CHAPTER 26

A/N: Okay, well I'm listening to morbid love songs right now, so I'm in a bit of an odd mood haha, yeah, anyways, I should be getting ready for my exam which starts at nine o'clock haha and it's now ten to eight, yeah, I should, haha but I'm going to do this first… it's only business… it's open book haha. Yeah. K:

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"Hey Sara," Greg said quietly as he entered the room after knocking.

"Hey." She mumbled, turning around to face him. He saw that she was just about in tears and rushed over to her bedside, carefully sitting down and putting his arms around her.

"It's going to be okay." He whispered into her hair as he held her as tightly as he could with her injuries and she let a tear slip down her cheek, realizing it was the first time since they'd been rescued that she'd cried. It felt good to let it all out, it felt good to be held like she was loved. Greg softly murmured words of encouragement and sympathy which made her feel more comforted than anything else, but she still couldn't help but wish it was Grissom's arms around her, and not Greg's, which made her feel guilty because Greg had helped her so much. As the tears slowed, and the sobbing ceased to shuddering breaths, she found her voice.

"Greg… thank you… for everything." She managed to say through her shudders.

"Sara, don't thank me, really." Greg told her, "All I want to do is make you feel better, all I want to do is catch those bastards."

"I know, and you are helping me more than anyone else." Sara smiled at him, the taste of saline in her mouth as she did so from all the tears she'd been crying.

"More than Grissom?" Greg voiced the unspoken words hanging between them.

"Yeah." Sara admitted, "I just don't understand him, but more than that, I just don't understand why I can't let it go that he'll never get close to me."

"That's not true." Greg protested.

"I know it is, I am not that oblivious." Sara argued.

"Sara, he wanted to make sure I was coming back in here to see you because he said he couldn't. He didn't know what to say, or how to act; he just doesn't know what to do around you, especially when you're in such a vulnerable position…" Greg explained, leaving Sara completely shocked. Grissom had actually told Greg this, or was Greg just trying to make her feel better?

"Are you just saying that to make me feel better?" Sara asked, since they were being completely honest.

"It's as true as the fact that Warrick and Catherine made out." Greg smiled mischievously, deciding that hearing about Warrick and Catherine would make her laugh, or at least smile.

"But they never have," Sara pointed out.

"Ah, Sara, you need to get out more." Greg joked, "No, but I just saw them only minutes ago doing that very activity in Catherine's hospital room. Seems Lindsay had some insight…"

"Oh yes, the diary." Sara giggled.

"You know about the diary?" Greg wondered.

"Lindsay told me about it earlier when she was here… I didn't think it was a credible source, but now I have reason to believe so and I'm feeling better by the minute." Sara smiled. If Catherine actually did have this diary where she wrote things she knew, or thought were very probable, which with Catherine, usually meant they were true, that meant that Grissom had feelings for her as more than a friend, and if what he told Greg was any factor…

"I see this makes you very happy." Greg observed, "What else did Lindsay tell you?"

"Not much." Sara smiled, not wanting to share.

"Ok." Greg shrugged. If it was really important, she'd tell me, he figured.

"So how is the case coming?" Sara inquired curiously since she was now at ease over her Grissom worrying and lack of friend in general worrying.

"It's moving… slowly. We're thinking that Ryan is definitely a seasoned veteran at these sorts of crimes, and of course, the factor of John Hamilton, neither of which can be tracked down anywhere. They seem to have done a superb job in disappearing, but we'll find them soon don't worry." Greg reassured Sara after recounting the story. To Sara, it seemed that she couldn't have more than a two word conversation with someone before they were reassuring her everything would be fine and the guys that did this to her were caught- she just never wanted to see them again, whether they were in jail, dead, or hiding, she really didn't care at the moment.

"Thanks." Was all she could think of to say. As the room settled into an awkward silence, Greg took hold of Sara's hand, hoping to reassure her that everything would indeed be okay.

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"I think you took the longest bathroom break known to man." Catherine teased her daughter.

"I don't think you guys really noticed I was gone…" Lindsay giggled. They were interrupted by a knocking at the door.

"Excuse me," The doctor said, "I need to check up on your injuries, make sure your doing okay."

"Sure." Catherine nodded.

"We'll be back in a few minutes, alright?" Warrick told Catherine giving her a peck on the cheek, Lindsay doing the same, before Warrick took her hand and led her out of the room.

"Do you want a drink or anything?" He asked her.

"Greg just got me a drink a little while ago." Lindsay told him.

"Alright." Warrick shrugged, leading her over to the couch where they'd fallen asleep earlier, they sat in a comfortable silence for a few moments before Warrick broke it. "Lindsay, you don't have any problems with me being with your Mom, do you?" Lindsay shook her head no.

"I want you to be with my Mom because you're nice to us." Lindsay told him honestly, "You won't make my Mom cry like my Daddy did, or like her other boyfriends did."

"Not if I can help it." Warrick told her while giving her a hug. It broke his heart to see the way Lindsay understood everything that went on in Catherine's life. Reading her diary probably played a big part in that, but she was a very mature, smart girl for her age to understand everything Cath had written. He wasn't sure how many bad relationships Catherine had gotten herself into other than her marriage, but he knew there were more than a few, and that broke his heart as well, because she deserved so much better, and he was going to try his hardest to be the best he could for her.

"Do you love my Mom, for real?" Lindsay asked, hoping more than anything he did. She had heard her Mom's other boyfriends claim they did, but there was something different about Warrick. He had been her Mom's friend for a really, really long time, and he had never made her Mom cry before, so she hoped that meant that he really did love her Mom, and that he wouldn't' take her away from her like everyone else tried to. She knew that the reason some of her Mom's boyfriends had broken up with her was because she had a daughter, but she'd heard her Mom yell at them. She knew her Mom loved her more than anything, and she hoped Warrick would love her too, if he really did love her Mom.

"For real." Warrick answered, trying to figure out exactly what was going on in Lindsay's head, "And I love you too."

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A/N: haha, sorry if it's getting really quite sappy/corny right now but it's just something I have to do in this story in order for some other things to happen later… oo. Haha Anyways, I should really really really go study for my exams… but I don't know.. anyways PLEASE review, pleaseee! Reviews really help me lol because I often doubt my writing, and when you guys tell me that you like it (or that you don't) it just gives me a better perspective on it, and I usually write much faster haha. K, ttyl!