A/N – In response to some of my reviews regarding Sofia. I like her character on the show; we really do not know much about her. SO I thought I could be a little more "Free" with her story line. The story just kind of played out this way. I know I have COMPLETLEY changed her character.
Warning : Harsh language in this chapter
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Chpt 9 – And They All Fell Down
Sara drove aimlessly; the news of her pregnancy shocked her to the core. All these emotions where running rapid. What would Greg say about the baby? Did he ever want children? What about her career? Could she be a good mother? What if there was more of her father in her then she thought.
Sara reached for her phone and called the one person who could sooth her fears.
"Willows" Catherine said into the mouthpiece of her phone.
"Cat where are you" Sara asked as she stopped at a red light.
"Still at the lab, Warrick is having a problem and I am waiting on him. We are going to leave for the cabin from here" she told her friend.
Sara bit her lip and watched the light turn green, and allowed the SUV to glide through the intersection.
"I need to talk to you" Sara said.
Catherine picked up on the undertone of her friends voice and responded.
"I will wait for you outside" Catherine listened to Sara say she would be there in 10 minutes and hung up.
Greg paced the length of Sara's living room. He was sure he was wearing the carpet thin. He glanced at his watch for the tenth time in the last hour.
"Where is she?" he asked out loud. Sofia's words still danced within his head. Greg sat down on the sofa, trying to bottle his anger.
Grissom walked back into his office and sat at his desk. Sofia walked in holding out a coffee "I am here to help with paperwork" she smiled.
He took the coffee she offered and passed her a stack of files.
"Catherine usually helps out" he smiled sipping his coffee.
"Know I am here to help you" The worked in silence moving through the files. Suddenly he lifted his head and asked.
"Sofia would you like to have dinner with me once we are done" he watched her face while he waiting for her to respond.
Happiness surged through her. Sofia fought to keep the smiled from her face as her soul sang.
"Sure I think I can fit you in" she said trying to down play the whole situation.
Catherine watched Sara drive into the parking lot; Lindsey sat beside her drawing in her book.
Sara parked the car and slowly got out. Catherine stood up to meet her.
"What's up?" she asked looking at her friend. She took in Sara's flushed face and how her hands trembled slightly.
"Cat I just found out I am pregnant," she all but whispered. Catherine let out a shout hugging her friend to her.
"Congratulation Sara" she laughed. Sara joined in sharing her happiness. Once both women where seating on the bench did Catherine speak.
"Does Greg know?" she asked holding Sara's hand. Sara shook her head and began to explain to Catherine her mixed emotions.
Sara explained as best as she could. Greg was still the only one who knew what happened to her as a child.
"Sara I regret a lot of things in my life but having Lindsey is not one of them. She is the reason I am here. She saved my life."
Sara looked at her friend "Thank you that is what I needed to hear." Sara hugged Catherine to her.
Suddenly she pulled away "I need to call Greg" she pulled out her cell and called up his number. He answered on the first ring.
"I am soo very sorry" Sara started off standing up. She explained her appointment had run longer then she has expected.
"Where are you" Greg asked standing up.
"At the lab. I stopped in to speak to Catherine, I will be home in twenty," she said.
"NO stay there I will meet you there we will go to my place to get ready and go to dinner from there" he hung up annoyed.
Sara frowned, "I think I pissed him off," she said looking at Catherine.
"When are you going to tell him?" Catherine asked coming to stand beside her.
"After dinner" Sara said smiling. Just then Warrick came out the back door.
"Sorry I will be done in half an hour" he pulled Catherine close and kissed her softly.
"What are you looking for?" Sara asked. Warrick released Catherine and said.
"Do you remember the Costa case, husband set fire to their house for the insurance."
Sara gave a nod "Yeah his ex and her boyfriend where inside right" Warrick rubbed his neck tension laced his shoulder his weariness clearly reflected his face.
"Yeah the case is up for review and we can not locate the site pictures, I have been in the evidence lock up for the past two days trying to locate it. The only think I can think of was after the explosion in the lab they were misplaced during the clean up"
Sara stood up "I think I can help you" he watched her walk toward the door "Come with me Mr. Brown" she smiled.
They all followed her into the lab and into one of the back offices "If I remember correctly" she started shifting through large sealed envelopes looking at their names and case numbers.
"I think I saw it in here" she finished off. Warrick smiled "I love you" he laughed turning to Catherine.
"Go get Linds ready to go bathroom break and all that fun stuff. We are gone as soon as I find this file" Catherine smiled taking Lindsey with her.
Warrick watched Sara climb on a stack of boxes to reach the top of a file cabinet.
Greg pulled into the parking lot and sighed he got out and put the keys in his pocket. He made his way to the door.
"Today is you're lucky day Mr. Brown" Sara laughed locating the envelope holding the crime photos. She handed it over to Warrick who thanked her and all but ran out of the room.
Grissom was walking back to his office with two fresh coffees in his hand when he heard Sara's laughter. He popped his head into the room and saw her perched on a stack of boxes.
" I thought you where gone" he asked. Sara jumped when she heard his voice, the boxes she was standing on shifted with her sudden movement. Grissom watched Sara teeter trying to keep her balance. He saw her lurch forward.
"Sara" he called out dropping the mugs he was holding, they crashed to the floor breaking on impact. Grissom caught Sara in mid fall her body fell into his causing him to lose his balance. They both fell to the floor boxes and files fell around them. He maneuvered his body to protect hers. Relief washed over Sara as Grissom broke her fall.
