Part 5
Sara had been pondering that afternoon about the night out with Grissom that had turned in to a nightmare. He had told her that someone was coming by to question her about it, and that that person was supposedly arriving around 2. It was now 2:15. She laid back in bed thinking of the questions that would be asked and how she would answer them but her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of footsteps entering her room. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see who was standing there. It was none other than Ecklie himself!
"Ecklie you're her to question me?"
"Yes, Miss Sidle I am."
She was shocked she thought someone... anyone other than Ecklie would there to question her.
"Shall we begin?"
She felt like saying no, she was doing all she could to keep herself from saying no. So she answered with an unconvincing
"Yes."
"Ok then," he said as he pulled up a chair next to her to sit down. Sara was now feeling even more uncomfortable.
"Where were you on the night of June 22, around 6 pm?"
"I was at Brewbakers, with Grissom." Her stomach was now doing flips.
"Can you recall the occurrences of that evening?"
"Um, we went to Brewbakers," 'So we established that.' Thought Ecklie "I left and the next thing I know is I wake p in the hospital, with two bullet holes in my shoulder."
"Do you know from which direction the shots were fired?"
She took a long pause trying to recall the direction of which the shots were fired from. "I. I don't know."
"So you cannot positively say that that Gil Grissom did not fire those shots." He wasn't asking this he was stating it.
"YES, I can!" Her voice was now raised, "I know for a fact that Grissom would NEVER, EVER, try to hurt me!"
A nurse from outside Sara's room had heard Sara's raised voice, and entered the room to see what all of the commotion was about.
"What is going on in her? Sir I am sorry but I am going to have to ask you to leave. Miss Sidle needs her rest."
Sara felt so relieved that he was being asked to leave.
"Sure, I've got all that I need." He said as he walked out the door past the nurse, while giving an evil smirk of satisfaction.
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The five days passed quickly and soon Sara would be back in an environment she knew so well and loved: Grissom's home. She couldn't wait to get back to work. If it were up to her she would have gone to work right after she had gotten out of the hospital, but she new Grissom would be extremely mad at her. The car ride was a quiet one and Sara felt a bit awkward about it.
"Grissom?"
"Yes?"
She didn't reply.
"What's wrong Sara?" he said as he pulled the car off of the road. And as soon as he did tears began to stream down her face.
"I'm just afraid that he's going to come back for me Grissom."
"Sara that's not going to happen. I wont let him. I wont let him within a mile of you. I promise" And with that he took her into his arms for a reassuring hug. This was the place she felt most safe. She knew she could trust Grissom, and if he said that he wouldn't let anything happen to her she knew he wouldn't.
After they had began driving again and they pulled into Grissom parking space Sara spotted Catherine's Tahoe parked four spaces away.
"Grissom what's Catherine's Tahoe doing here?"
He didn't answer her question, but just got out of the car and walked toward the door.
"Grissom what's going on?"
He still did not answer her, and opened the door. He motioned for Sara to enter before him. As she enter she did not see Catherine but as she continued to venture deeper into the apartment she saw the whole team standing there waiting to greet her.
"Welcome home" said Warrick as he walked towards her to give her a hug, followed by Catherine and Nick.
"Hey Sara, you ok you look like you've been crying, what's going?"
"I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern Nick." She said with a little sniffle.
"Are you sure?" asked Catherine.
"Yeah."
"Well, hey lets go into the kitchen and grab ourselves a few drinks." Said Warrick trying to move away from the subject of Sara crying. He knew what it was like to be in a position you didn't want to be in and he didn't like it. And he was sure Sara didn't either.
They all sat around discussing recent cases that had occurred before Sara's accident. But soon the hour grew late and Catherine, Warrick and Nick all had to get to work.
"Well, bye Sara. I hope you feel better." Said Nick.
"Yeah, you get better soon. I am getting a little tiered of having to do the work for both of us." Said Warrick, like an older brother.
