CSI Hawaiian Vacation
Chapter 7
"Hey Sara what you listening to?" Catherine said overly loud, trying to get Sara's attention.
Sara sat turned towards the window, drumming her fingers on the arm rest.
While Grissom watched her, amusment showing on his face.
"Gil, tickle her shoulder." Catherine said, a knowing grin on her face.
~He won't do it, he's too much of a chicken.~ Catherine thought as she looked up at Warrick for a second, but when she looked back she had to take a double take, seeing Grissom reaching over to her shoulder and softly running his fingers down her arm.
Sara suddenly stopped, turned to whomever was touching her and nearly jumped out the window, seeing Grissom's fingers lightly touching her skin.
She immediatley pulled the headphones down and looked at him a moment.
"Yes?" She said, trying to compose herself.
"Catherine was asking you a question." He said, a smirk on his face.
"Oh." Sara smiled as she turned her head to Catherine.
"I asked what you were listening to."
"Oh, it's a mix, but at the moment it's Jet."
"And Jet is?" Catherine asked looking at Warrick for a clue as to whom Jet was.
"They're a guy group, and at the moment my favorite song by them is "Will you be my girl."
"Hey I've heard that song. It's awesome. And you know another thing Sar, I can't help but think about you everytime I hear that song." Greg said, smiling sweetly at her from across the row.
Sara smiled and stuck her tongue out at him. "Shut up Greg, and I know your asking if I'll "Be your girl" and the answer is No!"
Greg slumped in the chair and smirked. "Yeah I know, I'll never have a chance in hell with you."
Sara smiled. "Don't be so hard on yourself Greggo, there's someone out there waiting for you."
Nick smiled at Sara. "Can I see your MiniDisc a sec Sara? I wanna hear this song, that reminds Greg so much of you."
Sara rolled her eyes and pressed the back button once so it would start over and handed it to Warrick, who handed it to Nick.
Nick pulled the headphones on and pressed play.
He jerked then rolled the volume button down. "Gosh, Sara, going deaf?"
Grissom looked concerned for a moment, then smiled as a grin formed on Nick's face.
Two minutes later as the song finished, Nick pulled the head phones off and smiled at Sara.
"Sorry, but I have to agree with Greg, except for the part about my wanting you to "be mine", but the girl they're describing sounds a bit like you."
Sara motioned for him to send it back. "Yeah Nick, key word their "bit".
Nick rolled his eyes. "It says "Big black boots, long brown hair, she's so sweet with her jet black stare. I think the last two sound a lot like you, only your stare isn't usually meant to be sweet, it's usually supposed to scare the shit out of someone."
Greg and Nick both laughed and soon everyone was laughing including Sara.
"Okay guys, believe what you want." Sara said looking critically at Nick and Greg.
After that everything got quiet again and Sara went back to her music while everyone else sat there doing their own thing.
Warrick and Cath sat talking about what they wanted to do in Hawaii. Nick and Greg looked through Nick's never ending pile of Car magazines, and Gris sat looking through one of his entymology books, ever so often looking at Sara out of the corner of his eye.
~Why did she jump like that when she saw I was the one who was touching her? Does she really loathe my touch so much? No she doesn't and you know that, you've just hurt her so many times and pushed her away to where she doesn't know how to react to your now "caring and nice" demeanor.~
He heard Catherine clear her throat and looked up to see her watching him with a smile on her face.
"What?"
"Oh nothing just watching you admire Sara."
Grissom sighed and looked back down at his book, reading again.
Catherine smiled and looked at Warrick, who shrugged his shoulders.
~Well at least he didn't deny it. Maybe, just maybe, he has a hidden agenda for this trip that may turn things back into the way they used to be, and better, without my having to lock him and Sara into a room together, though it still sounds like fun.~
Catherine waited to see if he'd start watching Sara again, but he now seemed enthralled in his book and she went back to talking with Warrick.
