AN: This chapter was a little tough for me to pull off but I hope I did an ok job. Once again thanks for the reviews


Chapter 7

Two months have past and Haley backed away considerable, she stopped interrupting the romantic moments and only visited when they were having a group gathering or basically not going out of her way to put a wedge between Sara and Grissom, which made the couple happy and liked her new attitude, but that didn't stop Haley from staring at Grissom when ever she got a chance or dream about her wedding day with him or wishing it was her that was by his side and that will be her dream till it happens and that's all that mattered to her.

Now it was the day before the Sara and Grissom wedding and Haley had picked Sara up from the crime lab that morning with Sara's car since Haley was borrowing it, she wanted to take Sara last minute wedding shopping but before they went to do that she wanted Sara to see a house that she had just bought a few days ago, no one knew about it and Sara was surprised when she mentioned it to her in the car but kept quiet until they were in a 20 minute drive and all she could see was desert she looked at her friend who was driving and said. "where is this house in the middle of nowhere?"

Haley turns down a dirt road looks at Sara when she was going straight and said. "Pretty much, very secluded so you won't get a bunch of neighbors knocking on your door everyday it's great huh?" she smiles and looks back at the road.

Sara watched her for a second, then also looked at the road not sure if she liked this idea. After a another 10 minutes on the road they finally see a house and the fixer up that Haley was describing to Sara was an understatement it was a two story house with a barn on the side, they both needed a lot of work to be even acceptable as living conditions, she pulls up next to the house and as they were unbuckling Sara looks at Haley and said. "you bought this place?"

Haley nodded with a smile then said. "I did say it needs to be worked on, I just thought it would be a nice project to do."

Sara nodded looked at the house again and said. "yeah and a lot of money, you might as well demolish it and start from scratch."

Haley smiles while opening the drivers door then said. "oh come on think positive." as She was getting out she heard Sara said. "I'll try." and she just chuckles,

Once they were out they were headed inside the house. When they ended the tour Sara was not impressed and she thought her friend was crazy on getting into this project for a house that was in the middle of nowhere and wondering how she found it in the first place.

Sara walks out the door when she noticed Haley had slipped away and said loudly. "Haley are you ready?" she didn't get an answer and she shouted again. "Haley were are you?" she walked to the side of the house and after a few steps, she feels two hands grab her from behind and a needle sticking in her neck.

Haley smiled as Sara's body became weakened and whispered. "I'm ready but to bad you'll be missing the most important day of my life, I'm sorry it came down to this but you have something that I want." Haley started dragging her to the cellar that was a few feet from the house and Sara kept trying to move out of her arms but the sedative was making it impossible. "Haley, your plan isn't going to work!"

She drags her down the cellar, tosses her on the ground, looks down with a smirk and said. "I have studied you for two months and knew you in college for two years by the time he says I do, he'll forget all about you."

After taking the ring from Sara's finger, she turns and walks up the stars with a yelling Sara behind her, when Haley got out of the cellar, she shut the door and locked it with a chains and padlock, feeling very pleased with her self.

Sara heard the locks and stopped yelling no point in ruining her voice, she sighed and used whatever strength she had to sit up and puts her back against the cellar wall looked at her surroundings, not liking the odds on getting out this, she leans her head back closed her eyes the sedative working it's way through out her body, wishing she had grabbed her phone from the vehicle and prayed that some how, some one would know that Haley was an imposter and knowing she should have never trusted her back into her life.


Hours later the front door opened at the Grissom/Sidle residence, Grissom looks up from his crossword puzzle and sees who he thinks is Sara but really Haley and said. "Honey aren't you cutting it a little close?"

She shuts the door with five big shopping bags in her hand and Grissom raised his eyebrow and she answers his question. "what is close?"

He stands up puts the paper down and says. "we are meeting the team in an hour, remember?"

"Oh right OK, just let me get ready." she was looking at Grissom and he was still looking at the bags in her hands and she asked. "what?"

"When have you ever came out of the store with more then one shopping bag at a time?"

Haley was quick to answer. "I thought since tomorrow is a new beginning how about a new change?"

That seemed to satisfy him since he nodded and said with a smile. "Ok but make sure you don't change to much, I love the way you are."

