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Chapter 4: Found him?

Catherine, Greg and Warrick got out of the vehicle in front of Grissom's townhouse and when they got to the door Catherine looked around to make sure no strangers were watching then she grabbed the key from the hideaway spot.

She had just put the key in the door knob when Greg asked. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

Catherine unlocks the door, looks at the younger man and replied. "Believe me he will thank us."

Warrick nodded in agreement with a smile, pats Greg on the back and said. "Yeah isn't it about time for them to get their shot at happiness?" Greg looks at him then looks down and Warrick continues with sympathy. "What? You still crushing on her man?"

Greg looks back up at him and said. "No it's not that, it's just when Grissom finds out we went through his place I don't want to be the one doing decomps."

Catherine opens the door, takes the key out of the doorknob looked at Greg and answered. "Well guess what Greg? He isn't the boss anymore, I am, so it's not his call." She steps inside the place, looks back at them and said. "Now if you don't do this I can give you decomp."

Greg and Warrick walked inside, Greg looks over at her and said. "That's not fair."

Catherine smirked and replied. "Well like I established I am boss so I don't have to be fair." Greg nodded with a playful sigh while Warrick smiled, knowing Catherine was just picking on him with decomp threats or was it?

His thoughts were interrupted when Catherine continued again. "Now look through any forensic magazine, entomology books, or even his Shakespeare book."

Greg looks back at Catherine and asked. "What exactly are we looking for?"

"A document or letter or anything really that gives a clue on where he might have gone too, now lets not waste anymore time."

The men nodded and started their search.

After Nick had checked the empty labs, the locker room and had a woman lab rat check the restroom he went to the last place he thought she would be if she stayed in the lab and really he felt stupid because he should have checked there first.

He walks up to Grissom's office, cracks the door open so he had enough space for his head to come through the room and he saw the office chair turned so the back was facing him, he took a quiet breath and asked. "Sara can I come in?"

It was a few minutes of quiet and she neither confirmed nor denied admission but he wasn't going to walk away when his best friend was hurting so he walks in and shuts the door behind him then walked up to the chair. When he got to her, his heart broke seeing her, she had her feet on the chair so her knees were up to her chest, her arms were over her knees and her head was bent down on her arms and she was quietly sobbing.

He looks at her sadly as he puts a hand on her shoulder and even though she knew who it was she tensed for a second at the touch but calmed down when he spoke. "It's ok Sara we will get him back."

After a few more minutes she lifts her head up, wipes her tears away and said. "It's my fault he left."

Nick moved his hand off of her shoulder, bends down after she straightens up in the chair and replied. "It's not your fault."

Sara nodded, wiped some more of her tears away and continued. "Yes it is, I rejected him last night. I said he was too late when I should have told him the truth."

She sniffles and he speaks again. "Sara you were protecting your heart no one is going to blame you for that, especially the way things were with him. We all know he is a very complicated man when it comes to his feelings for you so this move is just another small delay before you finally get what you want, it doesn't end here or now, not if you don't want it." Nick gives her a reassuring smile and she has a little smile back.

As he was standing up Sara sniffled again and said in a whisper but he still could hear. "What if we can't find him?"

Nick makes an objective noise and replied. "Did love make you soft? I didn't think the word 'Can't' was in Sara Sidle's Vocabulary and I don't mean to toot our own horn but I think we are pretty good at what we do so he can't hide from us forever."

Sara looks up at Nick and he has a little smirk on his face and slowly she smiled again, wiped the remaining tears away, she stands up and said. "You're right Nicky we will find him." Nick smiles and brings her in a hug for a few minutes.

As they were getting out of the hug Nick's phone rings. They smile at each other then Nick answers and before he could say anything else Catherine on the other line said. "We found were he might be."

"Yeah?"

"Yes so please come to the diner so I can talk to you and Sara."

"Ok, see you there." They hung up the phone and after Nick puts his phone back in place he looks at Sara and said. "Let's go to the diner."

She looks at him and asked. "Is he there?"

