AUTHORS NOTE: I've been doing a season four marathon and this idea hit me after watching 4.15 "Early Rollout" after Grissom and Catherine have their small disagreement about the money that Sam gave to Catherine and she cashed it in. Grissom asks "What else should I know about?" and she responds with "That's everything," so this is my tag on.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own the characters.

[Truth]

Her date with Chris had been a disaster.

The man was gorgeous, passionate and he was most definitely into her and she couldn't help but imagine a night of hot passionate sex in his bed but she also knew that was all it would ever be. One lone night of hot sex before she'd wake up tomorrow morning, hate herself and leave while he was still sleeping so that she wouldn't have to face him. She knew that earlier she'd mentioned in her report to Grissom that she wanted this to happen. She'd not had sex in months and it was starting to drive her crazy but she didn't want one night stands any more or anonymous bed partners. She just wanted one person in her bed at night, keeping her warm and being there when she woke up.

And that was Grissom.

The conversation she'd had with him earlier had been plaguing her ever since she'd left his office and especially after when she'd gone back just before leaving, he'd simply stated that they would be okay and had continued with his paperwork. She knew that it was insane to let that get to her because it was just the way Grissom was. He didn't talk about it. He simply had his hot moment of anger like he'd had earlier and then several hours later, he'd mellow and everything would be okay again. They never talked it out, never gave a reasoned argument as to why they have their little moments of anger and never explain how it makes the other feel.

She knew that Grissom would have felt betrayed by her actions and she knew she should have probably told him the minute she cashed that cheque but, at the time, she couldn't see how it was anything to do with him. It was a simple cheque given to a daughter by her father so that she could have a comfortable life as well as take care of her own daughter. Catherine felt hurt that Grissom would think that she'd allow Sam to pay her off and cloud her judgement. She was always the one to hand over information, provide a judgement free opinion on any case that Sam was involved with him because she knew who her father was. He was Sam Braun and another man that kept the old town beliefs going. He was a murderer, a gangster but would always be the man that her mother loved and that was her Lily's problem, not hers.

Pulling up outside Grissom's house, she sighed as she realised that she didn't have a clue why she was here. It wasn't as if she could talk to him about how she was feeling because that would have him running towards the hills because he didn't do talking but she felt like talking. She needed to tell him that it hadn't been everything. She had one more thing to tell him. Climbing out of the car, she straightened up her outfit before walking towards his door and knocking.

She was only waiting there a few seconds before the door opened and he froze, "Cat..." It was very rare that he called her that so she smiled at him, "what are you doing here? I thought you had a date..." he looked her up and down, taking in every detail of her outfit and coming to the conclusion that it was most definitely a date outfit.

"It blew," she said with a shrug of her shoulders before smiling at him. "It happens when you've had a shit day at work because you pissed off your boss." Grissom sighed as he allowed her into his house, the door closing behind her as he moved into the kitchen deciding to make them both some coffee before turning to see her standing against his fridge. "Do you really think I'd let Sam Braun buy me, Gris?"

"No." He said honestly turning to look at her. "I shouldn't have reacted the way I did, Catherine. It's just I immediately worry about the lab and..."

"I know," she said nodding her head before sighing again as she rubbed her hands together. "Grissom," she said turning to look at him and laughed, "God. I don't even know why I'm doing this or why I'm here. You were probably busy and I've intruded," she started to turn to leave but Grissom reached out and grabbed hold of her arm.

"I wasn't busy and I sense there's something on your mind so I'm not sure if I want you driving." He pointed out calmly before handing her a coffee and smiling as looked at her. "Catherine, I might come across as a grouch but I don't mind my team being able to come talk to me," she just looked over at him and smiled as she shook her head. No one on the team knew that Grissom was approachable apart from Sara but that was because she was also in love with the man and enjoyed being around him. The rest of the team, if they had a problem they wanted to discuss, would come to Catherine as she seemed more approachable. "Talk to me," he asked as he watched her sit down at the kitchen table.

"I lied earlier," she stated simply looking at him. "Sam's money wasn't the only thing you don't know about me, Gris." It was that sentence that caused Grissom to sit across from her at the kitchen table, his head cocked to the side slightly and his eyes narrowed as if he was trying to read her causing her to laugh. "I'm not a suspect that you can interrogate, Grissom..." even if the idea was hot in her mind, she mentally shook her head at her inner thoughts before looking at him. "Grissom, I've become..."

"I know," he cut across her causing her to look up at him, her eyebrows hitched up to reveal her confusion as she studied her face. "I know that your feelings towards me have changed and I've been waiting to be able to tell you that..." he stopped short as he realised that he didn't know how to finish this sentence, his hand running over his face as he looked over at her before laughing. "Oh God, we're like teenage kids trying to convince someone to go out on a first date."

"I was a very confident teenage girl actually," she pointed out with a smile, her attention focused solely on her coffee mug as her grin widened as she played over the fact that he too liked her and she looked up at him with the wide grin. "Well... Now that we have that out in the open," she laughed causing him to stand up as he moved round to her and sat on the end of his table, his hand caressing her face slightly before he leant in and pressed a kiss to her lips.

When the haste kiss came to an end, he leant back and smiled down at her. "Thank you for telling me the truth," he simply stated causing her to laugh before she stood up and nestled in between his legs, her lips pressing a kiss against his.