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Chapter 6: Admirer

The next morning after Sara got up and out of bed she walked down the hall. She couldn't believe she slept in till 12:15, it's been a very long time since she done that on a non work day, but then she knew it was also a long time since she was that active like she was yesterday and it exhausted her more than she realized. She just ended her yawn when she reached the dinning area.

Greg smiled from the dinning room table and said. "Good morning sleepy head." Sara looks at the table and counter, everybody was there eating,
but Grissom.

She just smiled a little and walked to kitchen toward the coffee pot.

As she was pouring the coffee in her coffee mug Nick spoke from the counter he was sitting at. "We're going out on the boat today do you want to join?"

Sara turns to look at him, took a sip of her coffee and after she swallowed she replied. "No, you guys go ahead. I think I am going to stick around here today." They all nodded and finished up their breakfast that Catherine cooked for them all while Sara was finishing up her first cup off coffee.

After a few minutes she asked. "Where is Grissom?" They get up with their empty dishes and Sara moves out-of-the-way.

When Catherine puts her dishes in the sink she looks at Sara and replied. "He wasn't here when we all woke up so maybe he went exploring." Sara nodded and started up some toast. She didn't feel worried because he probably has been through a lot more dangerous forests before.

As she was waiting for her toast Nick speaks. "Oh this is for you," He walks to the dinning room table and picks an envelope up from the middle, walks back to her and hands it to her.

She looks at it with a raised eyebrow then looks at them and asked. "Where did this come from?"

They shrugged their shoulders and Greg responded "We found it on the floor by front door. Maybe it's an admirer?"

Her heart beat was beating a bit faster on that thought and she couldn't tell you why but she immediately thought of Grissom or deep down hoping it was him. She looks up and the gang was in a half circle looking at her, waiting for her to open it. She raises another eyebrow and said. "Can I have a little privacy?"

They were a little disappointed that she wouldn't open it in front of them but they had to admit that a part of them knew she would want privacy, so they nodded and Warrick said. "We'll be out on the boat. We should be back in time for the fireworks." Today was the 4th of July. Sara nodded and watched the gang walk away, then outside.

When the last person shut the door, Sara grabbed her toast, buttered it then walked with the plate, the envelope and her new cup of coffee to the dinning room table. She sets everything down then sits down, took a bite of her toast and opened the envelope. She unfolds the paper and looked at the writing to see if it there could be any evidence that it was really him, but it looked like it was typed and printed from a computer. She was a little disappointed but continued to read anyways.

Hi beautiful, I was hooked the moment I saw you and I can't hide what I feel anymore so please meet me in the woods at one. Your secret admirer

When she got done her mind was racing and her heart was pounding so fast that she didn't even think it could have been anybody else but Grissom. She looked at the clock and couldn't believe that in 30 minutes she could finally have her man.

She took a calming breath then finished her toast a little faster than she had planned and had the rest of her coffee. After she was one she dropped her empty plate and coffee mug in the sink and went to her room to change.

After ten minutes of driving herself crazy on what she wanted to ware, and after she finally decided on her choice she wanted to smack herself, she's never been this worried about what she wore before. She looked in the full length mirror on the bathroom door and started to chuckle on her choice and it brought back a few memories of her younger days.

Her style in clothes and hair was just like when she first met Grissom. She had on comfortable jeans, a nice, light blue short sleeve shirt and her hair was in a pony tail. She shook her head and took her hair tie out of her hair, she didn't want to make him think she was younger. She wanted to be with him not push him away further.

After a few more seconds of looking at herself in the mirror she took another breath and walked out of the bathroom, looked at the clock on the nightstand table and saw she still had plenty of time, but she decided to walk to the forest now so that she could try to tame her racing heart.

As she was walking she kept on wondering why he wouldn't just tell her instead of going through all of this but she thought. 'It's Grissom he never does anything the simple way.' Then she smiled, she just couldn't help it, because soon she could have the only man she has ever wanted.

Out on the boat

They have been on Nick's speed boat for about 10 minutes now and they were having a good time listening to music, laughing, and really just enjoying this time together.

Nick slows the boat down and asked. "Ok who is next to drive?" They wanted to get a little driving in before they brought out the skis and inner tube.

He looks at the gang and right when Warrick was about to speak Greg said. "How about me?"

Nick was going to look away and look at Warrick but the face Greg was giving him he didn't, instead he nodded and said. "Sure Greggo, just don't kill us." They all hid their laughs but they did smile.

Greg glared at Nick and said. "Ha ha very funny."

