Disclaimer: CSI is still not mine!
So here's the next addition, I hope you like it. Thanks to all who've reviewed. It really encourages me to go on and it makes me happy to know that people are reading my work. Oh, and sorry about the spacing/indention problems...apparently my computer doesn't like to put them in when I convert..so anyway, I'm rambling...enjoy the chapter!


Sara noticed the sun coming up and couldn't believe the end of shift was near, but she was excited because that meant that she and Grissom could have some more time together. She was interviewing a witness, but she couldn't keep her eyes off her lover, who was standing near the tahoe. At that moment, her world fell apart.

The scream erupted from Sara's mouth as she saw him go down. She repeated as her feet led her to him as fast as she could go. Sobbing, she took him in her arms.
The words came only as a whisper from his mouth.
Sara didn't notice the swarm of people and chaos around her. At that moment, only they existed. Hang on Gris, she said as she ran her hand down his face and surveyed his wound: He'd been shot in the abdomen and was bleeding profusely. Hearing the sirens approach, Sara gently kissed his forehead.
Sara, I love you, his raspy voice said as if it was the last time he'd ever say it.
I love you too Gil. Everything is going to be ok. I am not going lose you. She meant it, too There was no way she was going to let the past two days of bliss they'd had end. Grissom WAS going to be fine.

Grissom lost consciousness as the paramedics placed him on the gurney. I'm going with him, Sara demanded in a desperate tone. No one argued with her and she stepped into the ambulance. Hold on, Gris, hold on. She whispered, scared of what she would do if he didn't.

Catharine answered her phone as she was getting into her car to go home and fix breakfast for Lindsey. She thought she heard a siren in the background
It's Sara. There were tears in her voice. Look, wherever you are, call up the guys and head to the hospital. Grissom's been shot. She didn't even wait for a response before she hung up the phone. Another second and she broke down into tears. Focused on the frantic work of the paramedics, Sara was terrified. She'd never been that scared in her life.

Warrick, Nick and Catharine climbed into a tahoe in silence. They all knew that Grissom must have been badly injured for her to have been upset as Catharine had described. Fearing the worst, they headed to the emergency room.

Sara stood outside the trauma room Grissom was occupying. Despite her protests, they wouldn't allow her to come in. So she just stood there. waiting. Then she heard a sound she couldn't bear to hear....the flat lining of Grissom's heart. She tried to scream but no sound came from her mouth. In that moment, she wanted to run to him, scream, fall to the floor, and die. She saw the doctors scramble for the paddles and one of them yelled Grissom's body jolted from the electricity, but not like they depicted on tv. There was still no heartbeat. Oh, God. Gris.

A hand fell on her shoulder. The rest of the night shift had arrived. They all heard one of the doctors say again. Nick, Warrick, Catharine, and Sara held onto each other and their breaths...