Chapter 2: Another Day

Sara walked into my office, without knocking, as usual.

Who Do You Think You Are?
Barging In On Me And My Guitar

The guitar that was in Izzy Delancy's house, which I had been checking for blood evidence, clattered to the floor of my office.

"Damn Sara, learn how to knock." I snapped at her.

"Sorry, I just came to check on you. How's it going?" she asked quietly.

Little Girl - Hey
The Door Is That Way

"I'm fine. Don't you have any work to do?" I say, turning my back to her.

You Better Go You Know
The Fire's Out Anyway

"Oh, I'll just go then." Sara said shyly.

"Well then leave." I commanded.

Take Your Powder - Take Your Candle

"Take all your things and just go." I said.

Your Sweet Whisper
I Just Can't Handle

"I can't be with you right now." I told her.

"Why not?" she asks, curiosity and pain dancing behind her pretty eyes.

Well Take Your Hair In The Moonlight
Your Brown Eyes - Goodbye, Goodnight

"Goodbye Sara." I said coldly.

I Should Tell You I Should Tell You
I Should Tell You I Should -- No!

I should tell you of my true feelings, but my mind dismissed it quickly.

Another Time - Another Place
Our Temperature Would Climb
There'd Be A Long Embrace

In an ideal world, everything would be perfect.

We'd Do Another Dance
It'd Be Another Play
Looking For Romance
Come Back Another Day
Another Day

"If you want a relationship, come back later." I replied.

Sara POV

The desert sky has cleared. It is now the rich indigo of midnight. I remember when you pushed me away. I was angry and upset. I wanted you to love me. I try to avoid thinking about it, but every ounce of strength in my body is focused on breathing. It's not long before the memories take hold.

The Heart May Freeze Or It Can Burn
The Pain Will Ease If I Can Learn

Your eyes were as cold as chips of glacier ice, yet the angry heat was like a flame from a gas stove. Extreme heat incased in extreme cold, the two utmost opposite extremes. If you had told me why, the pain wouldn't have been so extreme.

There Is No Future
There Is No Past
I Live This Moment
As My Last

I live each day like I have nothing to lose.

There's Only Us
There's Only This
Forget Regret
Or Life Is Yours To Miss

"Grissom, this is all there is. If you regret everything you ever do, you'll never truly live." I told him, practically begging for him to listen.

"Sara, let it go." He said to me, his cold eyes flashing with hatred.

No Other Road
No Other Way
No Day But Today

"There is nothing else we can do. We have to act on 'this' before it is to late." I said.

Grissom POV

I had been so mad when she said that. She had brought up something that I regretted, so I did the same.

Excuse Me If I'm Off Track
But If You're So Wise
Then Tell Me - Why Do You Need
Smack?

"Why do you need to drink if your so wise?" I argued with her.

Take Your Needle
Take Your Fancy Prayer
And Don't Forget
Get The Moonlight Out Of Your Hair

"I just need you to go. Leave Sara." I yelled. "I cared about you long ago, but those times are over."

"They don't have to be though, Grissom." She said, tears swimming behind her eyes.

Long Ago - You Might've Lit Up My Heart
But The Fire's Dead - Ain't Never Ever
Gonna Start

"Anything that we had long ago is over." I told her sharply.

Another Time - Another Place
The Words Would Only Rhyme
We'd Be In Outer Space

Nothing could, in this world, ever be so easy.

It'd be Another Song
We'd Sing Another Way
You Wanna Prove Me Wrong?
Come Back Another Day
Another Day

"If you want to love me, try sometime else." I told her.

Sara POV

There's Only US
Only Tonight
We Must Let Go
To Know What's Right

"If we let go of our doubts and just let things happen, it will work itself out." I pleaded.

No Other Course
No Other Way
No Day But Today

"The only day is today." I said.

"No it's not." Grissom snapped, and walked out of his own office.

Sara snapped back to reality with tears running down her cheeks, unaware that however many miles away, Grissom was doing the same.