Disclaimer: I still do NOT own CSI.
Here goes...
I struggled a bit on this chapter, so I hope it's okay!
Thank you to everyone who's been reading.
Enjoy!
The Day From Hell (chapter 4)
Sara is sitting, staring into space, in the break room. She's been helping Nick sort through the evidence from his crime scene. She's hardly spoken a word since she arrived and Nick knows there's something wrong.
"Sara, what's wrong?" asks Nick.
"Honestly Nick, I don't know." she replies, trying to keep her tears at bay.
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asks softly.
This pushes Sara over the edge, her tears finally spill over and she tells Nick what she knows. She tells him that she's worried about Gil, she tells him about him being distant and she tells him about the cruel words she spoke to him earlier.
"I don't know what to do Nick. What do I do? How do make things better? What if he doesn't love me anymore? Sara cries, inbetween sobs.
Nick pulls Sara into his arms and she cries into his chest.
A little while later, after Sara has had a good cry, she gets back to work. She's filled out a pile of paperwork and now starting on some more evidence. Just as she snaps on a pair of latex gloves, the lab phone rings and she reaches across the desk to answer it.
"Hello, Crime Lab."
"Hello, please can I speak to Sara Sidle-Grissom?" comes an unfamiliar voice.
"Yes, speaking."
"Hi Sara, I'm Dr. Green from Accident & Emergency. I've had a Gilbert Grissom admitted, is he your husband?" asks Dr Green.
Sara can't speak and she's finding it hard to breath. Her heart's racing. Gil's in hospital. What's wrong with him? Is he okay?
"Hello...Mrs Grissom are you still there?" asks Dr Green.
"H...Hospital?" stutters Sara. "Oh God...what's wrong...with him?"
"He's caught a twenty-four hour virus. He's slightly dehydrated but he'll be fine. He's sleeping it off now." says the Doctor.
"I'm...I'm on my way." stammers Sara, before she hangs up.
She runs out of the lab, tears streaming down her cheeks, and crashes into Cath and Tony Vartann on her her way out.
"Whoa...Sara. What's wrong?" asks Cath.
"Gil.." says Sara as she carries on running.
She hears Cath call after her but she doesn't stop. She runs out to the carpark, jumps in the car and speeds off. Cath and Vartann quickly following behind her.
It's almost 3am, she's been at the hospital for five hours. Cath and Vartann left a few hours ago, after speaking to three different doctors, who all said the same thing, "He'll be fine. He just needs to sleep it off." Sara won't leave Gil's bedside, Cath tried to get her to go home but she refused, she needs to be here for when he wakes up. He looks so pale and fragile and he's hooked up to a saline drip, to keep him hydrated. She has a hold of his left hand and she's playing with his wedding band, hoping that he'll open his eyes, if only for second, so that she can tell him that she loves him. Her heart breaks as she thinks back to the last thing she said to him, "Go to hell, Gil."
She curls up on the bed next to him, telling him that she loves him and she cries until she falls asleep.
I know it's a bit short and naff...Sorry.
I had such a good idea for this chapter too, but I struggled to put it into words.
Chapter 5 should be up tomorrow sometime.
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Lynne x