Truths
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU, I doubt it will ever happen on the show. I'm just writing it for fun.
Authors Note: Again, the story may be a repost but I want to thank the people who reviewed the first time, EmmyMik, drvvh, Lynn, Candace, MissForsythe, Sally, A Bloom, Krisnina77, DarthKel, pendray, PeTiTeCaT, skylark, oOoOo, Annie Lune, Spikes_storm (love the name by the way, you a Buffy fan?), Emily, SAR, ljae, Wyatt, MissyJane, River Goddes, yaba, Loretta, kiwiicepop, crazypixie and scuzmoll. To anyone else, Thank You.
Caity: I respect your opinion and thank you for telling me it.
Question: Does anyone know how to use the bold or italics so they will transfer to ff.net. I thought I knew how to, but it never transfers. HELP!!!
*~*~*
Nick quickly ushered Sara out of the building and into his Tahoe. Nick decided that going to their respective apartments right now wasn't a smart idea, so he decided to take them to Lake Mead.
*Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me*
*And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free*
*I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you*
*And at sweet night, you are my own*
*Take my hand*
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
Sara kept her head against the window, tears still streaming down her face. Thoughts were running rampant through her head. She noticed that Nick wasn't heading in the direction of either of their apartments. She was about to say something when she noticed a sign stating Lake Mead twenty miles. She smiled at where Nick was taking her. She loved Lake Mead, but was always so busy that she didn't get out there as often as she would like.
Nick happened to turn over and look at Sara just at the moment she had a tiny smile splay across her beautiful face. His heart ached for her. He had never seen her so upset. Screaming at Grissom, crying, somewhat demanding that Nick get her out of the building. He was surprised, but he was determined to help her.
*I have dreamt of a place for you and I*
*No one knows who we are there*
*All I want is to give my life only for you*
*I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore*
*Let's run away, I'll take you there*
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
They rode all the way to Lake Mead in comfortable silence. Every so often Nick would reach over and squeeze her hand, giving her strength. They managed to get to Lake Mead in a decent amount of time, considering it was 7:30pm. They both exited the vehicle quietly. Sara leaned against the now closed door, while Nick walked over to her side of the vehicle. She still had tears streaming down her face. Nick pulled her tiny frame against his body and held her in a tight hug.
*Forget this life*
*Come with me*
*Don't look back you're safe now*
*Unlock your heart*
*Drop your guard*
*No one's left to stop you*
*Forget this life*
*Come with me*
*Don't look back you're safe now*
*Unlock your heart*
*Drop your guard*
*No one's left to stop you now*
Eventually Sara pulled away. She gave Nick a smile, which he returned. He took her hand into his and they began walking down towards the lake. The sun had already set leaving a beautiful starry night for them to look at. They walked around the beach for awhile, just holding hands and smiling at each other every so often. Nick, no wanting to break the silence until Sara was ready to talk, motioned for them to sit down and Sara nodded. Nick sat down with his back against an extremely large boulder, Sara surprising him and sitting him between his legs. He put his arms around her and held her tightly as she leaned against him.
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
*~*~*
Back at the lab
Catherine and Warrick had heard Sara scream and then she and Nick promptly leave the building. They waited patiently, albeit curiosity was killing them, for Grissom to make his appearance. It was now 7:30, shift technically started thirty minutes prior and they were still waiting. They didn't know what had happened but they knew that somehow Grissom was involved and that was who Sara had screamed at.
"What's going on?" Greg said as he walked into the break room, oblivious to the emotionless faces of his coworkers, "Where's Nick and Sara and Grissom? Shouldn't you guys already be on your cases by now?"
Catherine and Warrick shared a glance at one another. It sounded as if Greg hadn't heard the commotion that occurred in the hallway thirty minutes before.
