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AN: I would like to greet every member of the gs jedi ritter club : ) I love talking to you girls! Then I want to thank inlya, Sara Sidle Grissom and csmit99!

sorry for the late update!

trapped

"Did you flick through the files again?"

"I know them off by heart, don't worry.", she said grinning, turning to him.

Hell she looks great in that costume…and her hair…I love it to see her in her court room clothes…we should go to curt more often together! Well…better not! Gil you really should stop with all those thoughts about her…after the thing with the picture you can be more than thankful if she even talks to you! She will never ever will get over that shock! She'll probably need counselling sessions! Okay probably not…but she'll never forgive me! Hell if this all wouldn't be so embarrassing I would try to talk with her about it again…but…no! screw these thoughts! If you try to avoid this theme forever she might probably forget about it one day! Hopefully!

"Which floor?", she asked entering the elevator.

"Seventh.", he followed her in, noticing that they were the only passengers. I wonder if she ever did it in an elevator…if she really did it in an airplane lavatory she probably…DON'T THINK OF THIS!

"Everything okay?", she asked, pressing the button and leaning back against the wall.

"What should be wrong?"

"You know, I'm asking if everything is okay, because I don't know if there's something wrong, this is why the sentence 'everything okay?' was invented…to get to know if there is something wrong."

"Actually it's not a sentence, it's a question and…"

"…it's a sentence anyways…"

"…and I was asking what should be wrong, not saying that you should know that there is something wrong…only asking what,…not if."

"You know what, now I have the answer for my question.", she rolled with her eyes and turned her head away from him.

Now I pissed her off! Great Gil! You wanted her to…to not be angry, and all you do is making her angry! Great! You hero!

They remained in silence for a few seconds.

A loud sound ripped them out of their thoughts. The lights went off, it was dark, the elevator stopped roughly.

"Oh my…what's that?", Sara asked softly.

Grissom swallowed hard, trying to make out where she stood. "I…I guess a blackout or something similar."

"Does that mean we're trapped?"

She's saying this as if it's the most horrible thing in the world to be trapped in an elevator…with me. Probably it's horrible for because she's here with me.

"Grissom?…are we trapped in that thing?"

"I…think so."

"Great…we will miss the hearing."

"I bet that it will be rescheduled anyways."

Sara sighed, he could hear how she sank down to the ground of the elevator, leaning back against the wall. "Great…wasn't my plan to spend the rest of the day in an elevator…in the dark."

She's really pissed off…but is it only the fact that she is trapped here, or that she is trapped in here with me? I mean…in the last days she…is acting strange…she really acts strange towards me…and I know this is all my fault! Damn it! I should have been more sensible! I should have showed her that I care…I should have told her the truth about what happened after her dentist appointment! Maybe she remembered and is angry now! "Sara is being here with me really that horrible?"

She laughed softly. "Gil Grissom, what is it with you that…is always making things so complicated and…why do you always worry about every little word I say, why do you think about everything I say for minutes and…why do you always think that there is some subtext in it…something that…I mean…Gil I…"

"…I don't know."

She took a deep breath. "So…now we are here…we have probably a lot of time…so…what could we do to pass the time?"

Why is she asking this the way she is asking this? Does she want to have…no…she is not the kind of woman who…well…but maybe she is and…I am just blind. Maybe she wants to…hell I am just doing what she said I'd always do! "Don't know…we could…talk.", talking is safe…as long as I can control the way the theme goes…

"About what?"

"Don't know…work?"

"Wasn't it you who told me I should find something out of work…right? So…let's find something to talk about out of work."

He swallowed hard. Great…so much to controlling the way the theme is going!

"You have any pictures on your cell phone?"

"What?"

"Pictures…on your cell phone…I have a lot of them…oh, but let me guess…you have only bugs."

"What pictures do you have?"

"Wanna see?"

Do I want to see? He cleared his throat. "Okay…why not?", he forced a grin, then realizing that she wouldn't see it anyways, because it was still dark …please God don't let me regret it!

She opened her cell, pressed a couple of buttons and handed it to him. "I know you like pictures…but…don't go crazy over those…really nothing special."

Oh great…I knew I'd regret it! He looked at the pictures. One was showing Nick and Warrick, the next one Greg with a bright grin, then Greg playing pool billiard, Greg drinking, Greg drinking again, Nick drinking, Warrick pretending to hit Greg's butt…When did she make all these pictures? And…why is she obviously going out with them that often?

"That was about two weeks ago…we were at 'Carter's'."

Just now he had realized that she sat next to him, her head almost leaned against his shoulder. If she's moving just a little bit then…is that Greg wearing a woman's shirt?

