Author�s Notes: This chapter�s in Grissom�s POV. To Where You Are is by Josh Groban.
Who can say for certain
Maybe you're still here
I feel you all around me
Your memory's so clear
I drive in total shock back to the lab. Brass said that they can�t tell for sure if it�s Catherine. It looks like her, but her face is mostly gone. She�s also missing her fingers, so we�re going to have to rely on DNA to find out for sure. Although a part of me knows that it�s her, another part of me just refuses to believe it.
Deep in the stillness
I can hear you speak
You're still an inspiration
After all, how can I believe she�s gone when I can still hear her in my head, when I still look every time I hear a door close, or footsteps behind me, expecting it to be her? How can she be gone when I can still feel her with me?
Can it be
That you are my forever love
And you are watching over me
From up above
She and I had been getting closer, lately. We had drifted apart for awhile, but after I finally told her about my hearing, we had started being friends again. Recently, we had discussed it possibly becoming something more. Now we�ll never know.
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for a while to know you're there
When I enter the lab, Greg�s waiting for me, his eyes wide. �What they�re saying, is it true?�, I wince as his voice cracks at the end. I shake my head, �we don�t know for sure yet. I�m going to need you to run the DNA analysis. Can you do that?� I watch Greg steel himself and nod with determination.
A breath away's not far to where you are
After he�s left, I head down to the morgue.
Lie gently sleeping
Here inside my dream
And isn't faith believing
All power can't be seen
Doc Robbins is there, waiting for me. He looks up, �there�s just no way to tell by a visual analysis.� I reluctantly join him, and see that he�s right. It definitely looks like her, but there�s just no way to tell. Robbins speaks again, �It might not be her Grissom.� I numbly nod and leave, unable to be in that room anymore.
As my heart holds you
Just one beat away
I cherish all you gave me
Everyday
Cause you are my forever love
Watching me from up above
I sit in my office, waiting for Greg to be done with the test. I know I should probably be out with the rest of the team at Catherine�s house, but I can�t. Instead, I sit staring at a picture I have on my desk of the two of us.
And I believe that angels breathe
And that love will love on
And never leave
I rush into the lab, having received Greg�s page. He has the DNA results back. I can barely breathe as I enter the room.
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for a while to know you're there
Without a word, he hands me the results. I feel my chest constrict and spots appear in front of my eyes when I�ve comprehended what it says. I grab onto the table to keep from collapsing.
A breath away's not far to where you are
I look at Greg, �Run it again.�
He looks back at me, shaking his head, �I already have, three times.�
�Are you sure, absolutely sure, that this is right?�, I have to know. There cannot be any room for doubt in my mind.
I know you're there
Greg looks at me, an uncommonly sober expression on his face, �I�m absolutely positive, Gris. It�s not her.�
A breath away's not far to where you are
TBC
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