Grissom smiled when she looked away, and looked back over at Sara again.
"I am so tired of being on this plane. I swear I'm gonna kiss the ground once we land." Warrick said whispering, clearly irritated, he looked at his watch then back to Catherine's face.
She smiled sweetly, "Oh come on, the journey is half the fun Warrick."
He smiled. "If it weren't for you coming on this trip I'd be back at the lab right now."
"Oh is that so? Now you don't go anywhere without me?"
Warrick shook his head, "No place is fun without you honeybunch."
Catherine giggled and Warrick brought his finger to his lips, telling her to keep quiet.
They both heard a slight moan come from opposite them and looked over to see Sara's head just falling onto Grissom's shoulder.
Catherine smiled, "Yeah better keep queit, I think this is the closest I've ever seen them together.
She smiled as Grissom turned his head a little and roll forward to his chest. His head quickly shot up and he looked over at Catherine and Warrick then felt something on his shoulder. He looked over and looked as if he'd jump for a moment, then his face softened and a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
Catherine smiled. "Oh don't wake her Gil, you know she never sleeps and when she finally does it's a miracle.
Grissom looked up and smiled. "I know Cath."
He scooted over a little more towards Sara so her head rested completely on his shoulder, so that she wouldn't fall forward.
Catherine and Warrick exchanged glances as Grissom looked up and smiled at them.
"Why are you suddenly so warm towards Sara Gris?" Cathereine asked, her face still showing surprise.
"Besides my being her boss, and she being my coworker we were friends before she moved here and we still are."
"Yes, but, lately things between you two have been tense, well, that's an understatement, but before the Marlin case, you two wanted nothing to do with eachother, why are you suddenly so keen to be near her and talk to her now?"
Grissom frowned. "Catherine, can we talk about this later."
She looked at him critically.
"Please. Later..... or not at all."
She smiled and looked at Warrick. "Okay, where were we?"
"Sara, wake up. Sara...we're about to land." Grissom said softly into her ear.
Her eyes flitted open and shut for a moment, then she opened them wide and quickly sat up, rubbing the side of her face, feeling embarrassed that she'd fallen asleep all over Grissom.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to...."
"No it's okay, you were tired, really I didn't mind." He said holding his hands up, he smiled and shrugged.
Sara smiled tiredly.
"How much longer?" Sara asked, looking around picking up the stuff she'd strewn out over her lap.
"About ten minutes."
She looked through her bag, making sure she'd packed everything in and zipped it up and smiled as she looked up at Catherine.
Catherine smiled, and winked at her.
Sara frowned. ~Okay, that's kind of scary, what's all that about?~
Sara looked at Warrick, he was talking to Nick, then opened the curtain of the window and looked out.
The sky was dark and full of bright stars. The ground was coming ever closer and suddenly a voice boomed out over the intercom as the seatbelt lights lit up.
"Everyone please fasten your seatbelts as we are about to descend. I hope you enjoyed you flight and enjoy your time in Maui, we hope you'll use our airline next time you have traveling needs. Thank you."
Greg smiled. "Oh I can't wait. Cath, does this brother of yours like a good time? I hope this house has a game room. I am dying to play some playstation.
Catherine smiled. "Well your in luck Greggo, my newphew Alex is very into video games, and I'm pretty sure his room will have plenty of video game stuff in it."
Greg smiled and looked at Nick. "I got shotgun on the newphews room."
"Hey no fair, I just now entered the convo. I say we have a draw on who sleeps where, once we see exactly how many room's this house has."
Greg frowned and pouted for a moment, then got an excited look on his face as he felt the plane suddenly going down. "I've always loved landing and taking off in a plane, it's always the best part."
Sara smiled. "Greg I'd have to disagree with you."
Grissom suddenly recalled their conversation they'd had in a plane lavatory a long time ago and smiled and looked over at Sara.
