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Catherine tried to catch Sara as she fell to the ground, unfortunately she wasn't fast enough. Sara crumpled to the road at her feet.

"Sara!" Catherine was immediately on her knees at her coworker's side. Sara groaned and opened her eyes, trying to focus on Catherine.

"H-hurts."

"What hurts Sara, your stomach?" Sara nodded.

"I'm calling an ambulance." She took out her cell phone and dialed 9-1-1. After the call was placed, she turned back to her fallen co-worker. "The ambulance is on its way Sara. Just hold tight." She reached for her hand. Sara pulled away and looked at Catherine.

"Don't." Catherine could see the pain in Sara's face.

"Sara, I'm sorry." Sara closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on anything but the pain tearing through her body and Catherine. She wanted to cry when she felt a warm sticky thickness soaking through her jeans. Reaching down she felt the material between her thighs and brought her hand back up to see her red stained fingers.

"Oh God." Another wave of pain hit her and she groaned. She could faintly hear Catherine calling to her, promising her it would be okay. She wanted to slap her. Demand to know how this could possibly end up in such a way that it would ever be okay but for Sara the world was slipping further and further away.

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By the time the ambulance arrived, Sara was already unconscious and the ground beneath her was stained red. Catherine stood by mutely as her co-worker was loaded into the ambulance.

"Ma'am? Ma'am." A paramedic touched her arm and she snapped out of her trance.

"Y-yes?"

"We're taking her to Desert Palm. Would you like to ride with her?" Catherine nodded and the paramedic helped her into the ambulance. Once inside she grabbed Sara's hand again, relieved that it was still warm.

"Come on Sara, wake up." She whispered as the doors slammed shut and the ambulance roared off down the street.

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Catherine had been sitting anxiously in the emergency waiting room for a good 20 minutes before Nick and Warrick arrived. She had texted the boys on the way to the hospital and told them to meet her there. She was instantly bombarded with questions and she put her hands up to silence them.

"I don't know anything yet." She explained.

"What happened?" Warrick asked.

"She... she was bleeding and cramping. It started on the way to our scene."

"Damn." Nick muttered running his hand over his jaw. They stood in an awkward silence waiting for news.

"Is anyone here for Sara Grissom?" A doctor walked into the waiting room. It still sounded strange to the guys to hear Sara Grissom."

"We are." Nick said standing up. The doctor walked over to them.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Gerris. I treated Mrs. Grissom."

"How is she?" Nick asked anxiously.

"Mrs. Grissom has suffered from placental detachment and we are monitoring the baby right now. So far everything seems okay."

"What caused this?"

"Well, placental detachment can be brought about by many things. Stress, a fall, her age."

"Can we see her?" Nick asked.

"She has been asking to see a Nick." The doctor answered looking down at her clipboard.

"That's me." Nick informed her. "Where is she?"

"Down the hall, room 1010." Doctor Gerris pointed to a set of doors.

"I will let you know how she is." Nick told Catherine and Warrick and headed in the direction indicated. When he got to her room Nick crossed the room to stand beside Sara's bed. She was sitting up holding a cup of ice her entire body pale and shaking. "How are you doing?" He asked takes her hand.

"Better." Sara answered looking down at their hands.

"You're shaking." He pulled the blanket further up avoiding the monitor strapped around her belly.

"Shock." She explained. "I umm, has anyone called Grissom?"

"No." He said. "We wanted to see how you were doing first." Sara nodded, still looking down.

"Thanks."

"Do you want me to call him?" Again she nodded, but when he pulled his hand away to stand up, she held on. "Don't go yet please." He smiled down at her and sat back down. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. Sara sniffed. "When you call him, don't let him worry. Please. It's not good for his blood pressure." Nick smiled a little at her and squeezed her hand.

"I promise I won't let him worry. You should try to get some sleep." he rubbed her knuckles with his thumb. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes.

"I can't sleep now. I'm too... scared." She opened her eyes to meet his.

"It's going to be okay Sara."

"There was so much blood Nicky." She closed her eyes again and tried to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall.

"Everything is okay now Sara. I promise. I'm gonna go call Griss okay?" She nodded. Her eyes still shut.

"Do you want Warrick to come keep you company?"

"Please." She said quietly.

"I'll go get him." He smiled at her even though she couldn't see him and left the room. "Warrick, will you go sit with Sara. I need to call Grissom."

