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Spoiler: none
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A/N: No beta in this chappy so all mistakes are mine. Go check out www.graveshiftcsi.com, a really cool site with enough dosage of GC treats to make you as happy!! O yea, and to all GCR writers... go check out our group in that site. Hope you'll all like this!
Chapter 9 : The fateful closure
"Catherine! Cath! Wake up!" Sara sat down in the bed beside Catherine and woke her up. Nick stood beside her Sara, Warrick sat at the end and Greg stood beside Warrick. Catherine opened her eyes, as it adjusted to the amount of light.
"Where's Gil?" she asked panic was seen with her features.
"He's alright, he's resting on the other room." Said Warrick
"How about Lindsey?" Catherine asked.
"I'm an expert babysitter you know! She's in school already, her uncle Jonathan told her she could visit after school, he said he'd pick her up." said Greg. Catherine smiled.
"Thanks a lot Greg! I told you to come to have a vacation and look what I did I made you my babysitter."
"It's nothing, spending time with Linds is great and believe me there is nothing more I would want in a vacation than to spend some time with my so called 'mom' whom I have lost contact with for a year and of course to Lindsey too."
Catherine was touched with Greg's words.
"That one goes with all of us!" said Warrick.
"I promise to treat you out and give you a much more wonderful vacation!"
"I'll hold you on that!" said Greg cheerfully
"Hey how bout us!?" Sara pouted.
Catherine laughed softly. "I'll treat you guys once you have you come back here FOR a vacation."
Silence took over for a few moments until Catherine spoke in a serious and sad tone "I'm really sorry for leaving you guys."
"Don't be!" Nick reprimanded her. "We don't want to you to hold back your life and decisions because of us."
"Besides, where ever you are we will always love you and we know that you will always love us. Come on, one year without communication and look at us." Sara added. Catherine sat from her bed as Sara gave her a hug and soon Nick, Warrick and Greg joined.
It's been 3 days since Catherine has been released from the hospital. She has allowed Lindsey to visit Grissom with Greg.
Now here she is standing inside Grissom's room. She has been frozen to her position by the door for minutes, she's staring at him, and she wouldn't dare to come near him. Looking at him, he looks so peaceful in his sleep; she turned around, opened the door and was about to leave...
"Do I have to commit suicide and be in a coffin for you to come anywhere near me?" said the voice from the man on the hospital bed. He gave out a chuckle. Catherine turned around, "THAT is not funny", she stated as she closed the door back and made her way to near Grissom.
She sat on the chair beside Grissom's bed; Grissom opened his eyes and faced Catherine. She sighed and looked at him. "Gil. I'm sorry." Catherine's tears freely streamed from her eyes, she tried to wipe them with her shaking hands.
"Catherine - - "
"Gil. It's all my fault, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for leaving without talking to you and thinking a letter. What the heck, it's not even a letter it's more of like a post memo! I know I have hurt you and blamed you for everything, and I'm sorry for blaming you. And I'm sorry for being so stubborn. You almost died Gil!" Catherine started to sob as soon as the thought of Grissom nearly dying crossed her mind.
"Why the hell did you jump and took that bullet!" she exclaimed angrily.
"Because I love you." Came Grissom's reply
Catherine smiled lightly, then she frowned again.
"I have loved you for twenty years and when I finally told you everything became a mess. After a year we meet again and look what happened."
"What are you saying Catherine?"
"I'm saying that I think we are just not meant to be together. I mean come on. I told you I love you my life messed up. Two days ago I just learned from dear old Greg what happened to you for the first four months, when I left. Then after that you recovered, and became better than before. The first few months I too struggled a lot but after some time I became happy."
Grissom was about to object but was stopped when she told him that she became happy. She was happy. That's all he needed to hear. If she's really happier without him, then so be it.
"I think it was fate that brought us back to meet again to have a closure. And I really think we would be both better off without each other." Be both better off?? – Yea right! But hey he'll be better, and that's all I want right now, I have cost enough mischief in his life.
'She wants to be happy, and she deserves to be, I can TRY to survive without her. It's gonna be hard but knowing that she's happy, I can most definitely live with that.' With that in Grissom's mind, he smiled lightly and nodded.
Catherine smiled too. She kissed Gil's forehead and waved to say good-bye.
