Thanks to Lionessmon for the beta and to everone else for the reviews.
All Catherine Willows wanted to do was having a nice, quite morning with Lindsey, before she went to school. They had just sat down at the kitchen table to have breakfast, when the telephone rang. Catherine sighed and went to get the phone from the living room.
"Willows."
"You need to come quickly!"
"Sara?" Catherine said worriedly. "What is it? What's happened? Why are you crying?"
"Grissom's in the hospital", Sara sobbed and everything came out at once. "He has had a head ache for some time now and today it just got out of hand. He didn't know anyone's name or where he was and he heard weird sounds from a computer game or something and told me I was giving him cat food."
"Where are you?"
"I'm at the hospital with him and they took him away and I don't know what to do."
"Ok, I'll be right there. And Sara… Take a couple of deep breaths and try to calm down. It will only get worse otherwise."
Sara just nodded, even though she knew Catherine couldn't see her. Catherine seemed to get it anyway. They said their good byes and hung up the phone.
Catherine sighed. Something really terrible must have happened. She knew Sara wouldn't cry over nothing.
"Who was it?" Lindsey asked, as Catherine made her way back to the kitchen.
"It was Sara. Apparently, Gil is really sick and at the hospital and Sara's freaking out. I'm sorry I have to go honey."
"It's ok. I understand. I ask grandma to drive me to school."
"I promise I make it up to you. What do you say about a movie tonight?"
"Mum, both you and I know that it won't happen. If Uncle Gil's sick, you have to cover for him as you always do."
"I can have Warrick do it. Or Sara…"
"Why is Sara with Uncle Gil at the hospital by the way? You said he had gone to the police station, so wouldn't it make more sense if Brass were there with him?"
"I don't know", Catherine hadn't really thought about it until then. "Maybe he made it back to the lab and Sara hadn't left yet. Or…"
"Or what?"
"Nothing. I was just wondering if Griss has finally lifted his head up from the microscope."
"What? What microscope?"
"Never mind sweetheart. I have to go now. Call grandma and explain the situation to her. "Tell her I will talk to her later"
"Tell Uncle Gil to get better and say hi to Sara for me!"
"I will."
Lindsey nodded and they hugged before Catherine grabbed her purse and went out to get the car. She was happy Lindsey had a little more understanding for her job these days.
Sara was walking back and forth between two of the corners in the waiting room when Catherine came in the door. It was clear, Sara was freaking out about the situation. Catherine went up to her and put her hands on Sara's shoulders, forcing her to stop walking.
"You really need to calm down honey!" she said in a motherly voice. Sara just sighed. Catherine lead her over to the chairs and Sara sat down in one of them as Catherine took a seat in the one next to Sara's.
"Have you heard anything yet?"
Sara shook her head and Catherine knew she was struggling to hold back the tears.
"No, they took him away a while ago and I haven't talked to anyone since then."
At that moment, the doors opened and a doctor came up to them.
"Are you waiting for information about Gil Grissom?"
TBC
I spell Grissom's nickname with 2 S since Gris is the Swedish word for pig.