Chapter Four:

Sara woke up the next morning, still at the table. She couldn't remember falling asleep. The brunette lifted her head and looked at the clock, it was 6:30 AM. She turned and saw Grissom sleeping on the couch, Keana was resting on his shoulder. Sara got up from the table, went for a quick shower and change of clothes. She walked out into the kitchen/ living room area. Keana was curled up on the couch, still sleeping and Grissom was reading in the chair.

"Hey." Sara said, as she sat down on the part of the couch that Keana wasn't occupying. Grissom looked up from the book.

"Good morning." Gil said.

"Want something to eat?" Sara offered.

"No, I'm fine." Grissom answered. "You must have been pretty tired."

"I guess." Sara paused. "I don't even remember putting my head down." She laughed.

"Should we wake up Keana?" Grissom asked, looking over at the peaceful little girl.

"We should let her sleep, it's probably going to be a long day." Sara said, she had a slightly worried look on her face.

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Keana woke up an hour later in a cold sweat. She scurried to sit up and looked around anxiously.

"He's... here... I know it." Keana studdered.

"Hey, hey, it's ok, I'm here." Sara said and hugged the little girl. Grissom walked in from the washroom.

"I want Grissom here too." Keana said. Grissom walked over to her and sat on the couch. He wrapped his arms around the little girl. It took him minutes to figure out his arms were around Sara too. Grissom realized it and pulled away.

"How about I run you a bath, Keana?" Sara offered. Keana nodded and Sara went to the bathroom. She finished running the water and got out some towels.

"If you need anything, just call me." Sara said to the girl. Keana nodded and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind her. Sara walked back into the living room and sat on the couch.

"I think she'll calm down after her bath." Sara said. Grissom smiled.

"Hopefully." He said, looking at the ground.

"When we catch the guy... I'm going to yell my head off at him." Sara said in slight anger.

"I'm not letting you anywhere near him." Grissom said. Sara looked at him.

"Why not?" Sara asked, surprised at his remark.

"Look at what he's done to Keana, I can only imagine what he'd do to you. I'd never forgive myself if anything like that happened." Grissom said, he didn't mean to admit everything, but it all flooded out. Grissom leaned in towards her, seizing the moment. Sara was slowly leaning in too. Sara closed her eyes and Grissom lightly kissed her.

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Sara woke up, she couldn't believe how many times she'd fallen asleep that day. She lifted her head slightly, she was curled up in Grissom's arms, he was sleeping. Keana was leaning against Grissom, also sleeping. Sara rested her head back down on Grissom's shoulder, and let herself drift back to sleep.

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"Good morning." Grissom said, noticing Sara was awake. He was still holding her in his arms, Sara smiled at him.

"What time is it?" Sara asked.

"4 AM." Grissom answered.

"I slept through the whole day?" Sara asked. She remembered running Keana a bath yesterday morning, but she had slept the rest of the day.

"You were pretty exhausted, there wasn't much to do anyway." Grissom said, trying to make Sara feel better.

"So, what did you and Keana do?" Sara asked, she couldn't think of anything else to talk about.

"We read some forensic journals, then got some lunch, watched a movie, ate dinner, played checkers, then got some sleep." Grissom rambled on.

"Does Keana seem interested in forensics?" Sara asked and laughed, Grissom laughed too.

"A little bit." Grissom said. He kissed Sara on the cheek and Sara smiled.

"You know what?" Sara asked and paused. "I've never been happier."