"Faith of the Heart"
Author: Cindy Ryan
Pairings: Jack/Sam, Grissom/Sara
"Dr. Grissom, it's good to see you."Sam greeted as she crossed the room.
Grissom returned her smile. "You too and call me Grissom. I'm grateful for your offer of help."
Sam looked past Grissom to the empty hall. "Is Sara with you?"
Grissom nodded. "Danny's taking her on a tour."
"Good."Sam replied as she turned and led him into the room. "That'll give us at least twenty minutes."
Jack and Vivian said hello as they came out of Jack's office.
"I'll leave you three to conspire."Jack said with a smile.
"If you come across Sara you're my alibi."Grissom explained as he, Vivian and Sam sat down at the table.
Jack nodded. "I'll keep my distance."he replied knowing the path Danny had told him they were taking."
"Thanks, Jack."Grissom acknowledged as he turned his attention back to the two women in front of him.
"Not to bring up bad memories."Danny began as they turned a corner in the hallway. "But if you ever need to talk to somebody about what happened with Caton....feel free to call me."
Sara smiled touched at his concern. "I appreciate that Danny, thank you. But I have a pretty good support system back home."
Danny nodded. "Which is good. But I know even from dealing with certain cases here that we need to talk to somebody that isn't close to the situation."
Sara touched his arm lightly. "I'll keep you in mind, I promise. But things have gotten better."
"I'm glad."Danny replied as they paused in the corridor. "I really am."
"I know I said this earlier but I do appreciate everything you guys did to find me."Sara said quietly. "And if you say you were just doing your jobs I'll hit you. Because Grissom told me what little you had to go on."
Danny nodded as he leaned back against the wall.
"It was rough."Danny admitted."Especially telling your people we had nothing. All they wanted to do was to be out there with us searching and we had no place to start."
"I was about to give up when you found me."Sara stated not sure why she was confiding this now.
Danny's dark gaze was full of empathy. "Don't know if I would've lasted as long as you did in that heat with no food and water."
"Danny, do you mind if we don't talk about this any more?"
Danny nodded as he placed a supportive arm around her shoulders. "I'm sorry I brought it up."
Sara shook her head. "No, it's fine. I just don't want to think about it any more."
"No problem. I'll show you the new toys we have in the computer lab. Then we can check in with Grissom and see if he's ready to join us."
Sara quietly followed Danny back toward the bank of elevators. She was beginning to wonder if coming to New York had been a good idea after all.