Series Title: The Bryan Adams Series

Title: Rock Steady – Story Twenty-One

Author: ANNE (the insane one)
Rating: PG

Summary: Grissom thinks about Catherine

Disclaimer: Characters et al belong to the people that make CSI. "Rock Steady" belongs to Bryan Adams

Gil's POV

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You need a man that'll treat you like the woman you are
Those little boys are just fooling around with your heart
Whatcha gonna do now that you're all alone?
You need a rock not a rollin' stone
Yeah so when a boy
just ain't enough
You need a man made of stronger stuff
Get ready
Rock steady all night long

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First it was Eddie. Now it's that District Engineer she worked with.

Neither of them can be good enough for her. None of them will take care of her like she deserves.

She deserves to be treated like the only woman in the world…because she is the best woman in the world.

Any man should worship her if they are so lucky to have her love them.

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Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Just me and you

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Sometimes I wonder what she looks for. Does she look for someone who will adore Lindsey?

I adore Lindsey.

Does she look for someone who is intelligent, and can match her brains?

I gave a lecture she attended once.

Does she look for someone who can give her what she needs?

I own my own home, and have plenty in the bank.

Does she look for someone who'll love her until the day she dies?

I know I will.

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You need somebody who will help you with your heavy load
Well I've been there baby
Lord give me a rock and roll
Well I can bend but I won't break
cause you ain't got what I can take
So when you're tired of those little girls
you want a woman that'll rock your world
Get ready

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I try to be supportive. I really do.

But when these relationships end, she's left, broken and battered.

And I feel every bit of it. Every bruise, both physical and emotional. Every searing pain, both physical and emotional.

Every time her heart breaks, mine breaks for her.

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Rock steady all night long
Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Just me and you
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I want to be the one to hold her, to make her feel better. I want to be the one that she can turn to, that she can ask for help.

I know she can't want someone like these men that she's chosen. I know she wants someone who'll take care of her, who'll love Lindsey, and who will love her.

So why hasn't she ever thought of me?

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Amateurs and dilettantes
They can't give you what you really want
When all the other have been untrue
I'll give you something you can hold on to
Rock steady all night long
Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Just me and you

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FINIS