"BOOK I"

Titled: The One You Love

Author: Moggie

Chapter Seven

Sara dropped the evidence off with Greg and stayed to chat with him.

Nick and Warrick came back smelling awful.

Grissom wrinkled up his nose as they walked by his office. "Hey Nicky, Warrick."

They stopped and turned to walk into his office.

Grissom stopped them before they reached the opening of the door. "Don't even think about entering this office smelling like that. STAY right there."

The boys stopped and Nick sighed. "What's up Griss? I wanna grab a shower, while Warrick gives this stuff to Greg."

Warrick nodded in agreement. "Yeah, then I can get this stench as far away from me as possible. I nearly contaminated the crime scene. It stinks so bad." Warrick looked at his clothes and grimaced.

"I just wanted to know if you found anything." Grissom put down his crossword and stood. He walked towards them, but stopped a good few feet away. They stank too much to get any closer.

"We found a knife and a gun, what's the betting one of them is the murder weapon?" Warrick pulled out the two evidence bags to show Grissom.

Grissom looked at the bags. "That's great work guys. Get the gun down to Bobby and the knife to Sara, Ok?" They nodded and turned. "Oh, and don't forget to wash behind your ears." He laughed and sat down again. He picked up his crossword and filled in a few boxes, still grinning to himself.

They all piled into the conference room half an hour later to talk about leads while they ate their food. Although Nick showered twice, using all the shampoo and soap from his locker, he still couldn't get the smell to disappear. When he entered the room everyone wrinkled up their noses. Nick sighed and gave them the give-me-a-break look before asking Warrick his secret. He didn't smell at all, but Warrick just tapped the side of his nose indicating its-a-secret.

The case came to a close when Sara matched the knife to the wounds on the body and Nick matched the bullets in the gun to the bullet in the head of the victim. They were all filling out their reports and collecting the evidence together for the DA. The victim's flat mate was arrested for murder and sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment.

Nick, Warrick and Catherine had gone home an hour ago, but Sara was nowhere to be seen. The last time Grissom saw her, she was chatting to Archie, but then she seemed to vanish. Grissom walked down to the break room and poured himself a coffee. He turned towards the couch and saw a body wrapped up in a blanket. He smiled to himself. "I was wondering where you were." He walked over to Sara and sat on the edge of the small table. He put his coffee down as she turned towards him and stretched.

"I was tired and no one was in here." She smiled up to him.

Grissom rested his hand on her thigh and rubbed it suggestively. He was about to speak when Sara grabbed him by the lapels and pulled him down to kiss him .

Grissom smiled against her lips and pulled back a little, looking her in the eyes then down at her lips. He kissed her lightly and suggested. "Let's get out of here." He kissed her again, running his fingers through her hair.

"Want to have.breakfast at my place?" She said between kisses.

"Yeah.I would like that."

She laughed at his grin and sat up. "I'm thought you might."

He pulled her up and headed for the locker room to get their coats.