Title: Butterflied - Canon version
By: lewis771750
Pairing: Cath/Sara
Challenge: Virtual rewind
Spolilers: Butterflied
Disclaimer: They are not mine. I know it, you know it, and they know I know it. I took them out to play and put a smile on their faces.
Rating: G
Words: 327
A/N: The italic sections are lifted from the script, the plain text words are mine

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CATHERINE: You, uh, seen Debbie?

God that was crass. Here I am supposed to be a people-person and I'm sounding like a nervous 14 year old. Still I can't let her know how much she means to me, she still fancies Grissom, never me.

SARA: Yeah.

Of course I noticed how much she looks like me, but I'm just not ready to talk about it yet, certainly not to Catherine. God she looks dressed to kill again. Shame she's so straight that I can never tell her how I feel.

CATHERINE: (prompting) And?

In for a penny in for a pound I guess. Can't give up now. Still sounding like a lovestruck-teen. Good job Sara can't cope with people that well, she must notice how hard I find it to speak to her sometimes, but she doesn't know why.

SARA: (avoiding) Yeah, I compared her toe prints.

Why won't she let it go?

CATHERINE: If I didn't know better, I'd think that was you on that table.

Perhaps if I admit how much it disturbed me, I can get her to open up a bit...

SARA: (tightly, smile forced) I didn't really look at her face.

We both know I'm lying here, perhaps she will let it go? At least for a while. Another drunken confession in a few days would be good, just me and her. Hopefully I can keep from drooling over this time too.

Catherine's POV:

She's clearly affected, but she doesn't want to talk does she, not yet anyway. Still she knows I tried and maybe after that time with Hank she will open up again when she's ready. Perhaps this time I'll be brave enough, or drunk enough to tell her how I feel too.

SARA: (quietly) When you see Grissom, will you tell him?

I've got to get out of here before I break down and cry, or before I try to kiss her. Must keep some semblance of control.

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