A/N: Sorry it's taken a while to update, but I've had a lot of school work to do, & I've been struggling with how to actually write the story. I have the outline in my head, but I want to get this case bit out of the way quickly to get to the fluffy bits ;)


When they arrived back, Greg went straight to the lab, but Grissom made a stop in his office where he found a very distraught Sara Sidle nervously fidgeting on one of the chairs. "Any news on Leah?" She asked. When he shook his head she sighed and covered her face with her hands.

"Don't worry, we'll find her." Grissom said, while surprising her by placing a hand on her shoulder. He felt her shudder beneath him and muttered a quick 'sorry'. He started to walk out his office when Sara stopped him.

"Don't be sorry," she said, "I should be thanking you for working the case, but promise me that you will find her safe." Tears were appearing in her the corners of her eyes. "Can you do that for me?"

Grissom was speechless, he didn't know whether to promise to find her, knowing full well that there is a distinct possibility that he will break it, or say the truth now, and risk losing Sara's trust and breaking her heart. "You know I can't promise anything, other then the fact that I will do my very best to find her." He tried to give her a reassuring smile, but he wasn't sure if she was paying much attention.


She stood in his office for a couple moments longer after Grissom had left, before exiting herself to go the break room. 'I know Grissom shouldn't be handling this case, but he doesn't know that yet. Should I tell him now or later? Either way, he's still probably going to hate me for not telling him.' She was so lost in thought that she nearly bumped into Greg as he was walking along the corridor nearly spilling the two mugs of coffee he was carrying.

"Sorry Greg didn't see you there." she smile apologetically.

"It's ok Sara; I was just on my way to find you, because Grissom told me to give you this, said that you needed it." He handed her one of the mugs. As much as she didn't want to admit, he was kind of sweet when it came to things like this.

"Thanks," she replied as the warm liquid passed down her throat. Yep, she definitely needed that. After trading goodbye, Greg went back to one of the labs to process the knife, while Sara made her way to the break room.


When Greg reached the lab, he noticed Grissom was not there, even thought he had said he was going to be, and had seen him go in jus a few moments before. 'Perhaps he snuck out while I was talking to Sara,' he thought to himself. He noticed a note on the desk addressed to him, it read:

Greg

I've gone to help Brass find Leah as he may have found something. Please carry on with processing the knife; I know you don't need me there to help you. If you need anything, you can call my cell. I shouldn't be gone long.

Grissom

P.S. Could you tell Sara where I've gone please, but don't worry her too much?

"Sure thing," he muttered to himself. Methodically, he took apart the knife, and started to swab the different parts of blood. It appeared that some of it had landed on the handle, and therefore may have belonged to the killer. He swabbed it, and sent it to DNA where Mia could process it. 'As much as I miss working in the lab, working in the field is so much more fun. The lab explosion proved that staying in the lab isn't safe either, so it doesn't matter where I am, I can still be put in danger. That means I can work whatever job I prefer.'


After handing the samples to Mia, he walked passed the break room to check up on Sara. "How you doing now Sara?" he asked while startling her. She had been sitting, staring out of the window in her own little world for about 20 minutes before Greg had walked in.

"Same, any news?" she asked hopefully.

"Well Grissom let a little while ago saying to meet up with Brass saying that something came up, but he didn't say any details." He handed her the note that Grissom had left.

Sara's eyes lit up, "well why don't we ring and find out where they are? I can't just sit around here and do nothing. I have to do something!" she was almost shouting, which made Greg reluctantly agree to call Brass for an update. He got out his cell phone and dialed.


A/N: sorry couldn't resist cliffhanger lol. I promise, GSR fluff will be there soon!

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