Rainbow - Part II
A.N.: For CSI Kennedy.
It had been like any other day for Sara. She woke up at 3-pm to start getting ready for work. She had a light breakfast - scrambled eggs on toast - and took a shower before reading through her mail and doing a little housework.
A knock at the door was unusual however. Well, not the knock, per se, more the time of it. She knew who was behind the door because he'd been coming to her house every day before she left for work for the last six months. So when she answered the door, she was a little wary.
"Warrick, you're ear-" Sara didn't get to finish her sentence before being pushed violently against the wall behind her, banging her head and knocking her off-balance, "Owww."
"You stupid…did you really think you could get away from me?" It was Simon, her next-door neighbour from San Francisco.
When she'd left, she really had thought she'd gotten away from him. They'd been together six months before he'd started getting violent, and he was only violent when he was tried or drunk. She'd put it down to the alcohol at first, but then he'd started attacking her when he was sober too, and then she thought it was down to herself.
But she kept her state of mind and got out when Grissom had called her for a job. And she really had thought she'd gotten away.
Until now.
"Simon, what are you doing here?" she said, rubbing the back of her head, before crawling to find her phone or gun.
He looked as if he was going to kick her whilst she was down, so she felt extremely lucky when Warrick chose that moment to walk into her apartment. Warrick saw Sara before he saw Simon and had drawn his gun.
"Hey, look sir, I don't want to have to shoot you, so step away from Sara." Warrick used his other hand to get his cell phone out and call the police.
"And who are you?" Simon started, "Are you her boyfriend?" Simon took a few steps towards Warrick who re-adjusted his hold on the gun.
"Stay there sir." He looked at Sara who shook her head, fear sparkling in her eyes. "No, I'm not her boyfriend, but I was hoping to be." He risked a glimpse at Sara who nodded slightly and a small smile appeared on her face.
When Brass and everyone arrived, the memories for Sara became a blur. But the black and white had long gone. All she could see was colour - and how much she hated it.
There's a little bit more to come...just a conclusion to the story. Then we're done. Don't sound so disappointed!