Chapter Five: Moving On
WARNING
The remainder of this story is rated R for sexual content. Please be responsible and if you are under seventeen note that content may be unsuitable for some readers.
Grissom
It had been eight months since Sara was raped and she was still living at my place. Gradually we had moved her things into my townhouse and she had become a permanent fixture in my house. I loved having her there, holding her at night and calming her fears when she woke up from a nightmare. Our relationship had evolved from its previous professional self into a beautiful, blossoming romance. Her rapist had been caught thanks to the excellent work of Dr. Amelia Lawrence who managed to get semen samples from Sara even though much of the evidence had been washed away. As it turned out the man who had raped her also had a hand in the murder of thirteen year old Marta Louise James, the case that we had been working when I found out about Sara's ordeal. The man, thirty-nine year old Ian Tanner Pierce, was Marta's uncle and had raped Sara and only hours later killed Marta whom he had been prostituting since she was eleven. Marta had threatened to tell the police what he'd done to Sara and other women during the previous two years and what he did to her so he decided to shut her up. Ian Tanner Pierce was found guilty of the rape of six women including Sara and the murder of his niece Marta he was given to six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole on top of the death sentence for the murder of Marta James.
Dr. Amelia Lawrence
Sara and I had been talking regularly since the night she came into the clinic and when we out for coffee a week ago she told me she was considering taking her relationship with Gil Grissom to a more intimate level. It didn't come as a surprise to me, she obviously loved and trusted him it had only ever been a question of when she would gather the courage to express it to him. I felt like I should impart some of my wisdom on her and try as best I could to prepare her,
"There's a few things you need to know before you do this Sara. I guarantee that you will be apprehensive and so make sure that Gil understands that you are going to be the one calling the shots. Move at a pace you feel comfortable with and don't hesitate to tell him if there's something he's doing to make you uncomfortable or if there's anything he can do to help you relax. Don't be afraid to say 'stop'. You may not feel quite as ready as you do now when things get heated up. If you need to stop or slow down tell him. He'll understand, he loves you Sara. Most importantly remember that it's okay to feel vulnerable and it's even more okay to enjoy the way he makes you feel." We hugged and went our separate ways and as I watched her go I saw more confidence in her posture and I knew that she was indeed ready for anything.