Chapter 12- Buised

She wasn't sure when she had really come too; she just knew she was in pain. The smell of deodorizers and anti disinfectants were so strong, she had to sneeze sending a sharp pain up her spine. What the hell? Suddenly, she felt her head pound and screams erupted. She was sure one was her own… the other, to distinguishable to even consider it belonging to another person.

Her mother's.

She was only 13.

Alyssa felt the air from the door hit her face as people swarmed around her. After a few agonizing minutes,

"She stabilized!"

The screaming stopped as she felt a collective breath from the life forms around her.

"Miss. Crane how are you feeling now?"

"What's going on? Where's Sara? We should be at a crime scene."

A few hours later, outside in the waiting room, sat 3 worried bodies.

"OK, who's here for Miss. Sidle and Miss. Crane?"

"Uh we are," The three men stood up.

"Miss. Sidle, has a few contusions to her head, very minor & she's asleep, Miss Crane as well has contusions and is suffering what we believe is a concussion with a few discrepancies but we need to run a few more tests to confirm. You may visit them, room 231, but first is there a…… Mr. Grissom?"

The Doctor Said Looking Up From His Clipboard.

Grissom lifted his right arm slightly. "I'm Dr. Grissom."

"Alright Doctor, You are the Kin for Miss Crane as well as Miss Sidle, we need you to sign a form for them both."

"I know I'm Sara's Kin but shouldn't you be contacting Miss Crane's Parents?" Grissom asked.

"I would if they were alive. Now after you visit them the nurse will gave you their forms to fill out." And with that, the Dr. was gone.

So much for reassurance. Grissom thought

"I didn't know, I only assumed..." Nick said slightly disoriented.

"I don't think anyone did Nicky." Warrick said.

The three men looked at each other for a second then walked into the room in a line.

The sight before them was not one they had prepared for. Sara was in the first bed, obviously sleeping due to the pain meds. He face was covered in bruising a little wounds. Grissom felt a lump in his throat. The three men gathered around their colleague's bed as Grissom walked to her side and took her hand, all on autopilot. He turned his head slightly only to see a sheet and two shadowed figured by the bed next to him.

"Miss Crane, you MUST let me administer the drug."

"But it's not necessary. I don't see why I have to take it; I mean do you see a cast or a broken bone? Nooooo."

"Miss Crane you have a deep contusion on your head and a possible concussion."

The three men looked at one another then back at the sheet to see two figures one shaking her head and the other with her hands on her hips. Nick shook his head in relief more then amusement at the childish mature his partner still possessed.

"I'm fine REALLLY, no pain see…ouch…Ok, fine, does it HAVE to be with a needle?"

"We could administer anally-"

"NO! Noooo, ha-ha. No way,"

"Arm out please." The nurse obviously satisfied.

With a heavy sigh Alyssa held out her arm and bit her lips.

"I can't look." She whined and turned her head and held her breath.

"Miss Crane You must breath."

"You're asking for too much you know… OW!"

Not more then a split second later the sheets were pulled aside, showing a bruised up, brunette rubbing her arm and muttering words that should not be in any girls' vocabulary.

"Hey Baby." Nick smiled.

"One more time Stokes, One more time."

"That sounded like a threat Nick." Warrick Laughed.

Alyssa looked up at her partner through her good eye.

"Nice shiner." Warrick said leaning closer for a better inspection.

"Yea you should see the other guy." She smirked and looked over.

"How is she?" Alyssa's smile faded into a worried look.

"She's alright just sleeping, which you should be doing." Nick said sternly.

"Ha! Yea right," She said watching Sara whose eyes were now open wide and on Grissom.

"Morning sunshine," Alyssa smiled and nodded her chin in Sara's direction, making the men look.

"Sara you're up."

"How Ya feelin' girl?"

"I-I'm alright, what happened?" She looked around.

Alyssa shrugged. "All I remember is light." And a scream.

"A drunk, truck driver, you're lucky you guys didn't get totaled." Nick said disapprovingly.

Alyssa starred off into space.

The Doctor entered the room without warning.

"Miss. Crane, how are you feeling?"

"Fine," She lied.

"How is your head ache?"

No answer. Nick looked over worried. "You had a head ache?"

"Not really."

"We need to run tests on your brain activity."

Long pause.

"It's nothing."

"Miss Crane, Waking up the whole ward because of your head pains, doesn't count as nothing."

"Alyssa, what happened?" Grissom asked.

No Answer.

"It's fine. No I don't want to see psychologist or a councilor OR a therapist." I had enough of them.

Grissom stood worried as well as the others.

"You see one or you get a 2 week suspension on top of your sick leave."

"SICK leave?" Alyssa and Sara looked at him as he nodded.

"BUT I just STARTED."

"Exactly and imagine how that will look… and to think it could all be fixed." Nick said knowing where Grissom was going.

Alyssa looked at Nick Wide eyed. "You're taking his side on this?" Nick nodded.

"Fine, ONE Session." She said clearly pissed off.

"Sick leave?" Sara repeated. "You're kidding me?"

"It'll only be a few days Sara." Grissom re assured her and kissed the top of her head.

Sara closed her gaping mouth and tried to breath. "Ok." She choked.

"Ha, she gets a kiss on the forehead and I get a therapy session, I definitely got the short end of the stick." She said looking at the group.

"It's OK we can get Hodges to kiss you, I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Nick teased.

"No thanks." She turned to Sara. "Yea REAL Scared Sara."

The Two Woman started laughing as the men looked around confused.

"By the way, Alyssa how old ARE you?" Warrick asked.

"Just about 23, Why?" She asked

"DAMMIT! Greg," Warrick said shaking his head and pulling out his cell phone.

TBC... More Angst To Come