A/N: Yeah yeah yeah I'm sure you get it already I do not own anything except my imagination, but I hear that anything can happen so I'll keep my hopes up!

---

‘Ok Ecklie, suck it up! You know what has to be done.’ He knew exactly what he had to do, he had to make it up to her, he just really didn’t like what he would have to do to win her back. It needed to be done though; he knew that, he’d been absolutely miserable the past week without her. He missed the way she used to smile at him when he entered the building, he didn’t get a lot of smiles around the lab but one smile from her was worth hundreds from other, less important people. He also missed hearing her voice on his answering machine or the special trips she would make to his office under the guise of delivering an important message. They had only been seeing each other for a little over a month but somehow Ecklie had managed to fall for Judy’s unknown charm.

He let out a low growl before slapping on a very forced smile and stepping into the hallway. Grissom and Sara were walking past talking in depth about something relating to the case they were working on, something Ecklie really didn’t care about.

“Grissom...s! Could I have a word with you in my office? Please?” He turned back into his office, leaving the door open for them to follow him.

Grissom and Sara both looked at each other, confusion written on both their faces; what did Ecklie want with them now? And had he just used the word ‘please’? They had to see what this was about; it was bound to be good.

They entered the office closing the door behind them and took their seats in the chairs facing Ecklie.

“What can we do for you Conrad? Would you like to know when we’re planning to take more time off so you can think of reasons in advance as to why we can’t have it off?” He asked curtly, he was evidently still bitter about having to cancel his holiday.

“Actually that’s kind of why I called you in here. I’m...I...” He was choking on the words. ‘I can’t do this!’ He thought but another voice inside his head reminded him of why he was doing this, for Judy, and he found it in himself to go through with it.

“I would like to apologise for forcing you to cancel your second honeymoon, especially after the unfortunate way in which your first honeymoon was cut short.” That had been his fault too. “I rearranged the swing shift and called in some people who owed the lab some overtime and well, long story short, you two can have you time off.” He spoke so fast they could just about make him out, it was as if the words were burning his mouth.

“Are you being serious?” Grissom looked both confused and suspicious. Sara remained silent beside him, just like Grissom had instructed her a few months ago. His exact words were, “From now on let me deal with Ecklie. You just sit there and try hard not to speak, don’t even look at him for too long!” Her fiery temper and intolerance for Conrad Ecklie had landed her in a lot of trouble before and Grissom was afraid it could ruin things for them, now they were married there wasn’t much Ecklie could do officially but he could make their lives hell if he wanted to.

“Yes Grissom.” Ecklie bit his tongue and kept reminding himself that Judy was worth this. “I realised that the way I have treated you in the past has been...unfair and I hope this gesture makes it up to you in some small way.”

‘What the hell is wrong with Ecklie? Did he get his soul back from the devil? Maybe he’s been abducted into some sort of religious cult or something? Who cares he’s giving you your honeymoon back just take it and run!’ Grissom took his own advice.

“Yes...well thank you Ecklie.” He said hastily getting up and moving towards the door. He waited for Sara to do the same but she didn’t move. She remained in her seat for a moment studying Ecklie.

‘Oh God Sara please no! Don’t say anything! Don’t ruin this.’ Grissom was screaming inside his head. After a moment she moved to stand up.

“Thank you!” She managed to sound polite when she said it, her eyes still fixed on Ecklie. He looked up and met her gaze.

“No problem.”

Once outside Ecklie’s office Sara snapped back to reality.

“Did that really just happen?” She asked Grissom in great confusion.

“I think so.” He replied still unsure himself. “What the hell has gotten into him? He was being almost...nice!” Grissom mused. Sara shrugged.

“What does it matter? Let’s go home and start planning that second honeymoon!” She smiled at him and he took her hand as they passed the front desk and walked out the front doors.

Judy’s ears pricked up and her heart leapt as she watched the couple leave the building. They had been talking about their second honeymoon. Did that mean...?

‘Has he? No! There’s no way. He’ll never change. Will he?’

Deciding the only way to find out would be to ask Judy wrote something down on a post it note and informed the others that she was off to deliver an urgent message to Ecklie. She knew none of them would challenge her on that; they were all too busy thinking “Rather her than me!” Her fake message in hand Judy made her way down the hallway, a woman on a mission, to Ecklie’s office.

-

Knock, knock.

“Come in!” Ecklie called from his desk. “Ju...Judy! Hi!” Ecklie beamed, completely unable to hide his joy over seeing her in his office.

“Is what I just heard true Conrad?” She asked him out rightly.

