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A/N: No beta in this one so all mistakes are mine! Thanks for the feedbacks and hope you'll enjoy. This chap is very short coz it used to be a part of the last chapter, anyways, I just hope you'd like it.

Chapter 10: Stupidity and Serendipity

"Hey!" Greg greeted as he approach Jonathan and the three CSI's from Vegas in the Airport. "Where's Grissom?" he asked.

"There were kids playing around, the coffee he was holding spilled in his coat so he's changing." Replied Jonathan who was also there.

"What are you doing here?" asked Sara.

"Brass called, he'd be arriving, Cath asked me to pick him up while she prepares for a yummy dinner!" Greg teased and emphasized on the word 'yummy.'

"Am I the only one who thinks this is stupid?" asked Nick

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Grissom has changed his polo shirt and grabbed a new coat from his suitcase. As he grabbed his passport from the suitcase and stuffed it inside his coat pocket he noticed something inside. He got it and there it is, a small black box. He bought it a year ago, he was going to give it to Catherine, she was absent and he didn't bother to call he thought he could use that night to muster enough courage the next night. And the next night came, he went looking for Catherine with a smile plastered on his face, he didn't found her instead he found a white paper lying on his desk.

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"I mean come on! They have loved each other for years." Nick stated.

"They have lost contact for a year. She looked for a new life while his came tumbling down." Warrick continued.

"They both thought they have moved on but somehow fate decided to play a little game and their lives have crossed once again after a whole year without communication and trying to avoid and forget about each other's existence." Said Sara

"He jumped to shield her from the bullet. She hugged him to protect him for the second bullet. They have both placed their lives in the line to save each other." Jonathan added.

"And now he is leaving and she's not about to do anything to stop him" Greg said sadly

"They have been looking at this the other way around. They both think that it is but a fateful closure." Said Jonathan

"What do you mean?" asked Nick

"Catherine thinks that it is fate. Well actually she's trying to convince herself that it is fate. She's trying to convince herself that it is fate that has decided that they are not meant to be together. She loves him so much, that she's afraid that all she's bringing to him is pain. Obviously, he too believes the same thing, that all he gives her is sadness. Now they are going to be apart again hoping that it would mean happiness to the other." Jonathan replied.

"How can two people with great minds also turn out to be two of the stupidest!?" Greg said

"I can't believe that this is going to end like this." Said Warrick

"I hate sad endings!" said Sara tearfully thinking of all the things Grissom and Catherine have gone thru.

"Then let's not make this end like this!" said a voice from behind. They all turned their heads to see a smiling Gil Grissom.

=TBC=