"Are your friends going to be upset because you left me mom," Jennie asked as she sat next to Sara on a sofa.

"I don't know, probably, they won't understand why I left you and why I haven't mentioned you to them."

"Why is that, I'm not upset about it?"

"Because they're like that."

"Are you happy that I came?"

"Yes, I'm very happy, I've missed you. The last time we saw one another was when I was suspended for three months."

"I remember, it was a good time, except that you had to go to meetings. And it was over a year ago now."

"Yeah it was, and you know that I've missed you, I tell you that every day on the phone and in my letters and e-mails."

"I know, but I needed to see you again, I miss you so much mom. I want to be out here with you, I don't want to leave you again."

"All right, we'll get all of your things out here ok, I don't want to leave you again either sweetie. What about your aunt though, you said that she's sick."

"She said not to worry about her, Uncle Roger is handling everything."

"All right Jennie, then I'll make arrangements for all of your things to come out here, and somehow they'll fit in this tiny apartment, how does that sound?"

"It sounds great mom."

So Sara did just that, she called Roger, and they made all the necessary arrangements for Jennie's things to be shipped to Las Vegas. In the mean time Sara went shopping with Jennie to get her clothes, jewelry, CD's and whatever else her daughter wanted. Sara wasn't spoiling her daughter; she was trying to make up for lost time.

When all of Jennie's things arrived the next week, they found places for everything to go, with the help of Greg, because Sara had asked for his help.

Rumors were flying like crazy around the lab about Sara having a daughter, and not many of them were nice. For a change Greg was glad that Sara wasn't at work, though he missed her he didn't want her to hear what people were saying about her. She had told him that she would tell him everything about Jennie eventually, but she said that it would be awhile. Grissom also missed working with Sara, and he was just as confused as everyone else was about Sara being a mother.

Catherine was the harshest towards Sara because she thought it was inexcusable to leave your child, though it wasn't like she was doing that much to take care of Lindsey. Catherine didn't even want to hear why Sara had left Jennie, she was just mad that she would do it at all.

Nick and Warrick, though they were surprised, were supportive of Sara, and they called her while she was off. They even visited her and Jennie a few times.

After being out for three weeks Sara returned to work. Jennie was well established in Sara's house, so her mother didn't fear leaving her. For Sara it felt like everyone was being cold towards her, except for her closest friends. She was given an assignment with both Grissom and Greg, and at least with them she felt more comfortable.

Greg, as always, was very friendly towards her, and she really appreciated it. Brass and Dr. Robbins treated her no differently than they had before either. Grissom seemed to be very distant from her, which hurt, the same was true of David. The worst people though, were the ones in the lab. She came close to strangling Hodges because his comments were ruder than usual.

She had carpooled with Greg that day, and when they were in his car on the way to her apartment she broke. Through tears she asked, "Why is everyone treating me like I'm some sort of horrible person? I did what I had to do, Jennie knows that! Why can't anyone else accept it?"

Greg took his eyes off the road quickly to look over at his friend; he saw that she was crying into her hands, his heart nearly broke. "I don't judge you. I'd like to know everything about why you left her and who she is, but I don't think that you're a horrible person."

She looked over at him, and since they were at a red light he looked back at her too. "Thank you," she said, her tears slowly becoming less. "I had a fiancé when I was a senior in high school. He was actually happy when he found out that I was pregnant. But that June, shortly after graduation, he was in a motorcycle accident, and he was killed. I gave birth that October.

I went to school while supporting her and then my aunt Carol took care of Jennie when I went away to Harvard. I became a criminalist when Jennie was seven. One of my final classes was entomological criminalistics, which was guest taught for a few classes by Grissom. He was impressed by how well I absorbed information, and we even had several informal dinners. When my classes were complete I went back to work in San Francisco.

Grissom and I had kept in contact, and then when Holly Gribbs was killed he asked me to come out here. Jennie was ten at the time, and I asked her if she wanted to move out here with mommy, she and I agreed that the best thing for her was to leave her there. I moved out here, I guess it was because I was slightly infatuated with Grissom, which was dumb, I see that now. But it was also because this lab paid better, which meant that I would be able to support Jennie better.

I never stopped calling her and writing her, and like I said I saw her as much as possible. She's back in my life now, and yes I didn't tell anyone about her, but it wasn't anyone else's business, but she is here to stay and why is everyone blaming me for this." She had started to cry again, and since they had pulled into a parking spot at her apartment complex Greg rubbed her back gently with his hand. "Don't worry about it, it'll get better with time, I promise."

She looked straight into his eyes and said, "How can you promise something that isn't up to you?"

"I don't know, but I'll try," he answered. Then he leaned towards her and she to him, and their lips touched gently. They were almost afraid of the kiss, but then they kissed again, longer and stronger. But before they went too far Sara stopped the kisses.

"Greg, what are we doing," she questioned.

"I don't know."

"I think we should both have some time to think don't you?"

"Yeah, you're probably right."

She unbuckled, and then as she was going to get out she kissed him again, far more passionately then the other two times. Then she got out of the car and said, "We both need to think about this, right now isn't the best time."

"All right, well I'll see you at work tomorrow."

She smiled slightly. "See ya."

Then he drove off, as she went inside.

TBC…

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