Sara seemed surprised that he'd suddenly turn and smile at her, then remembered that she'd told him about her past expierences in plane's and smiled one of her famous gap tooth grins.
"Okay what's the secret guys? You two wouldn't be smiling like that if something funny or weird didn't happen."
"It's nothing Cath, just something I remembered, and that I'd told Gris about that I am very surprised that he remembered."
Grissom smirked, "Well you tape everything I say, while I just store it in my memory bank."
Catherine smirked. "Well I'm sure that thing is near enough spent"
Sara glared at Catherine a moment until she noticed Grissom sitting there with a contented look on his face.
"A lot you know Catherine."
Sara giggled. ~That's something I'd never heard hi say before, that sounds like something I would say.~
"Lets get out of this metal box trap before I go crazy!" Greg exclaimed as they all unbuckled their seatbelts and opened the above comparments and pulled out their stuff.
They made their way down the hall way and through the line out into the fresh warm Hawaiian air.
Sara breathed it in smiling. "Oh it smell's like heaven."
Grissom smiled and looked up at her, seeing her face turned up towards the sky, the moonlight shining, her eyes closed. He wished he could take a picture, she was so beautiful.
"Hey Gris. Sara. There are other people here!" Catherine exclaimed behind Sara and Sara moved forward following Grissom.
"They made their way into the airport and smiled as beautfiul Hawaiian hula dancers placed colorful strings of plumeria around their necks.
Sara smiled noticing hers was a beautiful dark red, and looked over to see Grissom fingering his light purple one.
"That's really beautiful" She said smiling, moving over towards him.
His head shot up. "What, What'd you say?"
She smiled, pushing the strap of her bag back over her shoulder and moved in closer to him and reached out and touched the flowers. "I said, their beautiful."
He hesitated a moment and said almost inaudibly, but just loud enough for Sara to hear, "Not as beautiful as you."
Sara looked up stunned, not knowing whether to run or close the space between them and hope for him to kiss her.
She finally remembered that he was looking at her, waiting for a response and smiled softly. "Thanks."
Chapter 7
"Hey Sara what you listening to?" Catherine said overly loud, trying to get Sara's attention.
Sara sat turned towards the window, drumming her fingers on the arm rest.
While Grissom watched her, amusment showing on his face.
"Gil, tickle her shoulder." Catherine said, a knowing grin on her face.
~He won't do it, he's too much of a chicken.~ Catherine thought as she looked up at Warrick for a second, but when she looked back she had to take a double take, seeing Grissom reaching over to her shoulder and softly running his fingers down her arm.
Sara suddenly stopped, turned to whomever was touching her and nearly jumped out the window, seeing Grissom's fingers lightly touching her skin.
She immediatley pulled the headphones down and looked at him a moment.
"Yes?" She said, trying to compose herself.
"Catherine was asking you a question." He said, a smirk on his face.
"Oh." Sara smiled as she turned her head to Catherine.
"I asked what you were listening to."
"Oh, it's a mix, but at the moment it's Jet."
"And Jet is?" Catherine asked looking at Warrick for a clue as to whom Jet was.
"They're a guy group, and at the moment my favorite song by them is "Will you be my girl."
"Hey I've heard that song. It's awesome. And you know another thing Sar, I can't help but think about you everytime I hear that song." Greg said, smiling sweetly at her from across the row.
Sara smiled and stuck her tongue out at him. "Shut up Greg, and I know your asking if I'll "Be your girl" and the answer is No!"
Greg slumped in the chair and smirked. "Yeah I know, I'll never have a chance in hell with you."
Sara smiled. "Don't be so hard on yourself Greggo, there's someone out there waiting for you."
Nick smiled at Sara. "Can I see your MiniDisc a sec Sara? I wanna hear this song, that reminds Greg so much of you."
Sara rolled her eyes and pressed the back button once so it would start over and handed it to Warrick, who handed it to Nick.
Nick pulled the headphones on and pressed play.
