ok...here it is, chapter 3!
thanx to everyone who had reviewed! you just make my day! but an even bigger thanx goes out to my new beta! you are amazing drgnqn!
Sara sat at her desk, staring blankly at her computer. A Mrs. Giadia Grissom was asleep on the couch behind her, and it was making Sara feel uncomfortable.
'What was I thinking? Sure, I pity her, but this is by no means going to make things easier with Griss and me…' The vibrations in her pocket interrupted her thoughts. Startled, Sara leapt up, almost knocking over her chair.
'Oh, good! Finally!' she thought reading her caller id.
"Sidle." She answered, trying to remain cool.
"Sara? Its Grissom, what's going on? I got your voicemail and all three of your texts. What's the emergency?" he said, sounding worried and more than a little bit confused.
"Griss, it's your mom-"
"WHAT? What's wrong with her? Oh, god, is it her heart? She has high blood pressure and-" now he was frantic, which in turn was making Sara a bit frantic: Grissom never acted this way.
"No, Grissom, there was a fire at her house. There's more to the story, but my signing is not so great, so I didn't ask for details."
"Is she ok? Where is she? Where are you? Your shift ended 6 hours ago."
Even from miles away when Sara was taking care of his emotionally fragile mother, Grissom still felt the need to check up on Sara. Sure that bothered her, but deep down she knew lecturing and scolding was his twisted way of showing he cared, so she pushed it aside
"Hey, whoa, Griss, calm down. She's fine, just a little rattled. And currently she is asleep on the couch in my apartment. When I couldn't reach you I brought her back here"
"She's at your place? Wow, ok…um…" Grissom said, stumbling over the notion that Sara let this complete stranger into her most intimate space that he himself had only seen once, "Wait. Can she use your computer? I need to talk, um, communicate with her."
"Sure, you have my screenname? Let me wake her up. She'll be on in less than 10 minutes. Uh…bye, Grissom." Sara announced awkwardly.
"Wait! Um, Sara…thanks. Thanks a lot for taking care of her. I, um… I appreciate it." A pause went over the line as Grissom recovered, and Sara realized how hard that was for him to say.
"Ok, so, um, bye Sara." Grissom finished with a sigh.
so...whadya think? review plz! oh, and if anyone has suggestions for screennames for Grissom or Sara leave me one!