Ecklie, Catherine, Grissom, and the dayshift supervisor Joseph are gathered in an office. A woman from internal affairs is talking to them; her name is Teresa Johns.
"I don't expect any of you to be happy with this investigation," she was saying. "But I expect all of you to live with it, which, no matter what, you will. I'm not here to get anyone fired; this is a routine efficiency check up. Now since all of you make up the leadership of this lab, you have been told ahead of time, as fair warning.
None of you will be told when to expect my presence, so that at least will be a surprise. None of you are permitted to tell your subordinates of the investigation, but I'm certain that gossip will reach them before long.
That's all for now, have a good day, and you are all dismissed."
As they leave, Ecklie says, "I hope that the office is satisfactory."
"It is," she answered tersely. Then more kindly she said, "Thank you."
They walk out into the hall and walk separate ways. Teresa catches sight of Grissom, and she stops him by calling his name. Upon reaching him, she says, "Hey, can we talk?"
"Sure, how about my office?"
"Alright."
So they go into his office and take seats. He speaks first.
"What is it?"
"Could you even try to sound slightly happy about seeing me again?…Yeah, ok, I get that it wasn't exactly fair of me to leave you like that, but I was hoping to change some of it."
"How?"
"First of all, by saying that I'm truly sorry about what I did."
"I've already forgiven you Tess."
"Thank you Gil, that means a lot…Do you want to talk more, over dinner I mean. It's too odd to talk here In such a formal setting."
"Sure," he said with a half grin.
"Thanks, how about at my place? Less pressure, you can leave when you choose, we can have stir-fry. Nothing special, just two old friends talking and catching up after all these years."
"Were we only friends?" He said incredulously.
"Five o'clock, since you're nights. I haven't moved either…And no, we were much more than friends, but you already knew that."
"I know. I'll see you at five the."
They both smile kindly at each other. Sara is walking down the hall, when she sees them together. She turns the other way, flustered.
Greg sees her, and says, "Hey Sara, what's up?"
"Nothing, what are you up to?"
"Not much, which reminds me, we both have several hours before our shift starts, do you wanna do something?"
"Thanks Greg, but no."
"Are you sure, you don't want to go grab something to eat or anything?"
"No, I have a lot to do, but really thank you, the thought is sweet. See you later ok."
"Alright," Greg replied, rather disappointed. Then she leaves.