"Sure man." Warrick stood up as Nick walked off. Catherine grabbed his arm as he walked off.

"No. Let me go. I-I need to see her."

"I don't know Catherine." Warrick hesitated. "You guys haven't been getting along that well lately and the doctor said that stress can be a trigger for her condition." Catherine released her hold on his arm. He looked at her sympathetically. "How about I ask her?" Catherine nodded and sat back down in the waiting room chair and watched him leave.

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Warrick knocked on Sara's door before entering. She was lying back with a hand lying gracefully on her stomach. She opened her eyes when she heard his light tap.

"Come in." Warrick came further into the room.

"Hey there." He came to stand beside her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. "How are you doin'?"

"Better." She smiled up at him. Her eyes were now dry.

"That's good to hear. You gave us quite a scare Sar'."

"I'm sorry." She said, and she looked it. "I didn't mean to."

"I know you didn't." He grabbed her hand and took Nick's vacated seat. "Well," He looked around her hospital room. "This is one way to get off work."

"It wouldn't have mattered anyhow." She said sullenly. "Catherine suspended me."

"She what!"

"It was probably my fault." Sara was starting to doubt herself again.

"What's been going on with you two?" Warrick asked.

"Nothing, I mean... I don't know. I don't want to talk about it." She laid her head back on the pillow and looked at him. Warrick nodded, telling her that he wasn't going to press the issue.

"Catherine wants to come in and see you." Warrick told her hesitantly. He wasn't surprised when Sara shook her head no.

"Not right now... I just can't..." She squeezed his hand tighter.

"Okay. Don't worry about it. Ill take care of it." He rubbed her arm soothingly.

"Thank you." They both looked up when they heard a knock on the door.

"Sara?" Came Greg's voice.

"Hey Greg." Warrick said.

"Hey." Sara said quietly. He walked further into the room. "Catherine just called me. I'm sorry I wasn't here sooner. My cell was off, I was in the desert."

"It's okay." She smiled. Warrick looked down at Sara.

"Well, I'm gonna go back out there okay? You're only allowed one visitor at a time and I don't think Greg's leaving." Sara and Greg both smirked.

"Thank you Ric'."

"Feel better. I'll see you in a bit." He smiled and walked out of the room. Sara looked at Greg.

"Well, are you going to come any closer?" She quirked an eyebrow.

"Yeah." He said quickly and stood beside the bed. "Shove over." He instructed then sat beside her when there was room. They sat shoulder-to-shoulder getting comfortable. Finally Greg took her hand where it was laying in her lap. "Is everything okay?" He brushed the back of his hand over her stomach.

"Yeah, I umm, had a placental abruption but she's still in there are doing okay so..." She laid her head tiredly on his shoulder.

"Why? What happened?" She shook her head without lifting it.

"The doctor said it could be a lot of thing. My fall yesterday, stress... I don't know."

"But it's going to be okay now."

"Yeah." She told him closing her eyes; she was getting tired.

"Sleep Sara. Your body needs rest."

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Warrick walked down the hall with his hands in his pockets. He stopped briefly before entering the waiting room where Catherine was still sitting in the same spot at when he left her.

"Hey." He sat down next to her.

"Hey." She greeted him back quietly. "How is she?"

"Tired. Upset. She said you suspended her." Catherine's face fell.

"You suspended her!"

"She was being insubordinate Warrick."

"You're not her boss Cath. Grissom's her boss. Ecklie's her boss. Not you. Besides, you've been mad at her since before Grissom left."

"Grissom's my best friend and she hurt him."

"And they made up. And she's carrying his child. She needs your support; she doesn't need you always fighting with her." Catherine sighed. She knew he was right, but she wasn't one to back down.

"She called me a bitch."

"Did you deserve it?" Catherine stared at him in shock. She couldn't think of anything to say.

"I guess we both got caught up in the moment."

"It happens sometimes." Warrick put an arm around Catherine's shoulders. "We all make mistakes Catherine. It's when we are too proud to admit out mistakes that we do real damage." She nodded and he continued. "Catherine, we all know that you are a strong, independent and passionate person. And we all respect that. You don't have anything to prove."

"What am I supposed to say 'Ric? Sorry I almost killed your baby. Forgive me?" She rolled her eyes.

"It's a start. For when she's ready to hear it." Catherine sighed.

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