Sara was speaking, "He came to the party dressed in a simple outfit; jeans and a T-shirt I think. Gil Grissom was a friend of Timothy Cole's, a co-worker of mine, that's why he was a mine and Tim's birthday party…"

He came to the door of Tim's house, he didn't like these get togethers, but Tim had been his friend for awhile, and it was his birthday.

Tim welcomed him warmly as he entered. Then he led him through the halls to a balcony. A young woman was standing out there smoking a cigarette.

"Hey Sara," Timothy said. "You shouldn't be out here all alone, it's your birthday too."

"Yeah, I know. I just didn't want to smoke inside."

He smiled. "It's ok. I'd like to introduce someone to you. Sara Sidle, this is Gil Grissom from the Las Vegas Crime Lab. He's an entomologist. Sara works with me in the Crime Lab here in San Francisco."

They shook hands.

Grissom smiled at the beautiful young woman, he found her captivating. Her eyes were the first thing he noticed about her, they were beautiful, bright, shining, mysterious, and he couldn't tell what else.

He thought that she looked confident, that she knew herself.

"Well happy birthday to you too Sara," he said.

"Thank you. How long have you been a criminalist?"

"I became a coroner at 21, I switched to forensics when I was about 28, so 12 years."

'That's when I was 13, when my mother killed my father,' Sara thought.

He noticed that she was thinking that her expression darkened. It changed back quickly, that's when he realized another characteristic of her, haunted.

"Smoking is bad for you," Gil said in order to attempt a conversation.

"I know, but it's a hard habit to break," she replied, as she blew out some smoke.

He smirked. Then they realized that Tim had left them.

"He left us," Gil mused. "I'll have to talk to him about that later. Do you want to join the party?"

"Not really, I'm not one to socialize that much. I had to be forced to come."

"Neither am I."

They both smiled at their similarities. Then they sat down on a nearby swing, and they talked about their jobs.

They admired each other's intellect. They also were physically attracted to one another. He loved her golden tan, and the way her golden brown hair hung in curls around her face. He loved her dark brown eyes, her sparkling white smile, her voice, and just how beautiful she was. She loved his mysterious blue eyes, his light brown hair, and the sound of his voice.

"…That's how we met. It was almost magical. I know that I haven't yet explained much, but I just realized that this session is almost over. I can continue tomorrow if you want."

"That would be good," Caroline responded. "You are all dismissed."

So the patients left the room and went off in different directions. Sara and Maria went back into their room.

Sara stood looking through the bars of her window. She could see the larger casinos of Vegas from there.

"You want to be out there again don't you?" Maria asked, breaking Sara's reverie.

"Yeah."

"Some of your friends came to visit today though."

"Yeah, I didn't realize how much I've missed them. Gil hasn't come though."

"I'm certain he will. When you told me how you met him, it wasn't nearly as eloquent as the way you said it today."

"I know, but I wanted to tell you. I don't want to tell them, that's why I was taking so long."

"I know. What he did wasn't really betrayal."

"I know, but I didn't like it. I would have been fine on the case; he didn't give me the chance. Plus I had arguments with three other co-workers that day…"

"Look, I get it. Just look at where we are, everyone here understands suicide."

Sara nodded. After talking for awhile, two more of Sara's co-workers arrived. So she went down to the lobby to see Nick and Greg.

To Be continued...

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I'm sorry it took so long to update, I have a lot of homework to do, and today was the only day I had time to post. Plus the chapters aren't coming to me as quickly as I would like.