Chapter 22: History repeats itself

Sara raised her eyebrow at Greg and almost tore the paper as she snatched it out of Greg's hands. Her eyes turned bigger as she saw the results.

"So it's true" Greg said.

"We have to notify Grissom" Sara said before turning around and barging off to Grissom's office.

Sara knew very well how Evelyn must feel. She was going to tell her about the results as soon as possible, but first she would notify Grissom. He was Evelyn's supervisor and thus needed to know. Sara didn't look where she was going and when she turned the corner she bumped into Catherine.

"Oh err, sorry" Sara mumbled "I err, I'm in a hurry, need to see Grissom"

"It's ok" Catherine said.

Sara looked up and their eyes met, chocolate brown met baby blue. Catherine could see the guilt in Sara's eyes, which was a good sign for her. But this whole situation was so odd, she had mixed feelings about it. If Sara felt guilty, she probably had as much fun as Catherine did the night before, but that also meant that Catherine was betraying a friend.

"What's up" Catherine managed to say.

"Evelyn's father is a suspect in our case. We found his DNA at the scene. We also found a long strand of hair, which is being processed now."

Catherine gasped. Just the thing they needed.

"Is she ok?" Catherine asked, putting her hand on Sara's shoulder.

"No" Sara said "she is at my place now, asleep. She will be staying with me for a while" Sara put her hand on Catherine's and removed it from her shoulder "I really have to show this to Grissom" she said as she walked off. She had to get Catherine's hand away from her, she could feel the warm touch, even through her clothes. She had to find a way to forget what happened last night, to forget about Catherine in general.

Catherine stared at Sara, who was walking away.

"Catherine" Greg called from his lab. It wasn't really his lab anymore, but since this case was quite personal, he was dealing with the evidence himself.

"What's up?" Catherine said as she walked towards the spiky haired CSI.

"You are NOT going to believe this…" Greg said, making it all the more exciting.

"Greg, I don't have time for you to be the drama queen now. What did you find?" Catherine cut the younger CSI off.

Greg looked disappointed, but he understood what Catherine meant. "The hair we found at the crime scene…"

"WHAT GREG!" Catherine almost hissed, she was losing her patience.

"The hair does not belong to Evelyn's father OR mother, but another family member"

Catherine's jaw almost hit the floor. "What?"

"A sister" Greg said.

"Oh my God" was all Catherine could think of. This was big, not alone did Evelyn have a sister she didn't know about, that sister was also involved in a crime!

Catherine walked off to find Sara, she had to tell Sara. No wait, she was going to visit Evelyn and tell the news herself. She wanted to do something for Evelyn so bad, the younger woman was having so much bad luck lately and Catherine felt she had to do something. Catherine rushed outside and got into her Denali.

Evelyn was lying in her bed, staring at the ceiling. She thought that she was going into happy times now she was back with Sara and they were working on their relationship again. But, as expected, Evelyn was never happy for a long time. She thought she was finally going to break that habit, but unfortunately nothing was less true. Her own father had committed a murder, and her mother was probably involved too! The worst thing was, they were in Vegas.

She called Sara, she had to hear her girlfriend's voice. The phone rang twice when there was a knock on the front door. Evelyn hung up and listened, she wasn't planning on opening the door. There was a knock again, louder this time.

Catherine had been knocking for a while now and she was losing her patience. "Evelyn, I know you're there, please open up" she said when pounding on the door.

Evelyn sighed and slowly got up. Catherine was one of the most determined people she knew, she knew Catherine wouldn't go away without seeing her. It wasn't that she didn't want to see Catherine, it's just that she didn't want Catherine to see her in this state.

Evelyn slowly opened the door and let Catherine in.

"Hey" Evelyn mumbled, trying to keep up a façade.

"Evelyn, please" Catherine said while closing the door "you can't fool me"

She walked over to Evelyn and held the woman in her arms. At first the younger woman was reluctant, but within seconds she felt Evelyn relax. Catherine smiled into Evelyn's hair, she loved these moments. She had loved them from the first time they hugged.

"Evelyn honey, I'm afraid I have some bad new for you" she said, holding the younger woman tighter.

"Can it be ANY worse?" Evelyn asked with a broken voice.

"Maybe you need to sit down" Catherine said, still holding Evelyn.

"No, I'm fine where I am now" Evelyn said, as she held on tighter to Catherine.

To be honest, Catherine was fine too. Evelyn smelled just like Sara, she had probably used the same shampoo and shower gel as Sara since she was staying at the brunette's house. The scent was intoxicating, it made Catherine's head spin.

"The hair Sara found at the crime scene doesn't belong to your mother" Catherine said. She felt Evelyn relax even more. She held on to Evelyn tighter before continuing "the hair belongs to your sister"

Evelyn didn't really hear what Catherine said. She just felt herself collapse into the blonde woman's arms. She started sobbing uncontrollably. She had a sister, but it was a criminal sister. It felt as if the world was swept away from under her feet, it had just collapsed into nothingness. A sister, a SISTER!

"I'm so sorry Evelyn" Catherine said. She really meant it. Even though she was jealous of Evelyn for being with Sara, she didn't want this to happen to her. Hell, she didn't want this to happen to her worst enemy.

