"I'll meet you in a few seconds; I want to check on Ben before I go to bed." I said looking at Mike who stood in front of our hotel room.

"Sure, tell him I said I hope he's feeling better." Mike said before he took out our room keep, unlocked the door, and the stepped inside the room, disappearing from my sight.

I turned towards a different door and knocked. I waited about two minutes before a vision of horribly sick Ben made an appearance at the door.

"Hey there, how are you feeling?" I asked as Ben stepped aside to let me in.

"Like shit…how was your night?" He asked as I walked past him.

"Alright." I lied.

"I wish I could have gone." Ben pouted.

"You're sick, how could you?"

"I hate being sick." Ben whined.

"I'm sorry little boy, but there's nothing I can do about it." I said as Ben got back into his bed.

"What are we going to do about the case?" Ben asked tucking himself in.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I walked into the bathroom to wet a washcloth and get him some water.

"I mean, I'm sick…I can't work." Ben said almost sadly from the bed.

I sighed as I came back into the room. I placed the washcloth on Ben's head and set the cup of water on the bed side table next to him.

"Well, if you can't get into work in two days, I'm going to bring out Eric." I said as I sat on the edge of him bed.

"Eric? He annoys you more than he does me." Ben said before coughing.

"I know, but he's the only one that's available to come out."

"Well, I'm sorry I got sick." Ben said before taking a sip of water.

"Hey, it's not your fault. And even if you do have to go home, I'll still love you."

"Aw…thanks mommy." Ben said giving me a week smile.



"No problem…now you get some rest." I said as I got up from his bed.

"Will do mom." Ben said smiling more.

"I'll come in and check in on you in the morning." I said before walking out of his room.

I walked across the hall and knocked on the door of the room I shared with Mike. Mike came to the door quickly and smiled when he saw it was me. He stepped aside and let me in.

"How is Ben?" He asked as I sat down on the one bed in the room.

"Sick as ever." I said as I kicked off my shoes.

"I'm sorry to hear that; do you think you'll have to bring out Eric?" Mike asked, pulling back the covers on his side of the bed, he was already wearing his flannel pajama bottoms.

I gave and audible sigh before I walked to the dresser in the corner. "I think so." I said disappointedly as I pulled out a night gown.

Mike laughed. "Don't sound so happy."

"I'll try not to." I said before I undressed and slipped into my night gown.

I pulled back the covers on my side of the bed and got in. Mike scooted close to me and pulled me into his chest. I sighed as I snuggled in closer to him.

There were a few moments on content silence before "So that was in infamous Grissom, huh?"

I tensed a little but said "Yeah, that was him."

"It's weird…I always pictured him being…I don't know…different." Mike said quietly.

"Yeah…we all did once or twice in our lives." I said almost sadly.

"What are you going to do?" Mike asked still quiet.

"I don't know…work." I said honestly.

"Can you do that around him…I mean can you be around him? You two seemed to be have some problems tonight." Mike said.

"I'm sorry; I don't know what you mean." I said dishonestly.

"I mean the tension between you two seemed to be growing with each passing minutes. And then when you came back from your smoke…he was out there…you came back…I don't know…angry."



"I'm sorry Mike." I said whispering out my apology.

"Hey, no need for 'sorry'…I understand. You two have rough past…this investigation can't be easy."

It was times like these when I felt I didn't deserve the man who lay next to me. So loving…so understanding…what had I done to get a man like this? How had my bad luck turned to good in such a wonderful way?

There was silence and then I said "I don't know what I'm going to do Mike."

"Don't worry about it right now…sleep. When you wake up tomorrow…then you can worry about it, but right now…just let me hold you…and sleep."

I nodded before Mike kissed the nape of my neck softly.

It was then that I realized that this was going to be harder than I had anticipated…and I realized that I might be in a little bit of trouble.

A/N Sorry if the chapter is a little short, i felt it was important though. And just so you know there is GSR on the way, but maybe not quite in the way you want, and for those of you who dont want to see them get back together, dont worry, i have a plan. Thanks for all the reviews!