Chapter 27

They lay in each other's arms in the afterglow of their lovemaking just talking about nothing in particular when the doorbell rang. "Sit tight, I will see who it is and get rid of them." She kissed Sara and put on her bathrobe and headed for the front door. She checked the peephole and didn't see anyone there. She looked out the window and still didn't see anyone. She felt fear in the pit of her stomach so she went to the closet and unlocked the case that held her gun and chambered a round and walked back towards the door.

"Catherine what are you doing?" Catherine screamed and jumped around to face Sara who stood at the top of the stairs in shorts and a T-Shirt. "Call Brass, do not open the door on your own. Where is the guard that is supposed to be outside the house?"

"I couldn't see him."

"And you were just going to open the door and check on your own? I'm going to call Jim. Hey Jim this is Sara. Yeah we're both doing ok. I think we may have a problem though. The doorbell just rang and we can't find either of the guards that are supposed to be on the house." She listened while he spoke. "Annie Oakley here has gun in hand and is ready to take on the big bad wolf at the door. Yeah we'll be waiting." Sara walked over to Catherine and took the gun from her hand and put the safety on. "As you may have surmised Brass is on the way and he is going to have a few choice words for you when he gets here. You may want to put some clothes on. As much as I like your current attire I don't think you should be answering the door in a barely there robe. God woman, even during a situation like this you are sexy as hell and I want to take you right here and now."

"Behave yourself, at least I was smart enough to grab my gun." As she turned to walk back upstairs, she put a little extra sway in her hips for Sara's benefit and had to laugh at the frustrated sigh she heard when she got to the top of the stairs. By the time she had changed into something more presentable she heard voices coming from downstairs. She heard Jim's voice over Sara's and he was not happy. She stopped at the top of the stairs to take in the scene in her living room.

Sara sat on the couch and was rifling through some pictures on the coffee table. "We have to make sure that Lindsey and Lily are ok." Sara turned when she heard Catherine as she entered the room. She tried to hide the photos and knew it was too late when Catherine sat down beside her and grabbed the pile of pictures. Sara stood up and started pacing the living room. "How the hell did he get the photos. The guys said we weren't followed here. Catherine call your Mom and make sure they made it there ok. They should be at their hotel by now. We have to keep them safe. Where the hell are the guards and how did he get close enough to the front door to leave these pictures?" Sara turned to see that Catherine hadn't moved and she was staring at one of the photos. It was a photo of her and Lindsey outside the house from earlier in the day when they came home from the hospital.

"It looks like he took out the guards, they were both tied up in the back and they are now going to be joining John on street patrol. I don't think he's after Lindsey or your Mom, he's trying to tell you he knows where you are. Maybe we should put you two up at a hotel or something until this is over."

Catherine spoke for the first time since coming back downstairs and she was angry. "No! He is not going to chase me out of my home. I want this over and done with before my Mother and daughter come home. We'll just have to step up the guards and find a way to flush him out and finish this. If he comes close to me or mine I will kill him myself." She held up the picture. "I was ready to take him on when he was messing with Sara but now he's threatening my daughter. Now he pissed off a mother. He's going to learn that when you piss of a mother and lover it's a lethal combination." She was so angry that she hadn't even realized that she just revealed to Jim the latest change in her relationship with Sara. "We can't just sit here."

"That's exactly what you are going to do. Both of you." He looked between the two of them. "You are going to stay here and let me do my job. It looks like I'm going to have to get more men." He stood up and pulled out his phone and walked out to the kitchen to talk.

Sara sat down next to Catherine and took her hand. "Mama Bear's got her hackles up eh?"

"You forgot the lover part." She leaned over and kissed Sara and pulled her closer. "I know you don't want or need it but I want to protect you. How dare he come to my home."

"Now you know how I felt for the last year I was in California. He invaded every aspect of my life, home, work and play. I found things on my windshield after work, when I got in my car in the morning and I even found a few things after I came out of a bar after I was out partying. You already know that there were things at crime scenes, I couldn't get away from him. Now I brought him here, I'm so sorry Cat." She dropped Catherine's hand and headed towards the stairs.

"Where are you going? Don't even think of leaving because that's not going to happen."

"But Catherine this is different."

"How is this different? So it's here and not the hospital? We knew there was a chance he would find out about Lindsey and now we just work around it. So just forget about taking off."

