It was 12.15am. Sara flung open her front door and blindly searched for the light switch in the dark. She flicked it on and closed the door behind her. She dropped her bag on the floor and took her jacket off. She headed straight for her bedroom and fell into bed. She was so tired. She had just come off a double shift. Within minutes she fell asleep. Unfortunately she had forgotten to do something really important yet very simple...lock the door. Sara sat bolt upright in bed. She looked at her clock. It read 3.30am. She got up and headed towards the kitchen for a drink. What had wakened her? She didn't know. She poured herself a glass of orange juice. She took a sip, turned round and crumpled to the ground. She had come face to face with a baseball bat. The man who had hit her grabbed her arms and dragged her into the living room. He lifted her onto the couch, took off his clothes and flung himself on top of her...
Sara's head was pounding. Slowly she opened her eyes. What she saw gave her a fright. She was still in her own home but she was in the living room. She was also wearing next to nothing. There was something sticky on the side of her face. She touched her face and brought her hand back down and was shocked to see blood on her hand. Feeling sick she ran to the bathroom and shut the door behind her. She put on her bathrobe to cover herself up and walked over to the mirror. She felt sick at what she saw. On the right side of her face there was a huge cut just above her eye. Around the cut and down the side of her face was badly bruised. So badly she could hardly open her right eye. She groaned. What had happened last night? She couldn't remember. The worst part was it wasn't only her face that hurt. She hurt inside aswell. She had obviously been attacked, but had she been raped? She didn't want to think about it. She decided that unless anything came of it she wouldn't tell anyone what she thought had actually happened.
Sara looked at her watch and nearly died when she saw the time. She was already 45 minutes late for work. Grissom would kill her. She had a quick shower, cleaned her face up, got her stuff ready and headed off to work. She was praying that she would get there safely as since she could hardly see out of one eye her driving wasn't exactly up to scratch. She got there safely and as she was locking the car Catherine shouted on her.
" Hey Sara, wait up!"
As Catherine came towards her she slowly turned round, dreading what Catherine was going to say.
Catherine rushed over.
" Oh my God!" She exclaimed "What happened to your face?!"
" Umm" Sara thought quickly " I had a little accident with a door. You know me always picking fights with things." Sara tried to sound cheerful.
" Must of been a pretty heavy door." Catherine said skeptically " Looks like you've been hit with a baseball bat."
" Umm. It was heavy. It looks worse than it is though."
" Did you go to the ER? " Catherine asked.
Sara was getting worried. Catherine didn't seem to be swallowing her story.
" No" Sara said a little too quickly for Catherines liking." No. It's not that bad. Just a little bump."
Before Catherine could say anything else Sara began walking towards the front doors of the crime lab.
" Sorry Catherine I really have to get in. I'm already nearly 2 hours late. Coming? " Sara finished.
" Uh in a minute" Catherine replied." I just have to get some files I left in the car. You go on ahead I'll see you in there."
A few minutes later Sara walked into the locker room. Thankfully it was empty.
But it wasn't empty for long.
Within minutes Grissom came in. She decided she would try and keep her back to Grissom for as long as possible.
" Sara where have you been?"He asked" You were meant to be here nearly 2 hours ago."
" I know Grissom." She began " I'm really sorry. I overslept."
" Okay." He replied "But it's not like you. Just don't get into the habit of being late."
" Sorry." Sara said quietly.
Something was wrong. Grissom could tell.
" Sara. Are you all right?"
" Yeah" Sara answered as cheefully as she could." I'm fine."
Please go away Sara thought desperatley, please.
Grissom was confused. Why isn't she turning round? he wondered. Well he'd soon find out.
" Sara turn round."
Sara decided she couldn't hide it forever. She stood up and slowly turned round.
" Good God Sara!" He exclaimed rushing forward " What the hell happened to your face?"
Sara sat down still facing Grissom who was know kneeling down in front of her.
" I collided with a door." Sara said timidly.
" And obviously you came off the worst."He said
" Yeah." Sara said quickly.
Sara suddenly felt dizzy and had to put her head in her hands.
" Whoa" Grissom said. "Are you ok."
" Yeah" Sara replied "Just a little dizzy"
Sara stood up walked out into the hallway, trying to make out that everything was fine though she was feeling increasingly faint.
" So who am I......"She had to stop as everything was now spinning.
