"Maybe it was unfair to ask you that. I have no clue how your partner might feel about you," Grissom finally said.

"He cares about me…" Scully answered quietly.

I know he does, she thought.

"Well then if you know he cares about you, then take the chance, don't end up almost missing your chance, and with regret, like me."

"But you haven't missed your chance yet Mr. Grissom. She maybe mad at you now, but she'll probably say yes if you ask her."

"It's complicated with Sara and I…"

"You're making it complicated. I heard what she said," Scully cut him off.

Grissom sighed and Scully gave him her trademark look.

"You know what? I think we both need to re-evaluate our work and professional relationships, really think about what's important in life. I am not saying that you should definitely start something with Sara, just think about it, and everything we talked about."

"Will you consider the same about Agent Mulder?"

Scully nodded, as Grissom's cell phone rang.

"Grissom…"

He talked for several minutes before hanging up.

"That was Catherine. She thinks they may have cracked the case. We should get back to the lab."

The ride back to the lab was as silent as the ride to the diner, as both Scully and Grissom thought about everything that had been said.

Grissom is really an interesting man. It's amazing how similar our personal lives are. How can we both be so wrapped up in our work that we place love second? I should talk to Mulder when we get back, maybe on our next pizza and movie night, Scully thought to herself, looking out her window.

As Grissom parked the truck in the parking lot, he stopped the engine, but didn't get out of the car. Instead he sat there for a moment. Scully raised her eyebrow at him, her signature expression. He looked at her and smiled.

"I just want to thank you for the break. You really made me think about some things that I need to change in my life," he said quietly to her.

"Well you did the same for me, so I should be thanking you as well Mr. Grissom."

"Maybe we could stay in touch. It would be nice to have a friend in the FBI with insight like yours."
She smiled at him and her blue eyes shone.

"I'd like that," she replied simply, before getting out of the truck.

I don't think I've ever met anyone like Grissom before. I wonder if he'll take the chance on Sara. I think I know what she sees in him. Could I have taken a chance with a man like Grissom if I had never met Mulder? Scully thought to herself.

They entered the building and found their way to the AV room where they were greeted by Catherine, Warrick and Archie.

"So what did you find?" Grissom asked eagerly.

"Well you know how some witness accounts stated that a bright light was seen above the area before each abduction? Well we looked back at all the air traffic for each night, and found that a helicopter tour was flying over each time. That would account for the blinding light right?" Catherine explained.

Grissom and Scully nodded.

"We also found that on the second night, the tour company was shooting some new promotional footage, and guess what we got our hands on?" she smiled.

"Play it Archie," Warrick said.

The screen in front of them proceeded to show a video of a woman walking in the park. As she walked along, she tripped and a man appeared to help her. Instead of helping her, he put a cloth over her face, and the woman seemed to go limp. The video cut out.

"Is that it?" asked Scully.

"That's all from the park. But Archie and I were able to pull a few stills from the footage, and we have a clear shot of our second victim and our killer. Cath and I think that whatever he used to drug her was either chloroform or that date rape drug found in the bodies."

"Excellent work. Get those stills of the guy to Brass and hopefully we can find this person before he hurts anyone else," Grissom replied.

"That still doesn't explain the markings on the bodies," Catherine questioned, glancing at Scully.

"I guess we'll have to ask our killer when he gets here," Scully answered simply.

"By the way Agent Scully, your partner was looking for you. I think he's in the break room," Warrick said.

"Thanks."

With that she left the room in search of Mulder. She wasn't sure how much he had heard, or how receptive he would be when she told him what they had found out about the case. In fact, she wasn't sure how to exactly approach him after their last conversation and then her talk with Mr. Grissom. As she turned the corner, she could see him in the room, slumped in a chair, reading over something. She crossed the distance to the doorway and stood there for a moment.

He had heard her coming down the hall. He knew the sound of her heels, and could sense her standing there. He looked up from his files at her. Somehow, she didn't seem as mad as before. She had a softer look in her eyes.

"Hi," she said quietly.

"Hi," he repeated.

He motioned for her to come sit with him. She hesitantly walked over and sat on the edge of the couch.

"Where have you been?" he asked softly.

"I went to discuss some case details with Mr. Grissom over his break."

"So have you heard the big news then?"

"If it's about the helicopter footage, yes."

"That's part of it."

"What's the other part?"

"The part about me acting like a jerk. I'm sorry I acted like that Scully."

She gazed into his brown eyes, and saw that he was truly sorry.

"Can you forgive me for acting like a stubborn ass?"

She smiled at him and replied,

"I guess, but only if you'll forgive me for being stubborn as well."

"Agent Scully is admitting to being stubborn?" he feigned shock.

She raised her eyebrow at him.

"Don't go pushing it Mulder."

"Would I be pushing it if I asked if you wanted to go do some Vegas site seeing before we leave?"

"But don't we still have a case to continue with first?"

"I thought you wanted to go?" he questioned.

"Let's just say that Mr. Grissom and I came to an understanding, and I would like to see how things turn out. Wouldn't you?"

It was Mulder's turn to raise an eyebrow at his partner.

"Only if you want to then Scully. But then some site seeing?"

She playfully pushed his arm.

"Maybe later," she smiled.

I told you my muse was back! Well if you are all still interested in how the case ends, then chapter 8 will probably be the last one for both stories.

To address some of the comments left to the stories: Maybe I should have broken up where the characters were in the first chapter, especially in the XF one, but the main part of this story was meant to be the interaction between Grissom and Scully at the diner. I hope this chapter adds something to that and I didn't jump around as some of the reviewers put it.

As for Scully being out of character in the first chapter, she was mad because Mulder didn't tell her anything about the case until they were on the plane, and I was hoping to pull some anger from "Three of a Kind" when she didn't have the best Vegas experience.

Thanks for the constructive feedback, and I do take it into consideration. (It's better than flames.)

Thanks to Rach who is such a sweetheart for coming back and always reviewing and finally adding 1 review to Bullet-Proof!

Final chapter is coming! And then, I don't know maybe a new story. I am open for suggestions! Byes, L