Chapter 7
7pm
The darkness made it difficult to see, but her silhouette was easy to find. She was standing a few feet from the edge. Her hands were stuffed in her pockets and she was wearing her skullcap and scarf. She heard footsteps and knew who it was, but didn't turn. She always knew.
"I use to believe in many things when I was growing up." She paused and took a small step towards the edge. "When I was ten, I thought I could fly. I climbed to the top of my uncles barn and jumped off." She took another step. "You know the time I figured out I couldn't?"
"No." He said softly.
"In the air. Time slowed till it was non-existent." She only had about 4 more steps before she could see the ground, but she only took one. She looked up at the night sky. "It felt like I was floating not flying. My arms were outstretched." As she spoke she pushed out her arms like a bird. "I looked at the ground beneath me for what seemed like forever." She took another step. "I could hear my heart pounding in my ears and my blood running furiously through my veins." Another step with one left. "I closed my eyes and wished I would fall because it was the most scariest thing I'd ever done and I wanted it to end." She hesitantly took the final step.
"No Sara." Grissom stepped up to her quickly and held her back to his chest with his face buried in her coat. "Don't please." He begged on a whisper.
Sara opened her eyes and looked down. The ground seemed so fair and the trees and cars looked so small. Her hands cover his arms as she leaned to look over the edge. "I broke my left leg that day. Never did it again though." She softly giggled through tears.
Grissom pulled her tighter to him. She felt his body shaking and turned in his arms. Her eyes locked with his in an age-old tradition that died along time ago between them. "I'm sorry." His voice shook as he leaned his head against hers.
"I wasn't going to jump Griss." She turned and looked back over the edge. "To overcome a fear you must first face that fear. You taught me that." She smiled and turned back to him. His eyes held tears and she wiped them away. "The first time I met you I suspected there was more to you than just an entomology professor." She smiled into his eyes as they widened. "I didn't say anything because I didn't want to get you into trouble or put you in danger." Grissom closed his eyes and nodded. "I suppose my suspicions were confirmed when I found my file on your desk."
She watched his eyes darting back and forth. "Sara."
"How did you know I was here?" She asked ignoring what ever he was going to say.
He smiled. "This was the last place we both spoke on good terms." He shrugged. "It's a memory I treasure." She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. "I rang Catherine." He received a murmur and he continued. "She said you hadn't been at work and everyone was worried. It worried me."
"You didn't need to be." She said softly. "It's just taking time to figure things out." She closed her eyes and stepped closer to him as she revealed in his warmth through his thin shirt. "I feel so lost Griss."
He leaned his head to hers. "I'm sorry I did this. I didn't mean too honestly. I was doing my job and it hurt to see you everyday and not tell you. I wanted to share everything, but I couldn't." She pulled away and looked into his eyes. She listened as he explained. "I left the unit." Her eyes grew wider than saucers. "I'm not working with the agency anymore."
"Why are you doing this?" She asked gently rubbing his cheek with her thumb.
He smiled and held her hand to his cheek. "Because I love you and I don't want to spend another day without you."
She shook her head and sighed. "You can't Griss."
"Can't what?" He watched her trying to find the words.
"I." She sighed. "I don't know how to say this because you're not just the Grissom I knew a few days ago, but you're someone else as well." He nodded slowly in understanding and waited for her to continue. "The Grissom I know would not give up his life for some girl he says he loves." He opened his mouth to protest, but she placed her fingertips on his lips to silence him. "Let me finish." He nodded, but she didn't remove her fingers. She examined her fingers as she traced his lips gently. Grissom's eyes closed involuntary at her touch. "I don't want you to give up something that you'll regret later in life. I don't want you to hate me when you decided you've had enough."
His eyes opened and locked with hers. "I would never hate you and I would never regret giving up a job I've spent most my life in for someone I've loved for years and I will not start now nor when we're old and grey." He grinned and Sara laughed. She ran her fingers through his curls and smiled. "Although I'm getting there already." His smiled faded.
