So far the night at the Las Vegas Crime lab had been pretty mundane. No new cases were in and no one was working any cases. Everyone was catching up on paper work or reviewing cold cases. Sara, Greg, Catherine, and Grissom were all at the lab while Warrick and Nick all had the night off. Sara and Greg were in the break room getting some of Greg's special coffee when Catherine and Grissom walked in.
"Please tell me you have something for me to do," whined Greg, "how I am supposed to learn stuff if I never get to leave the building."
"What would you like us to do? Commit a crime so that you can solve it?" Catherine asked while helping herself to some coffee.
Just then Grissom's pager went off.
"Shooty" yelled Sara, "Greg is driving me insane. I need to get out of here."
"Ouch, Sara! I just gave you coffee!"
"Okay children, behave," Grissom said while shooting Sara a wink to make up for calling her a child, "We are all going to go because there is nothing to do here and their was a bomb that killed three people in a parking garage just off the strip."
"Thank God all this sitting around was not good for my hyperactivity." Greg said while following everyone out.
It was after one in the morning and Jeremy was carrying a sleeping Brittany for the show that he and Heather had wanting to see. They knew that it was going to be hard for Brittany to readjust to sleeping but it seemed everything in Vegas happened at night.
They walked towards the parking garage where they had parked the rental and they as they approached they saw lots of emergency vehicles. Ambulances were taking injured people away, the coroner was loading a body into his van, police officers were everywhere and CSIs were starting to photograph and collect evidence.
The police were working on interviewing and then dispersing the crowd which was never easy and it seemed as though the tourists thought this was just more entertainment.
"I am going to see what's going on and if we can get the car," Jeremy told Heather as he passed Brittany over.
He walked cautiously up to the crime scene tape and was greeted by who he assumed to be the detective. He was an older man with a sort of scowl permanently on his face.
"Good evening. My car is parked in this parking garage, when will I be able to get it out?" Jeremy asked while he scanned the scene. His eyes were drawn to where the CSIs were working and he instantly noticed the tall brunette who was looking pensively at the scene. As though she felt him looking at her she looked up and meet his gaze. Jeremy took a deep breath and thought to himself that this woman looked so much like he would image Sara to look now. She seemed to be focusing on him and he couldn't decide if it was wishful thinking or if maybe he had finally found his sister. She started to walk over and Jeremy was unaware of the detective talking to him.
"Are you even listening? I know crime scenes are exciting but I am trying to help you with your car."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Umm…" Jeremy was so distracted he couldn't even form a straight sentence.
Brass followed his gaze and noticed Sara walking over towards them, "Ok, buddy let's get this straight. You are not here to hit on criminalists and she is already taken so don't even bother."
"She's married?"
"Not married but taken, so forget about it. Now do you want your car or what?"
Just then Sara had made her way over to where Jeremy and Brass were. She wanted to see if this was her brother. Her head was telling her that she hadn't seen her brother in twenty years and would never recognize him but he did resemble her dad, but in a less creepy way. Plus, in her heart she felt as though she had a connection with this guy.
"Hi. I'm Sara Sidle. Can I help you in any way?"
"I don't it under control…" Brass said at the same time Jeremy started to talk.
"Sara, Nice to meet you. My name is Jeremy." Sara broke out in a huge smile that was reflected in Jeremy's face as well. Who would have thought they would reunite at a crime scene in Vegas. "You look very familiar. I feel like I know you from somewhere. Where did you go to school?"
Brass just smirked at the guy. He wanted to tell him to get lost but he knew Sara could take care of herself and she would be upset if he butted in.
Sara was smirking for a whole different reason. She knew that she and Jeremy would have a conversation that Brass would not understand. They had learned to do this when they were young hiding things from their parents, teachers, and friends. The fact that they hadn't done it for a while would just make the conversation weird but it was worth a try.
"I went to Harvard."
"Oh, you must be very smart. Your family must have been very proud of you." He wanted to let her know that he was so proud of her. All too often he would worry that she had feel through the cracks of the foster care system. Sara got a sad look in her eyes and Jeremy kicked himself for mentioning their family. Idiot.
"I hope so. So do you know me from school?" she couldn't help but be amused by Jeremy and the situation. And the look on Brass's face was priceless. She could tell he thought this guy was hitting on her but since he trusted her he would allow her to continue. Brass was also keeping an eye on Grissom and if he was getting unnerved he would stop it as while. He wasn't sure but he though that Grissom had finally got his act together which made Sara's behavior with this man even more strange.
"Oh no, I didn't go to school well just the police academy. I'm an officer in Seattle.
"Well then you should be aware that Miss Sidle has a job to do."
Brass finally spoke up because he got a weird feeling from this guy and he knew Grissom was watching carefully and he didn't want him to get in one of his moods.
"Right, right I'm sorry. When can I get my car, well my rental car, I just rented it for my vacation. I am here with my wife and daughter." He pointed them out to Sara. Heather gave her a small smile unsure of what was going on. She figured that Sara was just helping Jeremy out.
Brass was about to comment on why this guy was flirting with Sara when he was married with a small child but Sara spoke first.
"What are you doing in Vegas?" She really wanted to see him again and talk to him in a more appropriate setting.
"Well, I was hoping to get to visit my sister who I haven't seen from I while. We're staying at a suite in the Bellagio and I was hoping she would come by tomorrow."
"She'd probably like that."
"Well she works evenings like you. What time would be good to invite her over?"
"Probably lunch time"
"Good idea. I'll invite here for noon. That way I can make her lunch."
