Case #4: Terror streak
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Do not own them, you know this and I know this, why must we recap (lol)
This takes place a few days later,
SO SO SO SO SORRY that it took so long to get this chapter up, I have started some other fics that I want to get a head start on and then I got some massive writers block (No lies) Anyway hope this is okay, I am almost done this one.......here it is
Gil Grissom walked slowly into the break room and dropped two slips of paper on the table and laid his crutch on the floor beside him
"What are you doing here" Warrick piped up " I thought you and Catherine were supposd to take some time off"
"I did" Gil replied "Warrick, Sara 420 at the Tangiers, Nick, DB at the Monnoco, take Greg with you"
Warrick got up to follow Sara out " Gil you should go, It may not be my place to say this but you should be with Catherine right now, she needs you"
Gil shook his head " you were right it is not your place to say anything"
Warrick nodded his head " fair enough" he said as he got up to meet Sara
Catherine keeps pushing me away" Gil whispered stopping Warrick in his tracks" I don't know what to do she wont talk to me, she won't look at me, it's like she hates me, like she blames me for what happened"
Warrick sat down "that's not Catherine, she doesn't blame you, Paul Winters obviously planned this, and he would have came after the two of you sooner or later"
Gil shook his head " we should not have been on that road, that was my idea, if we had stuck to the strip then none of this would have happened"
"Gil" Warrick began " have you talked to her at all, you may think she is not listening but that's not true, you need to talk to her, she loves you and you love her, if the two of you don't fight to be together then Paul Winters has won, now I don't now exactly what happend to the two of you and I respect your decision to keep that to yourselves, but you need to talk to someone if not me, or Catherine, then maybe someone more professional"
Gil sat in silence for a moment straring at his hands " it was terrifying" he began "he did horrible things to her and I couldn't stop him, I couldn't help her"
"There was nothing you could do Grissom, I know that and Cath knows that and so do you"
Gil made a face " I should have tried harder to get free I should have tried to... when I fell in love with her I promised her and myself that I would never let another man hurt her and now I.. he tortured her and at the same time he tortured me"
"STOP THAT" a voice called out filling the break room that was relativley silent
Gil and Warrick both turned their attention to the women leaning against the door frame
"Catherine" Gil whispered as Warrick got up to help her limp into a chair and then left to meet Sara " what are you doing here you should be at home resting"
Catherine slide down in her chair " why do you keep doing that? Blaming yourself when you know it is not your fault?" she snapped
Gil did not answer " you need to go home and get more rest Cath"
Catherine made a face " what about you? don't you need to rest, we were both in the same car accident, we were both assaulted by that freak"
Gil protested again " what are you dong here?"
"I couldn't sleep, I close my eyes and there he is and I tried sleeping in my bed but I could feel him on me and after Lindsey left the house I did not want to be alone" Catherine paused and lowered her head " Gil..I am sorry I pushed you away at the hospital, I was just"
Gil moved closer to her " you don't have to be sorry, I understand"
"I know but I hurt you and I never meant to, I was just trying to find the easy way out I guess, but the truth us there is no easy way, He raped me Gil and nothing I do is going to change that, and pushing you away is not going to change that, I guess I was afraid because I used to be such a strong person and you helped me be that person and then he.. and you saw it and I .. I thought that I would be better off by myself, but I was wrong, I want to get through this Gil but I can't, I wont, I don't want to do it by myself, I want to do it with you."
Gil pulled Catherine into a hug " Cath, I would never let you go through this alone, no matter how hard you push me away, I will always be there for you and you used to be a strong person." Gil paused and kissed her forehead " but now, today, your even stronger then ever and you always will be"