Chapter 19: The musings of Catherine Willows
Catherine arrived at the Las Vegas Crime Lab by herself. Normally Evelyn would be with her, but Evelyn wasn't there when it was time to leave for shift. It pissed her off in a way, but if the younger woman was doing what she had told her to do, then was ok with it.
When she walked into the locker room, something she saw made her freeze. She could swear she felt her jaw hit the floor. Yup, Evelyn and Sara made up alright.
Evelyn had borrowed some clothes from Sara to sleep in and washed her clothes during the night. That way they had more time to talk and cuddle before going to work. And they sure had cuddled in the morning. The night before Sara was exhausted and fell asleep right when she hit her pillow. When Evelyn woke up in the morning she found Sara's head on her chest, that cute gap toothed smile of that gorgeous woman somehow always led to the worst things.
"So where are we now?" Evelyn asked Sara while they were getting things from their lockers.
Sara looked at Evelyn, she saw the playful smile on the dark blonde's face.
"That depends" Sara smirked
"Depends on what?" Evelyn replied while closing her locker. She sat down on the bench and looked at Sara.
"On what you want us to be" Sara said playfully while sitting down next to Evelyn.
Evelyn pretended she was thinking real hard. "Hmmmm" she said, moving a little closer to Sara. "What about…." She said while placing her hand on Sara's leg. "A couple making out in the locker room at their work" she said while closing the distance between them and kissing Sara gently.
When Evelyn's lips touched hers, Sara could feel herself melt into the taller woman. She was still a bit weary about Evelyn, but she couldn't deny the love she had for her. And besides, why would she deny herself the heavenly bliss of being close to this amazing but complicated woman.
The gentle kiss soon turned into a passionate one. Sara could feel the heat quickly spreading over her whole body when she felt Evelyn's tongue enter her mouth.
They only thought no one would see them, but Catherine Willows was unfortunate enough to walk in on the two women sharing a passionate kiss. A sting of jealousy went through her, something she couldn't really place, just like the way she felt at the sight of the two lovers.
She had kissed women in her dancing days but she wasn't into women, even though the past while she had been confused about her feelings towards Evelyn. She loved men, no doubt about that. Women, now that was a whole other story. It amazed her that she reacted so strongly to seeing these two women kiss.
Catherine chuckled and left. She had no idea what to think of this, she knew the two women were together but seeing them kiss was a whole different thing. The blonde woman walked straight to her office, she had to think and she didn't want to be disturbed.
Catherine rested her head in her hands and massaged her temples. She was drifting off in her own thoughts while the door to her office opened.
"Catherine, I want ….."
"Greg, if you want me to strangle you, keep on talking" Catherine shot at the young CSI. She did NOT want to be disturbed.
"Ooook" Greg replied while quickly leaving and closing the door behind him. That wasn't such a good idea.
Everyone had assembled in the break room to receive their assignments, everyone but Catherine. After Grissom handed out assignments he asked the group if they had seen Catherine.
"I saw her in her office" Greg said "she wasn't feeling too shabby" he continued while he followed Nick and Evelyn out of the break room.
After Grissom send Sara and Warrick to their crime scene, he decided to pay Catherine a visit. When he opened the door to her office, she shot up and gave him a death glare.
"Oh, it's you" she sighed, arranging some files on her desk.
"Good evening to you too Catherine" Grissom said while entering.
"Sorry Gil, I just have a headache and loads of paperwork that needs to be files ASAP" She said, making it sound like an apology.
"I send everyone out already. Good luck with your paperwork" he said, quietly exiting Catherine's office. He knew how much paperwork actually sucked.
When Grissom left her office she sighed and hit her head on the pile of paperwork in front of her. No way was she going to be able to get through that, especially not with the state of mind she was in.
"Oh man" she grunted while rubbing her eyes. This was going to be a long night. She wondered what her problem was. She wanted to figure it out and get it over with quickly, Catherine Willows always had her mind made up.
"Hey" Catherine suddenly heard someone say. She didn't hear that person come in, she always heard it when people came into her office. What was wrong with her!
She looked up to see Sara standing in front of her. The brunette was smiling and had this god awful glow on her face like she was pregnant or something.
"Oh hi Sara" Catherine said "what can I do for you?"
"Oh, I just wanted to thank you" Sara said softly, staring at the floor.
"What for?" the blonde wondered out loud.
"Making me give Evelyn a chance. You were right" Sara continued while she sat down.
Catherine smiled. I was right only to push you in the wrong direction her mind told her Whoa, where did THAT come from?
"Catherine" Sara said, she felt like the older woman wasn't listening at all.
"Oh sorry, I'm a bit off tonight" Catherine replied. She was still confused over the revelation her mind just made to her.
"What's wrong?" Sara asked, shifting on her chair.
Other than the fact my mind is a mess and I'm about to figure out the worst thing EVER? "Nothing, I'm just tired" Catherine answered, trying to get Sara to back off. It was ironic how now it was Sara trying to get Catherine to talk while the past 8 months it was the other way around.
"Come on Cath, you can tell me" the brunette in front of her said.
Catherine looked up at Sara, who had a worried look on her face. Did she just ask that?
"It's nothing Sara, I'm fine. Really" she wondered why Sara was so interested all of a sudden.
Sara got up and decided to leave the office before they would end up fighting.
When Sara left her office, Catherine felt guilty. Sara only tried to help and she had to be rude to her. Catherine sat on her chair for a while before deciding she'd follow Sara and apologize.
She figured Sara would be either in the break room or in 'her' lab, so she decided to check there first. The second she arrived at Sara's lab she regretted looking for the brunette. There she was, in Evelyn's arms.
Catherine felt a really weird feeling taking over. It was like she was jealous at what those women had together. What was Evelyn doing, embracing and kissing HER Sara. Catherine was shocked by her own thoughts her Sara?
Suddenly it hit her and everything fell into pieces like a puzzle, she didn't have feelings for Evelyn. She didn't feel uncomfortable around Evelyn because she liked the younger woman more than she should. Catherine Willows had overlooked the simplest evidence. Catherine Willows had a crush on Sara Sidle, and she was jealous of that other woman holding her.
Catherine shook her head. She was stunned by her sudden realisation, how could she have missed that? They had worked together for years, and she never felt anything more than friendship for Sara, but now some cute ass blonde came barging in and scooped Sara away right in front of her, making her realize she wanted Sara as more than a friend. She had to do something about that.