Brass came back into the living room as he snapped his phone shut. "Ok we will be doubling the guards and they will check with each other at regular intervals. I'm going to head back to the office to see if I can figure out how we can catch this guy and get this over with."

"Thanks Jim I guess we'll see you whenever we make it back to the office, hopefully not before then. No offense."

"None taken Catherine just don't think about taking him on yourself next time, you two be safe and I'll talk to you later." He opened the door as the squad car pulled up. "I'm going to check on the new guy's then take off." As he turned around Sara's cell phone rang and she groaned when she looked at the caller ID. She answered with a huff. "Yeah Gris what's up?"

"Sara I just wanted to call to see how you are doing. How are you?"

She gave Catherine an exasperated look. "I'm fine Gris, is t here anything else you wanted?" Catherine watched the different emotions flit across Sara's face. She unabashedly listened in to what Sara was saying and how she was saying it. Even though she knew Sara loved her she was still jealous of the relationship she had with Grissom and she felt threatened by the thought that he could win her over.

"Did you get my flowers?"

"Yes Gris I did get your flowers. It scared the shit out of me."

"Why would flowers scare you?" He asked in a completely innocent voice.

"You have no idea do you?" She was beginning to get angry.

"What do you mean?"

"Grissom how can you be so dense? Did you get the flowers and card that Catherine had sent over to you from my stalker?"

"Yeah but as you said before there probably wasn't any evidence on them so I threw them away."

"You threw them away? How could you throw them away? Did the guys even know about them? Did they even get a chance to look them over for the smallest thing that might tell us which florist they came from? Did you check the card to see if it was from one particular florist? I doubt it because you're not thinking with your brain. I don't think you're thinking at all because if you were you would have known what receiving more flowers would do to a person who is being stalked."

"But Sara I thought you liked flowers."

Now she was angry and she could not disguise it in her voice any longer. "God Grissom do you ever listen to what other people are saying? This man is invading almost every aspect of my life by sending me flowers, gifts and pictures of my family from right in front of my own home and I can do nothing to stop him and you don't find anything wrong with sending me flowers?"

"What do you mean your family?"

She turned to Catherine to see if she had heard the slip and from the smile on her face she surmise that she had. "I meant to say Catherine and Lindsey."

Catherine came up behind her and put her arms around her waist from behind and whispered. "I liked it better when you said family." She kissed her neck then came around in front of her and sat on her lap.

"Stop that Catherine." She whispered back.

"What's Catherine doing? Is she there with you?" Grissom could not stop the jealous whine from creeping into his voice.

"Duh Gris of course she's here it's her house."

"I meant is she right there beside you." Grissom had a good idea how close Catherine would be to Sara and it was driving him crazy.

Sara could not help what she said next even thought she knew it was mean. "No Gris she's not beside me, she's right in front of me sitting on my lap where she belongs. I don't want your flowers because they are too late. You had your chance and you didn't take it. The only reason you are doing anything now is because you see me as your property that Catherine has stolen me away. You can't steal something you never owned. No one owns me and Catherine understand that concept, something you obviously don't. I hope we can still work together as colleagues and maybe friends but there is nothing there for us Gris. I'm sorry."

"So there's nothing I can do to show you how much I need you?"

"I need someone who loves me not needs me. Catherine loves me."

Catherine rubbed herself against Sara and whispered against her neck. "I need you too baby."

"I meant I love you Sara."

"No Gris you always say what you mean and your needs come first and the love comes second and that's not what I need."

"What do you need baby? I know what comes first, that will be you as soon as you get off that phone." Catherine reached down to the waistband of Sara's shorts.

"Catherine behave. Gris I've got to go. We'll talk when I get back to work. Maybe by then you'll have worked through what you think you feel. Bye." She hung up the phone before he had a chance to say anything more. Catherine stood up and took Sara's hand and led her upstairs without saying a word. She walked into the bathroom then turned around slowly and pushed Sara up against the door. "You seem to like pushing me up against doors don't you?"

"Shhh, don't say a word." Catherine said with her finger against Sara's lips. "But to answer your question, yes I really like pushing you up against doors because it gets me this." She slammed her lips against Sara's. As the kiss continued Catherine worked on removing her clothes as Sara did the same. Catherine broke the kiss to turn around and turn on the water and adjust the temperature. "I hope you like hot showers, I like mine hot and steamy." She joined their lips again as she backed into the shower pulling Sara with her. The water washed over both of them as Sara took advantage of her position and pushed Catherine up against the wall.

