Title: Diamond in the Dirt
Rating: PG-13
Author: Sasha
Pairing: Catherine/Sara
Spoilers: none.
Disclaimer: I don't own these girls, I just play with them for a while….

It had been so long since they had seen each other. At the very beginning, a week apart seemed like too much. The young girl was all too eager to visit her at work, her eyes lit up and taking in every detail about the slender blonde's body as she danced. It wasn't about the sex that dripped from every pore of the dancer's body. No, it was about how simply amazing the woman was… although the sexiness was nice too.

The two got to know each other very well, and talking about your personal life was something a stripper was not to do, but she did with her watcher. The young girl fell deeper and deeper in love with this woman she had come to known. It was a known fact around the club; the young girl came to see the graceful blonde. The other dancers knew not to bother talking to the young girl simply because it would do no good. Plus, she belonged to someone.

Then, like a flash of lightening, everything changed. Another dancer whom the young girl had come to be friends with flirted with her. It was something so subtle the girl did not notice, but the blonde dancer did. The jealousy affected her so much, that she felt truly hurt. Being the strong, independent woman she is she did what she thought was necessary… push this girl away before either one of them fell victim to a broken heart. Little did she know by doing this she was not only breaking her heart, but the girl's. The young girl did not understand the change in the dancer, but tried to fix things.

Friends tried to console the young girl, but in the back of their minds they found the situation silly because everyone knew not to fall in love with a stripper. Flirting was their job, and they were only in it for the money. What they did not realize was that this dancer would not accept the young girl's money; she had cared about her far too much and deemed their relationship much deeper than a cheap thrill, a fantasy.

The young girl continued going in to the club in hopes everything will die down. They hadn't as quickly as she imagined. The blonde dancer blatantly ignored the girl, dancing in front of everyone else at the stage, except the girl who cared about who she was on the inside. Once she was off stage, this was a different story. She couldn't help watching the girl's every move, regret and pain reflecting from her crystal blue eyes. She watched as the girl drank herself stupid, and got talked into a dance from another dancer. The girl turned her head as she headed upstairs with the tattooed lady, catching the blonde's eyes flashing with jealousy. The young girl felt sick, knowing she was hurting the dancer she had come to fall in love with.

Weeks later, out of nowhere, the girl had a moment she couldn't explain. She hadn't been to the club since the last instance having been kept busy with work and life. She felt as though she needed to see the dancer at that moment or else what was left of their relationship would be gone forever. She sped down the highway in the heavy rainstorm, ignoring the fact that it was 2am and she needed to be at work only 6 hours later. She flung the door to the club open and frantically looked around, not seeing the blonde in sight. Tears filled her eyes as she felt dread take over her system. A bouncer she didn't know too well, but knew her put his hand on her shoulder asking if she was okay. She merely shook her head, brushing off his concern simply saying she was having a bad night. He asked what had happened, and she half lied saying she had a fight with a friend. He gave her a hug and wished her best as she looked around the club a bit more, hoping to see the girl she needed to talk to. She headed up the stairs to the DJ booth, asking him if the girl was there and he informed her that she left.

Tired and broken, the girl drove home with a crushed heart. As she slipped in to bed she vowed that she would try with everything in her to make the dancer realize how much of an impact she had made on the young girl's life and how she would do anything to keep her there.