So this is Goodbye…

Chapter one

He closed the door of his locker for the final time and sighed. He didn't want to leave here but he had to. He needed to get away.

Nothing felt the same.

He had everything organized. His bags were packed, his resignation form was on Conrad's desk and the most important thing of all had been done. He had set a letter addressed to The Team on the coffee table in the breakroom. He needed to leave some explanation of why he was going.

Nothing felt the same.

The love of his life hadn't been heard of in months. Her cell phone number wouldn't work and he couldn't trace anything of her.

He needed her more than ever now. Nothing felt the same without her.

He walked out of the locker room and glanced around the lab. Lab rats were busy working. He was hoping he'd get out of the lab without being stopped by anyone. Knowing that it would probably be the last time he'd see them, he'd surely breakdown.

Tears were in his eyes so he walked with his head down, praying that nobody would see him.

He had to find her to make sure she was ok but even after he had maybe found her he still couldn't return to the lab.

Even if his life was here, even if his work was here, even if his family was here he could never return.

Why? He could even tell why he was leaving. Even if one day she did return to the lab she'd be on a different shift and not on the team. He guessed that was why.

He pushed open the exit door and his feet left the Las Vegas crime lab. Never to walk the corridors again.

He wanted to turn around so much. He wanted to turn back, walk back into the lab again like he did almost everyday, get rid of the resignation form, burn the letter so nobody could ever read it and carry on like he did for so many months.

But he knew if he did that he'd self-destruct. Just like she had said she would in her goodbye letter.

"Be safe…" He could never feel safe without her there with him.

"I will miss you with every beat of my heart…" Every moment he spent without her seemed like he was dieing a little bit inside.

"I love you...I always will…" He was crying now. Thankfully he was in the car and slowly driving away. He had always loved her and missed her. He needed to find her even if it meant leaving everything behind.

"Goodbye..." He looked back at the Las Vegas crime lab for what he thought would be the last time. He listened to the radio, hoping something would cheer him up.

I see you now, I think of then
And dwell upon the happiness of way back when
Cause since you said goodbye
The feelings just wont die
And I still long to hold you now and then.

It just made him cry even more. "Goodbye…" He whispered to nobody as he lost sight of the Las Vegas crime lab. The place which he had so many fond memories of.