I'm Back
Chapter 9
Sorry about the screw up with Chapter 8 it's all fixed and I hope this makes up for it. Happy reading.
Sara couldn't just lay there and wait for someone to tell her what was happening in the room next door. She grabbed the railing of her bed and pulled herself to a sitting position. She was able to lower the railing and grabbed the IV pole and hoisted herself out of the bed. It hurt like a bitch but she was determined to see what was happening to Catherine. She took the first tentative step and felt she would be able to make it next door. She walked out the door which was easy because everyone was in Catherine's room and she leaned up against the window to look in Catherine's room. What she saw scared her to death, the nurses and doctors were frantically moving machines out of the way to get as close to her as possible. They lifted up the top half of her body and slid a board under her and then someone started CPR. Until the doctor entered the room and grabbed the defibrillator and went to work trying to restart Catherine's heart. Sara could only stare as the love of her life fought for her life.
She felt someone's arm go around her shoulders and looked to see Nancy standing beside her watching the same scene. "You know you shouldn't be out of your room. I'm not going to make you go back, just let me hold you up because you look like you're about to fall down. You are going to get in big trouble if Julie sees you you know that don't you?"
"Yeah she just read me the riot act when she caught me trying to get out of bed a few minutes ago. But when I heard all the alarms go off and Julie ran out of the room I had to see what was going on." She turned to look at Nancy and saw tears streaming down her cheeks and they matched the ones Sara felt on her own cheeks. "I can't lose her before I've even have her, that would be the cruelest joke of all. She's going to be fine, she's tough, and she's going to make it she has to."
Nancy knew that Sara was trying to convince herself that things were going to be fine, she knew this because silently she was doing the same thing. She was praying that she would not have to call her mother and tell her that her fist born was dead and that Lindsey no longer had a mother. Just as these thought entered her mind the frantic movements in the room stopped and everyone seemed to sigh a collective sigh of relief. Nancy looked up at the heart monitor and saw that Catherine's heart was beating on its own and it was a good strong heartbeat. She turned to Sara with a wide smile. "She's ok. Her hearts beating again and it looks strong and steady. They will probably do some tests to see why it stopped and monitor her closer now. Let's get you back to your room before Julie sees you and really tells you how she feels about disobedient patients." She saw the relief on Sara's face as she helped her back into bed. But along with the relief she saw the pain that she knew Sara had to be in but she disguised it well. "Can I ask you a personal question? You don't have to answer if you don't want to."
Sara looked up at her and had a feeling she wasn't going to like the question. "I won't make any promises."
"You're used to disguising pain aren't you?" Sara nodded her head bashfully. "That's all I wanted to know. Now let me check to see if you did any damage with that stunt you pulled getting out of bed. You and Catherine are going to have problems if you two ever hook up because you are both stubborn mules. But hey, the makeups should be interesting." She looked up and laughed at the shocked expression and blush on Sara's face. She finished changing the bandages and sat back down beside her bed.
"Your family sure doesn't beat around the bush on things does it? Catherine is just a direct when she wants to get her point across."
"Who do you think I learned it from? Catherine is the master, her and I have had some fights that have almost brought the house down and sent the kids running for their rooms." She had a wistful look in her eyes as she remembered her fights with Catherine. "Then we would be too stubborn to apologize and it would be a week before she would come over and we'd act as if nothing ever happened. But I wouldn't have it any other way with my big sister. I love her to death."
"She's lucky to have you." They fell into a comfortable silence and then Sara fell asleep giving Nancy the chance to go check on Catherine.
She sat down next to Catherine's bed and took her hand just as she had with Sara. "Ya got yourself a keeper there Cathy. She loves you very much. You should have seen her when things went crazy in here. She got herself out of her bed and very painfully made her way to your room and watched them revive you and all she did was cry while it was happening. I think she may have been abused as a child because she exhibits all of the symptoms, you're going to have to be gentle with her and it may take her awhile to open up to you. But I think she will be worth the effort. Just don't approach it with the bulldozer attitude of yours or she will run." Nancy went outside the hospital and made the dreaded call to her mother and since she there was no one to take care of Lindsey she said she would take Lindsey to school and then come by the hospital in the morning and she spent a few minutes yelling at her for not calling sooner. When Nancy hung up she headed back in the door. She walked by the waiting room and was surprised to see the guys, minus Grissom, still there. She poked her head inside the door. "What are you guys still doing here? Why don't you go home and get some rest?"
