Sweet Salvation
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Category:
CSI › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
41
Views:
4,379
Reviews:
7
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own CSI, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
We´ll be alright
Chapter 36
We’ll be alright
Catherine was immediately taken to an OR, and I sat down in the waiting area. Tears still streaming down my face, no matter what had happened to her, Catherine’s thoughts had been with me and the answer to my question. I pulled my legs up under my chin and rested my head on my knees. The operation would take a couple of hours.
Grissom, Warrick and Nick followed the ambulance as soon as they could. A nurse send them to the OR waiting rooms. That was where they found Sara. Grissom asked a nurse how long the operation would take while, Nick asked Warrick to get some coffee for Sara.
“Hey Sara, how are you holding up.” Nick asked with a soft voice. While he pulled me closer to him, comforting me. “I found something that you might want to have.” He handed me the small velvet covered box. I opened it and looked at the ring.
“She said yes.” I said to Nick with a big smile shinning through my tears.
“She did, wow Sara that is great. But when did she say it.”
“In the ambulance talking about romantic, huh?” Nick dragged me even more into his hug. “That is great, can I congratulate her when she gets back from surgery or do you want me to wait until an official announcement?”
“Oh shit, no this can’t be happening.”
“Sara, what’s wrong?”
“I am so stupid, I ask Catherine to marry me and to become a real family and I forget to call Lindsey and Jenn. They don’t even know what happened.”
“Sara, calm down okay. We’ll go and find a phone and you can call them. Just calm down, they will understand.”
“Sara I brought you some coffee.” Warrick said while he stepped into the waiting area. I ran past him in search for a phone as fast as I could. I felt so stupid.
“Jenn, it’s Sara. Yes, yes I will be your sister in law. I’m at the hospital, they are operating on Catherine right now.”
“Listen to me, Jenn! Catherine and I got attacked, Catherine was forced to go with her attacker. She crashed the car into a wall. That saved her.”
“Yeah, she will be okay. She lost a lot of blood, I don’t know anything else yet. Okay, see you soon.”
~*~
I walked back to the waiting area and sat down next to Nick. Grissom and Warrick where sitting across from me. I couldn’t stand their gazes, I knew that they knew more then they where letting on.
I get up and walk towards a nurse, asking for more information about Catherine. At the same moment Lindsey and Jenn get out of the elevator. “Sara, is she still in surgery.nn ann asked, Lindsey looked so pale I was afraid that she would faint. I nodded at Jenn’s question.
“I just asked the nurse, she would check on Cath. But there is no news so far. Linds, come here.” I wrapped my arms around Lindsey, she trembled and started to cry. “Hey sweetie, it’s going to be alright. I promise.”
“I don’t…”
“Shhh, Linds your mom is going to be alright. She’s in the OK and she will be fine.” I push Lindsey back a little and look at her. “Trust me, she will be alright, this is different it’s not the same as it was with Eddie. We will be alright.”
Lindsey nodded silently, “Let’s go to the waiting area, the others are there too.”
~*~
I sat down on one of the chairs. Lindsey dropped in the chair next to me, moment later she snuggled up to me placing her head on my tights. I was stroking her strawberry blonde hair, without noticing it I was thinking back on the moments that Catherine and I had spend like this watching a movie or just talking. And sometimes even when we where doing nothing.
“Catherine Willows’ family?” A surgeon asked reading Catherine’s name from the chart looking at the group of people in the waiting area. I got up, together with Jenn and Lindsey.
“Miss Willows will make a full recovery. We gave her some stitches in her shoulder, she had a pretty deep laceration there.” He pointed at the place where the wound was. “We’ve removed the piece of metal that was embedded in her stomach. It was mostly a flesh wound, which tore some veins, that was why she was bleeding so profusely. We have restored theage age and gave her a blood transfusion. She will be weak, probably asleep and she will need her sleep. But her direct family can go and see her now.” The surgeon took another look at the group. “So who is going with me?”
Before I could answer the question, Jenn did it for me. “Sara, she’s my sisters girlfriend and Lindsey Catherine’s daughter.”
The surgeon saw my doubts, he shrugged. “Well that is as good as family to me. Come with me and I’ll show you the room.”
