On the rare occasions that she got a day off work, Catherine felt an obligation to take them to her full advantage. Normally that meant spending the day with Lindsey at the mall or the zoo, but today she was alone. So she decided to call the only one other person that she knew would be alone today.
"Hey Gris," she said exuberantly into the phone.
"Good morning," Grissom replied smiling at Catherine's cheerful tone.
"So what're you up to today?" Catherine asked casually.
"Are you that bored Cath?" Grissom asked in reply.
"Bored enough to offer to make you lunch? Definately," Catherine replied.
Grissom chuckled to himself then said, "Well when you put it that way, I just have a few things to finish up here, and then I'll be there. Give me about fifteen minutes?"
"Ok," replied Catherine. As was custom, they hung up without saying goodbye.
Before Catherine could get all the way in her kitchen there was a knock at the door.
"Geez Gil, was that fifteen minutes or seconds?" Catherine yelled as she headed for the door. Awaiting Grissom's sarcastic reply, Catherine flung the door open to be instead greeted by the sight of her ex-husband, Eddie.
"Hi Cath," Eddie said. "Can I come in for a second?"
"Uhm yeah I guess so," Catherine said softly feeling her good mood instantly dissolving away.
"We need to talk about a few things," Eddie said making himself comfortable in an armchair.
"Alrighty then talk," Catherine replied sitting on the couch.
"We need to adjust the arrangement with Lindsey," Eddie said bluntly.
"Why? I thought the arrangement we had was fine," Catherine said perplexed.
"Well it was but now that I'm getting married, I think it would be better for LIndsey to be in a home with two parents," Eddie replied.
"Hold on a second here, you're getting married?" Catherine asked in shock. "To who?"
"You remember that lovely young who came over here" Eddie began.
"You mean Bambi or Trixie or whatever the hell that stupid bimbo's name was," Catherine exclaimed feeling the anger rising throughout her whole body.
"Her name was Tiffany," Eddie said beginning to get aggitated. "And you know Cath, there was a time when people thought you were just another bimbo."
"Don't turn this around Eddie, just get to the point," Catherine said giving him an icey glare.
"I want Lindsey to come live with Tiffany and I after we get married," Eddie said.
"No way in hell," Catherine said.
"Well we'll see what the judge has to say about that," Eddie said with a note of finality.
"You're taking me to court?" Catherine asked in shock.
"If it comes to that," Eddie replied.
"What the hell is your problem Eddie?" Catherine said struggling very hard to hold back her tears.
"Maybe we should talk about your problems Cath," Eddie began, not realizing that Grissom was standing in the doorway. " Like your weird obsession with trying to rise above the fact that you are just another trashy blonde ex-stripper."
For the past few minutes, Grissom had resisted the urge to rush in like a galent knight saving a damsel in distress, if only because Catherine hated having to be rescued from any situation, even one as menacing as Eddie. But the sight of Catherine's blue eyes about to overflow with tears, Grissom decided to take a step into the apartment.
"I guess I'm a little early," he said receiving a glare from Eddie.
"I'll be going now," Eddie said heading for the door. Before he left however Eddie looked at Grissom and said, "You know Cath, I think its lovely that you and your lab buddies spend so much time together after hours."
Even as Eddie left slamming the door, Grissom had made his way over to Catherine who was already crying.
"Cath," he began softly.
"I know what you're going to ask Gris, and no he didn't lay a hand a on me," Catherine whispered between tears.
"Well then why did he feel the need to come all the way out here?" Grissom said wondering for the millionth time how Catherine had ever married Eddie in first place.
"He...he wants to take Lindsey away from me," Catherine said now sobbing.
"You know he won't be able to," Grissom said brushing a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes.
"But if he married this Tiffany person, wouldn't you think that it would be better for Lindsey being in a home with two parents," Catherine whispered sounding defeated.
"Not when one of them is a stranger and the other is, well Eddie," Grissom began knowing that though Eddie was very good with Lindsey, he didn't seem to be able to get along with other adults very. "Cath, you are Lindsey's mother and no one can replace that, not even Eddie's new wife. Lindsey loves you and needs you as much as you need her."
Catherine was silent for a moment making Grissom think that he had said something wrong, but before he could figure out what it was, Catherine had wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Thank you so much Gil," she whispered softly.
"For what?" asked Grissom confused, but too busy enjoying being close to her.
"For telling me what I needed to hear," Catherine replied. Then she began to laugh softly.
"What's so funny?" Grissom asked.
"I just realized that I was supposed to be making lunch," Catherine said, her blue eyes sparkling. She thought for a moment then proclaimed, "Why don't we go get sushi instead?"
"I always was a little leery of your cooking Cath," Grissom joked as he got up from the couch, and then had to duck to miss the small pillow flying towards him.
"Give me just a second to do something about this makeup," Catherine said referring to the black streaks of mascara on her cheeks.
