10?
12th January, 1993
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm
barely hanging on
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into
pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the
one
Broken up, deep inside
But you won't get to see the tears I
cry
CSI-2 Catherine Flynn took a deep breath. She pushed open the door to the break room and smiled as she saw Gil sitting there.
"Hey, stranger."
Gil rubbed the bridge of his nose and smiled at his colleague. "Hi, Cath."
Catherine sat down on the chair opposite him. "We haven't seen a lot of each other lately."
"Work." Gil peered over his glasses at her. "And you have Eddie."
Catherine blushed a little. "Yeah."
Gil put down his crossword. "You okay?"
"I, uh…I wanted to tell you something."
"Okay."
She smiled at him. "I'm pregnant."
His eyes widened. "You're…what?"
Catherine rolled her eyes. "Pregnant, Gil. As in, there's a little clump of cells right about here," she pointed to her abdomen, "that is eventually going to turn into a little person."
Gil reached his hand out in wonder, but pulled it back quickly.
Catherine chuckled. "Don't be such a baby, bugman." She took his hand and placed it on her belly. "You can't feel it yet. I'm only two months pregnant."
He was intrigued. Catherine. Pregnant. A baby. Then he paused. Eddie's baby. "What did Eddie say?"
"He's so happy. When I told him, he looked at me with this big goofy grin and then twirled me around in the air. He's lucky my morning sickness IS confined to morning!"
Gil took his hand away. "I'm happy for you, Catherine."
Catherine felt the loss of his warm hand acutely, but she brushed the feeling aside. "There's more."
"More? What, are you having twins?"
Catherine laughed. "Good god, I hope not! I don't even want to contemplate the pain involved there!"
"So, what's the 'more'?"
"Eddie proposed." Catherine watched carefully as Gil's eyes fell. "And I said yes."
"You're…you're marrying him?"
Catherine's eyes narrowed. "Of course I am! I love him."
"But…" Gill took a deep breath. "Catherine, he's not good enough for you."
Fire flashed in her eyes. "Excuse me?"
Gil gulped. "Cath, don't get mad at me. I just…I don't think being pregnant is a good reason to get married."
She glared at him. "I don't think it's a good reason either. I'm marrying Eddie because I love him and he loves me."
"So it's purely coincidental that he asked you to marry him after he found out you were pregnant?"
Catherine's hand clenched as she tried to prevent herself from slapping him. "You know, some part of me thought you would be happy for me." She got up. "I guess I was wrong."
Gil sighed. "Catherine…"
"Just leave me alone, Gil." She walked out the door, letting it swing behind her.
Gil groaned. He'd messed up. Again. Running his hand through his hair, he stared at his crossword. Three letter word for idiot. He smiled grimly as he filled it in.
Ass.
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Song used "Behind These Hazel Eyes" - Kelly Clarkson
