Ch 3
a/n: Sorry for the wait! I hope you like it! I would like to dedicate this chapter to my best friend who some how cured my writer's block. She now thinks she's a muse. You rock my socks Paige! Enjoy!
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And fly away from here Anywhere honey I don't care We just fly away from here Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere
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"It's nothing, like a one time thing." She didn't make eye contact when she spoke.
"You can't handle everything by yourself. Let someone help you."
"Are you implying you can fix all this?" she was shocked at what he had just said.
"No, but a good lawyer could." He said wryly
"I can't leave or divorce Eddie. I just can't"
"Why not?"
"It's not that simple. I have responsibilities. I have other people to look out for." She said with her voice trailing off as she reached the end of her statement. She thought of the little girl asleep in Grissom's bed.
"This isn't better for Lindsey." He said sympathetically "Running from her home and seeing the bruises that cover her mother's body."
"She doesn't have to know why we left tonight. She doesn't need to live without her father, either." A hint of anger began to show in her voice.
"Are you angry with me?" he asked softly
"Not angry, but. distraught. about the whole situation. I didn't need to be put into this position, making a decision like this." She could feel the tears welling up.
"Why don't you get some rest. you need it" He said as he handed her the bag. She got up and smiled. She turned and walked down the hall to his bedroom.
Quickly, she changed into her tank top and sweat pants and climb into Grissom's king-size bed next to a sleeping Lindsey. She sighed and thought of what happened earlier. How she had let it come that far was beyond her belief. She finally drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
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Fly away from here.
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***SATURDAY MORNING***
Catherine woke to see the place beside her in the bed empty. She turned to look at the clock, which read 10:07 am. She climbed out of bed feeling the stiffness in her back, face and legs and had a splitting headache. She stumbled into Grissom's bathroom to wash her face. The bruises were much worse than she expected. She sighed and turned to walk out of the bedroom. As soon as she opened the door she could smell the scent of pancakes and bacon wafting down the corridor. Catherine smiled when she heard Lindsey's giggles. Grissom looked up when he saw her shadow enter the kitchen.
"Morning Cath." He said smiling
"Morning" she replied taking in all that was going on. Grissom was making pancakes and Lindsey had on cartoons and was swinging side to side on one of Grissom's bar stools that sat at hi counter.
"Mommy!" Lindsey cried out when she turned to see her mom's face. Lindsey knew better than to ask what happened. She had seen it all before.
"Hey sweetie. What time did you get up?"
"8:00" she said picking up a Forensics Weekly magazine.
"Did you wake Uncle Grissom up?" Catherine asked a little more sternly. Lindsey simply ignored it knowing her mother wouldn't like the answer that followed. "Gil."
"I don't mind. I needed to get up anyway." Catherine just sighed. "Ok Lindsey, breakfast is served." Grissom said putting down 3 plates.
After breakfast, Grissom offered to give them a ride home and Catherine accepted graciously. Once they arrived at her house Catherine sent Lindsey inside while she and Gil finished talking in the car.
"I think you should go to the hospital to get everything checked out."
"I'm fine no biggie. See you tonight for work?"
"Only if you're ok to come. Don't push yourself too hard and Cath..." he said as she stepped out of the car "if you want to come by early if. well. you know. go ahead and come."
"Thanks" she smiled and waved good bye. She turned and walked towards the house.
***THAT NIGHT***
Catherine did the best she could to cover up all the bruises. She took one final look in the mirror and sighed. She grabbed her purse off her bed and headed for the door. The sun had just set over the beautiful Vegas desert and the lights from the strip shown brightly as she drove down the freeway towards the lab. She flipped on the radio to 97 LAV-FM. Humming along to the tune of "Free Fallin'" she thought about what had happened last night and how she had lied to cover it up. Some one had always told her that there is no such thing as mistakes there is what you do and what you don't do. Actually, she realized that it was line in a cheesy romance movie, but she wished someone always told her that. She pulled into the parking lot and took one final look at herself in the mirror before she opened the Tahoe's heavy door. She walked towards the door when she heard a voice call behind her
"Hey Cath! Wait up!" she turned to see Nick running headed for her. She stood and waited for him at the door.
"Hey Nicky." she sad when he finally got over to her.
"Hey, let's go inside." He opened the door for her. She looked surprised and walked in.
"Thanks." She said "It's been awhile a since handsome gentleman's held the door for me." She smiled at him
"No problem Cath." They began walking down the hall to the break room where they could hear Sarah and Warrick talking and laughing.
"Hey guys. IS Grissom here yet? Are we late?" Nick asked eagerly sitting down next to Warrick.
"Yes, Grissom is here, but you're not late yet." Sara said with her usual smirk.
Catherine sat down beside Nick and waited patiently waited for Grissom. About 2 minuets later Grissom strolled casually into the beak room to find his team ready and awaiting. "Ok, Sara and Warrick, you have a hit and run on the strip, behind the Paris hotel. Nick, Cath, you two are with me on a homicide at some dump bar outside the strip. Let's roll." Grissom said tossing Sara the case file as he followed Nick and Catherine out the door.
