"Cath... you don't need to ask to use the phone." Gil said smiling. She picked up the phone and dialed Alison's number. Lynn answered the phone. Catherine smiled at hearing the young girl's voice.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lynn!"
"Ms. Catherine!"
"Hey, sweetheart. How are you?"
"I'm good. What about you? Oh! Are you coming to Mommy's party?"
"Of course. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Now... can I please talk to your Mom?"
"Sure! Hang on!" Catherine waited a few minutes until Alison came on the phone.
"Catherine?"
"Hey!"
"Cath... where are you?"
"Gil's house..."
"Gil?"
"Oh. New boyfriend. He's coming with me to your party today."
"Oh. Cath... Eddie's been... hanging around the house and he wants to know where you've gone."
"He's not there is he?"
"No. I told him you moved..."
"Thank you! Alison... really I can't..."
"... back to Montana."
"Ali! He's gonna call! He's going to call Nancy and ask if I'm there!"
"Relax! I told him you left yesterday." Catherine sighed and moved the hair out of her eyes. She talked to Alison for a few more minutes until people started showing up at Alison's house. Catherine looked out of the window to find a lot of people already there.
"Cath! You ready..."
"Um... yeah. Let me go put on my swim suit and we can go..." Catherine turned around and stopped. She smiled and slowly walked passed him. Minutes later, they were in Alison's house.
"Ms. Catherine! Ms. Catherine!" Lynn came running from outside and jumped on Catherine. Catherine smiled and held Lynn in her arms. "Ms. Catherine! I missed you so much! Where have you been?"
"I found a place of my own now. A very nice place."
"So... you won't be living with us anymore?" Lynn said with a sad pout.
"No. But... I'll come visit anytime you want. How's that kiddo?"
"It's great! Come on! Let's go outside!" Lynn jumped out of Catherine's arms and dragged her outside. Gil followed them and smiled as Lynn talked non stop about the things that happened sense Catherine's been away. Lynn looked over at Gil and smiled. "Who's that?"
"Oh. That's Gil. That's my boyfriend."
"Whoa! Ms. Catherine! You got a new boyfriend!"
"Ugh... yeah, Lynnie. He's real nice." Before they knew it, Lynn and Catherine were both underwater. Gil popped up behind them and smiled innocently. "And did I mention really strong?" Lynn laughed and swam to the shallow end of the pool. Catherine swam to the edge of the deep end and pressed her back against the wall. Alison ran outside.
"Where's Catherine!"
"She's ugh... about to be busy, why?" Gil said calling out and smirked at Catheirne.
"Eddie's pulling into the driveway!" Gil quickly swam towards Catherine and covered her with his body. Alison moved to the side as Eddie stormed through the doors.
"Where is she! She's not in Montana!"
"I don't know! That's where I thought she was going!"
"You lieing little..." Eddie went to hit Alison, but Lynn screamed and just in time when Brent ran out. He caught Eddie and threw him against the side of the house.
"Eddie! What the hell has gotten into you! Don't you realize she doesn't WANT you!" Brent said leading Alison and Lynn back in the house. Brent stood there and stared at Eddie. Eddie looked away and noticed two people at the end of the pool.
Catherine closed her eyes and hid her face from Eddie. "Gil... he can see me."
"No he can't. And that's Eddie?"
"Yeah. Bastard, huh?"
"You can say that agian..."
"Yeah. Bastard, huh?" Gil laughed. Eddie started walking to the end of the pool when he noticed one of them had strawberry blonde hair. Catherine held her breath and hid her face in Gil's chest. "Gil..."
"Shhh..." Gil looked up once Eddie was right above them and smirked. "Hey man..."
"Hey. You mind me asking who you with?"
"Ugh... of course not. This is ugh... my wife."
"And what's your wife's name?"
"Her name is..."
"No. I want her to say it." Gil tightened his grasp on Catherine and whispered in her ear.
"Think of a name..." She nodded her head and quickly thought.
