Title: Love Bites

Pairing: Sara/Nick, Amelia/Speed, hints at Amelia/Grissom

Spoiler: Lost Son, Viva Las Vegas, Pilot, basically all CSI episodes up to season 4/5ish.

Summary: After Nick's older sister Amelia transferred from Las Vegas, he thought he'd never see her again. Then she became a victim in a serial killer's game. Now, the Las Vegas CSIs are racing against time to find the killer.

Disclaimer: I only own what you do not recognize. I.E: Amelia, Evan, and the victims and suspects. CSI Belongs to Jerry Bruckheimer and all of those smart people who created these fine CSI series.

My Original Note: This is the last chapter! Woot! I hope you liked! Please Read and review! Also check out my The Fast and The Furious fic: Revenge Is Best Served Cold. Also check out part two of the Amelia Series, Halfhearted, which we be out soon!

Chapter 11: Confessions From All

'Crêdula rês amor est.- Love is a credulous thing.' -Ovid

"What did you expect to find?" Nick's harsh words echoed in Amelia's mind as Grissom drove her to his townhouse. Grissom was going to let Amelia stay with him until she found a place to live. She had, at first, politely refused, but Grissom insisted. Amelia had spent two weeks in the hospital. Two really boring weeks in the hospital. Horatio stayed with her the whole time.

---"I've got plenty of vacation days saved up." He joked, smiling. Amelia tore her eyes from the TV and looked at Horatio. He had that soft smile on his face that could make any girl melt. Luckily for her, Amelia had gotten used to it. Amelia chuckled.

"And you're going to waste them all on me?" She joked back. Horatio chuckled softly and looked down at his hands.

"Who else would I spend them on?" He asked, looking up at her. Amelia bit back the comment on her tongue.

How about Calleigh? That's what she wanted to say. But she didn't. Instead she just smiled at him and shrugged her shoulders. She and Horatio were close and she knew he detested it when people tried to get him together with people. He also detested it when Amelia spoke poorly about his sister-in-law, Yelina. It took Amelia a while to get used to it. She and Yelina had never really got along.

Yelina always made Amelia feel like she was an inch small.

And she even had the balls to accuse Amelia of flirting with Horatio. Amelia had probably only liked Horatio like that for about five seconds.

And then realization hit in and Amelia realized Horatio would only ever be her friend.

Horatio was too kind.---

Warrick, Catherine, nick, Sara, and Grissom all spent some of their off time with Amelia. Al, Jim, and Greg even stopped by a few times. It was nice. It brought back a lot of good memories. Though a lot of bad, also.

Horatio and Grissom were able to get Amelia transferred back to the Las Vegas Crime Lab. She just had to spend one more week on bed rest. And then she would get another week of lab work, no field. But who better to take care of her than Grissom?

Amelia and Sara had put their differences behind them. Amelia had been shocked to learn that Nick and Sara were dating, but she was ok with it. Sara seemed to make Nick happy, and the other way around. That was all Amelia could ask for Nick. She only wanted to see him happy.

Amelia was sad when she learned that Holly Gribbs had been killed on her first day. The day Amelia left. Amelia liked Holly. She had figured that Holly was going to make a good CSI. But if anybody knows, and Amelia sure does, good things never last. At least not in Amelia's world.

In the last two weeks, Amelia had been able to repair the relationships she had with the CSIs in Las Vegas. Nick was a little angry at first, but then he calmed down and the two siblings worked out their differences. Amelia had yet to tell them that she was almost 3 months pregnant. She didn't know how and she didn't know when the right time would be.

Horatio had left for Miami just an hour before Amelia had been released from the hospital. Catherine and Warrick drove him to the airport. Amelia had actually been a little scared when Horatio left. Horatio had been her best friend for the last four years. When Tim was away at conventions, Horatio was the one who calmed her fears. But, an hour later, Grissom showed up to get her out of the hospital.

Amelia felt safe again.

Grissom parked his car and turned to Amelia. He could tell she was deep in her thoughts. He thought she looked sort of cute when she was thinking deeply, he almost didn't want to disturb her. But he couldn't leave her in the car.

"Mel?" He said softly. Amelia snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Grissom.

"Hmmm?" She said, looking around.

"We're here." Amelia smiled and unbuckled her seat belt.

His townhouse was just as Amelia remembered it. There were a few new pictures and pieces of furniture, but Amelia liked it. It had a nice feel to it. Comfortable.

"I put your bags in the bedroom." He said, pointing across the kitchen at a door. Amelia groaned inwardly as she walked into the living room.

"Gil." Amelia started. She turned and followed him with her eyes as he walked towards the kitchen. He walked behind the counter.

"Don't start Mel. I will not let you sleep on the couch when your back is healing." Grissom said. Amelia sighed and sat at the counter and rested her chin on her hands.

"Gil...I'll be fine." Amelia protested.

"Yes, in the bed." He turned and smiled at her, holding a pot in one hand.

"You're so difficult sometimes." Amelia said, rolling her eyes. Grissom chuckled and started making dinner for the both of them.

"I learned from the best." He shot back with a sly grin, looking at her with a twinkle in his eyes.

