Pairing: Sara/Grissom
A/N: This is my first CSI fic. I hope that you guys like it.
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Don't Say Goodbye
The day, or night rather, started like it normally does. Everyone was in the breakroom waiting for their assignments. Catherine was talking to Warrick at one end of the room. Greg and Nick were having an arm wrestling competition. And Sara was watching and trying, without much success, not to laugh at the picture they made.
Everyone was laughing at Greg for losing, when Brass walked in with a look on his face that made everyone stop laughing abruptly. He looked like he had been crying. He looked like he was going to cry again, too.
Sara had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had a bad feeling that she knew what he was going to say. Grissom was still not at work yet. He should have been there by now.
Brass cleared his throat. Then he looked down in a gesture that said he had to compose himself before he could continue.
Sara wished that he would just spit it out already. Every second that went by she got closer and closer to screaming. Then Brass finally looked up and said what all of them had by now guessed. "Grissom's been shot."
Catherine didn't move. She felt frozen as tears started rolling down her face. Her best friend had been shot. Everything that had seemed so important a minute ago didn't seem as important now. She'd always thought of herself as an independent woman. But the truth was that she depended on Gil to always be there when she needed help.
Warrick felt like he'd been hit by a bus. His friend and teacher had been hurt, possibly dieing. Grissom had helped him through a lot of things. Without him being there for him, he could have been in jail by now. What would his life be like without Grissom's pressence and friendship? He tried to be strong, for Griss, but a tear fell anyway. Then he just couldn't hold back the tears anymore.
Nick was stunned by the news. Grissom, shot. He couldn't reconcile himself with the fact that the tough as nails Grissom was hurt. Oh God, he thought, please don't let him be dead! There was still so much he needed to tell him. He needed to let him know that he never would have gotten as far as he had as CSI, if not for Grissom. He had to tell him how much his friendship and guidance meant to him. Grissom just couldn't be dead. Nick started crying and felt like he might never stop.
Greg couldn't believe it. Grissom, the man he thought couldn't be hurt by anything, was hurt. He remembered the day when he told Grissom that he made him nervous. He always wished he could be like Grissom. Grissom was always so tough. And he always seemed to know everything. He thought that, with the possible excedption of Sara, Grissom was the smartest person he has ever known. He tried to ask what had happened, but he couldn't seem to find his voice.
Sara felt like someone had just ripped out her heart. She couldn't believe that the man she loved was hurt. She had left his townhouse just about half an hour ago. he had been fine then. He had smiled at her and then held her face in his hands and gave her a soft kiss goodbye as she left for work. He had told her he would be right behind her. They had been happy. Now she knows she may never be happy again.
As tears fall down her cheeks, she asks what the others haven't been able to bring themselves to ask. "What happened Brass? Is he in the hospital? He isn't dead, is he?"
Brass looked at Sara and wished he didn't have to be the one who told her this. He knew she loved Gil. And he suspected that her and Gil have been dating for awhile. This could destroy Sara.
"Gil was shot while at a gas station. The guy who shot him must have taken his wallet. He was conscious when the employee on duty got to him. The employee, Mike Jefferson, called 911. When the cops got there he was slipping in and out of consciousness. He managed to let the paramedics know who he was."
Brass had to stop talking because he didn't know how to tell them, especially Sara, about what else Gil had said.
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A/N: I hope everyone liked the first chapter. Please review and let me know what you think.