Hello All! Sorry it has taken forever! I have been in the midst of finishing the semester and moving back home! Enjoy!
Sara stretched as she woke up that afternoon. She rolled over to look at the clock on her bedside table only to find that it wasn't there. Where had her…oh wait…that's right…she was at Catherine's. She smiled as she reached for her cell phone and read that it was 2:30 in the afternoon. Snuggling back into the pillows she remembered the events of the morning – having breakfast with Catherine while talking about everything and nothing. When the pair finally decided to make their way up to their respective beds, Sara gave Catherine a hug and thanked her yet again for allowing her to stay. Catherine just smiled and pressed a kiss to Sara's cheek before wishing her, "Sweet dreams."
This is what caused Sara to fall asleep with a giant smile on her face. Glancing at her phone screen again she realized that 2:30 probably meant that Catherine was on her way to pick up Lindsay from school. As she wandered into the hallway she saw that Catherine's bedroom door was open and as she made her way downstairs she found a note on the counter that confirmed her thoughts.
Sara,
Went to pick up Lindsay. Help yourself to anything in the kitchen. Be home soon.
- C
The brunette smiled yet again as she poured herself a bowl of cereal. She could get used to this.
Meanwhile, Jordan had just woken up from an early morning nap. Disentangling herself from her fiancé's arms and picked up her cell phone and made her way into the other room. She didn't want to wake him and she didn't want him to get in the way of the next phase of her plan.
Looking through her contacts list she found the name she was looking for and pressed, 'Send.' It was only a few moments before someone on the other line picked up, "Danny! Hi! Yeah, everything with the suite is great! Actually, I have a favor to ask of you…"
Sara and Catherine walked out to their cars together that evening. Placing the key in the ignition, Sara attempted to start her car only to find that nothing happened. She turned the key once more only to find once again that the car would not start. Noticing Sara's dilemma, Catherine got out of her car and walked over to Sara's driver's side door.
"What's going on?" she asked as Sara climbed out of her car.
"I don't know. Everything has been running great. I just got the oil changed and got a tune up about two weeks ago." Sara told her as she lifted up the hood.
Catherine admired Sara's knowledge of cars. She knew a little bit about cars but not near as much as Sara did.
"How the hell?!" She heard Sara exclaimed.
She crossed to the brunette's side, "What is it?"
"My spark plugs are gone! How the hell could that have happened? It's not like they can fall out or anything! This doesn't make sense!"
"Maybe one of the neighborhood kids playing a prank?" Catherine knew that that was highly implausible but she couldn't think of anything else that could have happened. It was in fact one of the oddest things she had ever seen.
"How could someone have gotten under the hood of my car? The hood release is inside and it doesn't look like anyone managed the break in." She said becoming more and more frustrated and confused by the minute.
"Do you wanna dust it?" Catherine asked.
Sara ran her hand through her hair as she replied, "I am seriously considering it! I would if I knew that I wouldn't get in trouble for using the labs equipment for something like that."
"Well technically, this does count as a crime. Something was stolen from you."
"I guess you're right," Sara agreed, "and Mandy doesn't need to know whether or not an official report was filed."
Catherine just smiled at her as she walked to the back of her truck to get her kit.
"All the prints came back to me!" Sara said as she put the fingerprint report down on the coffee table in front of Catherine.
Catherine put down her magazine and cup of coffee. She was thankful that it was a slow night so that she and Sara could get the results back quickly, however, she was not pleased to find that only Sara's prints had been the results. Sitting back on the couch she began to think of explanations.
"Well, we didn't find any smudge marks, your prints wouldn't still be there if someone had wiped down the car, spark plugs don't must magically disappear so I guess the only the only reasonable answer is that our thief wore gloves."
"But who would steal my spark plugs? It doesn't make sense." She said as she sat down on the couch next to the blonde.
"The only thing that I can think of is that it could possibly have been one of the guys playing some kind of prank on you but I can't think of why," the blonde offered.
"They're boys. They don't need a reason why," she replied as she took a seat next to her coworker and propped her feet up on the table. Both CSIs continued to wrack their brains until they were interrupted by the ringing of Sara's phone.
"What's up Jo?" She asked looking at the caller ID.
"Hey! Woody and I were just discussing some wedding stuff and I was hoping to get your opinion on some things. Do you think that you could stop by the Montecito for a while after work?"
"Sure! I'd love to! Oh, wait! I came in with Catherine today because my car wouldn't start."
Jordan smiled hearing conformation that her plan had in fact worked, "Bring her along."
"Um, yeah, ok. Hang on a sec." She pulled the phone away from her ear and turned to the blonde, "Jordan wants me to stop by the Montecito after shift. She wants my opinion on some wedding stuff. Do you want to come too? I can take a cab or something if you don't want to."
"Don't be silly, I would love to! Looking at wedding magazines will be a nice change from looking at forensic magazines!"
Sara smiled as she continued her conversation with Jordan, "We will be there! Are you sure you want us to come by after shift? It's going to be pretty early."
"Don't worry about it! We will get breakfast. It will be great! Oh, and I know it's a little short notice, but my friend Lily is flying in from Boston this afternoon and we were hoping to have a girls night out - kind of a bachelorette kind of a thing. Do you think that you and Catherine could get tomorrow night off?"
"Well, I already have tomorrow off so it will just be a matter of trying to find someone to cover for her. I am sure that we can figure something out. We will see you in the morning."
"What else do we have to figure out now?" Catherine questioned as Sara hung up her phone.
"Jordan wants to have girls' night out tomorrow night, a friend of hers in flying in from Boston for it, so we have to find someone to cover your shift."
Catherine was already pulling out her cell phone, "There's a guy in days that owes me a favor. I'll call it in!"
Jordan smiled as she ended her call with Sara, everything was falling into place. Instead of closing her phone she made another call, "Hey Danny! We're set!"
What's Jordan up to now? You'll just have to wait and see! Let me know what you think of everything so far!
