One Step Closer
4-AVALANCHE!!
"So what do you want to do?" Grissom asked.
"Well...we've got the place to ourselves for a few hours so I was thinking maybe I could settle down by the fire and read my book." Grissom replied.
"In that case. I think I'll go and have a nice long hot soak in the tub." Cath replied.
"Right well that all sounds good to me." He replied. So they did that. Cath went and ran herself a nice hot bath whilst Grissom curled up by the fire to read his book.
(AN: I don't know if Grissom is actually into books but it's my fic so I'm saying he is!)
Meanwhile down in town.
"Hey look at that." Lindsay cried. She pointed to a toyshop at the end of the street.
"I know. It's great. I visit that shop every time we come down to pick Dad up. That's where he works."
"Your Dad works in a toy factory?" Lindsay was surprised.
"Yeah. Why what does your dad do?" Sarah asked.
"My dad died." Lindsay went quiet.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"That's ok. I heard Mum say to one of her friends that it was better that way. No body liked him."
"Did you like him?"
"Of course I did. He was my dad after all." Lindsay replied.
"Look we're almost there!" Sarah cried!!!
"Wow. This place is huge!" Lindsay cried when they walked in. There were shelves full of toys that went on for miles.
"Look at all the toys!" She wandered towards one of the shelves.
"Mum can I show Lindsay my special place?" Sarah asked.
"Sure. But meet back here in ½ hour."
"Ok Mum. Love you!" Sarah hugged Jenny and then she grabbed Lindsay's hand and pulled her away. She led her to a small door, which was just big enough for the girls to fit through. Sarah pulled a key from a chain around her neck and unlocked the door.
"Dad's boss built this room especially for me." Sarah said as she opened the door.
"Wow!" Lindsay looked around. There were shelves wall to wall covered in different dolls. Most of them were porcelain dolls however there were also an entire shelf covered in Barbie dolls and another covered in dolls clothes and dolls to play with.
"Is this really all yours?" Lindsay asked.
"Sure is."
"Wow."
"Here. You can have this one. I've got at least three of them." Sarah pulled a doll off the shelf and gave it to Lindsay.
"Thanks. Are you sure I can keep it?"
"Of course. You're the first person I've actually brought in here. Well Mum and Dad have been in here obviously." Sarah laughed. "But not many people can fit through the door."
"It's great. Thanks." Lindsay gave Sarah a hug.
"No problem. I can't wait to get back to the cabin. We have heaps fun games to play."
Back at the cabin...
Grissom is sitting by the fire really getting into his book when all of a sudden he hears a rumbling sound and then the cabin started to shake.
Cath is sitting in the bath when all of a sudden the water starts getting wavy. She notices that the walls are also shaking. So she climbs out of the bath, wraps herself in a towel and walks out to where Grissom is now standing by the back window.
"What is that?" Cath asked.
"Get away from the doors and windows."
"Why what's happening?" Cath was getting worried.
"Get away now!" He shouted and he pushed Cath down onto the ground. The rumbling grew stronger and louder then suddenly snow began to burst through the window that was open.
"What's going on?" Cath asked.
"Avalanche." Grissom replied. "We have to keep down until it's stopped. Hopefully it wont penetrate the walls."
"What do you mean hopefully?" Cath gulped.
"Just stay calm." Grissom noticed Cath was just wearing a towel. Feeling uncomfortable he turned to face the other direction.
"What?" Cath asked. Then she looked down. She too realized she was just wearing a towel and she tried to cover herself up more. Grissom took off his jacket and handed it to her.
"Thanks."
"No problem." He replied.
In town...
"Hey look. What's that?" Lindsay said. They were now standing outside and she could see the avalanche in the distance.
"Oh that's just an avalanche. We get them all the time around here. You get used to them." Sarah grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked up at it.
"Cool. I've always wanted to see a real avalanche. I hear about them all the time on TV but I've never actually seen one."
"It's not that big deal. I've actually been in an avalanche." Sarah bragged.
"No way!" Lindsay cried.
"Way!" Sarah replied. "It may have been when Mum was pregnant with me but I was still in an avalanche."
"Wow. Hey Mrs. Grissom."
