A/N See, I'm getting better at updating.
After witnessing the result of their actions the four "cupids" decided an emergency meeting must be called. They met at the very same table they had been at the previous morning, and although the subject they were discussing was the same the mood was completely different. For what felt like an eternity they all just sat there looking at each other, finally Nick broke the silence, "Man, we screwed up bad."
"I don't understand," Greg said in disbelief, "what went wrong?"
"I guess Sara and Grissom don't act like fictitious characters from 400 years ago."
Greg glared at Warrick for his unproductive comment.
"Okay," said Catherine, at last taking control of the group. "Everything that is happening is as a result of our actions so we are the ones that have to fix it."
"But how?"
"Not with another trap." Nick looked anxious just talking about it.
"Nick's right, beating around the bush doesn't work with these two."
"That's true," everyone could tell that Greg was desperately trying to regain control of the group, "Maybe we should just speak directly to one of them, but which one?"
Instantly, and in perfect unison his three colleagues all stated the same name, "Sara,"
"She's at least observant,"
"And I think she is more likely to believe us if we go to talk with her,"
"Great minds do think alike. Now for the harder question: who's going to talk to Sara?"
Although no one spoke up quite as readily as they had before, the choice seemed clear, and Catherine knew it. "Why are you all looking at me?"
"Face it Cath, you're the best person for the job. I mean this is the kind of thing that should be discussed woman to woman"
"Oh come on, this was all Greg's idea in the first place, and " Catherine could already tell this was not a fight she was going to win. "Fine, I'll talk to Sara. Any suggestions on what I should say?" The fact that all she got in return was snickering didn't fill her with confidence.
Sara wasn't in the break room for assignments at the beginning of shift, which forced Catherine to go look for her. She finally found Sara in an out of the way corner of the lab, working on a computer. "Hey can I talked to you for a minute," Catherine began, still not sure what she was going to say to her.
" 'Course, what do you want to talk about," Sara said more to the computer screen.
"Grissom,"
"Oh, I think he's in his office,"
Catherine chose to ignore that comment and move on. "Sara, this thing between the two of you is not going to go away just by ignoring it. You have to deal with itâ before it passes you by."
"I don't know what you mean." Sara said offhandedly, continuing to work.
"Don't be coy, we both know how he feels about you, and I think you feel the same."
At that Sara finally looked up from the computer screen. "Let me get this straight, I'm the one that understands what's happening here so you came to tell me about it?" Sara took a calming breath and turned back to the computer, "You know I'm getting really tired of the ball being in my court. If Grissom wants to be with me, it's up to him."
Catherine took the hint and left Sara in peace. She had a scene to get to, not to mention an emergency meeting with the cupids.
Making sure no one was hanging around, Warrick, the last of the four to enter the DNA lab, closed the door behind him. "I'm guessing this meeting was called because something happened with Sara."
"She's sick of dealing with this," Catherine recounted, "and I don't blame her. Grissom is the king of mixed signals. I think we are going to have to go to the source: Grissom."
"Agreed," Greg said, "And I think you should be the one to talk to him." Nick and Warrick both nodded in agreement.
"What? Shouldn't this be discussed man to man?"
"Men talk about football, drinking, and girls, not emotions," Greg said plainly.
And before Catherine could snap at this Nick added, "Can you really picture any of us talking to Grissom about this?"
Catherine was a little taken aback. Nick had a point. The men would probably screw it up more. "Fine, I'll do it."
"My Hero!" Unfortunately Greg's little allusion was lost on everyone present.
Unlike most of her colleagues, who would stand awkwardly in the doorway waiting for Grissom to notice them, Catherine walked right into her supervisor's office, shut the door behind her and took a seat in front of his desk.
Even the oblivious Grissom had to notice this. "Can I help you Catherine?"
"We need to talk Gil," Grissom simply raised his eyebrow, "about Sara."
Grissom shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "I think she is"
"And don't tell me she's working on the computer in the other room." Catherine rolled her eyes at the similarity between the two of them. "Grissom, how do you feel about Sara, and I'm not talking about her as a colleague or as a CSI, how do you feel about her?"
Grissom looked thoughtful for a moment. He set his pen down and took off his glasses. The action reminded him of Sara. How many times had he done it as a result of her? How many times was she no longer there by the time he raised his head. I wish I was like you, Grissom. I wish I didn't feel anything. "I don't feel anything" he muttered to himself ironically.
Catherine, either not hearing him or choosing to ignore him, tried another tactic, "Lift your head up out of the microscope, Gil. She's in love with you. You know that don't you?" In response Grissom merely put his glasses back on and continued his work as if nothing had happened. "If you don't act on this soon she's going to leave and when she does you are not going to be able to bring her back withâ with something you can look for in the yellow pages."
Upon hearing Catherine's last comment Grissom's whole face changed. He set aside the work in front of him and rushed for the door. Catherine caught his arm as he walked past her, "Where are you going?"
"To find Sara."
Grissom had only moved a few meters down the hall when he ran head on into Sara. "I know how to find our missing vehicle. Even a Hummer would have sustained damage in an accident like that, and there can't be that many places in Vegas that can repair specialty cars like Hummers. So all we really need is"
"A phone book?" Sara said, sporting her gapped tooth grin and a giant book in her left hand.
"You're amazing." Sara had to blush at that comment. "Well, we should get to work."
(TBC)
A/N 2: The line "My Hero" is a pun. Hero is a character in "Much Ado About Nothing" and the only female involved in the set up of Beatrice and Benedick.
