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Chapter 2: Moving Forward
When Greg, Catherine and Warrick walked into the bar, they went right toward the front and started ordering their drinks, and as they were waiting for them, Greg noticed a few women looking their way, then he smiled as Warrick speaks. "Hey man, I thought you had a woman waiting for you at home."
Greg had been dating a woman named Amanda for the past 2 months, and things have been going great.
Greg looks over at Warrick and replied. "Well one, technically she doesn't live with me, and two, she's in Washington visiting her family. Besides all I was doing was looking." After the beer was set in front of them, Greg took it and continued. "And now talking. I'll talk to you two later." Before walking toward the group of women.
Warrick and Catherine watched him for a few seconds, then they looked at each other, and Catherine asked. "You think he's ok?"
Warrick nodded. "Probably still reeling after what happened to Nick, but I'm sure he'll be fine."
Catherine nodded a she looked down at her drink, then replied after a sigh. "Who isn't."
Warrick looked at her with concern as he places his hand on her shoulder. "Cath, you ok?"
She cleared her throat, took a sip of her beer, looked at him and said. "I'm fine, it's just that when something like that happens to some one close to you, it can really make you stop and think about things."
He nods, then replies as he continued to look into her blue eyes. "It really can."
When Sara and Grissom pulled back slowly from their passionate kiss, they put their foreheads together to get their breathing back to normal, and when they did, he pulls his forehead off of hers and looked into her eyes, then speaks with emotion as he cups her cheek again. "I need you, Sara."
She places her hand on top of his, and speaks while looking into his eyes again. "You have me."
He shook his head as he ran his thumb up and down on her cheek. "I'm talking about tonight."
"You sure?" She had to be sure this was really what he wanted tonight.
He was about to say something, then changed his mind as he was removing his hand off her cheek. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..."
She cuts him off after taking her hand in his. "I just don't want you to regret it in the morning. What happened to Nick affected us all and we are still reeling from it, and I don't want..."
He places a finger from his free hand over her lips to stop her from speaking, then he spoke. "This isn't about what happened to Nick, at least not in the way you're thinking." He moved his right hand from her lips and cups her cheek again as he continued. "It's about us moving forward in the direction I hope you want to go." He leans forward, kissed her forehead, then kept his lips there as he finished. "It's about being with the woman I love and sharing a piece of myself that I don't give very often." He pulls back to look into her eyes. "But I'm ready to share it with you. If you are."
She looks into his blue eyes and sees the truth in them, then she said with a smile. "You know that I want us to move forward, and I'm honored that you want to share a piece of yourself with me." She cups his cheek again as she finished. "And I'm ready too." He gives her that sweet smile before they peck each other softly on the lips.
After they pulled back, she removes her hand from his cheek, clasped his hand into hers and led him to her bedroom, a place she doesn't let just anybody in. Like him, she didn't give herself to anybody she didn't think was special, and she may have thought the few that she was with were at the time, but nobody else could compare to how she felt for the man she was leading to her room tonight, which was also the reason her heart was speeding.
As Catherine and Warrick continued to look at each other, the heat between them was becoming thick, but before either of them could step away from each other or finally make the move they've wanted to do for years, Warrick's phone rings.
He cleared his throat as he removed his hand, then after he took his phone off the clip and saw the caller ID, he replied. "I have to get this, it's Tina." Then he walked outside so he could hear without making her repeat herself.
The minute he said her name and as she watched him walk outside, a cold feeling ran through her. She heard that he was dating somebody, and here she was thinking about kissing him and finally confessing on a feeling she's kept locked away for years.
She mentally shook her head and took a sip of her beer.
Greg walked up to her a few seconds later and said. "Where's Warrick?"
"Outside. He got a phone call from his girlfriend."
Greg nodded in understanding, then said. "I'm going to head out."
Catherine looked at him and asked. "You ok Greg?"
Greg gave her a small smile and replied. "I will be, I'm going to call Amanda and talk to her for a little bit, the beer is doing nothing for me."
Catherine smiled back, then after giving him a hug, she said. "Ok, try to have a good night, and if you need to talk to somebody you can call me."
"Thank you Catherine, and you too. Bye."
After she waved bye, he walked out of the bar.
She took another drink as she looked through the window, watching Warrick still talking on his phone.
When Sara and Grissom walked into her room, she released his hand so he could walk into the middle of the room while she shuts the door, and once it was shut, she walks up to him as he turned around to look at her.
They just stared into each other's eyes for a few seconds, then she moves her fingers up to the zipper of his jacket and slides it down until it opened before he helped her take it off. After she walked over to place their coats on the dresser, she walks back up to him. Once they were face to face again, she places her hands on the hem of his shirt and brings it up over his head, showing him shirtless, something she never thought she would see until they got together, and deep down she had to admit before they had gotten together she hoped one day it would happen.
