Chapter 4
It was nearing late afternoon when she drove past various sets of Vegas town apartments. Her daughter Lindsey was strapped in the back. Catherine was on her way across town to drop her off at her school friend Janie's house. As she was driving by Sara's apartment she saw Grissom leaving and walking towards his SUV.
Suddenly her blood begins to boil and all sorts of thoughts and feelings rushed through her. 'Something must have happened' She told herself. 'It was evening after all, shift ended hours ago' The fact that he was still in his work clothes made Catherine even more angry, until she was in the full blown jealousy stage, but her daughter came first and she wouldn't lose control or her temper in front of Lindsey. So, She held it in, she'd wait, she'd wait until shift starts.
Later, when everyone arrived at CSI, everyone gathers in the break room for assignments. Catherine waits in the wings, watching and waiting to see what happens when Sara finally gets there.
Grissom was in his office, working on finishing up some paperwork before shift started, but Catherine was outside his office and as soon as her eyes spotted Sara enter the locker room, she followed.
Catherine had noticed that Grissom seemed different than his usual self and she knew it would be down to one person and she wasn't going to let her get away with it.
Opening her locker, Sara pulled out her gun and clipped it to her belt. She saw Catherine push through the door, but chose to ignore her as she got ready for shift. She sat on the bench and grabbed her shoes to change into.
"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black." Came the sarcastic smart comment from Catherine, who stood by the door.
Sara looks up as she stands. "What do you mean by that?"
Catherine rolls her eyes and huffs out a laugh. "Look in the mirror will ya, Sara."
Not liking where this is going, Sara begins to get agitated at the older woman's attitude.
"Well, I guess you've gotten what you wanted now." Catherine continued in a smartass tone. "Too bad I already had it." She turns and leaves Sara confused and standing alone in the locker room.
Thinking frantically over Catherine's little comment suddenly hit her in the head with pure clarity. Sara frowns, then turns to her locker before slamming it and kicking it hard, leaving a large dent. She's not letting Catherine get away with that.
Leaving the locker room in search of Catherine, she stopped once she turned the corner to see Catherine standing too close to Grissom with her hand on his arm. That didn't go down too well with Sara and she turned, storming off.
Missing it by a second, Sara would have seen Grissom pull his arm from Catherine's tightening grasp and stepped back. "Mind your own damned business Catherine." He snapped. He pushes past her and heads towards the break room to hand out assignments, although his temper was on a short fuse, he still had a shift to run.
"Seeing as there are no fresh cases, Warrick, Nick and Catherine, continue with your current cases and find me if you need anything." Grissom informs them once he explained about the lack of cases for the night.
Sara looks up from her seat on the couch and asks. "What about me? What do you have for me to do?"
Catherine rolls her eyes and mutters. "Him." Everyone in the room, turns to stare at her, but no one was stupid enough to comment, since Sara was glaring hard at the blonde.
Grissom clears his throat after hearing this and says. "Get to work." He turned, but not before saying. "Catherine, my office, now!"
Sara smiles and watches them leave.
Catherine enters Grissom's office and was instantly hit with his furious voice.
"What the hell was that all about? The 'him' comment?" He clarified when she tried to look innocent. Not getting any response, he chose to continue. "Cath, I am tired of your little remarks and the attitude..." Grissom paused, thinking this over before starting up again with a new idea. "On second thought, I don't want to know. Get out of my office and if I hear anything about you running your mouth off or I hear any rumours, I will suspend you." He made it clear that he wasn't fooling anyone.
Catherine doesn't take this lightly and stepped up to him, literally face to face. "Don't threaten me Gil Grissom. I will have you job so fast." She growls.
Grissom's face turns red with anger.
Outside, Jim is walking towards Grissom office with news on a current case and as he gets closer, he meets Sara in the hall. Both turn when they hear Grissom and Catherine's voices. What got their attention most was hearing Catherine tell Grissom that she will go straight to the top boss and tell him that he's screwing one of his employees, which doesn't go down too well with Sara or Jim as you can imagine.
Jim and Sara both gasp and look at each other, but soon, Jim is grabbing Sara's arms as she prepares to storm the office. "Stupid Bitch." He hears her mutter, but doesn't let go. He tries to calm her down as she struggles to get away from his grip.
"Brass, let me go." She struggled again.
Just then, Grissom's door opens with him backing Catherine out of his office, red faced and seething. "Don't forget who got you this job Catherine. Keep your mouth shut or you'll be working lows life's for money and dancing the poles again in no time."
"You would know about paying for it, wouldn't you Gil." Catherine scoffs.
Before Grissom says anything more, he sees Sara being restrained by Jim, but she stops struggling when she hears that. Grissom is silent and Catherine smirks. Grissom looks back at Sara and can see the hurt in her eyes, but he didn't move when she pushed away from Jim and stormed off.
Catherine turned back to Grissom and grinned. "I guess her little bubble got popped." She walked by him and disappeared.
Grissom looks down at his feet as he leans against his doorframe.
"Gil, you gotta go talk to her." Jim told him, motioning to the direction Sara had taken.
