Author's Note

Just a heads up there are spoilers again for " Grave Danger " and " A Little Murder " in here just to warn anyone who doesn't want to be spoiled. There is also suggestive moments meantioned again. Again please READ AND REVIEW. I always love hearing feedback. Any suggestions will be considered. Thanks again.

Chapter 4

Warrick looks around the sparsely decorated living room. There's a futon off to one side with a coffee table in front. There were a couple candles and books on the table. There were such books as " What to expect when you are expecting ? " , " Pregnant after 35 ". Warrick rubs a finger along the books. He sees photos on the mantle of Catherine and Lindsey at a fair, Lindsey at a school play. There was a photo of Catherine, Warrick and Lindsey when he had surprised her with a camping trip up at Lake Mead. There was a photo of the CSI team from Las Vegas and Miami. Right beside these pictures was a black and white picture. Warrick picks it up. He looks down and sees at the blurry grey image on the screen. He looks at the note " Willows, Catherine 10 weeks. " There was a lot of other technical data. Warrick feels a tear rush down his face. He realizes that he is looking at an ultrasound picture of his child. He touches the little grey shape and whispers " I love you. " He holds it close in his hand. He was still shocked. He was going to be a father. He grabs his shorts out of his bag and changes into them. Warrick looks at the picture. He was going to be a dad. When did it happen ? The night that they had almost lost Nicky.

That night Catherine and him had made love. It had been so beautiful and so right not matter what had led to it. She had looked so devastated at the hospital. He had just wanted to pull her into his arms and comfort her. To think that they had almost lost Nicky that night to a madman. That he could have been the one that could have been potentially killed in that tomb. A stupid coin toss had been what had stopped him from being in Nicky's position. He had pulled rank and given Nicky the case. Warrick had felt tremendous guilt over what had happened to Nicky. What killed him more and made the guilt almost intolerable was the fact that he could have died without telling Catherine how he had really felt about her. He loved her. He'd loved her for 5 years and was tired of hiding it from her.

He realized earlier in the day that he was not being fair to Tina. He had been thinking about ending their relationship for a bit. She couldn't accept his long hours. He couldn't deal with how close she was working with her ex-husband David. He had seen too many close moments between them. He had broken it off with Tina. She had been hysterical trying to get him to take her back. He told her that there was no point. It wasn't fair to her. She deserved a man that loved her completely. He was in love with someone else. He wished he had realized it sooner so he could have saved her some heartache. He was sorry for that.

He was tired of hiding his love for Catherine. Some things in life just put things in perspective. The night they almost lost Nick was one of them but there had been a time earlier during a B&E investigation that he had nearly lost Catherine. He had walked in and seen her on the ground after she had been pummelled by a suspect who was trying to get away. She had a nasty cut on her face. He had lashed out at the rookie cop that had been guarding the crime scene for leaving Catherine in so much danger. She had almost become like…Holly. Warrick would forever be sorry for leaving rookie Holly Gribbs alone at a crime scene. Holly had been killed when a suspect had returned to the scene of the crime. Catherine had told the cop to leave. Warrick had tried to comfort her but she told him to back off. She was evidence. She had been hit full on by the suspect and wanted to get every bit of trace that she could find. The worked with Detective Vartann and had found the suspect working at a fast food joint. He had wanted to throttle the guy when he had seen him but Catherine had stopped him. To think of how close he had been to nearly losing her and then nearly being killed himself. It put life in perspective. He was in love with her. He wasn't going to deny it anymore to hell with the consequences.

The sunlight slowly faded through the curtains the next morning. Cars were honking outside as traffic moved down the asphalt to work. Birds were chattering outside the window. Las Vegas was waking up. Warrick had turned over and had wanted to put his hand around Catherine. She wasn't there. He had looked over and had seen her over by the window looking out at the hustle and bustle. He had walked up behind her and kissed her neck.

" Warrick… "

" Good Morning. "

" Morning…look about last night. "

" Look I know the way that it happened but it…"

" was a mistake. I took advantage of the situation. We were both vulnerable after what happened to Nicky. I'm sorry. I never should've put our friendship in that position."

" Cath you got to be kidding me ? "

" I'm not . Look we were both hurting over Nicky. That's all. I'm sorry I let it get that far. "

" Cath I can tell there is more. Look you can't spend a night together like we did and not have it mean something. Both of us don't do one night stands ? Is that all this was ? "

A pause for a moment.

Just then the phone had rung. It was Grissom.

A mistake. She had called that night a mistake. But that is when they created their child ? Did she consider it that way now.

Warrick hadn't been sure what to think of what she said. He was hurt. He had walked back and was getting his pants on. Catherine turned to him.

" That was Gil. He needs us at the Lab. There's something about Nicky's case that's not right. "

Warrick looked at her as he was fastening up his pants. He pulled on his shirt.

" Warrick…"

" It's fine. I get it. "