-1DISCLAIMER IS THE SAME AS CHAPTER 1

A/N: WOW!! Thank you for all the reviews that you have sent me. It is nice to know that people actually like what I am writing. Here is the next chapter for you!! Sorry its taken longer to update but my dad has been in hospital and I've been visiting him in my spare time. I hope that you enjoy this chapter as much as the others so far. Please read and review!!! I love to hear what people think!!!

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Kirky123: I'm glad that you are enjoying the story so far. So you want it to be a c/s story…well I cant promise anything but you'll just have to keep reading to find out!! ;-)

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Chapter 3

SPOV

I was exhausted by the time I got home. It had been a very trying meeting that I had gone to. Then again they always were. Sometimes I feel like i'm talking to a brick wall or something. Its times like these that I'm glad that I don't have to work as well as sort out my past. I just have no energy to work. A lot can be said for the amount of overtime I did. It means that I have plenty of money at my disposal, well for now anyways. I promptly fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow and slept for a few solid hours.

It wasn't long though before the usual nightmares woke me and after that I found it difficult to drop off again. I decided to go online for a while, see if I could find out anymore information on the person that I was looking for. When I go online my computer automatically logs me onto my instant messenger. I noticed that someone had asked to add me to their account. When I realised that it was Catherine I paused. Knowing I could talk to her through Lindsey was one thing but to actually add her to my account was another. After thinking about it for a while I added her to my account. I knew that if I didn't I could never be sure who I was talking to when it came from Lindsey's account. Catherine wasn't online but then I never expected her to be at this time, seeing as it was half way through the night I knew that she would be at work.

I messed around on the internet for a while after having checked my emails. There was nothing of importance for me to look into from my emails.

After a few hours of searching I gave it up as a bad job. Knowing full well that sleep would still not come I decided to go for a run. I like to run at times. I feel it helps to clear my head and it calms me down. Today I ran 5 miles before I felt that I could finally get some rest. I took a quick shower before climbing back into bed to get some much needed sleep.

CPOV

It was early afternoon when I woke and despite my best attempts there was no way that I could get back to sleep. I allowed my mind to drift as I lay there and inevitably I ended up thinking about Sara. The guys and I had been searching for months to find her but when she decides to disappear, she really disappears! That girl really knows how to disappear without leaving any clues behind. It just goes to show how good a CSI she really was.

I wonder why she decided to contact me now. I mean she could have gone on talking to Lindsey and I would be none the wiser.

Having contemplated on my thoughts I realised that I would never be able to work out the answers on my own. The only person who had the answers is Sara and if she decides not to talk to me again then I will never know.

I knew that it was earlier in the day than when Sara was usually online, well according to Lindsey anyways, but I decided to log in and see if she was there.

No such luck. However I decided to stay logged in to my IM account whilst I browsed the internet. It was only about an hour later that my messenger beeped informing me that someone had come online. So I clicked on it to see who it was.

searchingforanswers has come online

It was Sara. I knew it was now or never. I had to talk to her. I had to know why she left like that. I had so many questions but I also knew that if I started out with questions then she would never talk to me. I was unsure about how I was going to go about talking to Sara but I just decided to let her control the conversation this time.

CSImomma: hey

Searchingforanswers: hey

Searchingforanswers: sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean to leave so abruptly…I really did have a meeting to get to

CSImomma: that's ok…so it really is you Sara?

Searchingforanswers: yes it is Catherine…I'm sorry if I came across as annoying but I was nervous about talking to you

CSImomma: why?

Searchingforanswers: because I knew that you were more than likely to be pissed at me! I mean I went away and didn't keep in contact with anyone…then it turns out that I was talking to Lindsey all this time…you have every right to be mad at me.

CSImomma: I was a little mad, I admit that. But I also want to thank you. You have helped Lindsey, probably more than I realise, and to not abandon her just because you've left means a lot to me

Searchingforanswers: blushes I couldn't let her think that I had left her.

CSImomma: she doesn't…however, you did leave the rest of us without any clue as to where you were and what was going on…I don't mean to get at you but we had only just got you back from under that car and then you disappear again…we just didn't know what to do…the guys and I searched for ages to see if we could find you. You are an important part of the team and we just wanted you back…why did you leave us all like that Sara?

I didn't mean to write that but I really wanted to know why she had just left us all like that without a word. I knew that I was supposed to be letting her control the conversation but I just couldn't help myself.

SPOV

I knew it wouldn't take long for the questions to start. I wasn't sure how to go about answering them. I didn't realise just how much I had effected everyone that I had left behind. I never thought that I was important enough to have anyone care for me like that. It took me awhile to start to answer any of her questions. I knew that I was going to need someone to help me in my task as it was becoming too much for me to handle by myself. Would Catherine be that person? I decided that I should let her know a few things and let her decide for herself whether she wanted anything to do with me. Also I hoped that by telling her this she didn't then decide to stop me from talking to Lindsey. I hope she wasn't going to hate me because of what happened in my past.

CSImomma: you still there Sara? I didn't mean to scare you off

Searchingforanswers: I'm here…I was just thinking

CSImomma: ok…

Searchingforanswers: I think that you deserve an answer…this is very hard for me to talk about. But can I ask 1 thing of you first.

CSImomma: sure, go ahead

Searchingforanswers: I understand that you will want to tell the guys that you have had contact from me and that is fine. But what I do ask you is to keep what I am about to tell you between just you and me. I don't want everyone to know, not yet anyways…I cant handle that right now, its hard enough talking to you…

CSImomma: the only thing I will tell them is that you are alive and well…I promise I wont tell them anything else until you want to tell them yourself…you can tell me anything, there is no need to be scared about it…

Searchingforanswers: thanks

CSImomma: no problem

Searchingforanswers: well….it starts like this…