It was Catherine's day off and she was sleeping soundly in her nice warm and cozy bed. The Vegas lights were shinning though the curtains shinning brightly like never burning out stars in the night sky when the dreadful sound of the phone ringing awoke Catherine out of her slumber.
Catherine slowly opened her eyes and glanced at her bedside clock that read 2:00am in bright red lights she had the feeling that they were going to call her in to work, when it was her day off. She flipped on her bedside light and squinted as the brightness filled the room blinding her momentarily.
She flung the nice warm covers off her body feeling the cold fall Vegas air that was coming in through the open bedroom window. Catherine half walked half stumbled down the hallway towards the sound of the ringing phone that surprisingly did not wake up her daughter.
Catherine picked the cordless phone up out of the re-charger and pressed the talk button placing the speakerphone up to her ear as she kept walking into the kitchen to grab something to drink.
"Hello" Catherine whispered wiping some of the sleep out of her eyes. She wasn't too pleased that someone called her in the middle of the night.
"Catherine? It's me Gil, I need to talk to you"
She was surprised that Gil had called her at 2:00 in the morning although she remembered that she had the day off so he was probably at work on some high profile case that they would need her help on. Then she remembered that he said that he needed to talk with her, and that didn't sound very work related.
She was contemplating on what she should have to drink either Milk or juice. Maybe Liquor since it was Gil who was talking to her she would defiantly need the liquor to calm her down and make sense of it all since Gil never talked about anything besides bugs, and work.
"Is it that important that it can't wait until tomorrow? Catherine replied. She really wasn't in the mood to have a heart to heart conversation with her boss that she had the biggest crush on in her entire life.
"I-I guess so. I'll be at your house around noon okay, and sorry about waking you" Grissom said apologetically.
"It's alright, I'll see you tomorrow" Catherine replied and hung up, forgetting that tomorrow was today.
She left the phone on the counter and grabbed her juice box as she headed back to her nice warm bed resuming to her beautiful sleep before the phone interrupted the best dream she had, had in months. Catherine stumbled back to her room and flopped onto her bed moaning as she slowly closed her eyes and once again fell back asleep in a matter of seconds. She didn't even bother to get under the covers.
Later that morning Grissom did his daily routine, wake up at 10 eat his breakfast which was bacon and eggs, take a shower, get dressed and do a crossword puzzle or two. Around 11:30 he got into his Tahoe and started the 20-minute drive to Catherine's house. He kept thinking about what he should say to her. He didn't want to scare her or have her get mad at him he needed to tell her nicely and calmly and everything would be okay, hopefully.
He was never really good around or with people but since he was going to be having a heart to heart conversation with the "people person" who was also his best and most trust worthy friend he shouldn't have much to worry about. He knew she would understand.
He pulled up into her driveway and parked behind her black Tahoe. He sat there in his Tahoe for a few minutes trying to make sense of everything. He kept going over in his mind what he was going to say until he thought he was going to go crazy.
Grissom walked the short distance to the front door and rang the doorbell waiting for someone to answer. A little blonde haired blue-eyed girl answered the door with a 1000 watt smile on her face seeing that it was Grissom.
"Mr. Grissom! I've missed you so much, come in I'll tell mommy that you're here," she said in an excited and cheerful voice shutting the door behind him.
"Hey Linds, I've missed you too, thank you for letting me come in. I hope I didn't wake your mom?" Grissom answered with a smile.
"No she's awake, she's eating breakfast that I made for her"
"Why you're quite the little helper aren't you?" Grissom said as he removed his coat.
"I try to be, I'll be right back with mommy"
Lindsay disappeared down the hallway to the kitchen. She came back two minutes later with Catherine behind her. She was still in her pajamas and her cherry blonde hair was back in a small ponytail. She wasn't wearing makeup but she still looked beautiful in Grissom's eyes.
"I'll leave you two alone," Lindsay said with a smile and scampered down another hallway towards her bedroom.
Catherine smiled at her daughter acting like a grown woman and sat down beside Grissom on the couch. She snuggled up closer to him afraid that he might move away if she got to close but to her surprise he did not.
