Chapter 4
Sara pulled away and rest her head under his chin. "You keep kissing like that and I'll never look at another bloke again."
Grissom chuckled and softly stroked the skin of her neck. He kissed the top of her head and sighed. "You need to get out of here Sara."
She wasn't listening on purpose. She sat up and felt around for the water bottle. Running her fingers over his chest, she was just about to reach into the case when he took her hand tightly. "I'm thirsty." She protested, but his hand held hers with strength that was weakening.
"I mean it Sara." He said sternly.
"Leave it Grissom. I'm not talking about this. We'll both be out of here soon and then you are going to pay for saying no and I'm going to kick your ass for the years to come until you make up for it." She tried to say this with a strong voice, but it cracked in certain places.
Grissom looked at her with tears in his eyes. He pulled he hand to his lips and kissed her slender fingers. Sara slowly lowered herself back down to beside him and cried softly into his shoulder. "I won't leave you alone Sara." He whispered hoarsely.
She sniffled and raised her head. "We leave here 'together'. You understand me Griss?"
He smiled and kissed her chin. "I promise." He made a promise and he wasn't going to break it, but what he didn't tell her was that no matter what happened, he wasn't going to leave here without her, whether it be head first or feet first. He knew he was leaving with her.
She nodded and continued to reach for the water.
** **
Catherine stared at the beam. "You are going to move that?" She asked in a disbelieving tone.
The fire chief nodded hesitantly. "Yeah."
She looked at him and shook her head. "No."
He sighed. "It's the only way Catherine. I'm sorry."
"Jack, you can't. You said yourself that if it was moved the room would collapse."
By now, the formalities were forgotten. It had been hours since the explosion and the extreme was way too extreme.
Brass reached out and touched Catherine's shoulder. "I'm sure he know what he's doing Cath."
Catherine nodded. "Yeah, but, it's a large risk Jim. I told you it didn't feel right and now look what we have to do. We are putting them in more danger. If they are alive, then we could risk loosing them with this stunt." She growled in exasperation and stormed off. "FINE." She shouted. "DO IT."
Jim turned to Jack and nodded for him to continue. "But, please be careful." Jack nodded and turned to his team.
** **
Hearing movement, Grissom clenched his eyes shut for the inevitable.
Sara felt him tense at the sounds of the rescue crew. "Relax." She whispered into his ear.
His hand squeezed her hand tightly. "Sara?"
She touched his face and smiled. "You know, I never noticed before." She leaned down and kissed his cheek where her hand lay. "You have a scar. Which battle did that come from?" She teased. She was trying to distract him and hoped he'd fall for it.
His smiled and chuckled, which was the reaction she wanted. Her finger traced his lips lightly as he spoke. "Not much of a battle, but a disagreement." He said with light amused tone.
"Oh and what disagreement would that be?" She asked, brushing her thumb over his bottom lip.
He let out a slow breath and chuckled again. "A fit over a girl when I was in school."
Smirking at him, she started to laugh. "You, fighting over a girl? In school?" She rest her forehead in his neck and continued to laugh.
"It's not funny Sidle. It hurt like hell. The other boy was bigger and stronger. He threw a punch and not only did I get a black eye and bloody nose. I lost my girl as well." He chided.
Sara breathed in and controlled her laughter. "Aw.poor Grissom."
"I knew you'd make fun of me." He grinned.
"I'm not." She giggled.
Grissom brushed her hair from her face and smiled. "Yeah, you are. I bet you got scares with just as sad a story."
Sara smirked and turned her head away from his smug face. She could fell the smugness and the bright amused eyes. "I. There not as triumphant as yours. You may have lost the girl, but what did you learn?"
"Not to be pick on by someone bigger than me." He answered mock honestly.
Sara turned back and snickered. "Liar."
He laughed this time and hide the pain the best he could. "Ok. I learnt that if I wanted the girl that badly, I should have fought back."
"Why didn't you then?" She asked.
"He was bigger than me Sara. He would have flattened me and my mother didn't want broken bones let alone a battered son." He rubbed his thumb over her ear and smiled softly. "I would have fought back some more, but he knocked me out cold." He finished giggling.
Sara held his hand to her and laughed with him. "I would have stuck up for you." She offered. "No science nerd deserves to be picked on just because he was trying to win a girl."
Grissom's eyes glistened with unshed tears. Sara dropped her head and listened to her surrounds. "Thank you." He whispered.
"I would have, given the chance." She said quietly. After a few minutes of silence, she added lightly. "Only to have you picked on twice as much, because a girl rescue your ass." She giggled and laid her head on his chest.
"Funny Sara, really funny." He chuckled.
Movement on a far wall and scratching sounds could be heard. "There close." She mumbled sleepily.
"Yeah." He mumbled back.
