CSI: HAWAIIAN VACATION
Chapter 14
Grissom sighed as he sat on the couch, staring off into space.
~I have to do something. I'm going crazy just sitting here, and the last thing I feel like doing right now is reading!~
He slowly stood and turned and looked out the pane glass windows of the deck doors to see Catherine heading down the steps to the beach.
He quickly walked to the door, opened it and ran over to the stairs and down to Catherine.
"Catherine!" He yelled as he neared the bottom, Catherine a few feet ahead.
She turned and looked at him, surprise on her face and said loudly, "What?"
As he neared her and came up beside her she started to walk.
"Where are you going?" He asked keeping pace with her, trying to start a conversation.
"Well, I was going for a walk, by myself, but now I find myself with company." Grissom slowed and said, "Well did you want to be alone?"
Catherine laughed waving her hand for him to follow.
"No, no...I'm just kidding. So, what's on your mind Gil?"
He smiled and ran his fingers over his hairy chin and said, "Nothing, just, I was tired of sitting in the house, I wanted to get out and do something."
Catherine smirked and said quietly, "Well, the cave man is finally crawling out. Why you suddenly so keen to be social?"
Grissom sighed. "Oh don't start Cath, I talk, I just don't talk all the time."
"Yeah I know. So what was up with you and Sara last night?"
Grissom's brows furrowed in confusion. He swallowed and said meekly, "What do you mean?"
Catherine snorted a laugh; "Don't play stupid with me Gris. I saw Sara out here on the beach this morning, venting some of her pent up anger, and I can only guess that it was at you or had something to do with you."
Grissom felt his heart racing, wondering what he possibly did last night or this morning that could have made her so angry.
"Grissom, I'm not trying to pry..."
Grissom eyed her, a smirk pulling at the corners of his mouth and said, "Cath, you always pry, you just have a different name for it."
Catherine smiled and said, "Anyways...what happened in that room last night? I mean, I'm your friend and I've told you plenty of things about me and what goes on in my life. It's your turn, so fess up."
Grissom sighed. He himself didn't understand exactly what was going on in Sara's mind and at the moment was way too afraid to ask.
"Catherine, I really don't know why she would be angry. Last night, nothing happened. She was asleep and I just went to bed, stayed on my side, I think, and didn't do a thing to her. This morning I wake up, she's in the bathroom, so I wait for her to come out, ask her if she'd like to have breakfast and then when she turns me down I went in and got ready."
Catherine smiled and said, "You asked her to breakfast?"
Grissom looked at her a moment and said, "Yes, and the big deal is?"
Catherine smirked, "Well Gris for how you've been ignoring her lately, and then suddenly trying to be chummy and ask her out, so to speak, I think you've confused her greatly."
"Grissom, Sara has surprisingly opened up a lot to me in the last few weeks, and she's told me things, that I think she didn't mean to and that I know she would never forgive me for repeating. All I can say is, trust her, as I've said, there are so many wonderful things you don't know about her. I know you guys had a past, that I don't know anything about, and I'm not about to ask, but she's changed these last few years, she's a different person. There's so little you know of her, open up to her, talk to her, straighten things out between you two. Because if you don't figure things out between you two soon, you might wake up one day and find it may just be too late."
Grissom suddenly stopped as Catherine went on walking.
She smiled at her choice of word's knowing that something she said had definitely struck a cord, and that now, he may do or try something, even if it was small. The littlest things sometimes make the biggest difference.
The day wore on, everyone staying away from each other, doing their own thing, just resting and taking their vacation.
Catherine sighed as she snapped shut her book and stretched out on the couch, looking back at the closed door of Grissom and Sara's room.
Grissom had shuffled off in there after their talk and hadn't appeared since.
Apparently she'd sparked something that caused him to shut down into himself completely.
It'd been nearly five hours since their talk and she wasn't about to go in there and question him, knowing exactly what he'd say.
