Title: Surprises
Author: Sara Davenport
Archive: Ask first
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em never will
Rating: pg
Summary: a CSI is shot!
Feedback: o ya
Sara opened the door to her apartment, and found the red button on her answering machine blinking signaling that she had received a message. When she checked it she heard Grissom's voice. "Hi Sara. I was wondering if you wanted to go to Brewbakers tonight? Umm, I will pick you up around 5? Give me a call. 555-0623. Bye."
She jumped at the thought of going to dinner with Grissom, and she immediately picked up the phone and dialed his number. "Hi Grissom. yeah 5 would be great. See you then."
The time when he arrived to pick her up came quickly. She wore a blue skirt and white shirt, and he wore dress pants and a nice button up shirt. The drive to the restaurant wasn't full of conversation, but this was Sara and Grissom, they didn't need words to communicate.
When they entered the restaurant, they were greeted by a man dressed in a suit. "Hello. Two?"
"Yes", answered Grissom.
"Smoking or non?" asked the man.
"Non please."
"Ok, please follow me."
After they were seated, and had placed their orders Sara commented on the restaurant..
"Wow. Grissom this place is very nice."
"I thought you would like it."
"Very much so."
"I'm glad."
"Well how about that case last night? I didn't get prints off of the knife or anything for that matter."
"Sooner or later, he will slip up and we'll be there to catch him."
Sara looked around for a moment. Grissom saw she wanted to ask something but waited for her to ask her question.
"Grissom."
"Yeah?" he asked thinking it would be about the case.
"We've been together for a couple of weeks now. Where's this going?"
"What do you mean where is it going I am quite happy with the way it's been." Grissom answered
"Well don't you think that we should tell the team about us?"
"Look Sara I don't think that I am ready to tell anyone about us."
"Why?!"
The waiter delivered their food trying not to interrupt their heated conversation.
"Thanks" they both said at the same time.
"Sara we have only been seeing each other for a few weeks and I'm not sure we're ready to let this out. And do you know what Ecklie will do to us if he finds out?"
"Look Grissom I don't care what others think. I care about what you think."
"Well I think that we should wait."
"Fine!" She said angrily and loudly as she threw her napkin on the table and shoved her chair back.
She walked out furiously leaving Grissom with the check giving her a chance to get away.
Just as fast as she had left, he heard 3 shots fired. He ran outside to see what had happened, only to find Sara lying on the street bleeding from her right shoulder.
He called 911 and cradled Sara in his arms being extremely careful with her. At this point he had about 50 different emotions running through him. He was scared, confused worried, and angry. Not at her but at the person who did this to her.
"Stay with me Sara. Please. It's going to be all right."
He rode with her to the hospital and held her hand the whole way. He couldn't stand to see her lying there in pain.
Once they arrive at the hospital and he was no longer allowed to go with her, so he decided to call Catherine, Warrick, and Nick.
"Willows." She answered.
"Cath." he said sounding upset.
"What's wrong Grissom?"
"Its Sara. She's been shot."
"No." she sounded more upset than him at this point.
"Can you call Warrick and Nick and tell them to get down here?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."
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When they arrive they immediately spotted Grissom with his head in his hands. He looked helpless. As Catherine walked up to him, they saw the doctor walking up to them.
"How is she?" Grissom asked in a panicked voice.
"She had some pretty extensive wounds. You said that there was 3 shots fired and luckily of the 3 only 2 hit her. She was hit in the shoulder and the collarbone. She got very lucky but it will take her a while time to fully recover. She may have physiological problems after what has happened as well."
"But she'll be ok, right, her shoulder and all I mean?"
"Yeah, up and out of here in a week."
"Can we see her?" asked Nick, worried about his friend.
"Not yet, they are about to move her to recovery."
"Ok, well in that case Nick and I will go get some coffee for all of us." Said Warrick, trying to help the time pass by quicker for them.
"I want to stay here. So that way I can see her as soon as possible."
"Nicky come on. It will be at least 15 minutes and she will still most likely be asleep when we get back."
"Fine." he said, obviously wanting to stay to find out what had happened. As they walked away Catherine began her interrogation with Grissom.
"Gil we need to talk?"