Her insides was busting with joy of the word love and his smile at her knowing it was all hers, she nods and said. "I better get ready."

He nodded and She smiles and turns down the hall to go the bedroom, happy he didn't suspect anything, when the bedroom door shut Grissom went back to the couch shaking his head with a smile thinking that was a little interesting.

The hour was almost up and Grissom had been looking at is watch about ten times in the span of Five minutes not once since he has dated Sara, has she ever taken this long to get ready, he looks down the hall and said loudly. "Honey are you r…" his words were cut off when 'Sara' emerged from the bedroom and was walking down the hall, he stands up completely speechless, not only was she in a dress which was something he wasn't use to but it was a tad shorter then what he would think she would be comfortable with. she had on a little more make up then usual, but she did look beautiful as always.

She smiles that he was still speechless and looking what she was wearing. "you like?"

He clears his throat and said. "Honey Are..." he trails off not sure what to say.

Sara AKA Haley, looks at him with a frown then looked over what she was wearing and said. "Do you not like?"

Grissom shakes his head and replied. "No it's not that it's just that I am not use to seeing you like this, it's a shock is all."

Haley nodded and replied. "I understand but I realize that I don't wear enough of this and I think it's time, you know the whole turning a new leaf thing?"

Grissom nodded and replied. "ok as long as your comfortable, I just want you to be ok."

she smiles, walks over to him, kissed his cheek and whispered. "I'm fine." she pulls back and his eyes being to look into her eyes but before he could fully gaze at her she turns away from him and grabbed her jacket and said. "we better go or we will be late."

He nods again and replied. "right, ok let me help you with that."

Grissom walked up to her, helps her with her coat. While 'Sara' was trying to get her nerves back to normal then when the coat was on, he opens the door and as she was walking out Grissom said. "So is Haley going to be there?"

That jumped her heart a little and she looks at Grissom, he had his back to her while he was shutting and locking the door. "No actually after we got done shopping she said she wasn't feeling very well so I told her to stay home."

"That was probably for the best I hope she can make it tomorrow I would hate for you to be sad if she didn't show, especially after all we have been through with her." She just nodded then looked away, not wanting to comment more on the subject.

Grissom walks next to her and puts a hand on the small of her back guiding her to the vehicle. When they got into it, Haley's heart was pounding hoping she could pull this night off.

10 minutes later they made it at the bar and grill and when the gang saw what 'Sara' was wearing they were all equally shocked but very complementary about it, then finally they all go and sit down, they ordered dinner, talked and enjoyed their time together then the gang went to say mini speeches about how happy they were for the couple and 'Sara' puts her arm though his and leaned on his shoulder and he kissed her head then dinner came and they all ate with a few stories here and there and luckily she knew some of them and the others that she didn't know about she acted like she had been distracted or minimal comments, finally when the dinner plates were cleared away, Grissom sets down his drink with the shake of his head and the rest of them looked at him and Catherine asked. "what is it?"

He sighs, looks at Catherine and said. "If my mom could see me now, I think she would be very proud of me."

Catherine smiles puts her hand on his shoulder and 'Sara' looks at her fiancee and said. "she isn't coming to the wedding?"

They all stopped with what they were doing and all stared at her, she swallowed hard and her heart started pounding trying to think of why they were all looking at her like that and before she opened her mouth Grissom said. "Honey, she died a year ago."

She mentally cursed herself for not knowing that, then thinking fast, she made her self have a few tears and said emotionally. "I am sorry, Griss I jus.I a.." she was getting choked up.

Grissom put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and said. "Sara it's ok."

He brings her in a hug and she asked. "but it's your mother how..how could I forget that?" she gets a little chocked up again.

They pull back, he kisses her on the forehead pulls back and replied. "it's ok you have a lot on your plate these days, you just spoke without thinking."

She smiles a little wipes her tears away and replies. "Yeah, yeah I did, I'm sorry."

Grissom nodded and removed his arm and since it was still tense, she looks at Nick and asked. "Nick how about you and me on the dance floor?"

Nick looks at his girlfriend and Catherine nodded then said. "Go have fun."