She looked around the room as she noticed the day was getting shorter. It was coming quite close to dinnertime...well if she went by what the normal person's dinnertime would be.
~We haven't left the house since we got here...yesterday, well not that we've wasted time, but I wanna go somewhere.~
She slowly stood smiling at the coolness of the wood floor on her bare feet.
She walked over to the pane glass windows overlooking the deck and smiled seeing Sara stretched out on a blanket on the deck, reading a book.
~Sara, I feel so much for you. For what you're going through...it must be hell. If I were you I would've already given him an ultimatum...either kiss me or you'll never see the light of day again.~
Catherine smiled and slowly reached out and opened the door and walked out quietly and stood to the side of Sara, waiting for her too look up.
"Yes Catherine?" Sara said, still staring down at her book.
Catherine smiled and slowly hunkered down into an Indian style sitting position and flipped shut Sara's book.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Sara said, looking up seeing a pleasant smile on Catherine's face.
"Okay, what's up with you?"
"I think we should go out." Catherine said, smiling, biting her lip.
Sara smirked and said, "Sorry, Cath, I don't think I'm your type..."
Catherine smiled and softly punched her in the shoulder.
"Oh come on Sara, you know what I mean...we've been cooped up in the house since we got here, let's get the guys to dress up and go out to a karaoke bar or diner or something."
Sara smiled and turned her head slightly.
"It sounds like fun, but getting the guys to dress up...I highly doubt they will."
Catherine smiled, "I know my Warrick will do it, we've just got to get the others to."
Sara smiled and quickly spoke up, "Whoa, my Warrick...so there really is stuff heating up between you two huh? Well I'm so glad everyone's else's love life's seem to be shaping up."
Catherine smiled, "Oh come on Sara you know it's only a matter of time...Gris will come around soon enough."
Sara smiled, "This is crazy...you know what this feels like? I feel like I'm back in Miami with my cousins for summer break, talking about my latest crush."
Catherine smiled, "Oooh, Sara used to do a little girl talk?"
Sara slowly stood and smiled down at Catherine, "I am a girl Cath, I am gonna act a little girly once in a while, and right now I feel like its one of those times."
She held her hand out and helped Catherine up.
"You know Sara, I could get used to not bickering with you." She said, slowly bringing her arm up around Sara's shoulder.
"Oh now we're getting all buddy, buddy...Well I guess I don't mind, as long as you don't suddenly turn on me."
"Don't worry Sara, my life's too wonderful right now for me to start hating you again."
Sara giggled and said, "Well if that wasn't just freakin bluntly honest...I could hurt you for that."
They both laughed out loud as they walked into the house, startling Nick out of his thoughts, who'd just sat down on the couch to watch TV.
Nick smiled in pleasant surprise, "Well if it ain't the Banger sisters."
Catherine looked at him funny as she took her arm off of Sara.
"Do you even know what your saying?" She said, looking over at Sara who shrugged and suddenly looked over at her and Gris' door as it opened, his head poking out seeing what the commotion was.
"Great, get you ass out here Gil, we were just gonna talk about going out." Catherine said sarcastically.
Grissom stared at her a moment, then noticed Sara and almost sunk back into the room, Sara suddenly turned and walked off to the kitchen and Catherine gave Grissom a stern look.
She sighed and slowly mouthed, "Dammit Gris, don't start shit now."
Grissom squinted at her then stepped out the door and into the living room, joining Catherine and Nick.
Sara suddenly appeared, walking into the room, a strawberry banana smoothie can in hand and sunk down on the couch.
Catherine smiled and walked over and sat down next to her.
"Hey Nick, go see if you can find Warrick and Greg, we need to talk."
"Righty O, Mommy O." He said, smiling.
Catherine and Sara both rolled their eyes.
"Shut up Nick, just go do it...I swear, that was such a Greg comment...you guys have been sharing a room too long."
Nick glared at her and she smiled, "Just go!"
