"BOOK I"

Titled: The One You Love

Author: Moggie

Chapter Five

Grissom and Sara pulled their clothes back on fairly hurriedly. It was nearly time for the night shift to start officially. Sara watched with a smile as he pulled her shirt over her shoulders and pushed the buttons together. Grissom watched Sara as she returned the gesture. Once they were both dressed and decent to work, Grissom leaned into her, pinning her to the wall again.

A huge smile played his lips. Sara looked at him and laughed. He closed the distance between them and kissed her. She raised her hand to run her fingers through the curls above his ear. Grissom's hand caressed her breast through her shirt as the kiss grew deeper.

Sara tried to speak, but it was becoming increasingly difficult. "Griss.we have to.mmm.work-to do. .Griss.you need to-stop.I would do this all day.oh.with you.. If I could. .OW!"

Grissom raised his head from her collarbone to give her a sheepish smile. "Sorry." He placed his hands on her waist gently as he gazed into her eyes.

"Yeah right. You did THAT on purpose." She playfully pushed him, but he pushed her back and leaned in to her to kiss her lightly, brushing his lips with hers.

"Did not." He whispered.

She leaned forward trying to capture his lips, but he was having too much fun teasing her. Sara whimpered against his lips making him smile and push his tongue into her mouth again.

Suddenly Grissom's cell phone rang.

He looked at Sara and then at the phone. He was about to pocket the offending item when Sara grabbed it to look at the caller display. With curious eyes, Grissom watched Sara answer his phone. He could only smile.

"Grissom's phone, Sara speaking.oh, hey Catherine."

Grissom laughed and buried his head into Sara's shoulder. ".no I'll tell him.thanks, bye." She turned the phone off and puushed it into his shirt pocket.

Looking up to hear her reply, he waited.

"That was Catherine."

Grissom nodded his head with a smile.

"We have a case, but Nicky and Warrick are not too well, so they both don't mind the menial jobs.could be fun," Sara smiled, making Grissom laugh.

"Your evil. Nicky and Warrick are sick and you want to tease them." Grissom grabbed her hand and lead her out the Dry Room.

"Hey, they'd do the same." She grinned.

Grissom and Sara were stared at as they walked down the corridor hand in hand, that was now filling with lab and police personnel.

"Your right." Before he could continue Sara added seriously.

".as usual."

He chuckled.

They both entered the break room after collecting the case report from the front desk. Nick and Warrick stopped talking and looked up. Sara let Grissom's hand go and headed for the coffee. Holding up his cup she asked. "Griss.you wanna cup?"

"I'd love one." He walked up to her with his head in the report as he took the cup. He took a sip and looked up. "Thanks honey."

She couldn't believe it, he said it again. Sara shook her head and sighed, "What am I going to do with you?" She sat down on the couch to drink her coffee. Grissom sat at the table next to Warrick. Catherine and Nick sat opposite him.

Looking up when the room got to be too quiet Grissom looked at Sara with a concerned expression. "Did I do something wrong?"

Standing, Sara walked up behind Grissom. She put a hand on his shoulder to whisper in his ear. "There in shock. Yesterday nothing, today we act like we're married." Sara sat at the end of the table waiting for anything to form.

Grissom laughed and continued to read the report. "Right then... Nick, Warrick I hear your not well, so light duties is it?" They didn't reply so he continued. "Hangovers?" Still nothing, he looked up and said. "Hey guys, I know this is a shock to the system, but get used to it." Grissom reached for Sara's hand and squeezed it. "Catherine did you give them that hangover cure of yours?" He looked over Warrick and Nick again.

Catherine snapped to her senses at the mention of her name "Yeah.won' kick in for another hour or so. give it time, they'll be fine." She drank her coffee and stood. "What we got?" She asked as she walked towards the sink, placing her cup in it to get a sandwich from the fridge.

