They both walked into the print lab seeing Mandy, their fingerprint analysis looking cross-eyed staring at all the prints on the computer screen, 8 hours a night.
�Mandy you look tired, why don�t you go take a break and we�ll take over your post for a little bit,� Nick said and Mandy looked up at him giving a smug smile.
�Thank-you guys, I�ll be back in 20 minuets,� Mandy said and got up out of her chair walking out of the print lab.
�Take your time,� Gil called but Mandy was already gone.
Grissom took out 2 fingerprint brushes and one jar of black fingerprint powder. Both men dipped their brushes in the fine powder and lightly brushed them across their notes in a circular motion revealing a print on each love letter. They lifted the prints onto the sticky paper and scanned them into the computer. Grissom pushed a few keys on the keyboard to commence the search through the AFIS database. He leaned back in his chair as both men waited patiently for the computer to spit out a suspect. Five grueling minuets later the machine beeped saying it had found a match. Nick leaned forward and hit some keys allowing the descriptions of Catherine and Sara pop onto the screen giving the guys the evidence they needed.
�Griss! We got them! It�s their prints,� Nick said and Grissom smiled as he got out his pager typing a message to Catherine as Nick did the same to Sara.
The two women were enjoying a bite to eat at the near by deli when both of their pagers beeped simultaneously. They put their sandwiches down on their plates and unclipped their pagers reading the messages from Grissom and Nick.
Catherine�s read: Meet me outside the Las Vegas Police Department ASAP! Grissom.
Sara�s read: Meet me outside the LVPD as soon as possible! Nick
�Uh oh I think we�ve been caught�better go see what our punishment is this time� Catherine snickered and Sara laughed as she left money out on the table that covered both meals.
Both women walked out of the deli and hopped into Catherine�s Tahoe as she flooring it down the road towards the Las Vegas Police Department. They got out slamming the doors behind them seeing Nick and Gil waiting outside of the Police station with frowns on their faces and disappointment in their eyes.
�Gil, what�s with the frown? Did one of your cockroaches die?� Catherine said as she walked up beside him as he backed off.
�Catherine Willows, you are under arrest for the writing and manipulation of a letter written by an assumed Secret Admirer; you have the right to remain silent anything you say or do will be used against you in a court of law,� Grissom recited as he cuffed her hands behind her back, thinking he had gone insane.
�Grissom, are you feeling alright? You�re arresting me on a charge that doesn�t even exist!� Catherine yelled as she was being shoved inside the police department, �GRISSOM!� she screamed and began to fight but knew it was no use.
Nick and Sara with cuffs on as well not far behind, �You two are going into separate interrogation rooms were we are going to beat this out of you with all we�ve got� he replied pushing Sara into a separate room slamming the door behind him.
�Nick! What the hell is this? I think you�ve gone a little over the edge! Nick answer me!� Sara yelled as Nick chained one hand to the arm of the chair.
�Sara I�m not getting up out of this chair until you tell me why exactly you lied to me?� Nick said sitting down in his chair and pounded his fist on the table causing Sara to jump.
�Nick�I think you need to take a few deep breaths and calm down� Sara said.
�I am calm!� Nick screamed. Sara was now scared, she had never heard Nick act like this before.
In the interrogation room next to them Grissom wasn�t getting very far with Catherine either.
�Cath, please tell me why you wrote the letter?� Grissom asked for the 3rd time in a row as Catherine sat there staring blankly at the wall, not saying a single word.
�I didn�t write the letter,� Catherine finally said and that was when Grissom had lost it.
�You didn�t write it huh? Then how do you explain your fingerprints on the letter!� Grissom said raising his voice making Catherine tense. It was the first time in years she had heard him raise his voice at her.
�They could have gotten there when I touched the damn card to read what the saying was in your office! Did you ever think of that?� Catherine retorted extremely pissed off now.
�Your prints are the only foreign ones on there besides my own,�
�The person who wrote it could have worn gloves�
�But the letter was done in your hand writing meaning all evidence points to one person�you�
�Someone could have forged my writing. I swear to god I didn�t write you a letter� Catherine stated folding her arms across her chest not saying another word.
Back with Nick and Sara they weren�t making much progress either.
�Sara, I�m not letting you out of this room until you confess to writing the letter� Nick said
�Well then I guess we�ll be here awhile� Sara retorted and flashed a gap-toothed smile at Nick.
"You know to move things along we could always give you girls a lie detector test. Prove once and for all if you're lying or not" Nick suggested and saw the worry flood Sara�s eyes.