"I really don't want to talk right now."
"Come on Gil."
"Cat not now."
"Ok fine Grissom. But you do know that you can't keep this bottled up inside you and you will need to get it out."
"Cath I can't talk about it."
"Ok fine. But please remember that if you need to talk I am here for you."
Grissom lowered himself into the uncomfortable waiting room chair, as did Catherine. Soon Nick and Warrick returned with coffee for all, even though they all knew that hospital coffee was worse than Greg's Hawaiian Blue.
Nick was so anxious to see Sara that he couldn't wait for a doctor to say when they had finished moving her, that he stood at the nurses station waiting.
"Excuse me but could you tell me if they moved Sara Sidle yet?"
"Um, yes," she said as she looked up to her computer screen. "She will be moved within the next half an hour."
"They said within 15 minutes."
"I am sorry sir but she will not be moved and settled for at least another 30 minutes."
"Ok fine." He said angrily walking back to where his friends sat.
"What did they say Nick?" asked Catharine awaiting the directions to her friends room.
"They said that it would be at least another 30 minutes."
"Great just put us through more torture." Warrick said sarcastically.
*Fifteen minutes later*
"I'll be right back." Nick said agitatedly as he walked towards the nurse's station.
"Excuse me but have they moved Sara Sidle yet?" he asked the new nurse at the station.
"Um, no sir." She said looking to the computer screen just as the last nurse did.
He stood there waiting for another 2 minutes and then finally said something.
"Have they moved her now?"
"No"
"Have they moved her now?"
"No"
"Have they moved her now?"
"NO! Sir would you like me to send some one to inform you when she is settled?"
"PLEASE." He said with a goofy sarcastic grin on his face. Before he began to turn.
"Oh, would you look at that. They just finished moving her. Down the hall, fifth door on the right."
"Thank you."
He quickly walked back to where the team was waiting and gave them the directions to her room.
"Ok, well what are we waiting for?" asked Warrick anxious to get to her.
"Lets go." Said Catherine
Grissom just sat there still holding his head in his hands.
"Grissom are you coming?" asked Warrick
Finally, he looked up a little dazed and answered with a muffled "Yes."
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Sara opened the door to her apartment, and found the red button on her answering machine blinking signaling that she had received a message. When she checked it she heard Grissom's voice. "Hi Sara. I was wondering if you wanted to go to Brewbakers tonight? Umm, I will pick you up around 5? Give me a call. 555-0623. Bye."
She jumped at the thought of going to dinner with Grissom, and she immediately picked up the phone and dialed his number. "Hi Grissom. yeah 5 would be great. See you then."
The time when he arrived to pick her up came quickly. She wore a blue skirt and white shirt, and he wore dress pants and a nice button up shirt. The drive to the restaurant wasn't full of conversation, but this was Sara and Grissom, they didn't need words to communicate.
When they entered the restaurant, they were greeted by a man dressed in a suit. "Hello. Two?"
"Yes", answered Grissom.
"Smoking or non?" asked the man.
"Non please."
"Ok, please follow me."
After they were seated, and had placed their orders Sara commented on the restaurant..
"Wow. Grissom this place is very nice."
"I thought you would like it."
"Very much so."
"I'm glad."
"Well how about that case last night? I didn't get prints off of the knife or anything for that matter."
"Sooner or later, he will slip up and we'll be there to catch him."
Sara looked around for a moment. Grissom saw she wanted to ask something but waited for her to ask her question.
"Grissom."
"Yeah?" he asked thinking it would be about the case.
"We've been together for a couple of weeks now. Where's this going?"
"What do you mean where is it going I am quite happy with the way it's been." Grissom answered
"Well don't you think that we should tell the team about us?"
"Look Sara I don't think that I am ready to tell anyone about us."
"Why?!"
The waiter delivered their food trying not to interrupt their heated conversation.
"Thanks" they both said at the same time.
"Sara we have only been seeing each other for a few weeks and I'm not sure we're ready to let this out. And do you know what Ecklie will do to us if he finds out?"
"Look Grissom I don't care what others think. I care about what you think."
"Well I think that we should wait."
