In response to Gibby’s Fic Challenge…

A lot of musical promos have been floating around these past few days and they're all very amusing. While most of the cast seems to relish the chance to shake it like Shakira, I noticed WP confines all bodily movement to the awkward bopping of his head out of rhythm. It's very cute.

Here's my fic challenge: Grissom cannot dance. He avoids it at all costs. The man would rather get both feet caught in a bear trap than move to music.

Make Grissom dance.

This is from Chapter 15 of Feasibility Study. Sara is in Colorado attending an Entomology conference with Grissom.

Come Be with Me

Written by Maggs

Edited by KJT

Colorado Springs

Morgan’s Tavern

8:42 p.m. MST

Sara grabbed the check. “My treat, remember?” She picked up her glass of Sprite. “To symmetry,” she toasted.

“To symmetry.” Grissom replied as their glasses clinked. “Toasts by nature are very symmetrical.”

“Speaking of symmetry.” Sara’s lips took a devilish turn. “I just remembered something is out of balance. You put on a show for me in San Francisco with Miranda and Brian, and in return, I danced for you. This morning you asked me to put on a show for the boys at the bug conference and in return I said I expected you to dance for me.”

“You were speaking metaphorically, right?” He took another sip and set the glass on the table. “I danced around a few issues today, doesn’t that count?”

“I’ll consider it, but I may still require something different when we get back to our hotel.” From her purse she grabbed her wallet, removing her credit card. “When the waitress comes, can you give this to her? I need to hit the Ladies Room.”

“Sure.”

Almost ten minutes later, Sara reappeared with a bounce in her step. After signing her credit card receipt, she tossed the pen and announced, “It’s time! Let’s go.”

Sliding out of the booth, Grissom handed her the credit card. “What’s the rush?”

“It’s time for you to dance.” Taking him by the arm she led him into the next room. “Literally dance…with me.”

“What?” He balked like a frightened racehorse being led to the starting gate. “Are you out of your mind?” Staring at the smoky room filled with couples grooving on the dance floor, he surged to full panic. “I don’t dance, Sara!”

“I do.” She informed him in a confident tone. “Well, not to this fast stuff but to a slow one, which I feel pretty certain is coming up next.” Thanks to a ten dollar bill and a little conversation with the DJ on the way back from the Ladies Room, she was able to peruse the selection list and make a request.

“Anything but this!” He groveled. “Actually, I’ve rethought my original answer from this morning. I’d rather strip for you in the back of a car than dance clothed in public.”

Grabbing his hand, she gently goaded, “The DJ is going to play our song.”

“We don’t have a song.” With terror-filled eyes he stared at her. “Do we have a song?”

“We will after we dance to this one tonight.” Seeing his frightful expression she wasn’t sure she could go through with it but, as the current song ended, she encouraged him one last time. “I’ll take care of you out there. I’ll make it painless.”

“Then you must be planning to render me unconscious.” He deadpanned.

“Close.” Slipping her arm around his waist, she guided him to the dance floor. “I’m going to distract you, like you distract me by discussing Wallner lines with me when I’m nervous.”

“Sara, really I…” It was too late, they were already on the floor. “Discussing Wallner lines doesn’t do it for me like you.”

“That’s why I’m doing something different.” After sliding her hands over his chest, she locked her arms around his neck…lightly enough not to choke him, strong enough so he couldn’t escape. “Just listen to the words, they fit our past and our present.” When she realized his hands were still at his side, she said, “Finally I get to be the teacher. Arms around my waist, Honey.”

As he followed her instructions, the music started and his pulse soared. “I really can’t…”

“Shhh…just follow my lead. Symmetry remember? Sway with me.” Pressing her relaxed body to his tense one, she brought her lips to the lobe of his ear and sang the first verse of Come Be with Me. “Baby this life can break your heart…everyone hurts to some degree…but while this world is falling apart…why don’t you come be with me?...Don’t you know the night can be so cold…when you’re without the one you need…how much longer do I have to go?...Waiting for you to come be with me?” She felt his grip on her waist relax ever so slightly.

“I always loved catching you singing in the lab.” He closed his eyes, hoping he’d forget he was in a room full of people. “You have a beautiful voice.”

“Thank you.” She upped the tempo of their dance a notch and once again she sang another portion of the song into his ear. “Love can be so simple when you let it flow…dream it in your head, feel it in your …send it from your soul.”

Instinctively, he ran his hands over her back. “I just realized I love dancing with you.”

“That’s funny because I just realized I love dancing with you.”

“That’s symmetry…or the fact that we’ve never danced together before now.” He sighed. “Sing a little more.”

“Look up at the stars burning bright…Listen to the winds whisper sweet…Heaven and Earth know the moment’s right…why don’t you come be with me?”

Opening his eyes, he reached up and ran his fingers through Sara’s hair. “Honey, I think I figured out what to do about our problem.”

Shocked, she almost forgot to keep dancing. “What should we do?” Suddenly, she suspected this was just a ploy to escape. “Wait a minute. You’re trying to end the dance early.”

“Fine.” He grinned. “Don’t believe me.”

“Hmm…” She saw his formerly terrified eyes were sparkling. “You’re doing very well. Think you can take the lead and bring this song home?”

He answered by winding his arms around her tighter and swaying her to the slow grind of the music.

Heaven and Earth know the moment’s right…why don’t you come be with me?

Gazing into Sara’s eyes, Grissom said, Honey, let’s…”

When he didn’t finish his thought, she prompted him. “Let’s what?”

“Let’s…go back to the hotel after this dance.”

“You want me all to yourself?” She teased.

“Yes.” He brushed a kiss over her lips. “I do. Forever.”

Look up at the stars burning bright…Listen to the winds whisper sweet…

Heaven and Earth know the moment’s right…why don’t you come be with me?

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