Evelyn couldn't talk, she just had no words. Her total vocabulary seemed to be vanished from her brain. She just sobbed and sobbed in Catherine's arms.

Sara had just talked to Grissom when she saw the missed call. Evelyn had called her. Evelyn never called her when she was working, so it must have been important. She pressed the speed dial and held the phone to her ear. She was a bit worried, Evelyn was in a bad state last night and she had left when her girlfriend was still sleeping. In her hurry, she had forgotten to leave a note or something.

Catherine held on tight to Evelyn, she had never seen her in this state. Evelyn was totally hysterical when she had told her about having a sister. She felt tears well up in her own eyes from seeing Evelyn in a state like this. At that moment she decided she would do anything she could to catch Evelyn's family, to get them behind bars, where they belonged. Anything to make Evelyn happy again, because that's what the younger woman deserved right now.

When Evelyn didn't answer her phone, Sara got so worried that she got into her Denali and drove home. She had to check on Evelyn. When she arrived at her apartment, she saw Catherine's Denali parked in her parking space. She cursed in herself, would Catherine be there to tell Evelyn about them? About what had happened that night when Evelyn was babysitting Lindsay. Suddenly Sara felt her heart beating in her throat, Catherine wouldn't do that, right?

With lead in her shoes Sara walked towards her apartment. Her fears were only getting bigger and bigger, and when she heard Evelyn sob through the walls of her apartment, she was sure Catherine had told Evelyn everything. She felt herself turn red and suddenly it seemed like her hallway was a sauna. She slowly opened the door to her apartment.

Catherine was facing the door and saw Sara come in. She gasped and her eyes got big at seeing Sara's face, she looked pissed off. And her having Evelyn in her arms probably didn't soothe Sara's mind. Oh man, can this get ANY worse?

Evelyn hadn't noticed Sara had come home, but when she felt Catherine tense and heard her gasp, she looked up to see her girlfriend standing there. Sara looked furious.

"History repeats itself, doesn't it?" Sara hissed to Catherine.

Before Catherine could react on Sara's remark Sara had gotten her coat and handed it to her roughly.

"Baby, this isn't what it looks like" Evelyn softly said while trying to hold back her sobs.

"That is just SO cliché!" Sara shouted at Evelyn.

Evelyn looked at Sara in disbelief, she just stood there staring at her girlfriend. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore and ran off to the bedroom.

"And you Catherine" Sara hissed. She grabbed Catherine's arms and pushed her out of the door. "How dare you take advantage of her?"

"Sara.."

"Don't Sara me! Get out!"

"Sara, I was just here to tell Evelyn about the test results of the hair" Catherine said. But Sara didn't hear it, or maybe even if she did, she didn't want to hear it. She slammed the door shut and Catherine seemed to be talking to the door.

Sara was breathing heavily, she was so angry. The stupid thing was, she didn't really know why she was mad. She didn't really know what was worse, Evelyn's state or the fact that Catherine was there comforting HER girlfriend. It was HER job to comfort Evelyn, not Catherine's, ESPECIALLY NOT Catherine's. She felt guilty for the fact she hadn't been in the position Catherine was in when she found them, she felt guilty for the fact that she had flirted with Catherine like she did, for the fact that she had danced with Catherine like she did, for the fact of liking Catherine more than she should. She loved Evelyn, it was wrong to like someone else.

Sara took a deep breath and tried to calm down. She slowly walked to her bedroom, where Evelyn had run off to just minutes earlier. She could hear her girlfriend cry, a sound that broke her heart and made her feel even worse. When Sara entered the bedroom, Evelyn looked up. Their eyes met, both were full of pain and despair. Evelyn's eyes were teary and Sara's were just plain sad.

"It really wasn't…." Evelyn started. But she couldn't continue because Sara had walked over to her and put her finger on Evelyn's lips.

She didn't want to talk to Evelyn and she didn't want Evelyn to talk. She gently tugged Evelyn in, who looked at her with confusion in her eyes. She looked back and Evelyn understood her. She quickly undressed and crawled in the bed with Evelyn, who rolled over to her and cuddled up to her.

They had done this lots of times, just holding each other. No talking was needed when they did, they both understood, they were having conversations without saying a word. It was one of the powers of their relationship, it was one of the things that made their relationship so deep and special. When they were lost for words, they'd just hold each other.

Evelyn broke the silence. She had to tell Sara the truth.

"I have a sister" she whispered.

Sara didn't believe her ears. "What?"

"Greg found out, Catherine came here to tell me. The hair from the crime scene is hers, it's my sisters' hair. I have a sister" Evelyn sobbed.

Sara tightened her grip on Evelyn and kissed the back of her head. Suddenly Evelyn turned around and faced Sara, her face was red and puffy from crying.

"Sara?" Evelyn asked.

Sara looked at Evelyn, motioning her to continue.

"Please kiss me" Evelyn whispered.

Sara pressed her lips against Evelyn's, it was a gentle kiss to reassure her girlfriend that things were going to be ok. When Sara broke the contact, Evelyn pulled her closer and kissed her again, this time demanding access to Sara's mouth with her tongue. Sara felt her body melt into Evelyn's as they kissed.