Sticking it to the man
Saturday morning came and Sara and Grissom were still marveling over the fact they were now husband and wife. They packed their bags and readied themselves for the trip back to Vegas. They enjoyed a breakfast in their room before heading out, a last lingering look at the room that changed so much in their lives.
They got down to the lobby and met the guys, who greeted them enthusiastically as the Grissom's. The two just smiled and exchanged an embarrassed look. Ten minutes later and they were all piled into a mini-bus, headed for the airport, Brass the only change from when they had arrived.
The plane trip back was uneventful and Greg was thankfully quiet for a change. Gil and Sara slept, holding hands while Warrick, Cath and Nick regaled Brass about the goings on of the previous week. Brass laughed at all the stories and positively howled when he heard of Greg's lost bet.
Two and half hours later they were landing and it wasn't until they all got to the exit that Sara thought of something. "Uh Gil?"
"What?" he asked a little apprehensively as they waited for the min-bus to take them back to the lab.
"After we get to the lab, where are we going?" Grissom thought this was a silly question and answered matter-of-factly, "home, why?"
Sara gave him a raised eyebrow and just looked at him for a moment. After a second dawning appeared on his face as he finally understood what the problem was. "Oh" was all he said.
"Yeah" she agreed. The rest of the gang just looked on in fascination as the two continued their cryptic conversation. They all shook their heads before noticing the mini-bus pulling up in front of them.
They all piled their luggage in and then got in themselves for the trip back to the lab. When they got there Ecklie was waiting outside, having been warned of their return by his niece. The bus pulled over outside the lab and they all got out and began to remove their luggage.
Ecklie came up to them, "I take it you all had a nice vacation?" he said rather snidely. He had planned for this to be a working thing for them and it turned out to be nothing but fun for them all and he was pissed about it.
The guys decided to just let it slide and ignored his comment, continuing to take their luggage from the back of the bus and then heading for their cars. When Sara and Grissom began to head to his car they were stopped by Conrad.
"Grissom, Sidle, I need to see the both of you in my office now please." And with this he turned and went back into the lab. They placed their luggage in the back of his car and then headed into the lab to meet with the balding jerk.
Halfway to his office Grissom received a message on his phone from Cath, /just remember what to say. I already contacted the sheriff./
Grissom showed Sara the text and the two of them exchanged a smile before heading into Ecklie's office and taking a seat. The both sat there and smiled at him like they had no idea what they were there for. Ecklie began to speak, "I have it on good authority that there has been a serious breach in some of the code of conduct rules for this office."
The two of them didn't say a word so he went on, "I'm sure the two of you know about the rule pertaining to supervisor/subordinate relationships in the lab and I have learned that a breach to this rule has been made"
Just as he finished his last statement his receptionist came over the intercom, "I thought I said no interruptions" he yelled back. Before he got a reply the sheriff walked into the office "sorry to interrupt but I heard the happy couple were back and wanted to be the first to congratulate them but it looks like you got to them first."
"I don't understand, congratulate them about what?" Ecklie spluttered.
"About the wedding of course" he went up to Grissom and shook his hand enthusiastically before doing the same to Sara. "I'm assuming you have already informed your supervisor of the event, she was with you after all." He asked.
"She was my maid of honor in fact" Sara replied to him.
"Really, that's fantastic. Nice to see the people of this lab so close, almost like a family" the sheriff commented before turning back to a stunned Ecklie. "Sorry about interrupting your meeting then" and he left the room as abruptly as he had arrived.
Grissom and Sara exchanged looks before settling their eyes back on Ecklie. He just sat there and spluttered for a moment about set ups and then dismissed them angrily. The two of them waited until they were out of the building and in the car before cracking up in roaring laughter.
When the laughter died down Sara looked over at Grissom and asked, "Your place or mine?" and then the laughter began all over again.
This is the last chapter of this story but I do have an idea for a continuation of this. I'm pretty sure it is going to be called "the week after". Keep your eyes peeled for this one and another I will be releasing soon. Hope you enjoyed the trip, I know I did.