A/N: Hey y'all! I know everyone is anxious, so I'll keep this short. Enjoy!
Sara ran into the hospital looking for someone to help her. Catherine and Grissom caught up to her when they had finally arrived in what felt like hours. A doctor walked toward them and ushered them to a private room.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Ross. Are you Mr. Sanders' wife?" He asked shaking Sara's hand first.
"No, I'm his girlfriend Sara Sidle. Is he going to be alright?"
"He just came out of surgery. He lost a lot of blood, but the bullet missed his heart by a few centimeters."
"Oh, thank God." Sara said releasing a sigh of relief. "What about Hannah? How is she doing?"
"She is still in surgery. I wasn't working on her, but based on where the shot was, she probably isn't doing too well. I'm sorry I don't have more for you."
"It's okay. Thank you doctor." Grissom said once he saw that Sara was crying again.
"God, how could we have missed this? How could we not see this coming?" Sara asked with tears in her eyes.
"There is no way you would have known this was going to happen." Grissom said hugging her. "Catherine told me about the photos. Even with that, there is no way you would have known."
"No Grissom, there were signs all over the place. Her broken arm, the way she reacted on the West case and during the interrogations. It was all there. Things she knew to look for that none of us even thought about. She knew because they were alike."
"Look, her broken arm, we still don't know if she was telling the truth about that yet. But you are right. Maybe we did miss a few things."
"No Grissom, her broken arm story probably isn't true. The day it happened, Greg had to leave early to 'help a friend with something'. That should have been a red flag for me. God, some investigator I am."
"Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. You aren't the only one who missed this. We all did Sara. Of all people I should have been the one to see this. Especially when she told me not to tell her father about what happened with Adam West." Catherine said walking closer to her friend.
"She what? Catherine why didn't you tell me?" Grissom asked as the puzzle began to form in his mind.
"I don't know. She sounded so desperate." Catherine said as she too started to cry.
"Hey, you know what, forget about it for now. Let's see if we can find Hannah's doctor." He said leading the two women outside.
"Excuse me, Miss Sidle?"
"Yes." Sara said turning to face a tall dark haired doctor.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Montgomery, Dr. Ross told me you were wondering about Hannah Carson?"
"Yes sir, is she okay?"
"She will be. The bullet went through her spleen, which had to be removed. Other than that, the bullet missed her vital organs. The paramedics told me Mr. Sanders was positioned over Hannah when you found her, am I right?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Well, that position saved her life. Mr. Sanders' weight put enough pressure on the wound to hold the bleeding. If it wasn't for that, Hannah would not have even made it here."
"Thank God. Can we see her?"
"Not just yet. You are clear to see Mr. Sanders though. I'll come and get you when you can see Hannah."
"Okay, thank you so much." Sara said as the doctor walked away. Sara, Catherine, and Grissom made their way to Greg's room where he was still sleeping. Grissom and Catherine took seats against the wall and Sara pulled a chair next to Greg's bed. "Hey Greg. I just..uh..I want you to know I'm here okay? And you are going to be just fine." Sara said holding his hand.
Sara rested her head against his arm and fell asleep. Catherine and Grissom noticed she hadn't moved and decided to leave to get Lindsey from the lab. After about an hour, Sara woke up feeling something on her face. She opened her eyes and saw Greg's hand. She sat up and looked into his eyes.
"Hey." He said simply as she smiled.
"Hey yourself. You had me scared there for a minute."
"You? Scared? Never. Especially not over me."
"Greg, seriously. I was really scared. I though you were dead when I found you." Sara said as she started to cry.
"Hey, I know you were. I'm sorry. I was just trying to lighten everything up. You know me."
"Yeah I do."
"So you were the one to walk in first huh?"
"Yeah. God, I was so scared. When they moved you, I saw your blood all over Hannah's shirt and I just-"
"Hannah, oh God, is she okay? Please God tell me she's okay."
"She's fine. The doctors haven't let me see her yet. But they said she will be fine." Sara said as a look of relief spread across his face. They heard the door open and Catherine stepped in first followed by Grissom and Lindsey who was wriggling in his arms.
"Oh, we can leave you two alone if you want." Catherine offered putting a hand up to stop Grissom.
"No, it's okay." Greg said as Lindsey's head shot up.
"Greg!" Lindsey said jumping out of Grissom's arms and on to the bed.
"Whoa kiddo, gently. Greg is in a lot of pain." Catherine said walking closer to Grissom.
"Mommy told me you and Hannah got hurt. I was so worried." Lindsey said laying down and wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Well, I'm okay. Sore, but okay."
"I'm really happy you're okay Greggo." Lindsey said fighting to keep her eyes open.
"Me too Linds."
"Greggo?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
"I love you too kiddo." Greg said as Lindsey finally lost the fight to keep her eyes open, and fell asleep.
"Oh, Greg, I'm sorry. She couldn't sleep at the lab, so she is tired. Here, I'll take her to the waiting room." Catherine said walking to the bed.
"No. Catherine it's okay. Let her stay there."
"Are you sure? I don't want her to be in the way."
"She's fine."
"Okay. Come on Gil. Let's leave them alone. I'm hungry, let's head to the cafeteria."
"Yes dear." Grissom said passing a grin to Greg and Sara as he followed Catherine."See you later guys. And Greg, don't worry, you don't have to work tonight." He said smiling.
"Wow, I didn't know you were funny."
"Well, I try." He said leaving.
"Sara, I'm sorry."
"About what? You didn't do anything wrong."
"Yes I did. I'm sorry for not telling you about all this. I promised Hannah I would never tell anybody."
"Hey, you were keeping a promise to protect someone you care about. I think that is good reason. Although, it would have helped if you had told someone. This may not have happened."
"Yeah. I know it. Either way, we lose."
"I guess so. Hey, why don't you get some rest."
"I want to see Hannah."
"The doctor said he would come and get me when she was able to have visitors. Don't worry, I'll wake you up when he comes. But I'm not sure if he will let you get up."
"Sara, I'm seeing her if I have to crawl there myself."
"Calm down Greg. Just get some rest. We'll be able to see her soon."
"Okay. Come here." Greg said lifting his good arm so Sara could rest her head. Greg put his arm around Sara and smiled. "I could get used to this."
"Really? Well, I guess I could too." She said smiling back. "Let's get some rest."
"Okay." Greg said closing his eyes and falling asleep almost instantly.
A/N: So? Good. Bad. What's wrong with it? LOL You can tell I'm confident right? hehehe Anywhoo, tell me what you think and I'll give y'all some more! And I want to also say that my friend and I have started another story. If it hasn't been posted yet, then it will be very soon. It is 'Trips and Slips' by Redneck-Yankee I hope you have enjoyed this chappy and if you read Trips and Slips, we hope you will like that as well.
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