"So, you want to get drinks?" Catherine asked.
Sara contemplated the offer for a moment before she finally said yes.
"Alright, drinks it is. I'll meet you at the car," Catherine said, happy that Sara was finally going to do something to get her mind off of Grissom.
At least for a little while.
"Okay. I've got to talk to Ecklie for a minute and I'll be out there."
Sara turned around and left the locker room.
"Knock, knock," Sara said when she made it to Ecklie's office.
"Come in."
"Hey, I, um, I think I need to take a few days off. I've been having a few personal problems and I just think I need to take a load off," Sara explained hoping Ecklie would be nice and give her those days off.
"Five days long enough?"
That surprised Sara. She always knew that Ecklie was not too fond of her, but she didn't think that he disliked her that much.
He almost seemed happy.
Sara thanked him graciously and made her way to the door. Before she could leave Ecklie said, "Hey Sara, you take as long as you need. We'll be able to manage without you."
She nodded.
Smug son of a bitch.
Sara headed toward the exit looking forward to getting a little wasted with Catherine. She was looking at the ground the whole time and she, unfortunately, ran into…
"Grissom! I-I'm so sorry, I didn't see you," Sara said, hoping to God that he wouldn't want to take the time to start a conversation with her.
Things didn't really go her way.
"We, uh, we weren't able to arrest Lurie for Debbie's murder… we didn't have enough evidence," he said. He almost seemed nervous, the way he was fumbling his words and shifting from foot to foot.
"Yeah…" This was the moment. Should she tell him that she heard what she said? Or should she just keep quiet? "…I know. I was in the viewing room," she said.
She saw the shocked look on Grissom's face. Sara looked him and then turned around and left the building. She had to say that she enjoyed it.
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"What took so long?" Catherine asked when Sara finally joined her in the car.
"I had to talk to Ecklie. I was going to take a few days off, you know, try to straighten myself out. But, I don't think I'm going to do that anymore."
"Why?" Catherine asked. She sounded confused.
"I ran into someone special."
"Grissom?"
"Grissom."
"Does he know?"
"Oh yeah, he knows."
"You still want to get drinks, or do you just want to go someplace and talk?"
"Let's just talk."
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"So what did he do when you told him that you were in the viewing room?" Catherine asked, wanting to get all the details out of Sara.
The two women were back at Sara's apartment enjoying a couple of beers and talking about what Sara should do when she goes back to work the next day.
"Oh man, it was priceless! His got real big and his mouth was wide open. He looked like he wanted to die!"
Catherine laughed and took another sip of her beer. As much as she loved and respected Grissom, she just had to side with Sara on this one.
A/N: I hope this chapter doesn't suck too much.
