Catherine ran through the hospital in search of one person. Her heart pounded as she worried about her two friends and the one that needed her right now. Grissom leaned against the wall across from the doors where I disappeared being worked on. He stared watching every person that came out.
"Gil!" Catherine called, running over. "I…got…caught in…traffic."
He nodded watching the door still.
"How is…Jim?!"
"He's being operated on right now. There was some internal bleeding."
She looked at him touching his arm.
"And…Sara?"
He looked down sadly.
"Please tell me that Sara is all right?" She said, her voice cracking.
Just then the doors opened and a doctor came out walking over to them.
"Are you Miss. Sidles husband?"
"Yes." Grissom said "How is she?!"
The doctor looked at Catherine then at him.
"I'm afraid she lapsed into a coma."
"Oh no!" Catherine said, putting her hand to her mouth.
"How bad is it?" Grissom asked, calmly.
"With her injuries and possible internal bleeding I would say not good right now, but we are doing everything we can."
Grissom nodded feeling numb.
"Can I see her?"
"In a little while." He said, before leaving.
Catherine felt tears go down her cheeks looking at Grissom. He watched the doors close again then he faced her.
"I'll be fine here if you want to go."
"I want to stay with you." She said
He nodded taking her hand. They sat in two chairs in the hallway glancing around then looking down in silence.
Later the door opened to the room I was in. Grissom walked in alone walking to the bed looking at me. I was almost translucent in the bed with little cuts on my face. Grissom walked closer touching my limp hand at my side. He listened to the heart monitor slowly beating.
"Hey Sara." He said "It's me."
He looked at me in pain as the ventilator covered my mouth. Slowly, he leaned over kissing my head. A single tear went down his cheek falling on the bed as he watched me. The next day Grissom walked into the room that Brass was in. The older man was laid out in a bed looking at him walk in.
"Hey." Grissom said
"Hey, how are you doing?"
"Not to good." Grissom said, sitting in a chair beside the bed.
"Catherine came to see me and told me. I'm sorry."
"Thanks. What did the doctors say about you?"
"Not much, except that I am going to live. Oh, and my blood pressure is high." Brass said, moving around on the bed.
Grissom smiled a little. Brass smiled as well as they sat in silence. Grissom looked down.
"Jim, what happens if she stays in a coma?"
"What did the doctors say?"
"They just said the prognosis is not good."
"Doctors never tell you anything positive. You just have to believe that she will make it."
Grissom nodded.
He went home an hour later exhausted. Lying in bed, he shook crying touching myside of the mattress. He felt his world explode in one second. Sleep finally over took him and he was dead to the world.
Many hours later his cell phone went off ringing beside his ear. He moved after the fifth ring reaching over getting it.
"Grissom." Catherine said
"What?"
"We need you at work."
"I'll be there."
He hung up the phone laying back sighing. His body felt heavy. He slowly got up hunched over as he rubbed his face.
He went to work, but his mind was on me in that hospital bed. After a few hours Grissom walked into the hospital coming into my room. He sat down taking my warm hand rubbing it as he watched me.
For weeks he would come to the hospital sitting beside the bed. A month went by as Catherine and Brass walked into Grissom's office seeing his friend pale and exhausted as he worked. He saw them and he sat back.
"What are you two doing?"
Catherine shut the door as Brass sat in a chair.
"We are performing an intervention." Catherine said, as she walked over to his desk leaning over it.
"When do you sleep, Gil?" Brass asked
"I have a job and a wife in the hospital!" He said
"You need to rest and eat! You are running on fumes!" Catherine said
Grissom sighed putting his head back closing his eyes.
"Go home, Gil." Brass said
Grissom went home looking around at the empty house. He went to the kitchen looking at the fridge. Then he shut it going to the living room laying on the couch. He slept on and off. It was early morning when the doorbell went off. Grissom came out of the bedroom yawning as he walked to the door. Opening it he saw Sophia Curtis with a covered dish in her hands.
