Sorry for the delay, next one will be quicker i promise x

Chapter 10

They broke apart just in time. "In here mom!" Cath called back, her voice unusually high.

Lily's head popped around the door and she marched up to her daughter, giving her a once over.

"What happened? Are you alright? Nancy told me everything, what were you thinking?" She babbled, taking Cath's injured hand and turning it over, examining it.

"I'm fine. It's just a fracture. I'll be fine." Cath insisted. Lily raised an eyebrow at her, but luckily they were interrupted.

"Sara!" The little voice squealed, appearing from nowhere. Sara bent down and scooped the little girl into her arms.

"Hey Linds." She grinned, balancing the child on her hip.

"Oh hello honey." Lily smiled, noticing Sara for the first time.

"Thanks mom, I can..." Cath started but was cut off.

"Have you eaten? I can make you something."

"I've eaten."

"A bath then?"

"I've had a shower."

"Well what are you doing up then, you need to get some rest." Lily snapped, dragging her towards the stairs.

"I'll leave you to get some sleep." Sara said, placing Lindsey on the floor. The girl ran to her mother and wrapped her small arms around her waist. Cath placed a hand on her daughter's head, smiling down at her, while answering Sara at the same time.

"Okay." She nodded sadly. "I'll ... call you. About ... what we were just talking about." She stuttered, blushing. Sara stepped forward, leaning in as if to hug her, and whispered in her ear;

"I look forward to it." She placed a sly kiss on Cath's cheek as she pulled away and ruffled Lindsey's hair on her way out.

Never mind blushing, Catherine was on fire now.

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After being forcibly put to bed by her mother, Catherine had actually had a decent sleep. She awoke several hours later, surprised by how much better she felt with some rest. Her first memory of the night before was kissing Sara. With a grin she grabbed her phone off the bedside table.

"Hello." A sleepy voice mumbled on the other end of the line.

"Hey, did I wake you?" Cath asked, smiling at the husky voice.

"Um yeah actually, but its okay. How are you?" Sara asked, suddenly sounding more awake.

"Good." Cath smiled. "How're you?"

"I'm okay." She could hear the amusement in Sara's voice. "But I'm not the one who ran in front of a car."

"Ha ha!" Cath joked. They lapsed into silence for a moment.

"So," Sara started, not really sure what to say.

"So," Cath repeated slowly. "I had a really good time today. Until we got interrupted. Twice." She heard Sara chuckle on the other side.

"Yeah, that was fun. I mean ... not the interruptions but before." She stumbled. Cath grinned; she could practically hear Sara blushing.

"Well, I was thinking, since it's your night off, and I've got some spare time, maybe you could come around tonight and we could carry on where we left off." Usually confident, her voice betrayed her nerves.

"Hmm, I'll have to check my diary." Sara answered coyly. Cath smirked.

"Well, I should warn you I don't offer this to everyone."

"Then I better make the most of it."

"Good. It's settled then." Catherine smiled.

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Nancy had checked Cath's hand again at the hospital that day and it turned out the fracture was not as bad as it first seemed, so the bandage had been replaced by a tight wrist support and she was told to rest it for a few days then try to slowly stretch it a little at a time.

It was still causing her a little pain, but not as bad, but she let Sara give her a couple more pain killers anyway, to take the edge off.

After putting Lindsey to bed, they decided to watch a movie. Sara was not bothered what they watched, so let Catherine choose, which was a bad decision really, since they ended up with chick flicks. However, Cath curled into her side on the couch, so she didn't care.

After the movie finished, they remained curled up on the couch for a while, just enjoying each other's company. They were idly discussing something funny that had happened at work when something very strange happened:

Sara giggled.

In all the years they had known each other, Catherine had never heard Sara laugh like that; it was a free, uninhibited sound, almost childlike. She loved the way a little twinkle appeared in her dark eyes, like some long forgotten light being turned on.

"I've never heard you laugh like that before." Cath smiled when Sara had calmed down. "Do it again." Sara frowned.

"Do what?" She asked. Catherine grinned and threw herself on the brunette, tickling her sides wickedly. Sara curled up in a tight little ball, trapping Catherine's hands on her stomach. Her eyes scrunched closed this time, and that laugh, that beautiful noise bubbled out of her lips.

Caught up in the moment, Catherine pressed her lips to Sara's.