Love Find A Way
Gil finished the case he was working on and went to the house. "Sara!" he called. No answer. "Sara!" he called again as he walked into the bedroom.
Sitting on her pillow he found an envelope. Opening the envelope he found the ring he had given her and a piece of paper. GOOD BYE was all it said.
Gil took the ring and threw it across the room. "To hell with her," he screamed out loud. "I don't need her, I don't need anyone."
That had been two months ago, he had removed everything that reminded him of her. Everything that is except for the one thing he could not control, his dreams.
Because that is where she was, every night. He could feel her body laying next to his, he could taste her kisses on his lips and he could see her smile.
Grissom knew he was going to go mad, he could not get her out of his mind. He could not live without her, he was not sure he even wanted to.
The solution to his problem was to bury himself in his work and that was just what he did. He worked doubles 7 days a week, he hardly ever slept and ate only once in a while.
He was killing himself, but he did not care. Why should he care? Warrick was gone. Sara was gone. Life was not worth living.
Everyone at the lab noticed the change in him, he was short with everyone. He refused to let anyone near him. If he was not in the field he was in his office.
It had taken Catherine a while to get over the pain of losing Warrick, she had just woke up one morning and told herself that life had to go on. Warrick would not have wanted anyone to grieve for him.
She had tried to talk to Grissom but he shut her out. She only knew one place to turn.
Pulling in a deep breath she knocked on the door. "Miss Willows, how very nice to see you." "Lady Heather, I need to talk to you," Catherine said sitting down on the sofa.
"Certainly," Heather said as she poured tea. Catherine told her about Gil and Sara, she told Heather she was afraid that Gil was going to destroy himself.
"I am glad you came to me," Lady Heather told her. "Gil is a dear friend, I must try to help." "What will you do?" Catherine asked. "I think I still have a few tricks," she told Catherine.
Lady Heather had tried to call him, he refused to speak to her. "I do believe the OLD Lady Heather is the only one who can handle this," she told herself.
It had taken her almost a month to set her plan into action. She pulled in a few favors and the scene was set.
"Grissom," Catherine said sticking her head in the door. "You need to check out a DB. Everyone else is busy, you are the only one left." She handed him the address.
On his way there he tried to remember why is sounded familiar. Arriving at the house he knew why. It was Lady Heather's old place of business.
Knocking on the door he was surprised to see Lady Heather standing there. He mumbled something about a body.
"Follow me," she told him. She went downstairs. "In there," she told him. Gil walked through the open door, he turned to ask her something when the door shut and locked.
"What is going on," he asked as he took out his flashlight. He turned it on and found himself standing in an empty room. "Have a seat."
He heard a voice but saw no one.
"I said sit," the voice said. Gil sat in the only seat in the room, as he sat straps went around his wrists and ankles. A bright light came on.
The door opened and Lady Heather came in. "Now you have no choice but to talk, the both of you." As she said that the door opened. Another person came into the room.
Gil looked at the person, "Sara?"
Lady Heather stood in between the two of them. "It has come to my attention that you, Gilbert, have been driving everyone crazy, rumor has it that you have given up on life. It has also come to my attention that you and Miss Sidle need to talk."
"I am going to start the conversation by telling you a story, Gil." Heather reminded him of how he and Sara met, she went through the 9 years that they were together.
Then she ended it by telling him, "I have never seen two people more in love than you two. Two people more suited for each other. The only thing I don't know is why you feel it necessary to throw it all away."
"Now," she concluded, "You have all the time you need. No one to interfere and neither of you can go anywhere." Heather walked out the door, when the door closed the straps came undone.
"The door is locked, I am the only one who knows how to open it," Heather said.
Sara and Gil looked at each other, neither said anything. Finally Sara broke the silence, "You look like hell." He just looked at the floor.
Once again there was silence. Gil stood and walked around then sat again and looked at Sara.
"I was wrong," he told her. "Wrong to let you go. I pushed you away from me when all I wanted to do was hold you close."
"I was so busy trying to right the wrongs of the world that I lost track of what was important, YOU and me."
He stood and went to her, taking her hands he pulled her close to him.
"Nothing is more important than you. I want to be with you, I don't care where it is as long as we are together."
Sara buried her head in his chest and cried.
"It makes no difference where we are as long as we are together," he told her.
Gil tenderly lifted her head and kissed her. "In you arms is the only place I want to be," she told him.
The door opened, Gil put his arm around Sara's waist and they walked out.
Sitting on the table was a piece of paper with Gil's name on it.
Gil took it and read then he said, "I have a fantastic idea."
He handed Sara a piece of paper, "This sounds great. Except it says HUSBAND and WIFE needed."
"That is the FANTASTIC part of it," he said slipping the ring back on her finger. "Yes, I can't think of anything I would rather do," Sara tells him wrapping her arms around him and kissing him.
The paper she was holding fell to the ground. Lady Heather walked out the door as they get into his car and drove away. She picked up the paper she had left for Gil and then she smiles.
The paper read HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM NEEDED TO OVERSEE A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS GETTING READY TO HEAD TO COSTA RICA TO DO RESEARCH IN A RAINFOREST.