"Sophia!" He said
"Hey, can I come in?" She asked, smiling some.
He opened the door allowing her in watching as she went straight to his kitchen unwrapping the dish placing it in the oven. She set the temperature then stood looking at him.
"I made you something that should be done in half an hour."
"What are you doing here?" He asked
"Brass called me. I'm sorry to hear about Sara."
He looked down nodding.
"Look, I didn't come to start anything….I just wanted to check on you."
"Thank you."
"Ecklie asked me to come and work with Catherine since she's down one person."
"That's great." He said
She nodded looking around the clean kitchen.
"Well, is there anything you need me to do?"
"No, the food is enough."
She nodded walking over to him giving him a hug. He put his head on hers looking down.
"She'll be okay." She said
"Every day she doesn't wake up…I lose hope." He said
"You can't give up for her."
He nodded letting her go. She touched his face watching a tear go down his cheek.
"Take care of yourself now." She said
"I will."
She nodded letting him go. He watched her leave then he looked at the oven. He came back to work hours later rested and fed. He worked on paperwork then he went to a meeting. As he came out walking with Catherine his phone rang. He stopped looking at the screen then he looked at Catherine alarmed.
"Who is it?!" Catherine asked
"Grissom!" Grissom said, looking at her as he listened. "She is!"
Catherine watched his face let go of the worry that he held. He closed his eyes breathing out.
"Yes, I will be there!" He said, hanging up.
"What is it?!" She asked
"Sara is awake….she is calling for me."
She hugged him as he did.
"I have to go see her."
"Go!" She said, pushing him away. He raced to his office locking it then he ran outside.
He arrived at the hospital coming to the room I was in. He took a breath before opening the door seeing the doctor standing by my bed as I looked over at Grissom.
The staff took the ventilator out and now I was laying back looking at my husband like it the first time. He walked over looking like he was going to cry.
"Sara." He said
He took my hand leaning over smoothing his cheek against mine.
"Mr. Grissom?" The doctor called
Grissom leaned back noticing the man standing on the other side.
"I'm sorry." He said
"It's all right. I need to tell you that your wife is going to be fine."
"Thank you."
The doctor walked out leaving us. I searched Grissom's eyes as he did the same. His hand touched my cheek as I closed my eyes feeling his lips on my head. For any hour we nuzzled each other and he told me everything that was going on. He watched me sleep and helped me to eat.
Finally, a week later I was allowed to go home. Grissom helped me inside even though I told him I was fine. He had me sit on the couch as he walked around then he stood watching me.
"Grissom, sit." I said, patting the couch.
He walked over sitting down slowly. I leaned forwards catching his lips. He pulled me closer almost on top of him. I moved back breathing faster as he did.
"I...think we should…take this slow." I said
"Your right." He said, rubbing my back. "I missed you."
"Catherine told me."
He sighed touching my hair.
"Why don't you take a nap?" I asked
"I'm fine."
"You look tired."
"Sara, I just want to be with you."
"Why don't we take a nap together?"
He thought about it finally nodding. I sat back on the couch laying down pulling him over. He settled in behind me putting his arm around my stomach. I wasn't tired so I just waited till he went to sleep then I slowly moved.
When he woke up I had made dinner and cleaned up. He walked into the bedroom seeing that I was about to do laundry.
"Wow, you cleaned this room up!" He said
"I wasn't tired." I said
"Honey, you're doing too much. I want you to rest." He said, touching my arm.
"I have done enough resting." I said
"Sara, the doctor said…"
"I know what he said, but I can only rest when everything is clean."
He smiled to himself.
"What?"
"I guess I missed your obsessive compulsive behavior."
I shook my head walking out with some the laundry in the basket. Soon, I was at a point where everything was clean and I could relax.
Catherine told me I could come back against Grissom's orders. He fumed when I told him, but he eventually conceded.
I worked in the lab my first night back on standby. I sat in the computer lab looking at cases I missed. Grissom peeked in seeing me as he held some files in his hands.
