Disclaimer: Not mine, never has been and never will be.
Fade to Black
Grissom
I keep holding on to the phone even though the line went dead several minutes ago. Brass gently takes it out of my hand and says something about my team needing me, but all I can think about is that one team member who needs me, that one team member who has been needing me for so long.
I turn around and see Greg and Sofia. Greg is losing it. He is sitting on the pavement, holding his legs close to his body, rocking backwards and forwards, his gaze turned to some point far away. Sofia is watching something in front of her and I turn to see what she is looking at. The sight sends chills down my spine. A television monitor has been placed strategically between the different FBI teams. It shows images from inside the room. It shows how Sara is lying on the floor in a fetal position, a small stream of blood running from her temple to her chin. I can not see the rise and fall of her chest indicating that she is still breathing. I think I'm going to be sick.
The word "displacement activity" invades my brain when I reach down to my pocket to retrieve my cell phone. I'm planning to call Catherine and tell her... I don't know what I am going to tell her. I know what I want to tell her. I want to tell her not to bring Nick, but while I'm contemplating what to say Sofia reaches out to me and when I look up and see them approaching us: Catherine, Warrick. And Nick.
Sofia
I have been observing Grissom ever since I arrived at the scene and I realize he loves her. In his own strange way he has always loved her and I think I always knew that. On the multiple dates we went on I craved for him to act around me the same way he has been acting around Sara, like a love sick teenage boy afraid to show his feelings. I think Sara craved for him to act the way he acts around me, like a man who is interested in more than my intellect.
She craved. Past tense.
I know, I think I'm the only one besides them who knows as I have witnessed her being sick, I have noticed her staying away from Greg's special blend, but most of all I have noticed her touching her abdomen multiple times during the day and I have noticed him watching her abdomen on even more occasions.
As I reach out to let Grissom know they are here, that he is here. I'm not sure Grissom should be the one who tells him he is about to lose everything he lives for. Then again, I'm not sure who should.
TBC