All I Want Is You
Disclaimer: Okay, I think it's common knowledge that I do not own CSI, I only love the show and like to write fanfics for it.
Spoilers: I forget the name of the episode, but there are several mentions of the DNA lab explosion.
Chapter Two: Everyone's Business
"Are you ready to go in?" Grissom asked.
"I bet Brass beat us here," Sara sighed, "and we both know he wouldn't keep something like that to himself.
"I know, and look what time it is, the swing shift is here," Grissom raised his eyebrows, "that means Nick, Warrick and Catherine are all here."
"Well they'd figure it out eventually anyway, they are all CSIs," Sara pointed out.
"Okay, let's go in, just take our evidence to trace and don't say anything," Grissom said, "pretend like everything is normal."
"Yeah that's going to happen," Sara muttered sliding out of the SUV.
Sara followed Grissom into the crime lab. She knew that their "cool" act wouldn't last long. They were bound to run into someone who wouldn't let them just play it cool. It was impossible to get across the lab without running into someone they knew. And their friends were bound to be on the lookout for them, having their little piece of news from Brass.
"Sara, Grissom, hello," Catherine said in a knowing tone.
Grissom paused and turned to face her, "Hello Catherine."
"Brass tells me he found you and Sara at a crime scene," Catherine raised her eyebrows.
"It's no big deal, I was upset and Grissom comforted me," Sara put in.
Catherine smiled, "Well let me just say, it's about damn time!"
"What?" Grissom asked.
"Oh come on, Gil, everyone around here knows that you and Sara are meant for each other," Catherine laughed.
"It's that obvious?" Sara asked.
"You two are really something," Catherine shook her head, "it's so obvious that you two have been in love with each other for a long time. We actually started taking bets on how long it would take you two to finally admit your feelings to each other."
"Who said we were in love?" Grissom inquired.
"Please, I can tell by the way you look at each other, something changed at that crime scene, and may I be the first to say, I'm happy for you," Catherine hugged them both, "I have been dying to see you two happy."
"Wait, did you say you guys were placing bets on us?" Sara suddenly asked.
"Uh…yeah," Catherine waved it off, "it was all in good nature."
"So who won?" Grissom asked.
"Doc Robbins actually," Catherine smiled.
"He was in on it too?" Grissom shook his head.
"Everyone was in on it. I was beginning to think that I would have to lock you guys in a closet together or something," Catherine chuckled.
"At any rate, I just want to say thank you Catherine. If you hadn't told me about Grissom's surgery, I might have stayed mad at him and never gotten up the courage to say something to him," Sara smiled.
"Hey, I'd do anything to make my friends happy," Catherine said, then made a face as her pager went off, "well I've got to go now, see you guys around later."
Sara and Grissom went to log in all their new evidence. By the time they were finished, it was past the end of their shift. They both headed for the break room, figuring they would find some of their other colleagues in there.
"Okay, I've got one that's pretty bad," Nick said in a laughing tone, "this snake turns to his buddy and asks if they are poisonous. The other snake replies that he doesn't know and asks why his friend wants to know. His friend responds by saying, 'I just bit my lip.'"
Greg snorted, "How about this one? A guy walks into a bar and says ouch."
"Now that's bad," Warrick chuckled.
"What are you guys doing?" Sara asked, entering the room just ahead of Grissom.
"Seeing who can tell the lamest jokes," Greg explained.
"I've got one," Grissom grinned, "these two fish swim into a wall. One turns to the other and says 'Dam!'"
"Wow Gris, I didn't know you had any bad jokes…or really that you knew any jokes at all," Nick groaned, "I'd say that one was pretty pathetic though."
"So why are we telling lame jokes anyway?" Warrick asked, "I forgot what brought this up."
"I don't even remember now," Greg shook his head, "but I can honestly say I've never laughed like this at those stupid jokes."
"How did your case go?" Nick asked Sara and Grissom, giving them a confidential wink.
"Just get to it, we know you are all dying to know if the rumor is true," Grissom rolled his eyes.
"Okay, did Brass really catch you guys making out?" Greg asked.
"What?" Grissom asked.
"No!" Sara shook her head vehemently, "I don't know where you got that from. I was upset and Grissom hugged me. Brass came in and I was in his arms. Nothing more."
"Gossip can get pretty far from the truth pretty fast," Warrick laughed, "I didn't think you two were that unprofessional."
"Are there any dates in your near future?" Nick asked with a smile.
"Maybe, you're not welcome to come along if there are," Grissom joked.
"Seriously, if you guys are getting together, this is great," Greg smiled, "I might not have thought so a while ago. But now that I'm a man and over my boyish crush on Sara, I would love to see you two go out."
"Everyone keeps saying that," Sara raised her eyebrows, "I really think everyone was going to conspire against us to make us admit our feelings to each other."
"That wouldn't have been so bad, I'd rather it wasn't a public event, but something needed to change. I could feel the tension growing between us," Grissom suddenly grabbed Sara's hand in his own, "come with me to my office."
Sara followed as Grissom dragged her down the hall. Grissom closed the door carefully behind them and met Sara's questioning gaze.
"I just thought our conversation was turning more private," he explained, "it really occurred to me just now how rude I've been to you Sara. I'm sorry that I'm a stupid old man."
"Gil, you are not a stupid old man. You are a very intelligent man. I understand that it's hard for you to recognize your feelings. I'm a lot like you in that respect. You may not have realized it, but I'd been working up the nerve to ask you out the entire day of the explosion. I was trying to catch you alone when the lab exploded. Then I lost it for a while and I guess asking you to dinner when you were mad at me was not the best timing," Sara said.
"It was really that hard for you?" Grissom asked in surprise.
"That whole day I had been avoiding you, then I suddenly decided to go for it, and I couldn't get you alone. I was watching you talking to someone and the next thing I knew, I was flying through the air," Sara told him.
"And when you got the nerve to ask again, I just turned you away. You're right, I was upset with you for what you did at that guy's apartment. But there was also the stress of realizing my hearing was really going downhill. I was afraid that I would need an operation, but I wouldn't admit my problem to anyone. The day I went in for surgery, I confessed to Catherine who kept it to herself. I suppose I need to really work on letting people in," Grissom sighed.
"I think we both need to change. We can work on it together. Let's get out of here and go grab breakfast together," Sara suggested.
"All right, let's go," Grissom agreed.
"You just realize that now our relationship is going to be everyone's business," Sara shook her head.
A/N: Hope you all had a good holiday.