Nick smiles stands up while 'Sara' did too, Nick kissed Catherine on the cheek and walked up to her and headed for the dance floor and started dancing then BreAnna and Amanda took their husbands hands and left the table.

Catherine and Grissom was looking at the dance floor still very confused on what just happened, after a few minutes of silence Grissom said. "What do you make of that?"

Catherine shook her head and said. "I am still shocked on what she is wearing, what happened after shift?"

Grissom looks away from the dance floor and looked at Catherine and said. "She told me that she was going last minute shopping with Haley, something I could tell she was dreading, I couldn't tell if it was becasue of her companion or the shopping?"

Catherine chuckles a little and Grissom smiled then continued. "And for some one who was dreading it though, sure came home with five shopping bags."

Catherine's eyebrows rose and said. "What? Five?"

Grissom nodded while taking a drink of his beer and Catherine continues jokingly. "That's more bags then I have seen her with in all the years I have known her."

Grissom smiled a little again, looked back at the dance floor and she was dancing and smiling and he continues to talk. "I don't know what's going on she said something about a new change since it's a new beginning I just hope she doesn't change to much."

Catherine could hear his voice and he was sounding unsure about something, she puts her hand on his shoulder and said. "she will be fine, maybe she is just enjoying her last night as an unmarried women."

A part of her believed her own words but another part, the CSI part was in the same boat as Grissom something was defiantly off with her, then she hears him sigh and he said. "I just hope she doesn't have cold feet."

He looks back at Catherine as if asking for some kind of answer. Catherine moves her hand, laughs a little while shaking her head, then she said. "come on, Sara? having cold feet on marrying you, I think she was ready to marry you two minutes after you two met."

Grissom chuckled a little and Catherine smiled happy that she got him smiling again then he nodded and replied. "I guess your right." He sighed and continued. "I'll just let her enjoy this night."

Catherine shakes her head and replied. "now come on what about you?"

He raised an eyebrow and said. "what about me?"

She smiles gets out of the booth holds out her hand and said. "How about you and me on the dance floor show those young ones how it's done, it's your last night as a free man too shouldn't you enjoy it ?"

Grissom was going to say no but had a change of heart, he nodded took her hand and as she was helping him up he said. "your right."

Catherine nodded then they walked to the dance floor and started dancing with the rest of the gang, just enjoying the night the best they could, while the real Sara was waiting for her rescue.

Finally after a few more hours the gang finally called it a night, they all walked outside and BreAnna, Amanda, Greg and Warrick said goodnight and walked away to their vehicles.

'Sara' smiles, looks at Catherine and said. "Well Catherine are you ready to go to your house?" Grissom and Sara had an agreement that they would spend the night before the wedding apart and Catherine offered her spare room and Haley had heard that conversation a couple days ago.

Catherine nodded and turned to Nick to say goodbye. Haley looks at Grissom and said. "sleep tight honey." and before he could say it back she presses her lips to his and kissed him and all through the kiss something felt very different to Grissom, something wasn't right, he pulls back to really look into her eyes but again before he could she kissed him on the cheek and said in his ear. "love you."

She pulls back and him still feeling a little off nods then said. "Yeah, Love you too." she smiles walks out of his arms and walks to Catherine and she was sharing one more kiss with her boyfriend, when they pulled back, the three of them looked at Grissom and he was still standing there in a thinking mode, Catherine smiled at Grissom and said. "Don't worry I will take care of her."

Grissom shakes off this weird feeling and chopped it down to pre-wedding jitters, then smiles and said. "you better she's very precious to me."

Sara AKA Haley smiled and he smiled back she does an air kiss and after Catherine told Nick she loved him and he said it back the girls left.

Nick walks up to Grissom and he was watching the girls walk away, Nick slaps him on the shoulder and said. "what is it Griss?"

Grissom snaps out of the trance he was in, looks at Nick and said. "just thinking about tomorrow, I guess."

Nick smiles, nods then says. "it's going to be great you are finally marrying the love of your life."

He thinks about that and pushed all the weird things that has been going on this night, those last few hours didn't matter now it was all about the future and Nick was right, she was the love of his life and if she changed a little, he was still going to love her. He smiles, nods then said. '"yeah I am, thanks Nicky."

