Authors Note: For all my readers I do believe in happy endings and if you honest to god think I would be cold enough to kill Sara off after I made them feel so happy together you have another thing coming. I DON'T INTEND ON KILLING OFF ANY OF MY FAVORTIE CHARACTER'S. Beside the point I just thought I'd tell you this to keep you from hating me. A special thanks to all who have read and reviewed thank you lots and here's your next chapter. R&R LOVE ALL YA'LL. ;-) (I'm not sure about Nick's middle name so I made one up…don't hate me, oh and I made one up for Grissom to.)

Chapter 14: The Truth Unfolded

Sara woke to the feel of a sharp pain running through her arm.

She opened her eyes and found a nurse standing over her taking her blood.

The woman had long black hair and big brown eyes that resembled her own.

"Well, good morning Miss. Sidle. I'm glad to see you're awake. I would have waked you up but a man named Doctor Grissom told me to just go ahead a stick you."

Sara rolled her head and stared into the impossible midnight blue eyes go Gilbert Alexander Grissom.

"Hello," his voice was rough and husky with sleep.

"Hey," she said feeling the woman pull it out the needle.

"How do you feel this morning sweetheart?" Grissom asked reaching over to caress her soft as silk cheek.

"I feel ok." She said turning her head farther into his hand and feeling his rough aged fingers trace her skin.

"I love you, Sara."

She looked up at him a smiled softly wishing he would lean forward and kiss her.

Sure enough she got her wish and marveled at the amount of love she felt in his touch.

"The team said they'd be over to see you today. I didn't tell them about the cancer I thought you would want to wait till we're sure."

"Thank you." She said feeling a fresh set of tears coming on.

"Don't cry beautiful, I'm going to be here for you."

Grissom's promise to her was one he intended to keep. If he never kept another promise to anyone in his life he would keep this one to her.

"Well, Miss. Sidle we should have the results from your blood work in a few hours…Dr. Hampton put a rush on yours and then maybe we could get you some good news for a change." The nurse smiled down at her and walked out of the room.

"So, how did you sleep?" Grissom asked sitting back and unbuttoning the first few buttons of his shirt.

Sara felt the warmth of the summer day even in the air conditioned hospital. She smiled at him and rolled to her side.

"Pretty good till I woke up and you were not there."

"I'm so sorry sweetheart." He said bending forward and kissing her again.

"I know." She said closing her eyes and leaning into his kiss.

Someone cleared their throat behind them and they quickly pulled apart.

Warick, Catherine, Nick, Brass, and Dr. Robins stood in the room now looking on at the sight of the two of them making out.

They were wearing matching grim looks and shocked faces at the same time.

"What's eating all of you?" Sara asked when Warick, Nick, Brass, and Robins stepped forward and kissed her on the cheek.

"Nothing you need to worry yourself over Sara." Catherine said looking at Grissom giving him a sad smile.

'Greg's died a few minutes ago.' She mouthed when Sara wasn't looking.

Grissom shook his head and blinked back the tears.

'I'll tell her later.' He replied and looked over at Sara with the guys.

She looked so happy now that everyone was here with her. How would she take the news about Greg? What would happen if they found out she had leukemia? Grissom pushed the thoughts away and sat back to watch them. They would cross that bridge when they got there.

"Miss. Sidle." Dr. Hampton came in a few hours later wearing a grim expression that matched her friends when they had walked in.

"Doctor." She said nodding her head and looking around at everyone.

"Well, we're going to wait out in the hallway Sara…Haller when you're done." Nick said stepping forward and kissing her cheek again.

"Ok,"

Her voice sounded distressed and they saw Grissom reach over and take her hand.

"Miss. Sidle…"

"Sara, please call me Sara."

She didn't know what he had come to tell her but from the look on his face it wasn't good.

"Sara…I'm afraid that my assumptions were correct you do have leukemia the good thing is it's in its early stages and we can give you treatments that will most likely send it into remission if not cure it."

Sara felt the hot trail of tears run down her face and buried her head in Grissom's shoulder when he sat down beside her on the bed.

"Sara, I'm so sorry to tell you this." Dr. Hampton said stepping forward and putting his hand on her shoulder. "We'll have to start chemo and radiation as soon as possible." He said looking down at her.

"Thank you, doctor." Sara said pulling away from Grissom and whipping her eyes.

"Do you want me to tell your friends to wait a while before coming in?" Hampton asked stepping toward the door.

"No, tell them to come in." Sara said looking up at Grissom.

Her friends reentered the room and noticed right away the change in her mood.

"Sara, what's wrong?" Nick asked sitting down on the ledge by the window.

"Please sit down." Sara said to Warick, Catherine, Brass, and Robins.

They did as asked.

"Dr. Hampton has just told me that I have…I have…"

She gave up and looked at Grissom, who nodded and continued for her.

"The doctor just told us Sara has leukemia."

Nick almost fell off his window ledge. Catherine gasped reached up and covered her mouth with her hand and Warick grabbed her hand and began to cry. Brass and Robins looked at each other and then back at Sara and sighed in unison.

"Oh my god, Sara." Catherine said getting up and walking over to her giving her a hug.

"Thank you, Catherine but the doctor said that he could give me chemo and radiation, it might help to send the cancer into remission and maybe if I'm lucky cure it." Sara looked over at Nick who hadn't made a noise since she told them.

"Nick." She asked watching as tears ran down his face.

"First we loose Greg…now we're going to loose you." He balled his fists in his hair and bit down on his bottom lip closing his eyes tight. "This is not happening." He screamed and punched the wall beside him.

"Nick, hey, Nick, come here." Sara said sitting up straighter in her bed.

"Get your ass over here Nicholas Shawn Stokes…NOW." She demanded looking at him.

Nick obeyed and when Sara wrapped her arms around him he broke down.

"I want to tell you something Nick, I want to tell you all something I'm not going a damn place…I'm going to fight this as hard as I've fought everything else in my life…I have the well to live and I plan to use it." Sara said her chin high and shoulders squared.

Catherine smiled and began to clap. So did everyone else in the room.

"Know that's the Sara we know." Warick said coming over to her and hugging her close.

"Thank you, now what was the deal about Greg."

Her question sent everyone into silence.

"He died a half an hour ago…I'm so sorry Sara." Catherine supplied the answer no one else was going to give her.

Sara slouched back in the hospital bed and nodded her head.

"We have to go Sara…we'll see you after shift ok." Warick supplied when he saw the tears form in her eyes.

"Goodbye," she said as everyone walked out the door after saying their goodbyes.

She looked at Grissom and he climbed back in the hospital bed beside her.

"I'm sorry, Sara." He said kissing her crown as she broke into heart wrenching sobs.

"I don't believe it…I have to see him for myself." She said looking at Grissom who nodded.

"I'll see what I can do."

TBC………