Readers,
I never write stories with unhappy endings. I don't now what drove me to this. I'm so sorry, guys! But I've been listening to this song nonstop, "Forever and Always" by Parachute, and I needed to make it into a songfic. So blame Parachute, for writing a sad song!
Kathyrene
She's sitting at the table, the hours get later
"C'mon, Greg, where are you?" She calls him one more time. He promised that he would take her out for some weird Norwegian rock concert. And even though she would never admit it, she was excited.
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would have called
"No new messages. Where the hell are you, Gregory Sanders?" She wonders aloud. She wishes he was here. She needs one of his long, groundbreaking kisses. She's had a hard day, and misses him more than anything, even though it's only been a few hours since he left for his case. He promised to call her. He would never break a promise.
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would have called
She dials Nick, sure he would know where Greg is. He doesn't, saying he's out in the field, working a homicide. But she knows that he calls her every hour while he's working. It used to annoy her. She loves it now. It's been 4 hours since his last call.
No one's said they've seen him
Why, is something wrong?
She picks up a book, glancing at the window every few seconds. Her phone starts to beep. It's Grissom.
She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says something's happened
That she should come right now
Terror races through her body as she remembers her sweet Greg. Twisting her engagement ring, she remembers the way her kisses her, the way he laughs and smiles. The way her proposed to her.
Her mind goes to December
She thinks of when he asked her
He bent down on his knees first
And he said
I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always
She runs into the car and races to Desert Palms.
She pulls up to the entrance
She walks right to the front desk
They lead her down a million halls, a maze that's never ending
They talk about what happened but she can barely hear them
Her mind can't understand a word that Grissom or the nurses say. Shooting, critical condition, loss of blood. It sounds like they're underwater, everything muffled. She's so scared as they lead her into the room.
She tries to keep a straight face as she walks into the room
She sits by his bedside, holds his hand too tight
"Greg." She says.
"Sara, release the death grip on my hand. Hurts like hell." She smiles.
"Your going to be okay, right? Seriously, Greg. What about the wedding?" "Sara, I'm going to be fine. I will make myself okay. We have a lot of life to live. Kids to have, houses to buy. I will be fine."
"Promise?" He looks her straight in the eye.
"Promise."
"We should buy a house on the hill. Plenty of room for us, for kids we'll have. I want a little boy and girl." He smiles at her.
"No promises on the gender."
They talk about the kids they're gonna have and the good life
The house on the hillside, where they would stay
Stay there forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether rich or for poor or for better
We'll still love each other, forever and always
"I wish we'd had the wedding sooner." She says, and her eyes light up, the face she gets when she has a brilliant idea. She reales his hand and runs out of the room, grabbing a nurse, who smiles when she hears the plan.
Then she gets an idea and calls in the nurses
The nurse runs of and gets a chaplain, telling every free doctor and nurse of the plan as she retrieves him. Sara runs to a room and tells the couple inside of her intentions. They smile and hand over their rings. She grabs Nick, Catherine, Warrick, and even Grissom, pulling them into greg's hospital room. The chaplain and a million doctors and nurses are inside.
Then she gets an idea and calls in the nurses
Brings up the chaplain and he says a couple verses
She borrows some rings from the couple next door
Everybody's laughing as the tears fall on the floor
She looks into his eyes, and she says
"I love you, Greg Sanders. I have since my first day at the lab. This is something I should have done a long, long, long time ago."
I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Forever and always, forever and always
The doctors laugh, Catherine wipes stray tears from her eyes, the nurses clap, Warrick grins at Nick, Grissom smiles.
She finishes the vows but the beeps are getting too slow
His voice is almost too low
As he says, I love you forever, forever and always
Please just remember even if I'm not there
I'll always love you, forever and always
He finishes the last word of the vow, slips the ring on Sara's finger, kisses her, and then the machine flatlines. The smiles disappear into tears. Because those vows were Greg Sanders last words.