A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews, everyone! It really makes me want to write more. This was the hardest chapter to write so far, probably because I had to include so many characters! But please let me know if you liked it!!!

Sara was sitting on the break room couch, reading a forensic journal. There was about twenty minutes before shift started, which meant in about five minutes, five very curious people would be waltzing into the room, expecting to meet someone new. She hoped they wouldn't be too disappointed that her fiancé was Grissom. 'Yeah right,' she thought, "They'll probably be ecstatic."

Her thoughts were interrupted by four very excited people walking into the room. Catherine, Warrick, Nick, and Greg were all talking exaggeratedly, but once they saw Sara was in the room the shut up quickly. As they all found seats around the room, Greg was the first to break the silence, "Sara, what are you doing here? I thought you were going to bring in your fiancé?"

"I had to come in early to do a little work, but he'll be here. Don't worry guys. Damn, you are all acting like little kids on Christmas. It's just my fiancé."

Nick smacked her lightly on the shoulder. "Sara, hon, it's not just your fiancé. It's the man you're going to spend, hopefully, the rest of your life with. And we just want to meet the guy."

Catherine piped up. "He's right, and it's not everyday that one of our friends gets engaged, let alone someone we all know, and someone in this department."

Warrick put his two cents in, "Yeah, you know, it's like if just one of us finally gets a life around here, then we all need to make the most of it."

Sara stood up and walked over to the coffee pot. "You guys are right, and he should be here any minute."

A new voice was heard from the doorway. "Good so I didn't miss him?" Brass smiled as Sara turned around to see him.

"Nah, you're not too late. Now all we need is Grissom." She stopped as she noticed the looks her co-workers were giving each other. "Why are you guys looking at each other like that?"

Catherine looked over towards Warrick and he nodded, indicating that she should handle this. "We just thought, that given your, uh, history with Grissom, that he wouldn't want to meet your fiancé. You know, it would be weird for him to see you happy with someone else."

Sara started laughing softly. At the confused looks of her colleagues, she explained the reason for her laughter. "Grissom and I, well, yeah we had a rough couple of years there, but we've worked it out since then. He was the first person I told when I got engaged." At the now surprised faces of the five people in the room, she laughed a little stronger. "Guys! He's my friend, and has been for years now. Hell, you could even call him my best friend."

"Or, perhaps you could call him your fiancé."

Her back was to the door, but she didn't turn around right away when she heard Grissom's voice. She smiled, closed her eyes and sighed, and then finally turned around to look at him. When she opened her eyes she gasped when she saw a single red rose in his hand. She walked over to him and gave him a quick hug and small peck on the lips. Taking a quick look into his eyes and giving him her "Sara Smile," she turned back to look at the other people in the room, rose in hand.

Every single one of them had their mouths open, and were staring wide eyed at the couple. Brass was the first one to break out of his trance. "No way. This isn't a joke?"

As the others started to break out of their catatonic states, Grissom smiled at the detective, "No Jim, this isn't a joke. Sara and I are engaged. And we expect that little fact to stay within the confines of this room." He glared at the other four, who tended to spread gossip like wildfire. Four heads nodded at his response.

"Wow." Catherine was still reeling. "This is a shocker, though I shouldn't be surprised. The only thing is you two have been living together for the past two months?"

"Yeah!" Warrick was rubbing his head, trying to understand the situation. "How did we, of all people, miss that little tidbit?"

"We kept everything very low profile. We both still drove our own cars, and didn't drastically change out work habits, so you guys wouldn't notice." Sara smiled at the five.

Greg was the first to walk up to Sara to give her a hug, "I can not believe that you are marrying Grissom. Of all people to choose over me!" He winked and pulled her into a fierce hug.

Sara grinned and whispered into Greg's ear, "Greg, there was no competition between you and Grissom. It's always been Griss."

"I know, and like I said yesterday, I'm happy for you." He whispered back, before letting her go and turning to Grissom. "You are a lucky man, Grissom. Very, very lucky." He patted Grissom on the shoulder, and then announced, "Well, I have samples running in the lab, including a couple of yours, so I better get down there and finish them." With that he walked out into the hallway shaking his head and not believing what had just occurred in the break room.

Brass shook Grissom's hand as Warrick pulled Sara into hug, whispering congratulations in her ear. Catherine and Nick stood back waiting their turn as the two men switched who they were congratulating.

Brass whispered in Sara's ear, "You know, I have never, ever in all my time here in Vegas seen Gil Grissom this happy. And that's all because of you Sara. You keep him happy, he'll keep you happy." Sara just smiled through her unshed tears of happiness and nodded at the police captain. Pulling back from their embrace, Brass stated, "Well, I've got a scene to get to." Looking towards Grissom, who was shaking Warrick's hand, he continued, "Which of you CSIs will be at the 419 in Henderson?"

