Hello again! I got two good reviews from people on chapter 3 and was very
surprised, because I'd kind of thought it stunk, but didn't want people to
get angry because I was taking so darn long to write the next chapter, (I
soooo know how that feels and I hate it!)
So I submitted it anyways in hopes that maybe other people's opinion would
prove me wrong, and I guess they did. I hope I do as well on this chapter.
The first line came to me a minute ago as I was lounging on my parent's bed
trying to talk my mom into something, but of course failed, but anyways
here I am and I hope this works. I am angered to say that my trying to BOLD
everything and ITALISIZE the the words didn't work and it ended up making
the story harder to read, so I'll try this. What they are saying will be in
quotations ("") and what they're thinking will have these (~) on both
sides. Example: ~ I can't believe this! ~
Anyways, enough of my making myself feel and sound stupid. Enjoy the new
chapter!
P.S. CSI DOES NOT BELONG TO ME!
CSI Hawaiian Vacation
*Chapter 4*
"I never knew I could feel this tired." Sara mumbled to herself as she dropped her apartment keys into a ceramic bowl on the coffee table and shuffled into her room, carrying many shopping bags with her.
The day had been pleasant at first. She had no problem only having four hours of sleep before Catherine came and picked her up for their last minute shopping trip.
Everyone had purchased their tickets early this morning, after shift and waited impatiently for their trip to start.
Grissom had briefed them on the trip, stating that fortunately July started on Monday, the same day they were set to leave and that they wouldn't need to be back until the 2nd of August.
Everyone became excited at the thought of staying in Hawaii for an entire month, which in turn caused all of them to focus more on everything they needed for the trip than the small cases they had been assigned near the end of the night. Well of course, except Sara and Grissom.
They'd dutifully worked every minute left to them, on their cases and had both managed to clear them. Both feeling exhilarated that they had at least accomplished one last thing before their trip, to hold them over, since the trip would most likely seem to go on forever for the two workaholics.
Sara dropped all the bags on the bed and shuffled into the bathroom, kicking off her sandals and started hot water in the tub, hoping to soak away her tiredness and pain in her feet.
When Catherine was on a mission, especially when it came to shopping, there was no way you could get her to stop until she found exactly what she wanted.
Catherine and Sara had spent all day at the mall. From Noon to 7:30 and walked from store to store, no stops, except for the occasional snack or bathroom break. Sara believed that she'd never spent as much time in that mall than she had ever spent shopping in her whole life.
"Just stop worrying about everything and enjoy yourself." Catherine had repeated over and over again when Sara complained of having to shop with her.
Finally after many different stores, with so many weird names and things to purchase inside, both Catherine and Sara had more than enough for the trip and Catherine finally decided that she'd had enough.
Sara and Cath sat alone on a hard park bench, sipping Orange Julius. "Ready to go home Sara?" Catherine asked with a smile on her face. Sara stopped drinking and looked at her a moment then said, "Yeah, let's go NOW!"
Catherine had barely stood, and laughed quietly to herself, as Sara bounded off towards the exit excited about the nice comfortable bed and bath that awaited her at home.
The water had finally filled the tub and Sara undressed and slipped into the hot water. She "oohed" and "ahhed" as the hot water surrounded her making her immediately feel relaxed. After about five minutes, she washed her body and hair, then made herself get out, and change to her Pajamas.
"Let's see, the team will be here at eleven tomorrow, so I'll most likely sleep on and off for a couple of hours till about six, then I can get dressed, eat, pack and be more than ready to leave by the time they arrive."
Sara smiled as she mentally pictured herself somehow messing all that up and quickly walked over to the alarm clock next to her bed and set it, just in case she didn't wake up as she normally did.
"Okay, now, go eat something, get the bags off the bed, pull out the suitcases and then go to bed!"
