Into the Darkness Chapter 4...disclaimer in ch. 1
A week later, Grissom was kind enough to let me come back to work. I walked around the lab smiling and talking to everyone. I made my way into the break room and found Nick and Warrick sitting at the table eating some doughnuts. "Hey guys." I replied.
"Hey Sara." Warrick greeted me.
"Hey Sar." Nick said. "Want a doughnut?"
"No thanks Nick. I have to watch my figure." I told him.
"Yeah, like you need to worry about that." Warrick replied.
I laughed. "Well, not all of us are naturally toned as you are." I sat down beside Nick and leaned my head back. It was good being at work.
"We're going out for breakfast after shift if you wanna come Sara." Nick informed me.
"I'm not sure. Let's see how I feel after this shift first. I'm sort of used to being lazy."
"All right. Just remember, the invitation is open."
"Thanks."
Grissom and Catherine both walked in and Grissom started handing out assignments. Sara, you and Warrick have a breaking and entering case. Nick, you're with Catherine and me. I stood up and smiled at Warrick. "Ready?"
"Sure thing." He got up and together we made our way of the break room.
We arrived at the scene and Warrick and I walked up to Brass. He nodded at us and informed us on the case. As soon he was done, he smiled at me. "It's nice to have you back Sara."
"Thanks Brass." I told him. I glanced at Warrick. "Where do you want to start?"
"I'll take the body, if you want the perimeter."
"Sounds good." I headed outside and began searching around. I started getting really dizzy. All of a sudden blackness started to fill my eyes and I couldn't see. I fell.
"Sara." I heard my name. "Come on sweetie, wake up."
My eyes fluttered and then finally opened. I looked into the concerned face of Warrick. "Warrick?" My head hurt.
Warrick wrapped his arm under me and pulled me up against him. "Sara, what happened?"
"I don't remember. I was walking and then all of a sudden I didn't feel so good."
"Can you stand?"
I nodded. "I think so." He helped me stand and my legs were incredibly shaky, but I managed not to fall down. We walked back toward the Denali. Warrick's arm was around my shoulder.
"I want you to stay here. I'll finish up."
"No, I'm fine now. I can help."
"You look pale. I think you should just rest." He opened the door for me and I sat down with out another word. "I'll be back soon."
"Okay." I leaned back against the door and closed my eyes. I must have drifted off to sleep because the next thing I know is Warrick is driving on the interstate. "Hey."
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Better. I'm sorry. I don't know what happened back there."
"Sara, can I ask you something?"
"I guess."
He glanced over at me for a moment. "Are you still thinking about jumping off the roof?"
I was shocked at his honesty. "No, I'm not and before you ask, I'm not going to kill myself."
"Good, because you really had me scared."
I turned to face him. "Warrick, can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Are you sorry I came here?"
"What?" Warrick pulled the car over on the side of the road and turned it off. He then faced me. "Sara, why would you even ask that?"
"I just needed to know. The only reason I came here was because Grissom asked me to investigate you."
He pulled me into a hug. "Sara, we didn't hit if off well at first, but we've become really good friends. No, I'm not sorry you came. Is that why you've been upset?"
"It's some of the reason." I told him truthfully, but I will never tell him the main reason. I'm not going to tell anyone.
Warrick pulled back from me. "What's the rest?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because it's way too personal. I'm sorry Warrick." I faced the window letting Warrick know I was done with this discussion. He took the hint and finally started the car back up. We headed back toward the lab, each one of us lost in our own thoughts.
TBC
A week later, Grissom was kind enough to let me come back to work. I walked around the lab smiling and talking to everyone. I made my way into the break room and found Nick and Warrick sitting at the table eating some doughnuts. "Hey guys." I replied.
"Hey Sara." Warrick greeted me.
"Hey Sar." Nick said. "Want a doughnut?"
"No thanks Nick. I have to watch my figure." I told him.
"Yeah, like you need to worry about that." Warrick replied.
I laughed. "Well, not all of us are naturally toned as you are." I sat down beside Nick and leaned my head back. It was good being at work.
"We're going out for breakfast after shift if you wanna come Sara." Nick informed me.
"I'm not sure. Let's see how I feel after this shift first. I'm sort of used to being lazy."
"All right. Just remember, the invitation is open."
"Thanks."
Grissom and Catherine both walked in and Grissom started handing out assignments. Sara, you and Warrick have a breaking and entering case. Nick, you're with Catherine and me. I stood up and smiled at Warrick. "Ready?"
"Sure thing." He got up and together we made our way of the break room.
We arrived at the scene and Warrick and I walked up to Brass. He nodded at us and informed us on the case. As soon he was done, he smiled at me. "It's nice to have you back Sara."
"Thanks Brass." I told him. I glanced at Warrick. "Where do you want to start?"
"I'll take the body, if you want the perimeter."
"Sounds good." I headed outside and began searching around. I started getting really dizzy. All of a sudden blackness started to fill my eyes and I couldn't see. I fell.
"Sara." I heard my name. "Come on sweetie, wake up."
My eyes fluttered and then finally opened. I looked into the concerned face of Warrick. "Warrick?" My head hurt.
Warrick wrapped his arm under me and pulled me up against him. "Sara, what happened?"
"I don't remember. I was walking and then all of a sudden I didn't feel so good."
"Can you stand?"
I nodded. "I think so." He helped me stand and my legs were incredibly shaky, but I managed not to fall down. We walked back toward the Denali. Warrick's arm was around my shoulder.
"I want you to stay here. I'll finish up."
"No, I'm fine now. I can help."
"You look pale. I think you should just rest." He opened the door for me and I sat down with out another word. "I'll be back soon."
"Okay." I leaned back against the door and closed my eyes. I must have drifted off to sleep because the next thing I know is Warrick is driving on the interstate. "Hey."
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
"Better. I'm sorry. I don't know what happened back there."
"Sara, can I ask you something?"
"I guess."
He glanced over at me for a moment. "Are you still thinking about jumping off the roof?"
I was shocked at his honesty. "No, I'm not and before you ask, I'm not going to kill myself."
"Good, because you really had me scared."
I turned to face him. "Warrick, can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Are you sorry I came here?"
"What?" Warrick pulled the car over on the side of the road and turned it off. He then faced me. "Sara, why would you even ask that?"
"I just needed to know. The only reason I came here was because Grissom asked me to investigate you."
He pulled me into a hug. "Sara, we didn't hit if off well at first, but we've become really good friends. No, I'm not sorry you came. Is that why you've been upset?"
"It's some of the reason." I told him truthfully, but I will never tell him the main reason. I'm not going to tell anyone.
Warrick pulled back from me. "What's the rest?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because it's way too personal. I'm sorry Warrick." I faced the window letting Warrick know I was done with this discussion. He took the hint and finally started the car back up. We headed back toward the lab, each one of us lost in our own thoughts.
TBC