Chapter 6
You're Too Late
"I'm sorry, but I just can't."
Grissom did his best to explain why. It pained him to hurt her, but he just didn't think it would work.
The least he could do was give it a shot.
She looked up at him with pleading eyes. Grissom took a step forward and tried to pull her into a hug but she pushed him away. "Don't you touch me!" she yelled as she backed away. "Sara listen to me," Grissom tried to reason with her, but she wasn't having any of it. "Get out," was all she had to say.
She moved out of his way as he walked to the door. He looked back at her and saw a small tear run down her porcelain cheek.
How could he do this to her?
Sara sat on her couch and sulked as she watched Romeo and Juliet and ate some ice cream.
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CSI Headquarters
"Did you talk to her?" Catherine asked as she and Grissom looked over case files during their break. "Yes I did," he said. Catherine looked up from her case files. "Well, what happened?" she asked. She was eager to know if Grissom had used his brains. He was an extremely intelligent man, but when it came to women, he didn't know what to do.
Especially when it came to Sara.
"She hates me," he said simply. Catherine bowed her head and then looked back up at Grissom. "I'm sorry," she said as she did her best to console him.
"Why are you sorry? I deserved it."
Catherine looked behind Grissom and saw Sara entering the locker room.
"Excuse me," she said as she got up.
"How are you?" Catherine asked when she saw Sara. "I'm fine," Sara said as she put her purse away. She looked at Catherine and noticed the doubt on her face. "Really, I am." Sara smiled and left.
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Sara waltzed into Grissom's office and stood before him. She cleared her throat in order to get his attention. He looked up from the case files he was still reviewing. "Can I help you?" he asked.
She looks so beautiful, he thought to himself.
"Yeah, I want to know why you enjoy hurting me so much," Sara said as she tried to keep her cool. "I'm not quite sure I know what you're talking about," he replied. He was obviously in denial. "Shall I explain it to you? First you reject me when I ask you out to dinner. Which really pisses me off because it takes a hell of a lot of guts to ask someone out, especially when that someone happens to be your boss. And then, oh this is really good, you run your mouth off to a complete stranger, who also happened to be the murderer in one of our cases and you tell him how you couldn't be with me because I wasn't worth the risk!"
Greg, Nick, Warrick and Catherine had stopped just outside of Grissom's office when they heard Sara talking to Grissom. Sara turned around when she said. She stopped and reluctantly turned around to see what he had to say. "Have dinner with me tomorrow night," he said with a look of hope in his eyes.
She looked at him for a moment before she finally said, "You're too late."
She looked at him sadly. There was no way she was going to let him do this to her. He had no right to hurt her and then expect her to go out to dinner with him.
She turned around and left his office. She didn't even notice that they were standing right there.
