Chapter 11
"Dad!" Kate called from reception.
Grissom turned around and looked over the top of his glasses. He smiled at her and walked towards her. "Hey."
Kate hugged him quickly and looked up at him. "Came to pick you up." She grinned.
Grissom chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Me? How did you get here anyway?" He asked, looking up to see no one around.
"I got a lift with Nick. He was driving by our place on the way to a scene and I stopped him. Come on." Kate grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the exit.
"Munchkin, I can't. I'm working." He pulled back on his hand lightly until she stopped and gave him sad eyes. "Don't give me those." He warn with a smile.
Kate pouted and looked at the floor. "I just want to have a coke with my dad. Please!" She pleaded.
Grissom looked at his watch and nodded. "Ok. Just for an hour."
Kate jumped up and kissed him. "Come on dad. You're buying."
He chuckled. "Funny that. You invite me out and now I'm paying."
"Just wait until I'm getting married. You'll be paying then too." She giggled and pulled him out the door.
"Let's not mention that until twenty odd years from now." He laughed. "Ok, you want to go to the diner?" He asked, putting his arm around her shoulders.
Kate hook her arm around his waist and gripped his shirt. "Yeah." She leaned her head into his side and sighed.
Grissom looked down at her and noticed something was wrong. "Kate?"
She turned her eyes to him and smiled. "What?"
He squeezed her tight and look out at the road before crossing. "You want to talk about it?"
Kate nodded. "The whole plan is in motion. I'm just waiting to sit down." She said confidently.
"I take it this is shop talk?" He asked. "Something happen at school?"
Shaking her head, Kate pulled on the diner door and walked over to a table. Grissom followed and ordered one coke and a coffee before sitting down. "Personal talk." She stated, looking at him.
Grissom pursed his lips. "Has mum spoken to you about something?" His heart just kicked up a gear as he looked down at his hands.
Kate narrowed her eyes. "No. This is about you and mom."
"Did I do something?" He asked, thanking the waitress as she placed their drinks on the table.
"Nope. I don't think so. I'm worried about mum." Kate pulled her drink towards her and played with the straw.
Grissom stared at her. "What's wrong with mum? Is she ill?" Grissom's panic was starting to settle in.
"I'm not sure. We had a talk this morning and I told her some things. She was really upset about it." Kate pushed her drink away and looked up at him. "Are you leaving?"
He blinked once at her question. She thinks he's leaving? They both think he's leaving? Why would they think that? "I'm not leaving. Why would you think that?"
Kate shrugged. "I don't know."
Grissom smiled his half smile. "You are like your mother when you say something like that. You know, so tell me." He picked up his coffee and waited for her to tell him.
"You aren't talking. Shannon's dad left her mum when they stopped talking. I don't want you to leave because your not talking to mum." Kate's eyes were staring at the bubbles fizzing in her glass as she turned it in her hands.
"Dad!" Kate called from reception.
Grissom turned around and looked over the top of his glasses. He smiled at her and walked towards her. "Hey."
Kate hugged him quickly and looked up at him. "Came to pick you up." She grinned.
Grissom chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Me? How did you get here anyway?" He asked, looking up to see no one around.
"I got a lift with Nick. He was driving by our place on the way to a scene and I stopped him. Come on." Kate grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the exit.
"Munchkin, I can't. I'm working." He pulled back on his hand lightly until she stopped and gave him sad eyes. "Don't give me those." He warn with a smile.
Kate pouted and looked at the floor. "I just want to have a coke with my dad. Please!" She pleaded.
Grissom looked at his watch and nodded. "Ok. Just for an hour."
Kate jumped up and kissed him. "Come on dad. You're buying."
He chuckled. "Funny that. You invite me out and now I'm paying."
"Just wait until I'm getting married. You'll be paying then too." She giggled and pulled him out the door.
"Let's not mention that until twenty odd years from now." He laughed. "Ok, you want to go to the diner?" He asked, putting his arm around her shoulders.
Kate hook her arm around his waist and gripped his shirt. "Yeah." She leaned her head into his side and sighed.
Grissom looked down at her and noticed something was wrong. "Kate?"
She turned her eyes to him and smiled. "What?"
He squeezed her tight and look out at the road before crossing. "You want to talk about it?"
Kate nodded. "The whole plan is in motion. I'm just waiting to sit down." She said confidently.
"I take it this is shop talk?" He asked. "Something happen at school?"
Shaking her head, Kate pulled on the diner door and walked over to a table. Grissom followed and ordered one coke and a coffee before sitting down. "Personal talk." She stated, looking at him.
Grissom pursed his lips. "Has mum spoken to you about something?" His heart just kicked up a gear as he looked down at his hands.
Kate narrowed her eyes. "No. This is about you and mom."
"Did I do something?" He asked, thanking the waitress as she placed their drinks on the table.
"Nope. I don't think so. I'm worried about mum." Kate pulled her drink towards her and played with the straw.
Grissom stared at her. "What's wrong with mum? Is she ill?" Grissom's panic was starting to settle in.
"I'm not sure. We had a talk this morning and I told her some things. She was really upset about it." Kate pushed her drink away and looked up at him. "Are you leaving?"
He blinked once at her question. She thinks he's leaving? They both think he's leaving? Why would they think that? "I'm not leaving. Why would you think that?"
Kate shrugged. "I don't know."
Grissom smiled his half smile. "You are like your mother when you say something like that. You know, so tell me." He picked up his coffee and waited for her to tell him.
"You aren't talking. Shannon's dad left her mum when they stopped talking. I don't want you to leave because your not talking to mum." Kate's eyes were staring at the bubbles fizzing in her glass as she turned it in her hands.