"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.

Grissom watched her expression and guessed that Agent Mulder, despite acting insensitive, probably did care and maybe even love his partner, and that Scully felt the same way.

"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.

Why is it that this woman and Catherine are always right? I hate that! He thought.

"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.

She's right, and Catherine was right, well Cath is normally right about stuff like this. Maybe I do need to pull my head away from the microscope now and then. I really should talk to Sara, maybe get her another plant, Grissom thought to himself, as he drove on auto pilot back to the lab.

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. Agent Scully raised her eyebrow at him, as she gave him a quizzical 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.
Grissom watched her exit, then followed her. Perhaps, he thought, if she didn't have her partner, and I didn't have Sara, things could have been different for her and I. Maybe this break could have led to something more than friendship. Could I have taken a chance on her?

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."

Agent Scully left the room in search of her partner.

"Get the photos to Brass, then page me if you find anything else. I need to go take care of something," Grissom said, before leaving the room.

Warrick and Catherine nodded and Grissom headed down the hall. As he headed towards his office he nearly collided with Sara.

He wasn't sure if he was ready to deal with her right at that moment. He had wanted to go to his office and maybe order her another plant to break the ice, but it looked as if that plan was about to fail.

"Sorry Grissom," she muttered, as she began to walk away.

This isn't going to be easy, he thought.

"Sara, can I talk to you for a second?" he called to her.

She stopped and glanced back at him as he motioned towards his office. Sighing, she reluctantly followed him.

Grissom sat down behind his desk and Sara stood in front of it, arms crossed.

"Sit down," he offered.

"I would prefer to stand."

"You're still angry about earlier then?" he guessed.

"You think?" she answered sarcastically.

Grissom sighed and took off his glasses. He knew he really couldn't discuss what they needed to in his office, during a case.

"Listen Sara. I didn't mean to offend you earlier or question your judgement. I was actually wondering if you would join me for dinner tomorrow, maybe we could talk over some things."

Sara was floored. She almost wished she had sat down at his request and for once, she was speechless.

He gazed at her, his blue eyes never leaving her brown ones. He wondered if Scully was right, if he did have a chance still with Sara. As she continued to stand there in silence, he began to doubt his chances, when finally she spoke;

"Alright…what time?" she asked hesitantly.

"I'll pick you up around 6?" he 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