Title: Taking the Cake
Authors: Geek and Peggie
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: None
Pairing: G/Original Character, C/W, N/OC, G/OC
Disclaimers: Yeah, yeah, we know we still don't own them......but we have
fun with them anyway!
Thanks: Heidi for Beta-ing (She's the best!). Grissom's Girl for inspiring
it!
Karen gently stepped back, "Don't you have somewhere you need to go first?" She smiled as she watched him mentally 'shift gears'. His expressions were so easy for her to read. "You told Catherine you would talk to.... Heather? You should, you don't want someone else telling her first."
"I didn't know you could be such a spoil sport!" Grissom tried to pout, but couldn't quite pull it off.
Karen laughed softly, "You'll enjoy it much more if you don't have your execution hanging over your head!"
He had to agree. He wasn't looking forward to hurting Heather, but he owed it to her to be honest. They had been friends for too long. He only hoped she would understand. Thank God she wasn't in love with him!
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He thought about what he would say during the drive.
She answered on the first knock, surprised to see him. "YOU should be at work." Taking in his posture and facial expression, "What's wrong, Gil?"
Grissom stared at her and then at the wall behind her. "Heather, there's something I have to tell you. I...." He tried again, "Last night, ah, well...."
"Gil!" His eyes snapped to hers. "Come in. I have something I want to talk to you about too. About the wedding.... Gil, I can't go through with it!" She turned away and walked towards the sofa.
"When I took that trip to Florida last month I....I met...someone. Someone I think...no, I'm sure I'm in love with. He's asked me to move there. I told him 'No' but well, he hasn't been convinced. I didn't want to hurt you, but I can't do this to you...marry you, knowing he's there, waiting for me. I'm so sorry!"
There was a long silence.
She turned back to face him. "Say something! Yell, cry, laugh, something!"
"When does your flight leave for Miami? There's someone I want you to meet before you go." Grissom smiled at her.
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Nick sat in the breakroom flipping through the channels, hoping for something to break the boredom. He was avoiding Catherine at all costs! She hadn't stopped her rant about Grissom yet and he didn't feel up to defending the actions of five, no make that six drunken men. He tensed and quickly hit the 'off' button as the door opened slowly. Greg, followed by Heidi, slipped quietly into the room. "Man, I feel sooo sorry for Warrick! She hasn't let up yet. No wonder he didn't volunteer the information about Karen and Grissom before they picked us up!" Heidi shook her head, "You'd think it was her wedding Grissom ruined!" She looked over to Nick, "Did he really say he didn't regret it? This Karen must be something else!"
"Well, assuming we don't get called to a homicide at Heather's place, we're due back at the 'love nest' after shift. Why don't you come with us? We can pick Michelle up on the way and you girls can meet her. " Nick hadn't seen Mich to tell her the news. He hoped no one else had - it was such a good story! "Maybe we ought to ask Doc too."
Greg shook his head, "No can do. Doc called in "sick" tonight! Of course after what he drank last night, I am not surprised. Hey, didn't he arrange for the 'entertainment'...I mean Karen? Something about a friend of his?"
"Oh shit! I forgot about that. Do you think he remembers? Maybe we ought to call him." Nick pulled out his cell and dialed. "Susan, Hi. It's Nick. Ah...is Doc around?....Yeah, I know.....we all did....Grissom too.....asleep?....Did he say anything about Karen?........Yeah, he told us that.........Maybe you ought to sit down........No, no one's hurt...*at least I hope no one is hurt!*.......Grissom dragged us all to the "Little Chapel on the Strip"......No, I'm not kidding.........Yeah, that would be why...............OK, Thanks." Nick returned the phone to his belt. "Susan said she was surprised she hadn't heard from Karen, they've been friends for a long time. She thought it was pretty funny!"
No one had noticed the door opening until it was too late. "Funny! Someone thinks this is funny! I keep waiting for a call telling me there's a homicide at Heather's and someone thinks this is funny!" Catherine was still angry.
"Hey Catherine, you'd think it was your wedding. What's the problem? If Grissom is ok with this, why are you so ballistic? I could understand this reaction from Heather, but come on, it's not like he was sober when he did it and believe me, Karen didn't coerce him into it. She told him 'no' the first two or three times he proposed to her! Cut the man some slack. He IS an adult." Nick waited for another tirade. After several seconds he looked up. Catherine was crying!