Sara realized that Grissom seemed to be shocked about that picture. She laughed. "That was at a little party thing at Nick's apartment…we played strip poker…and well…let's say I lost and…Greg…had drunken too much and…began to take on my clothes instead of his…and…well we had …a lot of fun."

"You go out with them often, don't you?"

"Yeah…once a week…sometimes even more often."

Why do they never ask me to come with them?

"Looks like it's really fun."

"Yeah…you know, finally I realized how much fun things out of work can be."

She is building up a life out of work…she is building up a life without me, it wont be long until she will forget me!…this is what I wanted….but…I 'wanted' it…what I want now is…something else!…I don't want her to…search for someone else!

"What do you think about…joining us…I mean…it's really fun."

I would if I could! "I think looking at pictures was a bad idea. Let's do something else."

Sara sighed. "You're doing it again…avoiding the theme…searching the fastest and easiest way out."

I don't!…okay, I do… "Sara…that's not true."

"Oh yeah…sure. I so believe you!"

Sarcasm! I hate it when she's sarcastic…that always makes me feel so damned inferior to her!

"Okay…now you're holding your tongue!"

"Sara, please…that's idiotic! You're only hearing what you want to hear."

"Uhm…actually I didn't hear anything for the last minutes, because you remained in silence."

"Okay, that's it! Sara, what did I do to make you that angry?"

"It's more the things that you are not doing."

Oh my God…I knew I should have told her the truth about that day! I should have been more opened to her! I should show her that I care! I should have told her how much she means to me!…and why don't I do what I know I should do?

"I will try to call someone with my cell….I am really not in the mood to spend one more second in here!", she said with an angry tone in her voice. "It might take hours otherwise!"

She hates me! She is mad at me! I…I have to say something! He could hear the sounds of her cell phone while she dialled the number of someone, he looked at her face that was barely visible in the dark because it was enlightened by the light of her cell phone. He could see that angry expression in her face, she bite down on her bottom lip, her eyes focussed on the cell phone display. Damn it! Say something! Gil Grissom open your mouth and say something!

Sara stopped dialling and waited for someone to answer the call. It took several seconds until she spoke. "Hey…Greggo you gotta help me!"

She called Greg?…why Greg? Why to hell did she have to call Greg? Is there something going on between her and Greg?

"There was a blackout and I am trapped in an elevator."

…with me! And that is what is pissing her off! I bet I know what she'd do in here with Greg! He could feel how is blood began to boil.

"No…not alone…with Grissom."

Already the way she said this expresses the scorn she feels for me!

"As if he would do that."

As if I would do what? What did he say? This is driving me crazy! This woman is driving crazy!

"So…will you get me out of here?"

Why does she hate me?

"Okay…we must be somewhere between the third and seventh floor."

"The fifth floor."

"What?"

"We are somewhere between the fifth and the seventh floor."

"Grissom says we are between the fifth and the seventh floor.", she said irritated. "And it was the elevator on the right."

I should have kept my moth shut.

"Okay, thank you so much! I owe you! Yeah, see you soon then…byebye.", she shut her cell, it was dark again.

I have to say something! If I'm not saying something now, she will hate me even more!

She sighed. "So…it will take some time until he's here.", she said softly.

Not enough time to find the right words.

They remained in silence for a couple of moments.

It is not as if I wouldn't know the words how to say it! It is not as if I wouldn't know how to apologize or…how to confess her what I feel…it's just that I don't find the strength to do so. The way she behaves right now is more than a negative encouragement…why does this woman always drive me crazy?

"So…what are you thinking about?"

"Why do you think I am thinking about something?"

"Because you are always thinking about something.", she said with a sweet voice.

What changed her mood? Now she's nice again? What is it with that woman that…

"Aaaand you're thinking again.", she said teasing.

"Sara.", Grissom sighed.

"What?"

"You…are driving me crazy."

"I am?…I'll try to see that as a compliment."

She just can't decide what she should feel…just like me! She can't be mad at me…so she can't hate me either…thank God!

"Let's play something."

"Play?" What the hell does she want to play? I don't want to play! Not with her! And….not what she…what the hell does she want to play? Why does she want to play? Calm down Gil! You can always say no.

"Truth or dare."

NEVER! KEEP ON DREAMING!

"Come on…truth or dare Gil Grissom."

"I never said I would play."

"You're afraid.", she teased.

"I am not afraid! But this is childish!"

"Come on…do you remember that seminar in Frisco? The one where we met for the first time? We drank a coffee afterwards…we were talking about this game."

"The only thing I said was 'Truth or dare is a game where the truth has to be searched in the dare and the dare will be found…"

"…when we tell the truth.'…so come on…just once."

"You must tape everything I say."

She laughed softly. "I just admire you."

Why does she tell me this? Hell I already feel bad enough!

"I'll start…dare."

"So you're going for the truth."

"Are you going to play?"

