CSI:HAWAIIAN VACATION
Chapter 10
"Hey Griss how long has Sara been asleep?" Nick asked, walking into the living room, surprised to see Grissom watching TV.
"About two hours, give or take, but leave her alone, she needs to sleep, this is the first vacation she's had in a long time."
Nick smiled, "Well someone seems protective, why are you suddenly so worried about her sleeping habits."
Grissom muted the TV and looked up at Nick shrugging his shoulders, "What sleeping habit?"
Nick grinned and headed to the stairs. "Nice one Griss. Well I'm tired. See you in the morning, well... really the afternoon. Goodnight"
Grissom smiled, "Night Nick."
When the sound of Nick's footsteps subsided, Grissom turned the sound back on the TV and started switching through channels again.
~Well the infomercials aren't any better than the early morning ones we have.~ He thought, picking up the remote and switching off the TV.
The house became quiet. Warrick and Catherine had retired to their room the hour before, Greg was still pouring over the video games in the game room, sipping beers, and Nick had just went upstairs to bed.
~Well you can't hide out here forever. You're tired, go to bed.~
He stood and turned around and stared at the door. After a moment, he started to walk around the couch, but stopped again when he was a few feet from it.
"She's not a monster you know." Catherine said quietly, standing at the bottom of the stairs.
Grissom turned around and frowned. "I know that Catherine. I thought you went to bed."
"Hey, don't change the subject. Why do you act so afraid of her, I mean, yeah I saw you warming up to her today, things were good again, but now it seems you might be thinking of shrinking back into that shell of yours."
Grissom looked at her strangely and said, "Is that what you think I'm doing?"
"Well it's certainly looks that way. Grissom, I know Sara, in ways that you don't. She's a good friend, we confide in each other, there's a lot of wonderful things you don't know about her, why don't you try to get to know her, instead of always pushing her away?"
"Catherine...it's a lot more complicated than you think..."
"No Gil, it's only as complicated as you make it."
She said, going over to the couch and sitting down.
Grissom stood there watching her and rolled his eyes when she motioned for him to sit down.
"Catherine I don't want to talk about this."
"Grissom, you need to talk, I can see it in your eyes, you want to talk, you just always got to make things so damn complicated."
Grissom sighed and came back over and sat down on the other side of the tan leather couch, turning and leaning back on a pillow.
"Grissom, I understand that you can't all of a sudden just open up to people, you're a private person, you've always been, but sometimes you need to let your guard down. Sara is really hurting right now, and I don't know why. She seems really happy on the outside, she's been bubbly and stuff since we decided on going on this trip. But as you and the rest of us have seen, she's shrinking, she's not the same Sara we used to know and we all know why."
Grissom looked at her a moment wondering what she was going to tell him and sighed, waiting for her to finish.
"Grissom, we all know she feels something for you, and I think you know it too, we all sense the distance between you, and to tell you the truth, I believe that you both hate it. You want to talk to each other, but every time, you both put up barriers, because you think that the other's going to hurt you. Talk to her, listen to her...you need to do something about this."
Grissom looked at her a moment, trying to register her words and quickly opened his mouth to say something.
"No, don't tell me anything, I'm not going to say anymore on the subject...for a while. I'll let you two figure things out on your own. I'm hoping I won't have to say anything again." Catherine slowly stood and walked over to the stairs.
As she went up she suddenly stopped and looked at him.
"This is your once in a lifetime chance Grissom. Take it. Don't let it, or her slip away into the shadows." And disappeared up the steps.
*Sorry for the short chapter, but there will be more tomorrow. Hope you liked it. Night! ;-)*
Chapter 10
"Hey Griss how long has Sara been asleep?" Nick asked, walking into the living room, surprised to see Grissom watching TV.
"About two hours, give or take, but leave her alone, she needs to sleep, this is the first vacation she's had in a long time."
Nick smiled, "Well someone seems protective, why are you suddenly so worried about her sleeping habits."
Grissom muted the TV and looked up at Nick shrugging his shoulders, "What sleeping habit?"
Nick grinned and headed to the stairs. "Nice one Griss. Well I'm tired. See you in the morning, well... really the afternoon. Goodnight"
Grissom smiled, "Night Nick."
When the sound of Nick's footsteps subsided, Grissom turned the sound back on the TV and started switching through channels again.
~Well the infomercials aren't any better than the early morning ones we have.~ He thought, picking up the remote and switching off the TV.
The house became quiet. Warrick and Catherine had retired to their room the hour before, Greg was still pouring over the video games in the game room, sipping beers, and Nick had just went upstairs to bed.
~Well you can't hide out here forever. You're tired, go to bed.~
He stood and turned around and stared at the door. After a moment, he started to walk around the couch, but stopped again when he was a few feet from it.
"She's not a monster you know." Catherine said quietly, standing at the bottom of the stairs.
Grissom turned around and frowned. "I know that Catherine. I thought you went to bed."
"Hey, don't change the subject. Why do you act so afraid of her, I mean, yeah I saw you warming up to her today, things were good again, but now it seems you might be thinking of shrinking back into that shell of yours."
Grissom looked at her strangely and said, "Is that what you think I'm doing?"
"Well it's certainly looks that way. Grissom, I know Sara, in ways that you don't. She's a good friend, we confide in each other, there's a lot of wonderful things you don't know about her, why don't you try to get to know her, instead of always pushing her away?"
"Catherine...it's a lot more complicated than you think..."
"No Gil, it's only as complicated as you make it."
She said, going over to the couch and sitting down.
Grissom stood there watching her and rolled his eyes when she motioned for him to sit down.
"Catherine I don't want to talk about this."
"Grissom, you need to talk, I can see it in your eyes, you want to talk, you just always got to make things so damn complicated."
Grissom sighed and came back over and sat down on the other side of the tan leather couch, turning and leaning back on a pillow.
"Grissom, I understand that you can't all of a sudden just open up to people, you're a private person, you've always been, but sometimes you need to let your guard down. Sara is really hurting right now, and I don't know why. She seems really happy on the outside, she's been bubbly and stuff since we decided on going on this trip. But as you and the rest of us have seen, she's shrinking, she's not the same Sara we used to know and we all know why."
Grissom looked at her a moment wondering what she was going to tell him and sighed, waiting for her to finish.
"Grissom, we all know she feels something for you, and I think you know it too, we all sense the distance between you, and to tell you the truth, I believe that you both hate it. You want to talk to each other, but every time, you both put up barriers, because you think that the other's going to hurt you. Talk to her, listen to her...you need to do something about this."
Grissom looked at her a moment, trying to register her words and quickly opened his mouth to say something.
"No, don't tell me anything, I'm not going to say anymore on the subject...for a while. I'll let you two figure things out on your own. I'm hoping I won't have to say anything again." Catherine slowly stood and walked over to the stairs.
As she went up she suddenly stopped and looked at him.
"This is your once in a lifetime chance Grissom. Take it. Don't let it, or her slip away into the shadows." And disappeared up the steps.
*Sorry for the short chapter, but there will be more tomorrow. Hope you liked it. Night! ;-)*