Chapter 3
Feeling warmth on her face and light beaming through her eyelids, she moaned miserably and turned away. A strange sensation hit the pit of her stomach when she realised that she was in her bed. Sitting up quickly, she soon regretted it and ran to the bathroom.
Sliding back against the cool tiles, she sensed someone in the room. Looking up, she saw Catherine hovering in doorway. "Catherine?" She rasped out. Catherine smiled and helped her up. Sara washed her face and brushed her teeth. "How'd you get in?" She asked after spitting the toothpaste into the sink.
"Neighbour let me in. I was worried." She shrugged and helped her walk to the couch. "You need a doctor Sara."
Coughing lightly, she shook her head. She looked at the couch and groaned at what she saw. "Can't you all let me die in peace guys? You don't need to watch." She referred to Warrick and Nick sitting on the couch watching the sport news.
"Hey Sar." Nick grinned as he shifted to let her sit down.
"You'll all get ill. Get out while you can." She smiled as Warrick pulled her into a sideways hug and held her against his side.
"You need a doctor girl." He rubbed her shoulder as he looked at Catherine.
Sara sighed and let her head fall onto his shoulder. "I'll be fine. I'm feeling better anyway."
All three looked at each other with disapproval. Catherine made her way to the kitchen and returned with a bottle of medicine in one hand and the house phone in the other. "Take this and make an appointment Sara."
"I'll take the potion, but no doctor." She grumbled, taking the bottle from Catherine's hand.
"Ok." She relented and sat down in the armchair.
"Why are you lot here anyway? You should be at home or something." Sara murmured sleepily.
Nick smiled and reached out for his can of open coke on the table. "We have everything here." He sat back and put his feet up on the table.
Sara lifted her left foot and weakly kicked Nick's leg. "Get them off."
Everyone chuckled at her stubbornness. They spent a few hours watching TV and talking about cases, but not too detailed that Sara felt the need to empty her stomach. She soon fell asleep against Nick as Warrick made them all something to eat.
Catherine watched as Nick lightly rubbed his thumb over Sara's hand on his chest. She could see Sara twitch with the nightmare she was having and Nick was looking worriedly down at her. "Everyone has nightmares Nicky. Don't worry." She told him softly.
He sighed and hugged Sara tighter. "I know, but it's not making me feel any better. She's not been herself lately."
"I know what you mean." Warrick offered as he placed toast and jam on the table. "You know this person Jessie right?" He asked, snagging some toast and handing a slice with jam on to Nick.
Catherine nodded as she bit into her toast. "Sure do. She and Grissom is all I hear about."
Warrick leaned back and gently pulled Sara's hair from her face. "You think Sara's upset?"
Nick looked down at Sara and watched her for a few silent minutes. He finished his toast as the others talked about the current situation at work dealing with Grissom and Jessie. He looked up when Catherine said what he'd only been thinking since Sara first came to Vegas. "I thought I was the only one who thought that." He announced with surprise.
Catherine smiled sadly and shook her head. "No Nicky. I always thought there was something and to be honest." She sighed as her eyes fell on Sara's sleeping form. "I thought he'd do something after she handed in her leave of absence." Her eyes locked onto something behind Nick and Sara. She stood and walked towards a plant in a large ceramic pot on a small table by Sara's desk.
Warrick turned to look at her as she looked at the healthy growing plant in the corner. "You ok Cath?"
"Yeah." She nodded and turned as she picked up a small card that peeked out from under a heavy forensic book. She turned it over in her hand with a small sigh. "I wonder if he even knows what's happening." She pondered quietly.
Nick lightly kissed Sara's hair as she whimpered and jerked awake. "Nick?" She called out like a frightened child.
"Hey sleepyhead. It's ok. You were having a nightmare." He said soothingly and hugged her gently.
"Sorry." She mumbled croakily. She pushed herself away and got up. She was embarrassed enough with her co-workers in her home and she knew that one would be ill in a few days and it would be her fault. She decided she needed a shower and she definitely needed something in her stomach and some fresh air.
The others watched quietly as she left them in her living room. Catherine squeezed Nick's shoulder reassuringly, before making a fresh pot of coffee. Warrick helped Nick clean up the living room and kitchen while Sara showered.
Twenty minutes past and she was feeling infinitely better. After getting dressed and towel drying her hair, she left her room and went to find the others. The smell of vegetable soup flooded her sense of smell. "You guys are doing too much. I might not let you leave at this rate." She teased, forgetting her embarrassment.
"Come on Sar. It's getting cold." Nick whined as he picked up his spoon to ready himself as Catherine and Warrick placed large bowls on the dinning table in the corner of the living room.
She smiled and ruffled Nick's hair affectionately. "Such a kid." As they ate and talked, they noticed that Sara looked better.
