Chapter 2

Sara dressed up fast. She wanted to get out of the hotel before her roommates came back, so she could avoid answering any questions, or explains where she was going. After twenty minutes she left the hotel room heading for the Club. When she arrived, she began searching for Brian. She found him sitting at the bar with a beer in his hand. Sara went over and gave him a big hug from behind, Brian leaned in against her. She walked around him and sat at the stool beside him.

"Sara Sidle..! Beautiful as always… but you have lost weight, since I last saw you."

"Good to see you too," Sara smiled, "and you look the same" she said with a teasing smile.

"So what brings you to town?" Brian asked curiously.

"A tremendous boring seminar," Sara small laughed.

"Oh… The team work thing" Brian grinned.

"Yep that's the one; consider yourself lucky, you don't have to go. So how are things holding up here?" Sara inquired.

"Nice and easy, I expect you have gotten the recent news on the house?"

"Yeah… nothing I needed to put my attention too."

"No! Mr. Moore is doing a fine job. So how have you been? And don't lie! You know I can see right through you," Brian quipped, giving her another smile as he took her in.

"Well work is great, I have learned so much, and most of my colleagues are very nice people, but…" Sara hesitated, volatile meeting Brian's eyes.

"But… What?" He said encouragingly, giving Sara a nod.

"I don't know Brian, sometimes I just feel, like my personal life just doesn't exist anymore, that I don't do anything else than work!"

"Grissom?"

"Maybe at the beginning, I did go to work all I could, just to be around him. I don't know Brian." Sara sighed "you know I don't make friends very easy, so it was just safer going to work."

"Are you still in love with him?" Brian asked cautiously.

"No..! Haven't been for a long time, if I ever were, sometimes I think, I just was in love with the idea." Sara said convincingly, giving him a smile.

"Ever regretted you left?"

"Yes and no. On a personally level yeah, lots of times, coming to my work no, never. But enough about me, how have you been?"

Brian smiled, "same old, stay a week and you won't think you have been away."

"So that means you're still up for a couple of drinks?" Sara laughed.

Brian grinned before answering lightly, "Just keep them coming."

Back at the hotel, Sofia and Jean had returned from their dinner. Though Sara had declined that they brought dinner, they did so anyway. Sofia went down, and knocked on Sara's door.

"Are you in there Sara? We brought you some dinner."

Nothing… Sofia knocked again still nothing… Maybe she is sleeping Sofia thought; she quietly opened the door, only to find the room empty. She went back to the living room.

"What did she say?" Jean asked.

"Nothing she isn't in her room," Sofia replied.

"Maybe she went out, to get some dinner herself?"

Sofia nodded, conceding. "Yeah…"

Sofia couldn't hide the anxiety, which had started to crawl under her skin, she knew the CSI was a big girl who could take care of herself, but still she couldn't help it.

"You really care for her, don't you?"

"Huh..? Of course she is a colleague." Sofia answered shortly.

"Yes she is! But from my point of view, it seems to go a bit deeper than just concern for a co-worker." Jean pressed on.

"What?" Sofia looked totally confused. "We only see each other at work, and she barely talks to me unless she has too!"

"Maybe so, but I wasn't talking about Sara's feelings! I was talking about yours! I think you like her more than you are admitting to yourself." Jean almost smiled despite the circumstances.

Sofia didn't say anything, there wasn't any reason too. She knew at some level Jean was right, she did have feelings for Sara. But she didn't know what to do with them; or what kind of feelings she had. Because she most definitely wasn't gay! And on top of that, she knew just too well, that Sara would never let her come close enough, to ever tell her about her feelings. And even if she did, there wouldn't be any point to it, since everyone knew that Sara was in love with Grissom. Sofia leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, nope, no point at all.

At the Club Brian and Sara had got quite a few of drinks, and Sara felt pretty relaxed for the first time, in a long time. Brian always had that influence on her, probably because he never made her feel awkward or different. Sara turned away from the bar, and looked around the Club; her eyes felt on a blond young woman, she just caught staring at her. Sara kept her gaze locked on her, as the woman came closer.