Grissom answered, "That would be Warrick and Nick, I've got paperwork, and Catherine and Sara are still working on their sexual assault from last night, right?" He looked over to Sara, who nodded back at him.

Warrick turned to Nick, told him would meet him at the Tahoe, and he and Brass walked out of the break room.

The group in the break room now consisted of two sets of best friends, each one including one of the newly engaged individuals. Catherine approached Grissom, and pulled him into a friendly embrace, while Nick crushed Sara with a huge bear hug.

"I can't believe it!" Nick exclaimed. Once he released her a little bit, his hands still on her shoulders, he came to a realization. "Hey, you blatantly lied to me, Sara Sidle. I asked if it was Grissom!"

Sara started laughing, "Nick, I never actually said 'No I am not marrying Grissom.' Actually, I said nothing. Which, if you were a good CSI, you would have noticed that I was lying."

"Ouch," he pulled away from her, smiling, with his hands up in front of him, "That just hurt, Sara. But I think I'll forgive so that I don't ruin your day." Walking back over to her, and pulling her into a softer hug, he said, "Good for you, Sara. It's nice to see you out living your life the way you're supposed to. And you and Grissom are perfect for each other. I hope you both are really happy."

Meanwhile, the two other best friends in the room were talking quietly to each other.

"Gil, I can't believe this. You finally took your head out of that microscope." Catherine smiled at him, and he glared at her in return, his lips upturned in a smirk.

"Yes, I took my 'head of the microscope,' and it didn't require too much effort once we got past some of the obstacles."

"No wonder I haven't gotten any invitations to breakfast for awhile. I would have figured it out then." Catherine looked at Grissom pointedly.

Grissom just smiled, "Like we all have had time for breakfast around here. We've all been busy with this case, or that personal matter. Don't give me any crap about that."

"You're right; I was just kidding with you." Catherine laughed, and then turned a little more serious, "Are you happy? I mean, I don't have to ask Sara, because she's beaming, and has been for the past six months, but I didn't even notice a change in you."

"Am I happy?" Grissom looked at Catherine like she was crazy. "Happy is an understatement. I'm overjoyed, ecstatic, and thrilled that Sara would even consider being my wife. I've never felt like this before, Cath, and I never want this feeling to disappear."

Catherine pulled him in for another hug, and whispered in his ear, "Good, I'm so excited for you, Gil. You deserve to be this happy, and to make her happy. Congratulations." She pulled away as Nick and Sara were finishing up their second hug.

Nick walked over to Grissom, shook his hand and congratulated him. "Well, I've got to run. Warrick and I have a DB waiting for us. Bye!" He turned and walked out the door.

"I've got to get to work on the enormous stacks of paperwork in my office. How's your case going?" Grissom asked the two women.

Catherine was the first to answer, "We're waiting on lab results from Greg, and after that we were going to go back to the vic's clothes to check for trace, right Sara?"

Sara nodded, and Grissom walked over to her, "Alright, I'll be in my office if you need me." Before turning to walk out of the room, he leaned over towards Sara for a small kiss, not wanting to make a scene in front of Catherine. After breaking apart, he smiled at Sara, nodded to Catherine, and walked to the hallway and down to his office.

Sara watched as he walked away, and turned to Catherine, ready to start work. Catherine on the other hand had other ideas, "Spill it, now."

Sara smiled at the other woman, thinking about how far they had come from their first introductions. While they still had their squabbles, they usually got over it pretty fast, and Catherine had become one her best friend's in Vegas. "What do you want to know?" she asked innocently.

"All of it."

"All of it?" Sara asked suggestively.

"Okay, not 'all' of it, but how you two finally got together." Catherine listened as Sara recounted the events that occurred in the past six months, leaving out exactly what case had brought them to Sara's apartment that first morning. She was just finishing up with what had happened two days ago up at Lake Mead, when they heard footsteps running down the hall.

Greg skidded to a stop right outside the break room, and bent over trying to catch his breath. Sara and Catherine walked over to the doorway to see why the lab tech was in such a hurry.

After catching his breath, Greg looked up to Sara. "I got your lab results back. Ran them through CODIS, but got nothing."

Catherine looked annoyed, "So you ran down the hall to tell us we're at a dead end?"

Greg shook his head and swallowed, "Then I decided to run the sample through the department database." He turned to Sara. "I got a hit."

Sara cautiously answered, "What did you get?"

"The semen sample from Tina Maxwell matches an unknown sample from a rape case six months ago."

Sara felt chills run up and down her spine. "Who was the victim?"

"Kerrigan Shannon."