Later in the day, towards the end of the shift everyone was gathered around Sara in the break room. With the exception of Gil and Sophia, who weren't there. They were all discussing their cases, as well as comforting Sara. They all promised to stay with her, and to comfort her through everything.

They were all smiling, when Gil and Sophia came in, all the smiling ended. The fire returned to Sara's eyes, and it appeared to a smaller degree in Cath, Greg, Warrick, and Nick. Sophia looked guilty and Grissom looked exhausted.

He spoke first, " I want to talk to all of you. I would have wanted to have this conversation only with Sara, but all of you already know what has happened."

They all sat a little farther apart. Nick and Greg sat to either side of Sara. Sophia sat in the corner. Both she and Sara were looking at Grissom.

"It never had to be this way! You could have made a different decision months ago!"

"I know Sara, I know…please, here me out." She doesn't do anything, so he takes that as an ok. "What happened was a mistake. Not what happened between us, but what happened between Sophia and I."

They are all surprised, and Sara is in disbelief. Sophia stands up, her mouth agape, her eyes unbelieving.

"What?…How can you say that we were a mistake?…Just over an hour ago you said that you love me. Are you that changeable?" She doesn't let him answer, and she leaves in tears.

He doesn't know what to say, he knows that it's the rest of the team that he has to get back now. Before he can speak though, Sara does.

"It's too late…You've lost us both now. I would have loved you forever." She shakes her head and leaves. Greg and Nick follow her.

Catherine speaks, "I don't know what to tell you Gil. You messed it all up, and now everyone is going to pay for it…I'm done, the shift's over, I'm going to get Lindsey ready for school." She starts to leave, when she turns around. "I guess that secret that you never told anyone but me was meaningless wasn't it?" Then she leaves. He wonders after her, and then Warrick stands.

"I have to go, see ya Grissom," and he leaves too.

Grissom remembered back to what he had said to Catherine…

"….I've never told anyone this before…But you might find it interesting."

"What?"

"I think I'm in love."

"Really, with who?"

He smiled. "That would be too telling."

"So much for deep and revealing…Does she work here?"

"Yes, but I'm not going to act on it, it wouldn't be right."

"Why, because you're a supervisor?"

"Yes, and a few other things."

"You could always try."

"I know, but my work comes first."

"That's the story of your life."

"I know…"

He hadn't been ready to commit to anyone then, but now he had royally screwed everything up.

'Good job Gil,' he told himself. 'You just let the three women in your life walk away from you.'

Then he left and went home.