Only time could tell

I can’t recall that Catherine’s sister was called by a name in the show, so I called her Jennifer or Jenn. Please just tell me when I’m wrong so that I can change the name. Thanks

Only time could tell …
Waking up next to her
Chapter 22

Sara’s POV

I woke u several hours later and I noticed that it was dark outside. Cath was still sleeping besides me, she is so beautiful. A strain of hair had fallen over her face, and I gently moved it behind her ear. She stirred in her sleep and her eyes fluttered open.

“Hey Sunshine, thanks for staying.” I smiled and kissed her on her cheek, but on the last second she turned her head and my kiss landed straight on her lips. She kissed me back and within seconds we where kissing each other as passioned as we could. She was gently moving her hands over my body, sometimes with a little hasitation. Afraid that she might hurt me. I broke our kiss for a second.

“I’ll tell you when it hurts.” I whispered.

“It’s not just that, my sister and Lindsey are here, in the living room. I’ll better go and check on them because they haven’t seen me come out of this room for a couple of hours.” She kissed me one more time and moved away from me. She quickly looked at herself in the mirror, and opened the door.

Cath’s POV

Oh my god, that girl know how to kiss, here goes my whole let’s take it slow one step at a time theory. I stepped into the living room, but it was empty. Same thing with the kitchen. I wanted to close the door behind me when I noticed a small piece of paper on the counter. I walked over and picked it up to read it;

Hi mom,

Auntie Jenn, told me that you and Sara where sleeping.
We are going to a place and eat something and after that I go home
with Jenn and sleep at her place. See you tomorrow.

I love you, Lindsey

Cath,

I finished the dinner that you where preparing before it all happened.
It’s in the oven.

Have fun,

Jenn

I smiled, she always knew when I needed a moment for myself. And Lindsey had never been a problem, I could always count on Jenn. Lindsey had spend most of her nights there when I was working. And most of the times she brought Lindsey home before dinner. So that Linds and I could have dinner together and then I bring her to school and come back home and sleep. I wake up and pick her up from school again and before shift starts I drop her of at my sisters place. What more can a single, working career minded woman want for her little girl. And then it hit me, Lindsey always had kind of two moms, she probably wouldn’t really mind having Sara around.

I heard some noise behind me and that startled me when I turned around I saw Sara struggling with door and her wheelchair. I opened the door for her and decided not to ask her how she got into the wheelchair.

“Where are Lindsey and your sister?”

I handed her the note and she read it, the look on her face changed when she read Jenn’s part.

“She knows, you told her?” She whispered, not able to say it out loud.

“No I didn’t. I was stunned when she told me, she had always known that there was more, when I talked about you. According to Jenn, my eyes changed every time when I talked about you. All I ever told her about you where stricktly work related. Oh damn I did tell her, all these years when we worked on a case together I always told her about it. I never tell her anything about any case that I work on with one of the guys. And most of the times that we work together we always did the breakfast thing together. So I always had to call her that I wasn’t home in time to pick Lindsey up. So indirectly I told her.”

“Well it appears that it doesn’t matter to her.” Sara said while she waved the piece of paper in her hand.

“So you don’t mind then?” I asked her a little unsure.

“Nope why would I mind this was what I wanted all along. I like having you around me all the time.” She smiled at me with that beautiful smile and I could see the little gap between her teeth. I bend over to her and leaned down on her wheelchair and I kissed her.

“Are you hungry?”

“Well I can’t really cook vegetarian, so I started with some potatoes and vegetables, tomatoes, onion, leek, carrots and paprika. You do eat cheese right?”

“Yes I do, sounds delicious by the way. You know I can teach you how to make some vegetarian meals, It ain’t that hard. If you want of course?”

“I would really like that, but you really know how to cook?”

“Cath of course I do, I’m 32 what did you expect that I only have take out meals. Well I won’t fight you on that. I eat them on occasion, but I sure know how to cook. I’ll show you once I can stand up long enough to prepare a meal, you’ll be even more surprised then.” She smiled in a mysterious way.

A little while later we where both eating at the table. And our conversation was nothing more then some small talk. When all of the sudden she asked me whether I had to go to work tonight. And I saw the disepointment on her face when she saw me nodding.

An hour later I was ready for work, well ready. You can’t really call it ready, but at least I had to go otherwise I would be to late.

“Will you be okay on your own?” I asked Sara. “I’ll try to be home as soon as I can?”

“I know but don’t worry about me. And when I miss you to much or when something is wrong then I’ll call Grissom and start crying, I’m sure that he’ll sent you home right away, he can’t resist me when I’m crying.” She said while a huge grin crossed her face.

I kissed her and closed the door behind me. I reached work, don’t ask me how. I was somewhere else with my mind. Grissom had to ask me twice how Sara was and I told him that she was having nightmares. And he almost sent me home when I told him that she was alone.

“She has our phone numbers and she would call if anything was wrong. So don’t worry, she’s mature enough.”