Catherine rolled over not wanting to wake up. Gil woke up and stretched a little, only to be quickly reminded of his injured shoulder. He sighed and sat on the edge of the bed.
She looked at his back, "Morning you."
Gil looked back. "Morning Cath..." he smiled warmily at her.
Catherine leaned forward and kissed his good shoulder from behind, "How's the shoulder?"
Gil gave a little grunt. "It's ok... still feels a bit sore..."
Catherine grinned, "I'm sure I can help it!"
Gil looked back at her and smiled, leaning towards her and planting a kiss on her forehead.
As Catherine leaned back onto the bed, there was a small knock.
"Mom? Uncle Gil? Are you awake?" Lynsey pushed opened the door.
"hey there Lyns..."
"Hi!" She jumped on the bed.
Catherine sat up, "Lynsey you have the BEST timing!"
Lynsey looked up at her, "What do you mean?"
Gil chuckled and smiled at Cath. She looked at Gil in confusion.
Catherine kissed her forehead, "Come on, go down stairs, we'll be down in a minute."
Lynsey grinned and walked to the door, "Can we go visit Sara and Nick today?"
"If thats what you want... i don;t see why not... " Gil looked over at Cath. "So, mom, can we go visit?"
"I guess. I'm going for a shower. Uncle Gil will make your breakfast." She smiled and walked to the bathroom.
Gil stood up and walked behind Lynsey to the kitchen. "So what'll it be today?"
"I dunno!" Lynsey sat in the stool.
"Ohh guess what today is!" Lynsey jumped from the stool to the calender.
"What?"
"It's father's day."
"Really.... " Gil frowned slightly. "So... uh... did you want pancakes? Or something different for a change?"
"You decide..." Lynsey went to the couch and took something out of the cushion.
She poped back up the stool and bit her lip.
"Hmm... how about scrambled eggs? with bacon?" Gil asked, walking to the cupboard.
"Ok." She slipped an envelope onto the worktop and coughed. Coughing again she moved it along.
Gil looked at her amused, and saw the envelope. "What's this?"
Lynsey shrugged, "open it."
Catherine smiled as she watched Lynsey give Gil a home-made father's day card. She laughed quietly as she saw 'Your like the BEST dad to me' on the front. Gil read the card and smiled at Lynsey. "That's really sweet of you. Thank-you Lynsey. " He leaned over and gave her a kiss on the top of her head. Lynsey smiled.
Catherine walked out, "Hey, what's this?"
"Hey Cath... Lynsey just gave me a father's day card." Gil smiled at her.
"Really? That's lovely hun." She kissed her on the cheek, "So whats for breakfast?"
Nick woke up early and snuck out of bed quietly. He tried to make as little noise as possible so he wouldn't wake up Sara. He walked out to the kitchen and started to prepare breakfast. Eggs, bacon, toast, juice and milk. Sara turned yawning. She smiled and cuddled into the covers. Nick finished making breakfast and set the plates and glasses on the large tray and walked quietly back to the bed room. He walked back to the bed and whispered. "Sara.... wake up..."
Sara snorted and opened one eye, "I'm awake..."
Nick grinned at her and climbed in the bed next to her, laying the tray across their laps.
"Hi, ohh... breakfast in bed? What did I do to deserve this? Cause I'll do it more often!" Sara frowned, "Bacon?"
"for me.... "
Sara held her nose and stuck out her tongue, "Yuk..."
"No kisses for Nicky!"
Nick smiled at her. "I promise to brush my teeth."
"You better..." She kissed him then tasted the toast.
Nick smiled at her and started to eat his breakfast. The phone rang and Sara leaned over Nick to answer it.

"Heloo?" Sara said as she almost fell off the bed.
"Sara? uh... it's Gil... Is it ok if Cath, Lynsey and Myself come over for a visit?"
"Hi Gil, umm sure, when?? Not soon?" Sara smiled at Nick.
"ok...? Uh.. how about in an hour? or two?" Gil asked
"Make it two! Hey have you called dad?" Sara asked.
"Oops! Not yet... i forgot... I'll probably do that now before we come over..."
"Ohh... did Lynsey give you a surprise today?"
"Yes... actually... wait... did you know about it?"
"Did you like it?"
Gil smiled over at Lynsey who was sitting at the table. "Yes.... I did..."
"Good she was worried incase you didn't."
"Well.. she doesn't need to worry... I loved it... " Gil looked over at Lynsey as he spoke to Sara, "And I love her"
Lynsey heard Gil and ran up hugging him. Catherine walked in seeing the two and grinned.
"Aww Big 'ld Gil Grissom's getting all soft in his old age..." Sara smiled, "Well I'll let you go...Cya in a couple of Hours."
Gil stroked Lynsey's head gently. "alright then... bye"

