Disclaimer: See first chapter.

A/N: I apologize for not posting this over the weekend. I had it finished but Saturday I was out all day and Sunday I was in Jersey for my grandma's birthday. So I didn't have any access to a computer where I could post this. When I sat down to write this on Friday, I first watched the promos for the Two Mrs. Grissoms episode and then I was about ready to die of excitement so there was no way I was going to be able to focus enough to write. Plus I've been freaking out because the tickets for the Taylor Swift concert in Jersey go on sale this week and that's all I've been thinking about. Question: There are three songs on the Speak Now Deluxe Edition not on the regular version, should I write ficlets for those three also?

Enjoy!

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Haunted

You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd see it break
Never thought I'd see it

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His phone rang for the third time in five minutes.
"Maybe you should answer that," Sara suggested, crossing her leg over his beneath the blankets.
"It's just Ecklie."
"Well I don't think ignoring his calls is winning you any brownie points."
"I already know what he wants… I don't really need to hear his voice in our bedroom anyway," he said, trying to make light of the situation. Sara nodded against his chest, she also knew. Ecklie had requested a meeting with her at the lab scheduled for later that day to discuss her and Grissom's relationship. It was a meeting she was not looking forward to. Sara did not like to discuss her private life with anyone, and she especially did not want to have this discussion with the assistant lab director. He already hated her; maybe he was finally going to fire her. She had given him enough reasons over the years, this was just icing on the cake.

Her stomach had been filled with butterflies all day because she did not know what disciplinary actions Ecklie planned to take against them, if any. She knew he was probably relishing the moment, trying to come up with the best way to take Grissom down a peg, not that he would ever fall to Ecklie's low standards.
"Do you think Ecklie will fire us?" Sara asked. Grissom pulled her closer against his chest and she shifted her head from her pillow to his shoulder. He lifted his hand and twisted her silky brown curls around his fingers.
"No, I don't think so," he said, sounding a little too sure of himself. She immediately caught onto his train of thought.
"You mean you don't think he'll fire you, and then you'll come up with some ultimatum so he won't get rid of me." She fidgeted with the buttons on his blue Hawaiian shirt. She still couldn't understand why he insisted on wearing such a monstrosity.
"No. He won't fire either of us because if he fires you I'll resign."
"You're putting a lot on your worth to the lab."
"I don't think he'd risk letting me go."
"Either way, I couldn't let you do that."
"But I would." The corner of her mouth lifted in a half smile before turning serious as he continued."I really doubt he'll let us off the hook unscathed. Worst case scenario, we both find new jobs. Best case scenario, Catherine takes over your evaluations."
"Is there anything else he can do? I want to be prepared going into this meeting."
"He might have one of us switch shifts."
"If he does, I'll move."
"No. You can't do that. You need the team, your friends, especially now."
Though Sara knew that was true, and that the team would always be there for her, she would never try to explain to them what she was going through as a result of her kidnapping.
"No-" He cut her off.
"I'll switch shifts," he said sternly. She nodded to appease him, though she did not agree.
"We'll never see each other if we're on different shifts," she murmured, curling closer to his warmth. "We won't even get to sleep together." He took her hand in his larger one and pressed his lips to her palm.
"Sara, Honey, please don't think about that. We'll deal with everything as it comes. I don't want you to stress over this. You've been through so much and we'll be okay after this too."
But in a couple short months they would both learn that their relationship was not as strong as they had once thought.

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A/N: So what'cha think? And who feels like they're going to burst with joy before they even get to see the Two Mrs. Grissoms episode this week?