Disclaimer: Do I even have to say it?
"I can walk, there is no need to OW!" Sara said as she started hopping on one foot. "Dang stool! Jay why did you put a stool here?"
"Because I wanted you to run into it?" Jay asked sarcastically.
"Meany head!" Sara said. "UGH! I'm going to have such a head ache tomorrow aren't I?"
"I think we both are." Grissom said.
"I'm tired." Sara yawned.
"Then lets get you to bed." Catherine said. "We shouldn't have let them drink so much." She whispered to Warrick.
"Well at least maybe she'll sleep for a while." Warrick said.
"Hopefully!" Catherine said back. "I'll deal with Sara, you and Nick help Gil."
"Oh, no! we'll help Greg. We'll let Jay help Grissom." Nick said as he and Warrick rushed off to help Greg, who surprisingly wasn't all that drunk.
"Hey Greggo!" They said.
"What are you guys doing?" Greg asked since they had both hands on his elbows.
"Hey, it was either help you or help Grissom." Nick said.
"Help him do…OH! Ok, you guys can follow me!" and with that they were gone
"C'mon Sara, lets get you into bed." Catherine said a few minutes later.
"Thanks Cath."
"Here you might want this." Catherine said handing her an aspirin.
"Aww! Thank you!!" Sara said before she took the pill.
"No problem Sara. See you in the morning."
"See ya." Were the only words Sara could get out before she fell asleep. Catherine smiled at how peaceful she looked and then quietly shut the door.
"Thanks Jay." Grissom said after he down the aspirin Jay gave him.
"No problem."
"Man I did not plan on getting this drunk." Grissom said.
"I don't think any one plans on getting this drunk." Jay said.
"We used to."
"We were idiots."
"Yeah we definitely were." Grissom laughed at the memory of them getting supper drunk the day Jay finally was old enough to drink(he was younger than Grissom). Both had agreed to wait until they were both old enough to drink and they got wasted when it finally came.
"Hey it wasn't just my fault we got so drunk that day. You were in on it too." Jay said.
"Ok Sara must have been wrong about the whole no-one-can-read-my-mind thing." Grissom said
"Speaking of Sara…"
"What about her?" Grissom asked.
"Why so defensive?" Jay asked.
"I'm not defensive." Grissom said defensively.
"Sure you're not." Jay said.
"I'm not!" Grissom said. Jay just raised an eyebrow.
"Ok fine I am sue me!"
"Why?" Jay asked.
"I don't know." Grissom said.
"You like her." Jay said matter of factly
"No I don't!" Grissom said.
"Gil….?"
"I don't just like her, Jay. I'm in love with her."
The room was silent for a while.
"She loves you back." Jay said.
Grissom whipped his head around. "What?"
Jay laughed. "For a smart guy you can really be clueless sometimes."
"UGH!"
"Look we're both tired and really need sleep, we'll talk more in the morning." Jay said as he stood up.
"Night Jay."
"Night Gil."
"UGH!" Grissom said again when jay shut the door. Was there something he was missing. Catherine had said a similar thing once. Was he really clueless. UGH! It was too confusing! It shouldn't be this hard. 'Maybe I should do something. But what? Oh well, I think of something tomorrow.' Was Grissom's last thought before he drifted off to sleep.
He didn't sleep long though. He was awaken by loud thunder. He never did like thunder storms. Well he used to. Until one incident, oh what was it? It thundered again, this time it shook the house. Oh now I remember it was the night….
"Uh oh"
The words had barely left his mouth before a blood-curling scream flooded the house.
He was instantly out of his bed and running to his door. When he opened it he saw Jay running towards Sara's room. He immediately started running behind him.
"What's going on?" Catherine asked coming out of her room, but her question was drowned out by another scream.
"Greg I need you to go get a cool cloth." Grissom said.
"Sure, but why…."
"Just do it Greg!" Grissom said as he followed Jay into Sara's room.
They saw Sara laying in her bed punching and kicking like a mad woman. Jay went and tried to get her feet under control while Grissom tackled her hands. They just about had her under control when it thundered again sending Sara back into her fit.
