"Oh my gosh" Sara said reaching for her cell phone lying in the passenger seat of her Denali. "Hello?" she said with a hateful tone in her voice. "Honey, where have you been?" Grissom asked on the other end. "I told you me and Catherine are going shopping today for my dress and other things for the wedding since we finally have a day off."
Grissom and Sara had been dating for a year and a ½ now then just 3 months ago he asked her to marry him, but here recently he has been coming obsessive with her. Calling her ever hour or so giving her the third degree of where she has been, it was really starting to irritate Sara.
"Well Sara, you didn't tell me you were going with her." "Yes I did Grissom, I told you two days ago but apparently you didn't listen." She said while rolling her eyes at Catherine as she got into the passenger side of Sara's SUV. "I got to go Grissom I'll talk to you later, love you bye." "Ok Sara call me when you get finished shopping, because I'll be at work" "yeah" Sara said trying to hurry at get off the phone with him. "Love you Sara bye."
"I'll tell you what Catherine, Grissom can be so annoying sometimes." "Why what has he done now?" Catherine asked with a slight laugh. "He calls me it seems like every hour to see where I'm at, and if he can't get a hold of me he calls and leaves 20 million friggin voice mails; it just gets old after a while." "It's just like he his becoming obsessed with me." "Sara, has ever acted like he wanted to hurt you?" Catherine asked with a concerned tone in her voice. "Catherine we are talking about Grissom, do you think he would ever do some thing like that?" "Well you never know Sara people change." "Grissom loves me he is just being typical old Grissom." "I know but you are starting out just like me and Eddie did, and you see where that ended up." "I believe you are wrong about Grissom though Cath." Catherine just shrugged her shoulders.
After they were done shopping, they returned to Sara's vehicle; Sara hadn't realized she has left her cell phone in the car. She picked it up and looked at it 15 missed calls. "What the heck she said out loud so Catherine could hear her. "Look" she said while turning to phone towards Catherine could see it. Sara looked at the numbers "10 from Grissom's cell and 5 from his office." "Cath, how long have we been shopping?" "Um, about 3 hours." "15 calls in a three hour time period, ugh he makes me so mad." "Catherine do you care to ride by work with me so I can see what he wants?" "Sure I don't have anything else to do, Lindsey is spending the night at a friend's house.
Sara and Catherine walked in to find Nick and Warrick in the hallway talking. "Hey guys, are you busy?" Catherine asked while laying a hand on Warrick's shoulder. "Not really kind of slow" Warrick said while turning to look at Catherine. "We had what we thought was a breaking and entering but it turned out to be a teenager snuck out of the house and apparently forgot their key so they kicked the door in." Nick said while looking in the direction of were Sara was going. "What's wrong with Sara?" Nick asked after finishing his sentence. "While we were shopping Grissom called her 15 times within a three hour time frame." "Are you serious?" Warrick said kind of surprised. Catherine just nodded.
"Grissom?" Sara said while opening the door to his office. "Hey honey, come in." "Grissom, why did you call me 15 times while I was shopping?" "I was just wondering where you were at." "I told you where I was going." She said raising her voice louder. "Sara you don't have t get so angry." He said while standing up and coming around the side of his desk. "Grissom you are too obsessed with me." "No Sara I just worry about you, because I love you." "Grissom if you love me so much then give me some space!" she said, her voice still raised. "Sara, I give you space all the time." He said while grabbing Sara's shoulders. "No you don't Grissom, you have to know where I am every minute; it's like you don't trust me I'm an adult Grissom." "Why do you have to do this? I love you and I would never hurt you." She said while a tear run down her face. "Sara" he said with a sigh and releasing her shoulders. "We never spend any time together anymore." "Grissom, what are you talking about? We spend time together all the time; we work together for crying out loud. It's not like we don't get to see each other." "Sara I just don't like you going out and doing stuff without me." "What?" she thought to herself. "Forget it Grissom I'm going home I'll see you when you get there." She said slamming the door to his office behind her.
As she walked down the hallway she was just crying to herself, Catherine, who was in the break room, saw Sara out of the corner of her eye and ran out of her. "Sara?" Sara turned around. "Let's go" she said to Catherine. Getting in the vehicle Sara wiped her eyes with her hands. "Sara are you ok?" "Yeah, I'll be ok." The car trip to Catherine's house was silence. Sara stopped the car in front of Catherine's house. Catherine asked Sara if she wanted to come in and talk and she agreed. "Catherine, I think maybe I should get home." She said while looking at the clock, realizing she had been sitting and talking with Catherine for almost 5 hours. "Grissom will be home soon." "Sara, if you need anything you call me; I don't care what time it is if you need me, call me." Catherine said while hugging Sara before she walked out of the door. She pulled into the drive of her and Grissom's home to find Grissom's car in the driveway. "What is he doing here?" Sara said while parking the car behind his.
