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Unnoticed Beginnings: Pitfalls

The woman next to him stirredletting out a groan as she awoke to the harsh morning light pouring through the windows, her body aching from the assault it had endure the previous night- not that she had complained. Deep down she knew that she was not what he wanted. She knew that she was not the person he had been imaging the previous night when he'd brought her back to his bed. But she consoled herself that perhaps one day he would noticed how much she cared for as opposed to how little the woman he was pining thought of him.

He pulled himself up and looked down at the body next to him to find clear blue eyes looking up at him, he swallowed hard attempting to brush off the guilt he felt but realised it was almost impossible considering what he'd done and the way he had recently been acting.

It was the same bar he always disappeared to, it was the same bar maid that he always consoled in. But this time something was slightly different- he'd noticed her. Noticed how pretty the young lady that had been listening to him spill his guts out for the last few months really was. He found it funny how it had taken him almost half a bottle of gin before realising she was attractive. Greg had sat waiting at the bar for her to finish her shift with the full intention of taking her home with him in attempts to forget Sara. She had driven them back to his place and with some badly worded lines he had managed to get her inside- then inside of her.

"Amy...look..." Greg started but he seemed unable to finish of the sentence he had planned in his head. A part of him knew that he didn't need to say any of what he was thinking about- she already knew.

Without a word Amy picked herself off Greg's bed and began dressing herself while he sat watching her; he was completely silent, his eyes glazed over. She had a feeling that even though he was looking at her he was not seeing her.

He was sorry. He hadn't meant to take advantage of her. He hadn't meant to use her. But if he was honest, she didn't mean a thing. He was in love with someone else. He was in love with someone he couldn't have.

He stepped into the crime lab the feeling of foreboding filling him from head to toe. He did not feel ready for the day that was going to come. He was not ready to see Sara again. He was not ready to face the fall out of the previous night. He was not ready to face death- the knowledge that he did not have forever to waste pining.

Catherine handed him is case slip and nodded towards Sara who was standing in the hallway having an animated conversation with Langston about something she had read in a forensics journal. Greg wondered how suspicious it would look if he asked to work with anyone else but Sara but Catherine had already disappeared in the direction of her office- being supervisor was finally getting to her- she was exhausted.

Greg walked slowly up to Sara who turned to him with a confused expression as if she didn't know how to react to his presence- wary that she may not get the Greg she had been friends with but the Greg she had recently been avoiding.

"We have a 419 off the strip." he informed her attempting to act polite hoping not to gain any unwanted attention from Langston. Sara simply nodded- giving their colleague a quick good bye she headed towards the parking with Greg following close behind her.

"Sara can we talk?" Greg asked as they got to their Tahoe. His voice sounded desperate and something inside Sara melted. She turned to face him with a soft expression.

"What is there to talk about?" She said quietly as she turned to face him her arms folded across her chest.

"Us." Sara laughed tilting back on her heels and then placing her feet firmly on the ground, her tongue in her cheek her eyes focused in the distance.

"There is no us Greg..." She stated simply as if it were the easiest thing in the world to say- as if turning a man who loved her down was undemanding."I'm married."

"Greg!" A voice shouted followed by the sound of clicking heels. A red head rushed towards them something gripped tightly in her hand. She eventually out stretched her hand that had been holding onto a watch. "I found this in my car...you must have left it there last night."

"Thanks from bringing it back Amy...you shouldn't have though...it's worthless..." Those words hit Sara like rocks. The watch that the younger woman was handing back to Greg was one she had bought him for his birthday five years ago. It was a watch that he had been unable to part with and had fixed a countless number of times in order to keep wearing it. And here he was declaring it to be worthless.

Before Sara could say a word Greg had pulled Amy into his arms and was kissing her passionately, his hands running all over her body. But his dark eyes were fully focused on Sara's expression.

And what he saw gave him much satisfaction. She was jealous. He could tell from the way she pursued her lips, attempted to throw her head back in a disapproving manner and the way her dark eyes narrowed ever so slightly.

"See you later tonight?" He asked Amy as he pushed her away from him, for the first time taking a proper look at the girl in front of him.

"Yeah sure." The girl said with slight surprise but obvious pleased with Greg's offer. "I have to go to work now see you later."

As the girl walked away Greg's eyes were back on Sara- he gave her the once over and licked his lips. He took a step closer to her till he could hear just how fast her heart was beating and just how shakey her breath was.

"I bet you can't look me in the eye and tell me you didn't want that to be you." He whispered with an obvious hard edge to his voice, his lips curving into a smirk, one of his hands firmly on Sara's hip.