He smiled and slowly started up the stairs, and started running by the time he reached the second half.
"So, what exactly are your plans for tonight Catherine?" Grissom said, walking over to the chair opposite the couch and sitting down.
"Well, I am tired of being here..."
Grissom eyes her and she quickly went on.
"...I know we've only been here a day and a half total, but I'm used to not staying in one spot...anyways as I was saying, I would like to go to a club or a karaoke bar, I need a little fun. And booze."
She smiled mischievously at the last statement and Grissom rolled his eyes and looked to the floor.
"And Sara agrees, she's just as bored as I am, right Sara?"
Sara took a gulp of her drink and slowly nodded her head. "Well I can't exactly say I disagree, I did want to do a little site seeing, though it is getting a little late for that, but I guess I'm up for a little fun." He said, smiling.
Catherine giggled and said, "Wow, I don't think I've ever heard you say that you want to have 'fun'.
Grissom turned his head sideways and said, "Catherine I used to be young...I do still know what it is to go out and just have fun."
Catherine smiled and looked over at Sara, who was busy looking at the back of her drink can, memorizing the ingredients.
Nick suddenly came running down the stairs, Warrick slowly following and by the time he'd reached the bottom, Nick had already ran off down the hall to the game room.
"He got a bee flying around in his pants?" Warrick said, smiling and walking over to the couch, falling down next to Cath.
"Don't know and wouldn't like to know." Sara said quietly, taking a sip of her drink.
Greg and Nick appeared, Greg sighed and said, "Okay, what do you want?"
Catherine smiled, "Does he sound like a teenager to you?" Catherine asked, looking at Warrick.
"I'm not gonna answer." Warrick said quietly as they all fanned out in the room, Nick sitting down in the remaining chair across from Gris, while Greg sighed and sat down on the floor and leaned back on the wall.
"Okay...Sara and I are both tired of being cooped up in this house and decided that we want to go out."
Sara's head quickly popped up. "I didn't..."
Catherine sighed, "Shut up Sara." She said softly, smiling.
Sara sighed and smiled back as Catherine went on.
"Now, take your pick boys...Karaoke Bar, Club, or Diner?"
They all looked around the room at each other, thinking where they wanted to go.
"I have no preference." Grissom said quietly, leaning back in the chair.
"I think a Karaoke Bar would be fun." Greg said animatedly and Nick quickly shook his head in agreement.
Catherine looked at Warrick, "I really don't care Hun, do whatever you want, I'll follow along." He said quietly, smiling at her.
"Okay, I agree, lets go to a Karaoke Bar. Now, we of course don't want to get fancy, but lets get a little dressed up, like we're going to a party."
Catherine looked at Sara. "Sara get your suit case, we're getting fixed up, and I'm gonna fix you, meet me in my bathroom, Warrick, go get ready with Griss, I'm sure he won't mind sharing a mirror with you."
Grissom smirked and said, "Whatever", as he stood and headed into the kitchen.
Sara sighed and smiled as Catherine stood and said, "Get you ass up, no way out of it."
Sara took one last gulp of her drink and stood as Catherine headed upstairs to her room.
"Lighten up Sidle, this could be fun, try to act crazy for a while, imagine being back at college."
She walked into Gris and hers bedroom and over to her side of the bed and picked up her large suitcase.
"One, two, three!" She said loudly as she heaved the bag up and smiled, realizing it wasn't as heavy as she first thought. She stepped out of the room and walked over to the stairs, ran up and knocked quietly on Catherine's door.
"Come in!" She yelled as she put a CD into the boom box on the bathroom counter.
Suddenly the loud music of The Who filtered the room, Who Are You playing loudly.
Sara smiled and walked over to the bed and dropped her suitcase onto it, and opened it.
Just then Catherine walked in and looked at it, then started going through its contents.
She smiled as she found what she was looking for and said, "Oh yeah...I think he's gonna come around real soon."
