Chapter 4
Sara was at her apartment trying to sleep on her couch. Her bed was too far away from the phone, in which she wanted to answer in case anything comes up. But she knew that this was only an excuse of her very tired brain for not really being able to stand up and walk.
She knew that Grissom was already having a fever these past few days. He was getting a little impatient and a little grumpy. He's been popping aspirins as if they were mint and he's drinking too much coffee. After all, she has known this man for about ten years.
"And you don't need a doctor to realize that the person next to year has a fever." She thought.
She would actually give anything to be at work. But at the same time, she didn't want to. Not only because of the fever which is giving her a major headache. But also the fact that she has to face Grissom and Sofia. It wasn't much of a big deal at first. She thought she was over it. She knew that beer wasn't a good cure. But at least it worked. She always had this drinking problem when she can't sleep. It's was always because of the somewhat formal 'hippie' events that her parents gave when she was young. Her parents liked grand parties and stuff. It was marriage counseling for them. But because of all the parties, Sara learned to drink and socialize in the very young age of 14.
But even her parents had a down point. She closed her eyes while tears fell from her eyes. She remembered that morning in their house, the smell of blood and her father lying dead on the floor.
Not to mention, she heard Grissom saying that he couldn't give up his career for her. Then after awhile, he goes out with Sofia.
"I guess that's my down point." She muttered to herself. Her eyes were already red from crying, and her body screamed for sleep. But even if she forced herself to sleep, she would probably be waking up by a bad dream. Yeah, even a 34 year –old CSI has nightmares. And if you were like Sara, you would probably be having nightmares of Debbie Marlin.
"Debbie." She whispered to herself "I can't stop dreaming about her." Sara was about to cry again, when her phone rang.
"Great." She mumbled. The ringing of the phone made her head fell like it was about to explode. It was probably Harry, her 'apartment manager'. She was two months late on the rent. But she can't do anything at all. The taxpayer had to make several adjustments on their salary for the past few months. That was why she went for the promotion. It would at least help with the bills. But the promotion was cancelled. And either way, Nick got the recommendation. It was useless.
Then there was a ring on the telephone.
Sara stood up. She grabbed the phone and sat back down at her kitchen.
"Hey, Sara!" greeted Greg "Why aren't you here?"
"Hi Greg." Croaked Sara "I have a fever"
"Fever?" asked Greg "You mean fever. As in you feel hot and cold and you feel like your head will explode."
"Yes Greg."
"Fever like the one Grissom has?"
"Yes Greg."
"You mean the Grissom that's here in the lab?"
"Yes Greg." Answered Sara patiently,
"As in Gilbert Grissom, CSI supervisor?"
She had it. "Bye Greg. See you next shift."
With that she dropped the phone and went back to her couch. She stared at her picture with Grissom 4 years ago. It was at San Francisco. She actually had this framed. It was the night were Grissom and the whole crew who worked with him with a bogus crime scene that was full of bugs, went out for a celebration. Before that night, they went shopping for her dress. She wanted this black dress, but it was actually too much for her. The next thing she knew, Grissom was paying for the dress. Then they went to this posh restaurant and enjoyed the night. But what she will never forget when Grissom gave her the bracelet that was dangling in her arms that night.
Both of them were at the balcony. Well, she was at the balcony first. Then Grissom came and told her about the stars and how he loved to wish when he was young. After awhile Grissom took out a small box. At first, Sara thought it was a fountain pen, just a formal gift for anyone. But when she opened it, it was this beautiful bracelet that was studded with diamonds. At the end, there was a dangling butterfly charm. At the back of the butterfly, 'Sara' was engraved. She remembered giving Grissom a look of amazement. She remembered him asking her if she liked it. And she answered "I love it." But at that very moment, their colleagues took a snap shot. First was the one where both of them were smiling. The one she has. The other one was a shot of her. Grissom got called inside by their director and she was left alone to answer the grueling questions of their friends.
"I do love him, don't I?" she asked the plant that Grissom gave her when she wanted to quit. "I love him, but does he love me?"
"Hey sweetheart!" thought the plant. It was really beginning to think that the paperwork was right about them being stupid "Why do you think I'm here?"
TBC. . .
NOTE: here I go again with the talking objects. But I really think it's really cute. Please give me reviews and please tell me if it's ok with the talking objects.