Chapter 4
Catherine turned sharply to Grissom when his heart monitor started to beep faster. "Hey, calm down." Grissom closed his eyes and looked away. "Gil?" Catherine turned to the doctor and urged him to continue with her pleading eyes.
He saw the reaction and quickly relayed the test findings. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it how it sounded." He apologised as he altered her monitor slightly. "We did several tests that we couldn't until she was stronger." Grissom turned back and saw the doctor cross towards them. "She has severe damage to her right eye as a result to the impact with the dash of the car and broken glass from the window. Her legs are intact, but in bad shape."
Catherine stood from where she had perched from his words, Grissom's bed. She followed the doctor with her eyes as he stopped at Grissom's feet. "When will she wake up?"
"Anytime, can't say. She will need a lot of care and so will you Mr. Grissom. You two need a lot of work with your legs. Both have the same injuries in that department from the impact of the cliff, but it will take time. Lungs will heal in time, again it could take that, time. It all depends on you." The doctor turned to leave.
"Thanks." Grissom's horse voice travelled to their ears. Catherine turned and smiled. The doctor left with a folder full of test results and progress charts. The rest of the staff was going to be please with the growing recovery from both patients.
"Does that mean you are gonna bore me to death with questions about work now you can talk?" Grissom grinned and nodded. Catherine moaned. "Great."
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He was alone again after the visiting hours finished. Nurse's and doctors popped their heads in to wish him well before they headed home. It was nice, but annoying when he closed his eyes to sleep and the door would open with a new face. "It's like a train station." He muttered.
"Busy." Came a weak voice.
He turned so fast it hurt. "Sara?"
"Let's try not and do that again, it hurts too much." He smiled at her attempt at humour.
"Sorry." He said as his smile fell.
She tied to turn her head and open her eyes, but was having the same trouble he did when he first woke up. "Not your fault."
He was quiet and smiled again as he spoke. "I thought you never sleep."
"Well that depends, how long?"
"Think 10 days? I was out for 8."
She smiled. "Sleeping on the job too huh?"
He chuckled and breathed deeply. "Not supposed to laugh."
She managed to turn her head and smile. "Don't then." He smiled and stared at her seeing her eyes were still closed. She tried to open them and when she did realised she had something covering her right eye.
She raised her hand to touch it. "Sara. leave it." He told her softly. "Where's the doc?" He asked the room as he pressed the call button again.
"I wondered why I couldn't see." She said wistfully.
"Not funny Sidle."
The doctor entered the room in a flush. "God don't do that to me." He said catching his breath. "I thought something was really wrong. I just ran up four flights of stairs."
Grissom looked at Sara who glanced from him to the doctor. "She woke up and is being stubborn."
She protested. "Was not, Griss I was just seeing." She grinned at him before continuing. "Or not seeing what was covering my eye."
"Why is it she can string sentences together when she wakes up and it takes me nearly three days?" He asked the doctor genuinely.
The doctor shook his head and ignored the banter as he checked Sara's eye and vitals. "Right, well, lets tell you what's going on. You've been out for 10 days." Sara nodded. "When you came in you were in a bad way. Internal bleeding and severe damage to both legs, your chest and right eye." The doctor took her pulse as he finished.
"I'm confused." She said through a sleepy voice.
The doctor looked at Grissom who shrugged. "Must be the drugs, normally she wouldn't say such a thing."
The doctor laughed lightly and turned to Sara. "Get some sleep and we'll talk later." Sara nodded sleepily and the doctor left.
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A few hours later she woke up with a dry throat and moaned as sweat poured from her forehead. She had a nightmare that would send the bravest person cowering. Grissom saw her sweating and heard her moan several times in her sleep. He felt helpless because he couldn't do anything to help her.
He tried to talk to her, to calm her. "Sara?" She turned her head towards him. "You sleeping?" She shook her head slowly. "I'd help, but I can't move." Sara opened her good eye and looked at him in concern.
"Why?" Her throat was even drier than before and the word was barely audible, but Grissom heard it.
"Same as you. Can you remember the doctor talking to you?"
She nodded and lifted her hand to her face to wipe away a tear that fell. Grissom's heart was pained at the sight and pressed the call button. A nurse came in calmly and approached him. He motioned for her to come closer and he whispered something in her ear. She nodded and left the room. Sara turned her head away and sniffed back the tears that were running down to her ears. She jumped at the sudden warmth on her hand and turned to see Grissom's hand holding hers. She looked up to see his bed next to her.
"Hey." He said lifting her hand to his lips. She smiled at the gesture and closed her eyes. They both slept for the rest of the evening and were woken by the sound of the door opening.
