The gang sat round in the break room waiting for their cases.
"Young couple found in a dustbin in suburbia! - found by neighbour - Nick and Catherine you can handle this. Warrick, Sara and I are going to take the case of a rape of a minor inside a Casino toilet" reported Grissom.
"What was she doing in a Casino?" questioned Sara.
"Good question - this may get complicated!" answered Grissom.
Sara and Warrick analysed the scene as Grissom tutored them. Once they had gathered enough evidence they took it back to their headquarters.
"Greg?. You got our results?" Sara asked as Warrick stood by attentively.
"Looks like those toilets were recently cleaned because out of all those fingerprints you gave me I only got 2 people - one was your victim and the other I have a match on the database. Someone called Roger Tyler" Greg answered. Sara looked at the results and commented,
"Gees, the guy's either not clever or not ashamed!. Are we even sure she was raped?. She's what 15, was it?. She may have lied to cover up - just a suggestion!. Greg, what's on his record?".
"Robbery and cleared of arson - that's it!" responded Greg.
"I think we need to fast track the rape evidence" said Sara.
"Plus let's go talk to her" suggested Warrick.
"Yeah, good idea. You and Brass can interview her. I want to watch. Thanks Greg" said Sara as they walked out.
"Great" said Warrick pleased that Sara wasn't trying to fight him for top dog this once.
Half an hour later, Officer Parker approached the CSI reception rushed and urgent.
"I need to speak to Sara Sidle, please! - it's an emergency!" Officer Parker exclaimed.
"I'll call Gil Grissom he should know where she is" replied the receptionist.
"Hello?", replied Grissom as he picked up his phone, "Right. Yeah well, she's in interview room 2 interviewing. In fact no she's watching the interview!".
Officer Parker rushed right into the viewing room Sara resided in.
"Sara!", he exclaimed, "I just got a phone call from Tamales Bay police - your mum's really ill!. She's in hospital and she's asking for you urgently. She's going to make it but she's really quite bad!".
"What!. Oh my god!. Ummm thanks!" she said, eventually rushing past him.
Confused and dazed Sara knew the first thing she needed to do was ask Grissom if she could go. Grissom had been prepared for this to happen ever since he'd heard officer Parker needed to urgently speak to her. Grissom knew Sara's mother had bad health and wondered if it was that. He was so worried for Sara that he found it hard to carry on working. How should he treat Sara as a boss? - As a friend? - As a woman who tried to ask him out not long ago?!. If he touched her in a certain way or said something to her she might get the wrong impression. He didn't want her to think he didn't care though. Care as a boss. Care as a friend. She was very special to him - but he knew she couldn't be what she wanted - too special!. Sara appeared at his door as he was thinking. He looked up and saw her shaken and on the verge of tears.
"What's happened?. Is it your mother?" Grissom asked caringly.
Sara nodded and burst into tears. Grissom walked up and used one hand to usher her in and one to close the door. Sara hadn't been sure how Grissom would react. She wasn't sure if he could be a source of comfort, especially after she'd embarrassed herself by asking him out. He was so unpredictable. Sometimes he showed emotion when you least expected it and other times when you expected emotion he didn't have any or enough. But this time he was offering comfort - well, as much as he could give. But she wasn't sure if she wanted it. Well, it wasn't that she didn't want it - it was situations like these that she wished for it so badly, and sometimes didn't get it. It was just she didn't want to talk about it. Grissom sat her down on a chair and knelt by her holding her hand. He looked her in the eyes and asked,
"What happened?".
"I don't know. I just know she's in hospital and it sounds really bad! - but she's going to make it. But, er. I really need to go see her!. That's o.k isn't it?" she sobbed.
"Of course" Grissom said as he took his other hand round and placed it on her back.
"Sara, can I ask what she's got?. Why her health's so bad?" Grissom asked.
Sara stopped crying and looked at him. Almost angrily she replied
"No!. Sorry - that's private". She took a breath and looked at him again. This time she carried on with less resentment in her voice, "It's just I like to keep my work separate from my family life".
"I'm asking you as a friend too, Sara" Grissom insisted.
Sara sighed and looked down. She couldn't believe how intrusive Grissom was being, of late, in her personal life - and yet he never let her know his!. What was so bad that he could be holding?. With this she got up and became flustered again.
"I've got to - er - go!. It's going to take me too long to get there already!. I want to be there now!" Sara communicated.
"Sara! Sara!", he called trying to get the flustered woman's attention, "Do you want me to get someone to drive you?. Or even escort you? - maybe I could?".
"Err, no!. I'm fine. I've got to go" she said. Just as Sara was about to leave Grissom paused and called to her "Sara!".
She turned. He exclaimed,
"I'm sorry for asking. I didn't mean to intrude. I just. I just - care!".
She looked at him and added,
"Thank you it's appreciated - but it's personal!".
Then she left and he was alone. It was so quiet again. Grissom did feel dejected from Sara's refusal to tell him. But how could he complain when he had refused to tell her about his mother's deafness when she asked - but he had his reasons. He didn't want her to judge him or his future but then again maybe she had her reasons. It was unlike Sara Sidle to be so defensive though. Grissom felt he'd hit a raw spot. Or maybe she was trying to get him back for the times he had rejected to tell her stuff - or rejected her as a person. He didn't mean to reject her though - it was just complicated!. But nah! Sara Sidle wasn't spiteful!.
