Title: No Hospital...Please...
Author: cjacsifan
Pairing: Catherine/Sara
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: CSI is owned by Jerry Bruckheimer and CBS
Summary: Catherine finds out why Sara hates hospitals.
Spoilers: None

As the CSI team enters the breakroom to get their assignments, Greg realizes someone is missing, "Hey has anyone seen Sara, she is never late."

A collective "NO" reverberates around the room from all except Catherine, because she knows Sara is on her way to the lab after staying the night at the Willows house because for the past few weeks Catherine and Sara have been seeing each other secretly; something that is frowned upon by the higher ups at the lab especially Ecklie.

About five minutes later, Sara comes walking in looking like one of the zombies from Michael Jackson's THRILLER video, "Are you okay Sara?"

"Yea Grissom I'm fine, must have eaten something that didn't agree with me...don't worry I'll be fine, so what are the assignments?"

'That's my Sara...' Catherine thinks to herself, '...always thinking about everything or everyone but herself'

"Well you and Catherine have a home invasion in Seven Hills...that's the only new case, and I know the rest of you have cases you are working on so until anything else comes in you can work on your open cases." Grissom then turns to Catherine, "If you need to call someone out to help you if something should happen."

"Thanks Gil..I will," Catherine then turns to follow Sara out to parking lot.

"Come on honey, I'm driving," Catherine says as she and Sara get into her SUV.

"Are you sure you're okay...do you need to go to the hospital?"

"NO...No hospital please Cath, I'll be okay...must've been something we had from Lindsey's sleepover from this past weekend...don't forget all the pizza, popcorn and snacks we had."

Catherine remembers with a small smile at the mention of the sleepover but is still concerned at Sara's reaction to the mention of a hospital, because they had been dating only a short time she and Sara hadn't really told each other about their pasts; but most people did know about Catherine's past as an exotic dancer.

"Okay but at the first sign of you getting sick, You are going to the hospital." Catherine tells Sara in a tone that she usually uses with Lindsey when she wants to get a point across.

"Yes mother," Sara says mockingly

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The CSIs make it to the scene in about 20 minutes, "Are you sure you're fine Sara?" Catherine asks with a motherly look in her eye.

"I'm fine sweety thanks for asking."

"It's just that I love you and don't want anything to happen to you?"

"I love you too babe, now let's get started so we can get finished," Sara says as she opens the door to the SUV and heads in back to get her kit.

As the women were walking up the front stairs into the house Catherine hears a commotion behind her and see Sara sprawled at the bottom of the four concrete stairs with blood oozing from the back of her head, "SARA...Control this is CSI Willows we have a CSI down, we need an ambulance at the following address..." Catherine gives the address and moves down to find out how Sara is.

"Sara, honey are you okay..." Catherine says as she kneels next to Sara, "Don't try to move, I called an ambulance and they are coming to take you to the hospital.."

"I told you no hospital Catherine."

"I know but you're bleeding from the back of your head and I want the doctor's to check you out to see if you hurt anything else in the fall."

Just as Catherine finishes speaking, the ambulance pulls up followed by another CSI SUV carrying Warrick and Nick, who run over to their co workers, "Is she okay?"

"If you ask her, she is but I am going to get her check out at the hospital  just to be safe...call Grissom and let him know we are heading for Desert Palms Hospital."

About an hour later, a doctor comes out to see Catherine, "Catherine Willows.."

"Yes doctor, I'm Catherine Willows...what can you tell me about Sara's condition?"

"Well we stitched her head and did gave her an antacid pill because she complained about a queasy stomach, and because of the head injury and the fall down the stairs we did a complete x-ray scan of her body and noticed many old breaks that healed over without being set...can you tell me anything about these," The doctor says as he shows Catherine the x-rays.

"No I can't...you see doctor Sara has only been in Las Vegas a few years and she isn't very forth coming about her life before she came here..." Catherine says trying not to break down in front of the doctor, "...can I see her?"

"Sure we are keeping her for a few days for observation because of the blow to the head...she's in room 614."

Catherine thanks the doctor and heads to the elevator and up to Sara's room, she sees Sara sitting up in the hospital bed flipping through the channels on the television in the room, "Hey there baby how are you doing?"

"I guess I'll live."

"The doctor told me about the x-rays that he took...why didn't you tell me honey?"

"Tell you what; that the reason I hate hospitals was because as a child while other kids were out playing in the backyard, I was getting the crap beat out of me by two of the worst parents known to mankind..." realizing she sounds angry, Sara lightens her tone, "I'm sorry Cat, I guess this is something that I should have told you from the start."

"Why didn't you...is it that you don't trust me?"

"Oh God No, Catherine I love you more than I've loved anyone in my life, but it seems that everytime that I got this close to someone and told them about my past, the others have given some lame ass excuse to break off the relationship and I just didn't want that to happen...please forgive me?"

"Of course I forgive you Sara...but as long as I'm here why not tell me everything...I can handle it."

"Okay here it comes," Sara then begins to tell Catherine about all the abuse at the hands of her parents including the attempted rape which led to her mother killing her father and Sara ending up in foster care.

After telling Catherine everything, Sara remains quiet for a few moments and waits for a response; it finally comes in sobs from Catherine, "Okay I guess I got my answer, I'll be out of your life after I leave the hospital."

"You will do no such thing, how can you think I don't love you anymore; I'll tell you Miss Sara Sidle I think you are the strongest,bravest, most wonderful woman I ever met...After living through a situation like that how could I not help but love you even more than I thought I ever could...and once you are out of the hospital we are going to tell the team about us, Ecklie can go screw himself and you Sara are moving in with me and Lindsey, this way you will have a proper family; one that loves you and cares about you."

It was now Sara's turn to cry, "Catherine how could I have ever doubted you or your feelings for me...I love you."

Catherine hugs Sara,"I love you too... and from now on no more tears of sadness or feelings of doubt about anything between us."

The two women fall fast asleep holding each other tight, both of them knowing deep down that the other will never let go.