Chapter Two
The next few days were busy, but it seemed to Sara that Grissom had been very successful in his attempts to avoid her. She had been assigned to another case with Catherine, which meant that Sara did all of her reporting to Catherine, who then told Grissom of their progress. Before she knew it, it was Monday and Grissom was preparing for his "medical forum" trip. It was hard for Catherine and Sara to disguise their concern for his health while playing dumb like the rest of the CSI team. Catherine and Sara tried to finish their case early so they could go wait for Grissom to come out of surgery.
He went in for surgery at about eight o clock and it was about noon and by that time, Sara had read all of the magazines they had in the waiting room. Her stomach growled and Catherine turned to her and attempted to smile. "Hungry?" Sara nodded. Catherine and Sara walked over to the vending machine and Catherine bought some pretzels. Sara put a dollar in and stood looking at the selections. She went sort of pale and told Catherine that she didn't really feel like eating anything. Catherine chose a candy bar for her, picked it up and walked with her to sit back down. Catherine realized Sara was visibly upset and said, "Sara, do you want to talk about it?" Sara blinked back a tear and said, "It's just that…" She couldn't find the words to finish.
Catherine put her hand on Sara's knee and said, "I know. You just realized that Grissom might never hear again." Sara nodded. "But that's not all I am upset about." Sara continued, "He may not hear again and if he does not, he will never know that how much I care for him…" Sara didn't get to finish because Grissom's doctor walked over to them and said, "In a few short hours, you will be able to tell him that yourself." Sara blushed that this stranger had overheard her expression of feelings towards Grissom but her red cheeks quickly faded when she realized Grissom was going to be okay. A large grin appeared across Sara's face and she hugged the doctor and asked enthusiastically, "When can I see him? Is he okay? So he'll be fine?" The doctor looked a little overwhelmed, so Catherine took Sara by the arm and said, "Give the man some room to breathe." Sara laughed; she had never felt this way before. Her body felt light, free, buoyant. She felt giddy with joy and was very relieved because Grissom was okay and he would finally know how she felt about him.
The doctor continued, "I can take you in to see him now, but you should know that there will be some swelling and he is highly medicated right now, so he will probably be asleep." Sara nodded. She didn't care what he looked like, as long as she got to see him. Sara didn't want to leave her good friend out, so she asked, "Do you want to come, too?" Catherine shook her head and told her, "No, honey, you go. But send Grissom my love." Sara hugged Catherine once more and smiled. "Thank you."
