A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry! I've been really busy, exams are starting soon so don't expect regular updates, hopefully this will make up for it

Hidden Emotions

Chapter twenty five

Since her dinner invitation, things had gone downhill, they avoided each other as much as possible, but it wasn't just Grissom and Sara who could feel the tension, the whole lab could. They were both as upset about it as the other, and they both wanted to fix it as much as the other.

The end of a very long shift was arriving, and Sara was debating whether to stop by his office or not, like she used to, when everything was fine between them, she needed to get things sorted between them, find out if he wanted to start all over again, build up their friendship. After minutes of sitting in the locker room thinking it over, she decided it would have to be done.

"Griss?" He looked up when he heard her soft voice coming from his doorway.

"Sara?" She smiled at him, that smile that made his heart melt.

"Um, we need to talk" She came straight out with it, no beating around the bush.

"Okay, have a seat" He gestured towards the chair that stood opposite his.

She pushed herself off the doorframe gently and sat down. "Listen, I don't know what your problem is with me, but it bothers me" 'That came out harsher than I intended' She thought, but she didn't crack.

"Sara, what makes you think I have a problem with you?" He took his glasses off, his usual 'I'm talking serious' look across his face.

"The way you act around me, you don't talk to me like you used to, if you do talk to me it's about a case, we barely work together now, and you don't come out for breakfast with the team, so I guess it's pretty obvious you have some sort of problem with me." She sighed and crossed her arms across her chest.

Grissom pinched the bridge of his nose, her eyes closed tight. He let out a breath. "Sara, I don't know what it is between us, but it makes it harder to talk to you, and I know you know that too, I know you do"

"Well do something about it, because I want us to be able to talk again" She sighed, smiling slightly him. "I'm sure the whole lab is sick of the tension between us, too"

"I'm sure they are, I'm sick of Catherine coming here and telling me to do something about it" He sighed. "Listen, have breakfast with me, we'll talk about this more"

Sara looked at him, shocked that he would ask that. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah, go to the locker room, I'll see you there"

"Um, Okay then" She rose from her chair and slowly walked away, unaware of the grin plastered on his face. She wasn't sure what to make of his invitation, what did he mean by "talk about this more"? It wasn't like him to just, invite her out like that.

She didn't even remember walking to the locker room, but she found herself sitting on the bench getting her purse out and changing her shoes.

"Ready?" She heard him behind her. Her heart stopped.

"Yeah" She wondered if he heard her, she could barely hear herself.

"Come on then" He gently pulled her up by her elbow, and walked her out of the building.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see"

A/N: Short chapter I know, but I felt like it would be good to end it there This was my own take on how things got started at the start of season 4, by the way.