Taking charge
Sorry about the delay i had writers block... hope you enjoy this and please send reviews.
Chapter fifteen
Greg slammed his car into park when he found the small garden park Sara had taken Lotte to, he gave him self just enough time to turn the car off before he leapt from it and raced towards the blaring police lights. He raced towards the officer standing at the yellow tape and fumbled with his ID. The office gave him a suspicious look but still waved him under.
Greg saw Warrick first and steered towards him "Warrick… are they ok" Greg called causing the older man to look at him and sigh. He turned to Greg and nodded "their good man… just a little shaken up, their with Brass at the moment" Warrick explained as Greg searched the area and spotted Brass standing by his car "what happened" Greg asked looking back to the CSI who gave Greg a look "you know I can't" "please Warrick… just tell me" Greg demanded as Warrick sighed and rubbed the back of his neck "Lucas Keats… he was here and he gave Lotte a knife… from what we understand it had blood over it" Warrick told him lowering his eyes when all the colour drained from Greg's face, his hands balling up into fists at the mere thought of the man who had caused so much heart ache.
Greg offered Warrick a nod before he hurried to Brass. Jim Brass glanced up from Sara who held the sleeping Lotte in her arms when Greg stood beside him, Brass nodded to the younger man who immediately bent beside Sara and engulfed her and Lotte in a hug "you ok honey" Greg asked as Sara nodded against his shoulder before he pulled back and Greg looked down at Lotte who still had a few traces of blood smeared across her cheek. Greg fought the urge to search for Lucas himself right there and then.
Instead he held onto Sara's free hand and watched her "I think that's about it for now Sara, how about we get you home" "no" Sara exclaimed almost waking Lotte but Greg soothed the girl and stared at Sara "Sara" "I don't want to go back there yet Greg… if he came here, if he gave that to Lotte then he sure in hell know where to find us" Sara declared as Greg glanced to Brass who gave him a slight nod. Greg sighed and looked at Sara "ok… we'll go to a hotel" Greg offered before Brass cleared his throat "how about you take Lotte back to the lab and I'll talk to Grissom. Greg you go with two police men and collect what ever you three might need" Brass ordered gaining a nod from Sara then Greg. He jerked a thumb towards Warrick and sighed "I'm just going to talk to him for a sec… we'll be going moving in a few minutes ok" Brass said before he turned and headed towards Warrick.
Greg studied Sara and saw how tired she looked "its fine… I swear I'm not going to let him hurt you guys" Greg declared but Sara shook her head "I was meant to be looking after her… it's my job to protect her and I couldn't do it…I failed" Sara muttered as Greg shook his head and tilted her chin up to look at him "Sara you didn't… you want Lotte to have a normal life… we can't keep her inside for forever can we" Greg asked as Sara watched him then slowly shook her head. Greg gave her a small smile as Brass walked back to them and sighed "ready to go" he questioned as both adults nodded and Greg lent forward and kissed Sara quickly then Lotte before he looked at Sara "I'll seen you in twenty minutes I promise" he declared before he pulled back and closed the door to the car.
Greg sighed as he watched the police officer walk out of the bedroom with two of the bags he had prepared for the three of them. He glanced around his bedroom with a bag in one hand and Lotte's stuffed Syd in the other. He was ready to leave when he saw his and Sara's dresser and stopped his eyes not moving from the bottom draw that was his. He licked his lips before dropping the bag and teddy before striding over to the dresser, bending down his yanked the draw open and rummaged for a few seconds before he found his gun and pulled it out. He glanced to the open door then quickly tucked the gun into the waist band of his pants. He was going to stand up when he saw the black box sitting at the back of his draw, this time he swallowed hard before he plunked it from it's spot and stood closing the draw with his foot and jamming the box into his pocket.
He had been close to asking Sara to marry him that morning and it scared him. However he had been close to losing both Sara and Lotte and that scared him even more. Greg was going to protect them… both from Lucas and anything else that was going to be thrown at them. He wanted to be Sara's husband and an adoptive father to Lotte and he wasn't going to let another day go by without that known to the world.
Sara sighed in the darkness; she had been sitting beside a sleeping Lotte for the past ten minutes. She had put Lotte in the break room when they arrived, Brass had watched over Lotte while Sara had gone to the locker room and cleaned up, grabbing a jacket from her locker when she saw that blood now encrusted her sleeves from where Lotte grabbed onto her.
When she had come back Brass went in search of Grissom to arrange where she, Greg and Lotte were going to stay. She rubbed her eyes whilst she sat with the young girl when a hand touched her shoulder and spun round to see Grissom standing over her. He motioned outside and Sara nodded. Hesitant to leave Lotte but Grissom tugged on her arm and gave her a reassuring smile and nodded to the door. Sara took a few moments before she stood and headed towards the corridor. Glancing over her shoulder at Lotte while Grissom watched her.
"Sara… I'm sorry" he offered, Grissom was never a man of many words and the words he did say were intelligent. However now he seemed lost for words.
"He was there Grissom, he could have done… he hit her you know that" Sara whispered as Grissom nodded "yes, I looked at the case… Greg recorded what the doctor found. She's fine now" Grissom offered but Sara stared at him "how the hell is she fine… god knows what this is doing to her… she adjusted so well to living with me… and Greg and I was so glad to get her away from Lucas that I never thought about how she was coping… Grissom she saw her mother being killed by the very person who was meant to protect them" Sara declared as Grissom sighed and watched her.
"Sara I know that because of what" "I know what your going to say, that I see myself in Lotte because my mother killed my father and in some ways yes I can but I also see a little girl who has no mother and father trying to ruin her life… she was my best friends child, she's my only family Grissom and I don't want anything to happen to her but… but I'm forgetting what is most important here making sure Lotte is really ok" Sara declared before closing her eyes, when she opened then she looked at the little girl she promised to protect and care for.
"Sara we're your family too" Grissom offered causing Sara to look at him and smile slightly "I know Grissom" she declared before Grissom glanced down unsure what to say next but then he looked at her gently "we're not going to let anything happen to you…I won't let anything happen to you or Lotte" Grissom told her firmly before he hugged her letting her rest her heavy head on his shoulder for a few seconds.
Neither seeing Greg as he walked around the corner carrying Lotte's stuffed Syd. He was frozen to the spot as he watched Sara and Grissom hug, swallowing hard Greg racked his free hand through his hair before he watched as Grissom pulled back and rubbed Sara's arm. Sara nodded and walked back into the break room as Grissom watched her leave him before he turned and headed to his office.
Greg stood a few more minutes before someone walked passed him and he was jarred out of his daze. He strode towards the break room and calmly looked at Sara who was sat beside Lotte, he didn't dare go any closer… it was an overreaction he knew that but still Sara had feelings for Grissom, that had been made clear and Greg believed feelings like that didn't just go away. Sara finally looked at him and smiled slightly, standing she crossed the room to him and wrapped her arms around him. He waited a few moments wondering if she was still thinking about the hug Grissom had given her a few moments before. He felt her arms tighten when he didn't return the embrace and out of instinct he's arms gently rested around her waist but he stood stiff unable to press his body against hers.
"Brass spoke to Grissom… there's a police car out side waiting to take us to a hotel. We should get moving" Greg declared as he pulled back avoiding Sara's gaze, he gave her the stuffed animal and headed over Lotte scooping her up in one swift movement. He flickered his eyes towards Sara and saw she simply nodded and followed him out. Maybe she was realising that she had missed a chance with Grissom and wanted to fix it.
Again sorry for delay but i had writers block... plus the first series of CSI was on and i had to watch it agian. hope you enjoyed and please review.