A/N: Sorry haven't posted for a while - schoolwork. Well most of it is finished for the year, so I will hope to post more often. Thanks to Sidle Chick for beta-ing.
Chapter 5"I need to know something, "Leah began shakily. When Sara nodded, she continued, "Is it true what Mom and Dad said?"
Sara looked confused at first, unsure about what the child meant. Deep down she was fairly sure that she knew but didn't want to admit it. "Which was what Leah?"
She whispered into Sara's ear, "Are you my Mother?" She took the silent response as a yes. "Why didn't you tell me?" Her voice was beginning to rise.
"Leah calm down, we talk about this in a minute, but right now you need to be checked out at the hospital." Sulkily, the child agreed to be led into the back of the ambulance.
Sara watched from a distance and was about to turn and walk away when she felt a hand rest on her shoulder. She would have normally thought this was someone like Greg giving her support, but she could sense every time Grissom came near, and this time was no exception. "Why don't you go with her? You look exhausted."
She grumbled a small "thanks" and began walking towards the ambulance just before they closed the back doors. "Excuse me," she called to the paramedic, "Sorry but I don't suppose I could travel with you as well?"
"Are you a relative?" He asked.
Automatically she responded, "Yes, I'm her aunt." Immediately after she said it, she regretted the words.
"I hate you!" Leah screamed, "Why don't you just admit it?"
"Sorry, I mean, I'm her Mother," Sara tried again, although slightly quieter, looking apologetically at her daughter. 'My daughter' she thought, 'only she's not only mine, is she? Should I tell her father, or not? I know it's going to come out now anyway.'
Turning around, making sure Grissom hadn't heard too much of the conversation, she waved at him and stepped into the ambulance hoping that she could mend some of the damage that had been caused over the past 13-14 years. She noticed how confused he looked, and wondered if he had worked anything out, 'surely he wouldn't think this, would he?'
The ambulance ride was silent, and Sara held Leah's hand. At first the she had refused, but it wasn't long before she had fallen asleep, and Sara took the opportunity of studying the child. "I'm so sorry," she whispered, "who would want to do this to you or us?" Tears were beginning to appear again in the corners of her eyes, but she brushed them off casually with her sleeve.
Grissom followed the ambulance to the hospital and watched as the people inside exited the vehicle and head inside the hospital. Inside he grabbed Sara's hand, "Sara," he began, "please wait; is she ok?" he noticed the tears in her eyes. "Come here," he surprised her by drawing her into a hug, "do want to get something to eat or drink, or are you planning to go and wait with her?"
"I might go and get some coffee or something, I doubt Leah wants to see me at the moment." She paused, "I'm not exactly one of the popular people around her." She joked. She tried to laugh, but instead began crying. Grissom pulled her closer to him. She was too tired to complain.
As they started walking towards the cafeteria, Sara said, "Grissom, there's something you ought to know about Leah-" she was cut off by a doctor running passed them, nearly knocking Sara flying, towards the OR. He uttered his apologies before carrying on along his journey. "What was I saying?" She asked once the doctor had disappeared.
"You said that there was something that I should know about Leah, before we were interrupted," Grissom replied. He smiled, trying to lighten the mood.
"You know what, it doesn't matter at the moment, I think I had better see how Leah is doing. I don't suppose you could get me some coffee and take to me in a moment could you?" When he nodded, she continued, "Ok then, I'll see you in a few minutes, bye." She waved to him, before turning around and heading back to the cubicles where Leah was being treated.
Please R&R. I'm sure that most of you will have guessed where I'm going with this story, but if you haven't it will be even more obvious in the next chapter.
