A/N – you guys are so bad! I have a midterm tomorrow and should be studying but here I am writing another chappie…hmmm…lol I know its not your fault, I just love seeing the responses to the chapters because especially at the last one I laugh… oh how much you don't know… (Sorry - I'm still going to be keeping up with the suspense!)

Chapter 16:

"Pregnant?" Nick whispered. As Warrick handed him a cup of coffee before sipping at his own. Grissom was sitting in his chair behind his desk, obviously deep in thought.

"If you think about it, it almost makes sense. Why she fainted, why she told Catherine. The mood swings…why she didn't want any of us to know. This must have been hard enough, having her deal with Chris, a guy who was hitting her – knowing she was pregnant with his baby,"

"Well we can get him with abuse. That's a start. Anything that gets him in prison is fine by me." Nick said.

"It's not going to be easy. Sara will have to testify. I've still got this gut feeling though, that there's more to it. It seems more than mere coincidence that Sara knew the man who raped that little girl a few weeks ago, and that he was a friend of Chris. Sara never found out whom we arrested. She probably has no idea. But the question is, what do we do now that we know?" Nick sat in thought, and looked over at Grissom who was still lost in another world. He probably hadn't heard a word they were saying. He turned back to face Warrick.

"We let her tell us. Dr. Robbins was right – it was private and Chris really had no right to even tell us. It should've been Sara's decision. Let her come to us, she will have to eventually. Then we support her and we love her and the baby." Nick answered quietly. Both men turned to look at their boss.

"Grissom?" Warrick said. He turned to face them.

"Yeah – I agree…" was all he replied back.

"What were you thinking about?" Nick asked, the creases in his forehead deepening.

"There are still way to many questions unanswered – How was he involved in the rape case, why was Sara so scared to go to the hospital and is there anything more that she isn't telling us?"

"We can talk to them tomorrow – maybe everything will make more sense in the morning." Warrick suggested. Grissom nodded and added,

"Why don't we go over to Sara's apartment after shift? We should check up on Catherine too." They all agreed.

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Not wanting to wake up the women, in case they were still asleep, Nick took his key after he, Warrick and Grissom all showed their ID's to the guard outside and quietly slipped into the apartment. Warrick made his way over to the couch, where Catherine was sleeping peacefully, wrapped snuggly under a blanket. She must have heard the commotion, because the moment Warrick turned to leave, she opened her eyes.

"What are you guys doing here?" she asked, as she sat up quickly and tried to smooth out the wrinkles in her top.

"We came to see you and Sara." Grissom responded.

"She's probably still asleep – she took one of those sedatives Dr. Robbins gave her. She'll be asleep for a little bit yet. Anyone want coffee?" She went to get up but Warrick pushed her back down on the couch.

"We'll make it – you take it easy too. This has been a difficult situation for you too." She nodded, happy to still have the chance to wake up. Once she had a few moments to reacquaint herself with the world she quickly stood up.

"Shoot! I've got to go see Lindsey before she goes to school!" She made her way towards the door, where Grissom stopped her.

"It's okay Cath – we took care of it. Your moms watching her – she knows a little bit about the situation from what you've told her and she's more than happy to watch Lindsey until later." Catherine nodded and gratefully accepted the cup of coffee being offered to her. They all sat down in Sara's small living room.

"How's Sara doing?" Nick asked softly.

"I honestly don't know. We didn't have a chance to talk about it too much last night. I know she feels really bad for dragging me into all of this…" Catherine left off.

"Dragging you into what?" Grissom asked. Catherine shook her head.

"It's for Sara to tell you, not me. You'll have to wait – I'm sorry but it's really not my place." Warrick nodded and took her hand. Nick kept glancing at Sara's closed bedroom door, then said,

"I'm going to change quickly – all my stuff is in the spare bedroom. Then I'm just going to peek in on Sara and make sure she's okay." They all nodded and continued to sit silently. Nick went into his room and grabbed some fresh clothes. He walked across the hall to Sara's room and pressed his ear against the wall. No noises. He slowly opened the door a little crack to peek in and noticed her unmade bed. The unmade bed that held no body lying fast asleep. Immediately, he flew open the door, and gasped in horror.

Sara was lying face down on the floor, half dressed, her sleeping pills strewn out all around her, the empty bottle still clutched in her hand.