"Greg, how loud did you have your music?" Warrick asked
Greg got a guilty look on his face. He knew he shouldn't be playing his music loudly, let alone at all, but sometimes he had too, it was his escape from the tediousness of his job. Not that he didn't love what he did, but he sometimes wished for more. He really wanted to gain more field experience.
"Don't worry Greg" Warrick said with amusement in his voice, "I'm not gonna yell at you or tell for the matter, I was just curious"
"It's just that you obviously didn't hear the commotion in the hallway earlier" Catherine quickly stated
"Commotion. What commotion?" Greg asked as he finished fixing his cup of coffee.
"Were not sure what happened, all we know is that Sara went to go get Grissom, then a couple of minutes later Nick got up to go find her. The next thing we hear is Sara screaming at someone, whom we assume was Grissom. Then her and Nick quickly left the building." Catherine stated
"Damn, when did this happen? I missed all the good stuff."
Catherine shot Greg an evil look, "Greg, this isn't to be office gossip."
Warrick smirked at Catherine's eye glare, it seemed as though Greg was shrinking down in his seat.
"Bro, it happened about thirty minutes ago. We're still waiting for Grissom and we haven't seen Nick and Sara since they left." Warrick stated
"I wonder what happened." Greg asked
"You and us both Greg, you and us both" Catherine stated
"I've never seen Sara as upset as she was and I only caught a glance as she and Nick were walking by. She was definitely crying" Warrick stated.
"Man, something bad happened" Greg said
"Yeah, and it couldn't have come on a worse day" Catherine mumbled
Warrick immediately picked up on what she meant, "Damn you're right"
Greg thought for a minutes, studying his coworkers faces, and then he remembered. "Today's Sara's birthday, isn't it?"
"Yeah" Catherine replied
"Poor Sara" Greg stated
"Yeah, poor Sara. I just hope she's doing okay" Catherine said
"I'm sure she's fine, she's got Nick" Warrick stated.
*~*~*
Grissom's office
After the scene in the hallway, Grissom rushed Elizabeth and himself back into his office and made sure the door was closed all the way. They each took their chairs again, sitting in silence, contemplating what had just occurred. Neither one had wanted Sara to find out this way that they were her biological parents. Elizabeth began crying; Grissom rushed over to her and gave her a hug, which she gratefully accepted. She pulled away as her tears began to subside. Grissom smiled and went back to his chair. The two sat in silence for what seemed like hours, but was more like minutes before Elizabeth broke the silence.
"Do you believe our daughter will be okay?"
Grissom slowly nodded, "Sara is a strong, resilient woman. She'll be fine" Grissom said, adding "eventually" silently in his head.
"I just feel so bad for her. I never wanted her to find out this way, let alone today, on her birthday of all days"
"I know you didn't Elizabeth, neither did I. Like I said earlier, I've always suspected Sara was my daughter, which is why I am so overprotective of her."
"If you've thought that for years, why didn't you have a paternity test done? Why didn't you tell her?" Elizabeth questioned
Grissom sighed before speaking, "Because, I didn't want to disrupt her life. She had a good life Elizabeth. She had a good childhood. She had loving adoptive parents. But then I found out that they had never told her she was adopted, I couldn't spring that on her. I didn't have the heart too"
"I understand, I do, but I hope you understand why I had to find her. She is a part of me. I needed to see her, to know her. I feel bad that I'm interrupting her life and changing all she has ever believed, but I also didn't ask or tell her adoptive parents to lie to her" Elizabeth stated, somehow feeling she had to defend herself.
"Elizabeth, you don't have to defend yourself, I understand."
"Thank you" Elizabeth stated and paused "Who was the young man that took Sara out of here? I saw her with him earlier." "That was Nick, Nick Stokes. He is her coworker. Nice man, great CSI. He's from Texas. Him and Sara are really good friends, although I think he wants more of a relationship with her than he is willing to admit right now."
"You really seem to know your workers pretty well, how well do you know our daughter?"
"What do you want to know about Sara?"