Grissom caught up with her.
" Sara. What...."
Before he could finish and just as Catherine, Nick and Warrick came down the hall Sara crumpled into Grissom's arms, unconscious.
Catherine, Nick and warrick came rushing down the hall as Grissom lay Sara on the floor.
" What happened" Catherine asked kneeling down beside them.
" I don't know" Grissom answered. " She just collapsed."
" Should I call an ambulance?" Nick asked concerned.
" Yes. GO!" Catherine yelled.
Nick went sprinting down the hall looking for the nearest phone. Warrick got rid of the small crowd that had gathered round them.
" What happened to her face?" He asked.
" She said she walked into a door," Grissom answered. " But I think there is more to it than that."
" Definitely." Catherine agreed.
Nick came running back down the hall.
" Ambulance should be here in a few minutes." Nick said breathlessly.
" Thanks Nicky" Grissom said.
Within a few minutes the ambulance arrived. They put Sara onto a gurney and loaded her into the back of the ambulance.
" Does one of you want to come with her?" One of the paramedics asked.
" I'll go." Grissom said instantly." He got into the back of the ambulance and just before the paramedics shut the door he yelled to Catherine, Warrick and Nick.
" I'll call you from the ER."
A few hours later Sara and Grissom came through Sara's front door.
He helped her to her room, as she was still a bit shaky and she had a bad concussion and a badly bruised face.
"Will you be ok?" Grissom asked her as she lay down.
" I'll be fine." She replied," Thanks for today."
" That's ok." He said " Now if I see you anywhere near CSI in the next 24 hours you are fired" he said joking.
" Okay" Sara said, smiling weakly.
" Now if you need anything just call."
10 weeks later...
Sara was now over her attack. She still hadn't told anyone she had been attacked, but she didn't dwell on it as there was a case at work that the whole team was involved in. Someone was on a killing spree. Every Wednesday night around 10pm someone was murdered. So far there had been four murders.
On a Tuesday morning the whole team were sitting round a table at CSI headquarters.
Grissom was writing on a whiteboard and talking at the same time.
" So" He was saying" All the victims are 29 years of age, all are married...
Sara didn't hear what Grissom said next as she was going to be sick. She stood up and flew out of the room and down the hall to the bathroom.
" Looks like Sara is going to hurl" Nick said smiling.
" Shut up Nick." Grissom said" Catherine would you go see if she's ok?"
Catherine nodded and headed for the ladies bathroom, where by the sounds of it Sara was being violently sick. Catherine knocked on the door.
" Sara are you ok" Catherine asked concerned.
Sara flushed the toilet and came out looking very pale and shaky.
" Yeah" she replied, " I was just a bit sick"
" A bit?" Catherine questioned sarcastically.
" Yeah. I'll be okay though"
" You sure?"
Sara nodded. They headed back down to the conference room, but before Sara had even sat down she was off again.
" Was she sick?" Grissom asked Catherine
" You could say that" Catherine replied before heading after Sara again.
2 days later Sara was still vomiting. She called Grissom to tell him she wouldn't be in at work till the afternoon.
She then headed for the doctors. The doctor was puzzled about what was wrong with her so he ran a few tests.
Soon the doctor was back.
" Well" He began " I believe congratulations are in order !"
" What for?" Sara asked puzzled
" Sara" The doctor began " You are pregnant!"
Sara woke up with her head between her knees. She had fainted.
" Welcome back" The doctor said as he saw she was awake.
Sara drove home shell-shocked. The doctor had given her an appointment card for a scan at the hospital the next day. She couldn't believe it. She was pregnant. Instead of going to work she went straight home to think. She made herself some coffee and sat down. She had been raped she must have been raped she hadn't had sex since she had been attacked and since the doctor said she was nearly 12 weeks gone she must have been raped.
The next morning she headed off to the hospital alone. She sat in the waiting room waiting for the nurse at the desk to call her name and to tell her where to go just like she said she would. She wished someone was with her. Her mother, even one of the team. Just someone with her for support. Thankfully it wasn't long before she was taken. She went in and like the day before after being in there for 5 minutes she came to with her head between her knees again. She drove home even more shell-shocked than the day before. Not only was she pregnant she was having twins.