"Please call me Jenny."
"What was it like being in the avalanche?"
"Well it wasn't much different than usual. We felt a little rumble then we were fine. We had to wait a few hours for the rescue team to come up and clear out the snow but apart from that it was nothing special."
"Wow. Sounds like fun. Can we call Mum and see if she's ok?"
"I'll radio up in a few minutes. It takes at least 10 minutes for the radio's to come back online after an avalanche."
"Ok." Lindsay replied.
"Until then we can go have lunch at my favourite café."
"You mean Spargo's?" Sarah asked.
"Exactly."
"They have the nicest pizza in the world."
"Really? Well then what are we waiting for? I'm starving!" Lindsay followed them into a small café.
"Looks like we're snowed in." Grissom explained. He had just checked all the doors and windows to see if he could find a way out whilst Cath was getting dressed.
"The fire's gone out." Cath said.
"I wonder if there's any heaters around?" Cath thought. "I'll go check."
"I'll see if there's a way to get this fire re-lit."
Cath shivered slightly as she wandered out of the room.
"We're really doing this aren't we?" Sara said as she placed a mug she had wrapped in paper into a box.
"Yes we are!" Nick replied and he slipped his hands around her waist and nuzzled into her neck.
"This is want I've always wanted." Sara sighed. "We're gong to have everything."
"Not quite everything." He ran his hand along her stomach.
"Nick...we've talked about this. I'm not ready yet."
"I know. It's just I've always wanted to be a father."
"And you will be. Just not until I'm ready."
"I know... and I'm fine waiting. You're the only one I want to be the mother of my children and if it means waiting then so be it!"
"You're so sweet."
"I try my best."
"So when's this party Fi's supposed to be organizing?"
"Monday I think. We're having it at the pub."
"Great idea. I won't particularly feel like cleaning up."
"Hey have you heard from Grissom about when he's coming back?"
"Nope. I hope it's before Monday night. I really want him, Cath and Linds at the party."
"Oh are we going to invite Greg and the others from the lab?"
"Well I don't see why not. I mean we have to say goodbye to them."
"I don't want to say goodbye." Sara cried.
"Neither do I. But it's not every day you get a once in a lifetime opportunity like this."
"I know. And I love the house they've given us."
"Perfect size for a family like ours."
"Exactly."
"And there's room to spare..." Nick hinted.
"Nick!" Sara cried.
"Sorry." He kissed her neck again.
"I love you."
"Love you more."
"I don't think that's possible."
"Want me to prove it?"
"How?"
He leant over and whispered something in her ear.
"Nick!" She giggled. "Are you sure?"
"Course I am!" He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom....
"I couldn't find any heaters. But I did find a blanket." Cath held up a big grey woolen blanket.
"Well I can't seem to get the fire started again."
"Looks like we'll just have to keep ourselves warm then."
"What are you thinking?" He asked when he saw the grin on her face.
"Nothing." She tried to stop smiling.
"Sure, sure." Grissom replied and he sat down on the couch. Cath sat beside him and she put the blanket over the top of them.
"So..." Grissom started.
"So..." Cath smiled. They could both feel the tension. Cath looked into Grissom's eyes and she knew he felt the same way as she did. Without thinking she suddenly lunged at him and connected her mouth with his.
"Wow. What was that?" Grissom asked.
"Well I knew you weren't going to kiss me." Cath laughed. "I love you." She whispered. Not knowing that she had said it out loud.
"I love you too." He replied.
"What? Oh I umm...did I say that?"
"You sure did."
"Oh boy. I'm sorry I..." He leaned back in and kissed her with passion.
"What if Jenny and the kids come home..."
"They wont. At least for another few hours..."
"But how...?"
"Jen radioed up before when you were out there. She told me not to worry and this has happened before. They're sending up a rescue team who wont be able to get to us fro at least three hours..." He smirked.
"You naughty boy..." She leaned in and kissed him again.........
Mmm! Well I'm not sure about how they got together...but at least they're actually together now! Lol. Hope you liked this one. There'll be at least one more chapter. I'm actually enjoying writing this. Right now I've Gotta get to school!
