"Unbridled Vernacular" part 5/5
By Rita Widmer
AN: Last part guys, enjoy it! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! I hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have been writing it. Thanks to Allie for betaing!
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The door slammed behind Gil as they walked into his office. Cath turned to look at Gil with her hands on her hips.
"Let me get this straight. You can tell some reporter about how long you've loved me, but you can't even tell me. We were married almost three months, and not once did I hear those words from your mouth."
"That's because you didn't stay long enough to hear them. I said them to you, and when I opened my eyes you were gone. All I was left with was the divorce papers signed by you. I figured that meant you didn't feel the same way as I did."
"You could have tried to fight for me. All you had to do was ask, Gil. Did you think I was going to hurt you, because you told me that you love me?
"I didn't know how you would react. How was I supposed to know how you would react? You're the one that wanted the divorce right away."
"Because I didn't believe you loved me!"
"How could you not know?"
"Because my best friend releases his emotions riding a roller coaster. It has always been me who has to pull our friendship back together when we start slipping from each other. I spend most of this relationship fighting for it."
"And I have never done anything for our friendship?!"
"Of course you do, but I am the one always fighting for it. Besides its not really the point. You have never done anything to show me you wanted more from me then friendship and once in awhile a sex partner."
"I don't have sex with just anyone."
"What about with Lady Heather?"
"She reminded me of you."
"You've got to be kidding me. So you only have sex with women that remind you of me?"
"Before Lady Heather there hadn't been anyone in my life that way for years. Cath, you're the only girl I've wanted since the day I met you, but you've not always been available."
"All you had to do was say something. Its not like I've been married the whole time we've known each other."
"So could have you. Why lay all the blame on me? You could have said those words any time."
"Those words? You can't even say them now. Are you ever going to say them to me again?"
"Cath...."
"Maybe you really don't feel them. How am I supposed to know? That last night you might have thought you meant them, but it was in the heat of the aftermath of sex. I can't take another relationship based on sex any longer. I was tired of waiting for you to say I love you. It almost felt like a release when I finally decided to end the marriage. I had gotten the answer to if you ever could feel the same way. I could go back then to being your friend and nothing else."
"But you were wrong..."
He didn't get the rest of the sentence out, because of her finger across his lips. "Gil, I do love you." Then before he could utter anything else she had left.
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He nervously walked up to Cath's house. In his hands was the envelope left by the reporter. He knew she would want it. It was also a good excuse to see her now that he had calmed from their argument. He had finally came to resolution that he needed to tell Cath how he felt.
His knock was light at first, but when no one came he knocked harder. The door finally opened to a wary faced Cath.
"May I come in?" he asked.
She wasn't paying much attention as she stared at the envelope, but the door opened wider for him to get through. He walked in, and turned around to look at Cath.
"You're never going to know what's inside if you don't open it."
"Ha ha," she faked laughed at him as she slowly opened the envelope. All he could do was sit back and watch the emotions on her face change. When she finally looked up at him it was with a smile on her face. "Its her statement about the evidence she found against Eddie's killer, and where to find his murderer and the evidence."
"Are you sure?" Gil asked hesitatingly since he didn't want her to get her hopes up if it wasn't enough.
"I may not have been in this business as long as you Gil, but I know what it takes to send a killer to jail. Here read it."
Gil looked it over scrutinizing every detail in the statement. Cath was right there was enough out there to get him. "You're right, Cath!"
Before he knew what was happening, Cath was in his arms hugging him tightly. She finally looked up at him and said, "I think I'm going to owe that woman for the rest of my life."
"Why?"
"She found my ex-husband's murderer, and she finally got you to admit your feelings for me."
"You believe me now?"
"I should have believed you from the beginning. I just couldn't believe that you could love me after all that had happened especially recently."
"I do love you, Cath. Can we now sit down, and talk reasonably about this?"
"No more fighting. We're just going to have to talk to Brass about our options, and how to keep us working together without worrying about compromising the cases."
"We'll work something out. In the end all our dreams are going to come true."
"It took us long enough. Seventeen years yikes."
"Seventeen wonderful years you mean."
"They did go by fast. I can't wait for the next seventeen plus years." With each new statement their lips were slowly moving towards the other, and finally their lips met with the passion and love they share for each other.