He jerked then rolled the volume button down. "Gosh, Sara, going deaf?"
Grissom looked concerned for a moment, then smiled as a grin formed on Nick's face.
Two minutes later as the song finished, Nick pulled the head phones off and smiled at Sara.
"Sorry, but I have to agree with Greg, except for the part about my wanting you to "be mine", but the girl they're describing sounds a bit like you."
Sara motioned for him to send it back. "Yeah Nick, key word their "bit".
Nick rolled his eyes. "It says "Big black boots, long brown hair, she's so sweet with her jet black stare. I think the last two sound a lot like you, only your stare isn't usually meant to be sweet, it's usually supposed to scare the shit out of someone."
Greg and Nick both laughed and soon everyone was laughing including Sara.
"Okay guys, believe what you want." Sara said looking critically at Nick and Greg.
After that everything got quiet again and Sara went back to her music while everyone else sat there doing their own thing.
Warrick and Cath sat talking about what they wanted to do in Hawaii. Nick and Greg looked through Nick's never ending pile of Car magazines, and Gris sat looking through one of his entymology books, ever so often looking at Sara out of the corner of his eye.
~Why did she jump like that when she saw I was the one who was touching her? Does she really loathe my touch so much? No she doesn't and you know that, you've just hurt her so many times and pushed her away to where she doesn't know how to react to your now "caring and nice" demeanor.~
He heard Catherine clear her throat and looked up to see her watching him with a smile on her face.
"What?"
"Oh nothing just watching you admire Sara."
Grissom sighed and looked back down at his book, reading again.
Catherine smiled and looked at Warrick, who shrugged his shoulders.
~Well at least he didn't deny it. Maybe, just maybe, he has a hidden agenda for this trip that may turn things back into the way they used to be, and better, without my having to lock him and Sara into a room together, though it still sounds like fun.~
Catherine waited to see if he'd start watching Sara again, but he now seemed enthralled in his book and she went back to talking with Warrick.
Grissom smiled when she looked away, and looked back over at Sara again.
"I am so tired of being on this plane. I swear I'm gonna kiss the ground once we land." Warrick said whispering, clearly irritated, he looked at his watch then back to Catherine's face.
She smiled sweetly, "Oh come on, the journey is half the fun Warrick."
He smiled. "If it weren't for you coming on this trip I'd be back at the lab right now."
"Oh is that so? Now you don't go anywhere without me?"
Warrick shook his head, "No place is fun without you honeybunch."
Catherine giggled and Warrick brought his finger to his lips, telling her to keep quiet.
They both heard a slight moan come from opposite them and looked over to see Sara's head just falling onto Grissom's shoulder.
Catherine smiled, "Yeah better keep queit, I think this is the closest I've ever seen them together.
She smiled as Grissom turned his head a little and roll forward to his chest. His head quickly shot up and he looked over at Catherine and Warrick then felt something on his shoulder. He looked over and looked as if he'd jump for a moment, then his face softened and a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips.
Catherine smiled. "Oh don't wake her Gil, you know she never sleeps and when she finally does it's a miracle.
Grissom looked up and smiled. "I know Cath."
He scooted over a little more towards Sara so her head rested completely on his shoulder, so that she wouldn't fall forward.
Catherine and Warrick exchanged glances as Grissom looked up and smiled at them.
"Why are you suddenly so warm towards Sara Gris?" Cathereine asked, her face still showing surprise.
"Besides my being her boss, and she being my coworker we were friends before she moved here and we still are."
"Yes, but, lately things between you two have been tense, well, that's an understatement, but before the Marlin case, you two wanted nothing to do with eachother, why are you suddenly so keen to be near her and talk to her now?"
Grissom frowned. "Catherine, can we talk about this later."
She looked at him critically.
"Please. Later..... or not at all."
She smiled and looked at Warrick. "Okay, where were we?"
"Sara, wake up. Sara...we're about to land." Grissom said softly into her ear.