She opened the bedroom door and bounded down the hall feeling refreshed and clean and walked into the small kitchen, over to the fridge and pulled out a small Caesar salad she'd prepared before she left, knowing that Catherine most likely would make the day go on forever, and smiled to herself as she fell onto the couch and took a bite, happy that she had been right to think she'd be too tired to make dinner when she got home.
After eating she grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, chugged half of it down, and went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, five minutes later as she was finishing off the rest of the bottle her phone rang.
"Who the hell?" Sara thought as she walked over to the bed, sat down and picked up the phone.
"Hello, Sidle." She brought the bottle to her lips and took a sip preparing to hear a light cheery voice come on, asking her to subscribe to a magazine or newspaper.
"Hi Sara, it's Griss."
Sara almost spit the water everywhere, and was finally able to choke it down a moment later.
In a gasp she said, "Grissom...um, Hi, what's the matter?"
She could hear paper's shuffling in the background. "Just wanted to remind you, because Catherine said to, that we'll be there at exactly 11:00, give or take to pick you up, also that you are not to forget to make up snacks for everyone."
Sara smiled. "Wow, I thought I'd left sixth grade a long time ago."
She knew she'd made him smile when he said, "Yeah, I was a bit surprised at her request myself."
Sara gulped. ~What the hell was this? Were they actually having a normal conversation, just like hey used to?~
"Well I best let you go, you need your sleep I'm sure, from what I understood, Cath kept you out all day. Hope she didn't drag you around too long."
Sara smiled. ~Is he high? ~ "Well she did get a little crazy, but I'm okay, I'm more than ready to sleep though."
"Okay well, Goodnight Sara."
"Night Grissom."
Sara smiled as she hung up the phone.
"Am I dreaming? Did we just talk like normal, civilized people?"
Sara stared at the phone for one more moment, then stood and picked up all the bags on the bed, set them on the floor by the closet and pulled out her suitcases.
"Okay, everything done, now I can sleep."
She walked over to the bed, drank the last bit of water and set it down and looked at the phone as she sunk under the covers, and grinned.
"Maybe this will be the vacation I've been waiting for all my life."
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Okay, I've actually enjoyed writing this chapter very much. Hope you liked it too. It just seemed so cute. Hope that the future chapters will be just as good, and I may just write another chapter tonight. We'll see though. ;- P.S. Is it just me, or do I really feel like I'm hooking you like the real writers do? I know the feeling, and I'm even excited and wondering how my next chapter will turn out, let's pray my mind works on overtime tonight!
CSI Hawaiian Vacation
*Chapter 4*
"I never knew I could feel this tired." Sara mumbled to herself as she dropped her apartment keys into a ceramic bowl on the coffee table and shuffled into her room, carrying many shopping bags with her.
The day had been pleasant at first. She had no problem only having four hours of sleep before Catherine came and picked her up for their last minute shopping trip.
Everyone had purchased their tickets early this morning, after shift and waited impatiently for their trip to start.
Grissom had briefed them on the trip, stating that fortunately July started on Monday, the same day they were set to leave and that they wouldn't need to be back until the 2nd of August.
Everyone became excited at the thought of staying in Hawaii for an entire month, which in turn caused all of them to focus more on everything they needed for the trip than the small cases they had been assigned near the end of the night. Well of course, except Sara and Grissom.
They'd dutifully worked every minute left to them, on their cases and had both managed to clear them. Both feeling exhilarated that they had at least accomplished one last thing before their trip, to hold them over, since the trip would most likely seem to go on forever for the two workaholics.
Sara dropped all the bags on the bed and shuffled into the bathroom, kicking off her sandals and started hot water in the tub, hoping to soak away her tiredness and pain in her feet.
When Catherine was on a mission, especially when it came to shopping, there was no way you could get her to stop until she found exactly what she wanted.
Catherine and Sara had spent all day at the mall. From Noon to 7:30 and walked from store to store, no stops, except for the occasional snack or bathroom break. Sara believed that she'd never spent as much time in that mall than she had ever spent shopping in her whole life.
