Chapter Six :
"I um ..... ..... " Grissom mumbled, actually quite shocked.
Removing his glasses once more, he began to clean them again, looking back and forth between a strangely smiling Sara, and an utterly astounded, almost comatosed looking Catherine.
"Umm Married huh ?! ......." He muttered out loud, hoping it would reinforce the idea in his head.
"Ahhh well congratulations I guess." He finally stated, trying to give both women a warm, friendly and thoroughly unshocked smile.
"I just never knew."Grissom shook his head at his own stupidity. "So how long has this been going on ?" He asked them.
"Ohh ahh you know, quite a while." Sara replied, quickly glancing at the far too quiet woman beside her.
"Isn't that right honey ?!" She asked the woman beside her, reaching over and violently shaking her, hoping that Grissom assumed she was simply giving the other woman an intimate pat.
They had to be in San Fransico in a few days, and Catherine had absolutely no right to go all catatonic on her God Damn it !
"Is she alright ?" Grissom suddenly asked Sara as the older woman began making a strange gurgling sound.
"Ohh umm she's just great." Sara hurriedly replied, her eyes almost bugging out of her head in concern.
"Ahh she was just a little worried about telling you about us, ahh she thought you might be very, very angry." She quickly lied, as she reached across to wipe the drool off the older woman's face.
Damn! She better not have killed Catherine as well she suddenly thought to herself.
"Ohh I see." Grissom replied, sagely nodding his head.
"Look Catherine, you didn't need to worry." He told the stupified woman.
"I'm not angry, a little surprised yes, but certainly not angry." He continued "Actually I'm very happy for the both of you." He stated, making sure to smile kindly at the pair of them.
"Anyway this relationship has obviously not been affecting your work if you've kept it this well hidden, so neither of you have anything to worry about." He added, suddenly thinking the women might be worried about their jobs.
"Really ? That's great Grissom." Sara thanked the older man, putting on the fakest smile she could find.
"So we can have that time off then ?!" She questioned, sure that Grissom wouldn't deny them anything now.
"Off course Sara." He replied.
"So where were you planning on having the ceremony ? " He quickly asked the younger woman before she could run away from his office.
"Where ahh ....... umm well ...... " Sara replied, as she slowly sat down once more. Why did everything have to be so complicated around here.
"Hmm yes where in San Fransico ?" Grissom prompted.
"Umm well .....Ahh you see its going to be at umm ....." Sara mumbled, furiously raking her brain for a good place to get married.
"At your parents place ?" Grissom asked, sure that was just what the young woman was about to say.
"YES !!! Yes that's it!" Sara exclaimed, rather glad for the obvious answer.
"Umm because they have this great wee garden area out the back of the B&B." She continued, really rather happy with Grissoms choice of a pretend venue.
"And you know Catherine doesn't get on to well with her parents, so it just seemed right.We should have some family there shouldn't we darling." She finished, as she smiled at her still gurgling "fiance".
"Hmm yes ones family should definitely be there." Grissom agreed, his eyes twinkling suspiciously.
"Which is why I'm going to give the entire night shift time off so we can be with you on your special day." He happily told them.
"WHAT ?!!!!" Sara screamed as she leapt out of her seat in shock.
"No ! no no no no......" She mumbled, furiously shaking her head back and forth, her eyes bugging out even further. There was just no way she was really getting married, and especially not to another woman. God that would just make her parents so happy, and there was no way that was going to happen.
"Look Sara, there's no reason for us not to all come now that I know. And I can assure you the boys will be just as happy for you as I am." Grissom assured the panicked woman.
" *gurgle* " Interrupted Catherine.
"See Catherine at least wants us to come." Grissom gladly told the annoyed looking brunette.
"She just gurgled !" Sara exclaimed.
"No Sara, I distinctly heard her say she wanted us all there." Grissom argued.
"Like hell !" Sara yelled, crossing her arms and giving the older man a nasty glare.
"Okay how about we do it this way." Grissom stated. "If you want the time off then you accept that ALL of your family is coming to your wedding. No invitations equals no time off." He finished, leveling his own glare back at the younger woman.
"Damn it !" Sara whispered to herself, she could already see her parents crying for joy that their little girl wasn't really the straight laced automation they had always thought.
Damn stupid little man, she thought angrily as she stated through gritted teeth "Gil, Catherine and I would love it if you and the boys could attent our wedding."
Throwing a last annoyed look at the now happy man, she picked up her still lifeless fiance and angrily stomped out of the room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Listen kid, get in the God damned car !" Sara screamed at Lindsay for the fiftieth time that afternoon.
"No! Mommy said never to get in a car with a stranger!" Lindsay screamed as she kicked the bigger woman hard in the shins.
"Owww !" whimpered Sara, as she fell to the ground clutching her aching limb. What was it with people being violent to her all of a sudden ?!
"Look I'm not a stupid stranger all right ?!" Sara told the annoying brat as she picked her self back up off the ground.
"I work with your mom, and I'm taking you guys home today." She finished, trying to give the little girl a friendly smile.
"See, your mom's in the car already." She stated pointing to a just visible slumped over Catherine.