Chapter 14
Grissom sighed as he sat on the couch, staring off into space.
~I have to do something. I'm going crazy just sitting here, and the last thing I feel like doing right now is reading!~
He slowly stood and turned and looked out the pane glass windows of the deck doors to see Catherine heading down the steps to the beach.
He quickly walked to the door, opened it and ran over to the stairs and down to Catherine.
"Catherine!" He yelled as he neared the bottom, Catherine a few feet ahead.
She turned and looked at him, surprise on her face and said loudly, "What?"
As he neared her and came up beside her she started to walk.
"Where are you going?" He asked keeping pace with her, trying to start a conversation.
"Well, I was going for a walk, by myself, but now I find myself with company." Grissom slowed and said, "Well did you want to be alone?"
Catherine laughed waving her hand for him to follow.
"No, no...I'm just kidding. So, what's on your mind Gil?"
He smiled and ran his fingers over his hairy chin and said, "Nothing, just, I was tired of sitting in the house, I wanted to get out and do something."
Catherine smirked and said quietly, "Well, the cave man is finally crawling out. Why you suddenly so keen to be social?"
Grissom sighed. "Oh don't start Cath, I talk, I just don't talk all the time."
"Yeah I know. So what was up with you and Sara last night?"
Grissom's brows furrowed in confusion. He swallowed and said meekly, "What do you mean?"
Catherine snorted a laugh; "Don't play stupid with me Gris. I saw Sara out here on the beach this morning, venting some of her pent up anger, and I can only guess that it was at you or had something to do with you."
Grissom felt his heart racing, wondering what he possibly did last night or this morning that could have made her so angry.
"Grissom, I'm not trying to pry..."
Grissom eyed her, a smirk pulling at the corners of his mouth and said, "Cath, you always pry, you just have a different name for it."
Catherine smiled and said, "Anyways...what happened in that room last night? I mean, I'm your friend and I've told you plenty of things about me and what goes on in my life. It's your turn, so fess up."
Grissom sighed. He himself didn't understand exactly what was going on in Sara's mind and at the moment was way too afraid to ask.
"Catherine, I really don't know why she would be angry. Last night, nothing happened. She was asleep and I just went to bed, stayed on my side, I think, and didn't do a thing to her. This morning I wake up, she's in the bathroom, so I wait for her to come out, ask her if she'd like to have breakfast and then when she turns me down I went in and got ready."
Catherine smiled and said, "You asked her to breakfast?"
Grissom looked at her a moment and said, "Yes, and the big deal is?"
Catherine smirked, "Well Gris for how you've been ignoring her lately, and then suddenly trying to be chummy and ask her out, so to speak, I think you've confused her greatly."
"Grissom, Sara has surprisingly opened up a lot to me in the last few weeks, and she's told me things, that I think she didn't mean to and that I know she would never forgive me for repeating. All I can say is, trust her, as I've said, there are so many wonderful things you don't know about her. I know you guys had a past, that I don't know anything about, and I'm not about to ask, but she's changed these last few years, she's a different person. There's so little you know of her, open up to her, talk to her, straighten things out between you two. Because if you don't figure things out between you two soon, you might wake up one day and find it may just be too late."
Grissom suddenly stopped as Catherine went on walking.
She smiled at her choice of word's knowing that something she said had definitely struck a cord, and that now, he may do or try something, even if it was small. The littlest things sometimes make the biggest difference.
The day wore on, everyone staying away from each other, doing their own thing, just resting and taking their vacation.
Catherine sighed as she snapped shut her book and stretched out on the couch, looking back at the closed door of Grissom and Sara's room.
Grissom had shuffled off in there after their talk and hadn't appeared since.
Apparently she'd sparked something that caused him to shut down into himself completely.
It'd been nearly five hours since their talk and she wasn't about to go in there and question him, knowing exactly what he'd say.