Sara followed his eyes as they dropped and pushed his chin up. "Hey." She smiled and cupped his face. "No limits to love you know. Gil Grissom the entomologist knows that somewhere deep down doesn't he?" She watched, as he seemed to think about her words and nodded. "I think we need to talk some more before we go buying a house or something." She giggled as his eyes nearly popped out of his head, but then he noticed as something flashed over her features.
"What's Wrong?" He asked.
She shook her head and tilted it to one side. "What will you do now?"
He smiled. "I'm an entomologist Sara and a good lab can always use my skills." She grinned and kissed him quickly only to be pulled back as he kissed her slowly. She brushed her hand down his face as they broke apart.
"Come on. I'm hungry and we need to discuss what's next." She linked their hands and gave it a small tug as she started for the door. "You're buying by the way." She shot over her shoulder.
Grissom laughed. "Really?"
She glanced back at him and nodded. "Oh yeah. You drive and we can pick my car up later."
"Ok, but you're buying breakfast." He chuckled as she shook her head.
"Fine, fine. Just feed me now and see what happens between now and breakfast." She opened the door and pulled him through it.
Car Park
They stood by Grissom's car staring into each other's eyes. "It's getting cold." He murmured stepping forward and gently rubbing her arms.
"You're the one with the shirt Griss." She smiled and pulled him to her.
The sounds of a car skidding round the corner caught there attention and both looked up to see a car speed pass, but with an addition that would be normal at down town Vegas.
"Sara get down." Grissom shouted, but it was too late. The automatic weapon in the passenger's hands fired out over a dozen shells and smashed all the windows of both their Tahoe's. The car disappeared and he looked down at Sara who was beneath him.
"You do seem to like my body Griss." She giggled and coughed. Grissom frowned and as he was about to smirk at her joking when he felt the wetness seep though his shirt. "It's ok Griss." She said as a line of blood fell from her mouth.
7pm
The darkness made it difficult to see, but her silhouette was easy to find. She was standing a few feet from the edge. Her hands were stuffed in her pockets and she was wearing her skullcap and scarf. She heard footsteps and knew who it was, but didn't turn. She always knew.
"I use to believe in many things when I was growing up." She paused and took a small step towards the edge. "When I was ten, I thought I could fly. I climbed to the top of my uncles barn and jumped off." She took another step. "You know the time I figured out I couldn't?"
"No." He said softly.
"In the air. Time slowed till it was non-existent." She only had about 4 more steps before she could see the ground, but she only took one. She looked up at the night sky. "It felt like I was floating not flying. My arms were outstretched." As she spoke she pushed out her arms like a bird. "I looked at the ground beneath me for what seemed like forever." She took another step. "I could hear my heart pounding in my ears and my blood running furiously through my veins." Another step with one left. "I closed my eyes and wished I would fall because it was the most scariest thing I'd ever done and I wanted it to end." She hesitantly took the final step.
"No Sara." Grissom stepped up to her quickly and held her back to his chest with his face buried in her coat. "Don't please." He begged on a whisper.
Sara opened her eyes and looked down. The ground seemed so fair and the trees and cars looked so small. Her hands cover his arms as she leaned to look over the edge. "I broke my left leg that day. Never did it again though." She softly giggled through tears.
Grissom pulled her tighter to him. She felt his body shaking and turned in his arms. Her eyes locked with his in an age-old tradition that died along time ago between them. "I'm sorry." His voice shook as he leaned his head against hers.
"I wasn't going to jump Griss." She turned and looked back over the edge. "To overcome a fear you must first face that fear. You taught me that." She smiled and turned back to him. His eyes held tears and she wiped them away. "The first time I met you I suspected there was more to you than just an entomology professor." She smiled into his eyes as they widened. "I didn't say anything because I didn't want to get you into trouble or put you in danger." Grissom closed his eyes and nodded. "I suppose my suspicions were confirmed when I found my file on your desk."
