Chapter Four: The flu and stomach flu that will not go away part one!
Wednesday morning Catherine wakes up to the sound of Lindsey bang around the kitchen. Catherine picks up one of her pillows and put it over her head hope it would help block the noise out that her daughter was making. She been trying so hard to hide the fact that she was not feeling a hundred percent since she came down with the flu and stomach flu two and half weeks ago, her fever broke for about two days and she was able to start eating jell-O for these two days but then her fever come back along with the sore throat and upset stomach. And this morning Catherine wakes up with a split headache and is really nausea. Catherine hears a knock at her bedroom door, but does not have the energy to get up and answers the door and does not want to talk because she is afraid she just end up getting sick.

"Mom, I need a ride to school I miss the bus, can you take me?"

After a few minutes' Lindsey still has not got an answer from her mom, so Lindsey open up her moms' bedroom door and walks into the bedroom to see her mom laying in bed with her eyes close. Lindsey walks over to her mom bed then sits down next on the edge of the bed next to her mom's. Lindsey then looks at her mom for a few minutes before shakes her and Catherine open up her eyes to see Lindsey is wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and purple short sleeve shirt. Lindsey shakes her mom again and Catherine starts to yell at Lindsey.

"Stop shakes me!"

"Mom's I need a ride to school I miss the bus."

"Go next door and ask Gil or Sara if they can give you a ride. I have a migraine and I do not feel up to drive, much less move. I think I will throw up if I have to move."

"Ok mom. I hope you feel better before you have to go into work tonight."

"Me to Lindsey."

Lindsey stands up from the bed and then walks out of her moms' bedroom. Lindsey grabs her backpack off of the couch and then she leaves the house. Lindsey walks over to Gil and Sara's house and knocks on the door. Lindsey hopes they have not gone to bed yet, because she does not want to waken them if they did. After a minute Sara open up the front door and Sara is wearing a pair of black pajama pants and black nightshirt. Sara sees Lindsey standing at the door with her backpack on her back. Gil walks up behind Sara and he is wearing gray pajama pant and a white tee shirt. Gil wrap his arm around Sara waist and the he look at Lindsey and Sara start to talk.

"Lindsey's you should be on the school bus right now, what are you doing here?"

"I miss the bus!"

"Did you ask your mom to give you a ride to school?"

"Yes, but she has a migraine and told me to come over here and ask if one of you could give me a ride to school."

"Sure Lindsey I will give you a ride to school."

"Thank you Sara."

Sara grabs her purse, coat and shoe from out of their small coat room and Lindsey and Sara goes out to Sara's blue KIA Sportage. A minute later Sara is driving to Jefferson High school. Nine minute later Sara pull into the parking lot of Jefferson High school and stop the drops SUV in front of the school doors. Lindsey open up the passenger door of the SUV and then get out of the SUV, Lindsey grab her backpack off the floor and then look at Sara.

"Thank you for give me a ride to school Sara."

"You are welcome and have a good day at school."

"I hope you sleep well today."

"I am sure I will sleep great, bye."

"Bye."

Lindsey close the SUV door and then start walking to the school. Sara watch Lindsey walks into school, then she puts the SUV into driver and a few moments later Sara is heading home. Meanwhile, inside Jefferson High school Lindsey is at her and Kevin's locker and is putting the textbooks and notebooks she does not need for the morning classes into the locker. As Lindsey close the locker door, her friend Beth walks up to her and Beth open up her locker, which is next to Lindsey and Kevin's locker.

Lindsey I see that your mom co-worker give you a ride to school today."

"She did because I miss the bus again."

"I do not want to go to gym first hours, because we have to do the annually fitness test today."

"I am sitting out today because I am not feeling so hot this morning."

"You not catch the flu and stomach flu that going around are you, because if you are I'm staying away from you?"

"No Beth, I am Pregnant."

"I went to sit out too but no one allowed to sit out. Everyone has to take part if you don't you will fail sophomore gym."

At the same time the bell to head to first class of the day rings, Lindsey and Beth walks to the gym and then head into the girls' locker room to changes for gym, but Lindsey shorts would not fit and her gym shirt does not fit. Lindsey put her jean and purple shirt back on and pick up the gym clothing that does not fit, then Lindsey walks up to the gym teachers' office and knock on the door.

"Yes Miss. Willows, you should be getting changes into the clothing you holding."

"I need a big size because the short and shirt are too small."

"You know the rule only one pair of gym cloth each school year."

