Gil, Brass, Nick, Sara, Warrick and Greg sat in the waiting room and waited for the news on Catherine.

"Gil?" Brass came up to him with a paper and pen in hand " maybe you should take this time to write down what happened, and I can take it to the Ecklie who is determined to do the investigation."

Gil looked at him in anger. "How dare you! I could lose the most important person in the world; the woman who means the most to you and me are asking me to write my statement so Ecklie can investigate. There is nothing to investigate Warren is dead and I am not doing anything until I know that she is going to be okay." Gil walked away from Brass and started pacing.

Dr. Blake came out of Catherine's room and walked up to the group. "Hi" he smiled at Gil and the others. " I am Dr. Blake, I just want you to know that we were able to pump Catherine's stomach and she is stable as of now."

Gil smiled and " thank you doctor can we see her?" Gil's smile faded when the doctor hesitated with his reply. "What's happening? What.. What's wrong"?

The doctor smiled trying to calm him. " Nothing is wrong we just won't know until the morning if she is going to recover fully, we just have to wait but yes you can go in and see her just one of you can stay the night but you can all go in for about a half hour."

The doctor walked toward the reception desk as the group went slowly Into Catherine's room.

Gil was the last to enter the room and noticed that everyone was sitting in silence. After a half hour of no one speaking to each other, the group went back to the lab and left Gil to stay with Catherine.

"Hey Gil" Warrick turned before leaving " we are all praying for her, and we know that she is going to be okay in the morning." Warrick turned and glanced at Catherine who was still in her bed. "We had to drop Lindsey off at her aunts but she really wants you to call her." Warrick smiled and walked out.

Gil walked out to the waiting rooms. Not wanting to call Catherine's sister due to the hour but he knew very well that Lindsey would not go to sleep until she knew her mom was okay so he called Lindsey.

Much to his surprise it was Lindsey who answered the phone. "Uncle Gil.. Are you okay? Is mommy okay?"

Gil smiled " your mommy is sleep right now so I did not get tot see her, the doctor said we have to wait until morning, I just wanted to call you and let you know" When Lindsey did not reply he tried to sooth her " Lindsey you know your mommy loves you very much right?"

Lindsey spoke softly trying to hide the fact that she was crying "I know she loves me, and I love her too and I love you uncle Gil" there was a pause "My auntie says I have to go to sleep now, uncle Gil will you tell mommy good night and that I love her?"

Gil felt a tear slide down his cheek " I will baby and I love you I will call you in the morning after mommy wakes up and maybe you can come visit." Gil hung up the phone and walked back to the room.

Not noticing her head had turned to the side Gil sat in the chair beside her bed and watched her sleep. " You look so peaceful" he smiled and kissed her forehead "I love you Catherine and I don't want to lose you." he gripped her hand in his " I talked to Lindsey and she say's good night and she says she loves you, and like I said I love you too, more then anything and I want to be with you and I want you and Lindsey and I to be family, when you et out of here we are going to be a family."

Gil put his head down and cried softly.

"I want to be a family too Gil" Catherine whispered, " I love you too and I want us to be together"

Gil shoot his head up when he heard her talking when he realized she was a wake her ran and got the doctor.

After the doctor checked her out he came out of the room where Gil was waiting. " Mr. Grissom, good news.. Your friend is going to be just fine, if everything goes well tonight then she can go home first thing in the morning." the doctor smiled " you can go in now she is waiting for you."

When Gil got back to the room Catherine was getting out of bed to go look for him.

"Whoa.. Whoa where are you going get back in bed" Gil ran to her and stopped her trying to help her back into bed but she was resisting.

"Gil will you stop that I want to get up and Stretch my legs"

Gil shook his head " no.. No you need too rest so you can go home in the morning."

Catherine made a face " Mr. Grissom" she said smiling "I know you mean well but you are not going to stand in my way of taking a walk.. So you can either come with me or you can wait till I come back but I think if you wait for me you will get very lonely."

Gil quickly followed Catherine down the corridor and out some doors into a courtyard. Catherine found a bench and sat down.

"It's beautiful out here" she smiled looking up at the stars " Gil?" she turned to him with tears in her eyes "I thought I was going to lose you and Lindsey, everything flashed In my head and I thought I was going to die."

Gil wrapped his arm around her " I made you a promise and I kept it, and I plan on keeping all my promises from now until I die." Gil kissed her forehead as he pulled her close.

There was a brief silence as the two sat together " Gil… do you think that they are looking for me in there?"

Gil laughed " Probably.. I think I should get you back in there before they call the police."

Gil helped her up and they walked hand in hand back to inside the hospital.

The end