"Lots of people in Vegas are vegetarians now."
Brass snapped his head around at this he had let the conversation go on for far too long because it was slightly amusing him but now Sara was downright lying.
"Sara, you should get back to work. Jeremy I'll look into your car."
Sara left with a departing smile in Jeremy's direction. She was so excited she couldn't control it. The nervousness of it all would come later.
She walked back towards where she was processing but was intercepted by Grissom. He did not look happy at all.
"Sara I need you to take these back to the lab for processing."
"What? Why?" She was confused. There was still so much left to process and she would be more of a help here.
"You obviously can't pay attention to what you are supposed to be doing so it's probably best if you head back to the lab." With that he turned and walked away from her.
Oh Grissom's mad at me. Shit.
Catherine who had watched the whole scene play out walked up to Grissom as Sara drove away.
"What did you do that for? We could have really used Sara's help. Some of us like to leave on time occasionally."
Grissom just glared at her and said, "Those needed to be processed."
He left no room for discussion and Catherine could just shake her head at him. He could be so stubborn at times.
Jeremy was still around long enough to see Sara's exchange with who he assumed was her supervisor and he was not at all pleased with the scene that unfolded. He wasn't sure exactly what happened but he knew Sara was not happy when she walked away and that thought annoyed him.
He didn't have long to ponder this because Heather had made his way over to him.
"So when can we get the car?"
"They are working on clearing the cars from the other levels but it might take a while, or something along those lines. I can't remember."
"You can't remember. You must be joking, right?" Heather was starting to get angry with his behavior. They needed to get back to the hotel and sleep and get the car back for the vacation and he spent that long talking and he couldn't remember what was said.
"Did you see the girl I was talking with, the criminalist?" At the nod of her head he continued, "That's Sara."
She stared at him in disbelief, "Your sister Sara?"
"Yup and she's coming to the suite for lunch tomorrow, or today I guess." He corrected after looking at his watch.
Heather couldn't help but smile at Jeremy's excitement. He had waited a long time for this moment.
"I guess we should just catch a cab then."
Sara was in the lab when Grissom, Catherine, and Greg finally came back. She hadn't gotten much done mostly because the stuff that Grissom gave her to process were pieces of the bomb but they needed more to put it together. She had dropped some stuff off at Trace but then she mostly just hung around not really doing anything but thinking. And boy did she have a lot to think about. She was in the break room when Grissom found her.
"Did you find out anything for me?"
Yup, he's still pissed she thought to herself. Sometimes he could be so irritating. "No I didn't find anything. I wasn't give too much to work with."
Now she was mad at him too. He could be so stupid at times. They were in a sort of relationship now he should at least have asked her what went on.
"Sara, you can't go around talking to random people at crime scenes. That is Brass's job." He said trying to reason with her. She almost was ready to talk to him and tell him about his brother until he continued with, "You were supposed to be working not flirting with guys."
"I wasn't flirting with anyone. I have to go I have things to do today." She was getting up to leave and head home. She couldn't stand to be around Grissom when he got like this.
"You can't leave. We have to much work to do."
"Grissom shift is over. I have an appointment today. I have to go."
"An appointment? Are you okay?" He was suddenly very worried about her. Sara wasn't one to leave work over something minor, even though he pissed her off.
"I'm fine." She said as she left the room
I'm such an idiot! He thought to himself
Meanwhile, Catherine and Greg were discussing the events with Nick who had come in to get some stuff for court.
"So Sara was just flirting with some guy right in front of Grissom? I thought they had a thing going on now." Nick said still trying to catch up with what he was being told.
"I don't know. It was weird. This guy got a 'Grissom smile.'" Greg said
"Huh? Grissom smiled at him?" Nick was even more confused and even Catherine looked at Greg with confusion.
"No. Sara gave him one of her smiles. You know the really bright ones that are only ever directed at Grissom" he clarified.
"Oh no"
"Yeah the aftermath wasn't to pretty."
Sara was so nervous heading to Jeremy's hotel suite. She knew Jeremy was probably as nervous as she was but she couldn't help thinking he may be disappointed in her and her life. He was proud of her for going to Harvard and he would admire her profession being a police officer himself, but she worried about her personal life. After all Jeremy had a family and she only sorta had a guy who was pissed at her now. Would she fit into his family? This would be her first time meeting his wife and daughter and she wanted them to like her as well.
She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Heather opened the door and gave Sara a warm smile.
"Sara, it's so nice to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you over the years. Please come in."
"Thank you." She entered the gorgeous suit and couldn't help but wonder how Jeremy could afford this being a police officer. He must have married rich. Indeed Heather was of a wealthy background and she inherited a large sum when her father had passed away.
Jeremy came out of a room, followed closely by Brittany. He walked up to Sara and wrapped her up in a big hug. Sara was surprised at first. After all she didn't get hugged all that often, even growing up. Nowadays Grissom gave her a hug every once in a while but this was not the same. It felt like Jeremy thought she would disappear if he let go. Sara hugged him back and she felt so happy she couldn't help the tears from coming to her eyes. When they separated, she could see he had a stray tear running down his check. He wiped it away and noticed that Heather and Brittany had left into the living room.
"I'm so glad I found you. I think about you all the time and wonder how you were doing."
"I thought about you too. I can't believe you have a family. You seem so happy." Sara was still nervous and wanted to keep the conversation light for the time being. His family seemed like a good start.
"I am. Would you like to come meet them?"
"I'd love too." Sara said with a huge smile.