Grissom shook his head. "No Jim. She knows now." He sighed and dug his shaking hands into his jacket pockets.
Jim wasn't going to leave it at that. "Gil." He began sternly. "Go talk to her. She needs to hear your side of this. I know that you didn't do it the way Cath said. Tell Sara that. She thinks you went as a client."
Grissom couldn't think clearly and soon, to his despair, he was on the verge of tears. Everything was falling down around him, his whole world just blew up in his face and he didn't know what to do.
"Go Gil. I will take care of Catherine." Jim tells him, seeing his pale face and glistening eyes. Grissom straightens up and nods slowly. He turns and shuts his door so he can lock it before leaving to find Sara.
Jim watches him go briefly, before turning and heading out on his own search to find Catherine and rip her a new one for the shit she's stirred up.
Grissom starts to open the locker room door when Sara comes out with her bag hung over her shoulder. He begins to say something, but she doesn't let him. "Grissom, I don't want to hear it."
He tries again, but she moves past him and walks off. He's hot on her tail, trying to catch her up, but starts to slow down when they reach the break room. He can hear Jim going off at Catherine, but that doesn't stop Sara from going in and when he gets to the door, he sees her pull out her badge, gun and pager, before laying them on the table and turning to leave.
He stands in the doorway, unmoving.
"Move." Sara demands.
"No Sara." Grissom tells her.
"Grissom, get out of my way." She orders him.
He shakes his head. "Sara, no, don't do this. Lets go to my office and talk about this." Although he can see her refusing, he tried anyway.
Seeing this but not believing, Jim stares at them both in complete shock.
Catherine is much the same. She didn't think that Sara would walk.
"Grissom, move or I'll move you." She threatened.
Grissom looks into her eyes and says. "Then move me Sara." She stares at him as she puts he hands on his chest and pushes him back into the hall. He reaches for her hand and keeps his eyes locked onto hers. "Please Sara, not like this." He pleads.
She pulls her hand away, tears filling her eyes from anger and hurt. "Grissom," She breathed. "Tell someone who gives a damn." She stepped back and walked away.
Grissom stood there, watching her go.
Nick and Warrick came down the opposite corridor. "What the hell is going on?" The pair ask.
Grissom turns and walks back into the break room, not stopping until he was near enough to Catherine for her to hear him. Jim stepped in between them and the guys stood behind Grissom. All effectively waiting for something to happen.
"I hope you're happy with yourself." He says, gritting his teeth. He continues, taking a shallow breath. "Now you've got exactly what you wanted." He turns away from her and pushes past the guys on his way out the door, he needs to find Sara.
TBC
It was nearing late afternoon when she drove past various sets of Vegas town apartments. Her daughter Lindsey was strapped in the back. Catherine was on her way across town to drop her off at her school friend Janie's house. As she was driving by Sara's apartment she saw Grissom leaving and walking towards his SUV.
Suddenly her blood begins to boil and all sorts of thoughts and feelings rushed through her. 'Something must have happened' She told herself. 'It was evening after all, shift ended hours ago' The fact that he was still in his work clothes made Catherine even more angry, until she was in the full blown jealousy stage, but her daughter came first and she wouldn't lose control or her temper in front of Lindsey. So, She held it in, she'd wait, she'd wait until shift starts.
Later, when everyone arrived at CSI, everyone gathers in the break room for assignments. Catherine waits in the wings, watching and waiting to see what happens when Sara finally gets there.
Grissom was in his office, working on finishing up some paperwork before shift started, but Catherine was outside his office and as soon as her eyes spotted Sara enter the locker room, she followed.
Catherine had noticed that Grissom seemed different than his usual self and she knew it would be down to one person and she wasn't going to let her get away with it.
Opening her locker, Sara pulled out her gun and clipped it to her belt. She saw Catherine push through the door, but chose to ignore her as she got ready for shift. She sat on the bench and grabbed her shoes to change into.
"Talk about the pot calling the kettle black." Came the sarcastic smart comment from Catherine, who stood by the door.
Sara looks up as she stands. "What do you mean by that?"
Catherine rolls her eyes and huffs out a laugh. "Look in the mirror will ya, Sara."
Not liking where this is going, Sara begins to get agitated at the older woman's attitude.
"Well, I guess you've gotten what you wanted now." Catherine continued in a smartass tone. "Too bad I already had it." She turns and leaves Sara confused and standing alone in the locker room.
Thinking frantically over Catherine's little comment suddenly hit her in the head with pure clarity. Sara frowns, then turns to her locker before slamming it and kicking it hard, leaving a large dent. She's not letting Catherine get away with that.
Leaving the locker room in search of Catherine, she stopped once she turned the corner to see Catherine standing too close to Grissom with her hand on his arm. That didn't go down too well with Sara and she turned, storming off.
Missing it by a second, Sara would have seen Grissom pull his arm from Catherine's tightening grasp and stepped back. "Mind your own damned business Catherine." He snapped. He pushes past her and heads towards the break room to hand out assignments, although his temper was on a short fuse, he still had a shift to run.
"Seeing as there are no fresh cases, Warrick, Nick and Catherine, continue with your current cases and find me if you need anything." Grissom informs them once he explained about the lack of cases for the night.