"There do not fit, I gain some wight because you know being pregnant."

"Sorry I forget."

The gym teacher grab and tee shirt and pair of short that are two sizes big then what Lindsey has now and hand her the short and tee shirt, Lindsey take the gym clothing for the teacher and the teacher take the short and tee that are too small from Lindsey.

"Thank you."

"You are welcome and do not push yourself too hard in class, only do what you are able to do and I will write down on you paperwork that you are with children and that will be take into account when the state adds you total point up for this test."
"Ok."

Lindsey walks away from the teachers' office and goes over to her gym locker. Lindsey gets dress for gym and then join the rest of the class in the gym and line up with them to start the test. The gym class starts off by run a mile, Lindsey is the first student to finish the mile run and has a few minutes to rest before the class start the other part of the test. Once all the students have finish running the mile. The class does sit up followed by push up, chin up, and then jump jacks. Lindsey's is able to do the required number of jump Jacks, push up and chin up, but only could do half the amount of sit up. When the test is over the class change back into the clothing they wear to school. A few minute later Lindsey and Beth are walking to second hour class, which is Biology.

"Beth what are we doing in biology today?"

"Dissect a frog, I can't wait!"

"Great, I hope the smell does not upset my stomach."

As soon as Lindsey and Beth enter the biology class, the smell of the classroom gets to Lindsey and Lindsey runs out of the classroom and straight to the girls' restroom. Once in restroom Lindsey run into the first stall and drop to her knees in front and the toilet and start throwing up into the toilet. Meanwhile in the biology classroom Beth sits down on a stool that is at the lab table she and Lindsey sits at and Beth is wait for Lindsey to come back into the room. Lindsey walks back into the classroom as the final bell rings and sits down next to Beth. Lindsey then starts to stare at the frog in front of them. As Beth start to dissect the frog Lindsey stands up and grab the classroom trash can and bring it over to the lab table, because she is really nauseous. Lindsey is happy that the teacher put them in pairs of two for the frog dissect. Lindsey spends most of the biology class with her hand hang over the trash can getting sick to her stomach. Lindsey help Beth out a little on the frog dissect, but Beth has to do a lot of the frog dissect on her own, because Lindsey can't stop vomiting. For homework the class has to write an essay about what they learn from dissecting the frog. Meanwhile, at the Willows household Catherine who is wearing an overside red nightshirt has got out of bed and is sitting on the couch in the living room working on case paperwork that she needs to finish, before tonight shift start or Gil will be yelling at her for not getting the paperwork done on time and hand the paperwork into him on time. Catherine makes it part way through the paperwork before the breakfast she eats decided it wants to come back up. Catherine put her hand over her mouth and runs into the first floor bathroom. Catherine kneels down in front of the toilet and then start throwing up into the toilet. Four minutes later Catherine heads into the living room and put away the case paperwork she was working on, then turn off all the lights downstairs. Catherine then heads upstairs and goes into her bedroom. She turns the bedroom light off and then walks over to her bed. Catherine lays down on her bed and pull the bedspread up because she is cold and then Catherine fall to sleep. That afternoon when Lindsey gets off the school bus in front of her house, Lindsey sees her mom SUV still parked in the driveway; which is not normal for a Wednesday afternoon because Catherine is usually grocery shopping at this time of day. Lindsey gets her house keys out of her backpack, as she walks up to the front door. Lindsey opens up the door up and then walks into the house and notice that all the lights are off downstairs. Lindsey set her backpack on the couch and then walk upstairs and to her moms' bedroom door. Lindsey crack the door open and see that her mom is asleep, so she close the door and heads back downstairs. Lindsey walks into the living room and over to the couch and sits down on the couch. A few minutes later Lindsey start doing her homework, Lindsey is in the middle of writing her biology essay when the phone start ringing, Lindsey grabs picks up the cordless phone and answers the phone before the ringing wakes her mom up.

"Lindsey's speaking, who is calling?"

"Hi Lindsey, it is Tina Brown, Warrick wife."

"Hi."

"Can you put Catherine on the phone?"

"She sleeping right now because she does not feel well. She told me this morning she had a migraine."

"Tina coughing asks Lindsey to wake Catherine up!"

"Lindsey hold on a minute."
"ok."

Tina Put hand over the phone and looks at Warrick who lay on his and Tina's bed with the cover pull up to his shoulder and has his eyes closed.

"No Warrick, Lindsey says Catherine has a migraine and does not feel well!"

