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Chapter 6: A Fling
Catherine was a wreck. She was currently sat in her office with her head in her hands. What was she going to do? What was she doing? She was dating Grissom, her best friend. Yet she had now slept with Sara twice and just planted a kiss on her for no discernable reason. And, after spending days trying to figure out why Sara's friendly behaviour around…anyone really was pissing her off to no end, the brunette herself had just hit the nail on the head. She was jealous! She was jealous of Sara! Sara! Why? Of all the…
A quiet knock at the door interrupted her mental rant. "What?" She yelled irately. A distinctly nervous looking Sara poked her head around the door but when Catherine's features softened she felt safe to enter. She placed a cup of coffee down in front of the blonde.
"Thought you might need it. It's Greg's good stuff I promise" She smiled softly before clearing her throat. "I wanted to clear something up; there's nothing going on between Sofia and I. We were just being friendly earlier, and…"
"Sara, really it's ok. You don't have to explain yourself to me. You're right, it's not my business." She interrupted. Sara however wasn't done so took a deep breath and continued.
"Well I just didn't want you of all people to think there was something going." Cath threw her a confused glance so she continued. "I was wondering if you'd like to go out for a drink or something after work?" Cath looked up startled at her younger colleague's request. Had she really just asked her that? Did she want to? The rational part of her mind was telling her no, her body was screaming yes and for some reason her mouth was saying nothing. So instead she found herself nodding despite neon signs in her brain telling her this was a bad idea.
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She knew she shouldn't be here. Grissom was sat in his office probably trying to figure out the evasive voicemail she had left him cancelling their date. She didn't know why but she felt drawn to the younger woman and she couldn't quite make it through the doors. After 10 minutes of pacing she finally built up the courage to go in.
At first she couldn't see Sara and thought she'd been stood up, but finally she spotted the brunette sat on one of the couches in a quiet corner. "Was starting to think you weren't coming." Sara smiled as she saw Catherine approach. Cath just smiled back weakly and ordered a drink.
They chatted for a while and Catherine slowly started to relax. It turned out that that one night hadn't been a fluke; the two women did actually enjoy each other's company. She knew she would regret saying it but evidently where Sara was concerned she was not in control and she couldn't stop the words from falling out, "You wanna come back to mine? I'm sure I've got another bottle of wine stashed away somewhere."
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When she awoke a few hours later she knew that there was no pretending this time, she had to face what she had done. She had willingly, and reasonably soberly, cheated on her best friend with a girl 10 years younger than herself. Lying awake in bed she rationalised. It's just a fling she told herself. She just needed to get Sara out of her system, that's all. Then she could end it with the brunette and Gil would never have to know.
She turned to glance at her sleeping partner and couldn't help a small smile at how cute she looked. Sara must have sensed Catherine's eyes on her because she shuffled a little before slowly cracking open two sleepy brown eyes. The older woman smiled softly, to which Sara replied by snuggling closer and burying her head in blonde hair. Cath laughed and repositioned herself so that she could wrap her arms around Sara's waist. In return she felt soft kisses being peppered along her collarbone. "Now, now Miss Sidle, if we start that again we'll be late for work and I know you'd never do that." She whispered, trying to stamp down on the feelings stirring inside her.
"Don't care." Came the mumbled reply making Cath laugh again.
"Well, I do. Now come on, get you're cute butt out of my bed and get dressed." She patted Sara's hip lightly and sat up, eliciting a disgruntled groan from the brunette. "You're grumpy when you wake up." Cath chuckled as the younger girl curled herself into a ball, still grumbling incoherently.
"I'm not a morning person." Cath leaned down to Sara's face, which was half covered by the blanket and her unruly curls.
"Well in that case it's a good thing its 7 in the evening. Now shift it." She placed a soft kiss in her hair then whipped the blanket back, educing an irritated growl.
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Thought I'd be kind and give you another chapter before I go to bed. Let me know what you think x
