The Lady Heather Aftermath Part 2 by Marbs
On his way home, Grissom calls Catherine. He had decided that he needs to take a day or two off to think about things, and he needed her help.
He dials Catherine's number, and she picks up the phone after two rings.
"Willows," Catherine answered.
"Hey Catherine, it's Grissom. I'm taking a couple of days off. I'm exhausted. Can you take over shift while I'm gone?"
"Look Grissom, are you alright? Don't tell me you're going over to see Lady Heather? Do you know what people in the lab are saying about you?"
"Catherine do you think I care? But yes, I have heard the things being said about Heather and me. And I will tell you this for the last time Catherine, nothing happened with Heather and me then and nothing happened the other night. She was suicidal and I needed to stay with her so she could not harm herself. I know it's hard for all of you to believe me about my relationship with Heather, and that's my fault but she is just a friend. Just like how you are a friend to me."
"I'm really sorry Grissom and get some rest, will ya?'
"Thanks Catherine."
Grissom hangs up the phone and let's out a big sigh.
He parks his car in the garage. It's strange to not see Sara's car in the garage when he comes home. He was so used to coming home with her waiting in bed for him. She was always so understanding about their dates sometimes being cancelled because he has (had) to be at a crime scene or because of some paper work he has to finish. He really did take her for granted, but he just believed that she would always understand.
Opening the door, Grissom is greeted by Bruno, their dog, and he remembers when he first got Bruno for Sara. He wanted to surprise her that day, so after their shift he told Sara that he had to stop by somewhere and that he would be late coming home.
Before going home he stopped by the Humane Society to pick up Bruno. He had been there the day before and that was when he had first met, and decided that Bruno was the dog for them. He came back the following day so they would have a chance to bathe Bruno before Grissom took him home to Sara. After he picked up Bruno the two stopped at Pet Smart to buy the food, bed, and other dog stuff they would need. He was just a puppy then and now he's so big!
He can still remember how Sara looked that day he came home with Bruno. Sara was already in bed sleeping. He knew she was tired as was he, so he put Bruno on the porch.
A few hours later, he looked over to check if Sara was awake, but she was still sleeping. He looked at the clock and realized that they only had a couple of hours before they started shift again. So he went over to the porch to get Bruno. He put Bruno on the bed and Bruno started licking Sara's face.
The look on Sara's face that day was priceless. She was so happy, and making her happy was all he wanted to do, but lately he has been doing the opposite to her.
He plays with Bruno's ear and looks at him. The dog doesn't look too happy and he knows why: He misses Sara. Bruno is giving him the sad look.
"I know Bruno. I miss her too. I will try my best to get her back. And yes, I did mess up again."
"Go on boy; go back to your bed. I really need to get some sleep. Then later, we will try to figure out how to get your Mommy back."
He decided to go to bed for now and then tomorrow, he will think of a plan to get Sara back.