This caused a Sara Sidle grin to appear on her face. "I will."
"Bye Sara." Catherine said before giving Sara a hug goodbye.
"Bye Cath."
Once the door had closed and their guests were gone, Sara sat down on the couch and Grissom went to cut of the music that had been playing from their little get together.
"Sara, I meant what I said in the car."
"Oh, I know you did Grissom, and I know that you will do all you can to keep him from coming near me. But right now you don't know who you are trying to protect me from. It could be anyone!"
"Sara" he said as he came and sat next to her taking her in for a hug. "It could be anyone, but I promise you that I will protect you from anyone."
She felt the most safe around him and she knew how protective he would be of her. She would have trusted him with her life, and that's just what she was doing. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~
Sara entered the apartment but didn't see Grissom anywhere, and she began to panic, "He should have been home. Why isn't he here?" she thought out loud to herself. "Griss." she stopped as she entered the bedroom. She found him lying there on the floor not moving. "Grissom!" she began to panic even more. She searched for a pulse but was unable to find one. "Grissom you cant leave me don't do this to me!" just as she had began to cry hysterically she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She could see the figure of a man in the doorway reflecting in a mirror. She turned around quickly, but didn't see him anymore. She began to look back and forth but didn't see him. He had creped behind her and now had grip of her so she couldn't move. "Let me go!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "Sara! Sara!" She could have sworn she heard Grissom calling her name. "Sara wake up your having a nightmare." She sat up in a cold sweat breathing very heavy. "GRISSOM!" "Its ok Sara, your ok." He said trying to call me her down, but it wasn't working she began to cry and curled up to him. "Grissom, he came for me. It felt so real. He had killed you and was going after me." "Sara its ok it was just a dream." He said in a very soothing voice. He felt her begin to tremble and cry more, so he began to gently move away the locks of hair that had fallen into her face, and brushed his hands through her hair, as she fell back to sleep quickly. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: tbc
Sara had been pondering that afternoon about the night out with Grissom that had turned in to a nightmare. He had told her that someone was coming by to question her about it, and that that person was supposedly arriving around 2. It was now 2:15. She laid back in bed thinking of the questions that would be asked and how she would answer them but her train of thought was interrupted by the sound of footsteps entering her room. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see who was standing there. It was none other than Ecklie himself!
"Ecklie you're her to question me?"
"Yes, Miss Sidle I am."
She was shocked she thought someone... anyone other than Ecklie would there to question her.
"Shall we begin?"
She felt like saying no, she was doing all she could to keep herself from saying no. So she answered with an unconvincing
"Yes."
"Ok then," he said as he pulled up a chair next to her to sit down. Sara was now feeling even more uncomfortable.
"Where were you on the night of June 22, around 6 pm?"
"I was at Brewbakers, with Grissom." Her stomach was now doing flips.
"Can you recall the occurrences of that evening?"
"Um, we went to Brewbakers," 'So we established that.' Thought Ecklie "I left and the next thing I know is I wake p in the hospital, with two bullet holes in my shoulder."
"Do you know from which direction the shots were fired?"
She took a long pause trying to recall the direction of which the shots were fired from. "I. I don't know."
"So you cannot positively say that that Gil Grissom did not fire those shots." He wasn't asking this he was stating it.
"YES, I can!" Her voice was now raised, "I know for a fact that Grissom would NEVER, EVER, try to hurt me!"
A nurse from outside Sara's room had heard Sara's raised voice, and entered the room to see what all of the commotion was about.
"What is going on in her? Sir I am sorry but I am going to have to ask you to leave. Miss Sidle needs her rest."
Sara felt so relieved that he was being asked to leave.
"Sure, I've got all that I need." He said as he walked out the door past the nurse, while giving an evil smirk of satisfaction.
