Part 3 of I'll Be The Wind. ENJOY!!!!

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If it's time to be leaving your burdens behind

I could be just what you need

A few days later Grissom awoke with a start when they stopped.

"Where are we?" He asked, sleep in his voice.

"Golden Gate Bridge." Sara announced, and slipped out of the car. Grissom followed and they rode up to the top of the bridge. It was dawn, so they were the only ones up there. Sara sighed, saying,

"This is exactly what I needed."

"Good." Grissom said, touching her arm. She looked at him, and he cleared his throat.

"Sara, I was wondering, no, hoping that I could, well,"

"Spit it out, Grissom." Sara said, and he sighed, saying,

"Can I revise my answer?" She looked at him for a long time and said,

"Sure. Go ahead."

"I would love to have dinner with you." She just looked at him, and he bit his lip, saying,

"Am I too late, Sara?"

"No. Right on time." She said, slipping her arms around his waist and burying her face in his chest. He let out a sigh of relief and encircled her waist with his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head. He felt her smile and closed his eyes, happy beyond belief that Sara was happy.

"Sara, what did you mean about being right on time?" He asked, and Sara looked up and him and said,

"Because I was seriously considering throwing myself off the bridge." Sara said honestly, and his arms tightened around her.

"Don't worry, Gil, I won't. Believe me, I won't." Sara said, smiling. Grissom froze, and Sara looked at him in confusion.

"Did I do something wrong?"

"No." He managed to say, and then blurted out,

"Say it again."

"What?" Sara asked, looking at him and thinking that he had gone off the deep end for good.

"Say it again, my name."

"What, Gil?" She asked, skeptically and he closed his eyes, saying,

"Yes, say it again."

"Gil." She said simply, putting as much love as she could into that one word. Grissom snapped his eyes open and what Sara saw in his eyes stunned her.

Pure love. That was all she saw. Pure love.

"I love you, Sara." He said, and she smiled, saying,

"I love you too, Gil." He lifted her face up and lowered his lips to her with a fierceness that startled her.

I'll be the wind

I'll be the highway

I'll be your midnight friend

And we'll fly away

When you come across the courage

To spread your wings again

I'll be the wind

She kissed him back, sliding her arms from around his waist to around his neck, squeezing gently. His arms crushed her to him, and she tightened her grip in response. A few moments passed and then Sara eased back, putting her forehead to his, saying,

"We had better get back to Las Vegas."

"Yeah, we should." Grissom agreed, but neither of them moved. Sara let her head slide down to his chest and she snuggled closer to him. He automatically let his grip go slack for a moment so she could adjust her position and then he hugged her tightly to him, not ever wanting to let her go. When the sun rose a little higher in the sky, they could hear people coming up on the elevators. They sighed and eased back, as Sara knew that Grissom was uncomfortable with touching in public. To her surprise he took her hand, and she squeezed his hand tightly. He smiled at her and then the rode the elevator down. When they got to the car, Grissom asked,

"You want to have that dinner, ah, breakfast now?"

"Yeah, I'm starving." Sara said, and they walked into a restaurant. As they slid into the booth, Grissom said,

"This is our first date."

"You want it to be?" Sara asked, and Grissom nodded.

"Yeah, I do."

"Then it is." Sara said, and he put his arm around her shoulders lightly and she leaned into him slightly. By the time the meal was over, she was laying her head on his shoulder and he had his arm tightly around her shoulders, telling every guy that walked by that she was his and no one else's.

Then, they got back in the car and drove for a few days, trading off and on until they got back to the lab. They went to their separate apartments and changed and put their stuff away, and then they went to the lab, as it was time for shift to start. When they walked in, everyone said,

"Oh, Sara and Gris are back!"

They all smiled at them, and Catherine asked,

"So, you two an official couple yet or what?"

"Catherine!" Sara asked, shocked, and she shrugged.

"Are you?"

"Are you and Warrick?" Sara countered, and Grissom chuckled.

"Well, no, why do you ask?" Catherine said, going red. Warrick ducked his head, blushing too.

"I'll tell if you will." Sara said, and Catherine sighed, and both women said at the same time,

"Yes."

"Really?" They both said, and then they both said,

"Wow."

"We need to stop talking like this." They both said, and everyone else burst out in laughter.

"Shut up!" Sara and Catherine said, and then started laughing themselves.

"Seriously, Sara, are you good?" Catherine asked, quietly, and Sara said,

"Yeah, I am. I got away, and I needed that. Apparently I needed Gil too." Sara looked at Grissom and smiled at him.

"That's good." Catherine said, and then the team went back to gossiping and throwing paper balls at each other, waiting for a case to come in, while Catherine and Sara went to the cold cases room to gossip. While they were deep in conversation, Warrick and Grissom stood in the doorway watching them. When there was a lull in the conversation they both slipped in the room and Grissom sat down, pulling Sara on his lap and Warrick pulled Catherine on to his lap. They each snuggled together separately and then the conversation stopped.

Warrick loved Catherine. Catherine loved Warrick.

Grissom loved Sara. Sara loved Grissom.

That was all they needed to know, that was all they would ever need to know.

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THE END!

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I hope you liked it, although it was kinda long. I LOVE GARTH BROOKS, HE TOTALLY ROCKS!!! Thanks for reading, and please review!!!