A/N contains spoilers for playing with fire and unfriendly skies.
Two geeks in London
Chapter 4
At precisely 9AM grissom was walking up the stairs towards saras apartment door, he felt nervous, but not sure why. This was Sara, he had known her for nearly ten years,
he recalled the first time he saw her, sitting on the front row of a forensics lecture he was giving at Harvard, the only one who was asking questions that made him think about what was asked, her 1000watt smile she gave him, the way she was engrossed in what he was saying.
He had known then she could be the one for him, call it love at first sight. He tried to recall when there friendship had gone, the explosion! The dinner decline! Why did he decline the offer… he cursed himself for saying no as soon as she left him standing there in his office.
Hopefully this trip would re spark the friendship they once had, and hopefully more. It had taken a long time for him to figure it out, but he was in love with this woman, he loved her more than anything else in the world, if only he knew how to show it to her.
He stood outside her door, trying to think what he can say to her when suddenly the door opened….
"Hey ya griss.. Right on time, are you ready?"
"Yes, yes I am. Do you need any help with your luggage?"
"No it's ok, I only have one suitcase, I like to travel light, but thank you any way."
It was then she smiled at him, which made his stomach flutter.
Jesus Gil, get a hold of yourself, your acting like a teenager with a crush on your teacher!
Sara closed the boot of the car and jumped in the SUV's passenger seat. The ride to the coffee house was quiet, neither one of them knowing how to start conversation. Sara reached for the radio on switch, "you don't mind do you griss?" "No go ahead, just no rap or urdie gurdie rubbish please". "Your wish is my command kind sir" she said with a joking tone.
She flipped through the radio channels until she heard a song that she knew.
Grissom broke out with a big smile when he heard which song she had stopped to listen, the reason by hoobastank…. He listened to the words just like he had done many times before and thought of Sara, how he can change for her, he wanted to change for her, he wanted her.
I'm not a perfect person,
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those tings to you…….
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
"This is a nice song, don't you think griss" Sara whished the lyrics could come true, would grissom ever change, would he change for me, your thinking to much in to this now, stop playing mind games with yourself woman, she looked out of the window and sighed
"Um, yeah, it is a really nice song" he said facing her with a smile. He wondered why she looked down, she was happy a couple of minutes ago. If only she knew the truth he thought he thought.
Soon after, they arrived at the coffee house. Settling in to the booth they grabbed a menu each.
"Sara, i'm really glad you decided to come along, I have a feeling this will be a good trip,"
"I'm glad I said yes too, you were right, I do need this break, I never realised how close I was to burnout, thank you grissom."
"Your completely welcome Sara, I do take my head out of the microscope at times, I saw what direction you was heading in."
She gave him an inquisitive look, what did he mean by that she thought.
Grissom noticed the way she was looking at him, "just something someone once told me to do, and I suppose I should have done it sooner" he said with a sad grin.
"Well, anyway, what are you ordering?"
"I think I will just get have a coffee, I can get something to eat while we are waiting to board the plane, but if you want to get something to eat now then go ahead."
Grissom sat staring at Sara while she managed to demolish a stack of pancakes in just 5 minutes, note to remember he thought, Sara loves pancakes.
"So Sara, have you thought what you will be doing in London yet"
"Um, not really. I was going to see what the tourist office's advice would be, as we are only there for 2 weeks, I suppose I can stretch things out, not have to rush around. I think I will just admire what the hotel has to offer first."
"You could always come to the conference with me if you want to, I know this is supposed to be a holiday for you, but you're welcome to come along."
"Thank you griss, I will give it some thought" she said smiling at him.
Could I really do that, sit next to him in such close proximity for hours on end, the plane trip will be hard enough.
Once they had checked in they sat down, fortunately for them the airport was relatively quiet so plenty of choices where to sit.
"Griss, i'm going to pop to the news stand to grab some magazines to read on the plane, do you want me to pick you up anything?"
"No its ok, I will come with you, if that's ok?"
"Yeah that's fine, why shouldn't it be….."
Sara looked around for any magazine that she had an interest in, she spotted a forensic magazine right at the bottom of the stand, she picked it up along with a crossword book and went to the check out. She noticed that grissom had disappeared somewhere. She started to look around to see where he could be, she spotted him at a deli stand across the gangway purchasing a sandwich.
"Could passengers for Flight 132 to Heathrow London please make there way to gate number 4."
Great timing she thought as she signed the slip for her purchases.
"Hey griss, do you mind if I take the aisle seat, i'm not a very good flyer, and it doesn't help when I can see the ground beneath me through the window."
"Sure Sara, no problem, I didn't realise you didn't like flying"
"Yeah, bad experience as a child, don't want to talk about it," she said laughing
"I thought you had quite good experiences on planes Sara," he said with a grin, remembering back to when they processed a scene in a plane bathroom.
"I did say it was over rated griss, I thought you would have remembered that bit"
Grissom bit his tongue, he can remember how jealous he felt when she said it all those years ago. Hopefully one day Gil, you mite get your chance he thought.
Two hours in to the flight grissom noticed how tired Sara was looking.
"Get some sleep Sara, you will feel more refreshed when we get to England if you do"
"I was just thinking the same grissom, flying makes me tired for some reason."
She reached up to grab the pillow which was on the baggage shelf above her. She closed her eyes and started to think how things might go in London, mainly how thinks might go with grissom in London.
"Sara, Sara honey wake up."
She slowly opened her eyes, she was resting on something warm, defiantly not the pillow, it feels more like someone's…. Legs! She looked around to see grissom looking down at her smiling.
Jumping up back in to an upright position she looked at grissom who was still smiling at her. "Oh my god, i'm so sorry grissom, I didn't mean to, i'm so sorry."
"Sara, its ok, you didn't look to comfortable the way you was sleeping to I moved you, it's my fault."
"I'm still sorry, um, how long have I been asleep"
"Around 3 hours, I didn't want to wake you as you looked so peaceful, did you sleep well"
"Yes thank you, I um, i'm going to pop to the bathroom."
Quickly getting out of her seat she near enough ran to the bathroom,
Get a grip Sara, he was being nice, being a friend to you. She splashed some ice cold water on her face to help her wake up. She sat there for a while trying to compose herself before she had to see him again.
She returned to her seat,
"Are you ok Sara "
"Um, yeah, i'm fine."
He was just about to say something when the tanoy beeped at them
"Ladies and gentleman, we will shortly be arriving at London Heathrow, could you please fasten your seat belts and place the trays to an upright position. Thank you for flying British airways."
Once they had picked up there luggage, they made there way towards the car rental desk
"Hello, my name is Linda, how can I help"
"Hello, my names Gil Grissom, I have a booking reference number for you"
She typed some details in to her computer and charged grissom's card
"Thank you Mr Grissom, your car is waiting for you out front. I hope you have a nice stay in London."
"I'm sure we will. Good bye."
"So griss, do you know where the hotel is"
"I know what street it is on, but I haven't got a clue how to get there, I picked up an a to z from the car rental desk so I guess it shouldn't be too hard to find."
An hour later after getting lost at least three times they pulled up in the hotel car park..
A/N: So, my longest chapter so far and im sure it doesn't make any sense, he he! let me know what you think please. should i carry on or just give up