4-AVALANCHE!!
"So what do you want to do?" Grissom asked.
"Well...we've got the place to ourselves for a few hours so I was thinking maybe I could settle down by the fire and read my book." Grissom replied.
"In that case. I think I'll go and have a nice long hot soak in the tub." Cath replied.
"Right well that all sounds good to me." He replied. So they did that. Cath went and ran herself a nice hot bath whilst Grissom curled up by the fire to read his book.
(AN: I don't know if Grissom is actually into books but it's my fic so I'm saying he is!)
Meanwhile down in town.
"Hey look at that." Lindsay cried. She pointed to a toyshop at the end of the street.
"I know. It's great. I visit that shop every time we come down to pick Dad up. That's where he works."
"Your Dad works in a toy factory?" Lindsay was surprised.
"Yeah. Why what does your dad do?" Sarah asked.
"My dad died." Lindsay went quiet.
"Oh. I'm sorry. I didn't know."
"That's ok. I heard Mum say to one of her friends that it was better that way. No body liked him."
"Did you like him?"
"Of course I did. He was my dad after all." Lindsay replied.
"Look we're almost there!" Sarah cried!!!
"Wow. This place is huge!" Lindsay cried when they walked in. There were shelves full of toys that went on for miles.
"Look at all the toys!" She wandered towards one of the shelves.
"Mum can I show Lindsay my special place?" Sarah asked.
"Sure. But meet back here in ½ hour."
"Ok Mum. Love you!" Sarah hugged Jenny and then she grabbed Lindsay's hand and pulled her away. She led her to a small door, which was just big enough for the girls to fit through. Sarah pulled a key from a chain around her neck and unlocked the door.
"Dad's boss built this room especially for me." Sarah said as she opened the door.
"Wow!" Lindsay looked around. There were shelves wall to wall covered in different dolls. Most of them were porcelain dolls however there were also an entire shelf covered in Barbie dolls and another covered in dolls clothes and dolls to play with.
"Is this really all yours?" Lindsay asked.
"Sure is."
"Wow."
"Here. You can have this one. I've got at least three of them." Sarah pulled a doll off the shelf and gave it to Lindsay.
"Thanks. Are you sure I can keep it?"
"Of course. You're the first person I've actually brought in here. Well Mum and Dad have been in here obviously." Sarah laughed. "But not many people can fit through the door."
"It's great. Thanks." Lindsay gave Sarah a hug.
"No problem. I can't wait to get back to the cabin. We have heaps fun games to play."
Back at the cabin...
Grissom is sitting by the fire really getting into his book when all of a sudden he hears a rumbling sound and then the cabin started to shake.
Cath is sitting in the bath when all of a sudden the water starts getting wavy. She notices that the walls are also shaking. So she climbs out of the bath, wraps herself in a towel and walks out to where Grissom is now standing by the back window.
"What is that?" Cath asked.
"Get away from the doors and windows."
"Why what's happening?" Cath was getting worried.
"Get away now!" He shouted and he pushed Cath down onto the ground. The rumbling grew stronger and louder then suddenly snow began to burst through the window that was open.
"What's going on?" Cath asked.
"Avalanche." Grissom replied. "We have to keep down until it's stopped. Hopefully it wont penetrate the walls."
"What do you mean hopefully?" Cath gulped.
"Just stay calm." Grissom noticed Cath was just wearing a towel. Feeling uncomfortable he turned to face the other direction.
"What?" Cath asked. Then she looked down. She too realized she was just wearing a towel and she tried to cover herself up more. Grissom took off his jacket and handed it to her.
"Thanks."
"No problem." He replied.
In town...
"Hey look. What's that?" Lindsay said. They were now standing outside and she could see the avalanche in the distance.
"Oh that's just an avalanche. We get them all the time around here. You get used to them." Sarah grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked up at it.
"Cool. I've always wanted to see a real avalanche. I hear about them all the time on TV but I've never actually seen one."
"It's not that big deal. I've actually been in an avalanche." Sarah bragged.
"No way!" Lindsay cried.
"Way!" Sarah replied. "It may have been when Mum was pregnant with me but I was still in an avalanche."
