A/N: Hello my amazing readers. Anyone remember this story? Well its back with the chapter that you've all been waiting for!

So, this story has roughly 2 or 3 chapters left.

I apologise for the lack of updates. I got busy with other projects and life but I promise I'll try to update more regularly.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my mistakes which might be numerous as English is a third language to me.

Enjoy!

"Morning everyone," Wendy greeted, stretching her hands over her head. It was 5:30 in the morning and they already had a case.

"What do we have?" she asked, taking pictures of the dead body.

"A male John Doe, Caucasian, approaximentally 20-25 years old. He was found by a couple who was making its' way from a night out," Brass replied, pointing to the couple a few feet from them. "Sara is taking their statement. Two GSR to the back. Looks like a robbery, guy's missing his wallet, cell and watch."

"Ok, thanks," she said taking a few more pictures.

For the next three hours, or so, Wendy and the rest of the CSI crew took photos, talked to witnesses, which were not many as the murder was commited in between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning, according to David. They also collected evidence from the victim, from the area around the city, bagged and signed them and then sent them to the lab for further analysis.

By the end of the day, they had ID'd their victim, who was a 23 year old college student named Chris Montgomery. He had no siblings and his parents lived just outside of Vegas. They were devastated by the news and were not able to give a meant that the team had nothing better to do than go home, sleep and come in tomorrow to work on the case. No one argued with that. They all said their "goodnight's" and left, leaving Wendy behind.

She was at the locker room, grabbing her bag, when she heard an oh so familiar voice calling her name.

Wendy turned her head and came face to face with the one and only David Hodges.

"Hodges! Hi! And before you ask, I'm here working."

"Wow," was all he was able to were standing opposite of each other, a good 10 feet distance between them.

Finally, she thought to herself. She had been thinking and dreaming about this moment for a long time.

"Wow," he said once again.

"Yeah, I figured that out the first time you said it," she replied with a sad smile.

"What do you expect me to say, Wendy?"

She honestly didn't have an answer to that. She just stood there, hands in the front pockets of her jean, waiting for him to continue.

"You walked away from me without an explanation, you didn't answer my phone calls, nor my texts, nor my e-mails. Nothing..." his voice cracked a little when he said the last word and tears had began to gather in his eyes. "And now suddenly you come back out of the blue and expect me to feel all gleeful?" he asked furious.

Apparently, he had been bottling this feeling up for too long and he was ready to give her a piece of his mind. "Sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn't work that way. You broke my heart," he said the last sentence practically in a whisper. Had it not been earily quiet, she might have missed it.

"Do you know what that means?" he continued near in tears.

"I..." Wendy was at a loss of words.

"It was a rhetorical question, Wendy."

Wendy felt tears streaming down her face. She should have seen that coming. She was naive to believe that this conversation could have gone smoothly. She wiped off some tears and waited for the next mental blow that he was going to give her.

"You were the only person I ever, EVER, cared about. But no, you had to take that away from me. Why, was your dream job more important than me, than us?" he asked, tears falling freely down his face. He didn't even bother wiping them off, his mind was too preoccupied.

"You know what? Don't bother answering that. I already know the answer. I have to go."

With that said, he wiped off some tears and turned around, ready to leave the room.

"David, please wait," she whispered, desperation evident in her voice.

Hodges came to an abrupt halt. Did he just hear that? Had Wendy just pleaded him? His body subconsciously turned to face her. She was crying and it was even worse knowing that he was the one who had caused it. If he could, he would have gathered her in his arms and takeb all that pain away from her.

But he didn't. He was too hurt himself to be able to do anything for her. Besides, his ego got in the way. He was a man after all. A very proud one. So, instead, he stood, arms crossed over his chest, waiting for her to continue.

Wendy raised her head to look at him, brown watery eyes meeting equally watery blue ones.

It was as if time stopped and everything

"David, yaou didn't let me explain myself. You asked many questions, but you didn't let me answer any of them. So please listen and do not interrupt me, please," she begged him and took a couple of steps forward.

"I know that I left you, but not without any explanation. You knew that my dream was to work in the field. When that opportunity was given to me, I took it. You know very well that if I hadn't done it, I would've regreted it for the rest of my life."

He could only nod in understandment. He did know that Wendy always wanted to work as a CSI. They had spent hours talking about that subject, he should not have been surprised when she accepted the job. He knew it was bound to happen someday, but that didn't mean that he accepted it.

"The job was great, I learned a lot of things and everybody treated me with respect, but I always felt that something was missing. There was always a void in my heart."

She removed her hands from her jean pockets and let them hang lazily on her sides.

"That something was Vegas, the team... you. I was not expecting you to be as happy about seeing me as you would be if you won a jackpot. I am not naive nor stupid."

"You're no..."

"Shh," Wendy said, placing a finger on his lips. He was clearly taken aback by the gesture.

And to be honest, she was taken aback by her boldness too. She just hoped that she hadn't gone to far because this was the moment that would either make them or brake them.

"The only thing I want, and need, is for you to not shut me out of your life. I want us to be the old Wendy & Hodges, who argued and got on each other's nerves all the time, who met on Astro Quest conventions. I want to start from the beginning. Like I'm new here and we're meeting for the first time. That's all I'm asking for," Wendy said, removing her finger from his lips.

Hodges didn't even have to think about it before he agreed. Wendy wiped off the rest of her tears, gave him her best smile and extended her right hand.

"Hi, I'm Wendy Sims. I'm a CSI, aka the new girl on the team. It's nice to meet you."

"Hello, Wendy. I'm David Hodges. I'm an occational CSI and the pleasure is all mine," he replied. a huge grin appearing on his face.

"Are you hungry? I know the best Chinese restaurant in the city." He hoped that his offer was not too much.

"Now that you mention it, I haven't eaten since noon and Chinese sounds extra tasty right now," She had to admit that he was playing it nice.

"Ok, then. Wait one moment, I have to grab my bag and then we are free to go," he said walking past her.

"Oh, and before I forget, welcome back," he whispered in her ear, his breath warm against her skin, leaving her speechless.

So, what did you guys think? Love it? Not love it? Was it worth the wait? Let me know but please keep in mind that constructive criticism is welcomed as long as it is not disrespectful towards me and my hard work.

Until next time

~F