"Would this be outside the realm of the careful the nurse was talking about?" Sara smiled as she walked under the spray of water and joined Catherine in the shower. "Let me check the list." She pretended to head back out of the shower.

Catherine grabbed her and pulled her against her body. "I hope not because this feels too damn good and if you stop I will kill you."

"Oh I have no intention of stopping as a matter of fact…" Sara lowered her lips to Catherine's breast and moaned when she came in contact with the now hardened nipple. "God Cat I love your breasts, I can't get enough of them." As she was saying this her hands were exploring Catherine's body. She licked and touched every inch of her body before her hand found its way down to Catherine's curls and without warning she entered her. "Oh my god Cat, you are so wet."

"Shit that feels sooo damn good." Catherine lifted her foot and rested it on the small shelf off the shower stall which gave Sara better access to her opening. "Yes! Damn!" Sara continued her assault on Catherine's body with her hand and her lips. Then she knelt down and lifted Catherine's leg over her shoulder and without stopping her fingers she latched on to her swollen clit with a moan. "God Sara, that feels so good" Her hips were bucking and her hand had a painful grip on Sara hair holding her between her legs. "Sara I'm so close I can't last much…" That was all she was able to say before she tumbled over the edge in a soul shattering climax. Sara didn't stop until Catherine forced her to stop. "Sara you have to stop I can't take anymore." Sara slowly removed her fingers and lifted Catherine's leg off her shoulder and stood up and took her in her arms.

"Are we actually going to take a shower or do you just like to play in the water?" Catherine giggled into Sara's shoulder. "Was that a giggle Ms. Willows?" Catherine nodded her head but still hadn't raised her head. "Are you hiding?"

"No just recovering. I've always been a very sexual person and I had thought I had experienced good sex but I'm beginning to realize that the right partner makes all the difference in the world." She finally looked up and rose up on her tiptoes to give Sara a kiss. "You are an amazing lover Sara Sidle and I think I could get used to having you around."

"Well why don't we finish this shower so I can show you some of the other things I've learned over the years." She reached for the soap behind her and started to wash Catherine's body. Catherine returned the favor but paid extra attention to the spots on Sara's body she remembered from her earlier exploration that elicited moans and soon Sara was breathing heavy and leaning up against the wall and she wasn't sure her legs would hold her. "Cat you have to stop or we will never finish this shower." Catherine reached up and removed the handheld shower from the hook and rinsed herself off then started to slowly rinse Sara's body. She cupped Sara's breasts as she rinsed them making sure to gently pinch and lick each one as she finished rinsing it.

As Catherine lowered the shower head to Sara's heated center she looked into her eyes and saw the depths of her passion and nearly dropped the shower because her knees went weak. "You are so beautiful." Catherine directed the spray back to Sara's throbbing clit and entered her with two fingers and set a frenzied pace. She watched Sara intently and was mesmerized by the beauty that was Sara in the throes of passion. She lowered her mouth to Sara's neck and took tiny nips as she made her way down to her breasts.

Sara threw back her head as she slid down the wall of the shower and when her climax hit she was writhing on the shower floor. "Cat, god stop I don't think I will ever be able to walk again." Catherine dropped the shower head and without removing her fingers she wrapped her lips around Sara's still swollen clit and renewed her attack. "Oh shit I don't believe you. God that feels amazing, I can't believe…" He hips were bucking to the furious rhythm Catherine was setting and she couldn't believe she was so ready again. Catherine moved up and without removing her fingers she straddled Sara's leg and started rubbing herself up and down her leg keeping pace with her finger thrusting in and out of Sara. Sara could tell that Catherine was close and she reached down between them and slipped three fingers into her dripping core and set the same frantic pace. "God Cat…" She could barely speak. She placed her lips against Catherine's ear. "Come with me baby." Both bodies tensed at the same time and soon their climaxes hit as if it was choreographed and they lay spent on the floor. Catherine was the first to move and she stood up and helped Sara to her feet and they finished their shower, dried each other off and hurried into the bedroom and dove under the covers. "That was amazing!" Catherine looked up to Sara and gave her a kiss then lowered her head to Sara's chest.

"You can say that again."

"No I can't I don't have the strength." They both laughed then Sara pulled her into her side and they both let out a sigh of utter contentment. Soon they were fast asleep with matching smiles.