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Chapter 7: Feelings are Expressed

2 weeks later

It had been the worst two weeks not only in Sara and Grissom's life but also the team's, their sour mood had put a damper on everybody else's and they hoped their problems would get resolved fast or something had to change, they couldn't work well with this tension around them.

Right now Greg and Nick were in the break room working on their reports, which they usually work in their office but they wanted a different scenery today, Greg looked over Nick's shoulder and someone from the past walked in the break room, he leans toward Nick and whispered. "When did he get back in the group?"

Nick lifts his head up and was just about ask who he was talking about when he heard. "Is Sara still on shift?"

Nick turns around, now wondering the same thing Greg was, nods his head and replied. "Yeah Taylor..." He trailed off when Sara walked in the room.

She smiles at Taylor then said. "I'll be right back." Taylor nods with a smile and Sara walks back out of the room with her report in her hand.

Taylor watches her leave then looks at the guys, which the silence turned a little awkward until Taylor speaks again. "So how are you guys? Long time no see."

That seemed to break the ice so they started talking then as they were just about to get in a discussion about football Sara walks back in the room and said. "Ok I am ready."

Taylor looks at Sara and nods his head then gets up from the chair he was sitting in, shook the guy's hands then as they were heading toward the door Grissom walked in the room and when he saw the two of them together the tension went up and Grissom's heart was breaking, thinking the worst.

Taylor looks over at Sara, she looks back at him and nodded her head then she looks at Grissom for a second and walks in front of Taylor. He puts his hand on the small of her back as they walked past Grissom and out in the hall.

Grissom watches them until she was out of sight then he looks at Greg and Nick and they looked at him with sympathy then he turns and walks back into his office, shutting the door behind him, wishing things weren't so messed up between them.

Two hours later Sara walked in her apartment complex after having a nice breakfast. It had been a long time since she could enjoy a stress free breakfast.

As she was walking up the stairs to her floor she thinks back to a few days ago when she had seen Taylor again.

Flashback

Two days ago

Sara was walking in the frozen food section of the grocery store and her mind was on Grissom, which was nothing new, but when that happens things could go wrong and this time was no exception, she trips over her own feet and was waiting to hit the floor but felt two arms catch her before she made contact and a warmth spread over her like she was familiar with those arms.

When she got her bearings back and was standing straight, she looks in to the eyes of her savior, gasped then said. "Taylor!"

He smiles that charming smile and she smiles back then just looks at him and he looked the same since the last time she saw him but then she got sad thinking about the last time she saw him.

He saw her emotions change and he puts a hand on her shoulder and said. "Sara I am ok, I promise." She looks into his eyes and sees the truth so she nods and Taylor speaks again. "So how are you? Besides your inability to still think and walk at the same time." He chuckles, remembering how they first met.

She tried to glare at him but it didn't work, she just smiles for a second then loses it and said. "Ok."

Taylor felt something wasn't right, so he looks at her concerned and said. "What is it? I thought you would be in love and happy right about now?"

She shook her head and not meaning too but commented on the situation. "In love yes but happy, not so much."

She looks at him wide-eyed, shook her head and started to walk past him but he followed her and asked. "What happened?"

She stops, turns around, looks at him and said. "Taylor it's not your problem, it's something I have to deal with and besides after everything that I put you through why would y…"

She gets cut off when he puts a finger to his lips to stop her then he moves the finger and puts that hand on her cheek and even though he still feels the spark he pushes it away, he knew nothing could happen with her again, then he said looking into her eyes. "If anything I am your friend and you are hurting so come on talk to me."

Sara nodded a few seconds later then asked him if he wanted to go to the café around the corner he nodded and they walked to the café, not even getting what they went to the store for.

They get a table secluded from everybody and she tells him a little on what was going on without giving him specific details but he could read between the lines.

As she was talking to him she started to have tears in her eyes so he puts his hand on top of hers and keeps it there while she got all her emotions out then after a few more comforting words they started talking about other things.

Before they knew it three hours had passed and he had to get ready for his shift at the hospital so they walked out of the café and before they went their separate ways he turns to her and said. "Sara why don't you have breakfast with me sometime." Sara opens her mouth say that it wouldn't be a good idea but he continues before she could. "Before you say no hear me out." She nods with a smile thinking he was good at reading her, then he talks again. "My sister would love to see you and I can't tell her that I saw you and not invite you for breakfast."

Sara thinks about that then replied. "Ok in that case, how about Friday?"

Taylor smiles again and nods then after she told him that he could pick her up at the lab and said bye she was turning to walk away but he puts a hand on her shoulder to stop her, she turns back to him and he brings her in his arms for a hug.

She hugs him back and they hold each other for a few minutes then finally they pulled back and she looks at him while asking. "What was that for?"

He smiles, puts his hand on her cheek and said. "It looked like you needed a hug, I hope I didn't over step."

She smiles back, puts her hand on his cheek then moves his hair out of his eyes like she did at the party and replied. "No you didn't, I did need that, thank you."

