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Chapter 10: Come to me

Evelyn was really happy with Sara's pleasant surprise. Sara told her to follow her and to not say a word. Evelyn found it all very interesting and wondered what Sara was up to.

Sara took Evelyn's hand and guided her to Sara's car. "Your car is staying in this parking lot" Sara said with a big smile on her face. She got in the car and drove off.

Evelyn wondered where they were going, but soon enough she realised they were heading for Sara's apartment. "Wha.." Evelyn spoke up, but she didn't even get to finish the first word of her sentence, Sara was telling her to not say a word.

When they arrived at Sara's apartment, Sara told Evelyn to wait outside for a little bit so she could get something ready. Evelyn was standing outside the door, waiting, wondering. She had absolutely no idea what Sara was up to. What was going on in Sara's mind? What is she going to do? Being curious as she is, Evelyn tried to take a peek through the door, which Sara didn't completely close. Unfortunately she didn't see anything but an empty hallway.

"Can I come in?" Evelyn shouted, hoping she could come in and finally see what Sara was up to.

"One more minute" Sara shouted back.

Sara seemed to be in her bedroom. Maybe Sara was getting all dressed up for her? Evelyn smirked at her own thoughts, she felt like a sex-minded teenager all over again. The things Sara brings up in me, oh my god, that woman is going to be my death!

Sara poked her head around the corner to see if Evelyn was still peeking. "No peeking" she shouted at Evelyn "Close the door and knock, I'll open."

Sara was really nervous, she really hoped Evelyn would like her idea and would agree to it. It would be a long shot, but someone once told her that in a relationship, you have to take risks sometimes. And in order to let her relationship with Evelyn leave the ground, she was going to have to take a risk.

Evelyn knocked on the door. This was Sara's cue, she slowly walked to the front door, her heart pounding in her chest. Sara could have sworn that Evelyn could hear her heart pounding through the door. When she opened the door, she saw Evelyn's face in awe and smiled, the first step into the big risk was taken, there was no turning back anymore.

When Catherine finished processing the crime scene once more, she found proof that there was no fourth child. She took the evidence back to the lab, and while Hodges was processing it, she walked to Grissom's office, she had to tell him about how Evelyn almost cracked the case. Everyone knows that witnesses are not the best things to rely on, but no one thought the neighbours would lie over another child. So who WAS in that house with the family? Who's blood drops are on the floor?

Grissom was totally focused on some magazine, as usual. Catherine knocked on the door, even though it was open, she didn't want to scare Grissom.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Catherine asked while Grissom looked up at her.

"Of course Catherine, what is it about?" Grissom asked while rubbing his eyes. He had been reading for too long.

"Evelyn" Catherine said while sitting down.

"I've heard she is doing pretty well. But you are the one working with her, so tell me." He said. Grissom had heard about how brilliant Evelyn was supposed to be, but he wanted to hear from Catherine if that was true.

"She would be a great addition to our team. I know she only just got here and she has been away for while too, but she is just so keen and accurate" Catherine said "and the way she does her paperwork, I've never seen neat reports like hers in this lab. Everyone here hates the paperwork, but she seems to actually enjoy it, she is putting as much effort in her reports as in her research. Today, she almost cracked the case with just looking at the pictures of the crime scene. I have to say I was a bit blind after hearing from the neighbours they had four kids, I went back and I found nothing that pointed to a fourth child living there. So the fourth person is now our prime suspect. I sent Evelyn home after shift though, I think she shouldn't work doubles yet. I would like to take her out in the field the next time, she should get some practise there so she can pass her proficiency test."

Grissom thought for a second. It was not too long ago that Greg passed his test, and a new addition to the team didn't sound bad at all. Even though he would have to talk to Ecklie about that. "Take her out with you on your next case, but watch her closely. I will talk to Ecklie about adding her to the team, I fear the worst though. We already have Greg and Sofia working with us."

Catherine smiled "I will make sure Evelyn will blow Ecklie away, and leave him no choice but to accept her."

Grissom smiled. That's how he knew Catherine, passionate about something, so passionate and determined it impressed him.

When Catherine left the office, Grissom sighed. He really did not feel like talking to Ecklie, maybe he was going to take Evelyn on a case with him before talking to Ecklie, so he could see for himself how good the new girl really was.

When Grissom first met Evelyn, he noticed something about that woman. In a way it was just like the thing he noticed about Sara Sidle when she was in his class. Evelyn seemed to have a big need to prove herself, and to impress him. He also noticed she was a neat person, her clothes were perfect, the little make up she wore was applied very well, there was no strand of hair in the wrong direction and her whole appearance was just good.

Grissom smiled to himself. Maybe this girl was the only one in the team next to Catherine and Nick that Ecklie would actually approve of. Not that it meant they were any better than Sara and Warrick. Sometimes people need a second chance or a third to learn.

Sara guided Evelyn inside, to the couch in the living room. Evelyn still hadn't said a word, and it was making Sara very nervous. But that nervousness quickly changed into a feeling of having accomplished her goal. When Sara sat down on the couch next to Evelyn, she saw Evelyn still staring at her in awe. Sara smiled, she had hoped she'd cause a reaction like that on Evelyn, but she never dared to think it would feel this good.