"My name is ugh... Emily." Catherine said in an accent no one knew she could speak. Gil raised his eye brows and smirked.
"Where are you from... Emily?"
"Um... Flordia. Why do you ask?"
"Nevermind... thought you were someone else..." Eddie walked back and bumped into Brent on the way out. Once they heard his car door slam, Gil grabbed Catherine's hands and swam away from the edge of the pool. She was so nervous, she could barely swim for herself. Gil picked her up and held her in his arms. He sat down on the swim steps and rocked her back and forth.
"Hey guys... I'm sorry..." Brent said sitting down on one of the chairs. Gil looked back and gave Brent a sad smile.
"Don't worry about it..." Gil's cell phone starting going off and making noises. "Hey... ugh..."
"Brent. Brent Lewis."
"Gil. Gil Grissom." Brent noticed Gil's cell phone was going off so he tossed it to Gil. Gil sighed as he read the message on the screen.
"Wha... what's wrong?" Catherine said softly.
"A case came in..."
"So you have to go?"
"Yeah. But... You're coming with me..."
"Really? I can go?" Catherine said smiling weakly. He shook his head yes and got out of the pool with her still in his arms. He softly placed her on the ground. He grabbed her hand and turned towards Brent.
"Um... We're gonna have to go. But... thank you guys for having us..."
"No problem..." Brent got up and led them inside. Lynn and Alison were taking with friends and family. Catherine hugged Lynn and Alison.
"Me and Gil are gonna go... we have to go take care of some business..." Catherine said smiling. They said goodbye, went back to Gil's house, and got dressed. In a matter of minutes, Catherine was walking the halls of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. Nick walked up to them and smiled at Catherine.
"Well Grissom... who's your new lady friend?"
"This is Catherine. Catherine, this is Nick." Catherine shook hands with Nick and smiled.
"Hi Nick..."
"Welcome to our... crime lab, Catherine."
"Oh. Call me Cath..." Nick nodded his head and handed Gil a bunch of papers.
"Oh. Have you seen Sara... she was supose to be in..." Sara walked through the doors with papers in one hand and a coffee in another. She stopped at the sight of Catherine and got herself together. She flashed smiles as them and walked to her office. Gil lead Catherine to his office after he talked with Nick for a few minutes. She sat on his couch and smiled.
"Nice office..."
"Thank you..."
"So... you work with her..."
"Catherine. It's nothing like that."
"I didn't say anything about it. I just said you work with her."
"Yes. I work with her and it's very professional."
"Do... you have a thing for her?"
"Catherine! God, no. She's like my little sister. I could never..."
"Good... because I could never give you up." Catherine said getting up and kissing him softly on the lips. Sara had walked in the door and stopped. She went to walk out but Gil noticed she was in the room.
"Sara. Do you have any new information on the case?"
"I um... no. Sorry. I'll go... see what Nick has." She quickly walked out of the door and back to her office. Catherine giggled and turned to leave, too. Gil got up and turned her around.
"Where are you going?"
"Oh... I don't know. Walk around? Get familiar with the place... I have a feeling I'll be hanging around here a lot..." Catherine said smiling. She turned around and walked out of the room before Gil could say anything.
Sara was sitting in the break room, going over cases and talking with Nick. Sara looked up from her paper work and saw Catherine was walking around the place.
"That's.."
"Gil's new girlfriend. I know, Sara. You've only told me so many times..."
"Well... I'm happy for him. Really. She's a very sweet girl..."
"Are you really happy? Or are you just saying that because everyone around here knows you had a thing for him..."
"Well... I mean, I didn't ask for..."
"Sara... Whatever you have going to Gil... it better end. And soon. I've never seen him so worked up over one chick..."
"I know..." Sara looked down and held back the tears. "I think... I think I should go talk to her. Straighten things out, ya know?"
"Sara... I don't think..."
"Oh come on. What could it hurt?" Sara said smirking.
Mauhaha. TBC. Thanks for all your reviews. You guys know how to make a girl happy. lol (: