Arrival

Sara looked at her watch for what seemed like the 100th time as she paced back and forth in baggage claim of the Las Vegas airport. 5:04pm. Jordan and Woody's plane should be landing in any minute. She was so excited to see her best friend after almost 9 years. Sure they had kept in touch over the phone and through email, but the demands of both their jobs made time to talk very slim. Looking down at her watch one more time, she heard her name being called out from behind her,

"SARA!"

The CSI spun around to see Jordan rushing toward her with Woody in tow. The Boston native dropped her bag and threw herself into her old friend's arms and shrieked as she felt herself being lifted off the ground and spun around.

"Oh my God, it's so great to see you!" Sara said as she allowed her friend to regain her footing.

Jordan picked up her bag as she responded, "You too! You look great!" She was about to pull Sara in for another hug when she heard the sound of someone clearing their throat over she shoulder. "Oh Woody, I'm sorry! Sara this is Woody, Woody, Sara."

Sara had been expecting a hand shake from Jordan's male counterpart and was slightly surprised when she was pulled into a hug. "It's great to finally meet you Sara. Jordan couldn't stop talking about you the entire flight here."

"Uh oh, I would be nervous at the sound of that but since Jordan has been telling me about you for the past 6 years I guess that's only fair," Sara laughed.

"Now that makes me nervous." Woody said as he put his arm around Jordan's waist.

"Oh, you know nothing major…just that you're named after Woodrow Wilson, your bother is named after Calvin Coolidge, you're from Wisconsin where you were a boy scout and liked to go hunting with your family, when you first started working together you wore really ugly ties that Jordan didn't approve of, you were shot on duty and they were afraid that you wouldn't be able to walk again, you dated that other cop – Lu something or other – which let me tell you because I am sure that Jordan would never admit it, bugged the hell out of her, those are just the few basic I can think of off the top of my head. Not to mention the extensive background check and few phone calls that I made to the BPD – I've gotta make sure that you're perfect for my best friend."

Sara and Jordan began to laugh at the look on Woody's face after Sara rattled off all the information that she knew. "I'm just kidding Woody," Sara told him as she gave him a playful jab to the arm, "About the background check and phone calls, I mean. All the other stuff you know is obviously true. You know, girls talk."

"Well, I don't think that a plane ride from Boston to Vegas could possibly cover the 15 year relationship that you two have had. You on the other hand had a 6 year start! What do you say you make it up to me by telling me about what Jordan was like in college?" Woody smiled.

"Now that I can definitely do!" Sara agreed, "But first, we should grab your bags!"

Woody and Jordan had agreed to stay at Sara's apartment up until the wedding where they would then be checking into the Montecito for the remainder of their honeymoon.

"Well, this is it." Sara said as she helped Woody and Jordan carry their bags into her apartment.

"Wow, nice place Sar. It's very…you." Jordan complimented.

"Thanks," Sara smiled, "the guest room is this way." She said as she motioned them down the hallway.

After taking some time to settle into their temporary home, Jordan and Woody joined their hostess in her living room. "You guys don't have plans for tonight do you?" Sara asked as she handed them drinks.

"No, not really. We had talked about hitting the strip maybe. Checking some things out. Did you have something in mind?" Woody asked.

"I actually managed to get most of my team together for dinner before shift. They were all really excited when they heard you guys were coming. I think a few of them were becoming skeptical that I had friends outside the lab." Sara laughed as she sat down.

"We would love to!" Jordan told her. She was hoping that she would be able to meet some of Sara's Vegas friends while she was here.

"Great! We're meeting them at 8:00 at a place off the strip. They've got dinner and dancing and stuff like that. When we all have to go to work you guys will be within walking distance of the strip so you guys can hit that from there if you want."

Sara was afraid that Woody would be bored at the thought of meeting everyone that she worked with and was relieved when he said, "Sounds good!"

"Oh! Oh! Does that mean that she will be there!?!" Jordan asked in a sudden burst of excitement.

"She? Who's she?" Woody asked looking back and forth between the two brunettes.

"The girl that Sara has had a thing for for the past 5 years," Jordan explained. "Oh God, what's her name? Why has the suddenly fallen out of my head?"

"Catherine." Sara supplied.

"YES! That's it! Catherine!"

"So do we get to meet her? Huh? Huh? Huh?" Woody asked almost bouncing up and down at his seat on the couch. Jordan couldn't help but laugh at her fiancé's enthusiasm.

Sara rolled her eyes as she answered, "Yes. She will be there and both of you have to be nice! She has no idea that I like her and we just recently began to build a really strong friendship so don't say anything to mess that up!" She said pointing at both of them. She had only known Woody for a little over an hour but had already decided that though be might be the one to ground Jordan, he was capable of causing just as much trouble.

"We have to leave in a little over an hour so I am going to go jump the shower and get ready." Sara told them. She wanted to change the subject as quickly as possible.

"Alright, but don't think that we're done with you Sidle! There will be plenty more to interrogate you about once we actually meet her!"

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