‘Oh crap! What has she heard? What have I done now?’

“Well that would depend on what you have heard.”

“Alright then, have you really given the Grissoms their holiday time back?” She still stood in the doorway, waiting until she had heard his answer before she either moved further into or left his office.

“Well...uh...yes it’s true!” He nodded, secretly hoping that the whole lab wouldn’t find out about his generosity.

“Why?” She asked, hoping he would say it was all for her. He avoided her eyes, looking at the floor, at the items decorating his walls, out the window of his office; anywhere but into her sweet eyes as he said what he had to say.

“I don’t know...I felt...bad. I felt horrible for breaking my promise to you, for making you mad at me, I actually never felt that bad before and I really didn’t like it. So I called in some people who were behind on overtime and gave the Grissoms back their holiday. I guess I was trying to make it up to you, to them and more than anything I was hoping it would show you that I’m sorry and then maybe you would think about forgiving me.” His words spilled out quickly; this was the closest to open and honest that Conrad Ecklie had ever been with another human being and he was, of course, terrified by it.

Judy swayed in the doorway for a second before walking over to Ecklie and wrapping her arms around him. “That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me!” She placed a soft kiss on his lips. “I forgive you Conrad!”

‘Wooohoooo!!’ Every inch of Ecklie’s body was celebrating, tingling from Judy’s kiss. He felt immense relief in the knowledge that she could be his again.

“Well in that case, how about that dinner we talked about the other day?” He quirked an eyebrow at her and gave her his best smile. She smiled back at him and agreed. They shared another kiss in his office before Judy said she had to return to her desk, to avoid suspicion.

“Yeah, you’re probably right. Hey, did you have a message for me?” He asked noticing the post-it note in her hand.

“No!” She shrugged, showing him the blank page before throwing it in the bin. They laughed; it felt nice that she was back to making fake visits to his office again.

---

Alone in his lab Greg noted how quiet it felt without the usual rock music blaring from his CD player.

‘Too bad you knocked it over and broke it isn’t it?’ Greg had been dancing around the empty lab a few days ago and he had bumped into the desk and knocked the CD player to the floor where it shattered into pieces. He completely planned on getting a new one, but that would require having some time on his hands that was not filled by sleeping or working in the lab.

‘Stupid days techie and his suspected appendicitis!’ Greg cursed the man responsible for his abundant over time.

“It’s too quiet in here!” Greg grumbled to himself as he stared into the microscope unable to concentrate without blaring music in the background. No longer able to deal with the silence Greg resorted to singing to himself as he worked. Before he knew it he was rolling around the DNA lab on his swivel chair belting out his favourite song.

“Has anyone ever told you that you have a beautiful singing voice Greggo?” Nick teased the young lab rat.

“Actually yes, my boyfriend tells me all the time.” Greg smiled and poked his tongue out at his lover.

“It’s nice that you lie to each other.” Nick laughed. “Seriously though, the sooner you get a new CD player in here the better. I think it’s best if you save your vocal talents for my private performances in the shower.” Nick winked. They were still enjoying the blissful period that always comes over a relationship after a big fight.

“So what do you say there rock star, got my results ready?”

Greg playfully punched Nick in the arm for teasing him; Nick returned the gesture by giving Greg a shove that moved his chair a good 2 feet. Jumping out of his chair Greg tackled his partner, though he was unable to move him much more than a few inches. They were still playfully shoving each other when a heavy sigh from the doorway caused them to break apart quickly.

“Please! Not you two too!” Mandy whined in the doorway. “I swear you can go nowhere in this lab without bumping into smug, smiley happy couples. It’s revolting. First of all I have Wendy making eyes at Hodges in the trace lab, all day long, now you two are wrestling in here and you know? I could have sworn I saw Ecklie making out with Judy in his office when I walked by. It’s disgusting, really!” She gave an exasperated sigh and turned her nose up.

“Aw now come on Mandy. You know you’re just jealous because you’re new girl doesn’t work in the lab.” Nick drawled.

“True.” Mandy agreed with a guilty smile. “But watching Hodges and Wendy make kissy faces at each other still makes me feel kind of ill regardless of where Cathy works.” She laughed.

“So Hodges and Wendy really having eye sex in the lab?” Greg asked, his eyebrows rising with intrigue.

“Totally!” Sighed Mandy. A few moments silence passed between them.

“Wanna go spy on ‘em?” Greg asked nonchalantly.

“Yeah let’s do it.” Nick jumped from the ledge he’d been leaning on and the three of them snuck down the hallway to gawk at the unsuspecting pair.