Sara smiled and hung up. She rolled back beside Nick.
"Now where's my fresh OJ?" Sara smiled looking at her breakfast.
Nick smiled at her, handing her a glass. "So what did Grissom want?"
"Lynsey wanted to come over for a visit before we go to visit Jan." Sara said finishing off her breakfast in bed.
"Ahh... so they're coming over in 2 hours?"
"Yup..." Sara smiled at Nick.
"So... what do you wanna do with the time we have now?" Nick grinned at her.
Sara moved the tray and breakfast pieces, "Well Mr. Stokes, I can thikn of one thing.." Sara kissed Nick and smiled at him. Nick kissed her back, wrapping an arm around her and pulling the cover up over their heads.
Gil finished getting dressed and put his arm in his sling, when he heard his cell go off. He walked over and picked it up. "Hello?"
"It's not over Grissom, one female down three to go..." A fimilar voice cracked.
Gil face drained of color and he dropped his cell phone. He looked up at the mirror and shook himself mentally. He picked up the phone again. "Where are you?"
"Closer than you think, it's a lovely card Gil. I bet you got a little lump in your throat..." With that Ecklie hung up.

Downstairs Lynsey was giggling as Catherine tickled her, "I'll go get Gil Lynsey."

Gil turned off the phone and sat down on the bed. Catherine walked up the stairs hearing the doorbell ring.

"I'll get it!" Lynsey shouted.

Gil raced down the stairs.. "I'll get it!!!"
Catherine walked into Gil.
"Sorry..." Gil said and walked past Cath to the door.

Lynsey stood at the door.

Catherine followed Gil, "Hey, are you ok?"
Gil opened the door slowly, standing in front of Cath and Lynsey. "Just a sec..." He whispered.
The postman rang the doorbell again. Gil opened the door and looked outside, breathing a sigh of relief. "Hello Sir, this was too big to fit in." He handed Gil a package and walked away to the next house.
Lynsey smiled, "Open it!"

Catherine closed the door, "What was all that about?"

Gil took it into the living room and sat it on the coffee table. He looked over at Cath. "I'll tell you in a sec." He started to open the package carefully.
Lynsey and Catherine both smiled as Gil opened the package Lynsey wanted to get him. It was a 'boring bug thing that uncle Gil would like' according to Lynsey.
Gil pulled out the gift and smiled at it. He looked over at Lynsey. "Is this from you?"
She nodded her head, "Yup, it's a bug thingy...."
Catherine laughed, "Go get ready for Sara's..." She kissed the little girls forehead.
Gil smiled at his gift. Lynsey smiled and hugged Catherine, then hugged Gil. "Thank you Lyns..."
"Your welcome." Lynsey ran up the stiars to get ready.
Catherine wrapped her arms around Gil's neck, "So what WAS all that about then?"
Gil smile faded and a frown replaced it. "Cath... I'm worried... about you, Sara and Lynsey..."
"What? Why?" Catherine matched his look.
"I got a call... on my cell a few minutes ago.... " Gil furrowed his brow. "It was Ecklie"
"What!? LYNSEY COME DOWN STAIRS PLEASE! Where was he?" Catherine started to get worried.
"I don;t know... but he said he was Closer than I thought..... and that's what worries me." Gil looked at Cath and whispered to her. "He said, One female down, Three to go..." Gil cringed as he repeated those words.