"You shouldn't talk about your mother like that." Amelia said while signing. Grissom laughed as he turned his back to her and put the pot of water on the stove. "Speaking of Ruth," Amelia said. "How is she?" She asked. Amelia had never met Grissom's mother face to face, but Grissom had told Amelia about her and he had told his mother about Amelia. She sounded like a lovely woman and Amelia hoped she would get a chance to meet the woman.

"My mom is fine. She just got over a cold." Grissom answered. Amelia smiled at his back.

"That's good. Listen Gil..." Amelia started to say. Grissom turned around as the pasta water came to a boil. He stared at her as he waited for her to go on. He had an unreadable look on his face and Amelia hated when he did that. "Uh, I don't know how to say this..." She looked away from Grissom's now questioning face.

"Amelia," Grissom interrupted. "Would you like to have dinner with me?" He asked softly. Amelia looked back at him in confusion.

"Isn't that what we're doing?" She asked, gesturing to the pot behind him. Amelia had been planning on telling him she was pregnant but now the conversation had taken a totally different turn. Grissom shook his head and smiled at her.

"No, I mean on a..." He paused. "A date. I know you're still mourning over Tim, but I've been meaning to ask you out since I met you, but you were married. I-" Grissom rambled on. Amelia chuckled because she had never seen him act this way. He was usually so calm and collected. Amelia held up her hands and Grissom trailed off.

"Gil," Amelia started. Then she paused. She was still mourning Tim and she was pregnant with Tim's baby, but she had always had a crush on Grissom. If she didn't act now, she knew he would get away. Then she would never know if it would have worked. "I'd love to." She finally said. Grissom visibly eased.

"Great."

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Nick sat next to Sara on her couch and sighed. He was going to tell her his biggest secret. Sara gently grabbed Nick's hand and gave him a loving squeeze. She was fearing that he was going to break up with her. She didn't know if she could take that.

"Whatever it is, you can tell me." She managed to say softly. Nick took a deep breath and nodded.

"I was 9 and Amelia was 10, so we were too young to stay home by ourselves. It was flu season and most of our friends had it. Cathy and Jeff were 15 and 17 so they were at work on a Friday night, which didn't make either of them happy. They really wanted their own cars though." Nick paused and gave a nervous chuckle. He had shown Sara a picture of the whole family. They all looked alike. "Uh, Cherie, Danielle, and Tabatha were all 19 and older so they didn't live at home. Our, Amelia and I, regular baby sitter got sick so this new one was a last minute baby sitter.

"Amelia was in her room reading and...I didn't know what to do. I was absolutely silent during the whole thing, scared out of my mind." A tear fell down his cheek and he stared straight ahead. Sara gave Nick's hand another comforting squeeze. "Afterwards I stayed in my room and stared at my wall. I didn't talk to anybody for days. I never told anyone. A few years later, when Ames turned 15, she sat me down and she told me she was sorry for letting the baby sitter do that to me."

"She knew?" Sara asked. Nick nodded slowly.

"Yeah. She said the baby sitter threatened her. I told her that it-it-that it wasn't her fault, but she, uh," Tears were now freely flowing down Nick's face. "She told me I was her younger brother and she was supposed to protect me. She said she failed me." He paused as Sara wiped the tears from his face. He looked at her. "She never forgave herself."

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Warrick stared across the table at Catherine. After Warrick and Catherine had seen Horatio off on his flight, they had decided to have a friendly diner together. Catherine could tell Warrick was upset about something. Now, some ten minutes later, Warrick was about to tell her what he was upset about.

"Ok, I'll tell you." Warrick finally relented. Catherine smiled and sat up straight in the booth.

"Finally. Now spill." She smiled as Warrick sighed.

"I have the worst luck with women, you know that." He started to say. Catherine nodded as Warrick pushed his straw around in his drink. "So, I um...when Ames came here back in '98, I really couldn't do anything about my crush on her 'cause she was married." Catherine's jaw dropped. This was the first she had heard about Warrick having a crush on Amelia.

"You had a crush on Ames?" She asked. Warrick rolled his eyes.

"It's 'have' and yeah, I did and still do. Anyways. After she left and didn't call, I pushed her to the back of my mind."

"And then we saw her in Miami." Catherine said.

"Yeah. So, then she called me a few days after we got back here and even though we were states apart, the whole crush thing came back."

"So what's the problem?" Catherine asked. "She's here again and she's divorced. What's the problem?" Catherine asked again.

Warrick looked out of the window and took a deep breath.

"Grissom." Was all he said as he let the breath out.

"What about him?" Catherine asked, slightly confused.

"The reason I never told Ames that I liked her was because she told me she liked Grissom. I always had a feeling that Grissom liked her. And now Ames is staying with him."

"Oh. Ok, I get it now. You think they'll confess their love for each other." Catherine said, half joking. Warrick rolled his eyes again.

"Yeah. Something like that."

"You never know what the future has in store Rick." Catherine remarked, tossing a cherry into her mouth. Warrick chuckled and shook his head sadly. Somehow, he figured Amelia didn't fit into his future the way he wanted. He would have to live with that.

Fin