A/N sorry for the short chapter I have no ideas left! Thank you for the one review that I got. Loll, Okay, I guess I have to make up better stories huh, hehe

Sara strolled along the park with no real destination. There were quite a few kids there with other friends and families. They were probably coming here from school, Sara thought seeing backpacks with the children. Sara stopped walking and watched the children playing when she felt a tug on her jacket.

"Hi Sara!" A little girl cried happily.

"Hi Emily." Sara said. She was so cute.

"What are you doing here Sara, clearing your head, again?" she asked confused. Sara laughed at that

"Yeah, I guess so,"

"Do you have a lot of bad thoughts?"

"Yes, sometimes I do," she continued telling her when she was just a child.

"Why? You can tell me. We're friends right Sara?" The little girl asked with the biggest blue eyes. Sara smiled at Emily's interest in her and found she made her in a much better mood.

"Yeah, we are. Sometimes the things that happen at work are a little sad."

"What kind of work do you do?" Sara wondered why Emily found her so interesting. She decided to tell her what she did without going into detail; she didn't need to hear everything at this age.

"Oh, that must make you sad," she said now understanding why Sara was sad. Emily was a sincere kid. Her parents really did raise their child well and Sara took note of this glad she wasn't like her. She would

never wish her childhood on anyone.

"Emily honey, c'mon. We have to go get daddy from the airport."

"Oh but mom, we just got here!"

"I know baby, but we can come back later."

"Can I stay here with Sara, please?" She cried.

"Oh honey, I don't think she wants to. She…"

"Well you know, I don't mind at all. Its up to you."

"Well alright, but you have to listen to everything Sara says. Thank you so much. I shouldn't be too long."

"No problem, we will have fun!" With that, Emily's mother got in her car and drove off.

"Do you want to play tag? It might make you feel better." No one could turn this little optimistic girl down so Sara accepted.

"Sure, I'd love to."

For the next ten minutes Sara and Emily ran through the park chasing each other around and laughing. Little did they know they had a visitor watching them. It wasn't Emily's mother, for she had asked Sara to look after her while she picked up her husband from the airport. It was a tall ageing man who really liked bugs, his job, and the woman he was watching. Yes it was the famous entomologist Gil Grissom. He sat on a bench near the trees making it hard for the girls to see him. He purposely hid and watched how beautiful she was with the child. She was so gentile and although she says differently, she knew how to act around the children. He couldn't help but watch her. She wasn't at her home so he thought she would come here. This is where she told him she came to clear her head.

Just as he was watching her and thinking about her, a woman came running up the hill pulling Emily into a warm embrace saying she loved her. Sara watched and he knew what she was thinking from the fake smile on her face. Grissom knew she never had a family who loved her and helped her grow up. No, she had to do that all by herself. He felt awful for her but she ended up being a very talented and beautiful scientist that he would not give up for anything.

He heard the mother thank Sara and the little girl jump up and give her a big hug. The family ran off to their car and Sara turned and started to walk. She went to the bench and sat down. As she was walking he saw the grin on her face turn into a frown and then he saw her shed a few tears. He frowned seeing this wonderful, bright woman so sad and empty. He started to walk over to her aiming to sit on the bench behind her facing the opposite direction. As he got closer she didn't even bother to turn around. He sat down behind her, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Hi!"

"Oh my god Grissom. You scared the crap out of me. What are you doing here" She turned around to face him missing his warm breath on her face.

"Well, you weren't at home so I thought you'd be here. And wouldn't you know, here you are. I wanted to see you."

"Thanks, but you don't have to baby me. I'm fine, really. You don't have to stay."

"Yeah, I know, but I want to." He said simply.

"Okay, why?"

"Because I want to be near you." She slowly stood up and began to walk away. He started after her and grabbed her arm to get her to face him. He didn't wait for her to speak.

"Look, I know how much you hate me right now for all that I've done and well, I don't blame you for that. But please let me make it up to you. Let me be with you when you're angry. I don't know what else to say. Sara, I…"

"Shh…" she put her fingers to his lips. "I know you want to help. It's just hard for me to let you in. I waited a long time Griss, and it just might take a while. I don't hate you though; I could never hate you. I love you too much to hate you." She said the last part a little quieter but he could still hear.

"Sara honey, I'm sorry it took me so long. I didn't know how to get near you. You are so strong and intimidating and I just don't know what to you around you." He took her hands in his and stared into her deep hazel eyes. He saw a tear fall down one cheek and he knew right then that she had forgiven him and that they both had changed, "Griss I…" he never let her finish because he wrapped his arms so protectively around her and slowly rocked her from side to side. She responded and wrapped her arms around him and they stood in the dark in the empty park wanting to stay together forever.