It was shaping up to be a long night; all I wanted to do was go home and rest. Maybe sit in front of the TV and watch the baseball highlights in my sweats. Maybe the Cubs won tonight…if so, it would do wonders for my current mood. Maybe I would think about Sara…think about how I would handle her being back.

"Gil?" The voice shook me from my thoughts.

I looked up to see Catherine standing in my doorway.

"Yeah Catherine?" I asked hoping she would say 'Are you ready to go home?'

She walked into my office and sat down in one of the chairs that sat in front of my desk.

"How are you?" She asked.

"I'm fine." I said sitting forward to look at her better.

"Good, because I want to go out tonight." She said a small smile pulling at her lips.

"Catherine…" I sighed. Going out was the last thing I wanted to do.

"Gil…don't." She snapped at me. "You never take me out…I want to go out. Listen Nick, Warrick, and Greg are going out somewhere tonight. They said you and I could tag along if we wanted…I want to."

Catherine had her arms crossed over her chest. 'No' didn't seem like the answer that was going to work.

"Fine Catherine…we can go out tonight."

She smiled brightly at me and got up from her chair. She walked around my desk and laid her hands lightly on my shoulder. She then proceeded to knead the knots out of them.

"Thank you Gil." She whispered into my ear.

I nodded in response.

Two hours later and two hours past the time I wanted to be in bed, Catherine was sitting in the passenger seat of my Tahoe, all dressed up, and giving me directions on where to go. We pulled up to what looked like a club called BJ's.

I felt a sudden pang in my stomach. I remembered hearing Sara talk about this place many years ago.

I walked quickly into the break room, needing coffee oh so badly. Sara and Nick sat at the table, they looked like they had just gotten back from the field.



"So you like him huh?" Nick asked elbowing Sara gently. My ears perked up.

"Yeah, I do." She said smiling bashfully…that was new.

"Are you going to see him again?" Nick asked smiling at her.

"Yeah, he's taking me out tonight…BJ's…you remember the place we went to last year to celebrate Warrick's birthday?" Sara's answer sparked a flicker of jealousy in my stomach. I hadn't known that she had started to see someone.

"Oh yeah? Good old Hank is taking you to BJ's…and where's the after party…your…"

"Nicolas Stokes don't you dare even think about finishing that sentence." Sara said cutting him off.

There was silence and then the two of them suddenly burst out laughing…that's when I left.

That was the day I learned to hate the name Hank.

"Grissom…are you coming?" Catherine's voice brought me to reality.

She was standing by the door waiting for me.

"Yeah…sorry." I said as I walked up to where she stood.

I opened the door for Catherine and she walked in. I followed and was met by blearing music, crazy lights, and the smell of alcohol.

I followed Catherine because she seemed to know where she was going and as it turned out…she did.

She stopped at a booth and I saw that it inhabited Warrick, Greg, and Nick.

"Hey Guys." Catherine practically yelled at them.

They all nodded in greeting, not really wanting to speak to her. She sat on the opposite side of the booth that the guys sat on and I sat next to her.

"So…this is where Sara wanted to go? She must have turned party girl on us." Warrick said laughing.

What! Sara was here? Where was she? Was she alone? Was she dancing with someone?

"Yeah…that's what she told me." Nick said smiling to himself.

"Where is Sara anyways?" Greg asked.



"WHAT!" I heard Catherine exclaim next to me. "Sara's here?"

The guys ignored her.

"She and Mike left for the dance floor ten minutes ago…they're right…" Nick left off and he turned towards the dance floor to find Sara. I joined in his search. "There." He pointed to the middle of the floor and I followed his finger.

My heart ached and my guts churned as I watched what had been indirectly pointed out to me.

Sara danced in the middle of the dance floor with a man. And not only a man, a young man, a good looking man. But that wasn't the worst of it. She had her back to him, but she was grinding her body into his, moving with the fast paced music. The guy had his hand placed on her hips, moving with her. Occasionally he would whisper something into her ear, which she would intern either laugh or smile at. Sometimes he would kiss her neck and she would reach around to run her hands through his hair.

Towards the end of the song she turned around to grind on him from the front. She then captured his lips with hers passionately. I almost lost my grip on reality then.

When the song was done they both walked back to the table, hand in hand. Sara held a smile until she saw me, which she then sort of frowned.

The guys scooted over to make room for them as they came near.

"So miss party girl…who the hell are you and what have you done with our Sara?" Warrick asked.

"Your Sara?" She asked raising her eyebrow at him.

"I took her." The man who sat next to Sara answered Warrick.

"Ah…I should have known." Warrick said shaking his head, but smiling all the same.

"So Mike, we haven't had a chance to talk…how are you?" Nick asked.

Mike? Nick knew him? Had talked to him before?

"I'm good…glad to be with my girl." He said as he pulled Sara into him. Sara blushed and smiled.

"Well aren't you two just the happy couple?" Greg asked smiling like the rest of the guys.

"I'm sorry who are you?" I heard Catherine ask beside me.



I saw Sara frown, but she recovered quickly and said "Oh, I'm sorry…I suppose you guys wouldn't know, would you?" 'You guys'? That's how she referred to us? "This is Mike…he's one of the CSIs I brought with me…and he's my boyfriend."

My stomach sank with my heart. She had a boyfriend. I should have known…I shouldn't have expected Sara to stay single forever…hell I didn't.

"Oh…" I heard Catherine say.

"Umm…yeah. Mike and I are going to head out again. Does anybody what anything to drink while we're up?"

There was a collective 'No' and Sara nodded before taking Mike's hand and heading back out to the dance floor. I turned away unable to watch.

"She seems happy. I'm glad Mike could bring that to her…she deserved it." Greg said taking a sip of beer.

"Yeah, she did…do you remember when we all went out to…" Nick began but I stopped listening.

I was lost in thought. She was gone…it was final she had moved on and I had seen all the proof I had needed.

I felt totally lost…

"Gil…I want to dance." I heard Catherine beside me.

"Catherine…" I began.

"No Gil…you never take me out…I want to dance with you." She said crossing her arms over her chest.

"Fine Catherine…let's go dance."

A/N Just so you know...this "Night" is not over. Thanks for all the nice reveiws!