Title: Not ready to say good-bye
Author: Chickee1
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: GSR
Summary: This is my first GSR fic..My take on what happens after 'Way to Go'.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone from CSI, the show and its characters belong people other than me. I am borrowing the characters for my own enjoyment.
"I don't know... most people want to die in their sleep I suppose, never know that it's happening. Like a crime scene: Surprise! You're dead. I'd prefer to know in advance that I was gonna die. Liked to be diagnosed with cancer, actually. Have some time to prepare," Grissom sighed. "Go back to the rainforest one more time, reread 'Moby Dick', possibility enter an international chess tournament. At least have enough time to say goodbye to the people I love."
Sara leaned down and said, "I'm not ready to say goodbye." Grissom smiled.
"That's good because I'm not ready to say goodbye to you either. It's taken me long enough to get you, and I plan on keeping it like that for a very long time" Answered Grissom as he pulled Sara into his arms. "We could have been doing this 5 years ago Gris" Sara said as she snuggled closer to his chest. "I know, I don't know how many times I hurt you all because I was afraid. I'm sorry that I hurt you Sara". Looking up into his eyes, Sara wiped the tear that had begun to form in her eyes, "You don't have to tell me your sorry, I don't want to look back on the past and the things that held us back, I only want to look towards the future."
"You know I love you right Sara" asked Grissom as he looked into her eyes. " As long as I know that we share the same love, that's all I need to know" she whispered as she placed her hands on the sides of his face, pulling him down to her, she placed a soft kiss on his lips. "We really should do something about this beard, it tickles" giggled Sara as she kissed him again. "Don't start complaing now, I'm keeping it", said Grissom as he pulled himself above Sara, kissing her passionately. Slowly his hands moved down to her waist, undoing her robe, just as Sara began to undo the button of his blue Hawaiian shirt.
Hours later, both Sara and Grissom were awaken by a phone ringing. Grissom reached for the lamp and turned it on as he answered his cell phone. "Grissom" he said into it. "Yah, okay. I'll be there in 20 minutes" said Grissom as he hung up the phone and pushed the blankets off of him. "Grissom, you just finished doing a double shift, and with Brass in the hospital you need to rest" Sara said as she watched him get dressed. "Catherine's got a DB, I promise I won't be long. Go back to sleep, you need sleep more than I do. I'll see you at work" he said as he placed a kiss on her lips.
As she heard the Tahoe start up, Sara placed her hands on her stomach, knowing that he was right, she needed to sleep. Closing her eyes, she knew that time would go by faster and that she'd see him soon enough.
It was a long dark drive to the crime scene, suspicion came across Grissom when he noticed that there were no police cars, lights or anything when he came to where Catherine said the DB was. Pulling out his cell he started to dial Catherine's number. 'Great, no service here. This is ridiculous', he said to himself, as he pulled over and started to head back. Suddenly, there was a loud noise and bright lights coming from both sides of the Tahoe. Grissom wasn't sure is he had loss consciousness first or after the vehicle flipped, it had rolled down the hill, flipping all the way down, he couldn't remember how many times he'd hit his head on the dashboard but he did know that there was a lot of blood around him.
Arriving at the Lab, Sara checked her phone once again to see if maybe she'd missed a call from Grissom, it had been almost 2 hours since he'd left home and no word from him. "Hey Catherine, did you and Grissom just get back?" asked Sara as Catherine approached her. "I just got in, I have no idea where Grissom is why?" she said. "Well you called him about 2 hours ago about a DB" Catherine looked at Sara in confusion, "No I didn't. I haven't talked to Grissom since we left the hospital last night" she said. A look of panic came across Sara's face, "What's going on?" asked Nick as he and Warrick came around the corner and saw the concern in her eyes. "He said it was you on the phone...that he was going to meet you..." she whispered as she pulled out her cell phone and dialled his number. "Not in service" she said.
"Sara...Sara" yelled Greg as he came running towards the four of them. "Hold up Greggo, what's going on?" asked Warrick as he placed his hands on Greg's shoulders to stop his running". " I was on my way in, and this guy came out of nowhere and gave me this bag. He said that if we ever wanted to see Grissom alive that I need to get it to Sara right away" he said trying to catch his breath. "Okay can someone please explain what's going on?" Nick asked impatiently. "Grissom apparently got a call from 'me' saying that I had a DB. Where abouts is unknown and his cell phone is out of service. It's been about 2 hours since anyone has seen or heard from him" answered Catherine as she looked at Sara who still in shock as she looked at the brown bag that Greg was holding. "What's in the bag Greg" she asked. Shaking his head, he handed it to Sara who had quickly pulled out a pair of gloves. Opening the bag, she pulled out a tape. Right away they could see the tears forming in her eyes as she stared at the tape. "Sara what's wrong?" asked Nick "What's on the tape". "Are you ready to say goodbye now" she whispered.
Short I know, it's my first GSR fic...please be kind. More to come soon! Please R/R!