AN: This is the epilogue. There might be a sequel. Oh, and If I didn't already say this…the shift change did not happen but Ecklie is still Assist. Director

Disclaimer: See all other chapters.

4 Months Later

Grissom's Townhouse

"I can do this. No problem." Grissom chanted over and over again while pacing a path into his living room floor.

"You'll do just fine Gil. I know you will." Andrew assured his older brother while kicking it back on Gil's leather couch.

Gil stopped abruptly. "I am so fucking nervous."

Andrew's eyes widened it shock. He's known Gil for 4 months and has never heard the man utter a single cuss word. "I know you are, but you'll do just fine."

"Yeah, yeah." Gil glanced at his watch. "Okay, time to go." He took a deep breath and headed for the door.

"You'll do fine. Trust me." Andrew said as Gil was checking his appearance in the mirror above the end table where he always kept his keys.

He took another deep breath and said, "I can do this." He looked at Andrew, as if for confirmation.

Andrew nodded, "Yes, you can."

Grissom just nodded, grabbed his keys and walked out the door. As soon as the door shut Andrew chuckled to himself.

Sara's Apartment

God, did Sara hate dressing up fancy. She spent at least half an hour digging through her closet to find something appropriate enough. Grissom had said dress up really fancy and that's exactly what she was doing. Now she was trying to get her hair and make-up perfect. Although they had been dating for…4 months exactly, she still felt the need to impress him. He had caught onto that and had said, "There is no need to impress me, you did that the first day I met you and have impressed me on a daily basis since." He had said it in such a deep sexy voice that it sent a jolt down her spine. She had smiled and blushed. She finished up her hair and make-up and headed out to the living room to wait.

She had been waiting for 5 minutes when there was a knock at the door. She walked over to the door and looked through the peephole. She saw it was Grissom and quickly opened the door. When she opened it Grissom froze, his mouth slightly agape. She gave his her mega-watt smile and did a little twirl for him and when she did he saw the slit up her thigh on the side. She looked absolutely stunning in that black silk dress. It had no straps and hugged her in all the right places. She had her hair up with a little loose on the side, curled. Sara also had on the butterfly pendant necklace he had given her a month before.

"You look…exquisite," he said right before he leaned in for a kiss.

She smiled at him again and looked at his suit. He had a light blue dress shirt on with a black tie and black coat. He also had his Oakley's on. God, did he look sexy. "You clean up pretty nice." She winked at him. He smiled, shook his head, and put his arm out for her. She slipped her arm in his and said, "No, truly…you look extremely sexy."

He just grinned and led her down to his dark silver BMW M5. Although the man was uptight and seemed to like nothing but his bugs and work, he loved cars. It was Grissom's secret interest that only Sara knew about. His car was so souped up it was unbelievable. When Sara had seen his car for the first time (because he never drove his M5 to work) she had stopped dead in her tracks and looked at Grissom with an eyebrow raised. He answered with a shrug and a vague, "I like cars." She had asked more about it at dinner and he had told her that he had developed the interest early on.

On the drive to the restaurant, there was silence in the car except for the radio. Grissom's hand was on her knee, like it usually was when they drove somewhere and Sara's hand was on top of his.

When they arrived at the restaurant, he got a number from the valet and went around to open the door for Sara. Once she was out of the car Grissom offered her his arm again and they walked to the entrance. When they got to the door he opened it for her and put his hand on her lower back as she passed through. It still sent a jolt down her spine when he did that. He then grabbed her hand and walked to the matre'd.

"We have a reservation for Grissom." He said to the man.

"Ah, yes," he said with a heavy Italian accent. "Right this way, sir."

They followed him to their table lit by candlelight, looking over Lake Mead. The matre'd pulled the chair out for Sara and they sat down. "Your server will be here soon." He had said before he left. They both looked at the menu and when Sara decided what she was getting she set it down and looked out the window. Grissom did the same except looked at Sara.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Sara said.

"Yeah, you are." Grissom responded.

