The week went by pretty fast. To her surprise, Sara was never called into Grissom's office. I gave the package to his secretary last week. I honestly thought that he might try and convince me out of it. I guess he thinks even less of me than I gave him credit for.

"Hey girl, you alright?"

Sara whipped around to see Warrick walking towards her. "Yeah I'm ah…fine, I'm good."

Laughing he put his arm across her back and gave her shoulder a quick squeeze. "That's what you always say, even if your at rock bottom. But I'm here for you if you need me."

A small and somewhat feeble smile spread across Sara's face. "Thanks Warrick. You have absolutely no idea how much that means to me right now. And I know that this may sound kinda weird, and a little random, but you've been a great friend to me since I came here, and uh….. whatever happens I want you to know that."

Compassion entered his eyes, as a look of confusion crossed his face. "Uhhhh thanks man. But seriously are you alright? Is something wrong?"

Shaking her head slightly, and trying to hide the tears in her eyes, she looked up at him, and forced a smile on her face. "I'm fine Warrick. Thanks for asking. I mean it thanks." And with that she turned and left a somewhat frustrated Warrick in the hallway.

Ok, one down three more to go. Entering the break room she saw the next person on her list drinking a mug of coffee.

"Hey Cath can I talk to you for a sec?"

Catherine raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Sure." She patted the seat next to her, "spill."

"Yeah I know we had kinda a rocky start, but I really appreciate our friendship, and the stuff that you've done for me." Much to her dismay, Sara could feel tears start to form in her eyes.

"Uhhhhh …….. no problem. Hey Sar, is everything alright? Wanna talk?"

Trying to prevent the tears from falling, she turned her face away. "No I'm fine."

"Yeah right." She rolled her eyes.

"I just wanted to let you know that you've been a great friend to me. Thankyou."

"Sure no problem. Hey can you still make Lindsay's party on Friday?"

"Ummmm no I don't think so. Something's come up. Sorry." Too late. Those stubborn tears refused to be blinked away and were starting to fall down her cheek.

"No problem. But are you sure everything's alright?"

Sara quickly sniffed them away. "I told you I'm fine. Listen I gotta go, but you'll remember what I said right?"

"Of course." Sara started out of the break room. "Sara wait! Call me if you wanna just talk alright?"

She tried a weak smile. "Yeah sure. Bye!" God! That was harder than I thought. Just two more people left. Come on Sara you can do it. Hold it together girl! You can't let them see you crying at work. Especially Grissom. Why hasn't he called me down to his office? Is he that upset? Focus. Gotta head over to the lab.

Greg was working on something under the microscope when Sara walked in. He smiled his usually casual/goofy grin, as he turned around to welcome her. "And to what do I the honours of a visit by such a fabulous CSI?"

Despite her blue mood, Sara couldn't help but smile. "Stop flirting Greg. I just came by to tell you that –"

"You wanna run away with me."

His smile was contagious. "Nope, that –"

"You're madly in love with me."

Her smile spread "No Greggo, that – "

"I'm gorgeous."

Laughing was inevitable. "GREG!"

An amused look of satisfaction was alight on his face. "What? I can hope can't I?"

"Yeah and that's all Greggo. Hope and dream. But seriously. I came here to tell you … thank you."

"Thank you? Did I miss something? Did I do something?"

"No Greggo. Just thanks. For everything. For your casual and crazy friendship. For your pick-me-ups. For your goofy smile. And even for your flattering flirts. Just everything."

"Uhhh. Ok, now what happened to the CSI Sidle that I knew?"

A small grin played across her face. "I'm still here."

"Alright then. I guess your welcome." He looked happy, but somewhat confused. Sarah turned and headed out the door.

"Bye Greggo!"