Sorry about how short it is, but I reached where I wanted the chapter to end earlier than I thought, but never mind, a little variation keeps things interesting, right?
The atmosphere between them now considerably lighter and more pleasant, Grissom and Sara sat in his office with the door open discussing the case. They had not been discussing it for long when Greg came in, a pillow wrapped in an evidence bag held in his hands.
Grissom sat there listening to Greg talk, he knew he should be focusing on what he was saying, and he knew that part of his brain was listening and filing the information so that he would know it later, but he couldn't think of anything except Sara.
He could not wait for tonight, the atmosphere between them was now pleasant again, and she had agreed to go out with him, that night. His mind was revolving around how he would actually be able to tell her how beautiful he thought she was, where he would take her and what she would think.
He forced himself to watch Greg and try to listen to him but could not himself glancing at Sara every so often as she listened to Greg. He finally managed to get the forefront of his brain to focus and managed to pick up that Greg was saying the pillow was the murder weapon. The details still didn't quite register though.
He sat his face watching Greg but his eyes on Sara. He watched in horror as Greg pretended to smother Sara with the pillow. He knew that it was just playful teasing, that he was nowhere near Sara's face and that he wouldn't actually hurt her. But his mind still raced even at the idea.
He felt as though someone had reached in and grabbed his heart and was pulling at it as he considered what it would be like if Sara did get hurt or anything happened to her.
He forced his mind away from the possibility as Sara started speaking saying that they now had a murder weapon. But he still glared at Greg with barely suppressed anger. Sara noticed this and thanked Greg and asked him to go check some evidence for her.
As he left she looked back at Grissom. He was now staring into space, a hurt expression on his face. Sara scared of what had caused it spoke in a quiet whisper rather than at a normal volume.
"Griss? Griss, you OK?" She was taken aback when she saw a tear forming in his eye. He wiped it away roughly before she reaching across the desk and taking hold of her hand. His voice was raw with emotion when he replied.
"Sara, please be careful. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to you. This is before we're going out and I still think my world would end if something happened that took you away forever.
Sara was made speechless for the second time that day, she knew her and Grissom were now closer after he had asked her out as though the promise of being open with the other was already affecting them both. But she wasn't prepared for this much emotion to seep through, she had never thought that he would show strong emotion or even that much affection.
She gripped his hand which was holding hers tightly, as though afraid to let go. "Grissom, I'm not going anywhere. You're not going to get rid of me that easily. Not after its taken me this long to get you." As she had hoped he smiled slightly. He squeezed her hand before letting go as he stood up.
"Come on, we've got a case to close. You gonna be OK going back to the place?"
Sara nodded, putting a brave face on, which she knew Grissom saw right through. "Yeah, I'm tough girl. Give me a challenge. Besides the quicker we close this, the quicker shift ends and then the quicker I get to go out with you, with no Catherine or Greg around to bother us."
"Oh, do you mean I wasn't meant to ask Catherine if she wanted to join us?" He asked pleasantly before picking up his kit and heading in the direction of his car.