Sorry for the wait, it's been so damn hectic over this side.

Chapter 11

"What!?! What is it Cath?" Sara said with a shaky voice,

"Just drop what you're doing and come here NOW!!" Came the reply

Sara walked calmly to the sound of Catherine's voice.. Then she saw it;

"Oh my god!" She said,

"I know" Said Catherine, "It's actually snowing!" Sara said half relieved that nothing was wrong and half exited.

Sara dropped her head onto Catherine's shoulder and they both watched the snow fall around them.

"Okay maybe we should go inside now before we both get frost bite" Said Sara. So they both went back inside

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"C'mon Sara move it!" Said Catherine as she waited by the front door for Sara.

Sara came out in black snow pants and olive green jacket.

"Alright let's go. I'm kinda nervous though, I mean I've never been skiing before Cat." said Sara

"I Know but I'll teach you everything you need to know okay? It's not that hard, even if we do fall over like heaps of times." Catherine kidded. Sara managed a smile before they left for the slopes.

* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~* ~ * ~* "Okay now you try it" Catherine said to Sara.

"Okay so it's. pizza, French fries right?" She asked,

"Yep and its not steep here so its all good you wont like fall or anything, well in theory you shouldn't anyway." Catherine assured her.

Sara kept her skis straight and said; "French fries." then made them into a pizza shape and said; "Pizza. okay that's not too hard can we try it somewhere else?" She asked as she started to ski back on the snow without wanting too.

"Ohh careful you're slipping backwards" Catherine warned.

Sara tried to do the 'pizza' shape but it didn't work and she fell back onto the snow with a thud.

"Are you okay?" Asked Catherine as she helped Sara to her feet. "I'm fine. Thanks" Sara said.

"Okay do you wanna try the 'Magic Carpet' now?" Catherine asked Sara when she had learnt the basics. "Yeah okay."

They made there way over to the 'Magic Carpet' which was basically a black conveyer belt that your skis stuck too and took you a little way up the slope.

Sara hoped on to it and was startled at how she stuck to it. Catherine brought up the rear and made stupid jokes about how there could be a land slide or something. It did get to Sara a little but she wouldn't give Catherine the satisfaction of seeing her shaken up.

When they got to the slope Catherine could see some nervousness in Sara.

"Its okay, I'll go first if you want?" Catherine said "Umm. just go down with me, 'cause I'll probably fall over." Said Sara Catherine shrugged her shoulders and the both went rather slowly down the ski slope.

At one point Sara lost control over what she was doing and speed up so suddenly that she couldn't even stop her self with the 'pizza shape' and her stocks. She had no choice but to make herself fall over instead of ramming into one of the many other skiers going down the slope with her.

She leaned forward on the skis and toppled forward into the snow below her. Catherine saw and sped over to her. Sara was trying to get up on her own and failing miserably. Catherine extended her hand and helped Sara to her feet.

"Thank you," she said to Catherine "That was really embarrassing. I just lost control." She explained. "Don't worry Sara its all good. Did you wanna stop for a while?" Catherine asked her. "Yeah alright I mean we do have a couple of days for this don't we." Sara said with a smile

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The next day Catherine and Sara went for a walk around in the blistering cold. (Not the best of ideas) They stoped at a small café when Sara spotted someone, she ducked to hide behind Catherine but they saw her first.

"Sara? Is that you?" The familiar voice said to her,

"Uh yeah. Hi Micah." Sara said to him and turned back around to face the other way.

He stepped back into her eye line and continued conversation unaware that Sara was with anybody.

"So, it's been a while. You still live in San Francisco?" He asked

"No I was transferred to Las Vegas. That's how I met my partner Catherine here," She said as she pointed to Catherine who turned around and shook Micah's hand.

"Oh hi I'm Micah Sells"

"Catherine Willows. How do you know Sara?" Catherine asked him

"Oh we go a while back. We dated for a while but she decided I'm not her type. But we maintained a good friendship. that was until I moved to Illinois. So do you work with Sara?"

Catherine grinned "Yes I do but it's not that kind of a partnership."

"Oh. Are you two.? You know...?

"Yeah we are." Sara cut in "So what are you doing in Vermont?"

"Me, I'm just here on a business trip. My associate Jennifer is over there." Micah pointed to a table out the front, where a woman was sipping hot coffee and sifting through folders.

"Is that Jennifer Meteuil?" Sara asked him

"Yeah it is. After we graduated we began working for the same company in Chicago." He said

"So Sara what are you doing with yourself now? Still a coroner's assistant?"

"No I'm a Forensic Scientist with the Las Vegas Crime Lab."

"Wow so you've really got something to show for your efforts. I'm in advertising now." Micah grinned.

Sara began shifting her weight from one leg to the other. This was obviously Catherine's cue to cut in.

"Ah well we'd love to stay and chat but we better be going now. Places to go, people to see."

"That's too bad. Well I'll look you both up if I'm in Vegas sometime. Catherine it was nice meeting you. Sara, a pleasure as always."

"Yeah likewise. Have a good one." Said Sara

"Bye,"

"C-ya" Catherine said. Sara took Catherine's hand and they both exited the café with there lunch.

"So you wanna clue me in?" Catherine asked Sara curiously

"On what?" Sara replied

"You kiddin? On why you didn't want to talk to Micah back there."

"Oh that? That was nothing. He was just very annoying when I dated him for all of 3 months." Sara smiled,

"Really only 3 months?" Catherine asked

"Yeah I'm surprised I lasted as long as I did. He was quite the looker though, still is. But not as much as you my dear!" Sara said as she kissed Catherine briefly on the lips.

Catherine smiled and shook her head. "So did you go to school with him or something?"

"Yeah we went to collage together." Sara replied

"Fair enough."