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always feedback would be much appreciated good and bad. This chapter might
be offensive to some people as it deals with the aftermath of sexual
assault. Please r & r if you can. So here goes chapter 3.
Sara woke up unaware and unfamiliar with her surroundings. It took her a while to distinguish exactly where she was and when she finally realised she remained confused as to what she was doing there. And then as quickly as the confusion had swept over her it left her and she remembered everything.
It's an awful feeling waking up to that. You don't know if it was a horrible nightmare or even worse reality. She tried focusing and looked at her wrists. She winced at the pain she felt when she concentrated and after satisfying her fears she lay back down in bed.
She felt a hand touch her own and jumped. Taking in shallow, quick breaths she turned slowly to see who it was. Relief hit her like a wave as she recognised the muscular form of Nick.
"Hey," Nick ventured unsure of how to proceed.
"Hey," Sara whispered. "So ..."
She was unsure how to start. Slowly tears stung her eyes and began to fall freely down her cheeks. Nick reached over to her face and stroked away her tears.
"It's ok Sara, I'm here for you now," He noticed the sudden flinch when he touched her skin and he chastised himself for doing so.
"I'm sorry Sara I didn't think."
"It's ok, I shouldn't have .. I shouldn't have thought that."
"It's ok you will think that for a while," He trailed off unsure of what to say to make her feel better.
"So how long have you been here?" She asked him.
"Since I brought you in,"
"Does that mean that they've.?"
"Yeah they've done the Rape test Sara, as soon as they're satisfied with that cut on your head your out of here,"
"I can't go home!" Panic came into her voice and she realised how all her self-control had disappeared in one night. She realised her hands shaking, giving away her true feelings.
"You don't have to, Grissom thought It'd be better if you stayed at mine or Cath's it's up to you whose you want to stay at,"
"I'll stay at yours if that's alright, Lindsay might drive me to distraction," She tried to smile weakly but her emotions just weren't there anymore.
"Look I've got to go phone Gris and the gang and tell them you're conscious again," He hated to leave her but he'd promised Gris earlier that he'd phone him when she came to.
"Ok just don't take too long yeah?"
"I'll be right back."
He hadn't wanted to go home but Gris wanted to spend time with Sara trying to get a statement and what not so he thought it'd be rude to stay. That and he didn't want to hear what had happened. He'd had his own ordeal and once was enough for one lifetime. He had a quick shower and retreated to his bedroom, in desperate need of sleep. He laid his head on the pillow and drifted into slumber easily.
"Come on Nick what are you struggling for? You don't want me to tell your mummy you weren't a good boy now do you? That's more like it, just lie like that. Her hands roamed all over his small body, he could feel her warm breath on his naked flesh and ."
"No!" He woke up in a cold sweat. Breathing hard to try regain composure he his hands shook violently, His personal demons affecting his whole body. He looked at the clock and found he'd only been sleeping for an hour. The nightmares had gone for a while but now with Sara being raped as well it was inevitable that they'd come back. Each nightmare was a vivid memory of the night when he was 9 and he didn't want Sara to have the same nightmares.
He knew he had to tell her. He couldn't just let her think she had to deal with this all on her own, like he had. After deciding to tell her tomorrow, he ventured sleepily to the kitchen and fetched a glass of water. Gulping it down and quenching his thirst and curing his dry mouth he went back to bed.
He slept for longer than he could've expected. That was until his cell phone rang. Groggily he answered, "Yeah its Nick, speak to me."
"Hey Nick look I'm really sorry to wake you up but you need to come down to the lab."
"Why? What's happened?" A sudden churning in his stomach began and a feeling of dread swept over him.
"Greg's been working for the past 2 hours or so.. But anyway to cut to the chase . we know who attacked Sara it was."
Sorry I know it's another cliffhanger! Please review if possible and feedback would be greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to read it.
Sara woke up unaware and unfamiliar with her surroundings. It took her a while to distinguish exactly where she was and when she finally realised she remained confused as to what she was doing there. And then as quickly as the confusion had swept over her it left her and she remembered everything.
It's an awful feeling waking up to that. You don't know if it was a horrible nightmare or even worse reality. She tried focusing and looked at her wrists. She winced at the pain she felt when she concentrated and after satisfying her fears she lay back down in bed.
She felt a hand touch her own and jumped. Taking in shallow, quick breaths she turned slowly to see who it was. Relief hit her like a wave as she recognised the muscular form of Nick.
"Hey," Nick ventured unsure of how to proceed.
"Hey," Sara whispered. "So ..."
She was unsure how to start. Slowly tears stung her eyes and began to fall freely down her cheeks. Nick reached over to her face and stroked away her tears.
"It's ok Sara, I'm here for you now," He noticed the sudden flinch when he touched her skin and he chastised himself for doing so.
"I'm sorry Sara I didn't think."
"It's ok, I shouldn't have .. I shouldn't have thought that."
"It's ok you will think that for a while," He trailed off unsure of what to say to make her feel better.
"So how long have you been here?" She asked him.
"Since I brought you in,"
"Does that mean that they've.?"
"Yeah they've done the Rape test Sara, as soon as they're satisfied with that cut on your head your out of here,"
"I can't go home!" Panic came into her voice and she realised how all her self-control had disappeared in one night. She realised her hands shaking, giving away her true feelings.
"You don't have to, Grissom thought It'd be better if you stayed at mine or Cath's it's up to you whose you want to stay at,"
"I'll stay at yours if that's alright, Lindsay might drive me to distraction," She tried to smile weakly but her emotions just weren't there anymore.
"Look I've got to go phone Gris and the gang and tell them you're conscious again," He hated to leave her but he'd promised Gris earlier that he'd phone him when she came to.
"Ok just don't take too long yeah?"
"I'll be right back."
He hadn't wanted to go home but Gris wanted to spend time with Sara trying to get a statement and what not so he thought it'd be rude to stay. That and he didn't want to hear what had happened. He'd had his own ordeal and once was enough for one lifetime. He had a quick shower and retreated to his bedroom, in desperate need of sleep. He laid his head on the pillow and drifted into slumber easily.
"Come on Nick what are you struggling for? You don't want me to tell your mummy you weren't a good boy now do you? That's more like it, just lie like that. Her hands roamed all over his small body, he could feel her warm breath on his naked flesh and ."
"No!" He woke up in a cold sweat. Breathing hard to try regain composure he his hands shook violently, His personal demons affecting his whole body. He looked at the clock and found he'd only been sleeping for an hour. The nightmares had gone for a while but now with Sara being raped as well it was inevitable that they'd come back. Each nightmare was a vivid memory of the night when he was 9 and he didn't want Sara to have the same nightmares.
He knew he had to tell her. He couldn't just let her think she had to deal with this all on her own, like he had. After deciding to tell her tomorrow, he ventured sleepily to the kitchen and fetched a glass of water. Gulping it down and quenching his thirst and curing his dry mouth he went back to bed.
He slept for longer than he could've expected. That was until his cell phone rang. Groggily he answered, "Yeah its Nick, speak to me."
"Hey Nick look I'm really sorry to wake you up but you need to come down to the lab."
"Why? What's happened?" A sudden churning in his stomach began and a feeling of dread swept over him.
"Greg's been working for the past 2 hours or so.. But anyway to cut to the chase . we know who attacked Sara it was."
Sorry I know it's another cliffhanger! Please review if possible and feedback would be greatly appreciated. Hope you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to read it.