"So are you looking forward to it?" Catherine asked as she and Sara finished up their case.

"Does terrified cover it?" Sara inquired.

"If they are anything like Nick, they'll be great."

"It's just it's rather of a lot of people to meet at once. I basically have no family any more; most of my friends are people at the lab."

"Getting married is one way to get a lot of family very quickly." Catherine told her. "Enjoy the time off you've earned it."

"I suppose it will be nice to not have to figure out how and why someone died for a few days."

"That's the spirit." She paused. "If you really can't handle it, there has to be plenty of flights back to Vegas from Dallas."

"Don't give me an out." Sara said.

"How often do you get to Texas? Men in tight jeans and cowboy hats calling you ma'am can't be too bad."

"There's a bar on the Strip like that. You can ride a mechanical bull."

"Nick take you there?" Catherine inquired.

"No it was on a case last year when you were out sick with the flu."

"Right. Well just finish writing that up, hand it in to Grissom and then you're free to go on your meet the family visit."

"Catherine."

"Have fun."

CSI CSI

"Sara, come in." Grissom said looking up from his desk when she tapped on the door.

"Am I interrupting?" Sara inquired.

"No, just catching up on some paperwork while I wait on some results." Grissom leant back in his chair. "How can I help you?"

"I'm just turning in my report." She handed it to him.

"How did the case turn out?"

"Misunderstanding. The wife locked herself out, with the baby inside. Then the baby got a fever so she took him to the hospital, didn't think about the window. Husband comes home find the window broken, his wife and daughter missing and assumes someone broke in and took them."

"She didn't try to call him?"

"Dead cell phone battery." Sara replied.

"Okay.

"PD's happy to close the case."

"Good, good." Grissom glanced at his watch. "There is only half an hour left of shift why don't you take off early. I'm sure you have some last minute things to do for your trip."

"I'm sure there is a case that someone needs some help with."

"No I think we have everything under control."

"Are you sure now is a good time for me to be going away?" Sara asked.

"I think we can handle things for a few days without you. The lab won't fall to pieces if you're not here Sara. Go enjoy your trip."

"Are you certain?"

"Go before I have you escorted out. You could use the break. William James once said, 'Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.'"

"Milton Berle said 'Laughter is an instant vacation.'" Sara countered.

"Go and enjoy a longer one. I'll see you next week."

CSI CSI

"So how hard did you try to convince Grissom that the lab couldn't do without you?" Nick asked as he watched Sara double check she had all her travel documents in order.

"Why would you think that I tried to convince Grissom the lab needed me?" Sara inquired.

"Because I know you?"

"He started quoting at me." Sara sighed.

"Look Sara if you really don't want to go you don't have to."

"No, I said I'd go and I'll go."

"And you can't come with an excuse to not to."

"Nick I do want to meet your family, it's just there is a lot of them."

"Don't worry you won't have to meet them all in one go. I know there are a lot of them I'm used to them. If it helps I'll make them wear nametags."

"Name tags would be good." Sara smiled.

"If it gets too much I'll show you around." Nick offered.

"Thanks Nick."

TBC