Nick smiles and moves out-of-the-way and Greg gets behind the wheel. He smiles bigger and made the boat go and just when they were picking up speed it slowed down and stopped.

Nick looks at Greg and asked. "What happened?"

Greg shrugs his shoulders and turned the key. The engine turned, spluttered and died. After he tried a second time and the same result happened Nick looked over Greg's shoulders and saw that there was no gas, he steps back and said. "Greg you were in charge of putting the gas in the tank."

He turns to Nick and said. "I did I put the gas in the trucks and then I…." He trails off.

Nick finishes Greg's sentnce. "And then you...got distracted?" Greg looked away and they all sighed as Nick continued. "ok does anybody have a cell phone? I left mine at the house."

Catherine and Warrick both shook their heads no, and BreAnna and Amanda's phone couldn't get service no matter where they stood on the boat. They look at Greg and he goes to his bag that he brought and dug through it, while the boat was rocking back and forth.

He found his phone and pulls it out, looked at it and noticed he also didn't have service but he wasn't satisfied with that so he started moving around to another part of the boat and just when the bars were showing up on his phone a wave hit the boat causing him to stumble over his feet then the phone slipped out of his hands and went into the water. He watches it go down while the others groaned.

He looks back at them and said. "uuhh sorry guys, now what?"

It was a few minutes of silence and Nick said. "You better start swimming."

He looks at him wide-eyed and said. "But we can't even see the dock from here do you know how long that swim will be?"

Warrick speaks. "Well do you have another solution?"

"No, but why me?"

Nick speaks again. "Because you're the one who forgot to put gas in the tank so ultimately it's your fault?"

Greg looks at everybody and they were all staring him down, he sighed and said. "ok geez but if I die I am coming back to haunt you all." He turns back to the edge of the boat he rubbed his hands together and right when he was just about to jump off he saw something. He turns back to the gang and said. "I may not have to jump after all, look." He points ahead of him and the gang looks in that direction and there was another boat out in the water.

Nick looks at Greg and said. "Well Greg if we can get them over here then you will stay dry...for now." Greg smiles and they all started waving their hands and shouting, hoping to get the attention from the other boat.

Back on land, in the forest

Sara walked the trail and when she got through the first opening that's when she heard. "Hi Sara."

She turned to the left at the voice and said. "Hi Peter."

He smiled and she was itching to continue to go find Grissom but stopped that thinking when Peter spoke again. "So you got the note?"

Sara's heart sank but she hid it as she replied. "You typed it?"

He moves his hand to the back of his neck as a nervous motion and spoke a little sheepishly. "Actually Tony did it without my knowledge and he told me earlier this morning what he did and that I was to met you here." Sara's heart was breaking a little at the truth, Grissom wasn't her admirer. Before she could say something Peter continues. "But what he wrote was true. Ever since I met you yesterday I can't stop thinking about you and I know that if I didn't tell you I might live to regret it." Now Sara felt bad with what she was about to say next.

She walks up to him and spoke. "Peter I am so flattered, you have no idea but…"

Peter cuts her off. "I understand Sara. I knew this was a long shot. I saw how he was looking at you."

For a minute she ignored the last part of what he said and she continued. "The reason I don't think it's a good idea is because I just went through a horrible break up. I found out the guy I was seeing had a long time girlfriend and..." She stops for a minute and finally what Peter said sunk in, so she said. "Wait, what did you say?"

He smiles and said. "I see how Gilbert Grissom looked at you and I did see some of your looks but I guess I just let Tony convince me that I had a shot and I just thought maybe..."

He trails off and she continues with a smile. "If you tell me first I might fall over you like a love-sick teenager because you are younger." He blushed and looked away.

She chuckles a little, puts her hand on his shoulder and continued. "Sorry Peter. You definitely have the looks and I can already tell you are a wonderful guy and any woman would be lucky to be with you. It's just that to me it's a lot more than just the age and looks, if I'm not in love then it can't wo..."

He nods and puts his finger to her lips and said. "I understand. No hard feelings."

He moves his finger, she smiles and asked. "Friends? We could always use more of those."

He smiles, a little disappointed but he really did like her to be in his life and will take whatever she was offering him.

He holds out his arms for a friendly hug, she nods and when she gets into his arms she puts her arms around his neck as he puts his arms around her waist.

As they were in the hug a person walked in the opening and stepped on a stick to make it snap. Sara and Peter get out of the hug at the sound. She turns to see the person who walked in the area, saw his hurt face then whispered "Grissom."

AN: Next chapter: Who rescues the gang on the boat? Will that embrace push Grissom further away or will it finally push them together? Please review.