Eddie chapter 23
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Catherine rolled over in her sleep and raised her self from the bed.

"Gil?" she whispered shaking him " Gil wake up."

Gil didn't budge

Catherine let out a small sigh and looked around her. She knew where she was. She was in GIl's bed..Well their bed. She knew she was safe but for the past week since the trial she had been waking up in the middle of the night with these horrible nightmares and she needed to know it wasn't real. She needed his reassurance.

"Gil?" she whispered again trying to keep from the panicking. " GIL"

Still he didn't budge. Catherine watched his chest, no movement at all.

Her heart began to pound as she leaned over him. Gil lie facing the other side of the room, his body still his eyes wide open.

"GIL!" Catherine pulled back the covers and brought her feet to the floor.

As she went to stand two hands grabbed her feet knocking her to the floor. Catherine pulled away but the hands were moving up her legs. She opened her mouth nothing came out.

She lifted her head as she tried reaching for something, anything that would break her from the grip. But it was no use. She felt him close to her face, his breath on her cheek.

"EDDIE" she screamed

Gil watched in horror as Catherine arms flailed around in the air.

"Catherine!" he called trying to wake her " Catherine wake up, your dreaming."

He grabbed her arms trying to calm her "Catherine it's okay."

She broke free letting one arm pull back and then bringing it forward, striking Gil right in the face. he fell back but he didn't give up, he knew she was fighting Eddie and he wanted to help her.

Gil grabbed her once more this time he snapped her from the dream.

"Let me go!" she screamed " STOP!"

"Catherine it's me, it's Gil, no one here is going to hurt you."

Catherine 's eyes flipped open and her breathing began to slow. When she realized what was happening she pulled away.

"Oh no, I hit you" she whispered " I'm so sorry"

Gi shook his head " It's okay, you thought I was trying to hurt you, you just had a bad dream that's all. But i promise things will let easier. It's only been a few days. It will get easier."

Catherine nodded " I'm' sorry" she said, laying back down.

Gil slid down beside her " Shh.you need your rest. Everything is fine go back to sleep."

NEXT MORNING

It had been a long, happy but physically painful weekend for Catherine. But she had to laugh, and she had to cry, she had to be herself. She wanted to be herself again. She could not even remember a time when she was this happy, in severe pain, but still very happy.

Catherine starred across the kitchen table at Gil Grissom. The man that had in just three short days made her life worth living again. She had moved away from Eddie, her and Lindsey and Gil were starting again. Lindsey was enrolled in a new school and even she was changing for the better. She never wanted this to end. She glanced to her left and watched as her daughter and Grissom started there fourth game of "Who is going to blink first? After winning her third game in a row Lindsey turned to her mom

"Mom can you still come to my play on Friday," she paused and smiled at Gil "I mean you and daddy.

Catherine thought some more and had a smile on her face but her smile faded when she thought of Lindsey. Catherine was not sure how Lindsey would react if her father did show up at her school play and that bothered her. Eddie wasn't supposed to come near them but he would dod it just to prove that he could control her even if she was getting away from him.

No one had seen or heard from Eddie since court, he never signed up for classes and the police were looking for him. She was deathly afraid of him coming back for her, or Lindsey or both of them. But she knew that as long as Gil was with her the fears she had were small, and getting smaller.

She smiled again " Well baby why don't you ask him" Lindsey looked over at Grissom. Grissom smiled and shook his had and that was all that Lindsey needed she jumped out or her chair " Thank you, thank you" she hugged Grissom, and then her mom " I love you guys, but I go to get to the bus stop now" Catherine got up to help her and Grissom told her to sit down.

"No hard working, you sit and relax I will make sure she gets to the bus stop and on the bus." Catherine smiled at him and as he kissed her.

As she watched Gil and her daughter walk had in hand down the street she thought to herself.

" Nothing could ever come between us, now that Eddie is gone