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Darkness was closing in on the two stranded CSI's. They could feel the change in the air, the dampness setting in and the dark rain clouds threatening to burst.

"Has Lindsey got a sitter?" asked Sara suddenly breaking the silence that had been ongoing since her outburst.

"My mothers with her" replied Cath.

"How's she getting on at the new school?" asked Sara

"How do you know she moved school?"

"It's pretty much common knowledge after you took her to the morgue" Catherine looked shocked that this was something most people knew about.

"I wanted to show her what can happen to people" Catherine suddenly felt the need to explain herself to the younger woman.

"I think Lindsey knows what can happen to people," replied Sara.

"What's that supposed to mean?" questioned Catherine sharply.

"It means she saw Eddie, Cath. She may have been young but she's not stupid she knows what happened to him and she'll know what he did to you" Catherine sat silent for a minute rage rushed through her veins. How dare Sara try and tell her what to do.

"You know I think I can raise my own child I've been doing it long enough" she shouted breaking the silent night air.

"Oh here we go. You the wonderful hero raising a child! Only hundreds of women do it as well. Only I'm sure most of them don't have their mother there to help look after the house and child. She's you daughter Cath you choose to have her don't treat her like a burden" this was it Catherine snapped.

"Just shut up telling me how live my life, I don't see you doing such a great job" she stumbled to a standing position pain coursed through her ankle but not caring she began to walk away.

"Fine. You know what walk away GO. Lindsey will thank you in years to come, she'll be so pleased that you burdened yourself with her. BLAME SOMEONE ELSE CATH IT'S GETTING OLD" Sara practically screamed also getting some of the pain going through her in waves out.

"BLAME WHO?" Catherine wasn't sure what made her stop and shout back.

"ANYONE IT'S WHAT YOU SEEM TO DO" Sara paused having difficulty catching her breath. "First it was Eddie, yes he was a bastard but get over it. Then it's Lindsey fault for been born, for being upset about seeing her dad hit her mother and then watching him die, then blame any man you happen to sleep with, cause there's been enough"

"WHAT THE HELL RIGHT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT" shouted Catherine still a good distance from Sara.

"Because I've been there done that. I know what it's like to watch your mother get hit and be to scared to do or say anything. To pretend like you don't have a clue what's happening. I know what it's like to see one of your parent's dead. I've had my share of crap relationships big deal I got over it. You move on Cath it's what people do" this had taken the wind out of Catherine. It was true Sara could probably understand why Lindsey acted out more than anyone.

"You think Lindsey with thank you for letting her weigh you down, she'll grow up hating herself for it and act out even more"

"I love her she's NOT A BURDEN" screamed Catherine at Sara tears falling thick and fast down her face.

"Don't tell me, tell her. Don't treat her like she's stupid. She knows Eddie hit you and she's scared that the men you bring home will"

"What?"

"I found her sat outside the lab crying because you were working late when you said you would take her bowling" replied Sara her voice quieter because she had to take deep breaths in between. Catherine began to hobble back towards Sara as light spots of rain moistened her shoulders. The cool air made her shiver and as she got closer she could see Sara's hands shake as they clutched at her side.

"Catherine bad things happen, that's life. Don't try and make them go away by blaming others and don't focus on one bad thing. Trust me I've done it" a slight smile graced Sara's lips.

"I'm sorry. I just blame others because if I take responsibility it means I have to look at my life." Replied Catherine after regaining her composure.

"Like when you kissed the murder suspect"

"That would be my fault". Sara winced as a pain shoot through her leg. Blood had soaked through the bandages on her leg and was beginning to come through on her abdomen. Suddenly the rain came down faster the two were soaked within seconds. Puddles began to form on the floor as a lighting strike and thunder in the distance made both women jump.

"Sara we need to move" said Catherine bending down to her level.

"What?" questioned Sara looking at her leg.

"This is a flash flood area. There's a slope over there that doesn't loo too steep" Catherine placed Sara's arm over her shoulder and braced the other one round her middle.

"Cath I can't stand"

"You can" and with that she hoisted Sara up. Pain shot through her leg causing her to cry out in agony. She couldn't tolerate weight on it and was lent completely on Catherine who wobbled with her ankle nearly giving way.

"Right come on" Sara took one step with her good leg and felt the skin that was beginning to heal on her stomach rip open and warm trickles of blood roll down.

"I can't" she began.

"You can just think about something else" Catherine stepped forwards taking Sara's bad leg with her, swinging her round like a ballet dancer.

"What's this I hear about you and Greg having dinner?" she asked as water ran off her face.

"He asked me for dinner and we went" Sara hissed as she put another foot forward her hair sticking to her face with water.

"Sara this is Greg he would take that as a date"

"I like him" Sara replied as Catherine tightened her grip.

"I knew it. Warrick said it was just you two flirting but it changed. Does he know?" she asked her feet slashing in a puddle as the reached the slope.

"I don't know. I didn't know I did until I started worrying about what I wore to work"

"I thought you changed. You kept looking at each other at scenes then turning away every time the other person did" she smiled. Catherine went up first and lost her footing on the mud. She landed sharply on her arm shouting.

"Broken?" asked Sara as she managed to stay up right.

"Yes" hissed Catherine through clenched teeth.

"You go first you've got better footing than me" Cath stopped but then continued. She bent down so that she was on her knees and used her good arm to pull herself up. Although it was a gentle slope it seemed like mountain. Catherine made it to the top, she was now sat about three feet above Sara and the large puddle that had quickly formed around them. Rain was making visibility difficult.

"Cath" shouted Sara not able to see her as Catherine laid at the top catching her breath.

"Tell Greg. Tell him I think I'm falling in love with him". Catherine couldn't help but laugh at this. She had known Sara's affections for Grissom and she knew that Sara had long given up on them. She knew that ever since Greg had been in the field and they had seen him as something other than lab rat Sara had grown affections for him.

"TELL HIM YOURSELF" shouted Catherine sitting up. She was wet and covered in mud. Her hands numb from the cold and yet she still smiled at the brunet who was propped against some rocks at the bottom professing her love for what once was the geekest person in the lab. Water was quickly rising so that it was now round Sara's ankles and forming a fast flowing riverbed. Catherine swung her legs over and inched herself down so she was sat just below the steep embankment that lead to the highest ground. From where she was at it looked vertical but she hoped they were going to be high enough now she just had to get Sara up.

TBC

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