A/N: I realised I forgot to change the title on the first chapter/introduction, the story is called Hidden Emotions, I was going to call it Compressed Emotions but I thought Hidden Emotions would be better, I'm glad I noticed that before people started getting confused.

Hidden Emotions

Chapter One

Once again Gil Grissom was stood on the stage, looking around the room at the faces of the people who made him feel old. Just looking at the bright young faces made him realise that he hadn't really lived at all. He knew that that feeling would stay with him for the rest of his life now. This time when he was looking at the faces he was looking for a certain one, the young girl who had made him feel alive, after scanning the room a second time he found her. Fourth row up, twelve seats along. He repeated it in his head until it was like a mantra. Once he had memorised her seat he started, realising he had been standing there for five minutes without starting.

"Hello, today is the second part of this three part seminar, today we will be looking at how to deal with any evidence you find, now if you look at these pictures... "

Once again his opening speech was all she needed to be drawn to his words, she held on to every word that came out of his perfect mouth and wrote it down. Sara thought she was going crazy, she hadn't felt like this before, sure there was the few men she had dated, but most of them lasted no longer than a month, and most just waited until they got what they wanted then disappeared. They must have found it fun to get a science geek like her into bed with them, and once they had got her into bed, all of their friends would know by the next day, and they wouldn't let it go.

After an hour in the room asking questions and looking at pictures Gil announced - with his perfect voice - that it was time for a break. Sara walked slowly out of room, hoping he would ask to see her, but with no luck once she got to the door she hurried out of the building to get her favourite spot, sat on a bench under the big tree. Once sat down she got her notes out of her bag and read through them, it was a habit she had, she liked to take in what she had wrote down. Sara had been reading them for about fifteen minutes when she felt someone sit down next to her, she looked out of the corner of her eye to find the very Gil Grissom sitting next to her.

Gil decided to break the silence first, "Hi" he said.

"Dr Grissom, hi" Sara smiled at him, he was sure his heart would jump out of his chest.

"I see you're reading your notes already" He stated.

"Um, yeah, its a habit I have"

He nodded slightly, "Are you enjoying the seminar?"

"Yeah! Its very informative, my supervisor told me I needed to come, I've only just started working there, I hate my supervisor, I wish I could quit" Sara sighed

Gil thought for a moment, "You know, there's an opening at the Crime Lab I work at, in Las Vegas, I'm sure they'd be willing to take you on"

Sara looked at him, she was shocked he was offering her a job at the place he worked, but she knew she needed to be near home, "Thanks, I appreciate it, I do, I really do, but I need to be near home," Sara could have sworn that Gil looked upset when she said that.

His heart dropped, "Oh, okay then"

"We better get going" Sara got up and walked back into the building, unaware of the older man staring at her from the bench.

Sara had found her seat and people were still coming back from their break, Gil had just entered the room and immediately found her, they locked eyes for a few seconds before he carried on walking to the stage and sorted everything out for the second half of the seminar.

After another two hours the seminar was over, Sara wasn't sure she would be able to go to the seminar the next day, she had to go to the hospital for her checkup, and she didn't know if she would be back in time, so she stayed behind to talk to Gil.

Gil turned around to find the bright young woman standing in front of him, "Can I help you... I'm sorry, I didn't get your name"

Sara smiled slightly, "Sorry, I forgot to tell you it, Sara Sidle" They shook hands, Sara wondered if he felt the same electricity that she felt

"Miss Sidle, how can I help you?"

Sara grinned, "Oh, call me Sara".

"Okay... Sara"

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to the seminar tomorrow, so... Um, if I can't, here's my number, if you need an extra pair of hands down at the lab, please, call me, I'd be willing to help out" Sara handed him a piece of paper ripped out of her notepad with her number scrawled on it, he noticed that her writing was very neat.

Gil was surprised, he had known her for a day, and she was giving him her number. "Thanks, I'll remember that" He tucked the card in his jacket pocket and tapped it slightly.

"Hopefully I'll be back in time, its my checkup at the hospital" Sara's eyes widened, she obviously wasn't supposed to say that, but Gil respected her privacy and didn't push it further.

"Okay, I hope you make it, tomorrows seminar is the last part and its about piecing everything together to find your suspect, its quite important"

Sara smiled slightly, "Well, I better get going, bye Dr Grissom" She started walking away when he called her name.

She turned around, "Yes?"

"Call me Grissom" He smiled.

Sara grinned, "Okay, bye... Grissom"