A/N: Again, long time between updates… As usual I'm really sorry. I had absolutely no idea where to go with the story after this point until an insane hour last night. Review… PLEASE. :D Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter…

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Sara:

Well I'll admit that having the woman I love seeing me naked shouldn't be a scarring experience, the circumstances were such that I probably will not ever be able to think of this day again without turning a color comparable to a rose at peak time… Because of this Cat and I spent the night in relatively awkward silence. We went through the motions of making dinner and watching a movie until it was late enough that we could at least pretend to go to bed without making it seem like we were avoiding each other, even though we both knew we were.

I got settled into my room, ready to read away the night as I always did, when I got a call from Grissom.

"Hello?" I asked warily, knowing that he wasn't calling for idle chat.

"Sara? I was wondering if you and Cat could come back to work tomorrow, just for lab work? I know it' s a lot to ask but we are SO buried in paperwork and evidence-"

"Gil. You know you don't have to ask me twice. I'll be there tomorrow, and I'll mention it to Cat and see how she feels about it. "

"Thank you. I owe both of you so much!"

"Gil, you're helping us, you know how stir-crazy I've been in the hospital, and I figured it would only be worse when I was stuck at home dying to work." I smiled at the thought being in the lab at this time the next night, if only to do paperwork and process evidence.

"Ok, well, bye then."

"Bye." Things were still awkward between us since I rejected him a few months ago. He thought I would wait for him forever, but I'm not that kind of woman, and I had already moved on.

I broke the news to an unsurprisingly awake Cat, who was almost as thrilled as I was to be able to go back to work so soon. I wasn't thrilled about doing paperwork, but chances were I'd be doing paperwork with Cat, which would make it more than worth it.

Cat:

I woke up after only a few hours of sleep to the sound of a screaming Sara. I quickly made my way to the master bedroom- quite a feat in the dark I might add- to find her thrashing around in her bed. The sheets and blankets had taken all the beating that they could handle and were now scattered on the floor next to Sara's pillows. She was moaning and screaming as if in agony, and was moving as if struggling against an unseen force. I approached her cautiously, not wanting to receive the same punishment as the undeserving sheets.

"Sara?" I asked, trying to see if she was having a nightmare or a flashback.

"Mmmph. NOOOO! Daddy stop! Stop it! Please! I'll be good I promise! I'm sorry!"At this my eyes began to fill, and the tears streamed down my face at seeing my Sara in so much pain. The only other thing going through my head was that I wanted to kill her father for being such a bastard and putting her through that.

"Sara, honey its ok. You're having a nightmare," I tried, feeling her slowly slipping back into consciousness.

"Cat? Ugh." Ummm… What?

"Sara?"

"Sorry, its just I didn't mean to have you have to deal with my screwed up past."

"Sara, Its ok, really. I was just worried about you."



"No one's ever said that to me before."

"Its ok, I'm here now, and I won't leave unless you want me to."

"Would you… stay with me tonight? I mean, you don't have to, and nothing would happen. Never mind." She instantly backtracked, apparently embarrassed at needing someone.

"It's fine, I'll stay. Really, I want to."

"Cat?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."

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A/N: Ok really short I know but this was a logical break. So. Our two favorite women are in bed together. What happens when they wake up and realize what happened the night before? Hmm. Review to find out sooner…