"So, what are the details Griss?" Nick said turning around and walking backwards to face his boss.
"Male, early 40's, looks to be a bar fight gone wild. The bartender threw the out two guys but don't know what happened from there. The other guy was out cold." Grissom explained as the exited the building. They climbed in the Tahoe and drove towards the scene.
Once they arrived they began looking around the scene Catherine glanced over at the medics. The man standing there holding ice to his head was none other than Eddie. Catherine stormed towards the Eddie, she was mad as a hornet.
"Who shit in your cereal, Cat?" Eddie chuckled at his obtuse comment, she could smell his usual stench but tonight he reeked even more.
"What the hell happened Ed!?" She barked in his face.
"I don't know." Eddie said rubbing his head. "I was fighting with that guy an all of a sudden these people ran up and attacked him when we were outside and that's all I remember."
"So. you were fighting with him at a bar in the middle of the night." It was then something dawned upon her. "If you're here and I'm here. what the hell did you do with Lindsey?" She was in total panic. She grabbed her phone and called home. Lindsey answered sounding like she had been asleep. Catherine let out a sigh of relief at the sound of her baby girl's voice.
"Lindsey! Sweetie, are you ok?" She glared at Ed who had sulked after realizing he was caught.
"I'm fine mommy. Where are you?" Lindsey asked "Why did daddy leave?"
"Daddy is right here with me and I don't know why he left but I'm coming to get you right now and you are going to have to come to work with me because daddy isn't going to be able to come home with you."
"Ok mommy." Lindsey sounded like she was going to cry.
"Don't worry I'll be there soon." Catherine turned to the officer next to Eddie. "Don't let him go anywhere and make sure he speaks with Mr. Grissom." She said in a snide tone and turned to walk towards Grissom.
"What happened?" he asked her. He had pretty much been observing what happened.
"Ed, being the ass he is decided to leave Lindsey at home, come here, get drunk, and essentially probably killed some one." He had never heard her sound so pissed. "I just love my husband." She said sarcastically. "I need to go pick up Lindsey. I'll drop her at the lab and call you on my way back to see where you and Nick are and we can plan from there."
"Sounds good." She turned to leave. "And Cath, take some time to calm down." He added with a smile and she flashed him one in return.
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Yeah. anywhere honey I don't, I don't, I don't care Yeah. We just fly
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a/n: ok, I need another song! If you have a song that would go with this story you can either email me or put the title in the reviews. please! Please r&r!!
a/n: Sorry for the wait! I hope you like it! I would like to dedicate this chapter to my best friend who some how cured my writer's block. She now thinks she's a muse. You rock my socks Paige! Enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And fly away from here Anywhere honey I don't care We just fly away from here Our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere
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"It's nothing, like a one time thing." She didn't make eye contact when she spoke.
"You can't handle everything by yourself. Let someone help you."
"Are you implying you can fix all this?" she was shocked at what he had just said.
"No, but a good lawyer could." He said wryly
"I can't leave or divorce Eddie. I just can't"
"Why not?"
"It's not that simple. I have responsibilities. I have other people to look out for." She said with her voice trailing off as she reached the end of her statement. She thought of the little girl asleep in Grissom's bed.
"This isn't better for Lindsey." He said sympathetically "Running from her home and seeing the bruises that cover her mother's body."
"She doesn't have to know why we left tonight. She doesn't need to live without her father, either." A hint of anger began to show in her voice.
"Are you angry with me?" he asked softly
"Not angry, but. distraught. about the whole situation. I didn't need to be put into this position, making a decision like this." She could feel the tears welling up.
"Why don't you get some rest. you need it" He said as he handed her the bag. She got up and smiled. She turned and walked down the hall to his bedroom.
Quickly, she changed into her tank top and sweat pants and climb into Grissom's king-size bed next to a sleeping Lindsey. She sighed and thought of what happened earlier. How she had let it come that far was beyond her belief. She finally drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
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Fly away from here.
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***SATURDAY MORNING***
Catherine woke to see the place beside her in the bed empty. She turned to look at the clock, which read 10:07 am. She climbed out of bed feeling the stiffness in her back, face and legs and had a splitting headache. She stumbled into Grissom's bathroom to wash her face. The bruises were much worse than she expected. She sighed and turned to walk out of the bedroom. As soon as she opened the door she could smell the scent of pancakes and bacon wafting down the corridor. Catherine smiled when she heard Lindsey's giggles. Grissom looked up when he saw her shadow enter the kitchen.
"Morning Cath." He said smiling
"Morning" she replied taking in all that was going on. Grissom was making pancakes and Lindsey had on cartoons and was swinging side to side on one of Grissom's bar stools that sat at hi counter.
"Mommy!" Lindsey cried out when she turned to see her mom's face. Lindsey knew better than to ask what happened. She had seen it all before.
"Hey sweetie. What time did you get up?"
"8:00" she said picking up a Forensics Weekly magazine.