Feeling warmth on her face and light beaming through her eyelids, she moaned miserably and turned away. A strange sensation hit the pit of her stomach when she realised that she was in her bed. Sitting up quickly, she soon regretted it and ran to the bathroom.
Sliding back against the cool tiles, she sensed someone in the room. Looking up, she saw Catherine hovering in doorway. "Catherine?" She rasped out. Catherine smiled and helped her up. Sara washed her face and brushed her teeth. "How'd you get in?" She asked after spitting the toothpaste into the sink.
"Neighbour let me in. I was worried." She shrugged and helped her walk to the couch. "You need a doctor Sara."
Coughing lightly, she shook her head. She looked at the couch and groaned at what she saw. "Can't you all let me die in peace guys? You don't need to watch." She referred to Warrick and Nick sitting on the couch watching the sport news.
"Hey Sar." Nick grinned as he shifted to let her sit down.
"You'll all get ill. Get out while you can." She smiled as Warrick pulled her into a sideways hug and held her against his side.
"You need a doctor girl." He rubbed her shoulder as he looked at Catherine.
Sara sighed and let her head fall onto his shoulder. "I'll be fine. I'm feeling better anyway."
All three looked at each other with disapproval. Catherine made her way to the kitchen and returned with a bottle of medicine in one hand and the house phone in the other. "Take this and make an appointment Sara."
"I'll take the potion, but no doctor." She grumbled, taking the bottle from Catherine's hand.
"Ok." She relented and sat down in the armchair.
"Why are you lot here anyway? You should be at home or something." Sara murmured sleepily.
Nick smiled and reached out for his can of open coke on the table. "We have everything here." He sat back and put his feet up on the table.
Sara lifted her left foot and weakly kicked Nick's leg. "Get them off."
Everyone chuckled at her stubbornness. They spent a few hours watching TV and talking about cases, but not too detailed that Sara felt the need to empty her stomach. She soon fell asleep against Nick as Warrick made them all something to eat.
Catherine watched as Nick lightly rubbed his thumb over Sara's hand on his chest. She could see Sara twitch with the nightmare she was having and Nick was looking worriedly down at her. "Everyone has nightmares Nicky. Don't worry." She told him softly.
He sighed and hugged Sara tighter. "I know, but it's not making me feel any better. She's not been herself lately."
"I know what you mean." Warrick offered as he placed toast and jam on the table. "You know this person Jessie right?" He asked, snagging some toast and handing a slice with jam on to Nick.
Catherine nodded as she bit into her toast. "Sure do. She and Grissom is all I hear about."
Warrick leaned back and gently pulled Sara's hair from her face. "You think Sara's upset?"
Nick looked down at Sara and watched her for a few silent minutes. He finished his toast as the others talked about the current situation at work dealing with Grissom and Jessie. He looked up when Catherine said what he'd only been thinking since Sara first came to Vegas. "I thought I was the only one who thought that." He announced with surprise.
Catherine smiled sadly and shook her head. "No Nicky. I always thought there was something and to be honest." She sighed as her eyes fell on Sara's sleeping form. "I thought he'd do something after she handed in her leave of absence." Her eyes locked onto something behind Nick and Sara. She stood and walked towards a plant in a large ceramic pot on a small table by Sara's desk.
Warrick turned to look at her as she looked at the healthy growing plant in the corner. "You ok Cath?"
"Yeah." She nodded and turned as she picked up a small card that peeked out from under a heavy forensic book. She turned it over in her hand with a small sigh. "I wonder if he even knows what's happening." She pondered quietly.
Nick lightly kissed Sara's hair as she whimpered and jerked awake. "Nick?" She called out like a frightened child.
"Hey sleepyhead. It's ok. You were having a nightmare." He said soothingly and hugged her gently.
"Sorry." She mumbled croakily. She pushed herself away and got up. She was embarrassed enough with her co-workers in her home and she knew that one would be ill in a few days and it would be her fault. She decided she needed a shower and she definitely needed something in her stomach and some fresh air.
The others watched quietly as she left them in her living room. Catherine squeezed Nick's shoulder reassuringly, before making a fresh pot of coffee. Warrick helped Nick clean up the living room and kitchen while Sara showered.
Twenty minutes past and she was feeling infinitely better. After getting dressed and towel drying her hair, she left her room and went to find the others. The smell of vegetable soup flooded her sense of smell. "You guys are doing too much. I might not let you leave at this rate." She teased, forgetting her embarrassment.
"Come on Sar. It's getting cold." Nick whined as he picked up his spoon to ready himself as Catherine and Warrick placed large bowls on the dinning table in the corner of the living room.
She smiled and ruffled Nick's hair affectionately. "Such a kid." As they ate and talked, they noticed that Sara looked better.