Where the Grass is Greener
Chapter Eighteen
Nick, Catherine, Grissom and Warrick waited in the lobby for nearly an entire night. Warrick was physically and emotionally exhausted. Nick tried to keep him entertained with gossip from the lab and jokes. Warrick laughed at a few, but they still didn't lift his spirits. Nothing would make him feel better. The only thing that could was news on Sara.
"Warrick, you can go to sleep you know," Catherine said.
"No, I have to be awake when Sara gets out of the OR," Warrick said stubbornly.
"See, now you're getting just like your wife," Nick quipped. "Stubborn as a donkey."
Warrick even had to chuckle.
Suddenly, a doctor came out into the lobby, sweaty from concentrating on keeping Sara healthy.
Warrick stood up and waited for the news.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Jacobs," he said cordially. "Mr. Brown, your wife is doing just fine. She's going to make a full recovery. We managed to get all the cysts, and she's going to feel like a new woman."
A sigh of relief was audible and Warrick shook the doctor's hand and thanked him.
He went up to see Sara in her room.
She looked better at the moment. Her color was natural again, and her eyes weren't as hollow as they were over the last few days. He sat at her bedside, waiting for her to wake up. She was sleeping deeply, and he knew it would be a while before she came out of the anesthesia. He took her hand and kissed it and then he set it back on her stomach.
He heard a light knock on the door. He turned to see Nick at the door.
"Hey man," he whispered. "How's she doing?"
"She's doing good, she's sleeping," Warrick said. "But she should be okay by this afternoon."
"Good," Nick said. "Well, we're going to take off. Say hi to her for us when she wakes up."
"I will," Warrick said.
***
Sara woke up to a brightly lit room. She felt a little pain where her incision was, but other than that, she felt good. She didn't feel as tired as she had been feeling, and she was profoundly hungry.
She looked around and she saw Warrick asleep in a chair next to her bed. It was obvious that he'd been up the entire night. She pulled the blanket from the end of the bed and covered him with it. She smiled and then she picked up the call button. In a few minutes, a nurse came in.
"Good afternoon Mrs. Brown," the nurse said. "It's nice to see you awake for a change. Your husband was worried sick about you. He stayed up all night. No one could get him to sit down."
Sara giggled. "That's my husband."
"What'd you need?" The nurse asked.
"Oh, are you serving lunch?" Sara asked.
"Yes, we are," the nurse answered.
"Good, um, can you bring an extra plate for my husband? I know he's hungry."
"Yes Mrs. Brown," the nurse said. "I'll be back shortly."
Sara laid back down and sighed. She looked down at Warrick who was exhausted. He needed to sleep. He'd been so busy trying to take care of her that he would forget to take care of himself. She loved him even more for putting her needs above his own. He was so good to her, and she knew that she would have to repay him someday for everything that he did to help her in her time of need.
She saw Warrick stir and then he woke up.
"Hey there sleepyhead," she giggled. "Sleep good?"
"Yeah," Warrick sighed. "How are you feeling?"
"There's a little pain where my incision is, but I feel good otherwise," Sara explained. "The nurse is bringing us lunch."
"Babe, I'm not…"
"Don't lie to me and tell me you're not hungry," Sara interrupted him.
Just then, the nurse came in with their lunch trays.
"Here you go," she said.
Warrick barely touched his food, but Sara ate her whole tray.
"It wasn't my cooking, but it filled me up," Sara said.
Warrick pushed a strand of hair from her face and she grinned. She couldn't tell what he was feeling at the moment, but she knew that deep inside, he knew that she was near death…again.
"I didn't realize how sick I really was," Sara commented. "I had no idea I had cysts."
"At least they caught it early and now you're perfectly healthy," Warrick said. "That's all that matters."
Sara smiled and she leaned over and kissed him. "I love you so much," she said. "Thank you."