Grissom sighed. "You beat me…yes…but only once." It will always be better than the conversation that we had before…if we can call this a conversation.

"Okay…then what do you want me to do?"

Ripping of my clothes….ripping off your clothes…so many options. And if I just speak out loud one of those…she will kill me with her bare hands…or she will do what I tell her and…I will kill myself with my bare hands. There must be something…something that is not going to be embarrassing for me…it's dark in here…so letting her take off something wouldn't be embarrassing for me, because I can't see and she knows I can't see either…but…where's the fun then….Gil Grissom you are not allowed to have fun with her! "Take off your bra without taking off your shirt."

"What?"

I shocked her! Hell this IS fun! "You heard me."

"You're joking, aren't you?"

"I am not joking. You wanted to play, so we play, you wanted to dare…now dare."

"Who are you and what did you do to Grissom?"

"Dare.", he said teasing.

She sighed. All he could hear then were muffled swear words and Sara's hands under her blouse.

It needed some moments until she spoke again. "Okay…you want an evidence that I took it off? Wanna touch?"

Oh hell…I want to touch her! More than anything else!…why is life always that complicated? "I trust you."

"Okay…you missed an opportunity here.", she teased.

Now she's in the mood to tease again…and only because she knows that it's my turn now! Damn it! Now I can't get out of this anymore! Only if Greg would come here and…hell I never wanted Greg to be with me so much!

"Okay Gil Grissom…truth or dare?"

Truth or dare…damn it…in that mood she might do…everything…she might make me do everything, just to tease me and… "Truth."…truth is save…at least safer, what can she ask…there is nothing that would be as embarrassing than making me kiss her or…doing anything else.

"Whoa! Do you know how many opportunities you give me with that?"

That's what she thinks.

"Okay…let me think…"

She wont find anything embarrassing…and if she does I can still lie.

"…what's your favourite …uhm let's call it 'erotic dream'?"

I WAS SO DAMNED WRONG ABOUT THE NOT EMBARASSING! He swallowed hard.

"Hey…you have to answer the question…otherwise you…"

"…Sara I can't answer that question!"

"Why not? We are all alone here…no-one else but me and you…you can say everything."

She is so wrong about this! Hell I want Greg to be here! I want Greg to come here and get us out of here right now! I never wanted him to disturb a conversation as badly as I want him to do it now! Why can't he be here?

"Come on Grissom!"

"Sara…this is nothing we should talk about."

"Well…we are not going to talk…you will talk."

"Sara….can't you ask another question?" I can't answer that! I so can't answer that! The thing about the picture was already embarrassing enough…I can't answer that!

"You are going to answer this question!"

He sighed. "I wont tell you any details, only who is included…and where, but no description of anything that happens!"

"Okay…I'm fine with that."

"And please…please don't tell anyone!"

"I promise!"

He took a deep breath. She will not let me get out of this…and I have to tell her the truth, everything else would even be more embarrassing. "Okay…it's taking place in the desert…in the night, star and moonlight…uhm…and…well I am there with…", I can't tell her this! He took a deep breath. "…I am there with …a woman."

"I figured that…but who is the woman?", she teased.

"Sara…can't we just…change the subject…isn't it enough for you that I have those dreams?"

"Nope."

"Please!"

"I wont let you out of this…answer!", she teased with a soft voice.

"It's…it is…" I can't do this! Please, can't Greg just be here and…open that damned door? Why did I ever agree to play this stupid game with her? How could I be that stupid?

"…Who?", she teased in a singing voice.

He swallowed hard. There is no way out of this! Greg wont come to save me! There will be no fire that burns me to dead before I can answer and I doubt that the ground of this elevator will just open up and that the black hole will eat me up. "You."

"Me?"

Is she deaf?

"Did you really say that you dream about me?"

Can't we just change the subject now?

"You don't honestly mean that, do you?"

Can a bolt please hit me and burn me to death?

"Could you please say something?"

Could you please stop talking about this?

"Grissom! Hell! You are kidding, aren't you?", she asked desperately.

I knew she couldn't stop talking about it!

"Grissom?"

Yes I am still here, although I wish I wouldn't! I am just not able to turn into air…if I would I would have left already…but I am not a magician! Sadly!

"Are you…still alive?"

"Barely."

"That's something.", she said laughing softly.

Suddenly they heard sounds from the outside.

"Hey guys, are you in there?"

GREG! Two minutes too late! Damn that guy! Why couldn't he come here two minutes earlier?

"Greggo! Get us out of here!"

"I will guys gimme one second and you're free!"

TBC

okay, I really hope this chap didn't disappoint you...I somehow liked it. Yes it may be OOc for Grissom...but I will explain why he acted like this in the next chapter (or it will be explained by the story)

next chap will be on soon, I promise!