As she was looking at his smooth hard chest, he looked down a little embarrassed, it wasn't that he was the biggest man ever, but he did feel that he could lose a few pounds and was afraid on what she thought.
However, he was relieved when she lifts his chin up and places her hand on his cheek. "You're beautiful to me Griss. My feelings toward you run deeper than what's on the outside, which I have to admit you're not too shabby in my eyes." He stopped the blush from showing as she continued. "To me, it's what's on the inside, and I know you don't show the real you very much, but what I've seen, I love it and I love you, always remember that."
He smiled, cleared his throat and said. "Thank you, Sara."
She gives him that 'Sara' smile as she replied. "Anytime."
She steps closer to him and pecks him on the lips, then he deepens it as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
When they pulled back a few minutes later, they put their foreheads together to control their breathing.
After they pull their foreheads apart, they stepped back from each other before he took her hand and walked them to the bed. He helps her sit down on it when they got there, then he kneels down and takes her shoes and socks off before taking off his own and placing them out-of-the-way. He then moved so he was closer to her and between her legs, then cups her cheek while she closes her eyes. He takes a few moments to admire her before moving their faces closer so their lips could touch, which the minute they did, they started kissing passionately again.
When they pulled back slowly, he moves his hands down her side till he reached the hem of her shirt, he looks into her eyes after she opened them, and asked. "Are you sure Sara? We can stop before we go any further, I'll love you no matter what happens tonight."
Of course he wanted to be with her, but he would stop if that's what she truly wanted, plus they could always do this another night.
She smiled as she cups his cheek. "Make me yours, babe."
He looks into her eyes as he smiled that smile she loves, and after one more tender kiss, everything they went through before they stepped into her apartment drifted away as they became lost in their passion and love for one another.
After a few minutes of watching Warrick, and not wanting to take the torture anymore, Catherine had to get out of there, so after paying for the drinks, she walked to the door, opened it, walked out, and said bye to Warrick as she passed by him.
Warrick, who had just closed his phone with a sigh, speaks to her when she was a few steps away from him. "Catherine, where you going?"
Without looking back, she replied. "Home."
Warrick started following her to her vehicle. "I thought we would have another round."
She shook her head, not wanting to look at him. "I'm sorry Warrick, not tonight. Besides I'm sure that Tina is probably waiting for you."
He was about to speak as he moved Catherine's chin in his direction, but stopped when it looked like she was about to cry, then his look changed to concern. "What's wrong?"
He knew Catherine was a very strong woman, and to see her with tears in her eyes, something must have gotten to her.
Catherine cleared her throat and replied. "It's nothing, I promise."
She was about to open her door, but he closed it and said. "I don't believe you. The Catherine Willows that I know doesn't cry for no reason. Tell me, please?"
As she was looking into his concern green eyes, she couldn't hold back her feelings anymore. "I'm just realizing that my fantasy will always be just that."
He felt that she was talking about him, but wasn't 100% sure, so he kept the conversation going. "And what fantasy is that?"
She took a breath and replied. "Being with some one that I've admired for years."
He swallowed before asking. "Who says you can't?"
"Because he's somebody else's, with somebody his age, somebody beautiful, I hear. Somebody..."
He cuts her off as he moved closer to her. "Somebody that doesn't hold a candle to the beautiful Catherine Willows."
She looks at him with wide-eyes as he cups her cheek, then she said softly as her heart was pounding. "Warrick?"
He gave her a small smile and told her what he has been thinking since Nick was in the hospital. "What you said in the bar about thinking about things, I didn't lie when I told you it does. The whole time Nick was taken to the hospital and while we were waiting to see him, it did really made me think, and now I can't stop. But frankly what I've been thinking about, I don't really want to stop."
She let's a tear go down as she asked. "Which is?"
"Living out my fantasy with the woman that I've been in love with for years."
As he moved closer to her lips, she whispered. "What about Tina?"
He stops, looked into her eyes again and replied. "We broke up." Her eyes get wide as he continued. "I hated that we broke up over the phone, but I knew that I couldn't continue to be with somebody I kind of love. I need to be with somebody I do love, which is you."
She smiled and replied. "Are you really saying this?"
He ran his thumb up and down her cheek again and replied. "I am, do you want proof I'm really in front of you saying these words." She nodded, then he continued to bend down until their lips were inches apart, but it only lasted a second before his lips were on hers, which she started to kiss him back immediately.
When they pulled back breathlessly, he kissed her on the forehead and brings her in his arms.
After she got her air back, she whispered. "I love you too." They smiled as they continued to hold one another.
What happened to Nick was horrible, but it felt like a blessing in disguise because if it had never happened and it hadn't made them stop and think what they truly wanted, they could have kept their feelings to themselves for a lot longer, possible forever, and they were happy it didn't happen that way.
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