Previously on 'As The Lab Turns'
"That went far better than I thought it would." Sara sounded relieved as she and Nick walked out of the hospital towards the parking lot.
"Five days suspension isn't bad considering who I get to spend it with." He had his arm slung over her shoulder and a grin on his face.
Sara looked up at him with a sultry grin. "So where are you taking me on our honeymoon, Mr. Stokes?"
"You knew that my career was important to me when we got involved." Catherine protested rather loudly at Warrick.
"I thought I was important to you too." Warrick couldn't believe what he was hearing come out of her mouth.
"You are." Catherine didn't quite understand why he couldn't see where she was coming from on this. She thought that she'd made her position clear when they'd started seeing each other.
"That's pretty hard for me to believe right now." He furrowed his brow and shook his head. "I'm not sure love is enough to make this work."
"What are you saying?" Catherine felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach.
Greg was just sitting in his car deep in thought. Confusion swirled around him as he tried to think back to just when things between him and Sophia had crossed the line from friendship to more. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that the timeline just didn't add up for him to have been with anyone but Heather. He slumped down in his seat feeling rather dejected. What had seemed like the romance of his life had turned out to be one big lie. And now he couldn't even satisfy himself with the thought of flirting with Sara. Now that she was married to Nick, she was unattainable.
"Sophia, glad you're back." Brass smiled genuinely at the blond as he met her in baggage claim.
She just shook her head in disbelief as a wry smile spread across her face. "Who knew that a simple leave of absence could be so complicated."
"I don't want to go home yet." Sara had a bit of a whine in her voice as she and Nick stood in front of their hotel waiting for the doorman to flag down a taxi take them to the airport.
Nick chuckled softly as he slid his arm around her waist and leaned over and kissed her cheek. "Ok, so the next time we come to Paris, we'll spend a few weeks instead of a few days."
"Promise?" Sara had a mischievous smile on her face as she leaned against Nick.
Nick let out a laugh that reverberated through his chest. "Yes, I promise. We probably should try and see some of the city next time."
"We saw the city." Sara giggled.
Nick leaned down and whispered huskily. "I'm not talking about just what we could see through our hotel room window."
"Well that sounds like an ultimatum." Catherine was indignant.
"It is." Warrick sounded defeated. He wanted to be with Catherine but she was making it difficult. She wanted her promotion back and she didn't seem too concerned with anything else.
"You'll leave me?" Catherine sounded panicked and then angry. "It's Mia isn't it? You just want to find a way to have both of us."
"Cath, that's not it." Warrick furrowed his brow and stepped towards her, putting his hands on her shoulders until she looked up at him. "I just want to know if you want to be with me or if I was just some kind of fling for you."
Catherine looked shocked. For the first time since things had started to unravel she thought about someone other than herself. "No. I love you. I really love you." A tear slipped down her cheek.
"Well then I need to know something else then." Warrick let out a deep sigh and felt a strange flipping sensation in the pit of his stomach.
Grissom looked shocked. "FBI?"
Sophia pursed her lips together and nodded her head. "Part of a special investigative unit."
Grissom's eyes widened further. "And you were investigating Ecklie?"
She nodded again. "It went pretty deep too. I thought I'd blown my cover, which is why I left Vegas. Heather was actually part of the whole thing, only we're not sure which side she's on at the moment."
Brass was taking it all in. "So, she's not even really related, is she?"
Sophia smirked. "No."
Grissom let out a groan. "So where does this put me and my team?"
Sophia smiled. "Gil, other than leading a very full social life, you're team hasn't done anything wrong, or at least that will be the case once the offer I've been given is finalized."
Grissom looked at Brass quizzically.
Brass smiled sardonically. "Sophia's leaving the FBI and Atwater has offered her Ecklie's job."
A tiny smile began to tug at Grissom's mouth.
Sophia reached out and patted Grissom's shoulder. "So I hear you're getting out of here tomorrow."
"I think medically speaking they'd like to keep me longer." Grissom had a boyish smirk on his face. "But some of the nurses are threatening to put a petition together if they don't discharge me."
Brass cleared his throat and interrupted. "Gil, Sophia and I have a few things to discuss and you should probably get some rest while you still can."
Greg took a deep breath and then put his best smile on before walking purposefully into the DNA lab.
Mia glanced up from the microscope she was peering into and smiled. "Take a look."
Greg stepped over to it, but didn't even glance at it; he looked directly at Mia. "I know I'm probably not your type, I mean you probably think less of me because of what happened with, well, whatever her name was. I was just hoping that you might want to go out sometime, like maybe after shift."
Mia could feel the corners of her mouth pulling into a smile as she tried to stifle a giggle.
Greg continued to stammer. "Of course, I've probably ruined a perfectly good working relationship now, but do you have any idea how beautiful you are?"
Mia reached over and put a hand on his shoulder. "Greg, I'd like to go out with you." She gestured towards the scope again. "But really, take a look at this."
"What?" Catherine wasn't sure she was hearing things correctly.
"It's true, isn't it?" Warrick was standing right in front of her now looking at her intently.
She fumbled with her words. "I never thought of it like that."
Warrick's hands were resting on her shoulders. "Well you didn't start acting like this until they eloped."
"I'm sorry." She looked up into his eyes. "I guess you're right."
Warrick smiled at her. "Catherine, I think Nick and Sara had the right idea and maybe if we'd done what they did a while ago, we could have saved ourselves a lot of trouble.
Catherine let out a deep throaty chuckle as she slid her arms around his neck. "Just what are you suggesting?"
Warrick arched both brows before angling his lips towards hers. "I think we should elope."
Grissom had an ashen look on his face as he watched the breaking news report on TV from his hospital bed.
"The Air France jet bound for Las Vegas crashed shortly after takeoff…"
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