Grisssom couldn't believe his eyes. She was there. His Sara was there. He walked toward her and they wrapped each other in a tight hug. "I got the first flight out as soon as I heard about Warrick" she said teary eyed. Grissom nodded and tighten his grip around her body. They stepped apart and stared into each others eyes. "I missed you" he said. She smiled. "I missed you too" she whispered putting a hand in his face. Grissom closed the gap between them and kissed her with all he had. She kissed him back putting all the desire of the past months in that kiss. When air became necessary they pulled away but still wrapped into each other. "How is Warrick?" she asked. "Well Catherine is with him and she'll call if there's any change. Right now he's still asleep. But he made it thought the night so he should be okay" he said. "Thank God" Sara whispered. As if on cue Grissom`s cell rang. He looked at the caller I.D, it was Catherine. "Catherine" he said. "Gil! He's awake. Warrick is awake! He's gonna be fine!" she said eagerly. Jumping up and down like a kid. Grissom sighed in relief. "That's great! I'll come down right now. And I'm taking a little surprise with me" he said looking at Sara and she smiled. "Okay great! See ya then" Catherine said and hung up.
"He's awake" Grissom said. Sara hugged him and tears of joy burned in her eyes. "Let's go" she said.
They got into his SUV and drove to the hospital.
Catherine sat next to Warrick talking and smiling all the time. She was so glad he was ok. "I'm so happy you're okay" she said grabbing his hand. "I thought I lost you…"she whispered, tears shining in her eyes as she refused to look at him in the eye. "Hey. None of that okay?" he said. She just nodded but still refused to look at him. "Cath…look at me" He said. When she didn't he lifted her chin lightly and their eyes meet and of course sparks flied. "You'll never loose me. I'll always be here" he said sincerely and squeezed her hand. She smiled and squeezed his back She opened her mouth to say something but there was a knock on the door.
Grissom stepped in and they let go of each others hands. "Warrick! I'm glad you're okay. How are you feeling" Grissom asked doing something that was unlike him: grinning. Warrick smiled back. "Thanks Griss. I'm feeling a little sore. But I'll live" he said. "That's great!" Grissom replied. Catherine sat there looking at Grissom with a shocked look on her face. Grissom looked at her. "What?" he asked. "Grissom are you feeling okay?" she asked confused. "Of course! Why?" Griss said being now confused himself. "You're grinning!!! That's not a Grissom-like gesture!" Catherine said laughing. Warrick burst out laughing too at Gil`s face. "Well maybe it has something to do with my surprise I told you over the phone Cath" he said smiling, AGAIN!
In that moment Sara stepped into the room. Both Catherine and Warrick stared at her with wide eyes and their mouths open. "Sara!!!" Catherine exclaimed excited as she got over her shock and run to hug her friend almost falling over her in the process. Sara laughed and hugged her back. "Hey Cath! It's so great to see you!" she said excited. They broke the hug. "It's great to see you too! You have to tell me everything about San Fransisco!" Catherine said. " I will! We need to do some serious catching up" Sara said. Grissom and Warrick smiled as they saw the two friends reunion. "Hey! I don't get a hug? I'm the one who is in pain here" Warrick said pouting like a child and mocking hurt. They all laughed and Sara went over to his bed and hugged him tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay Rick. You scared the crap out of us!" Sara said and let go of the hug. "Thanks Sar. I'm glad you're back and I'm glad you care enough to come all the way down here it really means a lot" he said and smile at her. "Of course I care! You guys are m family. I took the fist flight as soon as I heard" She said. "Aww aren't you the sweetest?" he said in a mocking voice. She punched his arm playfully "Don't get used to it" she said joking and stock her tong out at him. Catherine and Grissom laughed and shocked their heads.
They were still with Warrick in the hospital. Grissom sat in the chair with Sara on his lap. Catherine sat in the bed next to Warrick`s feet. They were telling Sara and Warrick what had happened since she hadn't been there and he didn't remember. "I can't believe the sheriff would do something like that" Warrick said in disbelief. Shaking his head. "You don't remember anything? Talking to him in your car….anything?" Grissom asked. "Sorry Griss. I wish I remembered" he said sadly and angrily looking down at his hands. "Don't beat yourself over it Rick. Give it some time, you'll remember eventually" Catherine said putting a hand in his leg and squeezing it lightly. "Yeah…" he said smiling at her and she smiled back, staring into each others eyes a little longer that needed.. This didn't passed unnoticed by Grissom and Sara who looked at each other with knowing smiles.