"Thank you" she breathed starring up at his face. Grissom starred at her transfixed. She was beautiful, her face flush her lips mosit. The next think Sara was aware of was Grissom mouth on hers. She lay there frozen, when he moved to deepen the kiss, her hands pushed against his shoulders forcing him to break contact.
Sara pushed him off of her getting to her feet. Her whole world tipped as she saw Greg standing in the doorway. Hurt and anger clearly reflected on his handsome face.
"You son of a bitch" Greg spat advancing on Grissom. Sara stepped in front of him.
"Greg it is not what you think" she started, but he would have none of it, anger raced through him.
"How long has this been going on, if you did not want to be with me then you should have said something?" he yelled at her still trying to get to Grissom.
Warrick who had witness everything having turned around once he heard the breaking of the mugs reached for Greg.
"Brother it is not what you think," he said getting a hold of his arms.
"I am sorry Greg I do not know what came over me" Grissom said his face red.
"Sofia was right all along wasn't she" Greg yelled looking at Sara who was shaking her head.
"I fell" Sara pleaded reaching out to touch his face.
"Do not touch me," Greg yell, all his worries and insecurities came running to the surface, every touch he had seen Sara and Grissom share over the last few months dance in his head like a slid show. Greg was losing himself in his anger. He was being driven by jealousy and anger reacting instead of processing.
Sofia rushed into the room having heard the yelling, worried that Greg would alert the others that it had been her filling his head.
"Come down Greg" she started trying to defuse the situation.
"All this time you have been with me you have been sleeping with Grissom, shit if I had known Sara I would have paid you for your services" Greg threw at her wanting his words to hurt her as much as his heart was hurting.
Sara recoiled as if she had been struck. Her face white.
"I have never been with Grissom, I would never do that to you" she whispered. Gill stepped forward his anger rising.
"If you want to blame someone here Greg it is me. Sara fell I caught her. I kissed her"
Once again Greg looked at Sofia "I should have listen to you before, but I let my emotion rule over my head."
Warrick looked at Sofia and it dawned on him "What is going on here Sofia" She stood there like a deer caught in a cars headlights.
"I want you gone, do you hear me, get shit out of my house. We are done here. The very thought of you make me ill" Greg finally shook Warrick off.
He reached into his wallet and pulled out a few bills tossing them at Sara they hit her chest and fell on the floor on top of the toppled boxes
"This is to cover your services, if it is not enough let me know. I am not up to date on the cost of whores"
Sara hand connected with his face the sound echoed off the walls.
"You bastard!" she yelled holding off her tears. "I have done nothing, if you loved me as much as you say you do you would have at least given me a chance to explain"
"There is nothing to explain I saw it," he said turning his back to her. "If I knew I was handling sloppy seconds I would have set my standards higher "
Sara looked at Grissom and Warrick before she fled the room running at top speed. Catherine who was coming in saw her tear stained face.
"Sara" she called out but her friend kept running.
Sara fumbled with her keys finally fitting the key in the lock. Soon the sound of her tires peeling rubber as she gunned out of the parking lot.
Back in the lab, Grissom stood toe to toe with Greg, "You have just made the biggest mistake of your life. She did nothing NOTHING," he yelled into the younger CSI's face.
"Was it getting to much for you Greg, where you looking for a way out. She fell I caught her. I kissed her. You don't own Sara Greg, she is not a prize" Warrick got in between them.
"Back off Grissom" he said his voice deadly calm his eyes sizing up the older man.
"Sara just peeled out of here what the hell is going on," Catherine yelled running back into the room.
"I caught Sara and Grissom making out on the floor," Greg said as he passed the floor. "I am such a fool, I have seen this coming for months. I just did not want to admit it"
"Sara loves you Greg she would not do that," Catherine said but he cut her off.
"Well she did!" he said waving his arms "She had been dicking me around for months" he continued like she had not spoken.
"I am a fool, she is nothing more then a cold blood bitch" the rest of Greg's sentence was cut off as Warrick's fist connected with his face causing him to fall to the ground.
"I am sorry man but I will not allow you to talk about Sara like that now or ever" he extended his hand to help him get to his feet.
Greg sat there the punch to his face seem to make him come back to himself. Once on his feet he looked at Sofia.
"Tell them what you have been telling me, what you have seen," he said placing his finger to his already swelling lip grimacing when he saw blood on this tips.
Grissom grabbed her arm "What is going on here" before she could answer Greg said.
"It doesn't matter it is over" he walked out of the room.
Sara unlocked the door to Greg's townhouse, she walked down the hall tears flowing as sobs racked through her. She picked up a photo of them at the water park a few weeks back. Her fingertips glided over his smiling face. Before she could stop herself she tosses the picture to the ground smashing the glass.
She did this to all the pictures that held their smiling faces. She grabbed a bag from the closet and began to toss her clothes into it. Half an hour later she was done and carried her bags to the car. She dropped her key inside the mail slot on the door.
Sara sat in her car crying she turned the key in the ignition and the car roar to live. "You can't go home," her mind said. Sara picked up her cell and dialed Nick's number.
"Stokes" he answered.
"Nicky I need you" she cried tears falling once more. Panic filled Nick as he sat up on is sofa.
"What is wrong?" he asked gripping his phone tightly.
"Can I come over" she cried, suddenly pain sized her chest, as a panic attack flooded her system.
It took Nick a moment to realized by her breathing that she was in the mits of an attack.
"Sara pull over right NOW" he yelled.
Sara saw spot danced before her eyes, before she fell into the abyss of darkness.
Nick heard the sound of her car smashing into something then nothing. Sara car veered off the road into the railing breaking through it and down the slop into to the field below. The car rolled twice before settling on it's side.
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