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Chapter 6: Whatever it took

When the group made it back to the docks, they saw a few cop cars and an ambulance in the parking lot, and after they tied up the boats they made their way towards the ramp that would lead them to the parking lot, then Kevin walked with the limping suspect towards Captain Miller. "I think you know what to do with this one."

The older man nodded with a smile as he took the suspect's arm. "Very much so." Kevin nodded before Captain Miller spoke again. "I'm going to need your statement."

"And I'll gladly give it to you, but can I..." He trails off as he nods towards the ambulance, where Lizzie was sitting at the back of it with a blanket over her shoulders while being looked at by a paramedic.

Captain Miller nodded with another smile. "Of course. In fact, if you want, one of my detectives could give you ride to the station."

"I appreciate that, thank you."

Captain Miller shook his head and held out his hand towards the younger man. "No, thank you."

Kevin gave him a smile and nod as they shook hands, then after they released them, he headed towards the ambulance while Captain Miller took the suspect to his vehicle as he was reading his Miranda rights, wanting to make sure they do everything right on this one, he didn't want anything to mess this case up, too many families were counting on this one to finally be over.

As he got closer to the ambulance, the paramedic was done checking on Lizzie, so she moved away and Lizzie stood up, both having eye contact with one another with so many emotions in their eyes, and when he was near, he immediately brought her into his arms, not caring that he still felt the pain from the fight or that she was wet, and hugged her as she hugged him back just as strongly.

As they were pulling back a few seconds later, she frowned a little as she cupped his cheek gently, seeing the few cuts on his face and knowing a few bruises were going to show soon, and he gave her a reassuring smile as he placed his hand on top of hers. "I'm ok, nothing that a few aspirins and a little rest can't cure." Then he frowned as he asked. "Why didn't tell me?"

She shook her head. "But I did, I knew you would've recognized the sign and connect the dots."

He took a breath and said. "But if I hadn't, then you could've, you could've..."

Not able to finish that sentence, he trailed off with as a tear made its way down his cheek, and she wipes it away as she replied. "Then I was prepared to do whatever it took, even if it meant losing my life."

He shook his head. "Lizzie..."

But she cuts him off with emotion. "Jennifer's death was the reason I became an FBI Agent, and if this was the last case I would have ever worked on, I knew it would be worth it in the end because you would have seen it through until the end."

Taking another breath, he asked. "How did you know he would follow you?"

A pause later, she replied. "I saw him that night."

Kevin's eyes grew wide in shock. "What?"

"The night Jennifer died, he asked to buy me a drink, and I said I had already ordered it, then he asked to buy me the next one, but I told him that my boyfriend wouldn't like that, then he stepped back and never pushed the issue, and I didn't see him for the rest of time that we were there. I honestly forget about that interaction." She started to have tears in her eyes as she finished. "Then I saw him in the bar staring at me, and I knew he remembered me while I started to remember him, and now I can't help but think that I am the reason he..."

Kevin cups her cheek and shook his head before replying with a hard, but reassuring, tone. "Don't do this to yourself, it's not your fault that he killed Jennifer, or any of the other women."

"But..."

He cuts her off again. "No, you also couldn't have known what he was planning to do, you said it yourself, he took the rejection graciously and you didn't see him again the whole time we were there. That's how he worked, he didn't want to cause too much attention to himself.
He wanted to meet and greet them, then if it didn't feel right to him, he would back out and try it with some other woman, hoping the previous greets forgot about the interaction, and obviously it worked."

Lizzie thought about it for another second or two and nodded before wrapping her arms around his waist as he brought her closer to him again before he whispered. "She was the reason I became a CSI."

She pulled back and looked at him with a little shock on her face. "Yeah?"

"Yeah, watching you go through that, and never finding any closure, made me want to become a CSI so I could give that to other families."

She took a breath before speaking again, knowing the reality of it. "But it doesn't always work like that."

"No it doesn't." He then smiled a little as he finished. "But the ones that do, worth every second of the hard work you have to put into it."

She smiled with a nod in agreement, then while their eyes remained connected, she finally asked. "Kevin, I know I didn't want to hear this before, but I'm ready now, what we had, was it real?"

He smiled as he ran his thumb up and down her cheek. "Every second that we spent together was very real, and I'll cherish it for the rest of my life."

She nodded with a smile. "Me too."

After running his thumb up and down her cheek one more time, he slowly removed it as a woman paramedic with blond hair, which was in a pony tail, and blue eyes with a slim build and around 5'9, said. "Sorry Ma'am,, but it's time to take you to the hospital to get a full check up."

When Kevin had a worried look on his face, Lizzie spoke with a smile. "It's just a precaution."

He nodded in understanding before asking. "You want me to come with you?"

"Not unless you want a check up too."

The medic looked back and finally saw the damage he had on his face, so she raised an eyebrow, and he shook his head with a smile. "No, I'm fine."

She was about to open her mouth, but Lizzie spoke as she got into the ambulance. "Don't bother trying, he's one of those stubborn types." The paramedic smirked and shook her head as she stepped away for a few more seconds, and that's when she asked one more thing. "Will you come to the hearing with me?"

