Well that was Cath's plan out the door and her back up of locking the in a cupboard in the hope they would come to there senses. If Grissom couldn't admit how he felt about Sara when she's stood there giving him the opportunity Cath was beginning to realise how little chance she had unless she maybe corned him in his office with a gun which was starting to look strangely appealing align with locking Sofia in a cage somewhere to be studded. She always seemed to have that timing of walking in, in the middle of something. She flirted with Grissom and because he actually had no feelings for her he was comfortable around her that made him seem like he enjoyed it. This made Cath understand why Sara's was so angry. Suddenly she realised Sara had gone storming of so decided to carry on after her while deliberately barging into Sofia on the way.

"Hey Cath" shouted Sofia after her but Catherine completely ignored her

"Grissom are you going to talk to them?" asked Sofia

"About what?" replied Grissom before walking off into this office. Leaving a frustrated Sofia.

Catherine quietly made her way into the women toilets she could hear heavy breathing coming from the end stall and sniffing.

'Why couldn't he just tell me? Why doesn't he want me? Sure Sofia's prettier and doesn't have my emotional baggage'

A fresh round of tears broke out and Cath could hear Sara rubbing at her face

'I don't GET IT! If he didn't like me why couldn't he just say when asked him before instead of telling me he didn't know what t about it. He knew what to do about Sofia'

"Sara are you in there?" asked Catherine softly knocking on the door

'What the hell does she want, is she stalking me or something'

"Sara I heard you talking to Grissom I just want to make sure your ok" said Cath waiting for Sara to unlock the door but she didn't so Cath sat down on the floor next to the door.

"He's emotional impotent" said Cath hoping to get a reaction

'more like constipated'

Cath smiled slightly

"Sara he likes you"

"As a friend" said Sara her voice strained "I'm a grown women I should just get over it"

Cath heard Sara get up so did the same and moved away from the door.

"He's a grown man he should accept his feelings"

"He has" replied Sara opening the door her pale face streaked with tears 'he's accepted them with her'

Sara went over and splashed cold water on her face.

"Sara he has feelings for you call it intuition" said Cath as Sara dried her face with a paper towel leaving it redder than it was before.

"How would you know?"

"It's obvious I mean he didn't buy any of us a present last year, he doesn't have a photo of us in his office amongst his bugs"

'He has a photo of me'

"Looks a couple of years old you're holding a wrench and have oil down one side of your face"

'He had one left on his camera shouted my name and took the picture, we were looking for a radiator leak I thought he'd just thrown the photo out'

"I remember," said Sara absentmindedly 'where has he got it I've never seen it'

"I was looking for a report one day went in his draw and it was amongst some papers" explained Cath

"Well he also talks to all of you and goes to dinner with you he's always uncomfortable around me"

"He's like that because he doesn't know how to show his that's all"

'Well its too late now' Sara voice was a whisper to Cath and she wasn't sure if Sara had said it or thought it.

"Don't give up on him" offered Cath as Sara exited the room without another word.

TBC …………..