A/N Thanks again for the reviews, there are 6 chapters in total ( i think) but you'll be satisfied with all of them. keep reviewing :-)
The unusual lack of solved cases had seemed to disappear after Sara had cracked her case, Nick also wrapped his case up and the others followed suit. Greg, Nick and Brass still hadn't managed to tell anyone about what they had witnessed as Grissom had kept each of them busy including separating Catherine and Warrick.
Sat in the break room for a one off joint break Grissom and Sara were quickly joined by the rest of the team, they all looked tired and slightly worse for wear but Grissom knew they wouldn't stop until their cases were solved.
"There's fresh coffee in the pot" Grissom said looking up from his newspaper.
"Great" Catherine replied exhausted from the dumpster diving she'd had to do "You would not believe the things I found in that dumpster" She shuddered.
"I don't think I want to know" Sara replied looking at her hand where Grissom had quickly shoved a piece of paper.
"Why isn't this Greg's coffee?" Nick asked even though Greg was in the room with them.
"I guess it's because Greg doesn't like to share" Greg answered moodily.
"But it's been such a hard shift…we deserve it, well maybe not Grissom or Sara" he added "They've had an easy shift if you ask me"
"What do you mean, just because both suspects of both our cases confessed straight away doesn't mean we don't have paperwork and investigating to do" Sara said shocked and appalled.
"I was pulling your leg" Nick smirked "Joking you know, having a laugh" He smiled as she glared at him
"Well that being said I have to go and print off some database checks" Sara said standing up, forgetting that the paper Grissom had given her was now laid on her knee and had flew off the moment she stood up.
"I better get back to work too" Grissom announced putting his paper down and heading in the opposite direction Sara had, seeing as his office was beckoning him to sort out the mounting paper work.
"Oh look, what's this" Catherine wondered aloud as she bent down to pick up the paper.
"What, is it a treasure map?" Greg asked excitedly.
"No but you were close" Catherine replied sarcastically "Grissom's offering to buy dinner"
"What, why didn't he just ask us" Warrick asked pulling the slip out of her hand and reading it aloud "What do you want for dinner, Gil"
"Well maybe he wants us to write down what we want so he can order in, dinner at his place who would have thought it possible" She smiled, thinking about how she could finally have a chance to ransack his home.
"So what's everyone having?" Nick asks hoping they'll all settle for Chinese.
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Grissom was still sat behind his desk two hours later only succeeding in sorting through half of the paperwork crowding his desk, looking up he watches as Catherine makes her way towards him, a piece of paper in her hand.
"Just wanted to drop this off, we were all thinking around 7 sounds good, it gives you time to tidy up" She smiled warmly.
"Err did I miss something" he asks confused about what she just said.
"Your little note, in the break room…asking what we want for dinner" She spells out thinking he's going a little senile.
He thinks back and realises she's picked up Sara's note "Oh god Err I didn't mean everyone…that is…7 o clock sounds good to me too" he finishes a little to hasty hoping she didn't catch on to his slip up.
"What do you mean it wasn't for everyone, I've only asked Brass, Warrick, Nick and Greg?"
"I thought you'd asked the Lab tech's too" he breathed
"I'm not totally useless, listen do you want me to get Sara's order too because she was out in the field when everyone put down what they wanted"
"No, I'll ask her later…I…make sure everyone gets to mine on time, I don't want to be paying for cold food"
"No problem Gil, see you at seven"
Catherine left the office rather quickly going over the conversation in her mind, Grissom had looked completely surprised when she laid the paper on the table, sort of like he wasn't expecting it, and his answer was even more suspicious, 'I didn't mean everyone' and then it hit her, the paper was on the floor near where Sara had been sat…were they now dating?
Tbc...hope you liked it :-)