Title: The Age Old Old Age Issue
Author: cjacsifan
Pairing: Catherine/Sara
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: CSI is owned by CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer
Summary: Catherine is afraid Sara will leave her when she gets older.
Spoilers: Post 'Crow's Feet'
A/N: The Catherine/Sara relationship started after 'Viva Las Vegas'

Catherine walks into the home she shares with her girlfriend Sara Sidle, "Hey baby how was your case?"

"Not too bad...yours?"

"Well the poor dead guy just wanted to come back and get the cage for his macaw only to see one of the exterminators he called to fumigate his house for bugs robbing him, the exterminator killed the poor guy and the rest of the case was trying to find the macaw, only to find out later that the exterminator not only stole his heirlooms but he stole the bird....what about our case?"

"Will you love me when I get old?"

"What...wait...where did that come from sweetheart?"

"Well the case Nick and I had was two women died trying to stop the ravages of time on their bodies...and I'm worried that when I get old you won't want me anymore?"

Trying to be funny Sara answers, "Well there's Wendy...Jacqui...Mandy..." but Catherine doesn't think it's funny and begins to cry,"Hey the honey why the tears...I was only joking."

Catherine sees no humor in Sara's joke, "Well it wasn't funny to me and I guess I got my answer right there...I'm going up to bed and don't bother trying to come in you are sleeping downstairs...until further notice." Catherine gets up and heads for her bedroom leaving Sara just staring in shocked disbelief.

The slamming of the bedroom door brings Sara out of her haze and she runs upstairs, hears Catherine crying and knocks on the bedroom door, "Cath...baby please open the door, I 'm so sorry please can we talk I hate seeing you cry and knowing I was the one that made you cry I feel one thousand times worse...please open the door."

Sara waits a few minutes but gets no reply so she turns to head back downstairs, until she hears the lock on the bedroom door being unlocked.  Sara hesitantly enters the bedroom and demurely sits on the bed, seeing that Catherine has her back to her Sara tries sweet talking her girlfriend, "Sweetheart...Catherine please forgive me...please look at me I didn't mean it."

Catherine turns to Sara with blood shot eyes and tear stained cheeks, "So you think it's funny to compare me with the younger women at the lab...well you know what...they can have you...if you want one of them you are welcome to them, because as of now...MPPPFFFF."

Catherine's words are cut off by a lip crushing kiss of Sara, "Now that I have your undivided attention I am going to explain..." Sara says a bit out of breath because of the kiss as she stradles Catherine so the two are eye to eye,"First of all, I loved you from day one...okay so it took me a while to get up the courage to tell you how I felt but I finally did but never have I given any other woman a second thought...okay it was your looks that I noticed first, but then I got to know the woman that you really are; the caring, loving, intelligent, funny, spontaneous person that you are...and as for you getting older, it doesn't matter to me at all what you look like or how old you get because the thing that made me fall in love with you the most is your heart..." Sara emphasizes the point by kissing Catherine's chest exactly at the spot where she feels Catherine's heart beating, "Catherine my love it's your heart that makes you the person you are, your body is just a vessel for the most beautiful thing about you and that... is your heart."

Catherine turned to Sara with tears in her eyes, only this time they are tears of joy, "Sara, my sweet Sara...those are the sweetest words anyone has ever said to me...please forgive my fears I should have known better...I love you Sara.

"No Catherine it was all my fault with my attempt at humor, and I promise never to do it again..." Sara leans over and kisses Catherine once more, "I love you too Catherine."