Sara pulled away and rest her head under his chin. "You keep kissing like that and I'll never look at another bloke again."
Grissom chuckled and softly stroked the skin of her neck. He kissed the top of her head and sighed. "You need to get out of here Sara."
She wasn't listening on purpose. She sat up and felt around for the water bottle. Running her fingers over his chest, she was just about to reach into the case when he took her hand tightly. "I'm thirsty." She protested, but his hand held hers with strength that was weakening.
"I mean it Sara." He said sternly.
"Leave it Grissom. I'm not talking about this. We'll both be out of here soon and then you are going to pay for saying no and I'm going to kick your ass for the years to come until you make up for it." She tried to say this with a strong voice, but it cracked in certain places.
Grissom looked at her with tears in his eyes. He pulled he hand to his lips and kissed her slender fingers. Sara slowly lowered herself back down to beside him and cried softly into his shoulder. "I won't leave you alone Sara." He whispered hoarsely.
She sniffled and raised her head. "We leave here 'together'. You understand me Griss?"
He smiled and kissed her chin. "I promise." He made a promise and he wasn't going to break it, but what he didn't tell her was that no matter what happened, he wasn't going to leave here without her, whether it be head first or feet first. He knew he was leaving with her.
She nodded and continued to reach for the water.
** **
Catherine stared at the beam. "You are going to move that?" She asked in a disbelieving tone.
The fire chief nodded hesitantly. "Yeah."
She looked at him and shook her head. "No."
He sighed. "It's the only way Catherine. I'm sorry."
"Jack, you can't. You said yourself that if it was moved the room would collapse."
By now, the formalities were forgotten. It had been hours since the explosion and the extreme was way too extreme.
Brass reached out and touched Catherine's shoulder. "I'm sure he know what he's doing Cath."
Catherine nodded. "Yeah, but, it's a large risk Jim. I told you it didn't feel right and now look what we have to do. We are putting them in more danger. If they are alive, then we could risk loosing them with this stunt." She growled in exasperation and stormed off. "FINE." She shouted. "DO IT."
Jim turned to Jack and nodded for him to continue. "But, please be careful." Jack nodded and turned to his team.
** **
Hearing movement, Grissom clenched his eyes shut for the inevitable.
Sara felt him tense at the sounds of the rescue crew. "Relax." She whispered into his ear.
His hand squeezed her hand tightly. "Sara?"
She touched his face and smiled. "You know, I never noticed before." She leaned down and kissed his cheek where her hand lay. "You have a scar. Which battle did that come from?" She teased. She was trying to distract him and hoped he'd fall for it.
His smiled and chuckled, which was the reaction she wanted. Her finger traced his lips lightly as he spoke. "Not much of a battle, but a disagreement." He said with light amused tone.
"Oh and what disagreement would that be?" She asked, brushing her thumb over his bottom lip.
He let out a slow breath and chuckled again. "A fit over a girl when I was in school."
Smirking at him, she started to laugh. "You, fighting over a girl? In school?" She rest her forehead in his neck and continued to laugh.
"It's not funny Sidle. It hurt like hell. The other boy was bigger and stronger. He threw a punch and not only did I get a black eye and bloody nose. I lost my girl as well." He chided.
Sara breathed in and controlled her laughter. "Aw.poor Grissom."
"I knew you'd make fun of me." He grinned.
"I'm not." She giggled.
Grissom brushed her hair from her face and smiled. "Yeah, you are. I bet you got scares with just as sad a story."
Sara smirked and turned her head away from his smug face. She could fell the smugness and the bright amused eyes. "I. There not as triumphant as yours. You may have lost the girl, but what did you learn?"
"Not to be pick on by someone bigger than me." He answered mock honestly.
Sara turned back and snickered. "Liar."
He laughed this time and hide the pain the best he could. "Ok. I learnt that if I wanted the girl that badly, I should have fought back."
"Why didn't you then?" She asked.
"He was bigger than me Sara. He would have flattened me and my mother didn't want broken bones let alone a battered son." He rubbed his thumb over her ear and smiled softly. "I would have fought back some more, but he knocked me out cold." He finished giggling.
Sara held his hand to her and laughed with him. "I would have stuck up for you." She offered. "No science nerd deserves to be picked on just because he was trying to win a girl."
Grissom's eyes glistened with unshed tears. Sara dropped her head and listened to her surrounds. "Thank you." He whispered.
"I would have, given the chance." She said quietly. After a few minutes of silence, she added lightly. "Only to have you picked on twice as much, because a girl rescue your ass." She giggled and laid her head on his chest.
"Funny Sara, really funny." He chuckled.
Movement on a far wall and scratching sounds could be heard. "There close." She mumbled sleepily.
"Yeah." He mumbled back.