Table Stakes, Revisited

TABLE STAKES, REVISITED

~~CH. 1: CAUGHT IN THE ACT~~

Rating: mild R just for this chapter!
Chapter Summary: Picks up from where Gil and Catherine walk in on the 'couple' making love in Portia's bedroom, to the point where they're downstairs with Brass, both looking quite embarrassed. Here's what happened between those two parts...


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When the pair's eyes fell upon Amanda and Patrick Haynes making love in the bedroom of Portia Richmond, Gil and Catherine ducked back out, both sets of eyebrows raised. Their eyes met and a thick silence fell over them. Catherine had to admit to herself that she was a little turned on. Voyeurism never really did anything for her... if anything, it freaked her out. But for some reason, seeing them wrapped up together in those red satin sheets just reminded her of what she'd like to be doing with Gil wrapped in red satin sheets. She willed herself to stop thinking such things... they had a case to solve. She couldn't be thinking about nailing her boss NOW...

<> Grissom reprimanded himself. Voyeurism had not once excited him, but this time, it was different. Perhaps it was Catherine's close proximity to him. Perhaps it was the scent of her perfume mingling with the scent of her shampoo. Either way, the sight of the Haynes couple in bed had put some very impure thoughts about Catherine into his head.

"Caught in the act," Catherine breathed slowly, staring up into his eyes. Oh, what she'd give to be caught in the act with HIM...

Gil cocked his head to the side, raising an eyebrow at her. "I think that was the plan."

She nodded, "Oh, yeah..." and turned on her heel, away from him... attempting to turn away from the naughty thoughts running through her head as well.

Once her back was completely turned to him, she closed her eyes and sucked in a deep breath through her nose, willing her heightened arousal to subside. This was neither the time, nor the place. <> she told herself. <>

Gil remained in place momentarily, watching Catherine like a hawk as she moved away from him. His eyes were immediately and inexplicably drawn to the movement of her hips, swaying back and forth tauntingly. <> he thought, grinning to himself. He began to follow after her, wanting to run up and tackle her to the ground... praying he had enough strength to refrain from doing so.

Catherine's breath caught in her throat when the sound of Gil's footsteps fell into place almost directly behind her, and her knees practically buckled as his scent invaded her senses. It was a light, musky cologne that she herself had purchased for him on his last birthday. It had been months since thed hed he had never worn it. She'd just figured it wasn't what he wanted. So why was he wearing it today? Was that a signal? A sign?

She begged him in her mind to reach out and grab her... throw her down... ANYTHING. What they'd walked in on made her realize how hot for him she was, and if he didn't do something soon, she was sure she'd explode.

Gook ook three long strides to catch up with Catherine, still hypnotized by her shapely hips swaying just inches in front of him. It would only take one touch... one grab... to spin her around and bring his wildest fantasies to life. <> he begged inside his head. <>

<> she thought desperately, <>

She turned ever-so-slightly over her shoulder, smirking at him, and suddenly everything was a blur. She remembered smirking at him. She remembered her breath catching in her throat at the sight of pure lust in his eyes. What happened next, she never expected.

He reached a hand out and ran it down her back, and when she gasped it was the final nail in the coffin. He practically charged at her, his lips colliding with hers as he grabbed a hold of her butt and squeezed, lifting her only to slam her against the wall seconds later. She moaned against his mouth and wrapped both legs around his waist, rubbing against him as a signal that she still wanted more.

While using a hand to hold onto her, to keep her from falling, his other hand snaked up into her hair, caressing the strawberry blond silk with his fingers while his tongue left a seam of heat across her lips. Her lips parted easily, eager to receive him, and it was then that everything spiraout out of control. Hands flew everywhere. He was no longer concerned with keeping her up... their bodies were pressed so tightly together that she never could've slipped from his grasp. Her hands tugged at his jacket and the shirt beneath while his worked their way up under her shirt, caressing the bare skin beneath her clothes.

"Gil..." she whispered, "I want..." She fought to take a breath, his attention to her body shattering her stream of consciousness.

"Tell me what you want Cath, and I'll give it to you," he growled, nipping at her neck.

She gasped, her body involuntarily bucking against him while he sucked the sensitive skin on her neck. "I... I..."

The sound of a cell phone ringing dumped them both back into reality, and they stared at each other, as if momentarily stunned, before they slowly moved away from each other, Catherine sliding to the floor once Gil had stepped back. He glanced down at his phone, clipped to his belt, and he cursed under his breath. He glanced up at the flustered-looking strawberry blond standing in front of him. "Mobley," he muttered disappointedly, and flipped open his phone, moving further away from her as he answered. "Grissom..."

Catherine watched as he made his way down the stairs, sighing heavily at what had just taken place between them. And what had ALMOST taken place. She glanced at her surroundings, as if suddenly remembering where they were, and realized with a start that she had been about to ask him to make love to her... in a house that was technically considered a crime scene. Such an action would've gotten them both fired, on the spot.

She placed a hand over her stomach, attempting to calm the butterflies currently having a field day in there, and let out a slow breath... the sound of Jim Brass calling her name bringing her fully back into the real world. She shook her head, murmuring, "Wow..." before going down to meet them.

~FINIS~