Her eyes flitted open and shut for a moment, then she opened them wide and quickly sat up, rubbing the side of her face, feeling embarrassed that she'd fallen asleep all over Grissom.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to...."
"No it's okay, you were tired, really I didn't mind." He said holding his hands up, he smiled and shrugged.
Sara smiled tiredly.
"How much longer?" Sara asked, looking around picking up the stuff she'd strewn out over her lap.
"About ten minutes."
She looked through her bag, making sure she'd packed everything in and zipped it up and smiled as she looked up at Catherine.
Catherine smiled, and winked at her.
Sara frowned. ~Okay, that's kind of scary, what's all that about?~
Sara looked at Warrick, he was talking to Nick, then opened the curtain of the window and looked out.
The sky was dark and full of bright stars. The ground was coming ever closer and suddenly a voice boomed out over the intercom as the seatbelt lights lit up.
"Everyone please fasten your seatbelts as we are about to descend. I hope you enjoyed you flight and enjoy your time in Maui, we hope you'll use our airline next time you have traveling needs. Thank you."
Greg smiled. "Oh I can't wait. Cath, does this brother of yours like a good time? I hope this house has a game room. I am dying to play some playstation.
Catherine smiled. "Well your in luck Greggo, my newphew Alex is very into video games, and I'm pretty sure his room will have plenty of video game stuff in it."
Greg smiled and looked at Nick. "I got shotgun on the newphews room."
"Hey no fair, I just now entered the convo. I say we have a draw on who sleeps where, once we see exactly how many room's this house has."
Greg frowned and pouted for a moment, then got an excited look on his face as he felt the plane suddenly going down. "I've always loved landing and taking off in a plane, it's always the best part."
Sara smiled. "Greg I'd have to disagree with you."
Grissom suddenly recalled their conversation they'd had in a plane lavatory a long time ago and smiled and looked over at Sara.
Sara seemed surprised that he'd suddenly turn and smile at her, then remembered that she'd told him about her past expierences in plane's and smiled one of her famous gap tooth grins.
"Okay what's the secret guys? You two wouldn't be smiling like that if something funny or weird didn't happen."
"It's nothing Cath, just something I remembered, and that I'd told Gris about that I am very surprised that he remembered."
Grissom smirked, "Well you tape everything I say, while I just store it in my memory bank."
Catherine smirked. "Well I'm sure that thing is near enough spent"
Sara glared at Catherine a moment until she noticed Grissom sitting there with a contented look on his face.
"A lot you know Catherine."
Sara giggled. ~That's something I'd never heard hi say before, that sounds like something I would say.~
"Lets get out of this metal box trap before I go crazy!" Greg exclaimed as they all unbuckled their seatbelts and opened the above comparments and pulled out their stuff.
They made their way down the hall way and through the line out into the fresh warm Hawaiian air.
Sara breathed it in smiling. "Oh it smell's like heaven."
Grissom smiled and looked up at her, seeing her face turned up towards the sky, the moonlight shining, her eyes closed. He wished he could take a picture, she was so beautiful.
"Hey Gris. Sara. There are other people here!" Catherine exclaimed behind Sara and Sara moved forward following Grissom.
"They made their way into the airport and smiled as beautfiul Hawaiian hula dancers placed colorful strings of plumeria around their necks.
Sara smiled noticing hers was a beautiful dark red, and looked over to see Grissom fingering his light purple one.
"That's really beautiful" She said smiling, moving over towards him.
His head shot up. "What, What'd you say?"
She smiled, pushing the strap of her bag back over her shoulder and moved in closer to him and reached out and touched the flowers. "I said, their beautiful."
He hesitated a moment and said almost inaudibly, but just loud enough for Sara to hear, "Not as beautiful as you."
Sara looked up stunned, not knowing whether to run or close the space between them and hope for him to kiss her.
She finally remembered that he was looking at her, waiting for a response and smiled softly. "Thanks."