"Everything"
Grissom smiled, "How much time do you have?"
*~*~*
Back at Lake Mead
Sara and Nick stayed sitting, his arms around her, for roughly an hour before she spoke up.
"Thank you, Nick"
"For what?"
"For being here"
"There's no where else I'd rather be"
Sara smiled at his comment and at that moment decided that she wanted to share what had transpired in the hallway with him.
"Nick"
"Yeah"
"Earlier, when I went to go find Grissom"
"Yeah"
"He was in his office talking to a woman, I don't know her, but the door was ajar. I know I shouldn't have been listening but I heard my name so I stopped." She paused "It was horrible, what I heard, but it can't be true"
"Sara I don't want to pry, but what happened? I've never seen you this upset before in the almost four years that we have worked together."
She took a deep breath, "Grissom said that I was his daughter"
"What?" Nick exclaimed
"Exactly, he or the woman, I can't even remember now, but one of them said I was adopted" Sara turned around and face Nick "I don't know what their talking about. I can't be adopted. I can't be Grissom's daughter. This has to be some horrible, sick joke that someone's playing one me"
Sara began to cry again and Nick pulled her into a hug and began whispering words of comfort to her.
"Don't worry Sara, we'll figure this out. I promise you, we'll figure this out"
Sara slightly pulled away, a somewhat confused look on her face, "We'll?"
Nick smiled and leaned down and gave her a soft kiss, pulling away only moments later.
"Yeah, we'll"
Sara smiled and leaned her head back down on his chest. Allowing his arms to encircle her body and give her strength.
*~*~*
Okay, I'm gonna stop here. This has been an emotional chapter.
The song is 'Anywhere' by Evanescence. It is from their 'Origin' CD. Now this CD isn't available, but I found the song on Imesh. I highly recommend y'all doing a search and finding the song, it is beautiful.
Chapter Three
Disclaimer: Don't own them
IMPORTANT: This story is AU, I doubt it will ever happen on the show. I'm just writing it for fun.
Authors Note: Again, the story may be a repost but I want to thank the people who reviewed the first time, EmmyMik, drvvh, Lynn, Candace, MissForsythe, Sally, A Bloom, Krisnina77, DarthKel, pendray, PeTiTeCaT, skylark, oOoOo, Annie Lune, Spikes_storm (love the name by the way, you a Buffy fan?), Emily, SAR, ljae, Wyatt, MissyJane, River Goddes, yaba, Loretta, kiwiicepop, crazypixie and scuzmoll. To anyone else, Thank You.
Caity: I respect your opinion and thank you for telling me it.
Question: Does anyone know how to use the bold or italics so they will transfer to ff.net. I thought I knew how to, but it never transfers. HELP!!!
*~*~*
Nick quickly ushered Sara out of the building and into his Tahoe. Nick decided that going to their respective apartments right now wasn't a smart idea, so he decided to take them to Lake Mead.
*Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me*
*And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free*
*I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you*
*And at sweet night, you are my own*
*Take my hand*
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
Sara kept her head against the window, tears still streaming down her face. Thoughts were running rampant through her head. She noticed that Nick wasn't heading in the direction of either of their apartments. She was about to say something when she noticed a sign stating Lake Mead twenty miles. She smiled at where Nick was taking her. She loved Lake Mead, but was always so busy that she didn't get out there as often as she would like.
Nick happened to turn over and look at Sara just at the moment she had a tiny smile splay across her beautiful face. His heart ached for her. He had never seen her so upset. Screaming at Grissom, crying, somewhat demanding that Nick get her out of the building. He was surprised, but he was determined to help her.
*I have dreamt of a place for you and I*
*No one knows who we are there*
*All I want is to give my life only for you*
*I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore*
*Let's run away, I'll take you there*
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
They rode all the way to Lake Mead in comfortable silence. Every so often Nick would reach over and squeeze her hand, giving her strength. They managed to get to Lake Mead in a decent amount of time, considering it was 7:30pm. They both exited the vehicle quietly. Sara leaned against the now closed door, while Nick walked over to her side of the vehicle. She still had tears streaming down her face. Nick pulled her tiny frame against his body and held her in a tight hug.
