Title: Saving Me
Author: tked
Pairing: Sara/Catherine
Rating: M
Spoilers: None
Archive: Just let me know
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or it's characters, although I wish I did!A.N Thanks to Sasha for betaing this and kicking me in the ass to
finally write a fic.
Thanks for all of the reviews!
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"Gil! How much of that did you hear? Catherine asked, shyly.
"Enough to know that we need to talk." Grissom said, in his usual stoic manner.
"There's nothing to talk about." Catherine replied, stubbornly.
"Catherine, don't do this! You can't ignore this anymore. I have known since day one that you have had feelings for Sara."
"Yyou hhave?" Catherine stammered out.
"I've known you for over 12 years, Catherine. Of course, I knew."
"Why didn't you say anything then? I have been going out of my mind for the last 5 years because of this." Catherine said, a little bitterly.
"You know that I would never interfere in your personal life unless you asked me to."
"That's true. God! What am I going to do Gil? Sara is fighting for her life right now, probably hating me all the while."
"She doesn't hate you, Catherine. She could never hate you." Grissom said, with a little smirk.
"How the hell do you know that?" She said, very quietly.
"Because I have known Sara for over 8 years and believe me, she does not hate you." He said, with a full blown smile on his face.
"Do I have to read between the lines here, Gil? What the hell does that mean?"
Grissom took a few moments to look at Catherine. I can't believe these two! They have been in love for years and have no clue about it. I think that maybe its time for me to do something about this.
"Just that Paul was right." Grissom said, soberly.
Catherine blew out a frustrated breath. Someday, I will have a normal conversation with this man!
"Gil, did we not establish this already! Of course he was right! I love Sara. It's not going to change anything."
"Why wouldn't this change anything?" He asked, a little confused.
"Because Sara HATES me!" Catherine, said with a little anger. She was sick of having to say that out loud.
"Catherine. I think you are one of the smartest women I have ever met. You know that, right?"
"Thank you Gil. And yes, I knew that you thought that." Catherine said with a smile, but was a little confused to where this was going.
"Then, I just don't understand how you can be so dumb."
Catherine sat there, looking a little shocked. Grissom had just called her smart and dumb in a matter of seconds.
"WHAT?" Catherine said, as she jumped out of her chair.
"Catherine, listen to me for a second. Sara has loved you since the day she met you. That was what I was referring to when I said Paul was right."
Catherine sat back down and was trying to take everything in. She thought back to all that she knew about Sara. Which wasn't a lot, since she had distanced herself from Sara since the first day. Why the hell does everyone think that Sara loves me. It can't be true! She has fought with me since our first words! And…
"That can't be true. Isn't it true, that Sara asked you out for dinner Gil?"
"Yes, she did Catherine."
"So, how can you say that Sara loves me, when she asked you out?" Catherine said, a little haughtily.
"I see that you have been listening to the lab's gossip mill again, Catherine."
"What the hell do you mean by that?"
"Yes, Sara asked me out to dinner and yes I said no. But it was not what you or anyone at the lab thought it was."
"I hate when you get all cryptic on me, Gil and you know it."
"Catherine, Sara asked me out for dinner, not as a date, but as a friend. She was new to the area and really only knew me. Sara and I had dinner later that week, but as friends only."
Catherine sat back down with a loud bang. Holy Shit! So, Sara and Gil are nothing but friends. Maybe, just maybe there is a chance for me yet.
"This still doesn't explain why you think that Sara loves me?" Catherine said, with a little hope and apprehension.
"The same way I knew that you loved her. When you thought no one was looking, both of you would look at each other with such longing in your eyes that it was so obvious."
Just then, a doctor in green scrubs came walking over to them.
"Miss Willows?"
Catherine jumped out of her chair and said "That's me. How is Sara?"
"She is doing very well actually. We were able to fix her punctured lung and she should make a complete recovery with some rest and medication."
"Thank god. How long will she have to stay in the hospital for?"
"I'm going to keep her for a few days and we will see how she is doing. If all goes well, you should be able to take her home then.
"Thank you, doctor. When can I go in to see her?"
"She is just being put into a room now. I will get the nurse to come and get you as soon as you can go in."
"Thank you." Catherine said to him, as he turned and walked away.
"Oh my god! She's going to be alright." Catherine said as a few tears slipped down her cheek.
"What are you going to do about this, Catherine? Do you really want to continue on they way you have been with Sara?"
"Ok, let's say you are right. What am I supposed to do? Just go in there, profess my love and all will be right with the world." Catherine said with a little hope and fear in her eyes.
"Yes! That's exactly what you should do! You need…" Grissom started but was cut off from the approaching nurse.
"Miss Willows? You can go in and see Miss Sidle now."
As Catherine turned to walk away, Grissom grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug.
"Please do this Catherine. For your sake and for Sara's." Grissom whispered into her ear.
Catherine looked him in the eye and slightly nodded her head. She then turned and walked to Sara's door and opened it. She wasn't in the slightest prepared for what she saw when she walked in.
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