"I do not care."

"No Warrick call Grissom and just tell you can't make in tonight."

"No I will just go into to work."

"Are you still there Tina?"

"Yes I am still here and don't worry about get your mom up, just tell you mom that I hope she feeling better."

"Ok and bye."

Lindsey hangs up the phone and goes back to doing her essay. Around four o'clock Lindsey's has started to get hunger and is an hour before her mom needs to start getting ready for work. Lindsey goes into the kitchen and makes some dinner for her mom and her to eat. Lindsey had just finish making the mac and cheese when she notices that her mom still has not getting up. Lindsey put some mac and cheese in a bowl for her to eat. Then Lindsey walks upstair and to her moms' bedroom eating her bowl of mac and chesses. She put the fork in her bowl and open up her moms' bedroom door. Lindsey open up the bedroom door and then walk into the bedroom and Lindsey sees that her mom still asleep. Lindsey walks over to the bed and set the bowl of mac and chesses on the nightstand, then Lindsey turns on the lamp that is on that on the nightstand.

"Mom you need to wake up because you are going to be late for work if you do not get up!"

"Lindsey's get that food out of my bedroom the smell is making me sick."

'Ok, but get up for work Mom!"

"I did not think that I can make it into work tonight, can you go get me my cellphone please."

"sure mom."

Lindsey grabs the bowl of mac and cheese off the nightstand and then walks out of her moms' bedroom. Lindsey comes back into her moms' bedroom a few minutes later with her moms' cellphone and hands the cellphone to her mom. Lindsey then leaves her mom bedroom and at the same time Catherine hit the speed dial button for Gil Grissom officer number, seeing that she knows he will already be in his officer because case paperwork is due at the beginning of the shift. After four rings he picks up his office phone up.

"Gil Grissom speaking."

"Ahem Gil I'm not going to make it into work tonight. I think that caught the coughing flu and stomach flu again."

"I am sorry to hear that Cath, but I really need you to come into work Greg and Nick has already called in sick and Warrick's wife called him in sick because he could not make it to the phone to call himself."

"I can't Gil...

Catherine drop the cellphone onto the bed and then jumps out of bed and run into the bathroom and over to the toilet. Catherine drops to her knees in front of the toilet and then start throwing up into the toilet. As she is throwing up Catherine can hear Gil yelling into the phone.

"Catherine are you there?"

Three and half minutes later Catherine walks into her bedroom and walk up to the end of the bed. Catherine picks up the cellphone and put the cellphone up to her left ear, as she sits down on the end of the bed with her right arm wrap around her stomach.

"I am back sorry about that I was in the bathroom vomiting into the toilet."

"Catherine's I do not care how sick you are, you are coming into work tonight. Sara already working a 420 that is a triple homicide and need you to help her on that cause."

"I will meet Sara there, where is the crime scene at?"

"The Holiday Inn room 3."

"Alright, what are you work?"

"A different homicide at the Palms."

"I will see you at the crime lab later Gil, bye."

"Bye Catherine and I hope you feel better soon sorry about making you come into work tonight."

"It is fine."

Catherine's flip her cellphone close and changes into a pair of fade blue jeans and an oversized black hoodie sweatshirt and then walk into the master bedroom. Catherine combs her hair and then put the hair into a ponytail. Catherine then brushes her tooth and few minutes later walks into the living room. Catherine grabs her coat, purse and black high heel boots and then walks over to the couch and sits down on the couch to put her boots on. Lindsey looks at her mom and sees that her mom looks feverish and is very pale. Lindsey puts her right-hand onto her moms' forehead, which is warm to the touch. Lindsey takes her hand off of her moms' forehead and give her mom a worried look.

"Mom where are you going, you look unwell and you are running a fever you should be in bed resting?"

"I am going into work, coughing."

"But you call in sick!"

"Warrick, Nick and Greg call in sick before me and Sara needs help with a 420."

"Gil can help her mom, I heard you throwing up a few minutes ago."

"He working another 420, gagging."

"Promise me you take it easy and take break when you get to tired?"

"I will Lindsey."

Catherine zips up her boots and stand up from the couch. Then Catherine walk over to the front door and open up the door. A minute later Catherine is getting into her SUV. Once in the SUV Catherine start the SUV, but does not leave right away. She turn the heat on because she is cold. Then rubs her forehead for a few minutes because she still has a pounding headache. Five minutes later Catherine is driving to the the Holiday Inn to meet Sara at the crime scene.