I Do Not Own CSI

"Hey," Jim said, entering the silent room where Gil laid and Sara sat clasping his hand.

"Hi, Jim"

"I brought you your bag from the townhouse like you asked."

"Thank you, I didn't want to leave and these hospital scrubs are getting a little stiff."

"Any change?"

"No, not yet, the doctor figured he'll probably be out of it for most of the day."

"Well shift will be almost over soon, I know the guys all want to come up and check in to see how he's doing."

"Anything new on who did this," Sara asked, squeezing Gil's hand.

"Nothing. Bobby, our gun analyst, ran the bullets and it just gave us the make and model of the gun, we have no idea who owns it. There wasn't a lot of evidence at the scene. I sent Nick and Warrick to help dayshift with it. They skewered the scene and came up empty," Jim said sitting down.

"So there's nothing on who did this. What about the murder you and Gil were working when this happened? Can it be linked anyway to Gil?"

"No, we didn't need all the insect timelines after all, we got enough evidence at the crime scene to nail our suspect and this guy had no idea who Gil was. And trust me I was in the interrogation room with him, I drilled him and we came up with nothing."

"Wait, so you mean that you got your guy without the timeline, Gil didn't need to be at that scene?"

"Yeah, but there were bugs. Whenever there are bugs we call Gil," Jim said, seeing the anger in Sara's eyes.

"Did you know that we were enjoying our time together when you called? We were in bed, exhausted and happy. We were going to order in and just be. But then you called and Gil left. This all could have been avoided if you had just tried to work the case without Gil."

"Sara, I know that, trust me I've been beating myself up the last day over this," Jim said, his own anger rising.

"Maybe you should," she retorted, standing up and grabbing her bag to leave but not before brushing her lips over Gil's cheek.

"I need to change and get some coffee," she said as she stormed out.

"Gil, buddy, I'm sorry, this is my fault. I just wanted to get the case done and over with. I knew Sara was in town but I just didn't want to deal with your bugs. If I had just tried doing it without your help you wouldn't be here in this hospital bed with three gunshot wounds," he said, looking at Gil's face.

"Come on Gil, wake up and help me out here. Sara's mad at me. I don't blame her and I should probably talk to her but I have no idea what to say. I need your help, my friend. Can you please wake up," Jim asked, watching for any movement but only receiving the sounds from the monitors.

"Hey, Jim," Catherine said, poking her head in the room.

"Hi, Catherine"

"Any change?"

"Not yet, hopefully by tonight he'll be awake."

"The guys are waiting in the hall, Greg even came with them. They all wanted to check in. Hey, where's Sara?"

"She went to go take a breather, change, and get some coffee. I think she's a little angry with me at the moment."

"Why?"

"Because I solved the case without Gil's help, so if I hadn't called Gil in…,"

"He wouldn't be lying here in this hospital bed," Catherine finished.

"Exactly"

"But you can't predict these things, Jim, you know that. That could have been you lying here in this bed instead. Sara has no right to say that she blames you."

"Doesn't she though? I could have worked the scene without Gil, but I saw the bugs and called him. I wanted a shortcut for the night for once, so I interrupted Gil's night with that beautiful woman so I could go home early."

"It's not a crime to want to go home early, Jim," Sara said from the doorway with two coffees in her hand. She passed one to Jim as she took her spot beside Gil and grabbed his hand again.

"I shouldn't have said what I did."

"No, you shouldn't have," Catherine said, defending Jim.

"Catherine," Jim warned.

"It's ok, Sara"

"No it's not. I'm just mad and frustrated at the situation we're all in here and I took that out on you, and I'm sorry for that. I just, I can't lose him," she said, looking at Gil's face.

"None of us can, Sara. Gil's strong, he'll get through this, especially if you're here holding his hand," Jim said with a small smile.

"We're ok," Sara asked.

"Yeah," he said as a nurse poked her head in the room.