"We want to be here for you and Catherine. Any change?" Warrick had always had a soft spot for Catherine but he also knew how she felt about Sara. Not that she had told him, he just picked it up from the looks she gave her when she didn't think anyone was watching. The flirting that they normally did was cut back significantly since Sara started at CSI. He thought it was kind of cute the way she would smile when Sara walked into the room. "Is she going to be ok?"
"We had quite a scare a little while ago." She went on to tell them what happened and said they were in the process of seeing if it was anything besides the trauma that caused it. "You should have seen Sara. She was still groggy from her own surgery and her side had to have hurt like hell but she managed to climb out of her bed and walked next door to Catherine's room and stood outside watching them revive her. She's one tough cookie."
"Sounds like Sara. They both are but I think they'll give each other a run for their money." Brass said and smiled like he had a secret.
"What's that smile for Jim?" Nick asked innocently. "Do you know something we don't know?"
Greg walked up to Nick and put his arm around his shoulders. "You're the only one that doesn't know pal. Haven't you seen the way they are with each other? "
"They are always at each other's throats and ready to kill each other. So what are you guys talking about and why am I the only one that doesn't know?"
Brass took mercy upon him and brought him up to speed. "Ya see Nicky boy, Catherine has the hots for Sara and Sara has the hots for Catherine. Comprende?
"Ewww no way!" He looked around the room. "You guys are serious aren't you?"
"Well if you weren't the gentleman cowboy and if you had your mind in the gutter like the rest of us then you would have been watching how they have been with each other. It's enough to fuel the fantasies of this lab rat for the rest of the year." Greg laughed and slapped Nick on the back. "And it's only March."
Nancy watched the interaction between these friends and she could see why Catherine liked them all so much. "You guys do know you can't say anything to them about this right? And you also know that we cannot interfere and we have to let them get together in their own way?"
"You mean they aren't together even?" Nick asked still somewhat confused. "If they aren't together, how can you be so sure they like each other?"
"Nick I think there's a Popular mechanics magazine over there you haven't read yet. Come on man get on the same sheet of music that we are on ok. They really like each other but they don't know the other one likes them too. They think the other is straight so they dance around each other. Following me so far Nick?" Nick nods his head. "So now we are going to have fun watching them trying to hide it from us Nancy you won't say anything to Catherine will you?."
Nancy stood up to leave and go back to Catherine she turned back at the door shook her head. "You guys are so mean, let me know how that turns out ok?" She was smiling as she headed back down the hallway to the ICU. She stopped at the desk before she went into Catherine's room. "Hey Julie any changes?"
"No but you had better stop covering for our patient in room 6. I saw that you changed the bandages after the scare with Catherine. Did she try to get up again?"
"Yup and I figured that you were busy with Catherine so I thought it would be ok if I took care of it myself."
"I'm going to have to keep my eye on that one aren't I?" She asked with a smile.
"Don't be too hard on her. I think she's really worried about my sister and just wants what's best for her. She' seems very protective of her. They both shared a harrowing experience so it's only natural that she would want to be with Catherine."
"By the way you are defending her I would venture a guess and say that she did more than try to get out of bed. You do not have to answer because I know you would probably lie to me and I don't want you to have to." This was all said with a smile so Nancy knew that she was not in trouble.
"Let's just say she's a tough one and she's probably been through more than you and I can even wonder about and leave it at that."
"So you noticed the scars too huh?" At Nancy's nod she went on. "Those are all old scars so it had to have happened years ago. Probably when she was a child."
"From the way Catherine describes her I could not see her as the type to let someone beat on her if she was old enough to defend herself. I don't think Catherine knows anything about it because I think she would have said something to me so let's just keep it to ourselves ok?"
"Sure thing, she's an adult and can take care of herself so it goes no further than here. Now is there a chance when I come back on duty in the morning that I might find her sitting in the chair next to Catherin's bed?"
"You can almost bet on it." They both laughed and Nancy stopped by Sara's room and saw that she was sleeping so she went and sat in the chair in Catherine's room and took her hand again. "Well sis how ya doin'? Mom will be in in the morning after she takes Lindsey to school. Hope you're awake by then. Sure would be nice."
"Where's my wife? Someone said she was in the ICU." Nancy heard the loud voice and groaned then hurried out of the room in time to see an obviously drunk Eddie staggering down the hallway with a nurse trying to keep him quiet. Oh great a perfect ending to an otherwise crappy day.
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