Chapter Five
Sara was sitting beside Nick in the ambulance. She was scared stiff, she couldn't lose him, not when she had just found him. Not like this.
Nick was still unconscious when they arrived at the hospital. It had been a bumpy journey. Nick had flat lined on the journey. It was bad.
Sara was told se had to wait in the relatives room while they worked on Nick in the ER.
Sara couldn't take her eyes off the clock. She had to have someone there with her, one person sprung to mind.
She picked up her cell and dialled their number.
"Grissom."
Sara was silent.
"Sara what's the matter what's happened?"
Sara spoke.
"Grissom, I need you here now, its bad really bad. Nick her flat lined twice on the journey, Grissom I am scared. I don't want to lose him."
Grissom could sense the fear in Sara's voice. He could also sense that there was more to Nick and Sara's relationship then either of them had been letting on.
"I will be right there Sara just stay with him, tell him to hold on!"
Sara hung up her cell. She couldn't turn back now, she knew how Grissoms mind worked he would now phone Catherine, Warrick and Greg to tell them the situation has gotten worse. Then he would make his way over to the hospital, thinking about the fear in Sara's voice, and what that meant.
The Doctor that Sara had seen rush to Nick, made his way into the relatives room. Sara looked straight at him.
"Hello, I am Doctor Mathers may I ask how you are related to Mr Stokes?"
Sara breathed deeply she had to think about what she was going to say.
"I am his girlfriend, Sara, Sara Sidle."
Dr Mathers looked at Sara and smiled.
"Well Miss Sidle, Nick is stable, but he is still unconscious. We are still unsure of Nicks problem and we are sending him off for some tests while he is stable."
Sara let out a small sigh of relief.
"But, Miss Sidle, Nick isn't out of the woods yet, he is seriously ill, and until we know what we are dealing with, he is going to remain this way."
Sara was in a state of shock, she could still lose him. Sara started to stare.
"Can I see him?"
Dr Mathers looked at Sara and smiled compassionately.
"Not right now like I said, Nick is being prepared for some tests."
Sara looked at him, her eyes filling with tears
"Please, I need to see him, please I beg you."
Dr Mathers looked at his watch and then at Sara.
"Ok Miss Sidle, you can stay with him until he goes for his tests. Please follow me."
Sara followed Dr Mathers out of the room.
As Sara was sitting staring and clutching onto Nicks hand, she found herself talking to him.
"Please Nick don't leave me like this, I can't lose you not now, not like this. You be strong for me, for our baby, we need you Nick. We love you, I love you."
When Sara stopped talking to Nick she felt a familiar presence in the room. She turned to see Grissom staring at her. In disbelief.
"Your pregnant?"
Sara stared. She turned to look at Nick.
"Yeah found out this morning. And no Nick doesn't know, I never had chance to tell him."
Sara started to cry.
"Grissom, what am I going to do without him, I need him."
"Sara you will always have me."
Sara turned to look at Grissom.
"Sara I will love so much more than Nick ever could if you would just give me a chance."
Sara couldn't believe what she was hearing, how could he say things like that, when Nick was on deaths door, and unable to defend himself.
Sara turned to stare at Grissom dead in his eyes.
"How dare you, how bloody dare you. Nick is laying here barely living, unable to defend himself and you tell me that you could love me so much more than he ever could, and that you want me to give you a chance. Well no Grissom, I have waited for you long enough. I love Nick with all my heart and I want to have this baby with him and love him more everyday, and if you can't be happy for me, even us then as far as I am concerned you can just leave now and stay out of our lives."
Just as Sara had finished her tirade Nick flat lined.
She was losing him.