"Hey." He said
"Hey." I said, bored.
"What are you doing?" He asked, walking in.
"Just looking over cases." I said, sitting back.
He nodded setting his files down on the table before sitting beside me. I looked over at him as he looked at me. He took my hand bringing my hand up to his lips. I watched him kiss my fingers then look at me.
"I saw Sophia tonight." I said
"I know." He said
"Catherine wants to make her a permanent employee."
"Do you mind?"
"No, as long as she stays away from you." I said, causing him to smile.
"You really like me, don't you?"
"Enough to kill if I have to." I said, shrugging my shoulders. He laughed out loud as I smiled.
He looked at his watch then at me.
"I have to go to a meeting." He said, standing.
"See you later." I said
He nodded walking out. I sighed looking back at the screen.
Grissom slept sitting up in bed after we returned home. A book lay on his lap. I came out of the bathroom messing with my hair seeing him. I smiled walking over slowly thinking how handsome he is. Taking the book, I placed it beside the bed on the night stand before leaning over kissing his cheek. He never moved as he breathed deeply.
"Grissom?" I said, quietly.
When he still did not move I climbed over his legs taking his glasses off placing them on top of his book. I stared at him waiting for him to wake up, but he never did.
"Are you that tired?" I asked
Finally, I decided to lean over and kiss his lips. As I did this he sort of jerked awake causing me to move back.
"Hey." I said, smiling.
"What time is it?"
"About two a.m."
"Are you going to bed?" He asked, yawning.
"I was trying to wake you up?"
"What for?" He asked
"Always hiding under a book. You don't notice that your wife is trying to put the moves on you." I said, touching his shirt.
"Sara, I'm sorry. I suppose I don't catch them all."
"That's okay." I said, moving to lay onto myside. He turned off his light laying down beside me. We laid in silence for a few moments then I heard him move closer to me.
"I'll listen more." He said
I turned kissing him firmly on the mouth. He moaned pulling me closer kissing me back. I felt all the pain come out of him. Then I felt to love he had stored up.
The next day he stood at the doorway drinking coffee looking over at me sleeping naked in bed. I had the sheet up against me hiding my body. He never got bored looking at me. I moved a little stilling as I took a deep breath. I felt his side not feeling him. My head lifted up blinking looking around seeing him walking over dressed for work.
"I could sleep for two days." I said, sitting up pulling the sheet against me.
"You did work hard earlier." He said, smiling handing me his cup. I sipped it winching giving it back to him.
"Why do you like that brand of coffee?"
"You don't like it?" He asked, watching me get up wrapping the sheet around me.
"It's bitter!" I said
"Hmm." He said, standing following me to the bathroom.
I started the shower looking back at him as I stood.
"Can you close the door?" I asked
"I'm enjoying the view." He said
I sighed pushing him out before I closed the door.
As soon as we came to work. Grissom was called out on a scene. I watched him go to his office before going down the hallway. Catherine came into the breakroom a few hours later looking at me as I ate my sandwich at the counter. I stopped eating as she walked over looking concerned.
"Sara." She said
I dropped my sandwich looking at her. She looked at me sadly and I knew something happened.
"No….he's fine." I said
"He's missing."
"What?" I asked, shaking.
"We don't know what happened exactly, but Brass found his Tahoe parked along the road with his keys and cell phone on the ground. There was also some blood."
I put my hand to my mouth. Catherine hugged me feeling me sob. I paced in her office swiping tears as she talked to Brass on the phone at her desk. She hung up sighing as she sat back.
"Sara, why don't you go lie down?"
I stopped looking at her.
"I can't lie down!" I said
In my mind, I imagined that he was dead, or tied up in a room dying. I stayed at work waiting for some word. Hours went by as I stood watching. The others tried to get me to eat, but I said no.
"Cath, you have to do something about her." Brass said, as he walked to his office.
"What?" Catherine said, following.
"Sara, is not going to stop until she sees Gil. She needs sleep and food." He said, opening his door.
