Chapter Four - A Little Talk
Sara had been avoiding Warrick for the past three weeks, ever since she had told him about her pregnancy. A couple times he had seemed like he really wanted to talk to her, but she would just walk away. She hadn't told the others about her pregnancy yet and she wasn't sure how she would.
They had all noticed the tension between her and Warrick but nobody had commented on it. Grissom hadn't assigned them to any cases alone together and for that Sara was grateful. She had been doing pretty good about avoiding being alone with Warrick, but everytime she saw the hurt in his eyes she felt horrible. Maybe she did owe it to him to talk, how much worse could things really get?
She was sitting in the break room trying to figure out whether she should or shouldn't have a talk with Warrick when Catherine walked in.
"Hey Sara," she said softly. "You okay?"
"Fine," she mumbled. Catherine came and sat next to her and patted her hand.
"Listen, I know that we aren't the best of friends Sara, but you can talk to me," Catherine said.
"I..." Sara trailed off as a lump in her throat formed. She wondered if it was the pregnancy that was making her cry so much lately.
"Sara?"
"I'm pregnant Catherine," she said.
"Warricks?"
"No," she answered before explaining everything that had happened, even the conversation with Warrick.
"Oh Sara, I'm so sorry," Catherine said.
"I just don't know what to do. Warrick wants a relationship, but I'm carrying another mans child. How can he even want me?" she asked.
"You are seriously underestimating Warrick," Catherine said. "I'm not saying it will be easy, God knows it can get pretty rough but Warrick is a good man. He loves you Sara and it doesn't matter if you're having someone elses child. He still wants to be with you."
"Maybe you're right. Maybe I should talk to him," she said. "Thanks Cath."
"No problem," she said. "So, when are you going to tell Grissom and Nick?"
"I don't know. Maybe in a couple weeks," she answered.
"Okay, but don't wait too long to tell Grissom. He'll need to know," Catherine said.
"I won't."