"Miss Sidle, there's a woman here that would like to see the patient, so I'm going to have to ask that a couple of you leave. We're only supposed to have two people in here at a time."

"Older woman, about 5'5, long dark hair?"

"Yep," she said.

Sara gave a little smirk, kissed Gil's cheek and whispered,

"Your mom is here."

"Have you ever met Gil's mom," Catherine asked.

"Nope, I've only seen a couple pictures. What say we go meet her?"

"Marie," Sara said, making sure she could read Sara's lips.

"Sara, how's Gil," she said slightly louder as she embraced Sara.

"Stable," she signed as Marie looked over Sara's shoulder to what she assumed were her son's team mates.

"Marie, these people are Gil's co workers," Sara said, making sure she could see her lips.

"Jim, Catherine, Warrick, Nick and Greg, right" Sara asked looking at Greg who nodded.

"Please to meet you, ma'am," Nick said in a southern drawl as he took her hand.

"You as well"

"Mrs. Grissom," Warrick said, meeting the older woman.

"Nice to see something of Gil's family," Catherine said, looking at Jim while she shook Marie's hand.

"Sorry, dear, I missed that, you have to look at me when you talk so I can read your lips, I can't hear," she said as Sara signed what Catherine had said to her.

"Oh God, I'm sorry I didn't know."

"That's ok, just keep eye contact with me when you all talk unless you know how to sign," she said as Greg moved his fingers signing hello.

"When did you learn sign language, Greg," Jim asked.

"High school, extra credit; guess it kinda stuck," he signed as he talked.

"I'm a little rusty."

"You're fine, Greg," Sara reassured as Jim shook Marie's hand.

"Where's Gil?"

"I'll take you to him," Sara said, leading her down the hall.

"So, I'm guessing that if Sara knows Griss' mom that their relationship is pretty serious," Warrrick said as the group settled into chairs.

"It is, Gil has been trying to get Sara here and in the lab for awhile now but the lab director wouldn't let me hire anyone. I also know that he thought about leaving Vegas to go to San Francisco as well."

"Wouldn't as in past tense, is Sara now a member of Las Vegas CSI," Nick asked.

"Pretty much, as soon as Gil starts getting better, she'll start work as a level three."

"She's a level three?"

"Yea, she told me about moving up the ranks fast in San Francisco. She's a smart one, boys; Harvard and Berkley, she knows her stuff," Catherine added as they sat and talked .

"Marie," Sara said, tapping her on the shoulder and signing to her.

"He's not a pretty sight right now, he's got a chest tube as well as a ventilator tube to help him breathe and help his lungs heal. He has lots of bruising and bandages on him."

"I'll be ok, I just need to know he's ok," she signed back as the two entered the room.

Marie gasped in shock as she saw her son lying on the bed. It was a sight she thought she would never have to see.

"Talk to him," Sara said, looking at her, sitting her down in the chair.

"He loves you, Sara," she started, getting a small smile out of Sara.

"You're the first person that he's let me really meet, not just a quick hello and goodbye. For a long time I didn't think he would ever meet someone, but then, all of the sudden, I hear him start to talk about this woman he met at a conference who's not grossed out by his bugs and asks way too many questions."

"I love him, too," Sara signed.

"I know you do. You both give each other looks of love, looks that I shared with Gil's father before he passed, one's that make you go weak in the knees and melt. You two are soul mates," she said, getting another smile out of Sara.

"Now, what do I have to say to get you two married so I can get some grandbabies?" Hearing a groan, Sara and Marie both looked to Gil.

Figures the talk about grandkids would wake Gil up, lol

Grissoms mom is here, i hope you will all like her.

Please leave a review, i love to read them

Katie

p.s. I finally found and bought To Live and Let Die In LA with WP and it was a great movie, loved it, and the full frontal scene, all i can say is WOW. Totally reccommend watching it. I can see why it was such an accredited movie