She looked at him and gave him her mega-watt smile that still made him melt inside.

Right then their waitress came and asked if they were ready to order. They both said yes and told her their orders. She then asked, "Would you like a bottle of wine?"

Grissom said, "Yes please. The house wine."

"Coming right up." She said and then left.

They made small talk until their food came and then they ate in companionable silence. They had shared cherry cheesecake afterwards, laughing while they fed each other. When they finished Grissom paid the bill and pulled Sara's chair out for her. He put his hand on her lower back while they maneuvered to the exit. When they made it outside Sara was going towards the valet but Grissom quickly grabbed her hand and said, "Let's take a walk on the beach."

She smiled her mega-watt smile once again and nodded, "Okay."

They made their way to the beach and started walking, holding hands. Then Sara stopped and just looked across the lake. Grissom let go of her hand and put his arm around her waist. She put her head on his shoulder and sighed a happy sigh.

They stood like that for a couple of minutes and then Grissom let go of her and turned to her. She turned to him and smiled. Grissom looked into her eyes, took her hands in his and breathed deeply a couple of times. "Sara, 4 months ago my life changed, and it changed for the better. Before that, I lived my life without emotion. I woke up, went to work, came back home and repeated that over and over. Then you entered my life. You were no longer just a co-worker, you were…god…you were everything. You…you changed my life drastically. You're everything to me Sara and I love you with all my heart. I can't imagine living another day without you in it." He let go of her hands, reached into his pocket, and got down on one knee. "Sara," He held up a small box between them. "Will you marry me?" He opened the box.

By now she was tearing up. "Oh my god. Yes!" She exclaimed. "Yes, yes, yes." She out her arms around his neck. "Yes, I'll marry you." She had her face buried in his neck. He put his arms around her and hugged her close. She pulled back, sniffled and wiped the tears from her eyes. Grissom however, let them freely fall from his face. He took the ring out of the box and took her shaking left hand in his shaking hand.

He slid the ring on her finger and Sara gasped. "Oh my god…" The ring was beautiful. It had a 1 carat princess-cut diamond in the middle with princess-cut side diamonds set in a platinum band. She looked into his eyes, gently wiped the tears from his face, and grinned. He leaned in for a deep, passionate kiss. She moaned and put her hands on the back of his neck. He could feel the coolness from her ring. They ended the kiss in the need for air. They stared into each other's eyes and Grissom kissed her softly.

"Let's go back to my townhouse." He smiled and got up. He held a hand out for her and she grabbed it. He pulled her up.


When they arrived at his townhouse they practically ran to the door. Before Grissom opened his door they engaged in a very deep, very passionate kiss. She moaned into his mouth. He ended it and he opened the door. He let her go in before him and after she passed him he went in and grabbed her from behind, turning her to kiss her deeply once again. He slammed the door shut with his foot and spun around, pinning her between the door and himself. She moaned loudly and lifted one leg around his hips. He lifted her other leg around his other hip and lifted her up off the ground, still pining her to the door. He put his arms around her and brought her to his bedroom, still engaged in their passionate kiss, her hands roaming. They made it to his bedroom and made love that night.


They took a shower together before work the next day and got a little side tracked. They made love again and then Grissom said that they had to get on with their shower or they'll never make it to work. She laughed and they continued with their shower.

Once they finished their shower they went into Grissom's bedroom to get ready. (Sara had a drawer full of clothes because they usually spent the night at one another's houses). While they were getting ready Sara asked tentatively, "Do I have to take the ring off?"

"Not if you don't want to." He smiled.

She sighed with relief, "Good. I'm going to go do my hair."

"No, don't," he whined as he went over to her to wrap his arms around her. "I like the natural curl. It makes you look even sexier than you already are, if that's even possible."

"Charmer," she flirted. "Fine, I won't straighten it today," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

He grinned and looked at her for a moment. Then he grew somber. "I think we should move in together. In your apartment, my townhouse, a new house, hell, a freaking box for all I care. I just want to wake up with you every day."

