Part 5

THE FORGOTTEN CD. by Sadie

Disclaimer: Not mine, but it's nice to dream.

I am soo sorry this is taking so long. I've had serious writer's block and just couldn't get back into it. I'll try not to do WIP's for awhile.

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After the Feast

Dinner was fabulous! They talked and ate and talked some more. Even when there was silence it was a comfortable silence that they both enjoyed. It had started to rain while they'd been eating and it gave him the perfect opportunity to pull the car around and hide the copy of her CD. He found a top 40 radio station and hoped she wouldn't notice it hadn't been the radio.

When they arrived at the lab neither made a move to exit the truck. Finally Sara said, "Thank you for dinner. I really had a nice time."

He looked over to see her smiling shyly at her legs before she turned her smile to him. It made his heart melt just thinking this beautiful woman was here with him, and that she could be at all interested in a man such as himself. He smiled back and said, "It was a beautiful dinner." Of course he wasn't just talking about the food.

"I guess I should get back into lab and get some of that work done that I came in early to do."

"Yeah, I think I'm gonna head home and get some rest. I'll probably be in a little late tonight. So.I guess I'll see ya later." He was trying to hide the nervousness in his voice. Afraid it might give away the fact that he wanted nothing more than to kiss her right now.

Sara smiled and took a deep breath, "Grissom? Would you like to have breakfast after shift?" She could see him start to pull back so she continued before he could reply, "I've been experimenting with quiche and I'm having a hard time getting it the way I want it. I thought maybe you could help me and I could try out some of my cooking on you." Sara held her breath while she waited for his response.

'Oh my god! She wants me to come back to her place? I don't know if I can be alone with her and still control myself.'

Sara was about to say never mind when his mouth finally caught up with his brain.

"I'd love to."

He whispered so softly that she wasn't sure she'd heard him right, "Really? You'll have breakfast with me?" She smiled her brightest smile as she looked at him in complete surprise.

"Yes. I think I could offer you some tips on the quiche. Besides, at least if I'm helping you make it I'll know what's in it." He emphasized that last part. He didn't want some tofu thing he wasn't going to like.

"I can't believe you just said that," eyes wide with disbelief , "Don't you trust me?"

"I trust you just fine Sara, I'm just not into tofu." He wrinkled his nose in mock disgust, "I like vegetables just fine though."

Sara chuckled lightly at the playful banter between them, "Don't worry Griss, I won't put anything too strange in there."

With that said she opened her door and stepped out thanking him again for the meal. They exchanged good-byes and he was off to the comfort of his bed and she was off to the empty lab.

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Sara was on the couch when he came in later that night. He walked around to the front of her and realized she must've fallen asleep reading the magazine in her lap. 'She's so beautiful even when she's asleep.' He decided to let her sleep awhile knowing how early she'd been in and realizing she couldn't have slept more than about three or four hours in the last twenty-four or so. He headed towards his office to catch up on some dreaded paperwork.

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Sara woke up with a start and realized she was on the couch with her magazine on the floor at her feet. 'CRAP', she thought, 'How long have I been asleep?' She looked at the clock realizing it had been about an hour and forty-five minutes. 'Ok, not too bad. If anyone needed me they'd have woke me up, right?' When she finally got her body to get in gear she decided to see if Griss had shown up yet.

As she began her trek down the hall, she could hear the faint sound of music coming from somewhere ahead of her.

TBC

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