"Young couple found in a dustbin in suburbia! - found by neighbour - Nick and Catherine you can handle this. Warrick, Sara and I are going to take the case of a rape of a minor inside a Casino toilet" reported Grissom.
"What was she doing in a Casino?" questioned Sara.
"Good question - this may get complicated!" answered Grissom.
Sara and Warrick analysed the scene as Grissom tutored them. Once they had gathered enough evidence they took it back to their headquarters.
"Greg?. You got our results?" Sara asked as Warrick stood by attentively.
"Looks like those toilets were recently cleaned because out of all those fingerprints you gave me I only got 2 people - one was your victim and the other I have a match on the database. Someone called Roger Tyler" Greg answered. Sara looked at the results and commented,
"Gees, the guy's either not clever or not ashamed!. Are we even sure she was raped?. She's what 15, was it?. She may have lied to cover up - just a suggestion!. Greg, what's on his record?".
"Robbery and cleared of arson - that's it!" responded Greg.
"I think we need to fast track the rape evidence" said Sara.
"Plus let's go talk to her" suggested Warrick.
"Yeah, good idea. You and Brass can interview her. I want to watch. Thanks Greg" said Sara as they walked out.
"Great" said Warrick pleased that Sara wasn't trying to fight him for top dog this once.
Half an hour later, Officer Parker approached the CSI reception rushed and urgent.
"I need to speak to Sara Sidle, please! - it's an emergency!" Officer Parker exclaimed.
"I'll call Gil Grissom he should know where she is" replied the receptionist.
"Hello?", replied Grissom as he picked up his phone, "Right. Yeah well, she's in interview room 2 interviewing. In fact no she's watching the interview!".
Officer Parker rushed right into the viewing room Sara resided in.
"Sara!", he exclaimed, "I just got a phone call from Tamales Bay police - your mum's really ill!. She's in hospital and she's asking for you urgently. She's going to make it but she's really quite bad!".
"What!. Oh my god!. Ummm thanks!" she said, eventually rushing past him.
Confused and dazed Sara knew the first thing she needed to do was ask Grissom if she could go. Grissom had been prepared for this to happen ever since he'd heard officer Parker needed to urgently speak to her. Grissom knew Sara's mother had bad health and wondered if it was that. He was so worried for Sara that he found it hard to carry on working. How should he treat Sara as a boss? - As a friend? - As a woman who tried to ask him out not long ago?!. If he touched her in a certain way or said something to her she might get the wrong impression. He didn't want her to think he didn't care though. Care as a boss. Care as a friend. She was very special to him - but he knew she couldn't be what she wanted - too special!. Sara appeared at his door as he was thinking. He looked up and saw her shaken and on the verge of tears.
"What's happened?. Is it your mother?" Grissom asked caringly.
Sara nodded and burst into tears. Grissom walked up and used one hand to usher her in and one to close the door. Sara hadn't been sure how Grissom would react. She wasn't sure if he could be a source of comfort, especially after she'd embarrassed herself by asking him out. He was so unpredictable. Sometimes he showed emotion when you least expected it and other times when you expected emotion he didn't have any or enough. But this time he was offering comfort - well, as much as he could give. But she wasn't sure if she wanted it. Well, it wasn't that she didn't want it - it was situations like these that she wished for it so badly, and sometimes didn't get it. It was just she didn't want to talk about it. Grissom sat her down on a chair and knelt by her holding her hand. He looked her in the eyes and asked,
"What happened?".
"I don't know. I just know she's in hospital and it sounds really bad! - but she's going to make it. But, er. I really need to go see her!. That's o.k isn't it?" she sobbed.
"Of course" Grissom said as he took his other hand round and placed it on her back.
"Sara, can I ask what she's got?. Why her health's so bad?" Grissom asked.
Sara stopped crying and looked at him. Almost angrily she replied
"No!. Sorry - that's private". She took a breath and looked at him again. This time she carried on with less resentment in her voice, "It's just I like to keep my work separate from my family life".
"I'm asking you as a friend too, Sara" Grissom insisted.
Sara sighed and looked down. She couldn't believe how intrusive Grissom was being, of late, in her personal life - and yet he never let her know his!. What was so bad that he could be holding?. With this she got up and became flustered again.
"I've got to - er - go!. It's going to take me too long to get there already!. I want to be there now!" Sara communicated.
"Sara! Sara!", he called trying to get the flustered woman's attention, "Do you want me to get someone to drive you?. Or even escort you? - maybe I could?".
"Err, no!. I'm fine. I've got to go" she said. Just as Sara was about to leave Grissom paused and called to her "Sara!".
She turned. He exclaimed,
"I'm sorry for asking. I didn't mean to intrude. I just. I just - care!".
She looked at him and added,
"Thank you it's appreciated - but it's personal!".
Then she left and he was alone. It was so quiet again. Grissom did feel dejected from Sara's refusal to tell him. But how could he complain when he had refused to tell her about his mother's deafness when she asked - but he had his reasons. He didn't want her to judge him or his future but then again maybe she had her reasons. It was unlike Sara Sidle to be so defensive though. Grissom felt he'd hit a raw spot. Or maybe she was trying to get him back for the times he had rejected to tell her stuff - or rejected her as a person. He didn't mean to reject her though - it was just complicated!. But nah! Sara Sidle wasn't spiteful!.