She looked around the room as she noticed the day was getting shorter. It was coming quite close to dinnertime...well if she went by what the normal person's dinnertime would be.
~We haven't left the house since we got here...yesterday, well not that we've wasted time, but I wanna go somewhere.~
She slowly stood smiling at the coolness of the wood floor on her bare feet.
She walked over to the pane glass windows overlooking the deck and smiled seeing Sara stretched out on a blanket on the deck, reading a book.
~Sara, I feel so much for you. For what you're going through...it must be hell. If I were you I would've already given him an ultimatum...either kiss me or you'll never see the light of day again.~
Catherine smiled and slowly reached out and opened the door and walked out quietly and stood to the side of Sara, waiting for her too look up.
"Yes Catherine?" Sara said, still staring down at her book.
Catherine smiled and slowly hunkered down into an Indian style sitting position and flipped shut Sara's book.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Sara said, looking up seeing a pleasant smile on Catherine's face.
"Okay, what's up with you?"
"I think we should go out." Catherine said, smiling, biting her lip.
Sara smirked and said, "Sorry, Cath, I don't think I'm your type..."
Catherine smiled and softly punched her in the shoulder.
"Oh come on Sara, you know what I mean...we've been cooped up in the house since we got here, let's get the guys to dress up and go out to a karaoke bar or diner or something."
Sara smiled and turned her head slightly.
"It sounds like fun, but getting the guys to dress up...I highly doubt they will."
Catherine smiled, "I know my Warrick will do it, we've just got to get the others to."
Sara smiled and quickly spoke up, "Whoa, my Warrick...so there really is stuff heating up between you two huh? Well I'm so glad everyone's else's love life's seem to be shaping up."
Catherine smiled, "Oh come on Sara you know it's only a matter of time...Gris will come around soon enough."
Sara smiled, "This is crazy...you know what this feels like? I feel like I'm back in Miami with my cousins for summer break, talking about my latest crush."
Catherine smiled, "Oooh, Sara used to do a little girl talk?"
Sara slowly stood and smiled down at Catherine, "I am a girl Cath, I am gonna act a little girly once in a while, and right now I feel like its one of those times."
She held her hand out and helped Catherine up.
"You know Sara, I could get used to not bickering with you." She said, slowly bringing her arm up around Sara's shoulder.
"Oh now we're getting all buddy, buddy...Well I guess I don't mind, as long as you don't suddenly turn on me."
"Don't worry Sara, my life's too wonderful right now for me to start hating you again."
Sara giggled and said, "Well if that wasn't just freakin bluntly honest...I could hurt you for that."
They both laughed out loud as they walked into the house, startling Nick out of his thoughts, who'd just sat down on the couch to watch TV.
Nick smiled in pleasant surprise, "Well if it ain't the Banger sisters."
Catherine looked at him funny as she took her arm off of Sara.
"Do you even know what your saying?" She said, looking over at Sara who shrugged and suddenly looked over at her and Gris' door as it opened, his head poking out seeing what the commotion was.
"Great, get you ass out here Gil, we were just gonna talk about going out." Catherine said sarcastically.
Grissom stared at her a moment, then noticed Sara and almost sunk back into the room, Sara suddenly turned and walked off to the kitchen and Catherine gave Grissom a stern look.
She sighed and slowly mouthed, "Dammit Gris, don't start shit now."
Grissom squinted at her then stepped out the door and into the living room, joining Catherine and Nick.
Sara suddenly appeared, walking into the room, a strawberry banana smoothie can in hand and sunk down on the couch.
Catherine smiled and walked over and sat down next to her.
"Hey Nick, go see if you can find Warrick and Greg, we need to talk."
"Righty O, Mommy O." He said, smiling.
Catherine and Sara both rolled their eyes.
"Shut up Nick, just go do it...I swear, that was such a Greg comment...you guys have been sharing a room too long."
Nick glared at her and she smiled, "Just go!"