~*~
I opened the door and Lindsey passed me. Catherine was lying in the bed, her face was pale. But she looked better then she did on the ambulance. Lindsey grabbed Catherine’s hand placing a kiss on top of it. Catherine’s eyes fluttered open and I was so happy to see those beautiful blue eyes. “There are my two girls, hi sweetie.” Catherine said reaching her hand up to Lindsey’s tear stained face. “Hey sweetie there is no need to cry. I’ll be alright.”
I smiled, typical Catherine she is the one who is hurt and she’s thinking about all the people around her. Answering my question was more important then her own health. And now comforting Lindsey came first. I watched them for a while, keeping my distance. When Cathe cal called out my name.
“Sara, honey come here.” I moved closer to the bed.
“Hi babe, are you in any pain?” Catherine nodded no.
“I’m fine. Come here…” Catherine pulled me closer until my lips crashed onto hers. Lindsey was sitting in the chair silent at first, but then she started to make ‘eww’ sounds. “Mom, it’s gross when parents kiss.”
Catherine immediately released me and looked at Lindsey. “Parents as in two? Does she know?” Catne ane asked.
“Yeah she does, I asked her what she thought about me asking you to marry me. I wouldn’t have asked you if Lindsey, Jenn and Nick hadn’t been this supportive.”
“Nick, so that was that talk that Nick and you had. A couple of weeks back. Sneaky!” Catherine smiled, “I should have known something was going on, you two sneaking around behind my back.”
“I still have something for you, if you still want it?” I ask mockingly retrieving the little velvet box from my pocket.
“Of course I still want it, you know how I love jewelry.” Catherine said, squeezing her eyes a little before she stuck out her tongue. Lindsey was still giggling in the chair. I retrieved the ring from the little box. I hold Catherine’s left hand in mine, and slip the ring onto her finger.
Lindsey congratulated us, before she ran out into the hall. We could hear her squeals while she told Warrick and Grissom. That we where going tt mat married. We both laughed at Lindsey’s reaction. “Well I guess we don’t have to break that news to them.”
“You kind of brought that onto yourself, you tell her that you want to ask me to marry you and then tell her that she can’t tell anyone else. That must have been hard on her. She is only eleven, and very talkative.”
We’ll be alright
Catherine was immediately taken to an OR, and I sat down in the waiting area. Tears still streaming down my face, no matter what had happened to her, Catherine’s thoughts had been with me and the answer to my question. I pulled my legs up under my chin and rested my head on my knees. The operation would take a couple of hours.
Grissom, Warrick and Nick followed the ambulance as soon as they could. A nurse send them to the OR waiting rooms. That was where they found Sara. Grissom asked a nurse how long the operation would take while, Nick asked Warrick to get some coffee for Sara.
“Hey Sara, how are you holding up.” Nick asked with a soft voice. While he pulled me closer to him, comforting me. “I found something that you might want to have.” He handed me the small velvet covered box. I opened it and looked at the ring.
“She said yes.” I said to Nick with a big smile shinning through my tears.
“She did, wow Sara that is great. But when did she say it.”
“In the ambulance talking about romantic, huh?” Nick dragged me even more into his hug. “That is great, can I congratulate her when she gets back from surgery or do you want me to wait until an official announcement?”
“Oh shit, no this can’t be happening.”
“Sara, what’s wrong?”
“I am so stupid, I ask Catherine to marry me and to become a real family and I forget to call Lindsey and Jenn. They don’t even know what happened.”
“Sara, calm down okay. We’ll go and find a phone and you can call them. Just calm down, they will understand.”
“Sara I brought you some coffee.” Warrick said while he stepped into the waiting area. I ran past him in search for a phone as fast as I could. I felt so stupid.
“Jenn, it’s Sara. Yes, yes I will be your sister in law. I’m at the hospital, they are operating on Catherine right now.”
“Listen to me, Jenn! Catherine and I got attacked, Catherine was forced to go with her attacker. She crashed the car into a wall. That saved her.”
“Yeah, she will be okay. She lost a lot of blood, I don’t know anything else yet. Okay, see you soon.”
~*~
I walked back to the waiting area and sat down next to Nick. Grissom and Warrick where sitting across from me. I couldn’t stand their gazes, I knew that they knew more then they where letting on.