She laughed at his box comment. "A box?"

"As long as your there, I don't care where we live."

She sighed and put her head on his chest. "You're so sweet."

"I try, once in a while. So…"

"So…" she mimicked him.

"You didn't give me an answer."

"I'll go find a box." She pretended to back away.

He laughed. "I take that as a yes?"

"Definitely. But, I think we should buy a house to symbol the new chapter of our lives."

He kissed her softly, "Mmm…very good idea. Oh, I have to call Andrew."

"Okay." She backed away and Grissom went to call his brother.


Later that night at work when Grissom was handing out assignments Catherine so rudely interrupted him with, "Oh my god. Sara, is than an engagement ring?"

At the sound of an engagement ring they all perked up and went to examine Sara's new piece of jewelry. Grissom smiled and before any of the team could get a good look at it, Sara got up and stood by Grissom's side at the head of the table. Grissom grabbed her hand and Sara answered with, "Yep," and a grin.

Catherine's eyes darted between Grissom, Sara and their interlocked hands. "No…way." Then they all went speechless.

After about a minute of silence Catherine asked, "How long?"

"Four months." Grissom answered.

They all went speechless once again, but Warrick was the first to recover this time. He went to shake Grissom's hand. "Congratulations, man."

"Thank you."

Then Warrick hugged Sara, "Congrats."

"Thanks."

Then they all recovered and stood in line to congratulate to couple. Nick was last. He shook Grissom's hand he whispered in a low enough voice so only he and Grissom could hear, "If you ever…and I mean ever, do anything to hurt Sara, I will personally hunt you down."

"If I ever hurt Sara, I'd have to hunt myself down," Grissom said equally as quiet and dead serious.

Nick just nodded and moved on to give Sara a bear hug. "Congrats Sar!" he said and spun her around.

"Nicky, put me down." She giggled.

When Nick put her down, Catherine came over to Sara to examine her ring. "Oh my god Grissom, did you pick this out yourself?" Catherine asked.

"Yep."

"Wow. I never knew you had good taste in jewelry."

"Thanks," Grissom said sarcastically. Sara just laughed.

They all took their turns to look at the ring and compliment Grissom that he had good taste and Sara that it looked beautiful on her.

"Okay, as much as I hate to break up this little congratulation party…we do have work to do," Grissom said and got to business handing out assignments.


When Grissom had free time that night he grabbed his laptop and went to the break room. He was feeling a little claustrophobic in his own office because he had been stuck there the whole shift. He hooked it up to the internet and booted it up. He opened the internet and started searching for houses in the Las Vegas area.

Catherine walked in and looked over his shoulder to see what he was looking at. "Ah, looking for a house I see."

Her voice surprised Grissom and he jumped a little, "Um…yeah."

"Cool. Good luck."

"Thanks."


After shift Sara and Grissom decided to look at the houses that Grissom saw and liked earlier when he was searching on the internet.

They went to 3 of the houses he liked, but they looked way better on the internet then they did in real life. They decided they would look at one more because it was on the way to his townhouse

When they entered the neighborhood Sara said, "Holy shit. This is like a…very upscale neighborhood. You've got to be like…rich to live here." She looked at him.

Grissom glanced at her and smirked. "What do you think I did with all of the money I earned before we got together? Besides spend it on cars."

"Um…save it?"

"That and I still have a shitload of money from when I played poker like 7 years back."

"Really," she said.

"Yep. Okay here it is," he said.

She turned and looked out her window. "Oh…my…god…" she said slowly. "You can actually afford this?"

"Yeah," Grissom said.

"Wow," was all Sara could say.

"Let's go check it out." He opened his door and got out.

They looked around and asked questions about it. In the end…they both liked it so they put an offer down. It was accepted. The house was sold and it was theirs, not to mention it was huge. The owner told them that he was going to move, in two weeks. That was fine with Grissom and Sara, they still had to pack.

They went back to Grissom's townhouse and went to bed, ready to start the new chapter of their lives together.