Greg sat in his wheelchair, peering round the door. Catherine was sitting on the bed, feeding ice chips to her daughter, while Lindsey sat in Grissom's lap, jabbering about what she had been up to.
"Hey," he murmured, the nurse wheeling him in.
Katie's eyes lit up. "Hey."
Lindsey watched the two injured workmates stare at each other. "Are you two gonna kiss or what?"
"Ookay, honey, how about we go get you something to eat," Catherine suggested, taking her hand.
"I need to go meet Brass," Grissom said. He kissed his daughter on her head. "We'll be back later."
Katie watched Catherine corral Lindsey out of the room, closely followed by her father. "So, I hear you're my knight in shining armour."
Greg blushed slightly and
wheeled himself over beside
her bed. "Hey, I'm just glad you're okay. I'm no hero. I just wasn't
about
to leave you in there."
"I'm glad to hear it," Katie smiled. She sobered for a moment. "How bad are you hurt?"
Greg shrugged. "Nothing I can't handle."
She frowned at him. "Quit the macho man act."
He sighed. "I got burns, okay? But I'll be fine. I was more worried about you." Greg leaned over. "Can I kiss you?"
Katie closed her mouth and shook her head. Greg frowned.
"Why not?"
"Haven't brushed my teeth," Katie gritted out.
"Don't care," Greg replied, leaning over and kissing her.
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Sara walked over to where Jim, Nick and Warrick were talking to Barry Leeward.
"Guys, we have a problem."
"What?" Nick asked.
Sara pointed to where Grissom was getting out of his car.
Warrick groaned. "What's
he doing here?"
"Being a father," Jim replied grimly. He turned to the two officers with him. "Keep an eye on our friend Mr Leeward, would you?" With the three CSI's following him, he went over to pre-empt Gil from coming to visit Mr Leeward.
"Is that him?" Gil asked, fury and rage in his eyes as he pointed at Barry Leeward.
"We're just making
inquiries," Jim told
him.
"Don't feed me that bullshit, Brass. You wouldn't bother coming all the way out here unless you thought he was involved."
"Grissom, why don't you go back to the hospital and be with your family," Sara suggested.
"I want to talk to him," Gil said.
"No you don't, you want to punch his lights out," Warrick replied. "Not that I blame you, but now's not the time or place."
"I'll drive," Nick said, taking Gil's keys. "Lets go back to the hospital."
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Gil and Nick walked down the hallway to Katie's room when a nurse stopped Gil.
"Mr Grissom?"
"Yes?" he asked, worry setting in.
"Your wife forgot her pre
natal vitamins. I
think she was in a hurry to get back to her daughter."
Gil's eyes widened as the nurse handed the tablets over. Nick slapped him on the back.
"Griss congratulations you sly man! You didn't let on."
Gil looked at the tablets. "I didn't know."
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Catherine, Lindsey and Katie were talking about the shopping trips they were going to go on as soon as Katie was well enough, when Gil and Nick entered the room.
"Hey. Greg had to go back to his room for awhile to get some rest," Catherine smiled. Her smile faded when she saw the look on her husband's face. "Gil? Are you okay?"
"I need to talk to you," he ground out. "Alone."
Katie looked concerned but Nick took Catherine's seat and began chatting to her and Lindsey about something else. Catherine followed Gil down the hall to the waiting area for surgery patients. They were lucky it was empty.
"What's the matter?" she asked him. Her eyes widened as he tossed the bottle of prenatal vitamins to her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. "We haven't even been married a week and already you're keeping secrets from me. You told me that the reason you passed out was because you weren't feeling well."
"That was the truth," Cath replied. "I wasn't feeling well. I have morning sickness."
"You lied to me," Gil told her. "How could you not tell me you were pregnant!?"
"I did not lie to you. I said I wasn't feeling well and that was the truth." Her eyes darkened. "And you want to know why I didn't tell you I was pregnant? Well here's the plain and simple truth Gil Grissom. I screwed up! Once again, I screwed up!"
"What the hell are you
talking about Catherine?
What did you screw up? You told me that you wanted to have a baby with
me. Have
you suddenly changed your mind?"
"Of course not," she said, through gritted teeth.
"Then I don't understand why you didn't tell me!"
"Look at where we are, Gil! We didn't just end up here! Our daughter almost got killed and I wasn't there to look after her!"
"Catherine, you haven't moved from inside of her room unless you've been forced! No one has been there more for her than you! And I don't understand what you being pregnant has to do with the bombing at CSI!"
"Have you even noticed what I've done to that kid!? I mean, apart from abandoning her, now I run off and get pregnant while she's almost killed!"
"You know, it wasn't just you that got pregnant. I do remember being there. I helped."
"You were not the one that should have thought about birth control."
Gil groaned. "What birth control? We were trying for a baby, Catherine!"
Catherine made an exasperated noise. "Man! What do I have to say to get this through to you?"
"Something that makes a hell of a lot more sense than what you're saying now!"
She flopped down in the closest chair and put her head in her hands. "I'm scared, okay?"
He knelt down in front of her. "Scared of what?"
"Of this," she said, gesturing to her stomach. "Of us. Of everything."
Gil moved her hands away from her face, so she looked at him. "I thought you wanted this. To be married to me. To have another baby together."
"I did! I do!" Catherine told him. "That doesn't mean I'm not terrified." She sighed. "I can't help but feel if I took better care of Katie, that she wouldn't be here. If I had taken better care of Lindsey, she wouldn't carry all the scars from my relationship with Eddie." She held a hand to his face. "If I had been honest with you earlier, we wouldn't have had such a hard time telling each other how we felt. And now I worry about having another baby. What if his or her life is ruined by me?"
Gil smiled at her. "Cath, you've done nothing but make people's lives better. Look at how great Katie is. She's beautiful, and smart and funny. And she's safe, Catherine. She's safe. And Lindsey, Lindsey is perfect. She's just as strong and amazing as her mother is. And I know how proud she is of you for everything that you've done in your life." He kissed the palm of her hand. "And as for me, you've made my life better. I can't imagine what my life would have been like if you hadn't come into it. And I don't care how long it took us to be together. All I care about is that we're together now, and we're going to be together for a very, very long time." He took both her hands in his. "I love you, Catherine Grissom. I love you more than anything in the world. And this baby," he put her hand on her stomach, "this baby is going to be just as amazing and special as our two girls. And he or she will be so lucky to have you in its life."
Catherine kissed him
gently. "I'm so lucky to
have YOU in my life."
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Part 19