Nick shook his head no but puts his hand on her shoulder and replied. "Catherine found out where he went."

Sara raises an eyebrow and asked. "How?"

Nick gives her a big smile and as they start walking toward the door he replied. "How do you think? What Catherine does best."

He stopped to let Sara walk out of the office first then she looks back, smiled and replied. "Well she is one of the best at snooping." Nick just chuckles, shuts the door, puts his hand on her shoulder and they headed toward the exit after stopping in the locker room.

Five minutes later they get in the diner and just saw Catherine sitting there, she sees them walking up to her and smiles.

When Nick sat down next to her and Sara sat across from them Catherine began talking. "After we figured out he wasn't in Vegas anymore we found out he's in Paris, well he is on a plane to Paris, it hasn't landed yet."

Catherine, Warrick and Greg found a letter from a college in Paris in one of his books, it was a few weeks old but she took a shot and called the airport.

Sara moves her head to the side and finally speaks. "How do you know he actually got on a plane Catherine?"

Nick shakes his head, looks at his girlfriend. "Yeah, I would like an answer to that too."

Catherine smiles one of her sly smiles and said. "Well you know how I can be."

Nick and Sara shake their heads and Nick puts a hand on her shoulders and said. "So besides snooping today you had to flirt too."He knew that even though she flirted from time to time she would never cheat on him especially when he sees how much she loves him. Catherine smiles bigger and looks away, Nick shook his head again and groaned while closing his eyes and started saying. "Cath.."

But he was cut off when Catherine spoke again. "Come on I got the information we wanted and it's not like it meant anything." Then she turns to him, puts a hand on his cheek so he would open his eyes and when he did he looked at her and she continues. "I love you Nick, I just wanted to help out our friends the fastest way possible so all the suffering of them not being together is done and over with and I…"

He puts a finger to her lips to stop her from talking and speaks. "I love you too Catherine and I understand about wanting to help out your friends."

She smiles, he smiles back then Catherine looks at Sara and said. "Now the only flight I could get you on today is in 2 hours so you bett…"

Catherine was stopped when Sara puts her hand up and said. "Whoa hold on there, what?"

Catherine smiled again and continued. "How do you expect to become a couple when you are miles apart, you have to go there to proclaim your love so he knows how you really feel."

"What if...…"

Sara gets cut off when Nick reaches his hand over to her and puts it on top of hers. "Oh come on Sara none of that negative thinking we all know it's going to happen so just get on that plane and tell the man you love him."

Nick squeezes her hand and before she gave in that belief that it could actually happen she looked back at Catherine and said. "But what about work?"

Nick releases Sara's hand and Catherine answered her. "We will be fine and besides like I told the guy's earlier I am the boss now so I demand you take the time off and go get your man so enough stalling. Go pack and get ready, your ticket is at the airport waiting for you."

Sara smiled as she stood up. "Thank you."

They both nodded and Nick stands up and they share a hug while her and Catherine shared a handshake, even after all this time they still weren't the best of friends but they made it work. Sara then turns and leaves the diner.

Nick sits back down, puts his arm around Catherine's shoulder and brings her closer, kissed the top of her head and said. "You are a very good friend even though I didn't like your method on helping them."

Catherine lefts her head from his shoulder and looks at her boyfriend and said. "You're not still upset about the flirting are you?"

He pretends to think about that then looks at her with a wounded face and said. "Well you did flirt with another guy."

She knew what he was getting at so she smiled and puts her hand on his cheek and said. "Oh poor baby, what can I do to make you feel better?"

Nick smiles, puts his hand on top of hers that was still on his cheek and said. "Well first off you can buy me lunch and then we will go from there."

Catherine nods, pecks him on the lips, pulls back, looks into his eyes and said seriously. "I do love you Nicky."

Nick nods with a smile on his face and said. "I know and I love you too, now how about my lunch."

Catherine chuckles, nods and they get the waitress' attention and as she was walking up to the table they both had smiles on their faces.

