CHAPTER EIGHT
Three months later:
Gil parked his car in the UNLV parking lot. He was called by the dean of the university, who happened to be an old friend of Gil's, to give a two-week seminar about entomology for the students, there. Gil was going to decide with the dean, Alan Prescott, on an appropriate date to begin the seminar at.
Gil was walking his way to the dean's office when he bumped into a lady just as he was rounding the corner.
She was rushing for some reason, and she was holding a thick pile of papers in her hands, which they flew out of her grip and scattered on the floor when they bumped into each other. The lady quickly kneeled to the floor and began to collect the scattered papers, so he didn't have the chance to look at her face. Acting like the gentleman he was, Gil kneeled as well and helped the lady with collecting the papers off the ground, who was obviously in a hurry.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you coming." he apologized.
"No, it's my fault. I was rushing to get to class on ti..." she stopped when she saw Gil's face and her smile died.
Gil couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the lady's face. "Sara?" he whispered.
She looked different. More beautiful than ever. Her hair got longer, the dark circles around her disappeared, and she gained just enough weight to return the color in her face and made her body sexier.
Not that she wasn't beautiful before, because she was always beautiful in his eyes. It was just that, the exhaustion had taken a toll on her, the last time he saw her. Her body used to be so frail and drained, almost two years ago. Now, she was pure beauty.
But behind those healthy, charming, brown eyes, Gil saw a hint of sadness still existed in them. He knew that he was the reason behind it, so he silently berated himself. He had destroyed the most beautiful thing in the world to him. Sara.
Sara's heart raced hard when she saw him. He was the last person she expected to meet.
"Grissom?" she whispered back.
He looked different. He had aged. He lost a noticeable amount of weight. The wrinkles around his deep blue eyes were visible, now. But he still was the most handsome and charming man in the world to her.
His charming blue eyes, however, held a great amount of sadness and sorrow in them. Sara thought that the reason behind it was that he divorced Charlotte, that he had still loved and missed Charlotte.
Sara stood up quickly, reaching for the papers in Gil's hand and placed them on top of the pile she was holding. "Thanks for your help. It was nice seeing you again." she was about to turn and leave, but Gil's voice stopped her.
"What are you doing, here?" he asked.
"I'm a professor, here. I teach Forensic Physics." she said proudly.
"Really? Good for you. I'm very happy for you." his smile was genuine although he sounded surprised.
"Thank you." she smiled back.
"I've been called by the dean to give a two-week seminar about entomology for the students, here. So, I'm here to schedule a date with the dean to start it." he explained himself.
"That's great. I've got to run, I'm really late for my class." she didn't wait for an answer from him as she rushed towards her class.
"Sara, wait." he called out to her.
"I can't Grissom. My students are waiting for me. I'm sorry." she continued rushing to her class, leaving Grissom to stand alone in the university's hallway.
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The next day at the lab, right after shift, Gil went to brass' office. He was planning to have Sara back, regardless of how much it would cost him. Throughout the entire shift, Gil couldn't take his mind off Sara. He couldn't focus on his job. He couldn't even sleep when he got home from the university after seeing her. She had consumed all of his brain, not leaving a single bit for anything else. Gil, now, needed her as much as he needed air.
He entered Brass' office after knocking, then sat on one of the chairs in front of Brass' desk.
"You have a minute?" he asked Brass.
"Is it work related?" Brass responded.
"No, it's personal." Gil stated.
"Then, I got no minutes left. Sorry." shot Brass.
"Look, I know that I've been an ass and I screwed up big time, I'm very much aware of that. But please, this is important, it's about Sara." Gil begged Brass to listen to him.
Having mercy on Gil's distressed condition, Brass interacted with him. "What about her?"
"What do I have to do to have her back?" Gil blurted out.
Brass stared at Gil like he had grown two heads.
Seeing Brass' stare, Gil quickly explained to him Charlotte's revenge plan and what she had done to Sara and him.
"Alright, there's only one reason that makes me believe your crazy story. The only reason I believe you is because you never lied before. So move your lost-weight-ass and come with me, I'll take you to her. Follow me in your own car to my house, she's living there, now." Brass said.
"She has been living with you all this time?" Gil asked incredulously.
"Yeah." Brass answered simply.
"But the guys told me she's in Boston." Grissom said, confused.
"Yeah. That's what I told them to tell you, so you wouldn't track her down." Jim simply admitted.
Grissom's jaw dropped at Brass' admission.
"Oh, get over it, Gil. Now you know." Jim responded.
Grissom rolled his eyes at Brass.
"Listen, Grissom. Sara normally gets done with my pancakes in about twenty minutes, and I like my pancakes really warm. So you either move that ass of yours and follow me home right now, or don't bother at all." Jim threatened.
Grissom quickly got up and followed Jim to the door, when Jim remembered to tell him something. "Gil, there's another secret you should know about."
"What?" Gil asked.
Brass almost told Grissom about Jim Junior, but then he remembered his promise to Sara about not telling Grissom about him without her approval. So, Brass changed his mind at the last moment.
"You'll know it as soon as you see it, I promise." Brass turned and walked to the parking lot without another word, followed by a very confused Grissom.
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