"Fine!" She said angrily and loudly as she threw her napkin on the table and shoved her chair back.
She walked out furiously leaving Grissom with the check giving her a chance to get away.
Just as fast as she had left, he heard 3 shots fired. He ran outside to see what had happened, only to find Sara lying on the street bleeding from her right shoulder.
He called 911 and cradled Sara in his arms being extremely careful with her. At this point he had about 50 different emotions running through him. He was scared, confused worried, and angry. Not at her but at the person who did this to her.
"Stay with me Sara. Please. It's going to be all right."
He rode with her to the hospital and held her hand the whole way. He couldn't stand to see her lying there in pain.
Once they arrive at the hospital and he was no longer allowed to go with her, so he decided to call Catherine, Warrick, and Nick.
"Willows." She answered.
"Cath." he said sounding upset.
"What's wrong Grissom?"
"Its Sara. She's been shot."
"No." she sounded more upset than him at this point.
"Can you call Warrick and Nick and tell them to get down here?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."
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When they arrive they immediately spotted Grissom with his head in his hands. He looked helpless. As Catherine walked up to him, they saw the doctor walking up to them.
"How is she?" Grissom asked in a panicked voice.
"She had some pretty extensive wounds. You said that there was 3 shots fired and luckily of the 3 only 2 hit her. She was hit in the shoulder and the collarbone. She got very lucky but it will take her a while time to fully recover. She may have physiological problems after what has happened as well."
"But she'll be ok, right, her shoulder and all I mean?"
"Yeah, up and out of here in a week."
"Can we see her?" asked Nick, worried about his friend.
"Not yet, they are about to move her to recovery."
"Ok, well in that case Nick and I will go get some coffee for all of us." Said Warrick, trying to help the time pass by quicker for them.
"I want to stay here. So that way I can see her as soon as possible."
"Nicky come on. It will be at least 15 minutes and she will still most likely be asleep when we get back."
"Fine." he said, obviously wanting to stay to find out what had happened. As they walked away Catherine began her interrogation with Grissom.
"Gil we need to talk?"
"I really don't want to talk right now."
"Come on Gil."
"Cat not now."
"Ok fine Grissom. But you do know that you can't keep this bottled up inside you and you will need to get it out."
"Cath I can't talk about it."
"Ok fine. But please remember that if you need to talk I am here for you."
Grissom lowered himself into the uncomfortable waiting room chair, as did Catherine. Soon Nick and Warrick returned with coffee for all, even though they all knew that hospital coffee was worse than Greg's Hawaiian Blue.
Nick was so anxious to see Sara that he couldn't wait for a doctor to say when they had finished moving her, that he stood at the nurses station waiting.
"Excuse me but could you tell me if they moved Sara Sidle yet?"
"Um, yes," she said as she looked up to her computer screen. "She will be moved within the next half an hour."
"They said within 15 minutes."
"I am sorry sir but she will not be moved and settled for at least another 30 minutes."
"Ok fine." He said angrily walking back to where his friends sat.
"What did they say Nick?" asked Catharine awaiting the directions to her friends room.
"They said that it would be at least another 30 minutes."
"Great just put us through more torture." Warrick said sarcastically.
*Fifteen minutes later*
"I'll be right back." Nick said agitatedly as he walked towards the nurse's station.
"Excuse me but have they moved Sara Sidle yet?" he asked the new nurse at the station.
"Um, no sir." She said looking to the computer screen just as the last nurse did.
He stood there waiting for another 2 minutes and then finally said something.
"Have they moved her now?"
"No"
"Have they moved her now?"
"No"
"Have they moved her now?"
"NO! Sir would you like me to send some one to inform you when she is settled?"
"PLEASE." He said with a goofy sarcastic grin on his face. Before he began to turn.
"Oh, would you look at that. They just finished moving her. Down the hall, fifth door on the right."
"Thank you."
He quickly walked back to where the team was waiting and gave them the directions to her room.
"Ok, well what are we waiting for?" asked Warrick anxious to get to her.
"Lets go." Said Catherine
Grissom just sat there still holding his head in his hands.
"Grissom are you coming?" asked Warrick
Finally, he looked up a little dazed and answered with a muffled "Yes."
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