He takes her hand, kisses it then released and said. "Anytime."

They smile at each other again then she turns and this time walks away while Taylor watched her for a minute then sighs and heads in the other direction.

Sara turns her head over her shoulder and watches him walk away and smiles then shakes her head, she never knew how much she missed him until now but even then she knew that nothing changed, Grissom was still her heart and soul, she sighed and headed back to the grocery store to get what she needed.

End of flashback

Sara finally made it to her floor and when she turned the corner she saw Grissom sitting down in the hall with his back against the door, his head was turned to the door frame with his eyes closed. She shook her head, walked up to him and said. "Grissom." She tapped his leg with her foot and he shook his head while opening his eyes then looked up and saw Sara looking down at him, he gets up and before he speaks she talks. "What are you doing here?"

He asked. "Can we talk?"

He moves out-of-the-way while Sara unlocked the door and when they walked in and as he shuts the door behind him Sara looks at him, after she had dropped her stuff on the kitchen counter, and nodded.

He took a breath and continued. "Ok, well first off can you explain to me how one minute you tell me you need your space and then the next you go out with not only another guy but your ex-fiancé?" She was about to open her mouth but he cuts her off after he sighed. "Did you go out with him to get payback because you wanted to see if it hurts me? Well let me tell you something mission accomplished." Sara was about to talk but closed her mouth seconds later, it hurt that he would say something like that.

Finally she replied. "If you think more was going on with Taylor then what really happened then your sadly mistaken and I'm sorry if it seemed like that but nothing happened I just had breakfast with him and his sister." She walks toward the living room and stops in the middle, looks at him with tears in her eyes and said. "I thought you knew me better than that and trusted me." She turns and walks up to the window, her favorite spot to stand, as of lately.

Grissom puts his hand on his forehead, rubbing it and willing away this migraine that has been building up a few hours ago or really considering how he has been feeling it could have been two weeks ago then he sighed again and replied. "I'm sorry, I know you're not like that and I do trust you." He shakes his head and continued. "Listen, despite what you might think right now I didn't come here to fight or to make things worse. I just think it's time to know were we stand, we can't keep things like they are, something needs to change. We need to proceed forward in whatever direction that you choose but know that whatever your decision is I will always love you that won't ever change, I know I feel like I keep repeating myself but it's the truth."

It was a few minutes of silence and she turns around to look at him, this time with tears going down her cheeks. He wanted to wrap his arms around her and take away all of her pain but knew he couldn't, not till he knew where they stood.

Sara wiped her tears away and said. "You want the truth?" He nodded and waited, she took a breath and said. "Ok the truth is that I hate this situation that we are currently in and I wish I could blame you for all of this but deep down I know I can't because we are both at fault on how we got here. Yeah you didn't have to sleep with her but I also could have told you the truth that night and you wouldn't have even been in that bar."

She stopped to take a breath and gets ready to say the next thing she wanted to say but just thinking about it made her tear up again so she looked down and he stepped up to her to comfort her but she stepped back and turned toward the window again.

After wiping some more tears she continued. "But then when I think about your little girl, the innocent little girl who didn't ask for any of this to happen I feel guilty because I know it's not her fault." She takes an unsteady breath knowing this next part was not going to be easy. "That..." She had to stop because this time she started sob lightly and she puts her head down in her hands, feeling ashamed for even thinking what she was about to say.

Grissom walks in front of her, lifts her chin up, puts both hands on her cheeks to wipe to her tears away then he keeps one hand on her cheek and asked.
"What Sara?"

Even though her eyes were a little blurry she started speaking again. "That she is taking you away from me little by little." She sniffled then continued looking into his blue eyes as her own eyes were clearing up. "I see that you are falling in love with her everyday and I know it's irrational, stupid and even crazy to be jealous of a little baby but I am because I have been waiting to be with you for over five years and just when I finally get to be with you I am losing you...…"

She was cut off when he brings his lips to hers and kisses her passionately, she responded instantly and they get lost in their kiss for a few minutes.

When they pulled back they put their foreheads together to catch their breathe then he pulls back, looks back into her eyes and said. "Sara you're not losing me, now or ever, yeah our future is going to be a little different then the one we wanted together but that doesn't mean I stopped wanting one with you, I do so much, even more now than ever.

I know none of this is going to be easy for you because it will be difficult to see a child that isn't ours day after day, I understand that and I'll help you out as much as I can and believe me it isn't easy for me either but that little girl is my responsibility and I have to do what is right for her so I am in it for the long haul where she is concerned."

He puts his hand back on her cheek and continues. "But now it's time for you to make a choice on what you want to do so we can move forward. Do you want to walk away from me, from us and our alternate future or do you want to stay, work it out and fight for us. You already know what I want, I can't make it more clearer." He takes a breath, looks into her eyes and asked. "So which is it Sara, Walk or Stay?"

AN: What will she do? Please Review.