Chapter 2:
Sara sat in the doctor's office waiting for the doctor to get her tests back. Ever since she felt the lump she had been really worried and now that the doctor had her tests back time seemed to go so slowly. She had gone to work the night after she went to the doctors but found it hard to concentrate on the on the supposed murder suicide, everyone seemed to notice something was bothering her, even Grissom.
"Sara, are you alright? You don't look very well?" she had answered that she was just a little tired and thought she was getting the flu, he suggested she should take two days off. It was nice of him so she accepted wondering if he was just messing with her mind again.
Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when the doctor came back in with her results. He didn't have to even say a word, she could tell by the look on his face that her worst fears had come true.
"I have breast cancer don't I." It wasn't a question it was more of a statement.
"Yes, Miss Sidle you have breast cancer. You are lucky though, we have caught it in the early stages so you most likely won't need a lot of Chemotherapy. I have made an appointment for Thursday for you to have the lump removed. I suggest that you take a few weeks off work so you have time to get over the worst of the chemo." She just nodded and then left the room in a sort of daze she knew Grissom had given her the night off but she had to go into work to get her mind off the fact that she had breast cancer.
When she arrived at the lab she went straight to Grissom's office she stood at the door for a few moments just staring at him doing the crossword, she didn't know what exactly she was going to say but she knew that she wasn't going to tell anyone about the cancer. As if sensing her presence Grissom looked up from the paper that his eyes had been preoccupied with a few seconds ago.
"Sara what are you doing here? I thought I gave you tonight off as well?"
"You did, but I wanted to come into work and I also need to ask if starting next Wednesday I could have a few weeks off?"
"I don't know Sara, you will have to ask Catherine because next week I am going on a vacation and I have left her in charge."
"Oh umm... okay thanks anyway Gil." She said walking out of his office with her head down knowing that now she had to go and ask Catherine for the time off and she will want to know why.
Sara found Catherine in the break room talking to Lindsey on the phone. She took a seat while she waited for her colleague to finish the conversation. She clicked off her cell phone and turned to face Sara.
"Hey Sara! Didn't Griss give you the night off?"
"Yeah he did but I needed to come into work to ask him something but he told me you were the person to ask. So here I am."
"Ask away."
"I was wondering if I could take a few weeks off of work starting next Wednesday? I know Grissom is going on vacation but I really need the time off!"
"Sara I know you wouldn't ask for time off unless you really need it but with Grissom gone we will be really tight around here and I just can't give you the time off. Maybe when Grissom comes back you can go on vacation." Catherine saw the look in Sara's eyes "I'm truly sorry honey but at the moment I just can't spare you, you understand don't you?"
"Yeah I understand Cath, can you tell Griss that I am going to take tonight off?"
"I can do that. You should get some rest. We'll see you tomorrow!"
with that Sara got up out of her seat and left the lab. All the way back to her apartment she had tears in her eyes. She knew she couldn't postpone the surgery but she also knew that she couldn't tell the others. She decided then and there that she would just not show up for work. She couldn't let this thing get her.
Sara sat in the doctor's office waiting for the doctor to get her tests back. Ever since she felt the lump she had been really worried and now that the doctor had her tests back time seemed to go so slowly. She had gone to work the night after she went to the doctors but found it hard to concentrate on the on the supposed murder suicide, everyone seemed to notice something was bothering her, even Grissom.
"Sara, are you alright? You don't look very well?" she had answered that she was just a little tired and thought she was getting the flu, he suggested she should take two days off. It was nice of him so she accepted wondering if he was just messing with her mind again.
Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted when the doctor came back in with her results. He didn't have to even say a word, she could tell by the look on his face that her worst fears had come true.
"I have breast cancer don't I." It wasn't a question it was more of a statement.
"Yes, Miss Sidle you have breast cancer. You are lucky though, we have caught it in the early stages so you most likely won't need a lot of Chemotherapy. I have made an appointment for Thursday for you to have the lump removed. I suggest that you take a few weeks off work so you have time to get over the worst of the chemo." She just nodded and then left the room in a sort of daze she knew Grissom had given her the night off but she had to go into work to get her mind off the fact that she had breast cancer.
When she arrived at the lab she went straight to Grissom's office she stood at the door for a few moments just staring at him doing the crossword, she didn't know what exactly she was going to say but she knew that she wasn't going to tell anyone about the cancer. As if sensing her presence Grissom looked up from the paper that his eyes had been preoccupied with a few seconds ago.
"Sara what are you doing here? I thought I gave you tonight off as well?"
"You did, but I wanted to come into work and I also need to ask if starting next Wednesday I could have a few weeks off?"
"I don't know Sara, you will have to ask Catherine because next week I am going on a vacation and I have left her in charge."
"Oh umm... okay thanks anyway Gil." She said walking out of his office with her head down knowing that now she had to go and ask Catherine for the time off and she will want to know why.
Sara found Catherine in the break room talking to Lindsey on the phone. She took a seat while she waited for her colleague to finish the conversation. She clicked off her cell phone and turned to face Sara.
"Hey Sara! Didn't Griss give you the night off?"
"Yeah he did but I needed to come into work to ask him something but he told me you were the person to ask. So here I am."
"Ask away."
"I was wondering if I could take a few weeks off of work starting next Wednesday? I know Grissom is going on vacation but I really need the time off!"
"Sara I know you wouldn't ask for time off unless you really need it but with Grissom gone we will be really tight around here and I just can't give you the time off. Maybe when Grissom comes back you can go on vacation." Catherine saw the look in Sara's eyes "I'm truly sorry honey but at the moment I just can't spare you, you understand don't you?"
"Yeah I understand Cath, can you tell Griss that I am going to take tonight off?"
"I can do that. You should get some rest. We'll see you tomorrow!"
with that Sara got up out of her seat and left the lab. All the way back to her apartment she had tears in her eyes. She knew she couldn't postpone the surgery but she also knew that she couldn't tell the others. She decided then and there that she would just not show up for work. She couldn't let this thing get her.