*Forget this life*
*Come with me*
*Don't look back you're safe now*
*Unlock your heart*
*Drop your guard*
*No one's left to stop you*
*Forget this life*
*Come with me*
*Don't look back you're safe now*
*Unlock your heart*
*Drop your guard*
*No one's left to stop you now*
Eventually Sara pulled away. She gave Nick a smile, which he returned. He took her hand into his and they began walking down towards the lake. The sun had already set leaving a beautiful starry night for them to look at. They walked around the beach for awhile, just holding hands and smiling at each other every so often. Nick, no wanting to break the silence until Sara was ready to talk, motioned for them to sit down and Sara nodded. Nick sat down with his back against an extremely large boulder, Sara surprising him and sitting him between his legs. He put his arms around her and held her tightly as she leaned against him.
*We're leaving here tonight*
*There's no need to tell anyone*
*They'd only hold us down*
*So by the morning light*
*We'll be halfway to anywhere*
*Where love is more than just your name*
*~*~*
Back at the lab
Catherine and Warrick had heard Sara scream and then she and Nick promptly leave the building. They waited patiently, albeit curiosity was killing them, for Grissom to make his appearance. It was now 7:30, shift technically started thirty minutes prior and they were still waiting. They didn't know what had happened but they knew that somehow Grissom was involved and that was who Sara had screamed at.
"What's going on?" Greg said as he walked into the break room, oblivious to the emotionless faces of his coworkers, "Where's Nick and Sara and Grissom? Shouldn't you guys already be on your cases by now?"
Catherine and Warrick shared a glance at one another. It sounded as if Greg hadn't heard the commotion that occurred in the hallway thirty minutes before.
"Greg, how loud did you have your music?" Warrick asked
Greg got a guilty look on his face. He knew he shouldn't be playing his music loudly, let alone at all, but sometimes he had too, it was his escape from the tediousness of his job. Not that he didn't love what he did, but he sometimes wished for more. He really wanted to gain more field experience.
"Don't worry Greg" Warrick said with amusement in his voice, "I'm not gonna yell at you or tell for the matter, I was just curious"
"It's just that you obviously didn't hear the commotion in the hallway earlier" Catherine quickly stated
"Commotion. What commotion?" Greg asked as he finished fixing his cup of coffee.
"Were not sure what happened, all we know is that Sara went to go get Grissom, then a couple of minutes later Nick got up to go find her. The next thing we hear is Sara screaming at someone, whom we assume was Grissom. Then her and Nick quickly left the building." Catherine stated
"Damn, when did this happen? I missed all the good stuff."
Catherine shot Greg an evil look, "Greg, this isn't to be office gossip."
Warrick smirked at Catherine's eye glare, it seemed as though Greg was shrinking down in his seat.
"Bro, it happened about thirty minutes ago. We're still waiting for Grissom and we haven't seen Nick and Sara since they left." Warrick stated
"I wonder what happened." Greg asked
"You and us both Greg, you and us both" Catherine stated
"I've never seen Sara as upset as she was and I only caught a glance as she and Nick were walking by. She was definitely crying" Warrick stated.
"Man, something bad happened" Greg said
"Yeah, and it couldn't have come on a worse day" Catherine mumbled
Warrick immediately picked up on what she meant, "Damn you're right"
Greg thought for a minutes, studying his coworkers faces, and then he remembered. "Today's Sara's birthday, isn't it?"
"Yeah" Catherine replied
"Poor Sara" Greg stated
"Yeah, poor Sara. I just hope she's doing okay" Catherine said
"I'm sure she's fine, she's got Nick" Warrick stated.
