I Do Not Own CSI

"What can I do to get you to set the gun down."

"What can you do? What can you do? I'll tell you what you can do, you can pay with your own life," he said as three shots rang out.

They had been lying together in his hospital bed while he dozed. Seeing Gil start to breathe differently, Sara became a little concerned. "Gil?"

'Pain, oh God so much pain, being shot sucks. I need help.' was going through Gil's head as he dropped to the ground, watching the young man run away.

"Gil, honey, you have to wake up," Sara said as she ran her fingers through his hair.

"Come on Gil, wake up!"

'That's Jim, oh God Jim this hurts.'

"HURTTS"

"I know but you got to stay awake, the ambulance is on its way."

"Gil, come on now, it's just a dream, wake up," Sara said a little louder as his BP machine started to go off.

"Sara"

"She's here. I'll call her as soon as we get to the hospital."

"Tell her"

"No goodbyes, Gil, not yet, you have something to say you say it to her face."

"Love her"

"Gil, wake up, please wake up," Sara pleaded as a doctor came in the room.

"I think he's having a nightmare. I can't wake him up."

"Gil, can you hear me, it's Dr. Ringbald. You have to wake up. How long has he been like this?"

"The last few minutes"

"We're going to give him some medicine to help him relax. Once it takes effect he should wake up ok."

"Just do it," Sara said as she watched the doctor put a shot through Gil's IV.

It didn't take long before Gil's heart rate levelled out and his breathing became even again. Watching his eyes started to flutter, Sara grabbed his hand.

"Hey, you ok?"

"Yeah, I think"

"Did you have a nightmare?"

"I don't know, I just remember the feeling of panic taking over."

"Well, we couldn't wake you up. Gil, are you sure you don't remember anything," Dr. Ringbald asked.

"No, it's hazy. I think it had something to do with the shooting but I can't remember."

"It's ok, as long as you're ok, I'm ok," Sara said as she clasped her hand tighter around his.

"I'm pretty sure this might happen from time to time, Gil, flashbacks, nightmares, that panicky feeling, so I want you to be prepared for it."

"What happens if this happens again," Sara asked.

"Let's hope we can wake you up next time. If not, we might have to discuss some other options."

"You said I could go home in a week. The week was up yesterday and I'm still here," Gil argued.

"And it's a good thing you are because of what just happened. Gil, I'm not trying to keep you here against your will, I'm keeping you here longer because I want to know that you will be ok physically and emotionally."

"I am ok though"

"Physically, Gil, you need more time to let your body heal. I would feel a lot more comfortable if you stayed here until at least the end of this week. Plus, this way we can keep and eye out for anymore panic attacks or nightmares."

"I want out of the hospital, Doc."

"Gil, please stay, lets get you better first, ok," Sara said, looking into his eyes trying to convey how worried she was to him without saying it.

"Ok," he whispered.

"Glad that's settled then. I'll be back to check in on you in an hour. By that time it will be time for you physiotherapy. I'm tagging along this week, I want to see for myself how well you're doing," the doctor said, getting a groan out of Grissom.

"Whatever you say, Doc," he replied as Dr. Ringbald left the room.

"Hey, are you ok," Gil asked Sara as she looked down into her lap.

"Yeah"

"Somehow I don't believe you."

"I couldn't wake you up. You just kept moving and then your monitor started to go off; it freaked me out a little bit."

"I'm ok Sara, I promise, I wouldn't lie to you."

"I know, just…just don't do that again. That's the second time in the last couple weeks that you have completely scared the crap out of me and you're going to give me an ulcer or even my own heart attack soon."

"I'm here, Sara, and I'm not going anywhere," Gil said as he patted the bed next to him.

"Come back up here, I need you at the moment and I think that you need me as well."

"I'll always need you, Gil."

"Likewise"

"So tell me, what's been going on with you and my mom while I've been here," Gil said, trying to change the subject to a lighter topic.

"Not much other than her asking when she's going to be a grandmother."

"She just won't let up will she?"

"She won't ask again."

"And how did you manage that?"

"I told her that we wanted to get married before we had kids."

"And do we? We never really discussed the marriage thing at all. Wait, you lied to my mom," Gil said with a smile.

"Just a little, I had to give her something else to chew on for awhile. But on the marriage part, if we were to have kids I want to do the whole marriage thing as well. Having kids is a big thing and I want to know that whomever I have them with, that we're in it for the long haul. Do you not want to get married?"

"Actually, would you be surprised if I told you I already have a ring for you? I was just waiting until we had that talk about where we were going before I asked. But then I got shot and-"

"And we never got to have that talk."

"Right, but now that you're coming here; you are coming here, right?"

"Yes I am coming here. Jim's putting the paperwork through for me to work at the lab, and I already called my old boss to let him know. All I have to do is move my stuff here. Wait, you have a ring for me?"

"I do," he said, clasping their hands.

"I like the sound of that."

TBC

I had to start putting in some repurcussions of the shooting, you don't get shot three times and just walk away from it.

But i thought the fluff at the end was a good thing, and Sara sorta lied to marie, but for her own benifit, lol

Thanks to all the reviews, some of them make me laugh

Keep on reading, there's a lot more to come soon

Katie