"You know how she is. Until you find him she will not do anything!" Catherine said "What do you have?"
"Blood on the ground, a cell phone, and keys." Brass said, rubbing his eyes.
"You have to have more! What about shoe marks?"
"None."
"Hair?"
"None."
"What are his odds?"
"The longer this strings out, not good."
Catherine sighed looking at him.
Catherine walked back to her office as Judy from the front desk came running to her.
"This was addressed to you!" She said, handing Catherine a small box.
"Thank you." Catherine said, looking at it. She went to Brass's office letting him have it. He slowly opened it looking inside. There was a letter with Grissom's identification badge.
Dear Catherine Willows,
I have Grissom and if you want to see him again, then I suggest you follow these instructions.
I want $10 million dollars in a blue bag. When you have the money you are to take it to a basketball court down the street. Bring it at two a.m. or I kill him.
Catherine looked at him as he looked at her.
"I'll call the sheriff." He said
"I'll see if I can get 10 million." She said, running out.
I sat in the breakroom looking at people walking in the hallway. My mind was a blur. Brass walked in seeing me. He sat on the coffee table taking my hand.
"Hey, how are you doing?"
"Not good." I said
He nodded.
"I came to tell you we got a letter requesting money for Gil's return. I called the sheriff and Catherine got the money. We are getting him back."
I nodded not really processing what he was saying. It was close to two when Brass parked across the street from the basketball court. I waited in the back shaking as I looked out. The place was deserted as Catherine drove up and walked over with a blue bag laying it by the basket then walking away.
"Okay, I dropped it." Catherine said, over the radio.
"I see it." Brass said
She drove off parking down the street. Brass watched the bag as I did for five minutes. A car drove up parking and a man climbed out looking around walking over to the bag. He looked around again then he reached down taking the bag.
"He's taking it!" Brass said, before getting out. The man looked over seeing Brass holding a gun with cops walking over with their guns. He backed up holding his hands as he dropped the bag.
"Put your hands up!" Brass shouted
"I didn't do anything!" He said
Police wrestled him to the ground as Brass went to the car opening it looking around. Brass sighed walking over grabbing the man putting the gun to his chest.
"Where is Grissom?!"
"I…I don't know!"
I ran over as Brass looked back.
"You know!" I shouted, trying to get at the guy. Catherine pulled me back as I screamed.
"Take him back to the station!" Brass said
The man was taken to a car as Brass sighed looking around as he took the bag looking over at Catherine holding me as I cried.
Catherine took me home coming in to sit with me on the couch. I said nothing as I looked down and she rubbed my back looking at me.
A knock at the door caused us to jump.
"Stay there." She said, as she got up.
Catherine opened the door seeing Brass.
"Come outside a minute." He said
She came out closing the door.
"What's up?"
"We grilled the guy. We know where Grissom is."
"So you're going after him?!"
"Yes, now. I am taking Nick and Warrick with me. Stay with Sara. I'll call."
"Okay."
He nodded before leaving. Catherine sighed watching him go then she came in seeing me standing looking at her.
"Who was it?"
"Oh, just Brass."
"What's happening?" I asked
"He was just seeing how you are."
"Oh." I said, looking down.
"Let's get something to eat."
"Nothing for me." I said, going to the bedroom closing the door. Catherine looked in pain at the door not knowing what to do. I slid down on the bed sliding my hand over the blankets feeling a pain deep inside of me. I put my face in the pillow crying.
Catherine went to sleep on the couch as I stayed in the bedroom. The next day the doorbell rang. Catherine rubbed her throbbing head as she held some coffee walking to the front door. Brass stood on the other side looking worn and tired.
"Did you get him?" She asked
Brass looked over as Grissom appeared. Catherine looked him over seeing a bandage on his head and a cast on his left arm.
"You're alive?!" She said, handing Brass her cup before hugging Grissom.
"Owe!" Grissom cried
Catherine stood back looking him over.