"Did you wake Uncle Grissom up?" Catherine asked a little more sternly. Lindsey simply ignored it knowing her mother wouldn't like the answer that followed. "Gil."
"I don't mind. I needed to get up anyway." Catherine just sighed. "Ok Lindsey, breakfast is served." Grissom said putting down 3 plates.
After breakfast, Grissom offered to give them a ride home and Catherine accepted graciously. Once they arrived at her house Catherine sent Lindsey inside while she and Gil finished talking in the car.
"I think you should go to the hospital to get everything checked out."
"I'm fine no biggie. See you tonight for work?"
"Only if you're ok to come. Don't push yourself too hard and Cath..." he said as she stepped out of the car "if you want to come by early if. well. you know. go ahead and come."
"Thanks" she smiled and waved good bye. She turned and walked towards the house.
***THAT NIGHT***
Catherine did the best she could to cover up all the bruises. She took one final look in the mirror and sighed. She grabbed her purse off her bed and headed for the door. The sun had just set over the beautiful Vegas desert and the lights from the strip shown brightly as she drove down the freeway towards the lab. She flipped on the radio to 97 LAV-FM. Humming along to the tune of "Free Fallin'" she thought about what had happened last night and how she had lied to cover it up. Some one had always told her that there is no such thing as mistakes there is what you do and what you don't do. Actually, she realized that it was line in a cheesy romance movie, but she wished someone always told her that. She pulled into the parking lot and took one final look at herself in the mirror before she opened the Tahoe's heavy door. She walked towards the door when she heard a voice call behind her
"Hey Cath! Wait up!" she turned to see Nick running headed for her. She stood and waited for him at the door.
"Hey Nicky." she sad when he finally got over to her.
"Hey, let's go inside." He opened the door for her. She looked surprised and walked in.
"Thanks." She said "It's been awhile a since handsome gentleman's held the door for me." She smiled at him
"No problem Cath." They began walking down the hall to the break room where they could hear Sarah and Warrick talking and laughing.
"Hey guys. IS Grissom here yet? Are we late?" Nick asked eagerly sitting down next to Warrick.
"Yes, Grissom is here, but you're not late yet." Sara said with her usual smirk.
Catherine sat down beside Nick and waited patiently waited for Grissom. About 2 minuets later Grissom strolled casually into the beak room to find his team ready and awaiting. "Ok, Sara and Warrick, you have a hit and run on the strip, behind the Paris hotel. Nick, Cath, you two are with me on a homicide at some dump bar outside the strip. Let's roll." Grissom said tossing Sara the case file as he followed Nick and Catherine out the door.
"So, what are the details Griss?" Nick said turning around and walking backwards to face his boss.
"Male, early 40's, looks to be a bar fight gone wild. The bartender threw the out two guys but don't know what happened from there. The other guy was out cold." Grissom explained as the exited the building. They climbed in the Tahoe and drove towards the scene.
Once they arrived they began looking around the scene Catherine glanced over at the medics. The man standing there holding ice to his head was none other than Eddie. Catherine stormed towards the Eddie, she was mad as a hornet.
"Who shit in your cereal, Cat?" Eddie chuckled at his obtuse comment, she could smell his usual stench but tonight he reeked even more.
"What the hell happened Ed!?" She barked in his face.
"I don't know." Eddie said rubbing his head. "I was fighting with that guy an all of a sudden these people ran up and attacked him when we were outside and that's all I remember."
"So. you were fighting with him at a bar in the middle of the night." It was then something dawned upon her. "If you're here and I'm here. what the hell did you do with Lindsey?" She was in total panic. She grabbed her phone and called home. Lindsey answered sounding like she had been asleep. Catherine let out a sigh of relief at the sound of her baby girl's voice.
"Lindsey! Sweetie, are you ok?" She glared at Ed who had sulked after realizing he was caught.
"I'm fine mommy. Where are you?" Lindsey asked "Why did daddy leave?"
"Daddy is right here with me and I don't know why he left but I'm coming to get you right now and you are going to have to come to work with me because daddy isn't going to be able to come home with you."
"Ok mommy." Lindsey sounded like she was going to cry.
"Don't worry I'll be there soon." Catherine turned to the officer next to Eddie. "Don't let him go anywhere and make sure he speaks with Mr. Grissom." She said in a snide tone and turned to walk towards Grissom.
"What happened?" he asked her. He had pretty much been observing what happened.
"Ed, being the ass he is decided to leave Lindsey at home, come here, get drunk, and essentially probably killed some one." He had never heard her sound so pissed. "I just love my husband." She said sarcastically. "I need to go pick up Lindsey. I'll drop her at the lab and call you on my way back to see where you and Nick are and we can plan from there."
"Sounds good." She turned to leave. "And Cath, take some time to calm down." He added with a smile and she flashed him one in return.
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Yeah. anywhere honey I don't, I don't, I don't care Yeah. We just fly
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a/n: ok, I need another song! If you have a song that would go with this story you can either email me or put the title in the reviews. please! Please r&r!!