Chapter 3
Grissom drove in silence to Sara's apartment, why did Sara think he hated her, he didn't hate her, actually he thought the exact opposite of that. he loved her.
As he pulled into the parking space he quickly jumped out of his Tahoe and ran up the stairs. When he reached Sara's door his stomach started doing flips, and for the first time in a long while he was nervous. He tapped lightly on the door, but there was no answer, she he tapped harder. This time a pale faced Sara answered the door and upon realizing who it was she began to close the door.
"Sara," he put his hand up to the door to keep it from closing, "Please Sara. I need to talk to you."
"So now you wanna talk Grissom? Well fine," she opened the door all the way and motioned for him to enter, "lets talk."
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Sara walked into her living room and sat on the couch. She lifted the throw pillow from beside her, hugged it to her chest and tucked her legs under her. Grissom came and sat next to her.
"So now you want to talk?" she paused and he stared at her. "You never wanted to talk to me before, so why now?"
"Nick stopped by."
"Great, she was now annoyed and angry, "What did he say? Did he tell you every little detail of my horrible life and now you've come to talk to me because you feel sorry for me?"
"Sara, you've got it all wrong."
"Oh really, so why are you here?"
"Sara, I'm worried about you. We all are."
"Sure whatever."
"I'm serious, we are."
"Whose we? You mean the team? 'Cause I can see them being worried but not you. You only care about yourself." Her words stabbed at him like a thousand knives.
"Sara, that's not true."
"Oh really Grissom? Prove it." She dared, and he did.
He leaned in and kissed her lips. It started softly but grew more and more passionate, and then they both pulled away.
"I do care, and worry about you Sara." Needless to say she was stunned and speechless. "Sara, I have cared about you from the first day we met. Sara I love you, please tell me what's going on?"
Sara was so happy and yet so hurt at the same time. Her dreams had come true, just too late and she now wished he never said it and never come, because it was all too late.
She stood up and he watched her.
"I think you should leave now Grissom."
"Sara I'm not leaving."
"Grissom please leave." She said softly before walking to the door, opening it and waiting for him to walk through it.
"Sara, please tell me what's going on." He said still sitting on the couch. "I'm not leaving till you tell me."
"No." She closed the door and walked closer towards him. "You don't want to know."
"Yes I do Sara." He jumped up from his seat.
"Then ask Nick or Catherine, they'll tell you."
"I want to hear whatever it is from you."
"Well forget it." She couldn't tell him at least now now.
She left the room and barricaded herself in her bedroom. She needed to think, and to sleep.
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After she awoke she lay there thinking about what had happened. Grissom had confessed his love for her, he wouldn't leave, and she couldn't tell him she was sick. If he hadn't said what he said to her, she could have told him, but it was different now.
As she lay there in thought, she recognized a familiar smell. Walking into the kitchen she found Grissom standing in front of her stove fixing tofu.
As she was about to say something she saw the pamphlets on the counter next to her purse and she quickly tried to hide them, but Grissom turned around and said, "Leave them." He knew.
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"Sara wasn't sure what to say or do, but luckily Grissom said something.
"So that's what you're keeping from me?" he pointed to the pamphlets. "Sara, how could you think I wouldn't care?"
"I don't know, maybe because you never cared before."
"That's a lie. I have always cared about you."
"You never showed it."
"I was scared Sara! I was scared you didn't feel the same way. I was scared that if you did have feelings for me you would ignore them if you knew I was going deaf. I was scared just like you're scared now."
Tears began to fall from Sara's eyes. He walked towards her, caressed her face and wiped the tears from her cheeks, before taking her in for a hug.
"I am scared Grissom. I'm scared that if I am with you and things get really bad you'll leave me, and that would kill me faster than this."
"Honey, I would never leave you. I love you too much." He hugged her tighter, and kissed her head. "I love you too Grissom."
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Grissom drove in silence to Sara's apartment, why did Sara think he hated her, he didn't hate her, actually he thought the exact opposite of that. he loved her.
As he pulled into the parking space he quickly jumped out of his Tahoe and ran up the stairs. When he reached Sara's door his stomach started doing flips, and for the first time in a long while he was nervous. He tapped lightly on the door, but there was no answer, she he tapped harder. This time a pale faced Sara answered the door and upon realizing who it was she began to close the door.
"Sara," he put his hand up to the door to keep it from closing, "Please Sara. I need to talk to you."
"So now you wanna talk Grissom? Well fine," she opened the door all the way and motioned for him to enter, "lets talk."
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Sara walked into her living room and sat on the couch. She lifted the throw pillow from beside her, hugged it to her chest and tucked her legs under her. Grissom came and sat next to her.
"So now you want to talk?" she paused and he stared at her. "You never wanted to talk to me before, so why now?"
"Nick stopped by."
"Great, she was now annoyed and angry, "What did he say? Did he tell you every little detail of my horrible life and now you've come to talk to me because you feel sorry for me?"
"Sara, you've got it all wrong."
"Oh really, so why are you here?"
"Sara, I'm worried about you. We all are."
"Sure whatever."
"I'm serious, we are."
"Whose we? You mean the team? 'Cause I can see them being worried but not you. You only care about yourself." Her words stabbed at him like a thousand knives.
"Sara, that's not true."
"Oh really Grissom? Prove it." She dared, and he did.
He leaned in and kissed her lips. It started softly but grew more and more passionate, and then they both pulled away.
"I do care, and worry about you Sara." Needless to say she was stunned and speechless. "Sara, I have cared about you from the first day we met. Sara I love you, please tell me what's going on?"
Sara was so happy and yet so hurt at the same time. Her dreams had come true, just too late and she now wished he never said it and never come, because it was all too late.
She stood up and he watched her.
"I think you should leave now Grissom."
"Sara I'm not leaving."
"Grissom please leave." She said softly before walking to the door, opening it and waiting for him to walk through it.
"Sara, please tell me what's going on." He said still sitting on the couch. "I'm not leaving till you tell me."
"No." She closed the door and walked closer towards him. "You don't want to know."
"Yes I do Sara." He jumped up from his seat.
"Then ask Nick or Catherine, they'll tell you."
"I want to hear whatever it is from you."
"Well forget it." She couldn't tell him at least now now.
She left the room and barricaded herself in her bedroom. She needed to think, and to sleep.
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After she awoke she lay there thinking about what had happened. Grissom had confessed his love for her, he wouldn't leave, and she couldn't tell him she was sick. If he hadn't said what he said to her, she could have told him, but it was different now.
As she lay there in thought, she recognized a familiar smell. Walking into the kitchen she found Grissom standing in front of her stove fixing tofu.
As she was about to say something she saw the pamphlets on the counter next to her purse and she quickly tried to hide them, but Grissom turned around and said, "Leave them." He knew.
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"Sara wasn't sure what to say or do, but luckily Grissom said something.
"So that's what you're keeping from me?" he pointed to the pamphlets. "Sara, how could you think I wouldn't care?"
"I don't know, maybe because you never cared before."
"That's a lie. I have always cared about you."
"You never showed it."
"I was scared Sara! I was scared you didn't feel the same way. I was scared that if you did have feelings for me you would ignore them if you knew I was going deaf. I was scared just like you're scared now."
Tears began to fall from Sara's eyes. He walked towards her, caressed her face and wiped the tears from her cheeks, before taking her in for a hug.
"I am scared Grissom. I'm scared that if I am with you and things get really bad you'll leave me, and that would kill me faster than this."
"Honey, I would never leave you. I love you too much." He hugged her tighter, and kissed her head. "I love you too Grissom."
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