So Chapter 10. I think that this will probably be the second last chapter, so hopefully we can go out on a high note. Thanks for the reviews on Chapter 9. Here we go ...

It was nearing the end of shift, and Grissom was hiding in his office, his head buried in paperwork. He was exhausted and he wanted nothing more than to curl up in bed with Sara and fall fast asleep, but the minutes seemed to drag on and the hours didn't seemed to pass at all. He was just filling in a form about his absence from work when the door shut, and he jumped, glancing up at to see Catherine standing there.

"Catherine," he said.

"Hey, Gil," she sighed a little. "I spoke to Warrick, and he made me realise that...well..I've been a bitch recently, really."

"Okay," he nodded, not wanting to agree with her for fear of his own health and safety.

"He said that I should speak to about the..issues..I have," she was obviously loathing what she had to do but it was clear that Warrick had had a proper talk with her and had got her to realise the error of her ways.

"Go ahead," Grissom nodded, setting his pen down on his desk and fixing Catherine with a stare.

"Well, first, I have to apologise for all the arguing with you," she said, refusing to look at him. This behaviour was very unlike Catherine and it gave him a twisted kind of thrill to see her nervous and uncomfortable for once. "I know that I shouldn't have said all the things to you that I did, and I know that just because we're friends it doesn't mean that I'm allowed to scream at you. Sorry."

"Thank you," he nodded, accepting her apology.

"Secondly, I have to apologise for being funny with Sara," she said. "I don't know why I did all that, but it's stopped for good now."

"You'll have to apologise to Sara for that," Grissom replied, and Catherine sighed before reluctantly nodding.

"I have to say congratulations for the baby," she said, and he nodded, watching her carefully for a moment or two.

"Catherine, you do know why you were being funny with Sara, and saying all those things about her," he stated. "I want you tell me what the reasons are."

"Grissom, don't make me go there," she shook her head.

"I want you to tell me, Catherine," he said firmly, and she let out a sigh, nodding.

"Alright," she paused. "I was speaking to Warrick, and we almost kissed, but he told me that he wouldn't even take a chance on me until I got over the other guy."

"What other guy?" Grissom frowned.

"Grissom, you can be so dumb sometimes," she sighed.

"Tell me then," he said.

"Gil...the other guy's you," she shook her head.

"WHAT?!" he exclaimed.

"Yeah, I, uh..." she sighed, shaking her head in disbelief that she was actually doing this for real. "I'm saying I'm in love with you...but it's like...just a little more than a crush, it always has been. There's just this something that you have over me, and you've had it ever since I met you. I guess that I'm just a little bit jealous of Sara, and somewhere in the back of my mind I wish that it was me who was in her position... I don't know..."

"You..." he seemed as if he was choking on his words, absolutely shocked at her confession. "You wish that it was you who I love and not Sara? You wish that it was you carrying my child, and not Sara? You wish it was you who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, and not Sara?"

"That's pretty much it," Catherine had gone red, but Grissom was too shocked to even notice. "So I just thought that I should clear all this up and apologise."

"Uh...yeah," he nodded, seeming a little dazed.

"And Gil," Catherine leaned over the desk, her voice soft, and she seemed back to her usual self. "You told me once that you were out of Sara's league. You should never have felt that way. You're good enough for anybody. Trust me. It's just that not very many women are good enough for you...just don't take that as something wrong with you. There's not. You're gorgeous.."

She quickly kissed him on the lips, disappearing out the door and shutting it behind her, leaving Grissom there, frozen in shock.

A little later on, Sara came in and end of shift to find Grissom sitting there doing his paperwork, but she sensed that something was wrong.

"What's up?" she asked.

"Sara, I think I did something awful," he said.

"Oh..okay...what is it?" Sara's heart skipped a beat as she imagined what he could have done that was so awful.

"I..um.." he took a deep breath, standing and going to her, stopping in-front of her. "Catherine was in earlier...and it turns out that she kinda had a crush..type thing..on me, but I...I let her kiss me."

"What?" Sara grinned.

"Well, she leaned over the desk and kissed me, and I didn't stop her. Please don't get mad."

"Gil," she grinned, lifting his head and kissing him powerfully. "I couldn't care less. I know that you wouldn't cheat, it's okay. Anyway, it's always been obvious that Catherine's had a thing for you. Warrick too. I think it's more lust than love, so I wouldn't worry about it."

"It's obvious?" he frowned, and she giggled, nodding and kissing him again.

"It's alright," she shook her head. "I don't mind. Now, grab some of that paperwork and then we can go home and spend some time on our own with the bump."

"That sounds perfect," he smiled, quickly gathering his papers and following her out of the lab.

So here's the second last chapter done. Next one will just sort of...wrap everything up...that type of thing.
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Thanks
Morgan