"Hey Griss, sorry about not being dressed, I just woke up a half an hour ago I guess Lindsay's my new alarm clock. Anyway what did you want to talk about?" she moved her hand and placed it on his knee feeling the warmth of his body and saw that he was smiling at her welcoming the new gesture. Maybe she wasn't the only one that was love struck.
Lindsay was "playing" with her dolls but really she was listening to her mom and Grissom's conversation out in the living room. She tiptoed to the end of the hallway and sat in the shadows, she could hear them perfectly from her new hiding place.
"Catherine, I don't want to frighten you or anything but you have a right to know since you have been my best friend for 10 years and I trust that you won't tell the rest of the team" Grissom whispered while he entwined his fingers in hers.
Catherine blushed form the warm and soothing feeling that Gil had created when he had touched her. She then knew that he had feelings for her the same why she did for him and she was less nervous about showing her affection towards him.
"Gil what is it? Your scaring me, please tell me what it is?" Catherine replied and snuggled up closer to him resting her head on his shoulders, now knowing that he loved her.
"I'm...I'm loosing my hearing Cath, I'm going deaf. It's genetic my mother had it and now I do and there is no cure." Grissom confessed loving the warmth and comfort of Catherine's body near his.
Lindsay heard him say "deaf" and she wasn't sure what that meant. She did know what hearing loss was and her smile turned into a frown. She sat there on the floor blankly looking at the whitewashed wall across from her waiting to hear how her mother was going to react to that.
Catherine was thrown off guard by Grissom's news. She backed away from Grissom's shoulder and stared at him puzzled and not sure of what to say next. She was trying her best to process the big news that he had just confessed to. It hit her like a ton of brinks shattering her heart because the man she had loved for 10 years was now going deaf.
At first she wasn't sure if she was hearing him correctly, how could he be loosing his hearing? He is a very healthy man there was nothing wrong with him, well maybe something but nothing as big as this.
"How could this happen? You-your so healthy. Did it just happen out of the blue? I mean how can someone loose there hearing with no warning?" Catherine asked having a million other questions flying through her mind all at once giving her a headache.
"I went and saw the doctor a week ago and she told me in about 6 months my hearing will be permanently gone. I know this is a huge shock to you but believe me it was even bigger for me" Grissom replied, he looked as if he was about to cry feeling the pain that his best friend was going through. He couldn't stand to see the tears forming in Catherine's eyes seeing that he didn't break the news to her gently enough.
"When will the rest of the team find out? Will you loose your job, since hearing is a key thing in your line of work? What about Lindsay? How am I going to explain this to her she adores you so much and she'll be heartbroken when she finds out? How will we be able to communicate with each other? I don't know how to sign or anything." Catherine rambled on and Grissom smiled placing a finger to her lips to stop her rambling.
"The rest of the team will find out when I want to tell them. If I loose my job then I will have to take up a hobby or something. I know that Lindsay adores me and I'm flattered to hear that but we will have to explain to her and hopefully she will understand. I will teach both of you how to sign and I can also read lips. This will be difficult but if we work together then we can do it" Grissom replied and removed his finger from her lips and kissed her.
He wasn't quite sure why he did that or not. Maybe it was because he couldn't stand looking at her beautiful and luscious lips any longer. He had wanted to kiss her touch her be with her as more then a friend for the longest time but other obstacles where always in the way ones that he wasn't able to break down or get around for years, until now.
Grissom giving her a kiss out of the blue surprised Catherine. She had never expected it from him but she never wanted it to end his lips felt so good on hers and she had wanted this to happen for 10 years, but Eddie and other things had always been in her way. She then knew that everything would be all right and that he really did love her the same way that she loved him.
Catherine broke her lips away from his and looked up into his piercing blue eyes seeing the tears and the broad smile plastered on his face. She knew that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with this man no matter if he goes deaf or not. She wanted to be beside him every step of the way but more then as a friend she wanted to be his wife. Catherine couldn't believe that she was even thinking of that possibility. Her and Grissom actually getting married? She really was love struck if she could conjure up that insane idea in her head.
"Let's get married"
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