"Hey guys!" Nick and Greg said in unison as they walked into the room but stopped as they saw Sara. She smiled at them and stood up from her spot at Grissom`s lap. "Sara!" Greg said excitedly and hugged her tightly. She hugged him back as tightly as he had. "Hey Greggo!" she said breaking the hug and ruffling his hair a bit. They had always been great friends and cared much about each other. He was like a little brother to her. "It's so great to have you back!" He said. " It's good to be back Greg" she said. Nick stepped over her and hugged her as well. "I'm so glad you're here Sar. We missed you" he said into the hug. "Thanks Nicky. I missed you guys too" she said breaking the hug.
"Everyone is all over Sara again! Hello people I'm the one who got shot here and almost die!" Warrick said mocking hurt again making everyone laugh. "Aww you're such a drama queen" Greg said to him and shocked his hand smiling. "I'm glad you're okay man" he said sincerely. "Thanks Greggo. But call me a drama queen again and as soon as I can get up from this bed I'll hunt you down and kick your ass" Rick said and everyone chuckled as Greg hid behind Catherine.
Nick walked toward his friend and hugged him. "I'm really glad you're okay buddy. Did they filled you in about what happened?" Nick asked. "Thanks bud. Yeah they did but I really don't remember anything" Warrick said. "That's okay. I'm sure the feds will find him" Nick said. "The feds?" they all said together. "Yeah. LVPD says that Mckeen is out of the state for sure so the FBI will handle it" Nick said disappointed that they couldn't catch this bastard themselves.
"So that means he's on the wind for real?" Catherine asked with a scared look on her face. Nick just nodded. "Don't worry about me Cath. I'll be okay" Warrick tried to reassure her. "Like hell! He might strike at you again! There's no way I'm letting you go home alone after you get out of the hospital" She said. "Cath really, I'll be…" he said but she stopped him. "Damn it Brown! Stop being so stubborn! You're coming to my house with me and Lindsay. We have a spare room so it should be no problem" she said. "I don't want to be a burden" he said ashamed looking down. "Hey, don't be silly okay? You're not a burden, you're my best friend and that's what friends do" she said sincerely. He looked at her eyes and saw that she meant it and smiled. "Thanks Cath. That means a lot." He said slightly blushing. "Don't even mention it" she said. "Dude you're blushing" Greg said and that made Warrick blush even more. Everyone laughed as his cheeks grew redder and redder. Catherine had never seen Warrick blush before and now that she had she wished he did it more often. "Aren't you the cutest?" Greg teased Warrick picking his cheek. "Get off of me man!" Warrick said shoving Greg, this caused even more laughter in the room. Sara couldn't be happier to see them laugh after everything that happened. Even thought they knew that creep was still in the wind. The laugher and teasing was interrupted by the sound of Catherine's cell. "Hello? Oh hey baby! Yeah Warrick is doing better. Wanna talk to him? Okay hold on" she said into the phone. "It's Lindsay she was really worried about you" she said handing him the phone. "Hey squirt" he said "WAAARRICKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!" the little girl screamed so loud and enthusiastically that everyone heard it and chuckled. " How are you Linds?" he asked. "I'm okay! But the question is how are you?" she said "I'm doing a lot better" he said. "That's great!! When you get out come over and we can play with my new games!" she said excited. Warrick laughed. "Sounds great kiddo. See ya later then?" he asked. "You bet! Feel better!" she said. "Thanks princess. Bye" he said and hung up the phone.
"She adores you" Sara said. "Yeah she really does" Catherine smiled. "I adore her too. She's a great kid Cath" he said smiling
In the meantime in Arizona….
"That son of a bitch survived! Damn it!" the man said slamming his fist in the table angrily. "I'll get my revenge. I'll kill him this time. But first I'll take him away the most precious thing of his life" he said laughing.