Success
Before Warrick and Catherine could share a loving kiss, the phone rang. Lindsey hated the person on the other end of the line!
"Catherine Willows. Who? Sorry, I think you've dialed the wrong number. No, it's okay. Bye."
Catherine looked up from the phone, she seemed a little embarrassed. "Wrong number?" Warrick asked. "Yeah, you know, those things happen," Catherine replied. "So… um… would you… um… like some coffee?"
"Yeah, sure, coffee sounds great. Shall I… give you a hand?"
"No, thanks, I'm alright."
Lindsey thought while her mom made coffee. She had to do something! Suddenly it hit her. That should work!
When her mom had brought the two coffee mugs to the living room, Lindsey walked in. "Mom, can you give me a quick hand with my math test?"
"Sure, honey, what is it?"
"Statistics say that thirty-six percent of the world population is in love, but afraid to tell the other person. If the world population is six-and-a-half billion, how many people is that?"
Her mom's cheeks turned bright red after the question. Warrick replied: "You have to calculate how much thirty-six percent of six-and-a-half billion people is. Do you know how to do that?"
"Yes, Warrick, I do. Thanks for your help, you're the best!"
Lindsey pretended to go back to her room, but she hid in the hallway instead so she could see everything. Her mom slowly drank her coffee. Suddenly, Warrick spoke: "Catherine, are we part of that thirty-six percent?" Again, Catherine blushed. "I… um… don't know."
"I know I am, I just don't know if you are."
Catherine smiled. "I think you just made yourself part of the other sixty-four percent."
"But I still don't know where you are."
Lindsey felt her heart starting to beat faster when her mom leaned closer to Warrick. "Guess." It was almost a whisper, but Lindsey could still hear it. She had to try really hard not to shout out of happiness when her mom and Warrick finally kissed. Yes, her mom was back, she was in love again! Lindsey didn't stay to watch any longer, she was clever enough to know what was going to happen. Happily, she went back to her room and fell down on her bed. One of her plans had worked!
In the morning, Warrick sat at the breakfast table when Lindsey woke up. She could see him smiling at her mom. How sweet! She quickly took a shower and got dressed.
"Good morning, mom. Hi, Warrick, here again or still here?"
"Um… still here."
"Oh…"
Lindsey smiled at her mom. "Not another word from you, young lady," her mom warned. A giggle escaped her. "I mean it, young lady!" Catherine said. But then she smiled. Lindsey knew she couldn't fool her mom – she knew her mom knew it was her plan to get them together.
"You'll have to thank me, though," Lindsey teased her mom. "Oh, really?" her mom said. "How?"
"Take me with you to the lab tonight. Please! It's a matter of life and dead!"
"Wow, that sounds serious, Linds," Warrick grinned. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, I just have something else I need to do," Lindsey said. Her mom immediately looked up. "Okay, who are you trying to get Sara together with? Greg or Nick?" "None of both," Lindsey replied. "Just let me do my thing and you'll find out soon enough."
Luckily for her, Lindsey's mom was curious enough to take her. Of course Ecklie had something to say about it. "Catherine, you can't bring your daughter with you every shift!"
"Watch me," Catherine calmly said. She pushed Lindsey into the break room. "This is the last time I'm bringing you, you do know that." Lindsey smiled. "I do. You just get to work and I'll promise I'll be good."
"Yeah, I'm sure you will…" Shaking her head, her mom left the break room to get to work. Lindsey giggled and went to look for Grissom. She found him in his room.
"Hi, uncle Grissom!"
The older man looked up from his papers.
"Hey, if it isn't my favorite thirteen-year-old! Come and give me a hug!"
She complied with his request. Then she said: "Uncle Grissom, I need to talk to you."
"Oh, really?" He smiled at her. "What about then, Linds?"
"Sara."
His reaction was hard to describe. He seemed scared, but pleased at the same time, and surprised, but yet not to surprised that Sara was what she wanted to talk about.
"Linds, I know you have been trying to set us up, darling. You wrote those notes."
Without hesitating she nodded. "Yep, I did, I'll confess. But you should have written it."
"Lindsey, darling, I'm Sara's supervisor."
"You're also the man of her dreams."
A little bit shocked, he leaned backwards. Lindsey smiled one of her innocent smiles. "That's at least what she told me."
"She told you I was the man of her dreams?"
"Yep."
Lindsey had always been good at lying and this time was no exception. Although… it wasn't a real lie, she knew Grissom was the man of Sara's dreams, only she hadn't said that using those words.
"So, tell me, uncle Grissom, is she the woman of your dreams?"
"Lindsey, it's none of your business who I dream about."
"So it's true." She jumped up in excitement when she saw the man blush. "It is true!"
"What's true?" Grissom and Lindsey both looked up in shock when Sara entered. Lindsey was the first to recover. "Grissom will tell you, Sara. I'm going to find my mom." She left the room, but waited just outside in the hallway.
"So, what is it that you have to tell me?" Sara asked with one of her beautiful smiles.
"That she's in big trouble!" Grissom sighed. Sara smiled again. "Why?"
Come on, uncle Grissom, say it! Say it!
"She found out something about me that I didn't want her to know."
"Oh. And what might that be?"
"Who I dream about."
Sara seemed a little scared to find out, but she still asked: "And who might that be?"
"You."
Lindsey knew for sure that little word would have caused Sara's heart to stop beating for a little while.
"You… dream about me?"
Grissom stood up. "Yes, I do. And I have reasons to believe I appear in your dreams."
This time Sara blushed. "Did Lindsey tell you that?"
"Is it true?"
"Well…"
"Come on, Sara, I told you my secret, now you tell me yours."
"Yes."
"Yes what?"
"I dream about you all the time."
Grissom slowly walked up to her. "Well… I dream about you, you dream about me, that should mean something, right?"
"Yeah, I guess," Sara nodded as Grissom came even closer to her. "But I…"
Before she could say another word, Grissom had brought his hands to her cheeks and kissed her passionately. Lindsey giggled out loud with happiness. She had done it!