Grissom returned his eyes to the report. "Well.says here that there is a body covered in insects by the sewage pipe down on the strip.could be something for Nick or Warrick to help with." Grissom looked to Sara who grinned, 'let the teasing begin'.

"How about it guys? Up for it?"

Nick and Warrick groaned.

"Unless you think you can't handle your liqueur and do your jobs at the same time. Although I think Sara.could handle it, you know 'be a man' in your place." Grissom grinned when their heads shot up and looked at Sara.

Sara laughed and playfully punched Grissom's arm. "What? I'm sure you can handle drinking and working at the same time. These puppies on the other hand don't seem to be able to."

Nick was the first to speak up. "Hey, I can do anything she can."

It was Warrick's turn to step in and defend them. "Yeah man.anything a women can do, we can do better." Warrick and Nick nodded together and stood.

Catherine shook her head with a wide smile. "Don't jump the gun guys.you both just volunteered for sewage drag and might I add you have hangovers. Anything stronger than the smell of bacon is going to make you puke."

Grissom got up and headed out the door with Sara. Nick and Warrick staggered after them, holding their heads.

"Man, it's gonna to be a long shift." Warrick grumbled.

Nick nodded the best he could without causing the lab to spin. "Yeah, I can tell Sara's not gonna let up."

Nick and Warrick got into Catherine's Tahoe while Sara got into Grissom's. "Hey, when did we miss them two getting together? Yesterday they hardly spoke to each other and today Griss is holding her hand and kissing her in public." Nick stared at the Tahoe in front from the backseat.

Warrick turned to Catherine who hadn't seemed to be bothered by the fact that Sara and Grissom were seeing each other all of a sudden. "Catherine, how long have you known about them? I mean, you seem to know something that we don't."

Catherine continued to follow Grissom's Tahoe out of the car park towards the strip before answering Warrick. "Well, this morning when I left to go get Lindsey ready for school, I saw them kissing. In the shadows of this building. I almost didn't recognise them. I think it's great, don't you?"

Warrick looked at Nick then back at Catherine. "Hell yes!" They said in unison.

Catherine grinned and came to a stop behind Grissom's parked car. They watched the two in front get out and grab their gear from the back. Nick was the first to break the silence. "I mean, It's about time. They've been flirting with each other for over a year now and it was starting to drive me over the edge."

"Damm right it was, but I thought Sara was seeing that EMT guy, Hank." Warrick got out the car and grabbed his case.

"She was, but only as a friend. She said they just went to the movies together, but called it to a stop when Hank tried to kiss her or something." Catherine walked towards Brass.

Nick burst out laughing. "I'm surprised she didn't put him in hospital for that move." Nick stopped behind Catherine and Warrick while Grissom and Sara spoke to the officers with Brass.

"She did give him a black eye." Warrick snickered at Catherine, remembering the EMT in a bad way when he saw him last.

Catherine laughed. "How do you know? Did she tell you?" She turned to look at Warrick.

"Nope." Warrick put his case on the floor.

Nick joined in the friendly banter. "Then, how do you know?"

"I saw him pass Sara in the Hospital the other day. You remember, the rape victim that was in a coma?" They both nodded in remembrance, urging him to continue. "Well, he saw Sara and gave her a wide berth as she walked by him. Additionally, he did have a black eye. It looked like the 'Iron Fist Sidle's' handy work from where I was standing."

They all burst out laughing and the laughing increased into hesterics when Sara walked up to them.

"Hey guys, what's so funny?" Sara asked with amusement.

She shook her head at them and handed Catherine a list of witnesses. "Catherine, Griss asked if you could start questioning the witnesses. The names, addresses and numbers are all there." Sara pointed at the list before turning to Warrick and Nick.

They stopped laughing and moaned when they realised what she was going to say. "Suit up fellows, time to go fishing." She laughed and headed back towards Grissom.

The boys headed back to the car and suited up. "Oh man, this is gonna kill me." Nick tucked his pant legs into his socks and pulled on the sewage protection suit. Warrick did the same.