Lissa88 Registered Member
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(10/16/05 5:08 pm) Reply
Torn
Torn
by Lissa
Summary: Catherine is happy to leave Chris behind. But something unexpected happens that’s making it too hard to forget...
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Viva Las Vegas
Pairing: GC, of course. This is me we’re talking about.
Disclaimer: Don’t own it. After Bodies in Motion, oh how I wish I did.
Chapter 1
Catherine breezed into the Acid Drop and past the bouncers back towards the back room. After work she went home and changed into a sexy little black dress that now got her plenty of looks from the men in the club. She wore a slight smirk as she headed back to see her boyfriend. Her smirk was quickly gone when she saw Chris in between a dancer’s legs as he kissed her and she giggled. He sensed Catherine’s presence in the room and turned to look at her as she stared him in the eye waiting for him to say something. After a few moments of silence, Chris’ words were the last thing Catherine expected. Not ‘sorry’, not ‘Wait! I can explain!’ but “What do you expect? I run a nightclub.” She slightly shook her head and walked from the room disgusted. She quickly made an exit from the club and practically ran to her car. When she got in she slammed her fists against the steering wheel. She wouldn’t cry, not for him. She knew this would happen and she knew they’d never last. After all, Chris was “addicted to sex.” Catherine was just the flavor of the month. Chris was nothing to her and now it was time to leave her little sex buddy behind...
It was about a month since Catherine had caught Chris in the club. After that night, she hadn’t really thought much about it and she moved on very quickly. However, today, she was finding it very hard to move on. She had to leave for work in 10 minutes, but she had to stop crying first. She was sitting in the bathroom staring intensely at the stick that had turned blue. She heard Lindsey knock on the door and call out quietly to her mom. “Lindsey what are you doing up this late?” she said, wiping her eyes and quickly disposing of the pregnancy kit.
“I have to go to the bathroom.” She heard her daughter say in a sleepy voice. Catherine quickly cleaned herself up a bit to keep her daughter from knowing she was crying. She opened the door and let Lindsey pass as she yelled out a “Good-bye” to her and grabbed her purse and headed out the door.
i'm loving this fic, girl! please post more of it soon.
Lissa88 Registered Member
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(10/19/05 8:06 pm) Reply
Re: Torn
Ch 2
Catherine managed to compose herself long enough to drive to work and rush into her office. Then all hell broke loose. She began to sob the moment she shut her office door and she picked up a coffee mug and threw it against the wall in anger. "How can I be pregnant!" she said to herself. She heard a light knock at her door and quickly wiped her face in an attempt to stop crying. "Come in." she said in a raspy voice from sobbing. When Gil walked through the door, Catherine quickly took a seat in her desk chair and spun it around so she faced the wall and he couldn't see her red face.
"Hey, you missed assignments." he started. "You and I have a 419 on the Strip." When she didn't answer or turn her chair around Grissom was getting suspicious. "Is everything okay?" he asked.
"I'll meet you at the car in a few minutes." She replied, still not turning around.
"Catherine?" he asked. He walked around her desk to face her and was taken aback when he saw her puff, bloodshot eyes. "What's wrong?" he asked. Fresh tears began to form in her eyes. She took a deep breath before telling him.
"I'm pregnant." she whispered. Gil's eyes went wide with surprise as he tried to find his voice.
"Congratulations." he said, still in a state of shock.
"No! It's not a good thing!" she yelled. Grissom gave her a confused look and waited for her to explain. "I - I broke up with Chris about a month ago... I caught him cheating on me." She wiped her eyes and began to pace around her office. "What the hell am I supposed to do?"
"Catherine, we'll figure this out. Right now, though, we have to go to work, okay?" he said softly and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"Okay..." she whispered. He rubbed her arm and grabbed her kit for her before he placed his hand on her back and led her out of the office.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
They arrived at the crime scene and Officer Lopez held up the crime tape for them as they passed under. They met up with David who was examining the badly beat up body. There was blood everywhere and massive cuts all over their victim. It was just a huge mess. Catherine took one look at the body and suddenly became very ill. She ran from the crime scene clasping her hand over her mouth to keep from throwing up right there and contaminating the scene. Grissom followed her to where she was emptying her stomach by some trash cans in the alley they were in. He rubbed her back as she heaved all over the ground. "Are you alright?" he asked after she finished vomiting.