"Alive….but not healed." He said
"They wanted to keep him at the hospital, but he broke out to see Sara." Brass said
"She's inside." Catherine said
Grissom opened the front door freezing when he saw me walking out of the bedroom with my hair messed in a pair of his pajamas looking pale and thin.
"Catherine?" I called
He held his breath as I looked up seeing him.
"Hey Sara." He said
I didn't move as he came closer.
"I just got out of the hospital. Brass found me. I just have a cut on my head and a broken arm." He said "Say something."
I walked over slowly reaching out a shaking hand touching his clothes then his body looking him over. My hands went to his face.
"Honey, I'm okay." He said
Tears went down my cheeks as I hugged him crying against his neck. He held me with his free hand feeling me shake.
After that I would not let him out of my sight. He ate a sandwich I made as he sat on the couch and watched him.
"That was good." He said
"What happened to you?" I asked
"I'll tell you, but right now I need sleep." He said
"Okay." I said, watching him get up. He pulled me up leading me to the bedroom. I watched him sleep for hours forgetting my needs all together.
As expected, Grissom took a week off to recuperate. He gave a statement at the station then relaxed the rest of the time. I ate a piece of toast before work as Grissom walked into the kitchen getting a cup from the cabinet.
"Sara, you need to eat more than that." He said, getting a bottle of tea out of the fridge.
"I'm not really hungry." I said, throwing away a chunk of toast.
"You're not eating enough." He said, drinking from the glass in his hand.
I sighed glancing at him before leaving. He followed me to the front door as his phone rang. I kissed him then he answered rubbing my arm before opening the door letting me out.
Being apart from Grissom made me frightened. I texted him throughout my shift just wanting to see his reply. I came home later smelling food hearing him humming at his desk in the living room. He typed with one hand looking at the screen.
"How was shift?" He asked
"Okay." I said, walking over kissing his head.
I went into the change my clothes as he came in watching me.
"Ecklie called me." He said
"What about?" I asked, putting a shirt on.
"He wants me to take over his job." He said
I turned looking at him.
"A desk job?"
"It pays more and I can get things we need for the lab. I told him I would think about it."
I watched him go out to the living room. I came out going to the kitchen finding him stirring sauce on the stove.
"It's a day time job." I said
"Yes." He said, glancing at me.
"So, we would not see each other."
"Sara, I am not moving to another country. I will still see you."
I frowned leaning against the island.
"I don't want you to take it." I said
He turned the stove off walking over to me.
"Why?"
I looked at him in the eyes.
"Grissom, I am just being selfish. You deserve to it." I said, leaving. He watched me go then he looked down. I ate what I could then I went to bed.
The next day he was dressed in a suit with his arm still in a sling. I listened to him as he walked around on the phone.
"Yes, I would like to meet with you today." He said "Yes, we will discuss it when I come in."
He looked at me as he hung up.
"Ecklie." He said
I nodded. He pulled me over to him kissing me slowly. I moved back as he put his head against mine.
"I love you, Sara."
"I know."
"What's wrong?"
I lifted my head up looking at him.
"I don't know. I just feel like I'm losing you again."
"You are not losing me."
"Just promise me that you will try to make time for us."
"You know I will."
I nodded letting him go. He watched me walk away then he sighed. Grissom took the job and a month later he had his arm out of the sling safe and sound in his new office. I saw him less which upset me, but it was not as if I could with the heavy cases we had.
I came home to exhausted to move. Grissom was at his desk working when I dragged myself to the couch collapsing on to it.
"Hello dear." Grissom said
I lifted my arm sort of waving at him then I dropped it. He smiled a little typing then he got up taking his glasses off walking over leaning over me massaging my body.
"Grissom?" I said
"Yes."
"Will you just kill me?"
He chuckled rubbing my shoulders.
"You all have been working hard."
"This is where all the criminals come when it gets cold outside. I swear I read some results ten times." I said
"I'm sorry."