Nick smiles and pats him on the shoulder and said goodnight and he said it back then Nick walked away.
Grissom sighed, looked up at the stars and thanked god for sending Sara to him, then he looked where he was walking and headed to his vehicle hoping tomorrow isn't as weird as tonight was.


When the girls got to Catherine's house, Catherine was expecting movies and conversations like it was a sleep over but was surprised when 'Sara' said she was tired and went to the spare room she was using.

If Catherine didn't think anything was different with her appearance, the scene at the bar, after her talk with Grissom, or when they got to her house then she defiantly did when she heard the locks unlock from the front door, a few hours later.

She puts the book she had been reading on the nightstand and grabbed her robe from the end of the bed and put it around her pajamas, she puts on her slippers, walked to the bedroom door, tip toed out till she got to the end of hall she peaked her head around the corner and saw the front door come to a close, she shook her head walked over to the table by the door and was surprised her car keys were missing she grabbed the keys to her mother's car since her mother stays over from time to time and since her mother was with friends she left her car. Catherine moved the curtains form the window and saw the vehicle start and was backing out slowly.

Catherine hurried up, grabbed her longer coat from the hanger in the closet by the door, opened the front door, got out, sprinted to the other vehicle in the drive way, started it, backed out of the parking lot, looked left and right then went right since that's were her car was going but she stayed a little ways behind her and when they were on a deserted road were not many cars were around she turned off her lights finally after twenty minutes she followed her down a dirt road she kept on thinking. 'what's going on, were is she going?'

Finally the vehicle in front of her stops and so she slows down to a stop and if she squinted she could see 'Sara' go to the side of the house.

Catherine shakes her head, feeling very foolish she forgot her phone or gun, but considering she had to hurry she didn't have time to think, she gets out of the vehicle, shuts the door quietly, walked up to the house made a disgusted look at it and headed to the side of it and right as she turned the corner she felt a butt of a hand gun hit her on side of the head just enough so she goes to the ground, with her eyes close.

Haley looks down at her and said. "I knew you couldn't resist." She had a sickning suspicion Catherine knew or was getting truth and had to think of something to stop her from ruining her day.

Haley put her gun in her coat pocket, took Catherine's legs and dragged her to the cellar door, not caring that the blond was getting dirty in the process.

The chains rattling on the cellar door, woke Sara up, she opens her eyes, looks up at Haley and she had pointed her gun on her and Sara said. "Haley you don't want to do this, we can still fix this." Haley ignored her, moved Catherine in view with her head sticking in the cellar and Sara's attention turned to the blond and gasped and said. "what did you do?"

Again Haley ignored that question and said. "Get your friend."

Sara didn't budge and Haley took the safety off the gun and shouted. "now or I'll just shot you and throw her in there!"

Sara nodded, stood up on wobbly legs since she had been sitting in one spot after a few seconds she walks to the stairs took a few steps up and as she was grabbing Catherine's arms to pull her in Sara speaks. "Your not going to get away with his Haley, they are going to find out, you can't keep us in here." Ignoring Sara's words Haley pushed Catherine's full weight on top of Sara that and with the combination of still being a little weak she had fallen on her backside with Catherine landing on top of her and before Sara could open her mouth again the doors were shut again and locked, she blew Catherine's hair out of her face, looked down on top of the blond's head and said. "Great Catherine you just had be your sneaky self." but on the flip side she was hoping that her rescue will come sooner rather then later, there was no way Haley could keep up the charade now.

After Haley locked them back up she walked away from the cellar doors, puts Catherine's vehicle in the barn and took the other car back to Catherine's house, since she figured this car would be more suspicious if lost, when she got back to Catherine's, she parked in the parking lot where it is was parked before, got out, walked to the front door, opened the house, walked in. put the keys back, walked to the spare bedroom, puts the gun in her bag, crawled into bed and fell asleep with a smile, she thought now nothing could come between her dream wedding to the man she loved.


AN:Yep Haley Flipped her lid. How long can she really keep this up now that Catherine's missing too? please Reivew and Find out soon!
Five Chapters to go!