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The Holiday of a Lifetime

Chapter One

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Sara waited impatiently to hear the boarding call, she wriggled around in the uncomfortable seat and glanced every so often around to watch the bustle of people heading to the different gates. Grissom had made here wait in the Starbucks so she couldn't read on the board what their destination was, he hadn't even told her the gate number.

He had left her alone about ten minutes earlier to check on something, and now she had no one to talk to, she was bored. A shadow loomed over her and she looked up to see the woman from earlier standing next to her table "can…can I sit here? Please?"

Sara nodded "sure go ahead" the woman smiled her thanks "so…" began Sara as she looked around "where did you're husband go?"

"Oh, he isn't my husband…I wanna marry him but, he isn't so hot on the idea" she turned to the side to tickle the baby next to her "our flights a little late, he went to see what the hold up is. So where's you're husband?"

Sara looked at the woman blankly for a few seconds before it registered whom she meant, "he's my boss! We're not…uh…"

"Oh I'm sorry, you two just looked so comfortable together, I thought you were a really sweet couple…My name Adelaide by the way."

"Sara…so where are you going?" she asked making polite conversation.

Adelaide smiled widely "Jack's taking me to Paris…he just does things like this sometimes, takes me to a beautiful place and when we get there he'll look for one of the dearest hotels and we'll book in for a week!" The woman became lost in her thoughts for a moment "what about you? Where are you headed?"

"I'm not sure…Grissom is keeping a secret…"

"You're boss is keeping the destination a secret, you're boss is taking you on holiday" Adelaide giggled "it sounds to me like he wants to be more than a boss."

Sara looked at her open mounted not knowing how to reply, she didn't have time to however as Grissom came back "they just called our flight" he nodded politely to Adelaide and looked puzzled upon seeing her giggling at him "did I miss something?"

"Uh, just girl talk Grissom" Sara told him, she said goodbye to Adelaide and the two CSI's made their way to the gate. "How long is the flight?" she asked, at least she'd be able to narrow down some holiday destinations if she knew how long the flight would be.

Grissom however caught on "you'll have to wait and see" he said mysteriously.

"Just a hint! Is it long or short?"

"Pretty long…though in comparison to some places short" he said evasively "you'll find out soon enough." He handed Sara the tickets who then gave them to the cute male attendant, he smiled at her.

"Have a nice flight Miss Sidle" he said as he looked at the name on her passport.

Grissom tried hard to hide his irritation at the man's shameless flirting "I'm sure our flight will be very nice" he said in an obvious over polite tone. The attendant blushed and continued looking at everyone else's tickets.

"He was just being friendly Griss," said Sara, she couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face.

"Sara!" a female voice shouted her name and she turned around surprised, Adelaide hurried to catch Sara up with Jack and the kid behind her. "Are you sure he's just you're boss?" she whispered in Sara's ear.

Grissom's eyebrow raised upon seeing Sara suddenly blush.

Sara turned around to look at Grissom "Grissom? You're taking me to Paris!" she walked right up to him and threw her arms around his neck, planting a kiss on his smooth cheek "thank you!"

He didn't know what to say so he simply gave her a lopsided smile and let her hug him.

TBC