"But how do I know you haven't just drugged her ?" Lindsay asked suspiciously, after all that's what always happened on all of the television shows.
"Ohh for goodness sake just get in the car." Sara exclaimed, getting rather frustrated with the stubborn young girl.
"HELP !!! HELP !!! " Screamed Lindsay, perfectly sure that the big woman had drugged her mother and intended to kill them."
"Hey Lady, What you doing ?!" Asked one of the other kids parents, as a rather large mob of angry people began to descend on the two of them.
"Umm look everything's just fine." Sara assured them, as she tried to pull the struggling child towards the car.
"HELP !!! HELP !! HELP!!!" Lindsay screamed even louder, now that she had an appreciative audience.
"OHH MY GOD ! Is that Michael Jackson heading for those kids ?!" Sara suddenly yelled pointing in a far off direction, quickly picking up a screaming Lindsay and throwing her in the car as the mob of angry parents frantically began to run back to their children.
"HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!!" Lindsay continued to scream from the back seat, hopeful someone would still hear her.
"Look kid if you shut up I'll buy you and your mom a nice big ice cream." Sara stated, thoroughly annoyed.
"Okay." Smiled Lindsay happily as she sat up and buckled her seat belt, entirely sure that anyone who offered ice cream wasn't going to hurt her.
"Can I get two scoops but ?" She asked the harried looking woman hopefully. Her mom never ever let her have more than one scoop.
"Sure." Sara sighed, anything for a bit of piece and quiet.
"Can I get four scoops ?" Catherine suddenly asked, picking her self up and wiping the remaining drool off of her face.
"?!" Sara exclaimed, turning to face the now wide awake woman.
"I kick you and hit you and shake you and nothing. Your daughter screams for help and nothing. Then I mention something as insignificant as ice cream and you're suddenly awake ?!" Sara began to rant.
"And lets not even get started on all the places I had to carry you. Cause hello, I'm not He-man, and whatever you tell yourself you are so not light !" She continued.
"Ohhh my poor little smmookims is angry." Catherine smirked as she reached over and patted Sara's knee.
"Damn right I'm angry." Sara muttered unhappily under her breath.
Leaning extremely close to the still grumbling woman, Catherine evilly stroked the brunettes face while she seductively whispered in her ear "You know I'm going to kill you for this whole mess don't you Sidle ?!"
"Umm...... ahhh ..... did you say six scoops of ice cream ?!" Sara choked.
"That's my girl." Catherine smiled, patting the younger woman's knee once more, before happily sitting back into her seat.
TBC..............
"I um ..... ..... " Grissom mumbled, actually quite shocked.
Removing his glasses once more, he began to clean them again, looking back and forth between a strangely smiling Sara, and an utterly astounded, almost comatosed looking Catherine.
"Umm Married huh ?! ......." He muttered out loud, hoping it would reinforce the idea in his head.
"Ahhh well congratulations I guess." He finally stated, trying to give both women a warm, friendly and thoroughly unshocked smile.
"I just never knew."Grissom shook his head at his own stupidity. "So how long has this been going on ?" He asked them.
"Ohh ahh you know, quite a while." Sara replied, quickly glancing at the far too quiet woman beside her.
"Isn't that right honey ?!" She asked the woman beside her, reaching over and violently shaking her, hoping that Grissom assumed she was simply giving the other woman an intimate pat.
They had to be in San Fransico in a few days, and Catherine had absolutely no right to go all catatonic on her God Damn it !
"Is she alright ?" Grissom suddenly asked Sara as the older woman began making a strange gurgling sound.
"Ohh umm she's just great." Sara hurriedly replied, her eyes almost bugging out of her head in concern.
"Ahh she was just a little worried about telling you about us, ahh she thought you might be very, very angry." She quickly lied, as she reached across to wipe the drool off the older woman's face.
Damn! She better not have killed Catherine as well she suddenly thought to herself.
"Ohh I see." Grissom replied, sagely nodding his head.
"Look Catherine, you didn't need to worry." He told the stupified woman.
"I'm not angry, a little surprised yes, but certainly not angry." He continued "Actually I'm very happy for the both of you." He stated, making sure to smile kindly at the pair of them.
"Anyway this relationship has obviously not been affecting your work if you've kept it this well hidden, so neither of you have anything to worry about." He added, suddenly thinking the women might be worried about their jobs.
"Really ? That's great Grissom." Sara thanked the older man, putting on the fakest smile she could find.
"So we can have that time off then ?!" She questioned, sure that Grissom wouldn't deny them anything now.
"Off course Sara." He replied.
"So where were you planning on having the ceremony ? " He quickly asked the younger woman before she could run away from his office.
"Where ahh ....... umm well ...... " Sara replied, as she slowly sat down once more. Why did everything have to be so complicated around here.
"Hmm yes where in San Fransico ?" Grissom prompted.
"Umm well .....Ahh you see its going to be at umm ....." Sara mumbled, furiously raking her brain for a good place to get married.
"At your parents place ?" Grissom asked, sure that was just what the young woman was about to say.
