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Part Four
I go straight to see Greg when I arrive at work.
"Wow, going for the kill then Cath."
He's referring to the fact I'm wearing the jeans Sara was talking about with my favourite tank top. "Hey, I figure I don't want to give her a chance to say no."
"So tonight's the night then?"
"Morning technically, I'll ask her after shift."
"Don't forget to give me the gossip then."
"Of course not, catch you later Greggo."
I head to the break room to see if assignments are out yet, I'm just in time for Gil to pair Sara and I on a shooting.
It was a pretty much open and shut case, we had the suspect and a confession within two hours, so we just had to process the scene, the house was quite big so it took longer than usual.
I took every opportunity to touch Sara. Brush against her, stand close to her, anything just to see if I got a reaction. I know being so close to her for so long started seriously affecting me and from her reactions I wasn't the only one feeling the heat.
We make it back to the lab half an hour before shift ends and she heads to the locker room to change her top. She got paint on it at the vics house. We didn't know he's just painted his garden fence till she leant over it to check something, leaving a lovely white mark on her top.
Right Cath, get it together, now is as good a time as any. I follow her into the locker room and sit on the bench in front of my locker she's getting a clean top from hers a few feet in front of me. She removes her top and I think I'm going to pass out. A partially clad Sara two feet in front of me is so not good for me right now. All I can focus on is her back. Her perfect back, my body urges me to go to her. Slide my arms around her waist, feel her lean back into me. Kiss across her shoulders to her neck as my hands move down her stomach, teasing with my nails, listening to her moans as I slide my hand into her pants, not stopping till I reach her..."CAT."
"Huh... What?" She's standing right in front of me fully clothed with a worried expression on her face.
"Are you okay?" I know my face is flushed, I can barely focus, my mind still not wanting to leave the daydream.
"Oh sorry, yeah I'm fine; I just have a lot on my mind." She immediately sits next to me, turning to face me.
"Talk to me about it."
This is it; the moment when I know with one hundred percent certainty if there will ever be anything at all between us, if I've spent the past two years wanting her for absolutely nothing at all. Now if I can just bring myself to speak.
"I'm...I... I." Well that was a good start, oh god have I ever been this nervous.
"Hey, it can't be that bad, you can talk to me about anything." I look at her attempting to let her know I'm trying, I didn't think it would be this hard.
"If you don't want to talk about it with me I can go find Grissom or Warrick..." There's concern in her voice. I put my hand on her leg and shake my head, taking a deep breath.
"I need to talk to you; it's just harder than I thought."
"Come on, I'm not that hard to talk to am I?" She smiles at me trying to lighten the mood, oh for Christ sakes just get it over with.
"Will you go out with me?" Oh my god I said it, I said it, I asked her out, I feel as though the weight of the world has been lifted from my shoulders. I did it.
"Sure, you wanna grab breakfast, talk then?" Shit, she misunderstood me; she thinks I meant 'out' as in our usual breakfast 'out'. As if it wasn't hard enough the first time.
"That's not what I meant." The confused look that crosses her face is adorable. "Oh, sorry I thought you meant did I..." I cut her off before I lose my nerve.
"I meant will you go out with me on a date; I'm asking you out on a date."
The locker room is deadly silent as I wait for her answer. She's looking at me with utter shock clearly written all over her face, the silence is killing me. I want to run, but after all this time there's no way I can let myself do that. So I look at my locker with extreme interest, I really wish she'd say something.
"You just asked me on a date?" I turn to look at her again, she still looks shocked, that and I think she meant that as a question, so I should probably answer.
"Yes."
"A date, as in the romantic kind, you and me?"
"Yes." I knew this was a mistake, I can't stand it any more, I stand and turn to leave. "Sorry, I shouldn't have..." I take a few steps but she grabs my hand, stopping my movement, she pulls me back around to face her. "Yes." She says as she stands up, making sure to make eye contact with me. "Yes, I'd love to go on a date with you, I've wanted to ask you out for a while, but to be honest I never had the courage."
"Yes?" That's all I can manage right now, elation quickly replacing the multitude of bad feelings I had not ten seconds ago.
"Yes." She laughs.
"Wow, I wasn't expecting you to say yes, wow." Thankfully I find my voice, staring like an idiot with a shocked expression isn't very attractive.
"Are you kidding, anyone who tells you no is a fool. So where shall we go, more importantly, when?" She has a sparkle in her eyes as she speaks. Her thumb is stroking the back of my hand and I feel the heat spreading through my body from that tiny point I move my hand from her grasp. I need the ability to think, a slight hurt look crosses her face.
"Hey, what's with the look, I only moved my hand because I can't think when you touch me, and I want to think so I can answer you." Thankfully my explanation brings a smile to her face.
"Oh, I like having that affect on you..." She steps a little closer to me and I swear she's leering at me. Change the subject Cat, before you pin her to the lockers and show her just how much she affects you.
"Tomorrow is your day off isn't it?" She smells fantastic.
"Yeah"
"Would you like to go then? Gil owes me one so I should be able to convince him to let me have tomorrow off."
"Excellent, is it okay if I decide where we go?"
"Of course it is. I can't believe you said yes, I've wanted to ask for so long." I raise my hand and cup the side of her face, mesmerised when I feel her leaning into my touch. "I should go talk to Gil." I reluctantly pull my hand away from her and take a step back, or I may never stop touching her.
"I'll pick you up at eight." She's says, Still smiling as I turn to leave. I'm a little dazed, I feel like I'm in a dream. I hear her shout me as I get to the door, she starts walking towards me stopping right behind me, leaning down a little, her breath caressing my ear. "I just wanted to say that you look so sexy in these jeans. They make your ass look so incredible; I can't help having very naughty thoughts when you wear them. It's really very unfair of you to distract me so much in work..." Oh god, she hasn't even touched me and I can barely breathe. "See you tomorrow." She brushes past me and I can do nothing but watch her walk away.
An hour later I'm curled up in bed, still ecstatic; I can't believe she said yes, I have a date with Sara, the same Sara who said she's wanted to ask me out for a while. I'm officially happy as I drift of to sleep.
Thanks for reading
Sam
