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He grabs me, he has me by my heart.

"Captain obvious."

Her comment made Lou chuckle, but Catherine couldn't really appreciate that. "You know, I'm so happy that you find this situation amusing 'cause it's obviously not. We're stuck in a stupid elevator and I'm not even going to have a normal conversation with you because I'm upset with you."

Lou knew her being upset with him was the main reason for her behavior towards him; it had been quite obvious. He wasn't however looking forward to being stuck in an elevator with an angry Catherine. Besides, now that she was forced to be in there with him, she was going to have to listen anyway.

"I'm sorry I didn't call you. I just wanted to talk to you in person."

Lou was relieved he couldn't see her face 'cause he could already tell by the sound of her voice that she probably didn't look too happy as she said: "Bet you did. You don't have to come up with excuses to try and make things up. Being honest is a better start, you know that. You've criticized me enough for not doing that in your opinion."

"We're not going over that again, Catherine, just listen to me. I know I was being jealous but… Yeah, I am. I don't know a lot about you and Gil and I know I shouldn't at all be interested in rumors but there have been people telling me in the past that they thought it was so interesting how someone as.. As beautiful as you was able to date someone like Grissom. I never responded to those things, never really cared, it was none of my business. But now he's back, and you didn't tell me you went to pick him up.. I just thought you were hiding something from me. I'm sorry, I should've trusted you."

There was a silence for a while and Lou could hear Catherine sliding down the sides of the elevator to sit down before she said: "You should've… I love you. If you'd wanted to know something you should've asked."

"I know that… I'm sorry."

"Yeah, I know… I don't want this to happen more often, Lou. I'm done with you being angry and just plain stupid because you're assuming things. Stop doing that, just ask."

"Yeah, 'cause you would've been totally fine with answering me if I asked you if you've ever had sex with Gil Grissom."

Catherine almost had to chuckle; he knew her too well. She would've been upset about that. When she didn't respond immediately, Lou decided to take a gamble and slid down to sit down next to her. He couldn't see her face but he could tell she was looking at him as she said: "Maybe. Probably. But then I would've been angry for, like, five minutes, until you made a cute face again and then it would all be fine. If you assume I'm being dishonest or if you just think you know things you don't , I get pissed. Like, really pissed."

"I know… I'm sorry, Catherine, I said that. But…"

"But you still want to know whether he and I actually have had sex?"

"Well maybe, but that wasn't even what I was going to say."

Now Catherine did chuckle. "I knew you would want the answer anyway."

Lou scooted over closer and searched for her hand, which she let him grab without any hesitation. "I maybe still want to know the answer but…. What I wanted to say is that I don't care if you've had sex with Grissom. I don't care about any men you've ever been sleeping with. I care about you and I know you know that but… I just wanted to say that. Again. Please don't be angry anymore.. I don't want to fight with you. I want to sit down on a couch next to you drinking coffee, kiss you… Make love to you."

Catherine knew she was going to give in in a second. She leant against him as she whispered: "I want that too." Their lips were searching each other and they were almost touching when suddenly the squeaking started again and the lights turned on again. Catherine, again scared of the squeaking jumped up, and then said: "Thank God… Power's on again."

Lou got up as well as he replied: "Well… I could've thought of some fun things to do while in that elevator."

She lightly slapped him and laughed, making Lou more than just happy. Seeing an honest, beautiful smile of her again lightened up his day. Within seconds they reached the 22nd floor and, as they walked to the room they needed to be in, they could already see an officer waiting impatiently for them. When they almost reached him, Catherine moved a little closer to Lou and quietly said: "Just for the record… I never slept with Gil."

Lou was excited when he heard the vague sound of a key in his front door. He'd been on the couch, waiting for Catherine to finally return from her job. Why was it that those in the crime lab would never be finished at the time they should? He was trying to wake up when Catherine quietly entered the house.

She took off her heels and hung up her leather jacket before walking into the living room where she'd noticed a small light that was still burning. She noticed the form of Lou Vartann on the couch, rubbing his eyes with one hand and his belly with his other, uncovering his nice abdomen in the process. She smiled and walked over to him, pressing a hard kiss on his lips before he even opened his eyes as she settled herself close to him on the couch. "Hey handsome."

"Hey…" Lou was still sleepy and his cuteness made Catherine melt. He was being too cute. Something so different from the tough man she usually saw at work. She was happy to have the privilege of seeing him like that. "You're late."

"I know. Ecklie was being a bitch again. Sorry… You wanna go upstairs? I'm exhausted."

"Yeah." He kept holding her hand though, earning him a puzzled look from Catherine. "We can't go up if you keep holding me, you know."

"I'm aware of that."

He pulled her closer to him again so he could kiss her lips again as he moved his hands to her butt so he could push her on top of him. Lou moved his lips to her neck and sucked lightly before letting go of her skin and whispered: "Just wanted to feel you close for a moment."

Catherine chuckled. "Come on, we'll go to bed. I'll be close to you for the rest of the night."

Note: Not that long this time, sorry! I've said when updating some other stories that I've been super busy with school, I still am, but I wanted to give you all something to read anyway. I'm not sure if I want to end the story any time soon or if I should put another twist in the plotline.. How do you guys feel about it? xx.