I get up and walk towards a nurse, asking for more information about Catherine. At the same moment Lindsey and Jenn get out of the elevator. “Sara, is she still in surgery.nn ann asked, Lindsey looked so pale I was afraid that she would faint. I nodded at Jenn’s question.
“I just asked the nurse, she would check on Cath. But there is no news so far. Linds, come here.” I wrapped my arms around Lindsey, she trembled and started to cry. “Hey sweetie, it’s going to be alright. I promise.”
“I don’t…”
“Shhh, Linds your mom is going to be alright. She’s in the OK and she will be fine.” I push Lindsey back a little and look at her. “Trust me, she will be alright, this is different it’s not the same as it was with Eddie. We will be alright.”
Lindsey nodded silently, “Let’s go to the waiting area, the others are there too.”
~*~
I sat down on one of the chairs. Lindsey dropped in the chair next to me, moment later she snuggled up to me placing her head on my tights. I was stroking her strawberry blonde hair, without noticing it I was thinking back on the moments that Catherine and I had spend like this watching a movie or just talking. And sometimes even when we where doing nothing.
“Catherine Willows’ family?” A surgeon asked reading Catherine’s name from the chart looking at the group of people in the waiting area. I got up, together with Jenn and Lindsey.
“Miss Willows will make a full recovery. We gave her some stitches in her shoulder, she had a pretty deep laceration there.” He pointed at the place where the wound was. “We’ve removed the piece of metal that was embedded in her stomach. It was mostly a flesh wound, which tore some veins, that was why she was bleeding so profusely. We have restored theage age and gave her a blood transfusion. She will be weak, probably asleep and she will need her sleep. But her direct family can go and see her now.” The surgeon took another look at the group. “So who is going with me?”
Before I could answer the question, Jenn did it for me. “Sara, she’s my sisters girlfriend and Lindsey Catherine’s daughter.”
The surgeon saw my doubts, he shrugged. “Well that is as good as family to me. Come with me and I’ll show you the room.”
~*~
I opened the door and Lindsey passed me. Catherine was lying in the bed, her face was pale. But she looked better then she did on the ambulance. Lindsey grabbed Catherine’s hand placing a kiss on top of it. Catherine’s eyes fluttered open and I was so happy to see those beautiful blue eyes. “There are my two girls, hi sweetie.” Catherine said reaching her hand up to Lindsey’s tear stained face. “Hey sweetie there is no need to cry. I’ll be alright.”
I smiled, typical Catherine she is the one who is hurt and she’s thinking about all the people around her. Answering my question was more important then her own health. And now comforting Lindsey came first. I watched them for a while, keeping my distance. When Cathe cal called out my name.
“Sara, honey come here.” I moved closer to the bed.
“Hi babe, are you in any pain?” Catherine nodded no.
“I’m fine. Come here…” Catherine pulled me closer until my lips crashed onto hers. Lindsey was sitting in the chair silent at first, but then she started to make ‘eww’ sounds. “Mom, it’s gross when parents kiss.”
Catherine immediately released me and looked at Lindsey. “Parents as in two? Does she know?” Catne ane asked.
“Yeah she does, I asked her what she thought about me asking you to marry me. I wouldn’t have asked you if Lindsey, Jenn and Nick hadn’t been this supportive.”
“Nick, so that was that talk that Nick and you had. A couple of weeks back. Sneaky!” Catherine smiled, “I should have known something was going on, you two sneaking around behind my back.”
“I still have something for you, if you still want it?” I ask mockingly retrieving the little velvet box from my pocket.
“Of course I still want it, you know how I love jewelry.” Catherine said, squeezing her eyes a little before she stuck out her tongue. Lindsey was still giggling in the chair. I retrieved the ring from the little box. I hold Catherine’s left hand in mine, and slip the ring onto her finger.
Lindsey congratulated us, before she ran out into the hall. We could hear her squeals while she told Warrick and Grissom. That we where going tt mat married. We both laughed at Lindsey’s reaction. “Well I guess we don’t have to break that news to them.”
“You kind of brought that onto yourself, you tell her that you want to ask me to marry you and then tell her that she can’t tell anyone else. That must have been hard on her. She is only eleven, and very talkative.”