2 nights later...

The night before the trail

It was the night before the trail and Grissom didn't really know what Sara was feeling, because all she did was bottle it up and pretend everything was normal...

Grissom was fast asleep beside Sara she could feel his faint breath on her neck, no matter how hard she tried to drift of to sleep she just couldn't, every minute that passed by felt like hours. Eventually Sara gave up on sleeping and crept out of bed and made her way to the living room. She sat in darkness just looking up at the ceiling and staring into space. It was around 5am when Grissom crept up beside her.

He stood in the doorway watching Sara for a while, he knew that she was taking this badly... She hadn't eaten all day and she was as white as a sheet. Grissom could hear a dripping noise, it only took him a few seconds to realise that it was Sara's tears, he slowly walked up to her and kneeled down so he was in line with her face. "Sara?" Grissom paused waiting for a reply he continued. "Sara I know this is really hard but I can't help you if don't speak to me." Sara met his eyes with tear stained face "I'm scared Gil" "Sara you can't be scared, if you show hurt he knows he has won." Sara brushed his arms of her "is all this just a game for you grissom? Huh?" With that Sara ran of into the bathroom and locked the door, collapsing onto the ground she couldn't hold back the tears.

6am

Grissom sat down at the other side of the door "Sara calm down now, let me in please, let me stop your hurting, I want to be with you." A few minutes later grissom heard the door unlock, imediatly she grabbed hold of Grissom holding him to her. Grissom lay down on the floor next to his fiancé and waited, it didn't take long for Sara to talk to him. "Grissom I'm scared, and i mean I'm really scared because in that courtroom later on today I'm going to lay eyes on my rapist, and I'm going to see him get sent down." Grissom hushed Sara he could see she was getting worked up, "he won't ever, ever hurt you again because I'm going to protect you for eternity." He calmed Sara down for now he knew today was going to be a horrible day for Sara.

7am

Sara had fallen asleep on grissom he let her sleep for ten more minutes before he gently woke her. "Sara, its time to get up, you need to get ready." She slowly woke up and lifted her head from Grissoms chest, "woah were am I." She looked around the familiar deep sea tiles. "Your in the bathroom silly, but now you need to get ready, how about I make breakfast?" She was wide awake now "oh right, Erm Gil I was uh thinking maybe we should go out for breakfast?" "Whatever you want honey, now go and get ready." He kissed her cheek before helping her up.

Sara sat staring at the black dress she was going to wear "I might as well be going to a funeral." She muttered, getting into her dress, she wanted to look normal so she shoved all her make-up on. She had just about done with her mascara when Grissom walked in. "You look so beautiful my princess." Sara gave him a weak smile grissom watched her as she straightened her hair. "Grissom will you hold my hand, just so I can try to be strong?" "Sara. I was going to hold your hand anyway regardless, but could you do me a favour... And do my tie?" Sara giggled to herself and slowly fixed his tie then helping him into his waistcoat. "You ready?" Grissom said taking hold of Sara's hand she nodded as they both walked out the door.

9am

They was just finishing there meals and Sara began to get stomach cramps, grissom noticed her face screwing up and led her to the lavatory, she ran into the toilet stalls just in time because her belly was throwing up everything that she had just eaten. Grissom rubbed her back until she was done and grissom gave her a drink of water, he clutched her hands "Sara are you okay, becasue if your really ill then I can take you back hh..." Sara interrupted "gil I need to do this for me, for us." He wrapped his arms around her and began to cry, "hey Griss why are you crying?" She slowly dabbed his tears away "Sara I love you and I want us to start the rest of our lives together, I just don't want to loose you." She pulled away "never; now let's go." She kissed him on the lips and walked towards the car.

11am

They were both sat in there seats when they saw Hodges being brought in, witnesses got up and evidence was showed round and photos were shown of Sara and her badly injured face, a single tear rolled down her face and grissom held her hand tighter. "Mr Grissom, could you please take the stand." Sara shook her head she had totally forgot grissom was going to speak.

Grissom said how he found Sara and the state she was in, she couldn't believe she was hearing this she had no idea how it had took a toll on Gill, she needed to leave but she remembered what Grissom had said don't let him get the better of her, so she sat for a painful 15 minutes. "Thank you Mr Grissom, court is dismissed for 15 minutes." Everyone started to leave for cofffes and restroom breaks, as grissom led Sara out she saw David looking at her he smiled at her it was evil.

"Grissom I'm so sorry." She said when they was safely in private, she fell into him trying not to cry "hey hey hey, Sara why are you apologising?" Sara sniffed and continued "well um because I had no idea what this did to you and I'm so sorry." Grissom looked at her into her deep tearful eyes "I did all this becasue I love you, yeah its been hard but not as hard as what your going through." He held her until it was time to go back in, they walked back in the courtroom it was now time for sentencing...

"We the defendants find you guilty Mr Hodges, you raped this young woman who trusted you and you brutally tortured her in the worst way you could, you destroyed her and threatend to kill SO it leaves me no choice...20 years in state prison and you have t sign the sex offender registry for life." Sara watched David being taken away before falling into Grissoms arms, "thhhiss is it." She sniffled "he's gone out of my life forever." He rocked her calming her crying, then he held her hand and they walked out with there heads held high,

Sara Sidle can finally get her life back and finally enjoy some good times with Grissom.

please review I think this is it final chapter, what do you think for my first FF begining a new story soon, stay in tune GSR forever :)