Catherine turned sharply to Grissom when his heart monitor started to beep faster. "Hey, calm down." Grissom closed his eyes and looked away. "Gil?" Catherine turned to the doctor and urged him to continue with her pleading eyes.
He saw the reaction and quickly relayed the test findings. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it how it sounded." He apologised as he altered her monitor slightly. "We did several tests that we couldn't until she was stronger." Grissom turned back and saw the doctor cross towards them. "She has severe damage to her right eye as a result to the impact with the dash of the car and broken glass from the window. Her legs are intact, but in bad shape."
Catherine stood from where she had perched from his words, Grissom's bed. She followed the doctor with her eyes as he stopped at Grissom's feet. "When will she wake up?"
"Anytime, can't say. She will need a lot of care and so will you Mr. Grissom. You two need a lot of work with your legs. Both have the same injuries in that department from the impact of the cliff, but it will take time. Lungs will heal in time, again it could take that, time. It all depends on you." The doctor turned to leave.
"Thanks." Grissom's horse voice travelled to their ears. Catherine turned and smiled. The doctor left with a folder full of test results and progress charts. The rest of the staff was going to be please with the growing recovery from both patients.
"Does that mean you are gonna bore me to death with questions about work now you can talk?" Grissom grinned and nodded. Catherine moaned. "Great."
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He was alone again after the visiting hours finished. Nurse's and doctors popped their heads in to wish him well before they headed home. It was nice, but annoying when he closed his eyes to sleep and the door would open with a new face. "It's like a train station." He muttered.
"Busy." Came a weak voice.
He turned so fast it hurt. "Sara?"
"Let's try not and do that again, it hurts too much." He smiled at her attempt at humour.
"Sorry." He said as his smile fell.
She tied to turn her head and open her eyes, but was having the same trouble he did when he first woke up. "Not your fault."
He was quiet and smiled again as he spoke. "I thought you never sleep."
"Well that depends, how long?"
"Think 10 days? I was out for 8."
She smiled. "Sleeping on the job too huh?"
He chuckled and breathed deeply. "Not supposed to laugh."
She managed to turn her head and smile. "Don't then." He smiled and stared at her seeing her eyes were still closed. She tried to open them and when she did realised she had something covering her right eye.
She raised her hand to touch it. "Sara. leave it." He told her softly. "Where's the doc?" He asked the room as he pressed the call button again.
"I wondered why I couldn't see." She said wistfully.
"Not funny Sidle."
The doctor entered the room in a flush. "God don't do that to me." He said catching his breath. "I thought something was really wrong. I just ran up four flights of stairs."
Grissom looked at Sara who glanced from him to the doctor. "She woke up and is being stubborn."
She protested. "Was not, Griss I was just seeing." She grinned at him before continuing. "Or not seeing what was covering my eye."
"Why is it she can string sentences together when she wakes up and it takes me nearly three days?" He asked the doctor genuinely.
The doctor shook his head and ignored the banter as he checked Sara's eye and vitals. "Right, well, lets tell you what's going on. You've been out for 10 days." Sara nodded. "When you came in you were in a bad way. Internal bleeding and severe damage to both legs, your chest and right eye." The doctor took her pulse as he finished.
"I'm confused." She said through a sleepy voice.
The doctor looked at Grissom who shrugged. "Must be the drugs, normally she wouldn't say such a thing."
The doctor laughed lightly and turned to Sara. "Get some sleep and we'll talk later." Sara nodded sleepily and the doctor left.
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A few hours later she woke up with a dry throat and moaned as sweat poured from her forehead. She had a nightmare that would send the bravest person cowering. Grissom saw her sweating and heard her moan several times in her sleep. He felt helpless because he couldn't do anything to help her.
He tried to talk to her, to calm her. "Sara?" She turned her head towards him. "You sleeping?" She shook her head slowly. "I'd help, but I can't move." Sara opened her good eye and looked at him in concern.
"Why?" Her throat was even drier than before and the word was barely audible, but Grissom heard it.
"Same as you. Can you remember the doctor talking to you?"
She nodded and lifted her hand to her face to wipe away a tear that fell. Grissom's heart was pained at the sight and pressed the call button. A nurse came in calmly and approached him. He motioned for her to come closer and he whispered something in her ear. She nodded and left the room. Sara turned her head away and sniffed back the tears that were running down to her ears. She jumped at the sudden warmth on her hand and turned to see Grissom's hand holding hers. She looked up to see his bed next to her.
"Hey." He said lifting her hand to his lips. She smiled at the gesture and closed her eyes. They both slept for the rest of the evening and were woken by the sound of the door opening.