Title :Why he won't go out

This is just like my alternate ending...you know how it is.

Spoilers : Weeping Willows

Disclaimer: I don't own anything

Chapter 2

Catherine stretched out on the couch and Lindsey followed squeezing next to her. The pizza box, now empty was thrown on the floor beside them and the tv was blaring.

"So" Lindsey spoke first " You want to tell me why you were crying?"

Catherine didn't respond.

Lindsey sat up and turned to her mother. " Mom?" she nudged her " Mom?" Lindsey called " You're not sleeping you just laid down. So stop avoiding me and the question."

Catherine opened one eye " Lins, I don't think that you and I should be having this discussion."

Lindsey rolled her eyes like she had done s many times " Mom, I'm thirteen, I'm not a baby anymore"

Catherine sat up "I know". But how was she to explain that her best friend was mad at her, disappointed, possibly even disgusted with her. How was she to explain that she picked up a man at a bar, A complete stranger and got hot and heavy with him in the parking lot and then he got violent with her. How was she to explain that according to Adam Novak, she was a bitch and a tease. How was she to explain that she was suspended because Ecklie was being his regular jerk off self and basically implied she as a slut. How...she didn't know. So she avoided this moment all evening.

"Mom?" Lindsey called again " You always make e talk about the things that are bothering me so come on I want to help, I hate t when you cry it makes me feel bad." she paused " I wasn't me was it? Did I do something wrong?"

Catherine looked up at her " No baby..no you didn't do anything wrong, you've been really great, I told you I was proud" she hugged her " And I am really, you didn't do anything, it's just that me and Grissom had a fight and he's mad at e right now, and you know how I hate it when Grissom's is mad at me."

Lindsey nodded " SO call him, he'll be in his office and you two can talk it out, tell him your sorry."

Catherine nodded " No sweetie, i don't think so, I think Grissom and I ..I think..." she trailed off.

"You think that you won't be best friends anymore.?"

Catherine nodded " Yeah," a tear slid down her cheek. " Something like that."

Lindsey leaned in and wiped away her tear" Give him time, he loves you. Your his best friend and he won't just let you go."

next day...

Gil walked through in search for Catherine. He entered her office thinking he would find her and have her sign some papers so he could close up the case.

"She's not here." a voice came..but it wasn't her.

Gil waited for the person in the chair to reveal himself.

"Ecklie? Where's Catherine?"

Ecklie put his feet up on her desk and looked around. Picking up a picture of Lindsey he smiled " She was suspended, I'm surprised you didn't know, actually I'm surprised that your surprised, you know her actions had to be dealt with."

Gil nodded " Why are you in her office?"

Ecklie shrugged " No reason , I was just thinking that she had a chance to redeem herself after she let her memory card get stolen, after she blew up my lab. But she keeps messing up, it's like she doesn't care if she even keeps her job, so I was just sitting her thinking that maybe she really doesn't like her job as supervisor and she should be demoted before she brings the lab down and everyone with it."

"Why would you do that to her, You suspended her isn't that enough and how long dose she have to pay for the accidental explosion over a year ago? And the evidence that was stolen wasn't her fault either, the scene was not secure and that's not her job. You can't just use things against her from the past when you see fit."

Ecklie didn't say anything, he put the picture of Lindsey back on her desk and stood up. " What are you worried about? I caught wind of the fact you were pretty upset with her your self, why all of a sudden are you defending her honour?"

Gil didn't reply

"Oh well" Ecklie smirked " It's not your decision anyway. " and walked away

Gil walked toward the front desk with Adam Novak's items in hand. When he reached the man he handed him his key card and the other items taken from him when he was arrested.

"What?" Adam called after him " No apology?"

Gil stopped and slowly turned around " What do you want me to say? Didn't You already get your apology from Conrad Ecklie?"

Adam nodded " Yeah, but I don't want it from him I want one from her."

Her. Gil knew he was talking about Catherine. " She doesn't owe you anything." he replied coldly " I'm sure the mark you let on her cheek proves that."

Adam scoffed " I didn't touch her, I don't care what she told you. The door slipped, she got what she deserved. That bitch is a liar, and a slut. I can't believe the kind of people that work for the Las Vegas Police Department, it's rather disturbing."

Gil glared at him. He would have loved nothing more then to punch him in the mouth. The things he was saying about Catherine were making him angry and with everything that was going on angry was the last thing he wanted to be.

"You don't know her, and I have nothing to say to you about her just sign for your things and get out of here."

"I heard she was suspended" he commented

Gil furrowed his brow

"What?" Adam snickered " I now know everything about her, you think it was just by chance that I knew where she lived? She never told me, but I work for the city I have access to everything."

Gil let out a deep breath, he wasn't going to get into with this slim bag, he wasn't worth his time. He was ready to walk away once more but Adam continued to talk.

"So, I met her daughter the other night" he paused seeing that Gil was still there " Lindsey I think it was, and Catherine's mother Lily. I can see where Catherine get's her looks. A family full of beautiful women."

Gil listened to him speak of Catherine, Lindsey and her mother like he was a friend of the family.

"Leave" Gil warned " Now"

Adam smiled and dropped the pen. " You're just mad because it wasn't you." With that Adam walked out of the building.

TBC