"Morning sickness I guess." she chuckled embarrassedly.
"Are you gonna be okay?" She looked back towards the body and shook her head as the nauseating feeling was working it's way back up from her stomach to her mouth.
"No." She answered.
"Okay." he said gently. "Lopez!" he yelled out for the cop who was a few yards away. The officer heard his name and came over to where Grissom and Catherine were.
"Yes sir?" the young man asked Gil.
"I need you to take Miss Willows back to the lab." he told him.
"Alright." he said confusedly but didn't question him. Catherine followed the officer away from the scene and mouthed a `thank you' to Grissom.
"I'll see you soon, Cath." he said as she walked towards the police car.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Grissom walked into Catherine's office where he saw her resting her head against her desk. "Feeling better?" he asked.
"No." She said, keeping her head on her desk. Grissom too a seat across from her. "This is like the hangover from hell."
"You went through this once before."
"First of all, that was 13 years ago. Second, it was never this bad with Lindsey. And third, I've puked twice more since I left the crime scene, thank you very much." she retorted.
"So... are you keeping the baby?" he said after a few moments of silence. She sighed deeply before answering.
"Yes." she replied quietly.
"Are you gonna tell Chris?"
"No." She answered quickly.
"You sure about that?" He asked carefully.
"Positive." she responded, sounding very sure of herself.
Re: Torn
lissa you already know i'm loving this story.
i feel for poor gil in ch. 2. i mean she went off on him in pmj about not telling her about eddie cheating and now he does the right thing and tells chris (jerkwad that he is) and she goes off on him again.
Lissa88 Registered Member
Posts: 4
(10/24/05 5:49 pm) Reply
Re: Torn
Chapter 3
It had been a month since Catherine had found out she was pregnant and still the only one that knew was Gil. It couldn't go hidden too long though. Her odd actions were tipping the team off that something strange was going on...
"I'm telling ya, she hasn't been to an autopsy in weeks." Warrick said to Nick, Sara and Greg as they sat in the break room.
"Yeah, I haven't seen her leave the lab for cases too much either." Nick told them.
"The only cases she's even been on are with Grissom." Sara said.
"Yeah and all he's all she's basically spoken to as well." Greg agreed.
"So what's going on?" Nick asked.
"And why hasn't she told any of us?" Warrick said. There was a silence in the room as they all pondered the questions.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Catherine was sitting at her desk working on some paperwork when she heard a soft knock at her door. "Come in." she said as she kept focused on her papers. She looked up and her eyes went wide as she saw Chris standing in the doorway. She swallowed hard.
"Hey Catherine," he said carefully as she glared at him.
"What do you want Chris?" she said, coldness lacing her tone.
"So, is it true? Are you pregnant?" he asked.
"Get out," She told him.
"Are you pregnant?" He repeated.
"That's none of your business, now get out!" She raised her voice to a quiet yell.
"It is too my business. You're pregnant with my kid."
"You don't know that."
"Then help me to know that!" he said. She sighed and stared evilly at him.
"I don't want you in my life, I don't want you in my baby's life."
"It's my baby too, whether you like it or not. I have just as much right."
"No, you don't. Get the hell out of my office!" She raised her voice another notch.
"Do you want me to take this to court, Cath? I'm not afraid to. If you don't let me see my child I can sue you for full custody."
"You wouldn't dare," she challenged him.
"I really don't want to... but I will if I have to. You really wanna go through that?"
"There's no way you could win against me," she continued to challenge.
"And you want to take that chance? Take the chance of losing the kid altogether?" She didn't reply. He stared at her in silence for a few moments before turning around and leaving her office without another word. Catherine followed his actions and headed for the evidence room where she found Gil.
"You told Chris," she said to him. He looked up, confused.
"What?" He asked.
"You told Chris I was pregnant you ass!" She shoved him with her words.
"Catherine..." He paused.
"Catherine what!" She yelled as he didn't continue.
"He had to know, okay! What if he found out years later? He could take you to court for not letting him see his kid. You don't really have a choice in this, Catherine!"
"I would never have to see him again! He'd never have to know I was pregnant or with his kid! Now that's all ruined because of you!" She pushed him once more into the wall before storming out so fast she didn't notice Sara and Nick standing in the hallway.
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