He smiled and slowly started up the stairs, and started running by the time he reached the second half.
"So, what exactly are your plans for tonight Catherine?" Grissom said, walking over to the chair opposite the couch and sitting down.
"Well, I am tired of being here..."
Grissom eyes her and she quickly went on.
"...I know we've only been here a day and a half total, but I'm used to not staying in one spot...anyways as I was saying, I would like to go to a club or a karaoke bar, I need a little fun. And booze."
She smiled mischievously at the last statement and Grissom rolled his eyes and looked to the floor.
"And Sara agrees, she's just as bored as I am, right Sara?"
Sara took a gulp of her drink and slowly nodded her head. "Well I can't exactly say I disagree, I did want to do a little site seeing, though it is getting a little late for that, but I guess I'm up for a little fun." He said, smiling.
Catherine giggled and said, "Wow, I don't think I've ever heard you say that you want to have 'fun'.
Grissom turned his head sideways and said, "Catherine I used to be young...I do still know what it is to go out and just have fun."
Catherine smiled and looked over at Sara, who was busy looking at the back of her drink can, memorizing the ingredients.
Nick suddenly came running down the stairs, Warrick slowly following and by the time he'd reached the bottom, Nick had already ran off down the hall to the game room.
"He got a bee flying around in his pants?" Warrick said, smiling and walking over to the couch, falling down next to Cath.
"Don't know and wouldn't like to know." Sara said quietly, taking a sip of her drink.
Greg and Nick appeared, Greg sighed and said, "Okay, what do you want?"
Catherine smiled, "Does he sound like a teenager to you?" Catherine asked, looking at Warrick.
"I'm not gonna answer." Warrick said quietly as they all fanned out in the room, Nick sitting down in the remaining chair across from Gris, while Greg sighed and sat down on the floor and leaned back on the wall.
"Okay...Sara and I are both tired of being cooped up in this house and decided that we want to go out."
Sara's head quickly popped up. "I didn't..."
Catherine sighed, "Shut up Sara." She said softly, smiling.
Sara sighed and smiled back as Catherine went on.
"Now, take your pick boys...Karaoke Bar, Club, or Diner?"
They all looked around the room at each other, thinking where they wanted to go.
"I have no preference." Grissom said quietly, leaning back in the chair.
"I think a Karaoke Bar would be fun." Greg said animatedly and Nick quickly shook his head in agreement.
Catherine looked at Warrick, "I really don't care Hun, do whatever you want, I'll follow along." He said quietly, smiling at her.
"Okay, I agree, lets go to a Karaoke Bar. Now, we of course don't want to get fancy, but lets get a little dressed up, like we're going to a party."
Catherine looked at Sara. "Sara get your suit case, we're getting fixed up, and I'm gonna fix you, meet me in my bathroom, Warrick, go get ready with Griss, I'm sure he won't mind sharing a mirror with you."
Grissom smirked and said, "Whatever", as he stood and headed into the kitchen.
Sara sighed and smiled as Catherine stood and said, "Get you ass up, no way out of it."
Sara took one last gulp of her drink and stood as Catherine headed upstairs to her room.
"Lighten up Sidle, this could be fun, try to act crazy for a while, imagine being back at college."
She walked into Gris and hers bedroom and over to her side of the bed and picked up her large suitcase.
"One, two, three!" She said loudly as she heaved the bag up and smiled, realizing it wasn't as heavy as she first thought. She stepped out of the room and walked over to the stairs, ran up and knocked quietly on Catherine's door.
"Come in!" She yelled as she put a CD into the boom box on the bathroom counter.
Suddenly the loud music of The Who filtered the room, Who Are You playing loudly.
Sara smiled and walked over to the bed and dropped her suitcase onto it, and opened it.
Just then Catherine walked in and looked at it, then started going through its contents.
She smiled as she found what she was looking for and said, "Oh yeah...I think he's gonna come around real soon."