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Rating: R for later chapters

A/N: I will update as fast as I can. I have two and a half year old and a five week old, so I will get the next chapter up as soon as I can.

Chapter Two: Guess Who's Going on Vacation

"Hi could you put this in Gil Grissom's mail box please." Sara handed the envelope to the receptionist, and went to go to the locker room.

"Hey, Sara!" Greg grabbed her arm and dragged her aside.

"Well it's nice to see you to Greg." Sara smirked. Then she smiled at him, "So what's this all about anyway?"

"I wanted to tell you before you heard it around…" Greg was unsure how to tell her that Grissom asked Sofia out. He know the news would surly hurt her; and she has been hurt enough lately. But he thought it would be better coming from a friend than hearing it from the gossip mill that was the lab. "Sar… Grissom had a date with Sofia last night.

"Thanks for telling me Greg. You're a great friend." Sara gave Greg a half smile. "It's ok though. I hope he's going to be happy with her." Sara shook her head "And if everything works out in Portland next month, I might be gone anyway."

Greg did not know if he heard right. Could Sara have just said, what

he thought she said? "You're… you're leaving the lab?" He hoped he had just heard wrong. "Sara... NO!"

"Greg nothing is for sure yet. Look lets talk later ok?" Sara started to walk off then turned back to Greg. "Oh Greg, what I just said… that stays between us." Sara gave Greg a wink and a smile.

When Sara walked into to the locker room she saw Sofia at her locker. "Hey Sara." Sofia seemed to be a little too happy. "It was great working with you last night Sara." Sofia glanced down at her watch. "Dang I did not it was that late. I will catch you later..." And with that Sofia walked out.

The case was a rough start; a ten year-old girl was found in the woods. She was unclothed and bruises all over her body. Doc Robbins confirmed their theory that she was raped and had a history of being abused. They still haven't tracked down her parents. It was sad really; a dead child that had nobody to care about her. The other evidence in the case was still pending. All they could do was wait. Sara and Greg ended up deciding leave, but they remand on call, just in case they got a brake they needed to bring someone to justice.

Greg and Sara walked down the hall. As they walked by Grissom's office he looked up. "SARA!" He shouted. And he got up to meet her in the hall. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" Grissom touched her arm to lead her into his office. He shut the door behind them. "Sara, please have a seat?" Grissom motioned to a chair in front of his desk then he sat in his chair. "I got this in my mailbox." Grissom handed her the paper.

Grissom showed Sara the paper he was talking about. She took it from him and just looked at it, then looked at him. She shook her head not knowing why he was asking her about it.

"I don't understand Grissom is there a problem? I have plenty of vacation time left." Sara waited to a reply from Grissom. Without getting one she continued. "Look my brother invited me to come for a visit. I accepted it. I haven't seen him in a long time and I would like to."

"Oh…well…I just thought…" Grissom sat there trying to organize his thoughts. There were so many things he wanted to say; but he couldn't get it out. "I hope you have a good time."

Sara got up and walked to door. Before she walked out Grissom spoke up again. "Sara?" He walked over to her. "Do you want a ride to the airport or something?"

"Thanks Grissom." Sara smiled. "I was thinking about leaving March twenty-ninth. Plane leaves at seven in the morning. But I could always take a later flight if I had to."

Grissom watched Sara walk out of his office and out of his sight. He knew he couldn't bare to disappoint her again. So after he signed her vacation request he wrote down a reminder to take her to the airport.

Sara walked into her apartment and went on her computer to book her flight, rental car, and hotel room. After she got the conformation for her trip she called Alex.

She listened as the phone rang but Alex's voice mail came on "Alex its Sara I booked my vacation. You can call me on my cell phone whenever you get time; and I can tell you about it. The number is eight eight eight, four one seven, six two two nine. Bye."

Sara paced back and forth while looking at her watch. "Where the hell is he?" Sara couldn't believe him. How could she have trusted him to be there? She picked up the phone and called him. "Damn it Grissom answer the phone."

"Hello?" There was a sound of frustration in Grissom's voice. He heard Sara's voice on the other line asking where he was. "One second Sara." His voice was muffled but his words were still clear. "Sofia I will catch you later. Okay, maybe for dinner again?" Grissom turned his attention back to the phone only to hear a click. Grissom pulled it away from his ear shrugged and hung up. He sat back in his chair to think. He'd a felling he was forgetting something.

There was a knock at his door and Greg walked in. "Hey Grissom I didn't think you would be back from taking Sara to the airport yet." Greg watched and Grissom turned white. "You forgot about Sara didn't you?"

Grissom stood up and walked out leaving Greg sitting there. He cursed himself all the way out of the lab. 'How could I forget her? She trusted me.'

He thought as he pulled out his phone and called her cell phone. "Sara it's me please don't hang up." Grissom listened and when heard that she did not hang up he carried on. "Look I'm sorry. I…I just got caught up in a case. That is why I went in tonight and I just forgot. Sara… Sara, honey?"

"Look Grissom just forget it okay. I'm on my way to the airport now. I will see you when I get back. Goodbye Grissom." Sara fought back tears. She hated what all this was doing to her. She hated that lately all she seemed to do was cry. It wasn't her. Well not really. She has always been emotional but not this bad. Or at least she didn't think so. She hoped that when she got back she would feel better.

"Don't say goodbye Sara. I will see you later." He could not bare the thought of not seeing her again. He secretly feared that he would not see her again. He wondered if he'd pushed her to far away.

"Okay Griss… see you later." Sara smiled and hung up the phone.

Sara buckled her seat belt and leaned back in her seat. Soon she would be off to face part of her past. And only by doing this will she be able to move forward; but it is not how she thought she would.