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The five days passed quickly and soon Sara would be back in an environment she knew so well and loved: Grissom's home. She couldn't wait to get back to work. If it were up to her she would have gone to work right after she had gotten out of the hospital, but she new Grissom would be extremely mad at her. The car ride was a quiet one and Sara felt a bit awkward about it.
"Grissom?"
"Yes?"
She didn't reply.
"What's wrong Sara?" he said as he pulled the car off of the road. And as soon as he did tears began to stream down her face.
"I'm just afraid that he's going to come back for me Grissom."
"Sara that's not going to happen. I wont let him. I wont let him within a mile of you. I promise" And with that he took her into his arms for a reassuring hug. This was the place she felt most safe. She knew she could trust Grissom, and if he said that he wouldn't let anything happen to her she knew he wouldn't.
After they had began driving again and they pulled into Grissom parking space Sara spotted Catherine's Tahoe parked four spaces away.
"Grissom what's Catherine's Tahoe doing here?"
He didn't answer her question, but just got out of the car and walked toward the door.
"Grissom what's going on?"
He still did not answer her, and opened the door. He motioned for Sara to enter before him. As she enter she did not see Catherine but as she continued to venture deeper into the apartment she saw the whole team standing there waiting to greet her.
"Welcome home" said Warrick as he walked towards her to give her a hug, followed by Catherine and Nick.
"Hey Sara, you ok you look like you've been crying, what's going?"
"I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern Nick." She said with a little sniffle.
"Are you sure?" asked Catherine.
"Yeah."
"Well, hey lets go into the kitchen and grab ourselves a few drinks." Said Warrick trying to move away from the subject of Sara crying. He knew what it was like to be in a position you didn't want to be in and he didn't like it. And he was sure Sara didn't either.
They all sat around discussing recent cases that had occurred before Sara's accident. But soon the hour grew late and Catherine, Warrick and Nick all had to get to work.
"Well, bye Sara. I hope you feel better." Said Nick.
"Yeah, you get better soon. I am getting a little tiered of having to do the work for both of us." Said Warrick, like an older brother.
This caused a Sara Sidle grin to appear on her face. "I will."
"Bye Sara." Catherine said before giving Sara a hug goodbye.
"Bye Cath."
Once the door had closed and their guests were gone, Sara sat down on the couch and Grissom went to cut of the music that had been playing from their little get together.
"Sara, I meant what I said in the car."
"Oh, I know you did Grissom, and I know that you will do all you can to keep him from coming near me. But right now you don't know who you are trying to protect me from. It could be anyone!"
"Sara" he said as he came and sat next to her taking her in for a hug. "It could be anyone, but I promise you that I will protect you from anyone."
She felt the most safe around him and she knew how protective he would be of her. She would have trusted him with her life, and that's just what she was doing. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~
Sara entered the apartment but didn't see Grissom anywhere, and she began to panic, "He should have been home. Why isn't he here?" she thought out loud to herself. "Griss." she stopped as she entered the bedroom. She found him lying there on the floor not moving. "Grissom!" she began to panic even more. She searched for a pulse but was unable to find one. "Grissom you cant leave me don't do this to me!" just as she had began to cry hysterically she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She could see the figure of a man in the doorway reflecting in a mirror. She turned around quickly, but didn't see him anymore. She began to look back and forth but didn't see him. He had creped behind her and now had grip of her so she couldn't move. "Let me go!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "Sara! Sara!" She could have sworn she heard Grissom calling her name. "Sara wake up your having a nightmare." She sat up in a cold sweat breathing very heavy. "GRISSOM!" "Its ok Sara, your ok." He said trying to call me her down, but it wasn't working she began to cry and curled up to him. "Grissom, he came for me. It felt so real. He had killed you and was going after me." "Sara its ok it was just a dream." He said in a very soothing voice. He felt her begin to tremble and cry more, so he began to gently move away the locks of hair that had fallen into her face, and brushed his hands through her hair, as she fell back to sleep quickly. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: tbc