"Warrick come on" Grissom waved his arm at Warrick indicating for him to come with him.
'Oh great they get to process and I get to talk to a load of neighbours'
"Come on Warrick it could be worse you could have to swab al the blood or collect the bugs" smiled Cath
"What do you mean all the blood?" asked Greg
'No one is taking the bugs until I get back' Grissom shifted in his standing position
"Or not the bugs I'm sure Grissom will want them" commented Catherine
"What do you mean all the blood?" asked Greg again
"One swab taken every thirty centimetres square, killer could have cut themselves"
"And the DNA could be somewhere in there" finished Greg.
'Only there is half the house this is going to take forever!'"Sara take the body out the back, pictures them collect one of each species"
'Oh goodie I get to play with the bugs!'
"Nick help Sara," added Grissom before a reluctant Warrick followed him out.
"So where do you want?" asked Greg
"I'll take left you take right and we'll meet in the middle" suggested Catherine taking a bundle of swabs and a square and starting to process.
'This is going to take forever I'd rather interview the neighbours with bug man'
Cath couldn't' help but smile at 'bug man'.
'What if we swab this whole thing and the important piece of DNA is in a bit we miss?'
"If there's any of the killer's blood in with this lot is going to have to be spray or splatter more than a couple of drops so chances are we'll catch it" said Cath
'Um ok your doing that freaky mind control thing again if Sara comes in here and starts licking your shoes I'm going to be worried'
Cath covered her sudden laughing fit with a round of coughing
'I need more swabs'
As Greg turned around to get more swabs he found Cath stood holding a handful out towards him.
'Um this is weird'
"Thanks" muttered Greg taking the swabs from Catherine.
One hour later and Sara and Nick returned inside with handfuls of jars.
'These things better not be poisonous I swear one bit me' Nick scratched at his hand putting the jars down
"We have nine different species including my ever favourite a cockroach I found on the windowsill," said Nick holding the jar up
'Put that thing down it keeps hissing. God I swear there crawling on me why do I have to have psychosomatic itching' Sara pulled at her top and itched her back
"Sara what's that" Cath couldn't help it.
"What?" asked Sara startled and pulling frantically at her top.
"Must have been dust" sad Cath with a smile on her face.
'Are you sure it's not one of those flesh eating things I'm still alive!'
"Sara your fine no bugs what so ever," said Cath reassuring her.
"So you finished yet?" asked Nick changing the subject and pulling Sara's top straight for her at the back
'Hey hands off what you doing'
Sara steeped away from Nick who held his hands up in the air
'Calm down I wasn't doing anything, why do you gets o defensive'
"Were done," said Cath standing up "I have no idea were Grissom and Warrick have got to"
"Some one probably offered them coffee and food while they were interviewing them" suggested Greg
"Like Grissom would eat on the job"
'Like Grissom would do anything but he job' Sara picked up her kit and several jars making sure the lids were well on.
"Well if he doesn't get back soon he might find some of his evidence starts to die because there's no way I'm feeding any of them" said Sara raising an eyebrow at the cockroach Nick thrust in her face.
'Ok that's not funny'
"Do you even know what they eat?" asked Nick shaking the cockroach.
"I doubt their vegetarian" smiled Greg as Warrick, Grissom and Brass appeared in the doorway.
"Well how did you get on?" asked Cath
'Great we spoke to thirty different people who all said different things it was fun' Warrick scowled across the room.
"Quite well actually, turns out this house has a garage across the street unfortunately we can't search it without a warrant as it's leased and we need the owners permission" finished Grissom
"Why do we want to search it if it's across the street, I'm fairly certain the murders were here" said Greg not to sure if he should have opened his mouth 'please don't' tell me a obvious answer and make me sound stupid'
"Well according to the neighbours they have lots of visitors mostly to the garage"
"Drugs?" suggested Nick receiving a nod form Warrick
"Possibly replied Grissom not going on a hunch.
One hour later and the group were back at the lab wearily going through things they had collected from the house. Greg and Nick had been sent to the morgue to find out about the victims while Nick was watching AFIS search one of the many finger prints they had found in the house."What exactly do we need to get a warrant for the garage?" asked Sara looking at a piece of clothing she has collected form the man outside
"A note saying the stash is in there" suggest Nick with a grin. "Or this" he added as AFIS flashed up a result.
"Jimmy Childs, drugs runner. Not what would his prints be doing…on the front door" he finished looking at where the pint was from.
"My guess was he wasn't selling cookies," commented Catherine
"No but I think he was selling, or buying" said Sara waving everyone over to the microscope "I'll send some to trace but I'm fairly certain what it is"
Cath over the microscope but didn't really need to
'China white'
Suddenly Cath's phone rang.
"Hey Grissom, we've got a drug dealers print of the front door and possibly some china white of the body at the back" Cath relayed the information.
"Well according to Warrick the body at the back belongs to a known user Gavin Harris who died from a single gun sot wound. I phoned Brass with what you have I think we have enough reason to search the garage" said Grissom putting the phone down.
Ten minutes later and they were waiting for Brass to find out if they got he warrant. Nick and Warrick were playing on the playstation in the break room with Greg giving commentary to their race while Cath seemed to be interrogating the lab rats in the room next to where Sara was stood staring at Grissom's office. Cath caught Sara stood in a world of her own.
'Come on Sara just do it, what's the worst he can do? All he can do is say no and break your heart. God Sidle do it'
Sara froze in the doorway seeing Grissom bent over one of the jars containing bugs.
"Hey can I… um… ask you something?" asked Sara nervously rubbing her hand up and down the door frame.
"Sure"
"I um saw you were off tonight"
'Please don't go where I think you are Sara. I don't' want to hurt you buts that's al that's going to happen at least this way were not in too deep. It's better like this. Things would get to messy. I don't think I could carry on if it went wrong'
"I … um wondered if you wanted to go out for dinner?" asked Sara
Grissom stood not speaking just staring in front of him.
"I can't I'm sure Greg would go with you"
'I don't' want Greg I want you'"I wasn't really um. …thing that way" said Sara sheepishly.
"Sara we can't. It's to complicated work relationships don't' work"
'How do you know you won't even try'
'Please go I can't stand that look in your eyes its as if your hearts dieing. God if you just said yes shed be happy and smile at you in the way that makes your whole body warm. You cant' do it things will go wrong and you'll get burnt'
"Hi Gil" Sofia appeared in the doorway behind Sara "hope you've got your dancing shoe son tonight I don't want you showing me up" smiled Sofia
'Oh so that's not work is it. Why couldn't you just tell me it's just me you don't' want to socialise with instead of making me think it was just you been closed off. Obviously it was me you didn't' like'
With that Sara turned and let in such a hurry she nearly ran Sofia down as she ran by Catherine she cold see her eyes glistening with tears.
"Whoa where's she going in such a hurry?" asked Sofia regaining her balance.
"Experiment timing" said Grissom absent minded
'Now you've done it if you ever stood a chance you've blown it. This is all Ecklie's fault I don't' even want to go to the dinner let alone take Sofia. She's not going to listen to you now. What's the point of telling her expect to make you feel better. If your not going to do anything about it maybe it's better you leave her'
Catherine had a real need to go and slap Grissom across the face and yell at him to go after Sara but decided against it and headed where she had last seen Sara headed.
TBC ……….