The End (Epilogue or no epilogue)
By Rita Widmer
AN: Last part guys, enjoy it! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! I hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as I have been writing it. Thanks to Allie for betaing!
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The door slammed behind Gil as they walked into his office. Cath turned to look at Gil with her hands on her hips.
"Let me get this straight. You can tell some reporter about how long you've loved me, but you can't even tell me. We were married almost three months, and not once did I hear those words from your mouth."
"That's because you didn't stay long enough to hear them. I said them to you, and when I opened my eyes you were gone. All I was left with was the divorce papers signed by you. I figured that meant you didn't feel the same way as I did."
"You could have tried to fight for me. All you had to do was ask, Gil. Did you think I was going to hurt you, because you told me that you love me?
"I didn't know how you would react. How was I supposed to know how you would react? You're the one that wanted the divorce right away."
"Because I didn't believe you loved me!"
"How could you not know?"
"Because my best friend releases his emotions riding a roller coaster. It has always been me who has to pull our friendship back together when we start slipping from each other. I spend most of this relationship fighting for it."
"And I have never done anything for our friendship?!"
"Of course you do, but I am the one always fighting for it. Besides its not really the point. You have never done anything to show me you wanted more from me then friendship and once in awhile a sex partner."
"I don't have sex with just anyone."
"What about with Lady Heather?"
"She reminded me of you."
"You've got to be kidding me. So you only have sex with women that remind you of me?"
"Before Lady Heather there hadn't been anyone in my life that way for years. Cath, you're the only girl I've wanted since the day I met you, but you've not always been available."
"All you had to do was say something. Its not like I've been married the whole time we've known each other."
"So could have you. Why lay all the blame on me? You could have said those words any time."
"Those words? You can't even say them now. Are you ever going to say them to me again?"
"Cath...."
"Maybe you really don't feel them. How am I supposed to know? That last night you might have thought you meant them, but it was in the heat of the aftermath of sex. I can't take another relationship based on sex any longer. I was tired of waiting for you to say I love you. It almost felt like a release when I finally decided to end the marriage. I had gotten the answer to if you ever could feel the same way. I could go back then to being your friend and nothing else."
"But you were wrong..."
He didn't get the rest of the sentence out, because of her finger across his lips. "Gil, I do love you." Then before he could utter anything else she had left.
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He nervously walked up to Cath's house. In his hands was the envelope left by the reporter. He knew she would want it. It was also a good excuse to see her now that he had calmed from their argument. He had finally came to resolution that he needed to tell Cath how he felt.
His knock was light at first, but when no one came he knocked harder. The door finally opened to a wary faced Cath.
"May I come in?" he asked.
She wasn't paying much attention as she stared at the envelope, but the door opened wider for him to get through. He walked in, and turned around to look at Cath.
"You're never going to know what's inside if you don't open it."
"Ha ha," she faked laughed at him as she slowly opened the envelope. All he could do was sit back and watch the emotions on her face change. When she finally looked up at him it was with a smile on her face. "Its her statement about the evidence she found against Eddie's killer, and where to find his murderer and the evidence."
"Are you sure?" Gil asked hesitatingly since he didn't want her to get her hopes up if it wasn't enough.
"I may not have been in this business as long as you Gil, but I know what it takes to send a killer to jail. Here read it."
Gil looked it over scrutinizing every detail in the statement. Cath was right there was enough out there to get him. "You're right, Cath!"
Before he knew what was happening, Cath was in his arms hugging him tightly. She finally looked up at him and said, "I think I'm going to owe that woman for the rest of my life."
"Why?"
"She found my ex-husband's murderer, and she finally got you to admit your feelings for me."
"You believe me now?"
"I should have believed you from the beginning. I just couldn't believe that you could love me after all that had happened especially recently."
"I do love you, Cath. Can we now sit down, and talk reasonably about this?"
"No more fighting. We're just going to have to talk to Brass about our options, and how to keep us working together without worrying about compromising the cases."
"We'll work something out. In the end all our dreams are going to come true."
"It took us long enough. Seventeen years yikes."
"Seventeen wonderful years you mean."
"They did go by fast. I can't wait for the next seventeen plus years." With each new statement their lips were slowly moving towards the other, and finally their lips met with the passion and love they share for each other.
The End (Epilogue or no epilogue)