Sara walked in the house to find Grissom sitting on the couch watching TV. "Did you get off early?" She asked while laying her keys on the coffee table. "Yeah where have you been? I've been trying to get a hold of you." he said while is voice began to raise and as he got up and stood in front of her. "I was over at ….." He stopped her by pushing her down on the couch. "You know you should leave you cell phone on, what is the use of having one if you are not going to leave it one when you are gone!" Sara just sat there in disbelief about what had just happened. She could not believe what Grissom had just done, over her not turning her cell phone on.. "And too Sara," he shouted "you be home whenever I get home unless you are working!!" Sara's eyes got wider "Excuse me?" she said while standing up in front of him again. "Grissom, you do not control me I will do whatever I please; and if I want to go out there isn't a damn thing you can do about it!!" About this time Grissom picked up the telephone and threw it, in frustration, towards Sara but luckily missed her and hit he wall and broke. Sara began to cry as Grissom walked into the bedroom and slammed the door. After she heard the door slammed she grabbed her keys and cell phone and headed out of the front door. She got into her car and started to dial Catherine's number but she didn't answer. Sara just decided to drive over there. "Being that it is just 7 a.m. she should be home." Sara thought to herself. When she arrived at Catherine's house, she noticed that her vehicle was gone. Sara tried calling Catherine's cell phone but no luck there either. Then Sara called the only one who she knew was a good listener. Nick Stokes.
"Stokes" he answered in a professional voice.
"Nick, are busy and the present time?" she asked him with a slight sniffle in her voice from where she had been crying.
"Sara, what's wrong?"
"Nick, Grissom and I are having trouble."
"Sara come on over and we will talk." "Thanks Nick I'll be over in a few minutes." She said with a smirk on her face.
Sara arrived at Nick's house about 10 minutes later. She wiped her face before getting out of the vehicle. As she approached his door he surprised her by opening it up before she even knocked on it. "I heard you pull up." He stated. "Come in Sara, and sit down." So she did. Sara begins by telling Nick everything that had happened that day, the 15 missed calls all from Grissom, the way he pushed her down on the couch and the phone he had threw towards her. Nick just sits there, his mouth agape with wonder on how Grissom could do such a thing. "OH gosh Sara" then he grabbed her into a hug. They just sat there in a hug for a minute then Sara began crying harder against Nick's chest, she felt his arms tighten on her after she made a sniffle. Nick gently placed a kiss on Sara's head. "Sara" he said while she sat back up. "You know if you need a place to stay or anything you are welcome to stay here, I have an extra bedroom, mi casa su casa. "Nick so are so sweet, but I might just see if I can stay with Catherine, no offense to you but if I stay the night here there will be so many rumors around the lab it won't even be funny, Thanks though." "Sara since when have you cared what people say or think about you?" Nick asked with a smile. Sara just responded by smacking Nick on the arm. "Offer still stands though Sara, anytime you need to take me up on it." "Thanks, but no thanks Nick." She said before standing up and walking towards the front door. Nick stood up after she did and walked with her to the door. "Sara, if you need anything or anyone to talk to let me know ok?" "Thank you for the talk Nick." "Your welcome Sara." He said before pulling her in to a slight hug.
Nick watched as Sara walked towards her vehicle and after she got in he closed his front door, he placed his back against the door and sighed heavily. He loved Sara but never had the courage to tell her. Sara continued to drive down the road thinking about all the things Nick had said. Then about that time Sara heard her cell phone ring, she picked it up and looked at the caller ID, it was Grissom. She hesitated to answer it but she did anyway. "Hello?" she said while releasing a deep breath. "Honey, I'm sorry for what I did earlier, I've just been so stressed lately." "That is no excuse for what you did Grissom." "Sara, I'm sorry, will you come home?" "I might after you've had time to cool down." She said before hanging up the phone on him. She tried once more to call Catherine this time she picked up "Hello?" she answered. "Hey Catherine what's up?" "Nothing much had to go pick up Lindsey, she got sick at her friends house and I've just been taking care of her, what's up with you and Grissom?" As she began to cry, Sara was telling Catherine all about what happened. Catherine, just like Nick, was speechless and couldn't believe that Grissom would do something like that. "Catherine I was going to ask if I could stay with you, no offense, but I don't want to get sick." "No I don't want you to get sick either Sara; if you want me to I will get you a hotel room." "Thanks Cath, but I had an offer earlier to stay with someone and I might just stay with them."
