off into space, "Sorry Greg, I didn't need anything, if your caught up in here I was thinking maybe you could go with Nick to watch him interview the suspect. That is if we have one after you get his results finished."

Greg thought he was kidding so he just chuckled nervously for a moment before saying, "Are you serious? You mean me go with Nick?"

Grissom wanted to laugh at him, but kept his composure, "You're the only one I see in the lab Greg, unless you don't want to go."

"No, I want to go, I mean, I'm caught up on my work. It's a slow night and Nick's stuff is all I have to process right now." He was thinking, 'Oh god I think he's lost his mind.'

Grissom put his head back into the papers in his hands and said, "OK then, I'll let Nick know you'll be ready to go when his results are done." With that he walked away, leaving a very confused and excited Greg staring after him.

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Sara had just started processing some of the items Warrick and Cath had sent back from their DB when she felt the familiar tingle on the back of her neck. "Enjoying the view again?" she asked as she turned to see him leaning against the doorway.

"How is it you always know when it's me? It could have been anyone in the lab." His eyes were full of amusement at the playful banter between them.

"Well, Nick and Greg left ten minutes ago, nice sending Greg out by the way," he just nodded as she continued, "David walked by a few minutes ago and said Hi, Warrick and Cath are out interviewing suspects, and all the other techs are busy processing evidence. That only leaves one more person." She began closing the distance between them as she spoke, "besides, I can always feel it when you walk into a room. Like someone turned on a switch that just sends sparks out into the air." He was staring at her with that familiar lust in his eyes as she continued, "The little hairs on the back of my neck stand straight up and chills shoot down my back." She was only standing a foot away now, with her arms crossed in front of her chest. "Besides, I could see your reflection in the window across the room.

He looked over and immediately caught his own reflection. He smiled and asked her how it was going as he entered the room, touching her slightly as walked past. She gasped and he smiled inwardly at the effect he was having on her. He went to the microscope to have a look and could feel her arm against his as she slide up next to him. It took a second for him regain his composure so he could see what he was looking at, "It looks like the killer left an impression of a tool in this piece of wood."

"Not just any tool," she said as she walked over to the pile of evidence. She picked up a balpeen hammer and handed it to him. "The marks on the wood and the indents left in the victims skull are a perfect match"

He looked at her thoroughly impressed at her speed of this discovery, "Have you tested that for blood yet?"

She just smiled, "Yes, and it came up positive. Only we'll have to wait to find out whose, because my favorite lab rat is off interviewing suspects with Nick. So I figured I'd continue with what I have and I'm sure he'll get to it as soon as he gets back."

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"Nick did you notice the weird mood that Grissom was in tonight?" it was still bothering Greg. He couldn't imagine what had gotten into his normally stoic boss.

Nick thought for a second, but he didn't know. "Gee Greg, I dunno know. I didn't even see him tonight. But did you notice Sara, she seemed, hmmm, I dunno know maybe a little too happy?"

"I didn't see Sara, but I do know that Grissom picked her up from the airport, and they were three hours late for work." The wheels in his brain were spinning so hard you probably could've seen the smoke coming from his ears.

Nick was thinking about what Greg said. Cath had said her flight was late, but they couldn't figure out why that could have been. He'd meant to ask her about it earlier, but had forgotten all about it after he'd seen what a good mood she was in. Now he wondered, maybe her and Griss had finally patched things up between them. He hoped so; it would be much better for the rest of the team to have them getting along again. "Greg, don't go jumping to conclusions. The last they need are unfounded rumors floating around. Think about it, if they've patched things up it could be really good for all of us man. If they start hearing bad rumors about themselves their good moods might go right out the window. Now I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a happy Grissom and Sara over a miserable one any day."

Greg thought for a moment and agreed. There would be no more talk of this to anyone, at least not until there was more evidence to work from.

TBC