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When they reached the café, ordered and took a seat, Grissom held his paper cup and stared at it.
“So Grissom, now that we are officially a couple, are there any things I should know about you? Things that you keep hidden?” Sara said with a smirk on her face.
“My big secret, my hearing problem is out so, I guess you know everything. I’m so happy that whole affair is over though…”
“I can imagine”
“Do you have any secrets you want to tell me about?”
“There are a few things in my life that I haven’t told you, that I haven’t told to anyone. So I guess my secret is that I have secrets. I will tell you sometime if you want to. It’s just so painful to talk about” It’s always difficult to talk about moments of vulnerability.
“Take all the time you need, if you are ready, I’m here”
“Thanks that means a lot to me.”
While Sara sorted out her emotions, we had a new awkward pause. I started starting at my coffee again, lost in my thoughts.
“Something bothering you?” she asked me.
“Sara, this might come as a shock to you, but I decided that I need some thinking time. I am going to leave the lab for a while, travel around.”
“Grissom, the lab is your everything”
“That’s the point, everything I ever spent time on and cared about is the lab. I know I can’t force you to go, but I can ask you, plea you and beg you. Please come with me”
“I… I don’t know, what about money?”
“I’ve got plenty, I don’t spend much since I don’t have the time to.”
“I really don’t know, please let me think about it..”
“Sure, that’s okay. So, what do you want to do today?”
“I’ve got a plan, why don’t you come and have dinner with me, at the townhouse.”
“Um, okay, I didn’t know you could cook” neither did I but she didn’t need to know that.
“You’ll see”
“So, now I’ll go home, get some sleep, your place at…”
“eight?”
“perfect”
Now I had a problem, I needed to present a perfect dinner for the perfect girl. First stop, grocery shopping.
I know my decision to leave the lab for a while was rather abrupt, but I need some time away from it. My life should consist of more than catching murderers.
Another problem: what if Sara decided not to come with me? I don’t know if I can bear being away from her again. I don’t want to act paranoid, but I’ve seen Greg and Nick look at her, what if she decided that I was right all along and she should be with someone her own age? I should really stop thinking about this, I’ll ruin the fun we can have now we are together.