"You look…I don't…Err…I'm so….I'm underdressed" Evelyn managed to stutter. It made Sara laugh to herself to see the normally so talkative Evelyn tripping over her own words.

Sara smiled at Evelyn, trying to make her feel more comfortable. "Why don't you start at the beginning" she said.

Evelyn took a deep breath. She couldn't believe the state she was in right now. Come on Daniels, get a grip!

"You look more than amazing" Evelyn said first while checking Sara out, slowly moving her eyes down to Sara's legs, making Sara blush. Sara did look more than amazing indeed. She was wearing a silk red dress that was a perfect match with Sara's pale skin and auburn hair. Sara's beautiful brown eyes stood out and left Evelyn in awe. Evelyn couldn't help but let out a little laugh, Sara seemed to have forgotten her shoes, which was incredibly adorable. She was so flattered that Sara did all this just for her, after a night of hard work.

Sara got really nervous from the way Evelyn was looking at her. If she wasn't mistaken she could see Evelyn undressing her with her eyes, which made her even more nervous. The first step was successful so far, now the rest. The rest was what Sara had been dreading the most, it meant opening up to Evelyn, it meant being so vulnerable, she hated that. She always kept everything to herself, only under rare circumstances she'd open up to people, like she had done to Grissom when Ecklie suspended her.

Evelyn sat on the couch, staring at Sara. She wondered what was next, she didn't think Sara would just dress up like that for fun, plus Sara looked really uncomfortable, like she was about to do something she was not going to like.

"Erm" Sara started, she thought she might as well get it over with. "I want to tell you something, something that is really hard for me. And because I was afraid I would chicken out on this moment, I wrote it all down in a letter" Sara said while handing Evelyn a piece of paper.

Evelyn didn't accept the paper from Sara's hand, making Sara's heart beat even faster than it already was.

She looked up at Evelyn, who smiled at her and said "Read it to me, please."

Evelyn took Sara's hand and gently caressed it with one finger "If you read the letter to me, you don't have to face me, I know it's easier that way." Evelyn smiled at Sara "I know you better than you think, just like you know me better than I think."

Sara had to think about that statement. She wasn't sure about that. She was just hoping that Evelyn would come to her, that Evelyn would open up to her. Just like real lovers do.

Sara took a deep breath and unfolded the letter. She was about to break down all her walls, about to open up her heart. Suddenly she felt really naked, this was it, the moment of truth.

Sara sighed and started reading:

Dear Evelyn,

I know it must be weird to get a letter from me like this. But as you might know I'm not so good at expressing my feelings, although around you I have actually made some progress in showing my feelings. You have been very patient and good with me regarding that, and I hope that in the future you will keep doing that, because it makes me feel good. Ever since that day we first met in the break room at work, something about you intrigued me. There was something about you that caught my eye and it intrigued me that I did not know what it was at first. After a lot of thinking, I think that now I know what it is, Evelyn I think you and me are the same. When I look into your eyes, I see looks that I know too well, looks that I see when I look in the mirror, and looks that I know I make sometimes. This letter might not make any sense to you, just bear in mind that I'm trying to write down my feelings, and just like when I'm talking, I also have problems with writing down my feelings. Although it is a lot easier than facing someone, I still 'stutter' so to speak.

I think that first of all, I should again apologize for what happened between us. I never meant to hurt you, and especially not put you in hospital. When I came to visit you for the first time, I was afraid you would send me away, turn me down or say you'd never want to see me again. At that moment I started wondering why it was that I'm so afraid to be turned down by you. It wasn't like the fear of being turned down I normally have, it was totally different.

Someone once told me that you choose your love life. So if you are miserable and single, it's because you choose to be miserable and single. I never believed that, I always thought it just wasn't my thing. I had my work and that was it for me. When I met you, I started to understand what that person meant to tell me. If you want something you have to go out and get it, not wait and let it come to you, because things like that never happen. I liked you from the moment I laid eyes on you. I just didn't want to admit it to myself. When I saw you and Catherine at work, I became really jealous of the way she was acting towards you, because it was like how I wanted to act. I wanted to be the one holding you when you felt sad, but I never said anything about it. After the accident in the locker room happened, I had a lot of time to think. I realised that now is my time to step up, that now it is time for me to get what I want, because if I wait any longer, you might be moving on, or thinking I don't like you enough to go deeper with you. I can tell you now that there is nothing more I want then to go to the next level with you, hell, call me overenthusiastic but if I could I would even like to skip some levels. Evelyn, from the moment you stepped in my world, you totally rocked it so to say. My life got turned upside down when you kissed me, and when I realised I liked you. My heart wants to open up to you, tell you all those things I feel and all those things you make me feel, but my head keeps interfering, my head is scared. This is where I come to my point. I'm writing you this letter because I'm scared that when I tell you what I really want, I mess up. I'm scared of your reaction to this letter, I'm scared of your reaction towards me, and I'm scared of what might happen after this, whether it's good or bad.

Sweet Evelyn, what I wanted to ask you this morning when you left my house, but never asked because I was afraid and it wasn't my thing: Will you come to me? Will you never go away and move in with me? I want to have you around all the time, you make me feel so good, you make me feel me. I never felt like me before, but with you around my house feels like a home.

Sara looked up from the letter to see Evelyn's reaction, her heart was pounding in her throat. She had tears rolling over her cheek. What was Evelyn going to answer?