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Title: Saving Me

Author: tked

Pairing: Sara/Catherine

Rating: PG

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! I really appreciate it!

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Sara just sat there and stared at Catherine. She wasn't even blinking and Catherine was starting to get nervous.

"Sara?"

"……"

"Sara? Sweetie? Say something." Catherine practically begged.

Sara shook her head a little trying to comprehend what just happened. She pinched her thigh and let out a little yelp.

"Okayyyy. May I ask why are you pinching yourself?" Catherine said, with a little grin on her face.

Sara cleared her throat a little and began to speak.

"Um… well it's kind of stupid actually." She said with a little blush on her face.

"C'mon, tell me!" Catherine smirked.

"Well, um, I was just seeing if I was dreaming or if I died and went to heaven." She said as her face went a deep shade of red.

Catherine's little smirk grew into a full-blown smile, as she processed what Sara had said.

"So, am I always in your dreams?" Catherine said a little saucily.

"You have no idea." Sara mumbled out.

"So, me coming in here, was not a bad thing, huh?" She said as she continued to smirk.

"NO, definitely not a bad thing!" Sara said as she looked into Catherine's eyes. Sara began to get tears in her eyes and looked away. Catherine put her hand on Sara's cheek and pulled her back to look into her eyes.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"All I keep thinking about is the accident. Well, not really the accident itself. All I could think about is that I wasn't ready to go yet. I still had something to do first." Sara said, as the tears fell down her cheek.

"What's that, babe?" Catherine said, with a little hope in her eyes.

"I couldn't leave without telling you…." Sara started, but couldn't continue as she starting to sob.

Catherine pulled her, gently, into her arms and began to slowly rock her.

"It's okay, babe. We can talk about this later. I know what you want to say." Catherine said softly.

They sat there rocking back and forth until Sara's sobs subsided. She pulled away, looked at Catherine and took a deep breath.

"All I could think about was you, while I waited for help to come." She said, very softly.

Catherine pulled away and turned her head. Tears started to make there way down her cheek.

"I know Sara. I shouldn't have been arguing with you on the phone. Maybe if…"

"NO!" Sara said, very strongly as she cut her off. "This was not your fault! Some stupid asshole cut me off. This had nothing to do with you." She said adamantly.

"But…" Catherine started to say.

"No, Catherine. This was not your fault. Let me finish, please." Sara begged.

"Of course, hun." Catherine said, as she again looked into her eyes.

"What I was trying to say is, if I didn't make it I would only have one regret. I would never be able to tell you that I love you. I've loved you, since the first moment I saw you." Sara said with a big smile on her face.

"Oh God!" Catherine said, as she broke into happy tears and threw herself into Sara's arms. "You have no idea how much I love you, Sara. I am so happy right now, I think I'm going to explode."

"Well, don't worry. I'll pick up the pieces and put you back together again." Sara said with a chuckle.

"Wow, I feel like Humpty Dumpty." She said, with a laugh.

Sara smiled and then began to frown a little.

"What's wrong baby?" Catherine said, as she noticed the frown.

"Well, I know we love each other, but how are the guys gonna take this? I mean, I know they love us, but this might be hard on them." Sara said, as her frown grew deeper.

Catherine started to laugh, until she almost fell of the bed. Sara grabbed her by the waist and pulled her close.

"What's so funny, chuckles?" Sara said, with an amused smile.

"Sara, you have no idea what I have been through, since your accident. Catherine said, as she started to giggle.

"What does that mean?" She said, with a confused look on her face.

"Well, believe me, we won't have to worry about the guys." Catherine said through her giggles.

"Huh, why not?" Sara said, still utterly confused.

"Well, it looks like the guys knew, even before we did!" Catherine said, as she got her giggles under control.

"What? The guys know about this? Us? And they're ok with it?" Sara rapidly threw out.

"Oh, they are more then ok with this. Let me tell you something. We owe them big time, for the kick in the ass I got today." Catherine said, very seriously.

"Okayyy. Anyways…" Sara said, still confused, but not wanting to talk about the boys anymore. Actually, she really didn't want to talk at all.

She leaned forward and whispered in Catherine's ear. "I really NEED to kiss you right now. I need to make up for lost time."

Catherine's breath hitched and she pulled back to look in Sara's eyes. "Well, what are you waiting for, Sara?" She squeaked out.

Sara leaned closer and whispered on Catherine's lips "I love you" before she closed the last bit of distance and their lips connected.

OH MY GOD! Why have I waited for 5 years to do this? She has the softest lips I have ever felt in my entire life. I will NEVER get tired of doing this. Sara thought, as she started to deepen the kiss.

WHY? Why did I wait for 5 years for this? I feel like I just died and went to heaven. Catherine thought as she matched Sara's tongue, move for move.

"What is going on here?" a loud voice bellowed into the room.

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TBC?