My phone rang causing me to groan covering my head. Grissom took it putting the phone to his ear.
"Sidle." He answered "Catherine, I think Sara needs to rest."
I groaned again.
Grissom stopped rubbing my shoulders as he listened.
"When did this happen?" He asked, listening. "She just got in."
I heard him sigh then he hung up the phone.
"Sara, you have to go out again."
"No!" I said
"I'm sorry, it's all hands on deck including me. There was a train derailment."
I felt him move then he walked to the bedroom. I just laid there pretending it was not happening. He shook me and we were off.
When we got there it was a huge mess. Day shift and night staff worked the scene with Grissom acting as a supervisor with Catherine and the dayshift supervisor. We took pictures collecting evidence.
Nick walked over to where I sat on the hillside looking down at some trees in a daze. He sat beside me taking in the air.
"We have not slept in three days at least." He said, before yawning.
I nodded.
"When this is over I am staying in bed for a week." He said
"A month." I said
"Good idea." He said
Catherine walked over with a clip board.
"Hey, you two need to take a thirty minute rest break."
"Thirty minutes?" Nick said, standing.
"Sorry." She said
"Well, I think I will use that for sleep." He said "Sara, you coming?"
I didn't move. He shrugged his shoulders walking away. Catherine knelt down to me taking my hand.
"Sara, why don't you take your break now?"
I looked over at her with dark blurry eyes.
"You can use it to sleep."
"Sleep?" I said
"Yeah."
I nodded standing with her help. She handed me her Tahoe keys and I walked slowly to the vehicle. I unlocked it slowly climbing in and laying down in the back seat not caring if the door was open or not.
Grissom walked over to Catherine later with his own clipboard.
"Where is Sara?" He asked
Catherine looked at her watch seeing it was one minute past thirty minutes.
"I told her to lay down. She is in my Tahoe."
"Okay." He walked over along the row of cars finding one with the door opened. He climbed in shutting the door looking at me. "Sara."
I didn't move as he shook me.
"It's time to wake up."
I moved my head a little stilling. His heart went out to me because he knew I had not slept in a long time.
"Honey, you have to wake up."
I opened my eyes slowly seeing him. He smoothed my hair gently.
"How are you feeling?" He asked
I sat up rubbing my head.
"I have a headache."
He touched my head then reached into his pocket taking out a candy bar.
"Eat this."
I took it as he sat beside me.
"Grissom, I don't know if I can do this."
"I know you're tired. We all are. It's just a few more hours."
I nodded feeling him rub my back. I ate some of the candy wishing I could sleep more. He helped me out and once again I worked.
An hour later Catherine came down to where Greg and I were working on some wreckage.
"Sara, I need you to help Warrick collect evidence along the track." She said
I looked at her angry.
"No!" I said "No, I am not doing anything more!"
She looked at me as if I had lost my mind. Greg stood looking at me then at Catherine.
"Sara, we are all tired, okay. The sooner we get this done the sooner we can all sleep."
"No, I am not doing anything! I have worked for five days without sleep! I am not collecting anything!"
"I want to talk to you up there, now!" Catherine said
I stayed still glaring at her.
"Now!"
"You better go." Greg said
I slowly climbed up the hill with her coming behind me.
"Sara, I really do understand, but we all have a job to do."
"I told you no!" I shouted
Grissom walked over slowly watching us.
"I don't have time for this! When this is over we will talk. Right now, go help Warrick!"
"I said no!"
"Sara!" Grissom called, as he walked over. "Catherine asked you to help."
I glared at him then at her.
"Go do what she wants you to do." He said
"I hate you both!" I said, walking past them.
Catherine watched me go as Grissom watched.
"She's starting to unravel." She said
"I know."
Grissom ran over pulling me gently to a quiet area behind a car.
"Sara, you are not being a team player."
"Why are you coming down on me? Catherine is the one who…."
"No, you are the one making trouble. I have to side with her."
I glared at him as he sighed.
