Hey hey, since I have no job and nothing better to be doing right now, thought I'd update again. Feel free to let me know what you think :) Happy reading x
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Chapter 5: Jealousy
Neither woman had spoken about that night 2 weeks earlier. Catherine had just about convinced herself that it meant nothing and was just a bad case messing with her head. Yet since that night Catherine had had this niggling feeling in the back of her mind. When she had first started dating Gil it had offered her a safe physical relationship with someone she could talk to about pretty much anything. She had thought that was all she had needed. But now there was this thought that kept bugging her, that maybe she needed something more and it seemed to become stronger ever time she was around a certain brunette.
Tonight was no different. Grissom was late with assignments so the boys were using the time to act like children with the playstation-thing they so loved and Catherine was pretending to read a magazine. But her attention was actually focused on something else, namely a certain Californian CSI who was helping herself to a mug of crime lab sludge they called coffee. Sofia Curtis sashayed in, heading over to the coffee pot and Catherine did not miss how her fingers grazed Sara's when she reached for the pot. Or how Sara smiled that cute little smile at her and mumbled something about Starbucks. Sofia chuckled and said something back, which Cath didn't hear but it made Sara laugh. A dark feeling started to grow inside Catherine and she felt herself feeling more and more wound up by Sofia's behaviour around Sara, and more specifically Sara's reactions. She was thankful when Grissom finally scuttled in with assignments.
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"What the hell are you doing to me Sara?" she whispered into the silence. She had been paired with Sara and Nick that night and their constant flirty banter had been driving her insane so she decided to take refuge in the locker room for a while. Not that it had helped because the first thing she saw when she opened her locker was the dark green button up shirt that Sara had lost at Cath's house the first night they…well that night. Cath had found it hanging off a lamp next to the stairs (she had to admit it was an impressive shot) and had brought it in that next shift with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner, yet had not quite managed to part with it. She had figured that, even though she knew that nothing could ever happen between her and Sara again, as long as she still had this she… who was she kidding she had no idea why she kept it! "What's happening to me?" She whined again, holding the garment to her face, breathing in the scent. Reluctantly she folded it back up and placed it carefully to the back of her locker, before closing the door and resting her head against it. That was when she felt someone's eyes on her.
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Sara wandered into the locker room and froze when she saw the only other occupant leaning with their head against their locker. She contemplated sneaking back out before Cath noticed her presence but the blonde looked so depressed that she just couldn't do that. They had barely spoken since that night at Sara's and she wasn't entirely sure how to handle the blonde's erratic and confusing behaviour anymore. "Are you ok?"
Catherine nodded but then changed her mind and shook her head. Sara didn't speak but Catherine answered her question anyway. "I don't want to talk about it." Sara laughed quietly, remembering the last time they had shared these words.
"That should become our motto." Cath smiled a little at Sara's joke. She turned herself around so her back was against her locker to watch Sara rummaging through her own.
"You and Sofia seemed to be getting along earlier." She had to ask. Sara threw her a puzzled look. "In the break room. Laughing, joking around." She probed further. Sara seemed to catch on at this point.
"You wouldn't happen to be jealous now would you Ms Willows?" She asked seductively, taking a step closer. Catherine's eyes widened in shock. That wasn't quite what she had expected.
"No! It just looked as if something was going on. Is it?"
"And why would you be concerned who I do or do not date?" Sara smiled sweetly, challenging her. Would Cath admit she had been thinking about that…those nights, or would she lie? However neither of them could have predicted Catherine's reaction to the question. Their eyes locked for a second. A minute. Felt like an eternity. Suddenly Catherine leant forward and pressed her lips to Sara's. Pulling back she realised what she had done and panicked. Sara was so caught off guard she didn't know how to react to the kiss. So she did nothing. She stood frozen and could only watch as Catherine ran from the room.
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What was the woman trying to do to her? Sara was still stood frozen to the spot, contemplating. She had been attracted to Catherine for a while now, but then again who hadn't – the woman was gorgeous! However she had no idea how to react around Catherine anymore. One minute she was like the ice queen and the next they were falling into bed together. It seemed as if Cath didn't know what she wanted right now, which meant that she could still want something from the brunette. With this in mind Sara decided to take a chance. Closing her locker she headed towards her colleague's office with the taste of Catherine's kiss still on her lips.
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Next chapter I promise good things for our girls (not so much for Grissom though!) Please review :)
