Watching him walk down the hall Sara became aware of the tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes. She was mad at him for prying. What gave him the right? Who did he think he was? But he still cared. What did that mean? It could mean that he was just looking out for her as a friend would. But she knew that tone in his voice, he was upset. Did she still have an effect on him? Was it because she'd disclosed her deep seated feeling for him? She shouldn't have told him. Why would he still feel anything for her, even after all she put him through while they were together? And now? Why? Was she worth it? The tears came then.

Cath tentatively approached her. "Sara?"

"Yeah?" She swallowed hard.

"You okay?"

She chuckled as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "No."

"Well," Cath was being cautious. She did just see Warrick walking down the hall from the break room in a dejected fashion. "I don't wanna pry, but, it helps sometimes, to talk about it."

"That's what my PEAP Counselor said." She sighed heavily. Sara didn't know if it was such a wise thing to open up to Cath about Warrick. After all they had been heavily rumoured to be in serious like. But what did that matter now? She was still hesitant to let Cath in. "It's just... You ever get that feeling that everything in your life has just been someone telling you how big of a screw up you are? That your whole life is bad timing."

"Everyday."

"Whenever I try to make it right," her voice choked. "It all falls down on me."

"We're all in the same boat Sara, we're just paddling in different directions." Cath decided to let the moment breathe. Sara looked like she had just gone through hell's fifth circle. She'd been there before. The lightbulb went off in her head. She finally understood all the tension between the two of them the past couple of weeks. "I think he's going through the same thing."

"Who?"

Cath gave her the get real look. "Come on."

Catherine never ceased to amaze Sara when it came to matters of the human heart. She was able to put it all on the table before you could set it. If Cath had figured it out Sara figured she had nothing to lose now. "How'd you put it together?"

"Intuition. Besides, have you seen him lately? It took me about four years with Eddie to get that look. He's only been in it for a couple of months. If it ain't working, you start asking yourself if your heart was actually in it to begin with. He's just starting to realise that."

"I don't wanna be the reason he fails. I shouldn't have told him."

"What? That you love him? Then you would've never known he loved you back."

"Imagine that."

"Give yourself some credit Sara. You're probably one of the smartest girls he's ever known. Very different from the women in Vegas. Believe me, when you live in a superficial world, you dig deep for the real thing. And when you find it, you can't ever let it go because it's worth too much. It's priceless."

Sara's heart heaved at those words. Catherine was taken aback. Never in a million years would she have guessed she could crack Sara Sidle. She did the only sensible thing at that moment. Cath pulled her into a hug, which, to her surprise was reciprocated.

"Shh," Cath was in full mommy mode, making soothing sounds. "It's gonna be okay."