"He's my best friend! I just wanted to BE there. I just want him to be happy!" Greg wrapped an arm around her shoulder and guided her to a chair. "I'm not really mad, just.... disappointed! He was there for me when Warrick and I.... and I just wanted to BE there!"
Karen gently stepped back, "Don't you have somewhere you need to go first?" She smiled as she watched him mentally 'shift gears'. His expressions were so easy for her to read. "You told Catherine you would talk to.... Heather? You should, you don't want someone else telling her first."
"I didn't know you could be such a spoil sport!" Grissom tried to pout, but couldn't quite pull it off.
Karen laughed softly, "You'll enjoy it much more if you don't have your execution hanging over your head!"
He had to agree. He wasn't looking forward to hurting Heather, but he owed it to her to be honest. They had been friends for too long. He only hoped she would understand. Thank God she wasn't in love with him!
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He thought about what he would say during the drive.
She answered on the first knock, surprised to see him. "YOU should be at work." Taking in his posture and facial expression, "What's wrong, Gil?"
Grissom stared at her and then at the wall behind her. "Heather, there's something I have to tell you. I...." He tried again, "Last night, ah, well...."
"Gil!" His eyes snapped to hers. "Come in. I have something I want to talk to you about too. About the wedding.... Gil, I can't go through with it!" She turned away and walked towards the sofa.
"When I took that trip to Florida last month I....I met...someone. Someone I think...no, I'm sure I'm in love with. He's asked me to move there. I told him 'No' but well, he hasn't been convinced. I didn't want to hurt you, but I can't do this to you...marry you, knowing he's there, waiting for me. I'm so sorry!"
There was a long silence.
She turned back to face him. "Say something! Yell, cry, laugh, something!"
"When does your flight leave for Miami? There's someone I want you to meet before you go." Grissom smiled at her.
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Nick sat in the breakroom flipping through the channels, hoping for something to break the boredom. He was avoiding Catherine at all costs! She hadn't stopped her rant about Grissom yet and he didn't feel up to defending the actions of five, no make that six drunken men. He tensed and quickly hit the 'off' button as the door opened slowly. Greg, followed by Heidi, slipped quietly into the room. "Man, I feel sooo sorry for Warrick! She hasn't let up yet. No wonder he didn't volunteer the information about Karen and Grissom before they picked us up!" Heidi shook her head, "You'd think it was her wedding Grissom ruined!" She looked over to Nick, "Did he really say he didn't regret it? This Karen must be something else!"
"Well, assuming we don't get called to a homicide at Heather's place, we're due back at the 'love nest' after shift. Why don't you come with us? We can pick Michelle up on the way and you girls can meet her. " Nick hadn't seen Mich to tell her the news. He hoped no one else had - it was such a good story! "Maybe we ought to ask Doc too."
Greg shook his head, "No can do. Doc called in "sick" tonight! Of course after what he drank last night, I am not surprised. Hey, didn't he arrange for the 'entertainment'...I mean Karen? Something about a friend of his?"
"Oh shit! I forgot about that. Do you think he remembers? Maybe we ought to call him." Nick pulled out his cell and dialed. "Susan, Hi. It's Nick. Ah...is Doc around?....Yeah, I know.....we all did....Grissom too.....asleep?....Did he say anything about Karen?........Yeah, he told us that.........Maybe you ought to sit down........No, no one's hurt...*at least I hope no one is hurt!*.......Grissom dragged us all to the "Little Chapel on the Strip"......No, I'm not kidding.........Yeah, that would be why...............OK, Thanks." Nick returned the phone to his belt. "Susan said she was surprised she hadn't heard from Karen, they've been friends for a long time. She thought it was pretty funny!"
No one had noticed the door opening until it was too late. "Funny! Someone thinks this is funny! I keep waiting for a call telling me there's a homicide at Heather's and someone thinks this is funny!" Catherine was still angry.
"Hey Catherine, you'd think it was your wedding. What's the problem? If Grissom is ok with this, why are you so ballistic? I could understand this reaction from Heather, but come on, it's not like he was sober when he did it and believe me, Karen didn't coerce him into it. She told him 'no' the first two or three times he proposed to her! Cut the man some slack. He IS an adult." Nick waited for another tirade. After several seconds he looked up. Catherine was crying!
"He's my best friend! I just wanted to BE there. I just want him to be happy!" Greg wrapped an arm around her shoulder and guided her to a chair. "I'm not really mad, just.... disappointed! He was there for me when Warrick and I.... and I just wanted to BE there!"
