Title: Musings
Author: cjacsifan
Pairing: Catherine/Riley
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: CSI is owned by CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer
Summary: Catherine's and Riley's thoughts on their new relationship.
Spoilers: None, but you might want to read my other Catherine/Riley stories to get caught up.

A/N: All disclaimer information is on part 0/1 of this story...this is story #6 in my WILLEYseries...THESE ARE CATHERINE'S THOUGHTS, THESE ARE RILEY'S THOUGHTS.

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Riley and Catherine make there way to a crime scene just after assignments are given out and as usual Catherine is driving, not because she is a better driver than Riley it's just that Catherine has lived in Vegas so long she knows all the backroads and short cuts which Riley has yet to discover.

As Catherine is talking, Riley is looking at her girlfriend and lets her mind wander a little; DAMN BUT I MUST BE ONE OF THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WELL AT LEAST THE LUCKIEST YOUNG WOMAN ANYWAY AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE I MOVED TO LAS VEGAS A FEW MONTHS AGO...FIRST OF ALL I GET A GREAT JOB AT WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE BEST CRIME LAB IN THE COUNTRY...MAKE A BUNCH OF NEW FRIENDS THAT ARE MORE LIKE FAMILY THEN FRIENDS...A GREAT NEW APARTMENT, WELL I'M NOT REALLY THERE TOO OFTEN AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE THE GREATEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD AS MY GIRLFRIEND...YES, A WOMAN THAT IS AS CLOSE TO A GODDESS IS MY GIRLFRIEND AND HER NAME IS CATHERINE WILLOWS NOT ONLY HAS SHE ACCEPTED ME INTO HER WORK FAMILY, BUT ALSO INTO HER REGULAR FAMILY...HER DAUGHTER LINDSEY IS A PROVERBIAL CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK; SHE'S SMART, LOVING, CARING, A LOVELY YOUNG LADY SHE HAS ACCEPTED ME TOO, WHICH IS A SHOCK TO ME...BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING LOVED BY CATHERINE, THE SECRET SMILES, THE LITTLE TOUCHES, THE LOOK OF LOVE ON HER EYES EVERYTIME OUR EYES MEET, THE SWEET KISSES BEFORE SHIFT AND THE LONG LINGERING ONES AFTER OUR BREAKFASTS, AND THE CUDDLING WE DO WHEN WE WATCH A ROMANTIC MOVIE TOGETHER, IT'S LIKE BEING HELD IN THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL AND TO ME THAT IS WHAT CATHERINE WILLOWS IS TO ME....MY LOVE, MY ANGEL.

"Riley...baby we're here...you okay you seemed to be deep in thought."

"Only thinking about how lucky I am to have you," Riley says as she gives Catherine's hand a squeeze before exiting the passenger side of Catherine's SUV.

"Aww baby I love you."

"I love you too angel, now let's go get us some bad guys."

Catherine can only smile at the youthful excitement of her girlfriend, so she grudgingly gets out of the SUV and starts toward the crime scene.

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Collecing the evidence and taking down witness statements takes no time at all and soon Catherine and Riley are back at CSI headquarters, and in the lockroom.

As the two women put away their kits and guns in their lockers, this time it is Catherine's turn to look lovingly at Riley and thoughts begin filling her head.

GOD DAMN I AM ONE LUCKY WOMAN...I HAVE A GREAT JOB WHICH I LOVE...A GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT ARE CLOSER THAN ANY FAMILY I'VE EVER HAD...A DAUGHTER THAT SOMETIMES DRIVES ME CRAZY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORLD I WOULDN'T DO FOR HER....AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE A GIRLFRIEND, YES I CATHERINE WILLOWS  HAVE A LOVING, CARING, SWEET AND SEXY GIRLFRIEND...GOD KNOWS IT DIDN'T START OUT THAT WAY, SHE JUST SAW ME CRYING OVER WARRICK AND BARGED HER WAY INTO MY LIFE AND INTO MY HEART AS WELL, IT SEEMED AS IF I WAS MEANT TO LIVE MY LIFE ALONE CONSIDERING MY TRACK RECORD WITH ROMANCE, FIRST WAS EDDIE, THEN PAUL THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, THEN THAT SCHMUCK CHRIS BEZICH, AND I HOPED WARRICK BUT HE WENT OFF AND GOT MARRIED... BUT THEN THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN COMES TO VEGAS AS RICK'S REPLACEMENT, AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SHE LOVES ME, AT FIRST SHE WAS AFRAID TO TELL ME BUT HOW COULD I NOT LOVE HER SHE EVERYTHING I COULD WANT IN A PARTNER AND MORE, OH I KNOW SHE IS YOUNGER BUT HELL THAT NEVER MATTERED BEFORE WHY SHOULD IT NOW...YEP, I CATHERINE WILLOWS AM A VERY LUCKY WOMAN.

"Catherine, sweetheart are you in there you looked kinda out of it." Riley asks in a concerned tone

"Oh baby I'm fine...I was just thinking  how lucky I am to have you in my life."

Remembering her own thoughts of earlier in the day, Riley smiles "Okay angel it's a draw WE are lucky to have each other."