= TBC =
Spoiler: none
Feedback: Oh yes pleazzee!!
A/N: No beta in this chappy so all mistakes are mine. Go check out www.graveshiftcsi.com, a really cool site with enough dosage of GC treats to make you as happy!! O yea, and to all GCR writers... go check out our group in that site. Hope you'll all like this!
Chapter 9 : The fateful closure
"Catherine! Cath! Wake up!" Sara sat down in the bed beside Catherine and woke her up. Nick stood beside her Sara, Warrick sat at the end and Greg stood beside Warrick. Catherine opened her eyes, as it adjusted to the amount of light.
"Where's Gil?" she asked panic was seen with her features.
"He's alright, he's resting on the other room." Said Warrick
"How about Lindsey?" Catherine asked.
"I'm an expert babysitter you know! She's in school already, her uncle Jonathan told her she could visit after school, he said he'd pick her up." said Greg. Catherine smiled.
"Thanks a lot Greg! I told you to come to have a vacation and look what I did I made you my babysitter."
"It's nothing, spending time with Linds is great and believe me there is nothing more I would want in a vacation than to spend some time with my so called 'mom' whom I have lost contact with for a year and of course to Lindsey too."
Catherine was touched with Greg's words.
"That one goes with all of us!" said Warrick.
"I promise to treat you out and give you a much more wonderful vacation!"
"I'll hold you on that!" said Greg cheerfully
"Hey how bout us!?" Sara pouted.
Catherine laughed softly. "I'll treat you guys once you have you come back here FOR a vacation."
Silence took over for a few moments until Catherine spoke in a serious and sad tone "I'm really sorry for leaving you guys."
"Don't be!" Nick reprimanded her. "We don't want to you to hold back your life and decisions because of us."
"Besides, where ever you are we will always love you and we know that you will always love us. Come on, one year without communication and look at us." Sara added. Catherine sat from her bed as Sara gave her a hug and soon Nick, Warrick and Greg joined.
It's been 3 days since Catherine has been released from the hospital. She has allowed Lindsey to visit Grissom with Greg.
Now here she is standing inside Grissom's room. She has been frozen to her position by the door for minutes, she's staring at him, and she wouldn't dare to come near him. Looking at him, he looks so peaceful in his sleep; she turned around, opened the door and was about to leave...
"Do I have to commit suicide and be in a coffin for you to come anywhere near me?" said the voice from the man on the hospital bed. He gave out a chuckle. Catherine turned around, "THAT is not funny", she stated as she closed the door back and made her way to near Grissom.
She sat on the chair beside Grissom's bed; Grissom opened his eyes and faced Catherine. She sighed and looked at him. "Gil. I'm sorry." Catherine's tears freely streamed from her eyes, she tried to wipe them with her shaking hands.
"Catherine - - "
"Gil. It's all my fault, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for leaving without talking to you and thinking a letter. What the heck, it's not even a letter it's more of like a post memo! I know I have hurt you and blamed you for everything, and I'm sorry for blaming you. And I'm sorry for being so stubborn. You almost died Gil!" Catherine started to sob as soon as the thought of Grissom nearly dying crossed her mind.
"Why the hell did you jump and took that bullet!" she exclaimed angrily.
"Because I love you." Came Grissom's reply
Catherine smiled lightly, then she frowned again.
"I have loved you for twenty years and when I finally told you everything became a mess. After a year we meet again and look what happened."
"What are you saying Catherine?"
"I'm saying that I think we are just not meant to be together. I mean come on. I told you I love you my life messed up. Two days ago I just learned from dear old Greg what happened to you for the first four months, when I left. Then after that you recovered, and became better than before. The first few months I too struggled a lot but after some time I became happy."
Grissom was about to object but was stopped when she told him that she became happy. She was happy. That's all he needed to hear. If she's really happier without him, then so be it.
"I think it was fate that brought us back to meet again to have a closure. And I really think we would be both better off without each other." Be both better off?? – Yea right! But hey he'll be better, and that's all I want right now, I have cost enough mischief in his life.
'She wants to be happy, and she deserves to be, I can TRY to survive without her. It's gonna be hard but knowing that she's happy, I can most definitely live with that.' With that in Grissom's mind, he smiled lightly and nodded.
Catherine smiled too. She kissed Gil's forehead and waved to say good-bye.
= TBC =