Chapter 20
Grissom knocked on the door and waited. He looked at Sara and held out his hand. Kate ducked under their hands and wrapped her arms around both. Catherine opened the door and let them in.
"God you've grown Kate." Catherine grinned and hugged her. She looked at the others and smiled. "I've been meaning to ring."
Sara released Grissom's hand and wrapped her arms around Catherine. "We beat you to it. How have you been?"
Catherine shrugged. "Never better. It's a shame Lindsey's at college this month or she'd be happy to see you all too."
They all sat down and caught up on what's been going on with the lab and the old team. What they've been up too and where they are. Catherine only keeps in contact with Nick now and then and the occasional letter from Warrick. Everyone had gone there separate ways, but they all sent Christmas cards and rang when they had the chance. Grissom and Sara were probably the only ones they all kept in contact with, so they sent messages through them.
"Warrick's going to be by here in two months. He's passing through. Didn't tell us why." Grissom past along. "You heard from Nicky?"
Catherine looked down at her coffee and nodded. She looked up and saw Kate sitting and playing with the dog. "How's your kitten Kate?"
Kate grinned. "Still in one piece I promise. She's staying with Nick."
Catherine nodded. "You want to feed Jacob for me? He hasn't been fed yet." Kate got up and went into the kitchen.
Grissom sighed and looked at Catherine. "Nick told you about what's been happening hasn't he?"
Sara looked at Grissom. "How does Nick know?"
Grissom looked down at their linked hands and squeezed them. "I talked to him. Stopped me blowing up at home. Sorry." He apologised.
Sara leaned against him and nodded. "It's ok. Suppose Nick's the other option to talk too."
Catherine smiled at them. "You sorted things out? Nothing's changed?"
They looked at Kate as she moved around the kitchen. "Everything's back the way it should be."
Catherine smiled and raised her mug to her mouth. "How it should be." She corrected them. "You want to go out for dinner tonight?"
"Can we go to that Chinese place?" Kate asked, sitting down by Grissom. She turned her head to him and smiled. "Please dad?"
He looked at Catherine. "If you want to Cath."
"I think it would be nice to eat out on a nice night like this one. Are you staying here?" Catherine asked.
Grissom smiled. "We can go to a motel."
Catherine chuckled. "No, you can't. You're staying here and that's final. I'll sort the rooms out. This house is just too big without Lindsey and Jessica."
"Where is Jessica?" Sara asked, following her upstairs.
"She's with her brother tonight. He has a girlfriend problem and needed to talk to a woman. Jessica happily offered, of course." Catherine laughed and opened the airing cupboard.
Sara took some sheets and went into one of the spare bedrooms. "Has Brass not been in contact with you Cath? He said he stopped by last month."
Catherine looked over her shoulder at her and sighed. "He said he was coming next week, but he didn't tell me where he was going."
Sara nodded. "I take it Warrick's still jealous?"
"Make that Jim Brass, jealous of Warrick. I honestly don't get what's going on in those men's brains." Catherine shook her head and started putting clean sheets on the beds.
Sara helped. "I thought you and Jim had sorted your differences out."
Catherine smiled. "So did I, but I never understood why he always assumed that Warrick and I had something going. We were best friends, not lovers."
Sara laughed. "Men!" She picked up a pillow and pulled on a pillowcase.
Grissom knocked on the door and waited. He looked at Sara and held out his hand. Kate ducked under their hands and wrapped her arms around both. Catherine opened the door and let them in.
"God you've grown Kate." Catherine grinned and hugged her. She looked at the others and smiled. "I've been meaning to ring."
Sara released Grissom's hand and wrapped her arms around Catherine. "We beat you to it. How have you been?"
Catherine shrugged. "Never better. It's a shame Lindsey's at college this month or she'd be happy to see you all too."
They all sat down and caught up on what's been going on with the lab and the old team. What they've been up too and where they are. Catherine only keeps in contact with Nick now and then and the occasional letter from Warrick. Everyone had gone there separate ways, but they all sent Christmas cards and rang when they had the chance. Grissom and Sara were probably the only ones they all kept in contact with, so they sent messages through them.
"Warrick's going to be by here in two months. He's passing through. Didn't tell us why." Grissom past along. "You heard from Nicky?"
Catherine looked down at her coffee and nodded. She looked up and saw Kate sitting and playing with the dog. "How's your kitten Kate?"
Kate grinned. "Still in one piece I promise. She's staying with Nick."
Catherine nodded. "You want to feed Jacob for me? He hasn't been fed yet." Kate got up and went into the kitchen.
Grissom sighed and looked at Catherine. "Nick told you about what's been happening hasn't he?"
Sara looked at Grissom. "How does Nick know?"
Grissom looked down at their linked hands and squeezed them. "I talked to him. Stopped me blowing up at home. Sorry." He apologised.
Sara leaned against him and nodded. "It's ok. Suppose Nick's the other option to talk too."
Catherine smiled at them. "You sorted things out? Nothing's changed?"
They looked at Kate as she moved around the kitchen. "Everything's back the way it should be."
Catherine smiled and raised her mug to her mouth. "How it should be." She corrected them. "You want to go out for dinner tonight?"
"Can we go to that Chinese place?" Kate asked, sitting down by Grissom. She turned her head to him and smiled. "Please dad?"
He looked at Catherine. "If you want to Cath."
"I think it would be nice to eat out on a nice night like this one. Are you staying here?" Catherine asked.
Grissom smiled. "We can go to a motel."
Catherine chuckled. "No, you can't. You're staying here and that's final. I'll sort the rooms out. This house is just too big without Lindsey and Jessica."
"Where is Jessica?" Sara asked, following her upstairs.
"She's with her brother tonight. He has a girlfriend problem and needed to talk to a woman. Jessica happily offered, of course." Catherine laughed and opened the airing cupboard.
Sara took some sheets and went into one of the spare bedrooms. "Has Brass not been in contact with you Cath? He said he stopped by last month."
Catherine looked over her shoulder at her and sighed. "He said he was coming next week, but he didn't tell me where he was going."
Sara nodded. "I take it Warrick's still jealous?"
"Make that Jim Brass, jealous of Warrick. I honestly don't get what's going on in those men's brains." Catherine shook her head and started putting clean sheets on the beds.
Sara helped. "I thought you and Jim had sorted your differences out."
Catherine smiled. "So did I, but I never understood why he always assumed that Warrick and I had something going. We were best friends, not lovers."
Sara laughed. "Men!" She picked up a pillow and pulled on a pillowcase.