Title: She's Back

Chapter Title: Last Chance

Disclaimer: Ha! Like I own CSI!

a/n: Thanks for all the reviews!


"Your mother was found outside the lab," Grissom told Sara, "She tried to kill herself. She is at the hospital in surgery."

"What? Why?" Sara asked, stunned.

"I think that's for you to find out," Grissom said calmly, "Go down to the hospital and talk to her."

"Okay," Sara replied, still slightly dazed.


"Hi, mom," Sara said softly to her mother.

Laura had been rushed to the hospital on an overdose and had been sedated, but now she was wide awake.

"What are you doing here, you bitch?" Laura asked angrily.

"Mom, please, we need to talk," Sara said, "I need to know why you tried to kill yourself and why you killed dad!"

"I gave you that chance, but you kicked me out," Laura replied, "I figured that I would be better off dead, but apparently that didn't work out too well, considering the fact that I'm not exactly dead!"

"Well, when they release you, why don't you stay at my place and we'll talk? I could help you get back on your feet, maybe find you a job or an apartment," Sara offered, wishing that she could take back everything she had said to her mother before.

"No, Sara," her mom said, "it's not that simple. When they release me, I'll leave you alone. I'll get a job and a place to sleep. I have a little money; I'll get by."

"Mom, I'm sorry about what I said before, but please, just at least let me give you some money," she pleaded.

"No!" Laura told her sternly, "You said that you wanted me out of your life, and now I want you out of mine! I'm going to leave and that's final! Now, get out of my room or I'll call security."

"Okay, then, good-bye mom," Sara said softly before gathering her things and walking out the door, knowing that she had already blown her chance at fixing things with her mother and that this would probably be the last time she ever saw her mother ever again.


"Hey, Grissom," Sara said, entering the entomologist's cramped office.

"Oh, hi Sara," he said, barely looking up from his computer screen, "How did things go with your mother?"

"Um…" she said.

"Not so good, I'm guessing?" he asked.

"No," Sara said.

"Do you want to talk about it at all?" he asked.

"There's nothing really to talk about," Sara said, beginning rationalize the entire situation, "She came back to talk to me and to help me understand, I pushed her away so she tried to kill herself."

"You're rationalizing again, Sara," he told her.

"I just managed to screw everything up," she said, "I had the chance to really get to know my mother and I kicked her out. I told her to leave, and she did. I blew it, Grissom, I just blew it."

"You did what you thought you had to do, Sara, and sometimes people do the right thing and sometimes they don't, but you did what you had to do," Grissom said.

"I know, but it always turns out to be the wrong thing. I follow my heart and I end up exactly where I didn't want to be," she said.

"You went your entire life without her, you'll be fine."

"I know, but," she began, but she began to weep uncontrollably.

"Its okay, Sara, trust me, it's all going to be okay," he said, hugging her comfortingly.

"I know, Grissom, I know," she said, welcoming his hug and sobbing into his shoulder. With his arms around her, it did seem like everything would work itself out, and she knew that Grissom would help her through it all.

THE END!


a/n: Yeah, I know it's kind of a cheesy ending and whatnot, but I had to put a little GSR into this story!