A/N: Thanks for all the encouraging reviews! I hope my story lives up to your expectations! Short intermediate chapter here. Couldn't really think.

'Oh, I'm a lot more than just that!' He shoved himself off the chair and stalked her across the room. 'Out of the blue, I was confronted by the very real possibility that I could lose you.'

He swallowed, afraid his emotions were going to make an ass of him again. 'I couldn't handle it Catherine. It's as simple as that. So, maybe you're right, and I don't love you. But if that's the case, then please explain to me why I didn't want to wake up tomorrow knowing you might not be part of my world anymore.'

A tentative knock on the door spared her from having to answer. ' If you feel up to it Ms. Willows, we'd like to get a statement from you,' the detective who poked his head around the door asked.

'Of course.' She swayed across the room with that inbred elegance that had captivated Grissom from the first. 'Go back to work, Griss,' she said, over her shoulder as she walked out of the room, 'I'll be fine.'

'Like hell, you will!' He caught up with her in three strides flat, oblivious to the three CSIs lurking in the corner, trying to avoid being noticed. 'I'm taking you home when you're done, and that is not something that is up for discussion,' Grissom said in a loud and stern voice so unlike him that the other CSIs were rooted to the spot. Catherine, however, just walked off, giving no indication that she had heard him.

'Whoa, when the boss man does things, he doesn't do it in half measures huh?' Nick said with a shake of his head.

'Yeah, what on earth is he doing coming all authoritative on her? He should know that it wouldn't work. Never did.' Sara said sadly.

'Hey, cut the guy some slack would you? You never know what's going to happen with those two. Like the fact that Griss would actually announce his feelings! Man, that was a classic! But that room was absolutely one of the worst places to express it!'

The others nodded at Warick's comment. It was true. They had never thought that Grissom would ever work up the courage to tell his co-worker of his feelings for her, much less blurt it out like that. They just had to wait and see how the show played itself out.

*** A bit sappy and unlike Grissom huh? Sorry, but I am a romantic at heart and I believe that when the right person comes along, everyone can be romantic! ;p ***