"Just stop worrying about everything and enjoy yourself." Catherine had repeated over and over again when Sara complained of having to shop with her.
Finally after many different stores, with so many weird names and things to purchase inside, both Catherine and Sara had more than enough for the trip and Catherine finally decided that she'd had enough.
Sara and Cath sat alone on a hard park bench, sipping Orange Julius. "Ready to go home Sara?" Catherine asked with a smile on her face. Sara stopped drinking and looked at her a moment then said, "Yeah, let's go NOW!"
Catherine had barely stood, and laughed quietly to herself, as Sara bounded off towards the exit excited about the nice comfortable bed and bath that awaited her at home.
The water had finally filled the tub and Sara undressed and slipped into the hot water. She "oohed" and "ahhed" as the hot water surrounded her making her immediately feel relaxed. After about five minutes, she washed her body and hair, then made herself get out, and change to her Pajamas.
"Let's see, the team will be here at eleven tomorrow, so I'll most likely sleep on and off for a couple of hours till about six, then I can get dressed, eat, pack and be more than ready to leave by the time they arrive."
Sara smiled as she mentally pictured herself somehow messing all that up and quickly walked over to the alarm clock next to her bed and set it, just in case she didn't wake up as she normally did.
"Okay, now, go eat something, get the bags off the bed, pull out the suitcases and then go to bed!"
She opened the bedroom door and bounded down the hall feeling refreshed and clean and walked into the small kitchen, over to the fridge and pulled out a small Caesar salad she'd prepared before she left, knowing that Catherine most likely would make the day go on forever, and smiled to herself as she fell onto the couch and took a bite, happy that she had been right to think she'd be too tired to make dinner when she got home.
After eating she grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, chugged half of it down, and went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth, five minutes later as she was finishing off the rest of the bottle her phone rang.
"Who the hell?" Sara thought as she walked over to the bed, sat down and picked up the phone.
"Hello, Sidle." She brought the bottle to her lips and took a sip preparing to hear a light cheery voice come on, asking her to subscribe to a magazine or newspaper.
"Hi Sara, it's Griss."
Sara almost spit the water everywhere, and was finally able to choke it down a moment later.
In a gasp she said, "Grissom...um, Hi, what's the matter?"
She could hear paper's shuffling in the background. "Just wanted to remind you, because Catherine said to, that we'll be there at exactly 11:00, give or take to pick you up, also that you are not to forget to make up snacks for everyone."
Sara smiled. "Wow, I thought I'd left sixth grade a long time ago."
She knew she'd made him smile when he said, "Yeah, I was a bit surprised at her request myself."
Sara gulped. ~What the hell was this? Were they actually having a normal conversation, just like hey used to?~
"Well I best let you go, you need your sleep I'm sure, from what I understood, Cath kept you out all day. Hope she didn't drag you around too long."
Sara smiled. ~Is he high? ~ "Well she did get a little crazy, but I'm okay, I'm more than ready to sleep though."
"Okay well, Goodnight Sara."
"Night Grissom."
Sara smiled as she hung up the phone.
"Am I dreaming? Did we just talk like normal, civilized people?"
Sara stared at the phone for one more moment, then stood and picked up all the bags on the bed, set them on the floor by the closet and pulled out her suitcases.
"Okay, everything done, now I can sleep."
She walked over to the bed, drank the last bit of water and set it down and looked at the phone as she sunk under the covers, and grinned.
"Maybe this will be the vacation I've been waiting for all my life."
~~~~~*************------------~~~~~~~~~~~~***********
Okay, I've actually enjoyed writing this chapter very much. Hope you liked it too. It just seemed so cute. Hope that the future chapters will be just as good, and I may just write another chapter tonight. We'll see though. ;- P.S. Is it just me, or do I really feel like I'm hooking you like the real writers do? I know the feeling, and I'm even excited and wondering how my next chapter will turn out, let's pray my mind works on overtime tonight!