Come on Sara don�t fall for these tricks. He�s just trying to get under your skin Sara thought smiling, "Don't you think you guys are getting a little carried away with this, I mean your taking these love letters way too seriously" Sara stuttered, �Plus a lie detector test is not admissible in court,�
�So you think this is going to go to court?� Nick asked.
�Why not, this is police brutality and your keeping me sequestered in an interrogation room on circumstantial evidence and you have not even given me the option of appointing a lawyer, oh and actually arresting Catherine and I on a bogus crime! So yeah I believe I can take you to court!�
�Fingerprints are not circumstantial evidence Sara, you know that. If you�re scared just say it, but if you have nothing to hide then a lie detector test should be painless"
Sara sat there staring at the brick wall deciding to keep her mouth shut because she was afraid if she opened it then she would end up confessing to the whole thing. She wasn�t quite sure if Nick was telling the truth about the evidence her had on her or if he was bluffing, to get her to leak information. What mostly scared her was she had no idea what Catherine was doing in the other room.
�Cath? Are you going to even look at me?� Gil asked seeing Catherine was staring into oblivion, probably caught up in her own little world. �Catherine, for the 8th time did you write this letter? I won�t be mad at you if you did, I just want this charade to end� Gil said.
Catherine turned her head back towards Gil and stated, �I want a lawyer,�
Gil was taken back from that, �Is that a confession?� he asked.
�No, if you want to play hard by hauling my ass into an interrogation room then I might as well get my lawyer here, you know to make the whole scene even more realistic� Catherine hissed with a wink.
�Catherine, the lawyers would laugh at this for ages if we haul them in here, why don�t we settle this like adults�
�Fine then, un-cuff me and I�ll settle this like an adult,�
Meanwhile Nick was staring at Sara as she was staring at the floor avoiding eye contact. She couldn�t bear to look in the eyes of a man who possess such a harsh temper that you never knew when it would blow.
�Sara,� Nick whispered after a few minuets of silence. He was hoping to get the attention of his pissed off co-worker but he saw that she was blocking him out. �Sara, I�m sorry I yelled at you,� Nick apologized and reached out across the table to grab her hand but Sara jerked it away hurting her wrist in the process since she was still chained to the chair. �Sara stop being stubborn. I didn�t mean to get upset at you it�s just that you were making me upset by lying to me about the letter. I know you wrote it I just need to know why,� Nick asked in a soft soothing voice.
�Do you promise not to reach over the table and strangle the life out of me like Homer Simpson does to Bart when I tell you?� Sara whispered slowly glancing up from the floor to see a smile on the young mans face.
�I promise,� Nick replied and leaned back in the chair waiting to hear her explanation. Sara just hoped that Catherine had caved on Grissom as well.
A few minuets later Catherine and Sara walked out of the interrogation rooms smiling at each other as they left the police department. Both Grissom and Nick emerged form the room�s moments later and exchanged surprised looks with each other, never thinking their reason was what they said.
"What is the day today Griss?" Nick asked stunned.
"The 16th of March" Grissom replied staring into oblivion.
�Sara was right it is our anniversary.� Nick stated and looked at Grissom who looked at Nick, �I-I should go get her something�maybe a pretty plant; she loves vegetation.� He replied heading towards the parking lot with Grissom on his heels.
�It�s mine and Cath�s anniversary as well. She said she loved red roses so maybe I�ll go get her a bouquet of those� Grissom suggested and Nick nodded in agreement. �Can you believe it, it really has been 2 years since our wedding and 2 years of Sara and you dating?� said Grissom.
�Yeah, the strangest part is that our anniversaries are on the same day, that�s kind of, creepy�
�Do you think they planned that as well?� Grissom asked and they stopped to think about that.
�Nah,� they both said at once and pushed open the door stepping outside again being greeted by their lovers.
�So Griss, what are we doing for our anniversary tonight?� Catherine asked giving her husband a kiss on the cheek, wrapping her arm around his shoulders.
�Well,� Grissom stated and whisked Catherine off her feet holding her in his arms just like on their wedding night. Catherine wrapped her arm around Gil�s neck and leaned in to give Grissom another kiss. �I know this great home that has a beautiful bedroom,� Grissom whispered and Catherine smiled broadly.
�Sound good to me� she whispered and rested her head on his shoulder.
�What about you Nicky-poo,� Sara said calling her boyfriend by his nickname, which he loved. �What are we doing tonight?� she asked clasping her hand around his as he pulled her in closer to give her a kiss on the top of her head.
�It�s a surprise�� Nick whispered in her ear as she looked up into his eyes and Nick gave her a passionate kiss.
�Did I ever mention to you that I love surprises�� Sara mumbled across his lips as she gave him another kiss as the couples headed towards their Tahoe�s, leaving the Police Station.
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