She watched his eyes darting back and forth. "Sara."
"How did you know I was here?" She asked ignoring what ever he was going to say.
He smiled. "This was the last place we both spoke on good terms." He shrugged. "It's a memory I treasure." She smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. "I rang Catherine." He received a murmur and he continued. "She said you hadn't been at work and everyone was worried. It worried me."
"You didn't need to be." She said softly. "It's just taking time to figure things out." She closed her eyes and stepped closer to him as she revealed in his warmth through his thin shirt. "I feel so lost Griss."
He leaned his head to hers. "I'm sorry I did this. I didn't mean too honestly. I was doing my job and it hurt to see you everyday and not tell you. I wanted to share everything, but I couldn't." She pulled away and looked into his eyes. She listened as he explained. "I left the unit." Her eyes grew wider than saucers. "I'm not working with the agency anymore."
"Why are you doing this?" She asked gently rubbing his cheek with her thumb.
He smiled and held her hand to his cheek. "Because I love you and I don't want to spend another day without you."
She shook her head and sighed. "You can't Griss."
"Can't what?" He watched her trying to find the words.
"I." She sighed. "I don't know how to say this because you're not just the Grissom I knew a few days ago, but you're someone else as well." He nodded slowly in understanding and waited for her to continue. "The Grissom I know would not give up his life for some girl he says he loves." He opened his mouth to protest, but she placed her fingertips on his lips to silence him. "Let me finish." He nodded, but she didn't remove her fingers. She examined her fingers as she traced his lips gently. Grissom's eyes closed involuntary at her touch. "I don't want you to give up something that you'll regret later in life. I don't want you to hate me when you decided you've had enough."
His eyes opened and locked with hers. "I would never hate you and I would never regret giving up a job I've spent most my life in for someone I've loved for years and I will not start now nor when we're old and grey." He grinned and Sara laughed. She ran her fingers through his curls and smiled. "Although I'm getting there already." His smiled faded.
Sara followed his eyes as they dropped and pushed his chin up. "Hey." She smiled and cupped his face. "No limits to love you know. Gil Grissom the entomologist knows that somewhere deep down doesn't he?" She watched, as he seemed to think about her words and nodded. "I think we need to talk some more before we go buying a house or something." She giggled as his eyes nearly popped out of his head, but then he noticed as something flashed over her features.
"What's Wrong?" He asked.
She shook her head and tilted it to one side. "What will you do now?"
He smiled. "I'm an entomologist Sara and a good lab can always use my skills." She grinned and kissed him quickly only to be pulled back as he kissed her slowly. She brushed her hand down his face as they broke apart.
"Come on. I'm hungry and we need to discuss what's next." She linked their hands and gave it a small tug as she started for the door. "You're buying by the way." She shot over her shoulder.
Grissom laughed. "Really?"
She glanced back at him and nodded. "Oh yeah. You drive and we can pick my car up later."
"Ok, but you're buying breakfast." He chuckled as she shook her head.
"Fine, fine. Just feed me now and see what happens between now and breakfast." She opened the door and pulled him through it.
Car Park
They stood by Grissom's car staring into each other's eyes. "It's getting cold." He murmured stepping forward and gently rubbing her arms.
"You're the one with the shirt Griss." She smiled and pulled him to her.
The sounds of a car skidding round the corner caught there attention and both looked up to see a car speed pass, but with an addition that would be normal at down town Vegas.
"Sara get down." Grissom shouted, but it was too late. The automatic weapon in the passenger's hands fired out over a dozen shells and smashed all the windows of both their Tahoe's. The car disappeared and he looked down at Sara who was beneath him.
"You do seem to like my body Griss." She giggled and coughed. Grissom frowned and as he was about to smirk at her joking when he felt the wetness seep though his shirt. "It's ok Griss." She said as a line of blood fell from her mouth.