"Lynsey now!" Catherine looked up the stairs, "Lynsey! Lynsey?"
Gil jumped up and ran up the stairs. She spun and started running up the stairs. Going into Lynsey's room. Lyney was sitting fighting with her shoes. "Mom I heard you, I'm coming!"
Gil breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to Lynsey to help.
Catherine sighed in relief, "Next time hunny answer me ok?" She said.
"Chill mom... I'm in safe hands with you AND Uncle Gil!" She smiled.
Sitting in the second hand van parked outside the Willows house he smiled, "Soon Catherine you will see what its like... soon he'll know what it's like... Soon I'll have my revenge... you can't protect her forever..." He started up the van and pulled away heading towards the apartments further away.
Sara switched off the hairdryer and started to make the bed. Nick turned off the shower and walked in the bedroom with only his towel wrapped around his waist.
Sara turned round, "Mmmm, I should have said three hours..." She walked over and kissed his cheek. Nick smiled at her, giving her a quick peck on the lips. He walked over to his small pile of clothes and picked out some clothes to wear and quickly changed into them. She sat and watched him. He'd changed so much yet so little over the years. Still had the perfect body and personality for her perfect match, and yet, he'd became more loving to her. He was different in the sense he was older she guessed. She didn't care, she was in love with him. Nick turned around and saw Sara looking at him and he grinned at her. She was so beautiful and couldn't believe that he missed out on being with her for so long.
"I should have defenitly said three hours..."
"Haha... well I think it's a little too late for that. " Nick said as he heard the doorbell.
Sara groaned and walked to the door, She opened it to a grinning Lynsey.
"Sara!" She hugged her and ran off to find Nick.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Sara... listen can we talk to you for a bit?" Gil said quietly.
Sara frowned, "Ok..."
Gil walked into the kitchen and took a seat. Sara followed him and Catherine. Catherine sat holding Gil's hand tightly knowing Lynsey was safe with Nick yet looking over at the two just incase.
"Whats up?"
"Sara.... I got a call from Ecklie today...."
"Wh..what? When?"
"Today... a little while ago... "
"What did he say?" Sara was getting slowly scared knowing he was still contacting Gil.
"That he was close and he said, One female down, three to go..... Look... you, Cath and Lynsey aren't safe.... "
Sara started to panik a little, "How close?"
"I dunno... Look... I'm gonna call the cops and make sure that we have an officer or two with you three at all times."
Sara nodded, "Yeah... I have to go get Nick." She got up and watched Nick and Lynsey for a second. Even in her state of mind she still smiled at Nick and Lynsey.

"I got him a card and a bug thing..."
"Really? I bet he liked it..." Nick smiled at her.
"He did! And also we're getting mom to cook tonight before you all go to work." Lynsey smiled.
"That'll be nice... "
"Hey you two..."
"hey Sara..."
"Sara! YAY have you got cookies?"
Sara nodded and Lynsey ran into the kitchen to ask her mom for one. She stood up straight and looked at Nick.
"What's up?"
"Ecklie called Gil..."
"What?!"
Nick looked at her. "What did he say? where is he?"
"He.. he said that he was close and also said, One female down, three to go....." She looked at him, "Nick he's gonna try and go after Lynsey too..."
"If he thinks that he's going near you guys... he's got another thing coming...."
"I'll never let him... and neither with Gris..."
"I know, I'm just worried..."
"so am I... c'mon lets go join the others..."

Catherine sat with Lynsey while she ate Sara's cookies.
"Are we going to see Jan today?" Lynsey asked.
"Sure..." Gil nodded.
Sara forwned, "Maybe we should go see her now..." she looked at the others, "Before we start work, ya know?"
"Ok... let's go then..." Gil said and stood up.
Sara nodded and went for her jacket.
Catherine put Lynsey down and she run to Gil, "Uncle Gil do you want the last cookie?"
"No that's ok... you go ahead and have it...." He smiled at her
"YAY!" She grabbed the cookie and walked to the door, "Nick, Sara hasn't picked her mail up." She handed him the enevelope.
"Oh... thanks kiddo..." Nick took the mail and handed it to Sara.
"I must have missed it..." She opened it, read it and looked at Lynsey.
"What is it?" Nick asked.
Sara handed the note to Nick, in simple black font it said 'Cookies are her favourite, aren't they...'
"What?" Catherine hugged Lynsey close to her.
Nick crumpled the paper and threw it away. "c'mere Lynsey..."
"Yeah?" Lynsey walked over to him
"Listen.. I don't want to go off alone at all ok? make sure you always have someone with you ok? promise?"
"I promise... you guys know I'm 10 now... right?"
Catherine looked at Nick and Sara, "What did it say?"
"I know... " Nick picked up Lynsey and held her safely in his arms. He looked at Cath and nodded to the paper. "Sara...can you get that and show her?"
Sara showed it to Catherine. She turned to Gil, "Ohh Gil..."
Gil frowned. "we'll make sure nothing happens to her... I promise..."
"Mom, are you ok?" Lynsey asked getting a bit worried why suddenly everyone was so concerned.
Catherine took Lynsey from Nick, "Yeah... Come on lets go see Jan."
Cath walked out and went to Gil's Tahoe. Nick walked out to Sara's Tahoe and climbed in.
Sara sat in her Tahoe, "Nick he was watching us..."
"I know...." Nick frowned. "But as long as we're in a group... you guys are safe..."
"But Nick I mean God knows how long he was watching us... He could have seen me in shower, when I was getting ready... when you were getting ready... I just hate it."
"I know... Sara... I hate it too... " Nick frowned, just the thought of Ecklie watching Sara was disgusting, but if he actually got near her, he'd kill him. Sara started the Tahoe and drove towards the hospital. Heck, he'd probably just kill him now if he saw him.