OKAY, I am really excited about this chapter. Probably as much as you are. Good stuff is gonna happen on both 'ship' front's, or should I say, one of them is gonna be revealed as already being something, I'm sure you can guess which one, and of course we've got "Grissom's Dilemma", which will in some ways be solved. So I'll shut-up now and I hope you like this chapter!

CSI: HAWAIIAN VACATION

Chapter 11

Catherine smiled as she quietly shut the door to her and Warrick's room, and quietly tip toed over towards the bathroom.

"And where have you been?" Warrick asked sleepily from the bed, his face shadowed in darkness.

Catherine sighed. "I was just checkin on Gris...to see if he'd gone to bed yet, but he was still hiding out in the living room."

Warrick laughed lightly and sat up and reached over and turned on the bedside table light.

Catherine smiled when his handsome face appeared.

"Why'd you put your shirt on, I thought you said you were hot?" Catherine asked, a smirk appearing on her face.

Warrick smiled and rubbed the back of his neck before he sat forward and motioned for her to come over to the bed and sit.

She complied and as she sat he pulled her back onto him and whispered softly in her ear, "I was hot, until you left."

Catherine giggled and elbowed him in the chest.

She suddenly quieted as she leaned back into him and said quietly, "Why is it so easy?"

Warrick's eye brows furrowed in confusion, "Why is what so easy?"

"Us? Why is it so easy for us to show each other our feelings and start a relationship when Gris is afraid to even get a foot near Sara, and same with her?"

Warrick smiled as he brushed his fingers through her hair and said, "Cath, they are two totally different people. I mean I know Gris, he's like a father to me and he's never been comfortable with bearing his soul, I mean we all know that, but I as well as the rest of you, I can see how big this thing is between them...they're in love, but they both don't know how to tell each other, well, Sara's showed it in subtle ways, but Grissom seems to be dumb as a doornail to anything having to do with relationships, and he knows that. I think things will get better."

Catherine smiled and started to say something, but was cut off when Warrick touched her nose with his finger and said, "Also, because of your little matchmaker act there's no way something won't happen. I still can't believe though that you got Nick and Greg in on it.

Catherine smiled. "Well as I told you, second time around I wrote only Sara's name on the papers while no one was looking and when everyone else went after Gris, I'd already talked to Greg about pretending to get Nick. So it was a piece of cake."

Warrick smiled as he pulled Cath closer and whispered quietly in her ear, "My little devil" and kissed her softly on the lips.

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Grissom sighed as he slowly pushed open the bedroom door and peeked in.

His heart was racing as he slowly stepped in and shut the door behind
him, he turned around and looked towards the bathroom, where a long shaft
of light shown through onto the carpeted floor. The only source of light.

As the beating of his heart slowed he looked towards the bed to see Sara
lying under the blankets, her face turned towards him. Her eyes shut, a
small smile on her face.

Grissom couldn't help but smile and just then noticed that music was
playing the background and listened a moment to the words,

With eyes of fire

No one can see

the smoke from the sweet grass

Covers me

I am drawn

I am drawn to her

Like a moth to flame

She leads me down

Unbound

~I didn't know we had the same tastes in music.~ He thought, smiling
softly.

He started to walk over to her side of the bed to switch it off, but
thought better of it; because she may wake up once he turned it off.

He looked at the bed a moment, watching her, to make sure she wasn't
faking being asleep.

He stood for a while and found himself backed up against the door
watching her.

Her chest rose and fell with each breath, her lips twitching once in a
while from a smile to a smirk.

He finally gave up as he felt a wave of sleepiness come over him and
stepped forward towards the bathroom.

Once inside he shut the door quietly and leaned back against it, the
bright lights blinding him momentarily until his eyes adjusted.

He then walked over to his suitcase and pulled out a pair of knee length,
blue cotton shorts and a white cotton tee shirt and pulled them on, used
the restroom and brushed his teeth.

When he finished he walked towards the door and looked at it a moment
then opened it. He stepped out and shut the door a crack, just so there'd
be enough light for him to see and tip toed over to the bed.

He looked at Sara a moment, her hair now fallen over onto her face and
smiled finding himself thinking how much he wanted to brush it back, but
pulled off his glasses and set them down softly on the bedside table and
slowly lifted the covers.

He felt his heart begin to race again and slowed his breathing as he lie
down on the cool sheets.

~Just turn over towards the bathroom and stay on your side of the bed.~

He felt his heart go back to it's normal pace and stretched his legs out
under the blankets, to stop the cramp that was starting in his right
foot.

After a moment he focused back on the soft sounds of the music playing
through the room.

...Maybe some day you'll look up
And barely conscience you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing

You won't cry for my absence I know
You forgot me long ago
Am I that unimportant?
Am I so insignificant?
Isn't someone missing me?

Even though I'm the sacrifice
You won't try for me not now
Though I'd die to know you love me
I'm all alone
Isn't someone missing me?

Grissom sighed listening to the music, slowly turning on his back and
looked up at the ceiling.

~Is that how Sara feels, that I don't care a bit about her? I hope not, I
hope she can see through the wall I put up so long ago that I truly do
care for her...that, I love her. I haven't done too good a job lately at
showing her at all that I care; I wouldn't blame her if I did open my
heart to her, if she turned me down. I hurt her so much. I hope once and
for all I can break through this and really treat her as she should have
always been treated...as the beautiful, caring, woman I've always had
feelings for, even though I didn't know it.~

He froze as he felt the bed move a little as Sara turned over. He heard
her sigh and suddenly mumble something inaudible, then the sound of
something being clicked off.

He immediately heard the music stop and closed his eyes.

He heard her mumble something again and turn over.

He bit his lip when he realized that she had turned over to see him lying
next to her and was herself, probably hyperventilating.

He heard her let out a slow breath and gulp.

He felt a smile coming to his lips and bit harder, almost drawing blood.

He felt the bed dip as she turned again to the opposite side and then all
movement ceased.

He opened his mouth slowly and let his breath out and hoped his breathing
would return to normal and soon.
~Just act like you're at home and let yourself drift off to sleep. Ignore
the fact that the one person you'd give your life to be with is lying
right next to you and go to sleep...hope that there will be another day
tomorrow, so you can take a chance and show her your heart and mind.~

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Okay I hope that was good, I was having a hard time with the end, but I
know that tomorrow I'll be able to really put a lot into the G/S.
Anyways, I need to shower and get ready for bed.
Hope you liked this chapter and write more tomorrow.
Bye! ;-)