A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update, but here is the next chap.

Chapter 13

After arriving back at the lab Catherine and Nick headed silently for the breakroom. "Uh Cath, I'm gonna go check on those fibers that we gave to Greg."

"OK, I'm just going to get a cup up coffee."

"OK" He gave her a quick peck on the cheek and headed for Greg's lab. Catherine made her way to the breakroom where she saw Sara reading a newspaper and sipping at her coffee.

"Hey Sara, how's it goin'?"

"Pretty good, how are you feeling?"

"Better, thanks." Catherine's cell phone began to ring. "I wonder who that could be?" She looked at the caller ID, "Damn it's Lindsey's school. "Hello * pause * yea, I'll be there as soon as I can." She hung up the phone.

"Everything OK?"

"Lindsey is sick, I have to go pick her up."

"Oh Grissom wanted to see you in his office."

"OK, hey could you pick Linds up for me, and just bring her back here?"

"yea no prob"

"Thanks" Catherine stood back up and headed for Grissom's office. She lightly tapped on the door. A few seconds later she heard a muffled enter from the other side. "Hey Gris, you wanted to see me?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you were OK"

"Yeah Gris, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" Catherine's hands started to shake again, as she became nervous.

"I don't know Cath, you've been disappearing lately and you seem distracted. I thought something was wrong so I just wanted to make sure you were OK."

"Well that's nice of you Grissom, but really I'm OK, Nick is taking care of me."

"Yea, Nick"

"What you don't approve of me and Nick?" Grissom just stood there he couldn't think of anything else to say. "What? Are you my daddy now? Gonna protect me from all the bad in the world? Gonna tell me that 'that boy ain't no good for me?" Catherine asked in a mock deep male voice.

"No Cath, that's not it! I just wanted make sure you were OK. You're my friend and I care about you!"

"Bullshit Grissom!" Catherine pulled her gun from it's holder, and put her finger on the trigger.

"Whoa Cath, calm down. You don't wanna do anything crazy." Grissom tried to sound as calm as possible.

"Oh don't I?" She began to wave the gun around carelessly.

"Whoa Cath, put the gun down, and we'll talk."

"I don't wanna talk!" At that moment Sara had gotten back from Picking Lindsey up and the little girl had opened Grissom's office door. Catherine heard the door creak and ended up pointing the gun directly at Lindsey'' head.

"Mommy?" The little girl croaked as tears began to flow down her cheeks. That was all it took, Catherine dropped the gun and began crying as well.

"Baby, I'm so sorry!" Catherine reached for her child but she ran away crying and screaming. "Lindsey! Baby I'm sorry come here, let mommy explain!" Lindsey had found her way back to Sara and launched herself into the woman's arms.

"Help me Sara she wants to kill me!" By this time Nick had heard screaming out in the hallway and ran to see what was going on.

"Who wants to kill you?" Sara asked holding the girl close.

"Mommy! I walked into Mr. Grissom's office and she pointed the gun at my head." Lindsey sobbed into Sara's shoulder.

"Oh, it's OK, it's going to be OK." Nick made his way to the breakroom where he saw Lindsey in Sara's arms. Lindsey had a death grip on Sara's shoulders.

"Sara, what's going on?" Lindsey turned to see Nick standing in the doorway, taking small steps towards the two girls. "Linds, how come you're not in school?"

"Well, she was sick and Cath asked me to pick her up. So I did, when we came back Lindsey went to Grissom's office because we saw her in there, and I guess when she opened the door and Cath pointed a gun at Lindsey's head."

"Oh God, Linds are you OK?" Nick took her in his arms, as she shook her head no.

"Nicky I was so scared, why did mommy want to kill me?" Nick stroked the girl's hair and whispered.

"I don't know, I don't know."