Post-Butterflied
Disclaimer: I still don't own CSI and get no profit from writing these stories…yadda yadda yadda.
Chapter Ten
"Good morning, Sunshine."
Sara moaned and pulled her blankets back over her head, "Go away."
"Sara, come on get up," Grissom shook her gently.
"Leave me alone," she reached out and slapped at whatever was disturbing her slumber.
"Hey now," Grissom grabbed her arm, "Sara, wake up."
"What is your problem?" Sara threw her blankets off and sat up suddenly.
"Well you are just a bundle of joy first thing in the morning aren't you?" Grissom asked.
"Sorry about that," Sara blushed, "I'm not used to anyone waking me up. What are you doing here?"
"I just got off shift and I thought I would come get you before I went to breakfast with everyone else," Grissom explained, "I actually left a little early so I could come and get you. I figured you'd want to shower and stuff first."
"I knew I shouldn't have given you my spare key…" Sara mumbled, "you're not planning on waking me up like this every morning are you?"
"Boy you are really not a morning person are you?" Grissom teased.
"Once I'm awake, I'm just fine. No one has woken me up in person in years. Usually it's either my phone or the alarm clock," Sara slid to the edge of the bed looking for her crutches.
"Do you want me to make you a pot of coffee or something?" Grissom offered as Sara pulled out some clothes.
"That'd be wonderful," Sara smiled and headed for her bathroom, kissing Grissom briefly on the way.
"Hey Sara, good to see you," Warrick spotted her with Grissom.
"Hello guys," Sara smiled at her friends.
"How's the foot doing?" Catherine asked.
"It doesn't hurt anymore. Now I'm just constantly annoyed by this cast," Sara rolled her eyes.
"So did you learn your lesson about trying to punt boulders?" Nick teased.
"Very funny," Sara shook her head.
"Here, have a seat," Greg stood and moved so Sara could slide into the booth.
After a few minutes, everyone got settled into their seats and the waitress came to take their orders.
"So have you guys had any interesting cases this week?" Sara asked, sipping her orange juice.
"Cath and I had a DB at UNLV. A girl fell from her fourth floor dorm. Her friends claimed she was drunk and she just fell, but the tox report said otherwise. We have a theory that the girl and her boyfriend got into an argument, he pushed her into the window and she had enough force to pop the screen out," Warrick explained, "but her friends seem to be covering for him. We're working on proving that the boyfriend was in the room."
"Grissom let me work a case with Nick last night," Greg grinned, "I'm loving the field experience."
"Get used to it, as soon as you get a replacement, you'll be in the field a lot more," Grissom told him.
"It's hard to find someone to take my place," Greg said, "some days I think I'll never be out of the lab."
"You're out of the lab right now man," Nick teased.
"Yes, that's what I meant," Greg rolled his eyes.
"What are you doing to keep yourself occupied, Sara?" Warrick asked.
"Not a whole lot," Sara laughed, "I've actually been reading some entomology textbooks that Grissom gave me."
"Wow, you really must be bored," Catherine laughed.
Grissom glared at her, "Just because bugs don't interest you."
"I enjoy reading the books," Sara placed a hand gently on Grissom's shoulder, "besides, it's good to have someone else around who knows at least a little bit about bugs, right?"
"Sounds like we've got another Grissom on our hands," Nick laughed.
"And that's a bad thing?" Grissom grinned.
"Gil, trust me, it is," Catherine laughed and dodged the biscuit that came flying at her head.
"Hey now, calm down, remember we are in public," Warrick laughed, "don't go starting a food fight."
"We're a little old for that," Sara shook her head in amusement.
"She deserved it," Grissom crossed his arms.
"Sometimes the truth hurts," Catherine teased.
"Okay, that's enough, do the two of you need to go to time out?" Warrick asked.
The group enjoyed the rest of their meal together without any other food throwing incidents. Sara was glad to get out of her house for a while and hang out with her co-workers outside work. The truth was, spending all her time at home reading and reorganizing her things was incredibly monotonous. She did like reading the entomology texts, but not being able to do anything terribly active was really getting to her. Eventually everyone left and it was her and Grissom alone.
"You look tired," Sara looked at Grissom.
"Hmm. Oh yeah, I've been up for a long time," Grissom yawned.
"We should get going then," Sara slid out of the booth.
"I'll drop you off at your place and then I have to get home to sleep," Grissom said.
Once they arrived at Sara's apartment, she saw that he was far too sleepy to drive himself home, "Why don't you come inside?"
"What?" Grissom's head whipped around.
"You are too tired to drive home," Sara said, "you can sleep on my couch or something if you want."
Grissom raised his eyebrows, "I can drive home, it's five minutes."
"Come on, I'm trying to be nice here," Sara snatched his keys, "now you're not going anywhere."
"I am too tired to argue with you," Grissom gave in and slid out of his SUV, following Sara into her apartment.
"I'm actually kind of tired too. I hadn't been asleep for long when you got here this morning," Sara started.
"Sara, are you trying to tell me you want to sleep with me?" Grissom asked, realizing that was the wrong way to put it too late.
"Gris, I just thought maybe we could share my bed, I don't know what's going through your head," Sara teased.
"I'm sorry, Sara I didn't mean it like that," Grissom was clearly freaked out.
"Gil, it's okay, I know what you meant," Sara grabbed his arm and rubbed it gently.
"Good," Grissom yawned, "so let's go sleep, shall we?"
"All right," Sara lead him into her bedroom.
A/N: I am really sorry for the delay, so many things came up. Between tons of homework here at school and an emergency with one of my friends at home, I had no time to work on this story. Then when I finally had a chance to sit down and write, I had severe writer's block. So don't be surprised if the next chapter takes a few days.