The next morning Grissom was standing by a podium in a Paris college getting ready to lecture his first class about entomology, he had gotten a letter three weeks ago about him coming here to do a guest lecture for a week and he declined on going at that time, then the day he resigned from the lab he remembered about the letter and called to see if the spot was still available they said it wasn't but since it was him they did some rearranging to fit him in, he was very honored and grateful that he could go because right now he couldn't stay in Vegas and watch the happy cou…

Grissom shook his head from those thoughts and looked at his class, which was filling up with students and just as he was looking down at his notes he thought he saw someone who looked like Sara, he mentally shook his head and thinks. 'Come on old man get a grip, she is probably on her…' Again he shook his head before they continued he didn't want to think about that.

He took a breath, looked at the man who was his translator for all those people who didn't speak English then pulled out his glasses from his jacket pocket, looked up as the last student took his seat, took another breath and started his lecture.

Time has always flown by fast when he was teaching and today was no expectation, he loved it because it was something he was passionate about and he didn't mind sharing and usually he didn't mind the questions except for the fact that the woman who kept asking questions today looked exactly like Sara when he had first saw her: Sitting in the front row, wearing a ponytail, looking beautiful and asking question after question, the only difference between this woman and Sara was the French accent but it still didn't stop him from thinking about her throughout the lecture and finally the three came and went and class was dismissed.

As the students were getting up from the chairs Grissom had turned to his desk to put his notes in a briefcase and the same woman who was asking all the questions came up to him and said. "Dr. Grissom?"

Grissom lifts his head up and turns to look at the young woman and said. "Yes? Can I help you?'

The woman smiles and walks up a little closer and said in her French accent. "I am very interested in your lecture and I was wondering if I can hear more over coffee or maybe dinner."

Grissom could read between the lines on what she was really asking and he was flattered but he knew it was wrong for so many reasons and after last experience he wasn't in the mood to do that again so he shook his head and said. "Sorry Ms., but I am going to have to decline. If you want to hear more on what I have to talk about then I will see you tomorrow." The woman nodded with a smile then turned and walked away, she wasn't the kind of woman to push.

Grissom shook his head and goes back to picking up his notes when another voice behind him stopped his movements. "She almost reminds you of somebody doesn't she?" He knew that voice like the back of his hand and somehow he knew that he couldn't shake this voice away because it wasn't in his head.

He took a few calming breathes to try to slow his heart beat but it wasn't working very well and that's how he knew she was real, his heart always beats just a bit faster every time he is in the same room with her.

He turns around and swallows hard because he was right it wasn't a dream, she was really standing there a few feet from him and was smiling. He gives her a little smile back and still a little shocked she was there answered her question. "I think I could see some of the similarities but nothing can compare to the real one." She smiles bigger and as she walks up to him he speaks again after clearing his throat. "What are you doing here I thought you…?" She puts a finger up to his lips to stop him from finishing and his heart sped up from the touch which now he knew she wasn't a hallucination either.

She moves her finger from his lips and puts her hand on his cheek while her heart was racing too. She looks into his eyes and answered. "How can I marry somebody else when you are so deep in my heart and soul. I thought I could forget everything you said and move on and marry him but I can't because I can't turn my back on you I love you…" She was cut off when he crashed his lips against hers and it only took a second for her to respond. He wraps his arms around her waist and she wraps her arms around his neck, moving as close as they could to each other.

After it felt like an eternity but it was only seconds later they pull apart, needing air then they leaned their foreheads together, gaining their air back and calming their heartbeats.

Finally when everything was calm again he whispers. "I love you too."

She moved her head back and smiles, he smiles back and after they stare at each other a bit longer they pecked each other on the lips then he brings her in a hug and just holds her, she holds him back loving this new feeling on being in his arms.

After they spent that week in Paris they went back to Vegas and Grissom got his job back but not the Supervisor or Assistant position he wanted to have an equal rank to Sara and besides he thought it was time for Catherine to be boss. So with everybody being were they were suppose to be and being with the person they were suppose to be with, everybody was happy, if only it could last forever.

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