Okay part three, same vault rules apply. I don't own anything so it's a waste of time and money to sue me as the only thing of value that I own is my Hawaiian shirt collection.
When The Darkness Turns To Light: Fragile
By: PrepSatan
Grissom was sitting at Sara's computer trying to look up anything he could find about the drug he found in her bathroom, but her network was down so he gave up for a bit and called Catherine.
"Willows"
"Hey Catherine how's that robbery going?"
"Hey Gris, it's pretty cut and dry, did we find Sara?"
"Yes, we did."
She was running late wasn't she?" Grissom could almost hear the smug little smile that Catherine wore.
"No, she was passed out on her bedroom floor."
"She was what?!"
"Passed out on her bedroom floor."
"My god Gil what happened?"
"She's sick, as far as I can tell when I called her this morning she got out of bed too fast and blacked out."
"Is she ok, are you going to the hospital or anything?"
"You do always expect the worst don't you? " Gil said with a hint of humour in his voice. "No, she's not that bad, but I'm going to stay for a bit, she's exhausted and very unsteady on her feet."
"Ok you want me to take over for the rest of the shift?"
"Thanks Cath that would be great, and when you get a chance could you bring me some paper work to finish and a new bottle of Aspirin?"
"Sure, you need anything else just call. I'll be over in a bit." And she hung up. Grissom went back to Sara's room to sit with her, until Catherine came. A little while later Sara woke up. She looked quizzically at Grissom.
"Why are you here?" She wasn't slurring her words as much.
"I've been here for almost two hours now Sara." Grissom said slowly a little bit worried that she didn't remember.
"Right, I remember now."
"So Sara what's the prescription in the bathroom for?" Grissom asked casually.
"What?"
"The 'scrip in your bathroom."
"It's nothing Grissom just an old one that I didn't finish."
"Okay." Grissom realized that now was probably not the best time to pry into her life to deeply. Sara was drifting back to sleep when the doorbell rang. Grissom got up to answer it, but Sara grabbed his wrist with surprising strength considering that she was so weak she could barely walk.
"Don't leave me!" She sounded frightened.
"Don't worry Sara I'm just letting Catherine in, I'll be right back."
He pulled his hand out of her grasp, and went to get Catherine.
"Hey Cath, come on in." He took the bag that Catherine was holding out. "Thanks."
Catherine stepped into the hall. "You must be paying her too much Gris, these are nice digs." She said with a smile on her face. "How's she doing?"
"Not bad, she didn't want me to leave her though; she sounded frightened when I got up."
"Weird, don't you think you should go back then?"
They walked back to Sara's room, but when they went in she wasn't in bed.
"I'll check the bathroom." Catherine said turning around. Grissom heard a small whimper coming from the side of the bed. He walked around and saw Sara cowering in the corner with her legs hugged tight to her chest rocking back and forth. She was crying, and hyperventilating. Grissom knelt down near her, "Sara what's wrong?" She didn't answer. He moved to touch her, but she pulled away. He heard Catherine re-enter the room.
"Gil what are these?" She asked as she shook the prescription bottle. She walked around the side of the bed but stopped when she saw what was happening. "Gil I'm calling 911!" as Catherine pulled out her phone Sara looked up her eyes wide with fear.
"No!" She had her hands balled tight into fists and locked against her head, she was rocking faster now.
"Grissom? Should I call?" Catherine wasn't inclined to believe that Sara was the best judge of her condition right now. When she asked Sara began to hit the side of her head.
"No, Catherine put the phone down, please leave." Catherine looked confused but left as she was asked.
Sara stopped hitting her head. Grissom had only seen this kind of behaviour twice before, once by someone who was autistic and once by someone having a panic attack. "Shhh, Sara I know it's scary now but everything is going to be alright, I promise." He spoke in a low soothing tone to try and calm her. Slowly she took her hands down and stopped rocking. He reached towards her again, this time she didn't flinch. Gil pulled her into his lap and held her close, she started to cry. He held her until she was calm. She looked up at him with a ghost white tear-stained face.
"Thank you."
"No problem." She started to stand but sagged to the floor again, Grissom helped her up. They sat on the bed. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked.
"No, I want to sleep, thanks for not calling 911." Sara lay down and Grissom went out to the kitchen to talk to Catherine.
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What will Catherine say to Grissom? What will Grissom say to Catherine? Just what is wrong with Sara? All this and more next time on When The Darkness Turns To Light.
