Chapter 3.
Wednesday night had finally arrived; Sara was going into the hospital tonight because her surgery was scheduled for seven o'clock Thursday morning. She had gone to work the past couple of days but Grissom wouldn't let her out to any crime scene so she just helped Greg in the DNA lab. It was kind of weird the two of them being in the lab that could have killed them both but it didn't seem to really bother them. Now here she was the night before her surgery, bag packed, staring at her off television and waiting for her cab wishing she were back at the lab the night of the explosion, because almost getting blown up wasn't half as scary as this whole waiting thing. Her phone rang and she jumped out of her thoughts, she was a bit hesitant at first to pick it up worrying that it was going to be Catherine asking where she was when she pacifically said that Sara wasn't able to take time off this week. She let it go through to the answering machine and then noticed that it was her cab driver telling her that he arrived. She picked up her bag, quickly grabbed a photo that was on her bedside table, took one last look around her apartment and headed for her cab.
(The next morning)
"Miss Sidle, we are going to give you the needle now to put you to sleep. You probably won't wake up until later this evening so if you have any visitors I'll tell them to come back later and I'll make sure they bring you lots of good get well gifts." The nurse said to Sara patting her arm to reassure her that everything was going to go just fine.
"Thank you, but I won't have any visitors because I haven't told anyone about this..." Sara replied as she drifted off into a drug-induced sleep.
It was about five o'clock when she woke from surgery the doctor was standing at the end of the bed and in the last few seconds of the haze she thought that it might have been Grissom but she was disappointed when she noticed that it was only Dr Hicks, he told her that she wasn't allowed to get out of bed until the next morning when she was starting the first lot of chemotherapy. She had laid there for half an hour after he left staring at the picture she had brought with her, it was one of the whole nightshift, she rubbed her finger along Grissom's face, she then noticed Dr Hicks walking down the corridor. She slowly got up out of her hospital bed and made her way to lean against the doorframe.
"Dr Hicks I was wondering..." her sentence was cut short by the sight of the familiar face of one of he CSI colleagues.
"Sara?" it was Catherine. What happened next might have been because of the fact that Sara had not long been awake from the surgery or the fact that now she had to explain to Catherine or it could have been a mix of the two but Sara fainted to the floor.
"Sara?"
"Miss Sidle?" Catherine and Dr Hicks said in unison.
Sara blinked away the blackness and stared at her friend.
"Miss Sidle I told you, you were not to get out of this bed until your chemo tomorrow and that if you need something you were meant to push that little buzzer right there."
"Chemo? Sara what's wrong?" asked Catherine a look of worry sweeping her face.
"I'll just leave you two alone." Dr hicks left the room but turned around "can you make sure she doesn't leave this room unless she is in that wheel chair? We don't want her to faint again." he asked looking directly at Catherine. She nodded and quickly drew her attention back to her friend in the bed.
"Sara, tell me what's wrong. This is why you needed the time off work isn't it?"
"Yes Cath, this is why I needed the time off work... Cath I have breast cancer..."
"Oh my god honey why didn't you tell anyone, we should be here for you, we would want to be here for you!"
"I thought I had to do it on my own and you have to promise me you won't tell the others especially not Nicky."
Catherine mumbled something under her breath that to Sara sounded like 'they are too much alike!' This time it was Catherine that saw Dr Hicks she put up her index finger as a sign that she would be back in a minute, gave Sara the stay right where you are look and rushed out to find her friends doctor. The next thing Sara knew Catherine had helped her into the wheel chair grabbed her stuff and were moving to another room. Before they entered Catherine quickly popped her head into the room and whispered something to the patient in the room.
"Sara, there is someone in this room I think you should meet!" a mischievous grin on her face and she wheeled her into the room. The man on the bed turned to face her and all of a sudden her heart stopped.
"Grissom?"
TBC......
Wednesday night had finally arrived; Sara was going into the hospital tonight because her surgery was scheduled for seven o'clock Thursday morning. She had gone to work the past couple of days but Grissom wouldn't let her out to any crime scene so she just helped Greg in the DNA lab. It was kind of weird the two of them being in the lab that could have killed them both but it didn't seem to really bother them. Now here she was the night before her surgery, bag packed, staring at her off television and waiting for her cab wishing she were back at the lab the night of the explosion, because almost getting blown up wasn't half as scary as this whole waiting thing. Her phone rang and she jumped out of her thoughts, she was a bit hesitant at first to pick it up worrying that it was going to be Catherine asking where she was when she pacifically said that Sara wasn't able to take time off this week. She let it go through to the answering machine and then noticed that it was her cab driver telling her that he arrived. She picked up her bag, quickly grabbed a photo that was on her bedside table, took one last look around her apartment and headed for her cab.
(The next morning)
"Miss Sidle, we are going to give you the needle now to put you to sleep. You probably won't wake up until later this evening so if you have any visitors I'll tell them to come back later and I'll make sure they bring you lots of good get well gifts." The nurse said to Sara patting her arm to reassure her that everything was going to go just fine.
"Thank you, but I won't have any visitors because I haven't told anyone about this..." Sara replied as she drifted off into a drug-induced sleep.
It was about five o'clock when she woke from surgery the doctor was standing at the end of the bed and in the last few seconds of the haze she thought that it might have been Grissom but she was disappointed when she noticed that it was only Dr Hicks, he told her that she wasn't allowed to get out of bed until the next morning when she was starting the first lot of chemotherapy. She had laid there for half an hour after he left staring at the picture she had brought with her, it was one of the whole nightshift, she rubbed her finger along Grissom's face, she then noticed Dr Hicks walking down the corridor. She slowly got up out of her hospital bed and made her way to lean against the doorframe.
"Dr Hicks I was wondering..." her sentence was cut short by the sight of the familiar face of one of he CSI colleagues.
"Sara?" it was Catherine. What happened next might have been because of the fact that Sara had not long been awake from the surgery or the fact that now she had to explain to Catherine or it could have been a mix of the two but Sara fainted to the floor.
"Sara?"
"Miss Sidle?" Catherine and Dr Hicks said in unison.
Sara blinked away the blackness and stared at her friend.
"Miss Sidle I told you, you were not to get out of this bed until your chemo tomorrow and that if you need something you were meant to push that little buzzer right there."
"Chemo? Sara what's wrong?" asked Catherine a look of worry sweeping her face.
"I'll just leave you two alone." Dr hicks left the room but turned around "can you make sure she doesn't leave this room unless she is in that wheel chair? We don't want her to faint again." he asked looking directly at Catherine. She nodded and quickly drew her attention back to her friend in the bed.
"Sara, tell me what's wrong. This is why you needed the time off work isn't it?"
"Yes Cath, this is why I needed the time off work... Cath I have breast cancer..."
"Oh my god honey why didn't you tell anyone, we should be here for you, we would want to be here for you!"
"I thought I had to do it on my own and you have to promise me you won't tell the others especially not Nicky."
Catherine mumbled something under her breath that to Sara sounded like 'they are too much alike!' This time it was Catherine that saw Dr Hicks she put up her index finger as a sign that she would be back in a minute, gave Sara the stay right where you are look and rushed out to find her friends doctor. The next thing Sara knew Catherine had helped her into the wheel chair grabbed her stuff and were moving to another room. Before they entered Catherine quickly popped her head into the room and whispered something to the patient in the room.
"Sara, there is someone in this room I think you should meet!" a mischievous grin on her face and she wheeled her into the room. The man on the bed turned to face her and all of a sudden her heart stopped.
"Grissom?"
TBC......