Sara pulled up in her driveway, even though she didn't want to see Grissom she had to go get her clothes so she could get ready for work. She walked in the door and didn't see Grissom in the living room, but she really wasn't looking for him. She walked straight to the bedroom and started looking for something to wear. Grissom stood at the door way and watched her for a minute and then he said "Sara?" She turned around, and gave him a WHAT look. "Sara I'm sorry for what happened earlier, you know I love you and I would never hurt you on purpose." "Well Grissom you did, I just don't see how I can just forget that; Grissom I don't want to take a chance of it being worse next time." "Just what possessed you to do that Grissom?" "Sara I don't know what came over me?" "Still no excuse Grissom!" she said while walking towards the bathroom to put on her clothes. A few minutes later she came out of the bathroom to find Grissom sitting on the bed. "Sara" he said standing up "I..." "Grissom…" she said stopping him from saying another word. "I think you and I need sometime apart, time to let you calm down" "Sara, I don't think it is you that's stressing me out I think it is work, maybe I need a few days vacation and maybe things will get better for us." "Maybe" she said. "I still need time away from you Grissom." She said while walking away from him "Sara I said I was sorry what it is going to take to make you stay with me!" "See Grissom you raise your voice at every little thing. You have changed so much lately. I love you Griss but I can't live with you acting like this. I've got to go" she said while opening the front door. "Sara lets just sit and talk about us" "Grissom, I'm tired of talking to you right now" she closed the door behind her leaving him standing there in the middle of the living room floor.
Sara pulled into the parking lot of the crime lab trying to figure out what do about the whole thing with Grissom and where she was going to stay tonight. As she walked in to the break room of work Nick was already sitting in there reading the paper and Warrick was drinking some coffee watching some TV, "Hey guys" she said while walking over towards the coffee pot. "Hey Sara." They both stated. Nick noticed that Sara had been crying again because her face was puffy, but he didn't say anything because he knew Warrick didn't know about her and Grissom. About this time Ecklie walked into the break room. "Ecklie, what are you doing here?" Warrick asked. "I'm just here to hand out assignments, it's just you three tonight Grissom called in sick and Catherine's little girl is sick so they will not be here tonight." He said while looking at one of the assignment slips. "Warrick, I've got you working a shooting at the Monaco casino, Nick and Sara I've got you working a 419 at a home on Spring Valley DR." Ecklie said while handing the three of them the assignment slips. Nick and Sara grabbed their kits and headed towards Nick's vehicle. As they got in Nick asked Sara "You and Grissom work everything out?" "No not really, I mean, he said he was sorry but that is no excuse for what he did; I told him we needed some time apart maybe that will bring us together." She stated as she began to cry again. "Sara, I hate to say this but I don't think it's ever going to be the same in your relationship; but if Grissom is going to act like that you don't need him anyway." "But I love him Nick" "Sara he doesn't love you as much as he says he does if is going to act like this." Sara got mad at Nick for a second but deep in her heart she knew he was right. "What am I going to do?" she asked and she cried harder. "Sara, you can do a whole lot better, there is someone out there who would treat a whole lot better." He said, referring to himself, but trying not to make it obvious. She didn't say anything in response to his statement. As they arrived on the scene they found a woman lying in the bed in a pool of her own blood, stab wounds to the neck and chest. This case was an easy one for them, apparently the step son killed her because she was having an affair with his dad's best friend and the step son found out about it so he killed her to keep his dad from finding about it.
As they end of the shift ended for Nick and Sara they sat in the break room for the remainder of the 10 minutes. Sara who was looking out of the window asked Nick "Um, Nick, does the offer you offered earlier still stand?" Nick in a state of confusion, looked over at Sara, who was still looking out of the window trying not to make eye contact, then it hit him, he remember what he had said. "Yes, of course do you need to stay with me tonight?" he asked. "Yes Nick I need to stay with you." Warrick entered the room, hearing they last statement from Sara, but trying to make it obvious he heard it. "What are you two doing?" he asked. "Nothing Warrick,
What's up with the shooting at the Monaco?" Nick asked turning around to face Warrick. "Nothing, just a typical robbery gone wrong." "What happened with your 419?" Warrick asked while looking at Sara who was still staring out of the window. "Step son killed step mother, but because of an affair with his dad's best friend." She said while turning around.
As shift was over the three of them walked out to the parking lot, Nick and Sara were hesitate about getting in their vehicles. Warrick got in his and left after saying bye. "Sara, do you want to follow me?" Nick asked. "No, I'll meet you over there in a few minutes I have to go get some clothes and a few other things." "Do you want me to go with you, just in case?" "Nick if you went with me, all hell would break lose with Grissom, because he would assume I've been hanging with you all the time instead of Catherine." "Ok Sara but I'm not going to be far away I'm going to sit at the end of your road, and if you need me call me ok?" Nick said while pulling her in for a small hug.
Sara pulled in her driveway, to find Grissom's vehicle was missing. "Good!" Sara said to herself. She gathered her clothes and other things. As she began to walk out of the door she noticed a note on the coffee table, it was from Grissom.
"Sara, I can't tell you how much I'm sorry for what I did. I've
gone to try and get some help of my anger and stress I hope
after this you and I can work things out.
Grissom."
Sara layed the note back on the table and thought to herself "Yeah, I doubt it Grissom, I think it's too late now." Then she walked out of the door………….
TBC… What will happen between Grissom and Sara? Will Nick and Sara get together? Please review and be nice this is my first fanfic!
