Never to Late 11?
Sara woke up to the smell of salt. She opened her eyes and noticed the curtains blowing with the sea breeze. The events of last night came flowing back to her. She smiled as she realized that Grissom's arms were wrapped tightly around her waist. Careful not to wake him, she turned in his arms so she was face to face with him. And to her surprise, when she looked at him she found his eyes staring back at her.
"How long have you been awake?" she asked kissing his neck.
"Oh, not long," he replied tucking her hair behind her ear
He went to kiss her, but she pulled the sheets up between them.
"Morning breath," she explained.
He pulled the sheets away from her face.
"If two garlic's can cancel each other out then that same rules applies here."
With that he pulled her into a kiss. Her hands began to explore his chest as she moved on top of him. As she straddled his hips, she parted her lips allowing his tongue access to hers. He traced the sides of her body covered in silk, all the way to the ends of her arms. As he reached her hands he laced her fingers with hers and slowed their kiss to a stop.
Sara glanced over at the clock and it read 7:15
"What time is your friends speech today?" she asked still sitting on top of him.
"9:00 I think. Christian is going to meet me downstairs at 8:45, so we have a little bit more time than yesterday."
"Oh no you don't!" she replied getting off him, "You are not leaving me here alone again today."
"Sara, its gonna be ... "
"Look," she said picking up his blue hand, "I leave you alone for a few hours yesterday morning and you come back with a blue hand! The Lord knows what color you might come back as today! Grissom I really don't want to ... "
"Sara calm down. You can go if you want to," he said standing up off the bed.
"Really?" she asked wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Really" he replied as he kissed her.
"Oh, but you really have to brush your teeth first."
She scoffed as she slapped his arm heading to the bathroom. As Grissom was gathering his clothes for the day, he heard Sara scream from the bathroom.
"OH MY GOD!"
"What? What is it?" he replied running into the bathroom.
"What did you do to my neck?"
He just smiled as he moved into the bathroom and stood behind her. He put his chin on her shoulder and snaked his arms around her waist.
"Well, I didn't hear any complaining last night when it was being ... shall we say … lovingly applied."
She blushed slightly as Grissom began kissing the non bruised side of her neck.
"I can even make a matching one for this side," he whispered as he began sucking on her neck.
"I don't think so," she said moving him away from her and out of the bathroom. She closed the door and turned on the shower leaving a laughing Grissom on the other side.
Later...
"What time is it?" Sara asked in the hotel lobby.
Grissom looked at his watch.
"It's only 8:30. We're a little early, but I think his lecture is in one of the conference halls here."
"Well," she said moving closer to him, locking her arms around his waist, "I can think of a couple things we can do to kill time."
"What kinda things do you have in mind?" he asked as his arms came around her shoulders.
"Okay, maybe just one thing," she said beginning to kiss him.
They continued to kiss in their own little world. As Grissom began to explore her mouth a voice broke them apart.
"You coming up for air anytime soon?"
"Mark!" Grissom replied pulling him into a hug. "I thought we were meeting Christian here?"
"Well, we are staying here, so I decided to give the poor kid a break and meet you here myself. Besides it's just across the lobby."
"Remember last year, they had us all over this damn city!" Grissom replied
"Yeah, remember the Marriott and that worm … oh what was his name … Jeff I think, he was ... " Mark started.
"Ahem" the redhead beside his interrupted
"Oh sorry. This is my wife Cindy."
"Nice to meet you in person Dr. Grissom."
"And you Cindy."
Grissom stuck his hand out to shake hers. When she looked down she just began to laugh. Grissom withdrew his hand sadly as Sara became a little defensive.
"You see what happened was..." Grissom started.
"Oh, we know what happened, don't we honey?" she replied eyeing Mark
Mark removed his hand from Grissom's shoulder to reveal that his hand was blue as well. Sara's eyes widened as she busted up with laughter; Cindy joining her.
"Curiosity killed the cat," Mark replied
"And turn the entomologist's hands blue" Grissom added
As the two women began to calm down, Grissom took a hold of Sara's hand.
"Mark, Cindy," he turned toward Sara looking into her eyes "This is the love of my life Miss Sara Sidle."
Sara reluctantly turned her head from his gaze and shook their hands with her free one.
"His introduction was way better," Cindy smiled looking up at Mark.
"Oh shut up," Mark replied kissing her.
Both couples made their way through the hotel lobby hand and hand to the conference room.
After Mark's lecture, both couples spent the day exploring San Diego. They took a cruise around San Diego Harbor and went shopping on the streets. Cindy and Sara were getting along really well. They talked about love and life while the boys were well, talking about bugs. Once they were back at the hotel they split up. Grissom and Mark went to Cindy and Marks room, while Sara and Cindy set up camp in Sara and Grissom's room. It was 7:45 and Grissom and Mark knocked on the door.
"We will meet you downstairs!" Cindy yelled from inside.
"Oh come on Cin! We are going to be late!" Mark whined.
"Age before beauty boys! You first, downstairs. We will be right behind you!" Cindy said
"If your late Cin I swear ... ."
"Oh shut up! I am finishing the last curl right now Please baby, we will be right down!"
"Grrrr," Mark replied
"I love you too honey!" came Cindy's voice.
Once the boys reached the lobby of the hotel, they noticed a slew of people headed for the grand ballroom. Both their eyes came upon the bar at the same time. So many wasted years at that bar but not this year. They were actually going to spend more than 5 minutes in the ballroom this year. The only thing that worried Grissom was the dance contest, but all their thoughts stopped when Cindy came running up kissing Mark.
"Honey you look amazing," Mark replied
"You do look lovely Cindy," Grissom added.
"Where's Sara?" Mark asked
"She was right ... there she is. She is not used to heals. She fixing her shoe." she said as all eyes turned to a vision in red
Sara straighten back up as saw three pairs of eyes all focused on her. Her eyes found Grissom's as he gazed at her from head to toe, drinking her in. Her gown was floor length and loose at the feet. Extra fabric hung down the middle, creating pleats in the front. From her waist to her breast line, there was a strip of diamonds down the center. The dress was low cut in the front giving him a peak at her cleavage.
The dress hung off her shoulders with matching diamonds holding her straps to her dress. Her diamond earrings hung almost down to her shoulders. Her make up was done perfectly along with her hair. Half up half down but all her hair was slightly curled, with two ringlets escaping around her face.
As she walked towards him she smiled finding he was in a full tuxedo. No man looked wrong in sharp black tuxedo. Grissom could look amazing in anything but seeing him in that tux gave her butterflies
"Hi," she smiled
"Hi," he replied releasing a breath he didn't realize he was holding.
"Grissom you look so sexy."
"Your stunning Sara. I am the luckiest man in the world," he placed both hands on the sides of her face, "I love you so much Sara," he said, eyes glistening
"I love you to Gil. Always." she whispered back placing the softest of kisses on his lips.
"Come on guys, its dance time!" Cindy said leading the way into the ballroom.