Only time could tell

Greg walked straight to the DNA lab. Lindsey and I followed him as fast as we could, I just wished that no one saw us.

Greg picked up his phone and dialled a number.

“Catherine, we really need to get a secretary for Grissom. He wants me to tell you to meet him in the break room.” He sighed dramatically and hung up and dialled another number, and waited for a second.

“Grissom, Catherine needs your help in the break room?”

Last but certainly not least he called Nicks number.

“Nick, grab Warrick and head for the break room. Cause the rumours are confirmed, your going to pay, ma’ man.” He hung gaingain and he chuckled when he saw my face.

“Hey you wanted them in the break room. And by the way, pizza tastes best when it’s hot.” I smiled he was right.

“But you have to tell me about those rumours?”

We could observe the break room from where we where standing. Catherine came rushing around the corner, while she opened the door to the break room we could see Grissom approach from the other side. Reading a case file while walking. He passed us we wwe where only a metre apart. But him being Grissom made sure that he didn’t notice anything. Not even my chuckles when Greg tried to pretend to be working and everything went wrong.

Grissom opened the door and closed it behind him, he asked Catherine something and she looked up in surprise and denial. Nick and Warrick rounded the corner and they walked straight up to the break room. Warrick said that he had been right about Catherine and Grissom all along. I smiled when I heard the comment and Lindsey squeezed my hand. Greg opened the door and walked in Nick’s and Warrick’s direction, he smacked them both on the back playfully.

“Hey guys did anything happen?” He asked Nick and Warrick, they both nodded their heads in response. Greg looked back at me and blinked while he opened the door to the break room and called out. “Pizza!” and ran into the room. By the sight of Catherine’s and Grissom’s surprised faces they didn’t even notice the pizza. Greg pulled Warrick and Nick inside of the break room and gave me a smile while doing that. His face obviously giving me a I-told-you-so look.

I looked down at Lindsey. “Ready?” She nodded I could see that she really liked what we where doing. “Okay then, comon’!”

Catherine turned around when I opened the door.

“Sara!” Three voices called out in unison, one sounded like a question while the other two sounded like a statement.

“Yeah, it’s me!” I answered while I chuckled. Lindsey appeared from behind me and Catherine’s face lightened up when she saw her little girl. Lindsey walked up to her and Catherine took her in her arms. Lindsey told her about the movie.

Nick listened to Lindsey for a moment when he started laughing. “Cath, you let Sara look after Lindsey?” He chuckled even harder and slapped Warrick. “Can you believe it Sara taking care of Lindsey?”

I could feel the tears sting behind my eyes and I avoided looking directly at the others in the room. Deep in my heart I know that it is true, I don’t have any experience with kids. But I’m not a maniac, and by the way Lindsey is nine already and smart not to forget. Catherine also panicked when she heard about Ryan, but she had seen that I could do it. That I was responsible around Ryan, I could have asked a paramedic or one of the officers to take care of him. It wasn’t my job, but I did it. I watched over him I got him out of the house without any trauma’s. Why couldn’t they just believe that I could do it, why did this always have to be a joke to them. Without them ever asking me about my feelings or whether I wanted kids someday.

Catherine knew how I felt about this subject, she sat Lindsey down on one of the chairs and she took my hand in hers.

“Oh baby, don’t worry about it, I trust you!” She said to me and smiled at me until she realised what she had just said.