He nodded with a smile, wanting to see this case be officially closed himself. "I'll be next to you the whole time."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

When the paramedic came back, she got into the back of the ambulance and closed the door, and as it drove away, they waved bye at one another, then once it was out of sight, he said a few words to Malcolm, thanking him for what he did before they said goodbye so he could go the hospital and get checked out himself.

Then after watching the other agent leave, Kevin walked towards Sara and Grissom, who were at Grissom's vehicle watching him after they had given one of the detectives their statement on the parts that they knew, and he shook his head as he spoke to them. "You didn't have to wait on me, I'm really ok."

Sara looked at him with concern as she asked. "Are you sure? You don't need a ride or anything."

He shook his head. "I have a detective taking me to the station, then I still have to get my vehicle from the ba..."

He trailed off as he realized he was about to tell her he was at the bar drinking, but Sara caught on to that as she raised an eyebrow. "Something happened that made you go to the bar? So that means you were drinking."

He raised his hands up in surrender as he said with a smile. "Just a coupe of sips, half at the most, before all hell broke loose."

She smirked in return. "And I'm still waiting to hear how all the hell broke loose in the first place."

He nodded, then replied with a sigh. "How about breakfast tomorrow on me, I'll tell you everything."

"Everything?"

He chuckled as he brought his boss into a hug. "Yes, even why I was at the bar in the first place."

He knew she only wanted to know because she was concerned for him, and he actually liked that he could talk to her when he needed to. His first boss that was here before her was a good one and hard, but he seemed a bit too closed off for his taste, it felt like it was a strictly boss and subordinate type of relationship, unlike what he has with Sara, while it was still a boss and subordinate type of relationship, they also had an open and honest friendship.

They pulled back and she nodded with a smile, then Kevin looked at Grissom and held out his hand. "You are welcome to come too."

Grissom smiled as he shook the younger man's hand. "Thanks for the offer, but we'll see."

He liked that Sara's team can come to her when they wanted to have a personal talk, but he didn't want to feel that they have to sensor their type of talk when he was around, so while he does appreciate the offers, he doesn't usually join in.

Kevin nodded in understanding before saying one more thing. "And thank you for letting me use your boat, or I should say hop a ride on it."

Sara chuckled as she replied. "We'll it wasn't the calm ride we were thinking for tonight, but least we got to see how fast she actually rides." They all chuckled before Sara finished in a more serious tone. "And it was for a great cause, so you're welcome."

He nodded one more time before clearing his throat. "I'll let you get back to your night. I'll see you in morning."

After they nodded, he turned and started walking towards the police car, and after a seconds pause, Sara and Grissom look at one another before he asked. "You want to take one car back home, and come back in the morning for the other one? Or just take them both back now?"

She paused for a second to really consider it, then she shook her head and replied. "Nah, not worth the hassle, let's just take both cars now."

"Ok, let me walk you to your vehicle." She smiled with a nod as she held out her hand, and he smiled in return as he slipped his fingers through hers before they headed towards her vehicle, which was a few spots away, and right as they got there, Grissom spoke after clearing his throat. "Agent Thompson and Kevin, they had a history, didn't they?"

He wasn't really known to be talking about other people's relationships, but the interaction that he witnessed between them really got him curious.

They stopped at the driver's side of the vehicle, then she turned so her back was facing the door, and smirked a she cupped his cheek. "You tell me, you're the expert observer."

He couldn't help but smile back as he placed his hand on top of hers. "You aren't too bad yourself."

"Well, I learned from the best." His eyes were glowing before they softly kiss, and after they pulled back, Sara spoke again after a nod. "They did, and from the vibe that I had gotten, it was great until her best friend died, it totally flipped their relationship upside down."

He then sighed. "And now his feelings are stuck between the past and the present."

"Yeah, something like that." There was a long pause before Sara cupped his cheek again as asked with concern. "Hey, where do you go?"

He shook his head with a smile, then he sighed again before replying. "Nowhere, I'm just glad we don't have to go through that type of drama."

She chuckled with a nod before replying. "Yeah, been the..."

Grissom cuts her off when he placed a finger to her lips to stop her before replying with a serious look in his eyes. "You know it's always been you, right? No one else came close to what I feel for you."

She nodded, knowing that in her heart and seeing the truth in his eyes, before running her thumb up and down his cheek as she whispered with love in her eyes. "And it's always been you too."

They leaned toward one another and kissed with a little passion, also knowing they couldn't get too carried away here, then after pulling back, they put their foreheads together before he whispered breathlessly. "Let's go home."

She nodded as they pulled back, and after on more small peck on the lips, he stepped back and waited till she got into the vehicle, then after she started it, he headed towards his, and not long after, they were both heading home.

Their evening on the boat didn't go quite as they had planned it, but in someway it was better because they caught the man that has been on the loose far too long causing damage and sadness everywhere he went.

AN: Thanks to those who have stuck around this long, more to come soon, I hope you all have a good weekend. Please review.