Sophia was scared. She felt like hell and despite reassurances that she was going to recover, she couldn't help but feel like the doctors were wrong and the fact that she had lost all sense of what time it was just fueled it. Maybe it was normal given her circumstances and what she'd been through, but she was swimming in a sea of doubts. Perhaps Vartan's proposal had been just the thing to push her over the edge. She'd known that he was serious about her, but she'd also convinced herself that the only way he would propose and go public about their relationship was if her death was imminent. Then again, maybe she was just overreacting; the man did love her, of that she had no doubt and she loved him. The thing she did doubt though was that if she wasn't able to return to duty that what had drawn him to her in the first place would be the very thing that would split them apart. She let out a frustrated groan; she really needed more human interaction or she was going to make herself crazy.

"You ok, Ms. Curtis?" Tina Brown's warm smile reflected concern; she'd heard the sound as she walked into the room to check on her patient. It was almost time to administer more pain medication, but she really didn't look like she was in all that much pain at the moment.

Sophia smiled back. "Please, call me Sophia." Her smile turned to a smirk. "And I'll be fine when I can get out of this damn bed; this is enough to drive anyone crazy." All of the damn monitors were also enough to drive someone crazy and she had half a mind to ask for a pair of earplugs so she could get some drug-free sleep, not that she minded the way it eased the pain, she just didn't enjoy the fog it put her in.

"Another day or so in here and you'll probably get to move to a private room." Tina gestured towards the waiting room. "There's a couple of people that are out there waiting to see you...do you feel up to it?" She had only worked in the ICU for a little over a month, but she had come to recognize the signs that a patient was getting bored.

Sophia smirked again. "Please tell me that Alex went home to get some sleep." She knew very well that he was probably sleeping out in the waiting room that she'd become all too familiar with over the course of her career here in Vegas. There was part of her that was glad he was there, but another part of her worried about him that by the time she got out of here he was going to be a wreck because he hadn't gotten enough sleep.

"When have men ever done anything rational when it comes to the woman they love?" Tina let out a soft laugh as she checked the monitors surrounding the room before her eyes rested on the ring that Alex Vartan had placed on Sophia's finger. "Congratulations on your engagement by the way." Somehow being able to spend some time talking with Warrick trying to work things out had renewed hope in her that true romance did exist. They had plans to get together again later if his work schedule allowed and as they'd discussed at the end of her last shift; they would just take things slow and start over; both of them had trust issues and they needed some time rebuild it.

"Thank you." Sophia smiled and then quirked an eyebrow. "You said a couple of people; who else is out there?" There were people that she wanted to see besides Alex; people that she felt compelled to thank. If it hadn't been for them, she wouldn't even be here having the opportunity to go crazy.

"Sara Sidle arrived a little while ago." Tina could tell that the CSI who was sitting out in the waiting area had a weight on her shoulders; she wasn't sure it had everything to do with the detective in the bed, but she was certain that at least part of it was. She'd spent a considerable amount of time out there with a number of other people from PD and the crime lab since Sophia had arrived at the hospital.

Sophia nodded. "Yes, I'd like to see Sara." She had a nagging feeling that Sara had taken this all on herself and she simply wanted to thank her for doing what she could; even if she'd been able to summon backup, they wouldn't have arrived in time to stop the shooter from trying to kill her.

"Ok." Tina smiled and then finished writing a few things down in Sophia's chart and headed out of the ICU room. The thought occurred to her as she left that she hoped that Warrick never found himself in these circumstances, yet she knew that it was possible.

A few moments later, a well rested looking Sara Sidle stepped into the room looking somewhat nervous. "Sophia." Sara smiled; she had been dreading this since the shooting, but she also knew that it was inevitable and she just wanted to get it over with.

"Sara." Sophia smiled, trying to put her at ease. "It's nice to see a friendly face." She could tell by Sara's demeanor that her assessment had been right on. "It's nice to see someone besides Alex too." Perhaps making things a bit more personal would help the conversation along.

"He was really worried about you." Sara seemed to relax a little as she walked over and took a seat in the chair next to her bed. "We're all glad you're going to be ok." There was a great deal of uncertainty conveyed in Sara's tone.

"That's what they tell me...although I feel like I've been hit by a truck." Sophia glanced over at Sara with a furrowed brow. "I just wanted to thank you." She could tell from the confusion that registered on Sara's face that the CSI wasn't sure why Sophia should be thanking her. "If you weren't there, Sara, he would have killed me and he would have gotten away."

Sara shook her head, emotions that she had been holding back surging to the surface. "Nick shot him...I couldn't...he kept moving and he had you...I'm sorry I couldn't get a shot off before..." Sara's words trailed off. She knew logically that she'd done all she could and yet it hadn't been enough; she still felt guilty.

"Hey, Sara, this wasn't your fault." Sophia's voice was insistent. "You did what you could...I'm going to be ok." It wasn't until that moment that Sophia really believed that she was going to be ok.

Sara's face looked so serious. "We thought you had given up...you said you thought you were going to die." Sara seemed to be reliving the moments after the shooting. "Nick tried to keep you calm." It was his presence of mind that had helped keep her calm as well. "He just kept talking to you...we didn't know..." Sara's voice seemed to catch as she looked Sophia in the eyes. "We didn't know until later that you had made it through surgery."

Sophia smiled. "Alex said that people have been out there waiting with him." She was so glad for that; he tended to worry far more than he probably should, even if he had a perfectly legitimate reason to do so. It was good that he hadn't been waiting out there alone. "Thank you for that...he means so much to me."

Sara smiled; it was obvious to her that Sophia seemed to be as much in love with Alex Vartan as he was with her and she was happy for them both. "He loves you. I'm really happy for you both..Congratulations." She only hoped that she could find the same kind of love that Sophia had found with Vartan. There was definitely potential that she wanted to explore with Nick and yet she still found herself feeling regret for how things had turned out with Grissom. Maybe that was why she had come to the hospital to see Sophia rather than call Nick.

Sophia studied Sara's face for a moment; her job required being able to read people somewhat and as much as she was sure that Sara would like to believe that her life was a secret, she tended to wear her heart on her sleeve. The blond detective smiled again at the brunette CSI. "You never know where you're going to find true love, Sara."