A/N: Hey here's chapter 2. Tell me what you think of it. Oh and I'm looking for a beta if anyone's interested just e-mail me.
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The Diner
At the end of shift Grissom met up with his brother at the diner. They had both ordered black coffee and immediately started talking.
"So…he left you too?" Grissom asked.
Andrew sighed, "Yeah, what a wonderful dad hey?" He said with sarcasm.
They proceeded talking about their childhoods. Grissom talked about how it was growing up with a deaf mother and Andrew talked about how it was growing up moving around constantly, not being able to stay in one spot long enough to make any real friends. When Andrew asked Gil if he had a wife and kids Grissom replied – surprising himself – that he only ever envisioned having children with one woman and that he hadn't had the nerve to make a move on her. Andrew said that he didn't have a wife or kids either. They had talked about what they did for a living. Grissom said he was the supervisor of the night shift at the Crime Lab and Andrew had said he was a professor.
"Oh really? What do you teach?" Grissom asked.
"I teach physics."
"Really." Grissom automatically thought about Sara.
After a moment of silence that had lapsed into there conversation Grissom asked, "Do you have a place to stay yet?"
"No, not yet."
"You can uh… you can stay at my place. I have a guest bedroom."
"That would be wonderful."
"You ready to go? You can follow me to my place."
"Yeah."
Grissom put a 10 dollar bill on the table and got up. They went out to their cars – Grissom to his Denali and Andrew to his Jetta – and went to Grissom's townhouse
Grissom's Townhouse
As Grissom lead Andrew into his house he said, "This is it." He pointed to what was obviously the kitchen area and said, "That's the kitchen," he pointed to the living room, "Living room," he walked down the hall and pointed to the last door on the left, "Guest bedroom," Pointed to the very end of the hall, "Bathroom," and pointed to the last door on the right, "Master bedroom. You can either have the master or the guest…it really doesn't matter to me."
"No, no…I'll take the guest."
"Okay. Make yourself at home. I'm going to take a shower."
"Okay."
When Grissom emerged from the bathroom wearing black sweatpants and wearing a grey t-shirt that read 'Whatever you do, don't make me laugh so hard coffee comes out my nose!' Andrew was reading one of many of Grissom's forensic magazines. When Andrew heard him come out he looked up and read the t-shirt. "Funny," Is all he said.
Grissom just smirked and asked, "Do you want something to eat? Eggs, toast, bacon…"
"No thank you. I'm good."
"Okay. Well I'm going to go to bed. Feel free to roam around. Um…if you leave there's a spare key under the plant out front."
"Okay."
With that Grissom went to bed for some much needed sleep.
When Grissom awoke later that evening, he took a shower right away and then went out to the kitchen to get something to eat. Andrew was watching Sports Center on ESPN.
"Good morning…or…evening," Andrew greeted once he heard Grissom coming out. Grissom laughed. "So…I was wondering if I could come and see the people you work with today?"
"Umm…sure. I like to go in and hour early though, to catch up on some paperwork. You can either come in when I do, or come in at 11, when my shift starts."
"Okay. I think I'll go when you do."
"Okay."
CSI Lab
Break Room
When Grissom and Andrew entered the building, Grissom gave Andrew the grand tour. They ended up in the break room where they got a cup of the motor oil-tasting coffee. They talked in there until Sara came in.
"Hey Sara."
"Hey Griss."
"This is my brother Andrew, although I'm sure you noticed the resemblance yesterday and figured it out yourself."
"Yeah, actually I did."
Andrew got up and shook her hand, "Pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise."
"Oh Sara, Andrew is a professor. He teaches physics."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"I majored in physics."
"Really. That's cool."
Sara nodded and went to get some coffee. "So…Griss, what do we have tonight?"
"I don't know. I'll go get assignments."
When Grissom left the break room Andrew asked Sara, "So, are you single?"
"Unfortunately, yeah."
"Really. I thought a beautiful woman like you would have been married by now with children."
"No. Not yet."
"Well, would you like to have dinner with me sometime?"
"Umm…I'm not sure."
"Come on. Just a harmless dinner."
Grissom walked in that moment and caught what Andrew said. He stopped abruptly at the doorway and looked at Sara. She met his eyes and Grissom looked sadly to the floor.
"No thank you," Sara said. Grissom looked up sharply and met Sara's eyes.
Andrew saw this and realized. "Okay."
They got on with their night, Greg and Sofia still had their 419 from the previous night and Sara had a B and E. Grissom had paperwork. Well…he wasn't really doing the paperwork. His mind was elsewhere. He was thinking about earlier that night, when Andrew ask Sara, his Sara – no not his, he reminded himself – out. He decided that he had to do something. Actually he decided he had to do something when Sara was dating Hank but he was too much of a coward to act. This incident just proved he didn't have much time left before she moved on.
TBC