"What in the world?" Greg asked as he joined the others by the door.
"Greg!" Grissom said.
"Right, here you go." Greg said as he handed him the cloth.
Grissom had just turned back to Sara when her eyes suddenly flew open. She immediately buried her head in Grissom's chest and started crying.
"Shush," Grissom cooed. "You're all right." He placed the cloth on her forehead.
Jay looked up and noticed everyone at the door. He knew Sara really didn't want them to know why what happened happened. He also knew Gil was the best person to be with Sara right now.
"Why don't we go get some coffee. I'm sure we could all use some." He said.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Catherine said as they made their way out of Sara's bedroom.
"What was that about?' Greg asked when they got to the kitchen.
"Sara hates thunder storms." Jay said simply.
"Isn't that a little extreme for hating thunder storms?" Nick asked.
"When it storms she gets night terrors." Jay said.
"I've never heard of them getting that bad." Catherine said.
"Are they always that bad?" Warrick asked.
"Yeah." Jay said.
"What are they about?" Greg asked.
"What?" Jay asked even though he knew what he meant.
"The night terrors, what are they about?" Greg repeated.
Jay hesitated. "I don't know." Which was true, he didn't know exactly, but he had a pretty good idea.
"What ever it is, it must be something pretty bad." Catherine said.
"Why does it only happen when it storms?" Greg asked.
'This guy asks so many questions!' Jay thought. "Now that I do know." He said.
"And…" Greg said
"And…that's all I'm going to tell you."
"Why?" Greg asked.
"Because I have no right to tell you, that's Sara's decision not mine."
"Why won't she tell us?" Nick asked.
"She thinks you'll treat her different." Jay answered.
"Why would she think we would treat her different?" Warrick asked.
"Look all I'm going to tell you is that Sara has seen some pretty horrific things in her life time."
"We see horrific things every day." Greg said.
"No, you see the aftermath, you see what happens when the horrific event is over. Sara has seen things no person should ever see. She's learned to deal with the effect its had on her but every now and then it fights its way to the surface. She'll tell you if she wants to, but unless you want to get yelled at I suggest you don't bring it up." Jay said.
Sara was having a hard time claming down. The fact that it kept thundering wasn't helping.
"Sara, honey, you're going to be ok. Its just thunder." Grissom said.
Sara smiled despite everything. 'He called me honey!' she thought. But all the excitement went away when it thundered again.
"Sara listen to me, look at me." He brought his hand to her chin and lifted it up. "Everything's ok. You're not that little girl any more. You're safe."
Sara chuckled.
"What?" Grissom asked.
"That's the same thing you said that night." Sara said.
'That night.' Grissom immediately thought of that night.
Flashback.
It was Grissom and Jay's first year in college. Sara was 9 years old and was happy to see her brother and his friend. They had come home for spring break. Sara had gone to bed at eight (her bedtime) and Grissom and Jay were watching the Monday night football game. Laura and John Sidle were fighting again, but they had learned to tune them out. It wasn't until they heard Sara scream that they noticed the trail of blood leading towards the master bedroom. They followed it to find Sara standing in the doorway, watching her mother stab her father to death. Grissom immediately grabbed Sara up while Jay went to get a hold of Laura.
Grissom carried Sara into the living and went to get the phone. She started screaming the moment he left her side. She was scared and wanted him or Jay close to her. Grissom returned to Sara's side with the phone and called 911. Afterwards he held Sara until she fell asleep. Telling her she would be alright and that she was safe.
End Flashback.
Grissom looked down to see that Sara had fallen back asleep. He carefully set her back down into the bed and got up to leave, but Sara's hand stopped him. He looked down to see that she was still partly asleep. He smiled and laid down next to her and held her the rest of the night.
A/n: Ok first of all I know that was a little angsty but I promise the next chapter will be happier. And I have no clue what night terrors are actually like, so if I got it wrong I'm sorry. And also pretend like Sara and Grissom's ages are a little closer together. Please review!!