Lanta- thanks; I better go fix that typo! ; )
Icklebitodd- yes I got Nick in character, I always have trouble writing for him : )
Apollo13- thanks, I have the most interesting image of Catherine trying to drag Grissom out the hospital room as he clings onto the chair, but I decided to go with this….
Jtbwriter- thanks for those kind words. I didn't know if the POV of a unconscious person would work : )
As Catherine entered Grissom quickly removed his hand form Sara's.
"Who are you hiding it from Gil?" sighed Catherine "your not hiding it from Sara and everyone else knows" she finished sitting down.
Grissom just starred at her for nearly a minute as his sleep-deprived brain processed the information.
"Me" he replied.
"Well that's just stupid" snapped Catherine "look Gil for god's sake the woman practically worships you I wouldn't be surprise dif she had some freaky shrine set up."
Grissom just sat taking in Catherine's outburst.
"It complicates things"
"Life is complicated Grissom, you should know that more then most what we see everyday should tell you that, it should also tell you that you need to take the risks, life's over before you know it. When we weren't sure if Sara was going to make it I saw the look in your eyes the panic that she may be gone and that chance of you telling how you feel with it"
There was a long pause before Grissom took Sara's hand back in his own.
"I don't want to make that mistake again," said Grissom.
"Good now about you showering"
"Now you want me to leave?" questioned Grissom.
"Yes no offence but when Sara wakes up do you think she wants to see you like that…or smell you for that matter"
Grissom self-consciously sniffed his shirt.
"I'll stay with her and Greg's coming later. She won't wake up alone" smiled. Grissom just starred at her making no attempt to move. That was until Catherine got up and physically escorted Grissom away. Luckily he couldn't put up much of a fight in his sleep-deprived state. After ten minutes Catherine had flicked through the book that was under Grissom's chair and was wondering what he did all day to entertain himself.
Catherine sat staring out the window.
"Hello" called Greg happily.
"Hey" smiled Cath glad of the company.
"Finally got him to leave" he smiled.
"Hey there Sara I brought you some music" Cath looked at Greg like he had completely lost it.
"They say some people can recognise familiar sounds that's why when I came yesterday I read to her" he said smiling and putting the CD player on the side. "I asked permission," he said trying to work out the look on Catherine's face. She had never thought of that, she had just seen her as laying there, she had hardly spoke to her and there was Greg reading and brining in music. She felt so selfish just thinking of how she didn't like sitting there by herself.
"It's Black eyed peas. I play it all the time when Sara's driving me to a scene" he said smiling and putting it on quietly.
"Well I never really had you down as a painted nails girl Sara," he said examining her hand.
"What?" Cath hadn't even noticed that Sara's nails were a dark plum colour.
"There painted"
"Yes the nurses did them. They told me they do it to help with a persons dignity and so if they can still feel the touch they know someone's with them." Answered a nurse who had just come in making both the CSI's jump. Catherine reached out and took Sara's hand for the first time since she had been in the hospital.
"Your lucky they didn't do them pink" she said with a slight laugh.
"Well they're washing your hair later so maybe we could dye it" added Greg turning the music up slightly.
"It's you favourite 'where is the love'" he said smiling.
"I can hear her voice singing my head"
"I though she stopped singing in the lab"
"Yer most of the time but she used to sing when she was driving or once we were processing this car and turned the stereo on. Ecklie walked in on us doing a duet into our spanners," he said laughing.
"She stopped been like that round me a while ago" said Catherine sadly clutching her hand.
"You just have to give her chance to open up. You asked Ecklie if he'd like the last dance didn't you," said Greg sitting down and pushing her hair from her face " then told him that it was reserved for Grissom, he looked like he was going to explode and wrote us up on unprofessional conduct" he laughed and Catherine joined in.
"Hey what's this" Greg picked up the ladybug that had fallen behind the bed.
"To me you're the most beautiful creature in the world and I hope one day I will have the courage to tell you in person" he read of the card.
"Well we all know that's from bug man" he smiled placing it on top of her heart monitor "I think that belongs here not quite the heart but the monitors close enough"
"What you bring?" asked Greg examining the cards on the side.
"Mines the Disney one," he said
"Well I guessed as much and that you brought the gift voucher for a chemistry set"
"I told her when she woke up we could blow up Ecklie's office" he smiled.
"Warrick brought this kangaroo, he said it bounced around like her when she had a good day and Nick brought this I'm not sure what it is oh" he dropped it as the small ball he was holding as it began changing colour.
"I get it. He said it was like her moods. Always changing" he laughed.
"Hey is this from Linds" he said taking a homemade card from the side. Catherine sat feeling guilty she had only brought Sara a card and decided that she was going to get her something and bring back tomorrow, possibly something girly like some make up despite that fact Sara hardly wore any she used to like eye shadow, that's it she'd bring her some eye shadow in.
"I didn't know Lindsey hung out with Sara," he said looking at the photo glued on the front.
"It's from last year. My mother was sick I was working and Sara offered to look after her."
"Wow Sara and kids and you let her, well they look like their having g fun"
"Yes Lindsey always goes on about when can she see her. The other day she came in the lab walked right by me to go see Sara"
"Well Sara gets the fun aunt status you're the mum who tells her off" smiled Greg.
"Hey Sara nice legs" he said putting the card down. The picture on the front was of them both roller blading wearing shorts and with huge grins on their faces.
Sara knew Grissom had gone, in her mind at least. She had no idea who the person who kept her hand warm and spoke to her all day was; she had no concept of time anymore. The warmth from her hand was gone but there was now a different kind of warmth. Music filtered through her subconscious with flashing images of when she heard it. The warmth was now replaced with these pictures flashing before her like a photo album was been flicked. Noise drifted into her mind and at times it was almost as if she was in the conscious world again as her body heeled itself she got closer and closer. Voices seemed to come through and recently words and the feeling that she should be doing something. Instead she felt as if she was floating, drunk in a way. Like just before you pass out and the world turns into a big blur and you body no longer feels connected but that feeling was coming back and the world along with it.
TBC…Please keep those reviews coming I need some encouragement, because the next chapter I've just wrote in is rubbish so I've had to start it all over again so please encourage me : )