An hour later, Grissom stirred awake. Turning onto his side, he reached over for Sara only to find the bed empty. For a second loneliness ached inside his heart, until he heard her soft voice coming from the kitchen, singing in time with the song on the radio.
Her voice reached the places deep down inside him, coaxing his love and bringing the feelings he had hidden so deep down, away from her and everyone, but these last few weeks she had taken hold of his fears, pushed them aside and found the man inside him.
In his entire life he had never felt this way. Yes he had been in love before, but this what he shared with her went down so deep that he didn't think he would ever be able to survive without her. He loved to wake up with her beside him, and he missed her when he was away from her. Things had progressed so strongly that he could no longer sleep if he was in his bed without her.
Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he pulled himself up and grabbed his pants from the floor. Slipping them on he stood up and stretched, his body aching in sweet protest against the wonderful ministrations she had created over his body.
Reaching for the door handle, he moved outside slowly, the smell of coffee and toast wafting through the air causing his stomach to growl.
" Hey sleepyhead," she beamed as he came into the kitchen, her smile weakening his knees as he came to her. His eyes gazed over her body in appreciation. She was wearing his discarded shirt, held together with one button that left nothing to the imagination, and very little else beneath it.
" You know," he sighed as he pulled her into his arm " for a second there I thought this was all a dream."
Her arms tightened around him as she molded her body into his " No dream," she smiled, kissing his chest s she spoke " I'm here, we're real."
His hands slid up her back to come around to her face, lifting her head, cupping her cheeks in his hands as he smiled down into her eyes ", What did I do to deserve you?"
His words brought a sparkle to her eyes as she closed her hands over his on her face, threading her fingers through his ", I'm persistent," she grinned " and if you had listened to me I told you I knew what to do about us."
Her words sparked a moment of sadness in his eyes as he remembered the pain he had caused her with his rejection, but through his darkness, she had found him, pulling him to her and to a sea of love that he had never known before.
Smiling down at her, he leaned forward to press his lips to hers, sealing their promise of always having each other. Sara's hands left his to move up around his neck, pulling him closer as she opened her mouth under his, her passionate coaxing causing his knees to almost buckle beneath him.
With a groan he met her tongue, feeling her softness as he deepened their kiss into a soul shattering expression of how much he loved her.
She sank into his body, moving closer as his arms snaked around her body to lift her onto the counter top, all thoughts of eating forgotten as his hands roamed over her skin.
His lips left hers to travel to her neck, his tongue seeking her flesh to first taste her before placing soft kisses over her. She leaned back, giving him better access to her throat as her hands clawed at his back, holding her to him desperately as he brought a wave of passion to surge throughout her body.
" Griss," she gasped as his hands slid up her thighs to find the very essence of her before finding her lips again with his own.
She fumbled with the button on his pants, desperate to feel all of him against her as she removed the cloth barrier between them.
She tore her lips from his to throw her head back in a strangled gasp as he tormented her with his touch, his fingers causing her to lose control over her already teetering passion. Sara's eyes fluttered closed as he caused wave after wave of erotic ripples to flow throughout her body. She was finding it increasingly difficult to breath, and blindly reached for him, her hands encircling around his flesh creating a little retaliation of her own.
Grissom shuddered against her, his concentration shattering around him as she leaned forward to mash her mouth to his in an erotically charged, powerful kiss. The need to feel him inside her became almost too much to bear, her body having its own possessive power over his.
Shifting closer, his hands left her center to move around behind her, pulling her closer to him as she guided him inside her, meeting him half way as they once again joined their hearts and souls, losing themselves in their kiss and each other.
Sara clung to him desperately as he brought her closer and closer to oblivion; taking everything he gave her only to return it in wholehearted surrender.
When they both tumbled over the edge they held onto each other, wrapped in each others arms as the tremors subsided throughout them.
Their lips met again, each kiss symbolizing a thousand different ways to say I love you. They had found each other, brought together through so many years of denial, only now, the barriers had gone.
Withdrawing her lips from his, she smiled as she pressed her forehead against his. Their ragged breath slowly easing away as he pulled her into a powerful embrace. Without her he was only half a man, someone who couldn't exist if she wasn't with him. How had he lived without her for so long?
" You know, I have to meet Catherine in an hour," she whispered into his shoulder " and you need to get home to change."
" Mmm," he groaned, " I know, but I don't want to leave you."
Sara smiled against him, kissing his neck as she sat up to hold his face in her hands " Well if you had some of your cloths here then you wouldn't need to go home, we could go to work together, in separate cars of course," her voice broke into a soft chuckle " I really thought we were busted today."
" Yeah me too," he grinned, leaning in to kiss her palm before returning to her eyes " I can't believe she didn't recognize my voice."
" Yeah, what's with that? Is she slacking?" She traced his lips with her fingers as she spoke, a soft smile coming to her face as she encircled his neck loosely with her arms.
" Well she's never heard me half asleep before," he grinned, " maybe I sound different or something."
" Honey you must do," she giggled, " she thought you was Hank."
" Yeah that I don't get," he smiled, his eyes becoming serious for a moment " what are you going to tell her when she asks?"
" Well," she sighed, a smile forming on her face as she moved forward to kiss his nose " if she asks, and I know she will, I'm going to tell her I spent the night with someone I love more than anything else in my life, and knowing Cath, she'll just be so pleased that I'm happy, she won't push any further."
" I love you, but you know that," he grinned ", I like saying it to you."
" Say it as often as you like," she smiled ", because I'll never get tired of hearing it."
They sank into each other's arms again, drawing strength from their bond as he slowly lifted her down from the counter to place her feet on the floor.
" You go and grab a shower," she smiled as she slid her hands down his chest " I'll make you some coffee and maybe I should feed you, you've used a lot of energy today already."
He answered her with a soft kiss to her lips before pulling away from her to turn towards the bathroom. Sara watched him as he moved away, her gaze drifting wistfully to his rear. She was so lucky she mused, she had found her soul mate, her best friend and her lover all rolled into one. Life was great.
TBC………..