"YES !!! Yes that's it!" Sara exclaimed, rather glad for the obvious answer.
"Umm because they have this great wee garden area out the back of the B&B." She continued, really rather happy with Grissoms choice of a pretend venue.
"And you know Catherine doesn't get on to well with her parents, so it just seemed right.We should have some family there shouldn't we darling." She finished, as she smiled at her still gurgling "fiance".
"Hmm yes ones family should definitely be there." Grissom agreed, his eyes twinkling suspiciously.
"Which is why I'm going to give the entire night shift time off so we can be with you on your special day." He happily told them.
"WHAT ?!!!!" Sara screamed as she leapt out of her seat in shock.
"No ! no no no no......" She mumbled, furiously shaking her head back and forth, her eyes bugging out even further. There was just no way she was really getting married, and especially not to another woman. God that would just make her parents so happy, and there was no way that was going to happen.
"Look Sara, there's no reason for us not to all come now that I know. And I can assure you the boys will be just as happy for you as I am." Grissom assured the panicked woman.
" *gurgle* " Interrupted Catherine.
"See Catherine at least wants us to come." Grissom gladly told the annoyed looking brunette.
"She just gurgled !" Sara exclaimed.
"No Sara, I distinctly heard her say she wanted us all there." Grissom argued.
"Like hell !" Sara yelled, crossing her arms and giving the older man a nasty glare.
"Okay how about we do it this way." Grissom stated. "If you want the time off then you accept that ALL of your family is coming to your wedding. No invitations equals no time off." He finished, leveling his own glare back at the younger woman.
"Damn it !" Sara whispered to herself, she could already see her parents crying for joy that their little girl wasn't really the straight laced automation they had always thought.
Damn stupid little man, she thought angrily as she stated through gritted teeth "Gil, Catherine and I would love it if you and the boys could attent our wedding."
Throwing a last annoyed look at the now happy man, she picked up her still lifeless fiance and angrily stomped out of the room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Listen kid, get in the God damned car !" Sara screamed at Lindsay for the fiftieth time that afternoon.
"No! Mommy said never to get in a car with a stranger!" Lindsay screamed as she kicked the bigger woman hard in the shins.
"Owww !" whimpered Sara, as she fell to the ground clutching her aching limb. What was it with people being violent to her all of a sudden ?!
"Look I'm not a stupid stranger all right ?!" Sara told the annoying brat as she picked her self back up off the ground.
"I work with your mom, and I'm taking you guys home today." She finished, trying to give the little girl a friendly smile.
"See, your mom's in the car already." She stated pointing to a just visible slumped over Catherine.
"But how do I know you haven't just drugged her ?" Lindsay asked suspiciously, after all that's what always happened on all of the television shows.
"Ohh for goodness sake just get in the car." Sara exclaimed, getting rather frustrated with the stubborn young girl.
"HELP !!! HELP !!! " Screamed Lindsay, perfectly sure that the big woman had drugged her mother and intended to kill them."
"Hey Lady, What you doing ?!" Asked one of the other kids parents, as a rather large mob of angry people began to descend on the two of them.
"Umm look everything's just fine." Sara assured them, as she tried to pull the struggling child towards the car.
"HELP !!! HELP !! HELP!!!" Lindsay screamed even louder, now that she had an appreciative audience.
"OHH MY GOD ! Is that Michael Jackson heading for those kids ?!" Sara suddenly yelled pointing in a far off direction, quickly picking up a screaming Lindsay and throwing her in the car as the mob of angry parents frantically began to run back to their children.
"HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!!" Lindsay continued to scream from the back seat, hopeful someone would still hear her.
"Look kid if you shut up I'll buy you and your mom a nice big ice cream." Sara stated, thoroughly annoyed.
"Okay." Smiled Lindsay happily as she sat up and buckled her seat belt, entirely sure that anyone who offered ice cream wasn't going to hurt her.
"Can I get two scoops but ?" She asked the harried looking woman hopefully. Her mom never ever let her have more than one scoop.
"Sure." Sara sighed, anything for a bit of piece and quiet.
"Can I get four scoops ?" Catherine suddenly asked, picking her self up and wiping the remaining drool off of her face.
"?!" Sara exclaimed, turning to face the now wide awake woman.
"I kick you and hit you and shake you and nothing. Your daughter screams for help and nothing. Then I mention something as insignificant as ice cream and you're suddenly awake ?!" Sara began to rant.
"And lets not even get started on all the places I had to carry you. Cause hello, I'm not He-man, and whatever you tell yourself you are so not light !" She continued.
"Ohhh my poor little smmookims is angry." Catherine smirked as she reached over and patted Sara's knee.
"Damn right I'm angry." Sara muttered unhappily under her breath.
Leaning extremely close to the still grumbling woman, Catherine evilly stroked the brunettes face while she seductively whispered in her ear "You know I'm going to kill you for this whole mess don't you Sidle ?!"
"Umm...... ahhh ..... did you say six scoops of ice cream ?!" Sara choked.
"That's my girl." Catherine smiled, patting the younger woman's knee once more, before happily sitting back into her seat.
TBC..............