The next day Sara decided to go to work. She had considered calling in sick but if she stayed at home she would only make herself upset. She had spent the entire day the day before thinking. She had decided to keep the twins. Even though she was sure she had been raped she wouldn't want to give them up for adoption and she doesn't believe in abortion. She drove to work, parked the car and headed in. She headed for Grissom's office but she never quite made it there. One he was coming along the corridor towards her and two she had just spotted a couple pushing a stroller. Just as Grissom caught up with her tears started flowing down her face and she dropped the bag she was carrying and ran for the restroom. Grissom just stood, mouth hanging open watching her go. Sara reached the restroom and locked herself in one of the cubicles. There were hundreds of thoughts running through her head. All she could think about was that she would be like that couple in a few months. Only she would be a single parent pushing a double stroller. More tears flowed down her face.
Back in the corridor Grissom picked up Sara's bag and headed for the ladies restroom.
" Stuff the rules" He muttered as he pushed open the door. He dropped Sara's bag on the floor and looked around and felt relieved when he saw the room was empty but in one of the cubicles he could hear Sara sobbing.
" Sara?" He said " Sara come out."
Sara decided to go out and tell Grissom. At least once she told him she wouldn't feel so alone anymore. Slowly she opened the door tears still streaming down her face. Grissom was standing there.
He outstretched his arms. " Need a hug?" He asked.
Sara nodded and she let him wrap his arms around her. They sat down. Sara who had her face hidden in Grissom's shoulder was still sobbing.
" Sara. What's wrong," He asked " You haven't been yourself for weeks,"
Sara sat up and wiped her face with her hands.
" I'm pregnant." She said quietly sitting with her head down and tears silently flowing down her face. Grissom's facial expression changed.
" What!" he said rather loudly. Did you go to the police?"
Sara shook her head.
" Why not?" Grissom asked confused.
" I didn't know I had been raped for certain until I found out I was pregnant and that was only two days ago. I got attacked months ago."
" When you hurt your face you didn't walk into a door did you?"
She shook her head " When I woke up that morning my face was like that. He must have hit me."
" Sara" Grissom said " I think you should still tell the police."
No" She said shaking her head " And please don't you tell them either as I'll just deny it."
" But…" Grissom began.
Sara just shook her head.
" What about the team" Grissom asked " They'll find out sooner or later and they will start asking question about the father and things like that."
" I'll tell the team about the twins in my own time"
" Wait a minute" He said " Twins?"
Sara nodded. " Twins" She said wiping her face.
Grissom just stood absolutely shell-shocked.
"Please don't tell anyone." Sara said again.
Grissom nodded " Okay I won't. But they'll find out."
" I know" Sara said " But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."
They left the bathroom and went down the hall where they met Catherine.
" Hey guys," She said.
They both greeted Catherine and as Grissom went into his office Catherine asked Sara "Sara are you ok?"
Sara nodded her head quickly and no more was said on the matter.
That day Sara and Grissom went about work like it was any other day. But Grissom was a lot easier on Sara. He gave her the easiest job to do and the least work. Grissom thought the others wouldn't notice but they did. They didn't say anything but they all noticed it.
2 weeks later…
Sara slowly stepped out of the rest room. She had been sick again. She felt awful but Nick, Catherine and Warrick didn't know yet so she couldn't risk going home. She walked slowly along to the conference room where Grissom and Catherine were sitting discussing the cases that the team had been issued. Nick and Warrick hadn't arrived yet. Grissom and Catherine looked up when she walked in.
"Sara you look awful" Catherine said the minute she walked in the room. Grissom didn't say anything.
" Thanks" Sara said raising her eyebrows.
" Grissom" Catherine elbowed him in the ribs " Doesn't she look awful."
Grissom had no choice but to reply " Yeah" He said " You do look a little funny"
" A little?" Catherine said sarcastically " Sara are you ok? If you are sick you should go home."
" I'm fine" Sara replied sitting down.
"You sure?" Catherine asked
Sara nodded. Before anything could be said Nick and Warrick came in and sat down.
Grissom gave them their cases. Nick and Warrick were taking a local murder and Catherine, Sara and Grissom were going out to the desert to investigate a corpse that had surfaced.
Grissom wanted Sara with him, but Sara didn't thank him for a trip out to the desert. She was feeling increasingly queasy.
Hope you liked it. Please post reviews as positive ones are very incouriging.
Jenni.