A/N- Thanks for all the lovely reviews. Sorry this chapter has been so long coming. After writing the first chapter I realized I have enough story ideas floating around in my head to write 5 stories so I had to sort out exactly what path this story would take.

CHAPTER 2

Grissom walked into the break room at the start of shift, surprised to see Sara was the only one to have arrived so far.

She was sitting at the table reading a forensics magazine and seemed completely oblivious to his arrival.

"Hi" he said to her

"Hey" she said, looking up briefly before returning back to the article she obviously found so absorbing. Grissom walked over to the coffee machine and grabbed a cup of coffee. He turned around and stared at Sara. She was so beautiful. How could he have been so stupid and so blind? How could any man resist her? He knew he would have to do something soon. He couldn't believe that it wasn't too late already.

As he stood there, trying to find the right words to say to her his thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of the rest of his team approaching the room.

Nick and Greg walked in first, still laughing at some joke they just shared. Sofia followed them in, looking her normal unemotional self.

"Hey Sara" Nick said, spotting her at the table. She looked up from the magazine and gave him one of her big grins. Grissom felt a pain in his chest as Sara leapt up from her seat and gave Nick a big hug.

"Glad to see you made it back onto graveyard again" Sara said , as she pulled away from Nick.

"Yeah, well not even Ecklie could deny my request after being buried in a box by a nut case"

As everyone grabbed a seat at the table Greg said " Hey Sara we're all getting together after shift to grab some drinks do you want to come with us"

Before she could answer Nick said " Warrick and Catherine are meeting us an hour after our shift ends. We're going down to that karaoke bar on the Strip"

" I hear you and Warrick put on a pretty good show there" Greg said with a wink.

Sara laughed. " Yeah , count me in, it's been awhile since we've been there, it sounds like fun. It's been awhile since I've been able to get my singing voice out"

"cool" Greg Said, punching an arm in the air " another one of my fantasies about to come true".

As everyone started to laugh they completely missed the glare Grissom was directing at Greg.

"So is this an open invitation for everyone?" Grissom asked.

Sara,Nick and Greg looked at each other until Nick responded. " Of course you're invited Gris I just didn't ask because you never come out with us. I didn't think you'ld be interested."

"After everything we've been through recently I think sharing a couple of drinks with my work colleagues sounds like a very good idea."

" The more the merrier" Sara said. "Are you coming aswell ?" Sara said to the blond sitting opposite her.

"I'ld love to" said Sofia " But, unfortunately I'm due in court at 1 so I have to go home and grab a couple of hours sleep so I'm fresh enough for the defence attorney"

" That's ashame" Sara said while inwardly feeling very glad she wouldn't be there. She'd heard all the office gossip about Grissom and Sofia's dinner date and didn't feel comfortable being around the two of them. All the times she'd opened up to Grissom about her feelings and all she'd gotten back from him was silence. She'd taken that to mean he had feelings for her but wasn't able to vocalise them just yet.

So she had hung on, waiting for the day Grissom would open up to her. Then she'd heard he had asked Sofia out for dinner. When she'd first heard about it she thought her heart would burst apart from the pain she was feeling. Then she felt angry, but now she just felt stupid. His silence obviously meant he didn't have feelings for her but couldn't come right out and say it. All those years she had held out hope and it was all for someone who didn't care.

No matter how she felt she still loved her job and she was a professional so she was determined not to let her feelings affect her work.

She showed up every night and was friendly and professional towards both Grissom and Sofia, hiding what she really felt. Still, she was glad she wouldn't have to keep up the charade after work hours, especially when she was looking forward to going out and letting her hair down. It had been awhile since her and Warrick had gotten up to sing at the karaoke bar and the thought of doing it again made her smile.

Grissom watched the slight smile touch Sara's lips and was glad to see it. She had been distant recently, not really showing any emotion, it was nice to see her happy again.

He had a feeling after work drinks was going to be fun. Seeing Sara sing on stage would be a treat for him. He'd heard her sing in the lab a few times but to see her up on stage would be thrilling.

He looked at the faces around the table looking back to him and realized he'd have to get out of his daydreaming. There was work to do first.

"o.k everyone here are your assignments for tonight"