04.50

The silence that fell after Grissom told his suspicions was deafening. Gil could see that Nick was relieving the Gordon case, again there was a second person present. Walking towards him, he ignored Sofia who tried to get his attention all his focus directed on the man who looked so lost at the moment. Nick needed him and Gil would make sure that he got that.

Sitting down next to Nick, Gil put his hand on his shoulder. "I'm just guessing Nick, it doesn't mean that I'm right about a second person."

A laugh rose from Nick's throat, "right……and when have you been wrong about something like this?"

Not expecting a answer both men jumped when there was one. "Never, right Grissom," turning around the two were more then a little surprised to see Sofia standing a few steps away from them. Not only did they not hear here stepping up to them but the fact that they stared into the barrel of a gun was also unnerving.

Slowly rising from his seat next to Nick, Grissom rose from his seat, "Sofia, what are you doing?"

A snort greeted him, "I thought you would have figured it out by now. I was the one who planted the bombs. And before you ask why I did it……take a look at you two. Really it's sickening. The way Stokes is clinging to you and the way you treat him. As if he is the most fragile thing in the universe…. The sight of the two of you makes me sick. It's like watching a train wreck…..disgusting but your forced to watch it. Well I've had it with the two of you. Grissom I liked you so much but you've ruined it, if your going to behave like this, you shouldn't be allowed to live at all."

What happened next would always stay with the survivors as something that had occurred in slow motion: Sofia pointed the gun on Grissom on the exact moment the door behind her opened emitting a nurse who decided to check up on the two patients, resulting that Sofia was enough distracted for Grissom to dive towards her and make a grab for the gun. While the two of them wrestled for the weapon it went of.

Nick and the nurse looked each other in the eye for just a few seconds before they both hurried towards the two. Slowly pulling them from each other they could see a large bloodstain forming on both Sofia and Grissom.

Slowly touching Grissom's shoulder, Nick spoke with a broken voice: "Gris, are you ok? Please answer me."

The groan Nick's question got, resulted in a laugh from the nurse as well as from Nick.

07.39

"My name is Gil Grissom and the last 24 hours were the longest in my life. Because one women and a man could not deal with reality they almost destroyed it. Thayer could not accept that what he had done was wrong and he decided to destroy the man he held responsible for the tragedy that followed. And for Sofia……. Although she wasn't exactly in her right mind, she did saw the truth about the relationship Nick and I have. I love Nick, he is compassionate, honest and one of the most passionate men I met. I would be honoured when Nick would return my feelings, and perhaps he does, but that's a story for tomorrow."

The end.

PS: Before you decided to flame me for making Sofia the bad girl, I like her. I truly do but I needed her bad in this story.