Sara looks up from her seat on the couch and asks. "What about me? What do you have for me to do?"
Catherine rolls her eyes and mutters. "Him." Everyone in the room, turns to stare at her, but no one was stupid enough to comment, since Sara was glaring hard at the blonde.
Grissom clears his throat after hearing this and says. "Get to work." He turned, but not before saying. "Catherine, my office, now!"
Sara smiles and watches them leave.
Catherine enters Grissom's office and was instantly hit with his furious voice.
"What the hell was that all about? The 'him' comment?" He clarified when she tried to look innocent. Not getting any response, he chose to continue. "Cath, I am tired of your little remarks and the attitude..." Grissom paused, thinking this over before starting up again with a new idea. "On second thought, I don't want to know. Get out of my office and if I hear anything about you running your mouth off or I hear any rumours, I will suspend you." He made it clear that he wasn't fooling anyone.
Catherine doesn't take this lightly and stepped up to him, literally face to face. "Don't threaten me Gil Grissom. I will have you job so fast." She growls.
Grissom's face turns red with anger.
Outside, Jim is walking towards Grissom office with news on a current case and as he gets closer, he meets Sara in the hall. Both turn when they hear Grissom and Catherine's voices. What got their attention most was hearing Catherine tell Grissom that she will go straight to the top boss and tell him that he's screwing one of his employees, which doesn't go down too well with Sara or Jim as you can imagine.
Jim and Sara both gasp and look at each other, but soon, Jim is grabbing Sara's arms as she prepares to storm the office. "Stupid Bitch." He hears her mutter, but doesn't let go. He tries to calm her down as she struggles to get away from his grip.
"Brass, let me go." She struggled again.
Just then, Grissom's door opens with him backing Catherine out of his office, red faced and seething. "Don't forget who got you this job Catherine. Keep your mouth shut or you'll be working lows life's for money and dancing the poles again in no time."
"You would know about paying for it, wouldn't you Gil." Catherine scoffs.
Before Grissom says anything more, he sees Sara being restrained by Jim, but she stops struggling when she hears that. Grissom is silent and Catherine smirks. Grissom looks back at Sara and can see the hurt in her eyes, but he didn't move when she pushed away from Jim and stormed off.
Catherine turned back to Grissom and grinned. "I guess her little bubble got popped." She walked by him and disappeared.
Grissom looks down at his feet as he leans against his doorframe.
"Gil, you gotta go talk to her." Jim told him, motioning to the direction Sara had taken.
Grissom shook his head. "No Jim. She knows now." He sighed and dug his shaking hands into his jacket pockets.
Jim wasn't going to leave it at that. "Gil." He began sternly. "Go talk to her. She needs to hear your side of this. I know that you didn't do it the way Cath said. Tell Sara that. She thinks you went as a client."
Grissom couldn't think clearly and soon, to his despair, he was on the verge of tears. Everything was falling down around him, his whole world just blew up in his face and he didn't know what to do.
"Go Gil. I will take care of Catherine." Jim tells him, seeing his pale face and glistening eyes. Grissom straightens up and nods slowly. He turns and shuts his door so he can lock it before leaving to find Sara.
Jim watches him go briefly, before turning and heading out on his own search to find Catherine and rip her a new one for the shit she's stirred up.
Grissom starts to open the locker room door when Sara comes out with her bag hung over her shoulder. He begins to say something, but she doesn't let him. "Grissom, I don't want to hear it."
He tries again, but she moves past him and walks off. He's hot on her tail, trying to catch her up, but starts to slow down when they reach the break room. He can hear Jim going off at Catherine, but that doesn't stop Sara from going in and when he gets to the door, he sees her pull out her badge, gun and pager, before laying them on the table and turning to leave.
He stands in the doorway, unmoving.
"Move." Sara demands.
"No Sara." Grissom tells her.
"Grissom, get out of my way." She orders him.
He shakes his head. "Sara, no, don't do this. Lets go to my office and talk about this." Although he can see her refusing, he tried anyway.
Seeing this but not believing, Jim stares at them both in complete shock.
Catherine is much the same. She didn't think that Sara would walk.
"Grissom, move or I'll move you." She threatened.
Grissom looks into her eyes and says. "Then move me Sara." She stares at him as she puts he hands on his chest and pushes him back into the hall. He reaches for her hand and keeps his eyes locked onto hers. "Please Sara, not like this." He pleads.
She pulls her hand away, tears filling her eyes from anger and hurt. "Grissom," She breathed. "Tell someone who gives a damn." She stepped back and walked away.
Grissom stood there, watching her go.
Nick and Warrick came down the opposite corridor. "What the hell is going on?" The pair ask.
Grissom turns and walks back into the break room, not stopping until he was near enough to Catherine for her to hear him. Jim stepped in between them and the guys stood behind Grissom. All effectively waiting for something to happen.
"I hope you're happy with yourself." He says, gritting his teeth. He continues, taking a shallow breath. "Now you've got exactly what you wanted." He turns away from her and pushes past the guys on his way out the door, he needs to find Sara.
TBC