I still do not own CSI, though Christmas is coming up. Also, any errors in the story are mine. This chapter is a little fluffy and dramatic. Enjoy

Grissom, Catherine, Warrick, and Greg arrived back at the lab with three bags full of evidence that possibly could put the killer in jail. When Grissom entered the lab he was confronted by an enraged Sara Sidle.

"Gilbert what the hell did you think you were doing pretending to be a superhero?"

"Sara…"

"Don't you 'Sara' me!" Her voiced was laced with anger, pain, love and something else Grissom could not quite place.

"You could have contaminated the scene; you could have caused Warrick, Catherine, Greg, or some innocent bystander to be killed!" Her voice lowered suddenly "You could have died and left me alone." Grissom finally figured out what her voice was tinged with: Fear.

Grissom started to walk toward Sara, his head held low; "Oh honey I am so sorry."

Just as he was about to pull Sara into an embrace, Ecklie decided to make his presence known.

"Gil, my office now!"

Grissom wrapped his arms around Sara and wiped away a solitary tear that ran down her face; "honey why don't you go get a cup of coffee, Greg's stash of Hawaiian Blue is in the cabinet below the sink. I will meet you there as soon as I can."

Releasing Sara, Grissom turned and headed toward Ecklie's office.

Shutting the door behind him Grissom turned to face Ecklie who had the back of his nearly bald-head facing Grissom.

"What do you want Conrad?" came Grissom's voice in a monotone.

"Have you seen the news Gil? Guess who made the headline? Guess who made the lab look bad? Guess who" His voice, which was dripping with sarcasm was cut short by Grissom; "No I haven't seen the news, let me guess, I made the headline, and I know who made the lab look bad, you."

The last statement caused Ecklie to swivel in his expensive leather chair.

"Excuse me" Ecklie sputtered before regaining composure. "Are you sure you didn't get knocked in the head Gil because there is no way I caused the lab to look bad."

Grissom smirked "I wouldn't have made the headlines if you hadn't released the case to the news; the lab wouldn't look bad if you had listened to me and had not run your mouth. So Conrad, care to explain how it is my fault that the lab looks bad?"

"Get out of my office Gil and next time you better think before you speak because otherwise there will be severe consequences, now get out." Grissom could have sworn he heard Ecklie's voice tremble during his dismissal sentence.

Sara looked up as Grissom entered the break room, her face was red and there were streaks of mascara below her eyes: It was obvious that she had been crying.

"Sara I am so sorry, I should have been more careful."

Sara did not respond and continued to stare into her swirling coffee. She suddenly felt a warm finger raising her chin, forcing her to look up.

Grissom's blue eyes were glazed with emotion and he mouthed I'm so sorry before gently kissing her mouth.

"Sara, I love you and did not mean to hurt you, can you ever forgive me?" Grissom grabbed a tissue and began to gently clean the smeared makeup from Sara's face.

"Always" came Sara's response.

Grissom cocked his head, slightly confused by Sara's cryptic response.

"I will always forgive you."

Grissom and Sara were soon joined by the rest of the team in the break room.

"Gil, the guy that attacked you is going to be interviewed soon; I thought you might want to go watch."

"Thanks Brass"

Grissom looked at his team, his family, "Greg and Catherine I am sorry I snapped at you earlier, I was just under a lot of stress, your concern means a lot to me."

The team was shocked by Grissom's display of emotion.

His demeanor quickly returned professional; "Greg and Warrick I want you to go through the evidence collected at the scene, Catherine I want you to come help me interview the suspect."

"Suspect" Greg inquired cutting off Grissom.

"Yes Greg, suspect, a person who returns to the scene of a crime is usually a suspect."

"But Grissom I thought the first person on the scene was the suspect and the mailman was the first person on the scene. Also how do you know he was at the scene before?"

"Greg, he kept repeating that it was his house, so I assume he was at the scene before."

Greg nodded at Grissom, his face turning red as he realized how stupid his question was.

"As I was saying, Sara and Nick I want you to look into the background of Julie Smith and look for any similarities to the other vics."

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