"Wow. Hey Mrs. Grissom."
"Please call me Jenny."
"What was it like being in the avalanche?"
"Well it wasn't much different than usual. We felt a little rumble then we were fine. We had to wait a few hours for the rescue team to come up and clear out the snow but apart from that it was nothing special."
"Wow. Sounds like fun. Can we call Mum and see if she's ok?"
"I'll radio up in a few minutes. It takes at least 10 minutes for the radio's to come back online after an avalanche."
"Ok." Lindsay replied.
"Until then we can go have lunch at my favourite café."
"You mean Spargo's?" Sarah asked.
"Exactly."
"They have the nicest pizza in the world."
"Really? Well then what are we waiting for? I'm starving!" Lindsay followed them into a small café.
"Looks like we're snowed in." Grissom explained. He had just checked all the doors and windows to see if he could find a way out whilst Cath was getting dressed.
"The fire's gone out." Cath said.
"I wonder if there's any heaters around?" Cath thought. "I'll go check."
"I'll see if there's a way to get this fire re-lit."
Cath shivered slightly as she wandered out of the room.
"We're really doing this aren't we?" Sara said as she placed a mug she had wrapped in paper into a box.
"Yes we are!" Nick replied and he slipped his hands around her waist and nuzzled into her neck.
"This is want I've always wanted." Sara sighed. "We're gong to have everything."
"Not quite everything." He ran his hand along her stomach.
"Nick...we've talked about this. I'm not ready yet."
"I know. It's just I've always wanted to be a father."
"And you will be. Just not until I'm ready."
"I know... and I'm fine waiting. You're the only one I want to be the mother of my children and if it means waiting then so be it!"
"You're so sweet."
"I try my best."
"So when's this party Fi's supposed to be organizing?"
"Monday I think. We're having it at the pub."
"Great idea. I won't particularly feel like cleaning up."
"Hey have you heard from Grissom about when he's coming back?"
"Nope. I hope it's before Monday night. I really want him, Cath and Linds at the party."
"Oh are we going to invite Greg and the others from the lab?"
"Well I don't see why not. I mean we have to say goodbye to them."
"I don't want to say goodbye." Sara cried.
"Neither do I. But it's not every day you get a once in a lifetime opportunity like this."
"I know. And I love the house they've given us."
"Perfect size for a family like ours."
"Exactly."
"And there's room to spare..." Nick hinted.
"Nick!" Sara cried.
"Sorry." He kissed her neck again.
"I love you."
"Love you more."
"I don't think that's possible."
"Want me to prove it?"
"How?"
He leant over and whispered something in her ear.
"Nick!" She giggled. "Are you sure?"
"Course I am!" He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom....
"I couldn't find any heaters. But I did find a blanket." Cath held up a big grey woolen blanket.
"Well I can't seem to get the fire started again."
"Looks like we'll just have to keep ourselves warm then."
"What are you thinking?" He asked when he saw the grin on her face.
"Nothing." She tried to stop smiling.
"Sure, sure." Grissom replied and he sat down on the couch. Cath sat beside him and she put the blanket over the top of them.
"So..." Grissom started.
"So..." Cath smiled. They could both feel the tension. Cath looked into Grissom's eyes and she knew he felt the same way as she did. Without thinking she suddenly lunged at him and connected her mouth with his.
"Wow. What was that?" Grissom asked.
"Well I knew you weren't going to kiss me." Cath laughed. "I love you." She whispered. Not knowing that she had said it out loud.
"I love you too." He replied.
"What? Oh I umm...did I say that?"
"You sure did."
"Oh boy. I'm sorry I..." He leaned back in and kissed her with passion.
"What if Jenny and the kids come home..."
"They wont. At least for another few hours..."
"But how...?"
"Jen radioed up before when you were out there. She told me not to worry and this has happened before. They're sending up a rescue team who wont be able to get to us fro at least three hours..." He smirked.
"You naughty boy..." She leaned in and kissed him again.........
Mmm! Well I'm not sure about how they got together...but at least they're actually together now! Lol. Hope you liked this one. There'll be at least one more chapter. I'm actually enjoying writing this. Right now I've Gotta get to school!