"Alright Mrs. Grissom, that should about do it." The nurse said as she removed Sara's IV and made some notes in her chart. "Is someone coming to pick you up shortly?"

"Yes, my husband should be on his way. Thank you." Sara gave the nurse a small smile and then began to wonder why her husband wasn't already here with her.

"Hey Sara, sorry I would have been here sooner but traffic sucked. Are you ready to go?"

"Catherine?" Sara was a little confused; she thought Gil would be coming to pick her up. "Where's Gil?"

Catherine could hear the disappointment in Sara's voice, even though she knew Sara was trying to hide it. "He had to take care of something else so he asked me if I could come pick you up."

"Oh." Was all she could manage, and this time she didn't try to hid the fact that she wished Gil was here instead. Making her way to the closet Sara grabbed her jacket and put it on. Catherine walked up beside her and grabbed her bag and the two walked to the car together in silence.

The beginning of the drive to Sara and Gil's was very quiet. Sara hadn't said much since they'd left the hospital and Catherine was busy with her own thoughts and hadn't yet figured out how to verbalize them. About 10 minutes into the drive Catherine had given up on trying to be delicate and decided she'd just do what she was good at; she'd blurt out the question she'd wanted to ask Sara for a couple of days now. Yup straight forward to the point – that was more her style anyways.

"Sara?" Catherine waited for a reply; she wanted to make sure the younger woman was indeed listening.

"Yeah?" Sara replied, staring out the window at nothing specific.

"The other day in the hospital, why did you think that I was there just to collect evidence?"

The question had surprised Sara, she hadn't even thought about that. Much less the fact that this was something that was still bothering Catherine. Sara turned quickly to look at the woman beside her. "What?" was all she could manage.

"The other day, in the hospital. When I was processing your clothes and collecting evidence. I really was just planning to come visit you, see how you were doing. Maybe see if you needed anything. But then Eklie seen me leaving the lab and ordered me to take my kit and process, we got in an argument and of course he won. But I was surprised when you thought that was the only reason I was there."

Sara gave Catherine a small half crooked smile before breaking eye contact and looking down at her fingers which she was now beginning to fiddle with. "Because I thought you didn't like me." she admitted in a low voice, never once looking back up towards the older woman.

It was now Catherine's turn to be surprised. 'WHAT?!' Catherine thought to her self just before she slowed down and pulled over to the side of the road. Once they were safely parked on the side of the interstate Catherine turned to Sara and said "Ok what? Where did that come from?"

Sara, still unable to look Catherine in the eye, couldn't really think of a reply. To be honest she wasn't sure where that thought had come from either. Since her return from San Francisco she and Catherine had actually become quiet good friends. Catherine had been Sara's matron of honour at her wedding, the two frequently went to lunch and had even headed out on the occasional shopping trip.

Not having received a response for quiet sometime, Catherine's voice became calm and gentle as she was concerned for her friend. "Sara?" When no response came this time, Catherine placed her hand on Sara's shoulder and for the first time she understood why the girl had not answered. With her hand on Sara's shoulder she could feel Sara shaking and it became clear that she was, without a doubt crying. "Sara, look at me."

Wiping her eyes with her sleeves Sara raised her head to look at Catherine. "Cath...I...don't know...."

"It's ok I think I understand." Catherine cut in seeing her friend struggling to find the words to explain herself.

"You do?"

"Yeah, you were hurt, medicated and had A LOT running though your mind." Stopping for a second Catherine threw Sara a smile before continuing; "Somewhere in that head of yours a few wires must have gotten crossed."

The two women laughed a little before embracing each other in a warm friendly hug. "Come on lets get you home." Catherine said breaking the hug and wiping the tears from her own eyes.