Sara has been in the lab for a little over six months now, she is fitting in well. The more she learns about Gil the deeper she falls for him.
Everything about him fascinates her.
Gil sneaks looks at her every chance he gets, he has never met anyone like her before. He has never felt this way about anyone, he is positive she could not feel the same way.
Catherine smiles each time she sees the two of them, she sees the looks, she just has not figured out what to do about it.
Gil told Sara that she would be working with him tonight, he had already handed out the assignments for the rest of the team.
He intentionaly keeps her with him, how else can he spend time with her alone, he think to himself.
Everyone left for their scenes, Sara followed Gil to his Denali, in the car he told her they were on their way to the park where the body of a 15 year old girl had been found.
When they got there it was obvious that she had been beaten. Sara's stomach turned, God how she hated these kinds of cases.
Evidence was collected and Gil and Sara went to the morgue.
Doc Robbins confirmed that she had been beaten, she was also raped. "Damn!" Sara said, "Damn! Damn!"
Gil looked at her, "Are you OK?" he asked. "I just hate these kind of cases." "Would you rather I take you off it? I can get Cath to help."
"No," she said, "I will be OK. I want to get this SOB." "Me too," he said.
Nick and Catherine came in from their case. "I think he got just what he deserved," Nick said.
"A lot of men pay for sex, it is not against the law. That does not give the girl the right to steal from him?" Catherine said.
They continued to talk as they walked away. Gil shook his head.
"Have you?" Sara asked.
"No," Gil said. "I learned a long time ago," Sara said, "that sex without love is pointless." Gil looked at her, "It makes you sad." Sara smiled, "That is what I was going to say."
He laughed, "I take it we both agree on that too."
Greg came into Gil's office, "I got a hit on the DNA from your rape case." "Who?" Sara wanted to know.
"Her father, he is in the system for a prior rape."
"That son of a bitch," Sara said, "let's go get his ass." Sara stormed out the door, Gil followed her.
"Slow down," he said, "we do not have the warrant yet." Sara inhaled deeply.
At the house Capt. Jim Brass cuffed the man as Sara and Gil looked around.
Sara came out of the father's bedroom, tears in her eyes.
Gil walked up to her, "What's wrong?"
She told him to follow her, in the room there were pictures of the girl, naked.
There were also pictures of him having sex with her. There was also evidence of at least four other men forcing her to have sex with them.
In the bathroom Gil found blood, her blood.
In the interrogation room the man would not say anything, Sara stood and got right in his face.
"Why? Why would you do this to your daughter?"
The man looked at Sara, "Because she is MY daughter. It is my right."
Gil could see the anger in her eyes, quickly he took her from the room.
"Sara, go outside and cool off." "I am ..." Sara started to say something but Gil cut her off.
"You ARE going outside and cool off. Now!"
Sara looked at him, he pointed to the door. She stormed out, standing outside she drew in the cool air of the evening.
"He is right," she said to herself, "I do need to cool down."
A little later she felt a hand on her shoulder, it was Gil.
"Sara," he said, "I can tell you are very passionate about your work, it is a good thing, but you must try to control it. We can loose a case if you fly off the handle."
Sara knew he was right. "I am OK now," she said. "Good." He gently wiped a tear from her eye.
She looked into his eyes, she saw tenderness she had never seen before. She smiled at him, "Thanks."
Jim walked out, "He has been arrested and charged with first degree murder and rape."
After shift Sara went home and took a long hot shower. She picked up her book, turned on some soft music and sat on the couch.
Half way through the chapter she fell asleep, her screams woke her, she had that dream again. The dream had haunted her for years, robbed her of sleep, the dream she never told anyone about.
She heard a knock on the door, it was Cath. "Just wanted to check on things," Catherine said.
Sara invited her in, they had coffee and talked. Sara told her about the case she and Gil worked, she did not tell her about the dream.
We are all going to OVER EASY for breakfast after shift tonight, join us. Sara said she would think about it.
Sara arrived at work early, she could not sleep. She was fixing coffee when Gil came in, "I did not think anyone got here before me," he said with a twinkle in his eye.
She handed him a cup, he took it, he touched her hand. So soft, he thought.
The rest of the crew showed up, assignments handed out. The shift went smoothly and as everyone was getting ready to leave Catherine reminded them about breakfast.
"You going?" Sara asked Gil. "He never goes," Nick said. Sara had a disappointed look on her face.
"Well, I am hungry," Gil said, "I am going."
At the restaurant Catherine made sure Gil sat next to Sara. When their orders were served everyone laughed, "I thought Gil was the only one who ate healthy food," Warrick said.
Gil and Sara had ordered the same thing.
Everyone left, Gill had stayed to pay the bill. Sara came out of the ladies room, "Gil," she said, "can I get a ride? I need to drop my car off to get some work done on it."
Gil followed her to drop off her car then took her home.
He got out the car and opened her door. He walked her to her door, took her key and unlocked it for her.
He stood looking at her for a while, he was fighting the urge to kiss her. "I will see you tonight, do you need a ride?" he said. "Yes," she told him, fighting off the urge to kiss him.
Instead of kissing her he took her hand, "Goodnight." "Goodnight," she told him. Sara went to bed, she smiled as she dreamed about Gil.