"Can I go now?!" I asked
"Yes, go on." He said
I walked quickly away leaving him to watch me concerned.
Warrick and I collected evidence putting it in the back of one of the Tahoe's half an hour later. He closed the doors looking over at me as I held onto the vehicle door with one hand holding my head with the other.
"Sara, you okay?" He asked
I shook my head taking some deep breaths then I looked at him.
"You okay?" He asked, touching my arm.
"Yeah." I said
He watched me a minute then walked back to collect more evidence. I walked behind him holding onto another car.
"Last trip." He said, turning seeing I had fallen to the ground. "Sara?!"
He dropped the bags running over to me touching my neck. I moved weakly swatting his hand as I opened and shut my eyes.
"Just lay back!"
"We….have to…work." I said, trying to get up.
"Not right now!" He said "Hey, I need some help here!"
I tried again, but he pushed me down.
"Warrick?!" Catherine called, running over. "What happened?"
"I don't know, she just collapsed!" He said
Catherine put her hand under my head getting out a bottle of water.
"Sara, drink this."
I drank it then she laid my head back down. She checked me out getting out her phone. Grissom came over kneeling down my other side.
"We….work." I said
"Ssh." Grissom said
He smoothed my hair back as Catherine called for an ambulance. He pulled me against him and I closed my eyes laying my heavy head against him.
"They should be here soon." Catherine said
Grissom nodded looking down at me as I went limp against him. He helped the paramedics lift me onto the gurney then push me to the ambulance.
He climbed inside sitting down taking my hand in his. At the hospital he was informed that I was severely anemic and was suffering from complete exhaustion. He sat beside my bed rubbing my hand waiting for my eyes to open. He read from a book then he just watched me.
My hand moved in his then next evening causing him to wake from his doze and stand up. I moved my leg then my head slowly opening my eyes. Grissom leaned over kissing my head.
"Hospital." I said, weakly.
He kissed my cheek then moved back to look at me.
"You scared me."
He watched me close my eyes again sleeping. Sighing, he touched my cheek then he stood back stretching before sitting down again.
I was alone when I woke next. Looking over I saw the IV sticking in my arm. I took it out slowly winching as the needle slid out. It was difficult to sit up, but after a minute I was upright swinging my legs off the bed and sliding off. Once I stood the dizziness hit me hard. I shook my head clearing away the cobwebs before walking slowly to the door.
I looked down seeing I was wearing a blue hospital gown. The door opened as Grissom came in seeing me standing still looking at him.
"What are you doing?" He asked
"Going home." I said, with a shaky voice.
"You are to get back in that bed." He said, motioning to it."
"I'm fine." I said
He came over to me touching my arm.
"Sara, please."
I searched his eyes. He picked me up taking me to the bed. I let him go laying back watching him climb on sitting beside me. His arms went around me as he laid his head against mine. I closed my eyes listening to his heartbeat.
He drove me home a few days later. I walked into the living room falling onto the couch as he checked the mail. I watched him open a letter reading it.
"Grissom come over here." I said
He looked at me then back at the letter.
"Just a minute." He said
I sighed patiently waiting. He finished reading putting down the letter walking over sitting down at the end of the couch.
I scooted over touching his shirt.
"I meant over by me."
He looked down at my hand then at me. I leaned over kissing him. He laid me back on the couch as I pulled him over me. His hands went under me pulling me closer. His phone started to ring. He groaned as he stopped grabbing his phone. I kissed his cheek and neck as he looked at who it was calling. He put the phone to his ear.
"Grissom." He said
He turned his head kissing me as he listened to the person.
"Catherine, I will not be in. You take care of it then call me later."
He hung up kissing me again.
The phone went off again. He sighed putting it to his ear again. I sighed laying still watching him talk into the phone. He stood walking around.
When he hung up he looked at me putting his phone down on the desk.
"You have to go?" I asked
"Yes."
"Okay." I said
He looked annoyed as he went into the bedroom then he came out. I watched him leave then I looked at the ceiling.