1Mid-February:
"Hey Cath are you ok?" Warrick asked in concern as she winced.
"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Uh huh."
He reverted his eyes to his work and suddenly heard a thunk. He looked over to where she had been standing, now she was on the ground, unconscious, and bleeding, there was so much blood he didn't know where it was coming from. He flipped open his phone and called the ambulance. With in a minute and a half they were in the same room scraping her off the floor like a bug. He didn't know what had happened they wouldn't tell him anything, he just sat silently in the ambulance holding her hand.
the hospital:
It had been hours and still he didn't know anything. A doctor finally came out.
"You can go in and see her now she's stable."
"What happened?"
"She started hemorrhaging."
"What caused it?"
"We thought she had a miscarriage. She didn't because you got help quickly. So luckily we were able to save the baby, and get her stable. She should be regaining consciousness soon. She lost a lot of blood and we had to do a blood transfusion, but she should recover quickly."
"Thank you." He replied not believing what he had heard. He walked to her room and sat down next to her. He kissed her on the forehead and held her hand. Luckily the team had let him take care of this, since he was the one that could best console her.
He had done wrong, betrayed his wife, for his true love. He loved the woman with all his soul and would die for her. He showed her what he could do for her, and now the woman he would die for could have died because of him. She opened her eyes and looked around disoriented. Once she realized where she was she looked at Warrick to ask him what happened.
"Why am I in the hospital?"
"You collapsed. And started bleeding profusely."
"What happened?"
"Uh..."
"Look at me." Catherine demanded as she pulled Warrick's face back toward her own. "What happened?"
"You almost miscarried."
"Oh."
"How are you so calm about this? And why didn't I know?"
"I'm not calm I just don't want to harp over something that could have happened."
"The doctor said you almost miscarried, and if I had waited any longer you probably would have."
"I... know..but Warrick I didn't."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I tried, but I couldn't."
"Why?"
"Because I hate you so much right now."
"Why what did I do?"
"Oh let me get out my list." Catherine says sarcastically.
"I'm serious."
"Well you have an affair with me, manage to get me pregnant. Then you have a change of heart, and you go back to your wife and pretend nothing happened. Do you have any idea what that did to me?"
"No, I'm sorry."
"You've got to figure this out."
"I don't know how to. I'm still technically married."
"She cheated on you."
"I cheated with you before that I just didn't get caught."
"I know, so what do you want to do about it?"
"How can I fix this?"
"I don't know, you didn't have to forgive her and get back together with her though."
"Let's not get into this right now you just need to relax."
"Fine whatever." Catherine replies with steam rolling out of her ears.
The doctor walks in as they finish they're conversation.
"I see you're awake."
"Yeah."
"How are you feeling?"
"Ok, I guess."
"I'm going to get a sonogram machine and bring it in here, just to double check that everything is ok."
"Ok."
The doctor walks out, and returns a few minutes later.
"Miss Willows I have a few questions for you."
"Ok."
"Did you know you were pregnant."
"Yes."
"How pregnant would you say you are?"
"I don't know around 12 weeks or so I guess."
"Ok. Thank you. Ok, this is going to be a little bit cold."
"Ok."
"It looks as if every thing is ok." The doctor states as he studies the screen carefully."It looks like you're actually a week or 2 off. I would say you're actually 13-14 weeks pregnant."
"Oh."
"Normally a miscarriage, or near miscarriage occurs during the first trimester. Have your stress levels been elevated lately?"
"Yes."
"Just try to get the stress levels down, and everything should be ok."
"Ok, thank you."
"Do you want to know the gender?"
"No, thanks." Catherine blurts out without consulting Warrick.
"Ok, well I'll just leave you two alone."
"Ok." The doctor walks out and Warrick, and Catherine are at it again.
"Is this how it's going to be between us from now on?" Warrick asks.
"Yeah. It is." Catherine answers true fully.
"Why are you so angry?"
"We went over this not to mention that I'm not ok with the fact for the next 18 years I've got another person I have to take care of, especially since I have to start over again when I have one kid 80 of the way raised."
"Catherine I'm sorry."
"Sorry doesn't cut it Warrick."
"I know, I want to try to fix it."
"You've fixed enough."
"When I want to see my kid is it going to be one big fight?"
"Hell yes. When you changed your mind you lost out on that chance."
"You aren't going to let me see my own kid?"
"Look we'll worry about it when we get closer to that point."
Warrick's phone rings he flips it open and answers. After a ten second phone conversation he hangs up and turns to Catherine.
"I've got to go back to the lab."
"Whatever."
the lab:
Nick and Warrick are working on the case Warrick had been on earlier when Nick notices something isn't right.
"Hey man what's on your mind?"
"Nothing."
"Come on spill."
"I was just thinking about how sometimes you never notice what you could have until you can't have it. And even though you're actions are wrong but your heart feels right when you try to get it you screw everything up."
"I know how you feel."
the hospital:
Catherine is sitting in the hospital bed crying when Lindsey walks in.
"Hey mom are you ok?"
Catherine wipes the tears from her face and then replies, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"So why are you in the hospital?"
"Is your grandma around?"
"She went to the cafeteria."
"Oh."
"So why are you in the hospital."
"It's a long story."
"Can I hear it?"
"No."
"Well will you at least tell me the basic reason you're in the hospital?"
"Yes... I passed out at work, and I started bleeding."
"What happened?"
"You know what I'll tell you if you promise not to mention one word of it to your grandmother, I'll do that ok?"
"Ok."
"I almost had a miscarriage."
"But that would mean..."
"Yes it would."
"But... never mind I don't want or need to know."
"Good."
"So how long are you going to be in the hospital?"
"Just over night. Then I get to take about a week off work."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And I might even let you skip a day."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
"Can we go shopping?"
"For what?"
"For fun..." Lindsey says puzzled.
"No I mean like what do you want to get while we're shopping?"
"I don't know... I just like shopping."
"I know."