"Yeah you look like the cover of one of Greg's cds," Grissom said preparing to duck from another pillow.
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"Hey Gris," she said exuberantly into the phone.
"Good morning," Grissom replied smiling at Catherine's cheerful tone.
"So what're you up to today?" Catherine asked casually.
"Are you that bored Cath?" Grissom asked in reply.
"Bored enough to offer to make you lunch? Definately," Catherine replied.
Grissom chuckled to himself then said, "Well when you put it that way, I just have a few things to finish up here, and then I'll be there. Give me about fifteen minutes?"
"Ok," replied Catherine. As was custom, they hung up without saying goodbye.
Before Catherine could get all the way in her kitchen there was a knock at the door.
"Geez Gil, was that fifteen minutes or seconds?" Catherine yelled as she headed for the door. Awaiting Grissom's sarcastic reply, Catherine flung the door open to be instead greeted by the sight of her ex-husband, Eddie.
"Hi Cath," Eddie said. "Can I come in for a second?"
"Uhm yeah I guess so," Catherine said softly feeling her good mood instantly dissolving away.
"We need to talk about a few things," Eddie said making himself comfortable in an armchair.
"Alrighty then talk," Catherine replied sitting on the couch.
"We need to adjust the arrangement with Lindsey," Eddie said bluntly.
"Why? I thought the arrangement we had was fine," Catherine said perplexed.
"Well it was but now that I'm getting married, I think it would be better for LIndsey to be in a home with two parents," Eddie replied.
"Hold on a second here, you're getting married?" Catherine asked in shock. "To who?"
"You remember that lovely young who came over here" Eddie began.
"You mean Bambi or Trixie or whatever the hell that stupid bimbo's name was," Catherine exclaimed feeling the anger rising throughout her whole body.
"Her name was Tiffany," Eddie said beginning to get aggitated. "And you know Cath, there was a time when people thought you were just another bimbo."
"Don't turn this around Eddie, just get to the point," Catherine said giving him an icey glare.
"I want Lindsey to come live with Tiffany and I after we get married," Eddie said.
"No way in hell," Catherine said.
"Well we'll see what the judge has to say about that," Eddie said with a note of finality.
"You're taking me to court?" Catherine asked in shock.
"If it comes to that," Eddie replied.
"What the hell is your problem Eddie?" Catherine said struggling very hard to hold back her tears.
"Maybe we should talk about your problems Cath," Eddie began, not realizing that Grissom was standing in the doorway. " Like your weird obsession with trying to rise above the fact that you are just another trashy blonde ex-stripper."
For the past few minutes, Grissom had resisted the urge to rush in like a galent knight saving a damsel in distress, if only because Catherine hated having to be rescued from any situation, even one as menacing as Eddie. But the sight of Catherine's blue eyes about to overflow with tears, Grissom decided to take a step into the apartment.
"I guess I'm a little early," he said receiving a glare from Eddie.
"I'll be going now," Eddie said heading for the door. Before he left however Eddie looked at Grissom and said, "You know Cath, I think its lovely that you and your lab buddies spend so much time together after hours."
Even as Eddie left slamming the door, Grissom had made his way over to Catherine who was already crying.
"Cath," he began softly.
"I know what you're going to ask Gris, and no he didn't lay a hand a on me," Catherine whispered between tears.
"Well then why did he feel the need to come all the way out here?" Grissom said wondering for the millionth time how Catherine had ever married Eddie in first place.
"He...he wants to take Lindsey away from me," Catherine said now sobbing.
"You know he won't be able to," Grissom said brushing a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes.
"But if he married this Tiffany person, wouldn't you think that it would be better for Lindsey being in a home with two parents," Catherine whispered sounding defeated.
"Not when one of them is a stranger and the other is, well Eddie," Grissom began knowing that though Eddie was very good with Lindsey, he didn't seem to be able to get along with other adults very. "Cath, you are Lindsey's mother and no one can replace that, not even Eddie's new wife. Lindsey loves you and needs you as much as you need her."
Catherine was silent for a moment making Grissom think that he had said something wrong, but before he could figure out what it was, Catherine had wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Thank you so much Gil," she whispered softly.
"For what?" asked Grissom confused, but too busy enjoying being close to her.
"For telling me what I needed to hear," Catherine replied. Then she began to laugh softly.
"What's so funny?" Grissom asked.
"I just realized that I was supposed to be making lunch," Catherine said, her blue eyes sparkling. She thought for a moment then proclaimed, "Why don't we go get sushi instead?"
"I always was a little leery of your cooking Cath," Grissom joked as he got up from the couch, and then had to duck to miss the small pillow flying towards him.
"Give me just a second to do something about this makeup," Catherine said referring to the black streaks of mascara on her cheeks.
"Yeah you look like the cover of one of Greg's cds," Grissom said preparing to duck from another pillow.
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