Sara was sitting in the break room before shift, looking over a case file that she and Warrick had been working on the past couple of days. As she went to flip to the next page, she noticed her ring and grinned. 'I can't believe I'm engaged, and to Grissom at that,' she thought to herself. However, her thoughts were interrupted when Nick and Catherine walked into the room, chatting about something.
"Hey Sara, how's the case going?" Nick asked as he went to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. Catherine sat on the couch, grabbed a magazine off of the table, and began flipping through it.
"Not too bad, just waiting on some test results. Hopefully it'll be wrapped up by the end of shift tonight." Sara shut the file and went to push a piece of her hair out of her face when she noticed a weird look on Nick's face. "What?"
"That's a new ring isn't it?"
"You would make a great CSI, Nick." She smirked.
At the mention of a ring, Catherine's head shot up. "Oh, let me see." She got up from her spot on the couch and walked over to the table. Instead of seeing just a generic ring on one of Sara's fingers, she saw a diamond on the most important of fingers. She gasped and grabbed Sara's hand.
"Nick, this is not just a new ring. It's an engagement ring!"
"What? No, it can't be. Sara hasn't even been seeing anyone."
"But why would she be wearing a diamond ring on her left ring finger?" After further inspection, she continued, "It's one of those Celtic rings, and the heart is facing in, meaning that her heart is spoken for!"
"Whose heart is spoken for?" Warrick asked as he sauntered into the room.
"Sara's! She's apparently engaged, or at least according to Catherine." Nicky
exclaimed, still trying to figure out the piece of this puzzle.
Sara was getting testy a how they kept jumping to conclusions, and talking about her as if she wasn't in the room. "Guys, you know I'm right here, right? You guys are jumping to a lot of conclusions, and assuming a lot."
Catherine and Nick looked at each other, and then back at Sara sheepishly. Catherine was the first to speak, "Sorry Sara, but come on, tell me that isn't an engagement ring?"
"You are right Cath, it is an engagement ring, but," raising her hand to silence the anticipated cacophony before it started, "I am not telling you who I am engaged to." She put her hand down.
"WHAT?!?!" Three voices shrieked when Sara finished.
Catherine again took the lead, "What do you mean you're not telling? Won't we find out eventually?"
"Yes, you will find out soon enough, but we want to keep it to ourselves for a little while longer."
"Just tell me one thing, please?" Catherine begged, "Please tell me it isn't Hank."
"Oh, God no! I would never, ever in my life marry him, that two timing scum."
Catherine breathed a sigh of relief and then continued, "Is it someone in the department? Is that why you're keeping so quiet?"
Sara didn't get the chance to answer because Nick piped up, "It's Grissom! Right?"
Two pairs of eyes shot to Nick, not believing he actually said that out loud, while Sara's eyes were fixed in a cold glare, urging him to shut up before she kicked his ass.
"I, uh, was just kidding guys, you know, ha ha ha." Nick stuttered as he slumped back into his chair.
Warrick was the next to speak. "So, if you won't tell us who it is, will you tell us how long you have known him, and been seeing him. I mean, I had no clue you were seeing someone. I know I speak for everyone in this room when I say we don't want you jumping into something that you're not ready for."
"I don't think I would have said yes if I didn't think I could handle it, but I'll humor you. I've know this man for years, but I have been officially seeing him for."
Before she could finish, Nick interrupted, "Six months?"
She looked at him, surprised that he knew, "How did you know that?"
Nick grinned. "You said it yourself Sidle, I would make a great CSI. I've noticed that you've been a lot more content around here for the past few months. I just never associated that with a guy."
Sara was stunned that Nick had noticed that she had changed so much. "Well, you're right and just a little other tidbit to keep you guys hanging; I've been living with him for two months now."
Another chorus of "WHAT?!?!" sounded through the break room, as another person walked in the room.
Grissom determinedly walked into the break room to hand out assignments, but as he crossed the threshold of the room, he noticed three stunned co-workers, and his fiancé had a smug look on her face. 'They know she's engaged, but not to who.' He struggled to hide his grin, as he spoke, "What's going on in here?"
Sara was the only one who could speak at that point, "Oh, nothing, Grissom." She smiled smugly at the others.
Nick was the first of the three to recover enough to complain to his supervisor, "Nothing my ass, Sidle! Griss, Sara's engaged and she won't tell us to whom."
Grissom just shook is head at the Texan's almost pathetic whine. "Nick, if Sara doesn't want to tell you who she got engaged to, then she doesn't have to."
"But."
"Nick, shut up." Sara said, "I am not telling, so can we please move on."
Three voices grumbled their compliances as Grissom began handing out assignments, "Warrick, Sara, you need to finish up the Samson case. You both are on call for any new cases that come in. Nick, you pulled a trick roll on the Strip. Cath, you're with me. DB in the outskirts, I'll meet you at the truck."
Everyone began on their ways, except for Sara who decided she was going to sit in the break room to work for awhile. Grissom was the last one to leave her behind, and when he reached the door, he turned around and caught Sara's eye.
She smiled as he winked at her, turned and walked out the door, leaving her to her work.