Tessa rocks!
I don't havea lot of timeto say much, I have to get to work so...next chapter should be posted tomorrow...
Grissom was in his office when he heard Sara's frightened screams. He jumped up from his chair and rushed to find her.
She was on the floor her hands up protecting herself from the stranger in the lab coat. The young man was completely surprised and unsure of what to do.
"I-I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going." He explained to Grissom.
"It's okay. I've got her." He shooed the lab rat away.
Her eyes were closed tightly and her hands still batted away the stranger that wasn't still there. He tried to calm her but she wasn't listening. He reached out taking her in an iron grip,
"Sara, honey. It's okay, open your eyes." He said in a soothing tone and felt her relax slightly under his touch. She opened her eyes, fear reflected in them and tears rushed over her cheeks.
Grissom pulled her closer, almost on his lap cradling her while she cried. He waited, making soothing sounds and smoothing her hair when she calmed. She pulled back, wiping the tears away.
"I'm sorry." She said noticing the wet spot on his shirt.
"It's fine. Are you okay?" he asked helping her stand and organise her things.
"Yes." she pressed her lips together, angry with herself. "He surprised me. I don't know, I freaked, I guess. God, he must think I'm a nutcase." She shook her head.
Grissom smiled.
"Probably."
Sara gave him a dirty look but smiled. He looked at all the papers and baggies in his hands.
"What have you got here?"
Sara glanced around, then satisfied that no one seemed to have seen her breakdown directed Grissom to the break room and set it all down on the table in front of him.
"This is the new note." She pointed to the original note along with the new, copied journal entry. "Translation is in my book. And I have a finger print that was on the inside of the envelope." She handed over the unfolded envelope. "I was just going to take a break before looking at the tape."
Grissom nodded reading the note. He understood why she suddenly broke.
"He thinks your date will help him get you? Have you talked to…um…?"
"Rick." She finished. "No. I didn't have the chance. Hold on." She pulled her cell phone out and dialled the number for her voice mail.
Grissom waited and re-read the notes.
"It's working." He said under his breath.
Sara hung up.
"No messages." She noticed Grissom wasn't listening then remembered what he said. "Wait. What's working"
"Hm?" he looked up. "Oh, he's jealous. It's working. I told you if he gets angry he will mess up; the finger print." He explained.
"I'm gonna look for Rick's number. It should be in my purse. I'll call him and ask about some guy asking about me."
"It's a lead." He agreed.
"I'll be right back."
Sara rushed to the locker room, grabbed her purse and went to the break room. Grissom was there holding out a mug of coffee. He sat down while Sara went through her bag and produced a napkin with a seven digit number on it.
She dialled his number and waited until she was connected.
"Leave a message if you get an answering machine." He said watching her.
Sara nodded and was picked up by voice mail.
"This is Rick. Leave it after the beep."
"Uh, yeah. Rick, hey it's Sara. Um, well call me when you get this." She hung up and gave Grissom a questioning expression. "Why did I leave a message?"
"To get him to call you back. Do you know where he lives?" he asked over the rim of his cup.
She wondered if there was a hidden meaning within that question.
"No. Well, yeah but I've never been there."
"I think we should go visit Rick."
"Uh, no." Sara shook her head.
"Why?"
"Because I'm not taking you to Rick's place. God, it would be like taking my dad along on a date." Grissom gave her a strange look. "I don't mean you're like my father. Can you understand what I mean?"
"Yes, I get it. I meant more like investigating. Go there and ask him about your stalker."
Sara blushed realising how off she was, making her feel like a fool.
"Right. Well, he's not home right now so how about tomorrow during the day?"
"Sounds good."
They fell into silence as they finished their coffees. She glanced at the tape on the table.
"I'm going to watch that now." She felt the air around Grissom change. She didn't know how to explain the change or what happened exactly, just suddenly she felt differently.
"Are you sure?" he asked in a low serious tone.
"yeah." She stood up and reached out for his hand and he placed it in hers. "Thank you. I still have your pager number." She squeezed his hand and smiled.
TBC…
up next, what's on the tape and Catherine plays mail delivery girl...
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