"Hey," the woman said," haven't I seen you earlier today?"

"Hey yourself, no I don't think so; I'm here for a seminar."

The woman smiled. "That's where I saw you; I'm at the seminar as well. I'm participating from the police department in Denver."

Sara smiled back. "Please sit down," she said, pointing at the stool beside her.

"Thanks, I'm Tanya by the way," the woman said, as she sat down.

"I'm Sara, and I'm here from Vegas. That's Brian an old friend of mine, who's fortunate enough not being at the seminar. So what do you think of the seminar?"

Tanya small-laughed, "the same as you extremely boring..!"

For a while the three of them just talked about the seminar, and exchanged information and stories from their work places. At some point Brian got up and went to the dance floor, while the women continued their conversation.

"So… If you don't mind me asking," Tanya said, "is it randomly you are at a gay club or..?"

Sara smiled, "I don't! Well, this is the place we used to hang out, back when I lived here. But does that mean that I'm gay? I don't know. I prefer living and sleeping with women, but the last one I felt in love with, was actually a guy!"

Tanya smiled, "knows what you mean, tried that myself too, but I always ends up going back to women. So seeing anyone at the moment?"

Sara small-laughed, "no my entire life these days, is nothing more than work!"

Tanya narrowed her eyes, "well, maybe we can change that! Want to dance?"

Sara started grinning, "You think so!"

They got up and walked to the dance floor. The music was fast, but Sara didn't mind, she could dance to almost any music.

The music changed and became much slower, and before Sara knew it, Tanya had moved in and placed her arms around Sara. Sara slowly placed her hand on Tanya's back. Gently she let it slid up and down.

Tanya, who was a bit shorter than Sara, let her head rest on Sara shoulder, and placed her lips on Sara's neck and softly kissed it. Sara turned her head and looked into the woman's green eyes, and then she brought her mouth to Tanya's and kissed her.

Gently at first, but soon it was a passionate openmouthed kiss. Sara finally broke off the kiss, both of them breathless and in desperate need of oxygen.

During the dance, they had reached the end of the dance floor. Sara took a few steps, and pinned Tanya up against the wall. Holding her hands over her head she went in for another kiss. Her tongue was exploring her mouth, playing with her tongue. Her other hand, went under the hem of Tanya's shirt, slowly caressing her stomach.

Sara Suddenly stopped and stepped back, something just didn't feel right. "I'm sorry" she said, "I just can't do this!" She turned around and went to the restroom.

Sara was really pissed at herself.

What the hell is wrong with me? This was precisely what I came for! So why don't I want it? Okay Sidle, you need to control your temper.

She was pacing up and down the bathroom floor. Sara stopped and took a deep breath.

Okay maybe it's simple… it just isn't the right woman..! Mmh yeah, I'll go with what.

Sara smiled to herself. Then she left the restroom, and went looking for Brian.

Sofia was sitting in a chair looking at the paper for next day's seminar, but she couldn't seem to concentrate. It was almost 1am and Sara hadn't returned yet, and she was really starting to worry now. Jean looked at her and felt bad for the detective.

"Didn't you say that Sara used to live here?" Jean asked with a smile.

Sofia nodded knowingly. "Yes," she answered; "she worked here, before she moved to Vegas."

"Then perhaps she has gone out with some old friends?" Jean said thoughtfully.

Sofia pursed her lips. "Yeah, I guess she could have!"

"Look, it's getting later. I have to get some sleep or I won't get up tomorrow, and I think you should try to get some sleep too; it's going to be a long day tomorrow."

"I know your right, but I don't think I can sleep right now, but you go ahead, and I'll see you in the morning."

Jean got up, "okay goodnight then."

"Goodnight."

Sara had found Brian; he was sitting at the bar, with a drink in his hand.

"You go girl," he said with a grin on his lips.

Sara smiled back, "well no not really; do you think we can go somewhere else?"

"Sure, want to go to another Club?"

"No not really, perhaps we can find a place a bit quieter?"

"Sure, there is a small café not too far from here, think they have some live music on tonight."

"Okay let's go," Sara said.

Tbc…