*~*~*
Grissom's office
After the scene in the hallway, Grissom rushed Elizabeth and himself back into his office and made sure the door was closed all the way. They each took their chairs again, sitting in silence, contemplating what had just occurred. Neither one had wanted Sara to find out this way that they were her biological parents. Elizabeth began crying; Grissom rushed over to her and gave her a hug, which she gratefully accepted. She pulled away as her tears began to subside. Grissom smiled and went back to his chair. The two sat in silence for what seemed like hours, but was more like minutes before Elizabeth broke the silence.
"Do you believe our daughter will be okay?"
Grissom slowly nodded, "Sara is a strong, resilient woman. She'll be fine" Grissom said, adding "eventually" silently in his head.
"I just feel so bad for her. I never wanted her to find out this way, let alone today, on her birthday of all days"
"I know you didn't Elizabeth, neither did I. Like I said earlier, I've always suspected Sara was my daughter, which is why I am so overprotective of her."
"If you've thought that for years, why didn't you have a paternity test done? Why didn't you tell her?" Elizabeth questioned
Grissom sighed before speaking, "Because, I didn't want to disrupt her life. She had a good life Elizabeth. She had a good childhood. She had loving adoptive parents. But then I found out that they had never told her she was adopted, I couldn't spring that on her. I didn't have the heart too"
"I understand, I do, but I hope you understand why I had to find her. She is a part of me. I needed to see her, to know her. I feel bad that I'm interrupting her life and changing all she has ever believed, but I also didn't ask or tell her adoptive parents to lie to her" Elizabeth stated, somehow feeling she had to defend herself.
"Elizabeth, you don't have to defend yourself, I understand."
"Thank you" Elizabeth stated and paused "Who was the young man that took Sara out of here? I saw her with him earlier." "That was Nick, Nick Stokes. He is her coworker. Nice man, great CSI. He's from Texas. Him and Sara are really good friends, although I think he wants more of a relationship with her than he is willing to admit right now."
"You really seem to know your workers pretty well, how well do you know our daughter?"
"What do you want to know about Sara?"
"Everything"
Grissom smiled, "How much time do you have?"
*~*~*
Back at Lake Mead
Sara and Nick stayed sitting, his arms around her, for roughly an hour before she spoke up.
"Thank you, Nick"
"For what?"
"For being here"
"There's no where else I'd rather be"
Sara smiled at his comment and at that moment decided that she wanted to share what had transpired in the hallway with him.
"Nick"
"Yeah"
"Earlier, when I went to go find Grissom"
"Yeah"
"He was in his office talking to a woman, I don't know her, but the door was ajar. I know I shouldn't have been listening but I heard my name so I stopped." She paused "It was horrible, what I heard, but it can't be true"
"Sara I don't want to pry, but what happened? I've never seen you this upset before in the almost four years that we have worked together."
She took a deep breath, "Grissom said that I was his daughter"
"What?" Nick exclaimed
"Exactly, he or the woman, I can't even remember now, but one of them said I was adopted" Sara turned around and face Nick "I don't know what their talking about. I can't be adopted. I can't be Grissom's daughter. This has to be some horrible, sick joke that someone's playing one me"
Sara began to cry again and Nick pulled her into a hug and began whispering words of comfort to her.
"Don't worry Sara, we'll figure this out. I promise you, we'll figure this out"
Sara slightly pulled away, a somewhat confused look on her face, "We'll?"
Nick smiled and leaned down and gave her a soft kiss, pulling away only moments later.
"Yeah, we'll"
Sara smiled and leaned her head back down on his chest. Allowing his arms to encircle her body and give her strength.
*~*~*
Okay, I'm gonna stop here. This has been an emotional chapter.
The song is 'Anywhere' by Evanescence. It is from their 'Origin' CD. Now this CD isn't available, but I found the song on Imesh. I highly recommend y'all doing a search and finding the song, it is beautiful.