She was happy. She had been happy every since she meet him, or seen him. She had loved the lecture, but she told that might be because of him. He was amazing, she felt drawn to him. Now she sat in her couch watching him coking in the kitchen. She knew this wouldn't last, both knew that. He had to go back; it was just the way it was. And they both had accepted that, or that was what they told each other.
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Warrick and Greg had gotten the case. Veronica and Catherine still hadn't come back. And Nick was now reading a magazine. Sara had finished her book and was now stirring out in empty air. She was thinking, and waiting for something to happen. Anything at all.
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He was looking at her sleeping form, for once she actually slept calmly. She was beautiful. He didn't want to leave her. He couldn't tell her, it would only make it harder. They knew it was coming. He had already bought the plane tickets. A week from know. He signed; he was going to miss her. He lifted her up and moved her from the couch and in to her bed, kissed the top of her head and went back to the living room.
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Grissom sat in his office, or more like hide in his office. He had nothing to do, not even paperwork so he didn't really need to be in there. But he needed to think. His "oh too smart or too observing for her own good" daughter had dig out feelings he had been hiding for a very long time, so long that he had stopped thinking about it. And know all he could do was thinking about it and her.
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She hid it well, but he could see it. She was sad and in pain. She had insisted on come with him to the airport. Even if both of them knew it would only be more painful. And he hated seeing her like this. He hated to be the reason she was in pain. But in the end it was probably the best for her, even if she didn't see it know. He kissed her one last time before he left. The pain was unbearable. And sometime during the flight he made up his mind. He wasn't let anybody come this close to his heart ever again.
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Right before the end of the sift Veronica came in to his office and tooled him that she was going to visit Catherin and that she wasn't going to see him before next sift. He was tired and confuted, so he let her go without any questions.