"I have something for you," he announced, presenting her with a small box wrapped in gold paper.

Her eyes immediately lit up. "Really? For what?" She grinned... "Can't be for my birthday... that's not for another few months. And Valentine's day was awhile ago, already."

He smiled. "I bought it just because I love you, Catherine."

"Gil..." she whispered sweetly, smiling at him ear-to-ear. She then turned her attention to the small box in her lap, ripping it open.

Gil leaned forward slightly in his chair to watch her, adoring the childlike twinkle in her eye. "When I was at the mall, I saw this in a store window and just had to get it... it made me think of you right away."

She paused her unwrapping to drag her eyes up to his, arching an eyebrow conspicuously. "You, Gil Grissom, were at the mall?"

He rolled his eyes. "Come on, just open it!"

"Alright, alright..." When she saw what was inside, she gasped, her eyes lighting up once more. "Oh, Gil..." she whispered, "It's beautiful!" She held it up to the light.

The necklace was a simple black suede choker, but the charm was what really got her--a small, round, ladybug made of twenty-four karat gold. She giggled. "This is so me, too!"

He nodded. "I know. You're my lady... bug."

She grinned. "I love it!" she gushed, reaching behind her head to clasp the sides together. "I'm gonna wear it all the time!"

"Well, don't wear it ALL the time," he conceded... "You've got lots of beautiful jewelry."

Smirking, she met his eyes before craning her neck to check out the little gold ladybug dangling from her neck. "Well then I'll wear it ALMOST all the time... how 'bout that?"

"Fine by me," he sighed, and leaned in for a kiss.

After sharing a gentle yet passionate kiss, the two secret lovers broke apart, grinning at each other. Catherine leaned into him, putzing with the collar of his navy polo shirt. "So, now that I've got something that shows I'm your 'ladybug', what can we get you to show that you're my Bugman?"

He smiled and reached into his shirt. "I already took care of that." When he pulled his hand back out, he held a small, silver spider between his thumb and forefinger, dangling from a plain silver chain.

"Awww," she cooed, reaching forward to touch the silver spider. She grinned up at Gil mischievously. "What's next? Matching tattoos?"

That boyish half-smirk that she adored crept across his gorgeous lips, and he tugged on the collar of his polo shirt. "I already got a start on that, too..."

Moving the material to the side, Catherine saw a small red heart tattooed just above where his own heart was, her name running across it in a ribbon. "Gil," she chuckled.

"What?" he chuckled back, reaching out to pull her close as he sat on his desktop. "I want everyone to know who I belong to."

"Wouldn't a dog collar and a license work better?" she teased.

His lips immediately fell into a pout. "You don't like it..."

Kissing him soundly, she pulled away and replied, "I love it." She shrugged, "I was just wondering where this came from all of a sudden."

He shrugged in response. "I'm in love," he sighed. "I'm in love and I want everyone to know about it."

She smiled. "I think I know a great place for MY tattoo..."

"Oh yeah? And where's that?" The mischievous twinkle returned to his eyes.

She grinned wickedly and fisted his shirt in her hands, pulling his ear to her lips as her voice dropped to a husky timbre... "Close the blinds, Bugman, and I'll show you."

~FINIS~