Title: Sara's Unforgettable Birthday
Author: chocomkr
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Cath/Sara
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2,750
Summary: The title says it all

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The phone rang, dragging Sara from her deep sleep. She rolled over
to look at the clock seeing it was almost time for her to get up
anyway.

"Hello?" Sara answered.

"Hello baby girl." A woman's voice said on the other end.

"Oh hi Mama. How are you?"

"Doing well. I just wanted to call and wish you a Happy Birthday. I
know it's not until tomorrow, but I didn't know what your schedule
was going to be."

"Thank you. Tomorrow won't be any different than today Mama."

"I just thought maybe your friends from work might throw you a party."

"None of them know. Well, that's not entirely true. My boss knows,
but he's not the party throwing type and as far as I know none of the
others know."

"I'm sorry baby. I wish your father and I could be there to
celebrate with you, but things here at the inn are keeping us very
busy."

"I know Mama. I understand. How is everybody there?"

"Well, to be honest with you, your father's tiring quite easily. Old
age catching up with him I guess. Our handy man Tom quit so your
father's been pulling a lot more weight around here. He says to tell
you he loves you and hopes you have a wonderful day."

"Tell him I love him too."

"Ok then, I have to run dear. You take care of yourself and enjoy
your special day. You will be in our thoughts. Love you."

"Love you too Mama." Tears welling in her eyes, Sara hung up the
phone. Birthdays had never really been that special for Sara. There
was always something going on that seemed to come first, whether it
be problems at the inn or her brother in trouble. She rolled onto
her back and stared at the ceiling. "Maybe I should just call in
sick" she thought to herself. It bothered her more than she let
herself believe that nobody at work was going to help her celebrate,
one person in particular. "Get over it Sara. It's just another day"
she said aloud as she jumped in the shower.

She was ready for work in record time and realized she still had an
hour and a half before she had to be at the lab. Taking a take out
menu from the fridge, Sara decided to order dinner.

Just as Mr. Chang said, her dinner arrived in twenty minutes. She
opened the door and MR. Chang himself was standing there with her
dinner in one hand, and a bunch of flowers in the other.

"Happy Birthday Sara." Mr. Chang said as he handed her the flowers.

"Oh thank you Mr. Chang" Sara said as she took the flowers from
him. "How did you know it was my birthday?"

"I keep track of important dates for all my special customers. You
came in last year on your birthday remember?"

"Ah yes, yes I do. That was by far the best meal I have ever had Mr.
Chang." Sara handed him the money and took the food. "You have a
nice night Mr. Chang, and thank you again for the flowers."

"You're quite welcome Sara. Enjoy your special day." With that, Mr.
Chang took the money from Sara and left.

Sara put the food on the coffee table and grabbed a coke from the
fridge. As she opened her food, there was an extra container.
Inside, Mr. Chang had put a small cupcake with a candle in the top
with a fortune cookie paper sticking out of the icing. "May all your
dreams and wished come true on your special day Sara. The stars are
in your favor today." Smiling to herself, Sara lit the candle and
made a wish.


Work was quieter than usual for a Monday night. Sara took the
opportunity to get her paperwork done so when shift was over she
could boogie. A knock on the door interrupted her
concentration. "Come in." She said without looking up from her desk.

"Sara, you got a second?" Grissom asked.

"Certainly. What can I do for you?" She answered.

"Nothing actually. I just wanted to give you this. Why don't you
head on out and enjoy your day." Grissom said as he handed her an
envelope.

"What's this?" Sara asked.

"Just a little something for your birthday." He said as he turned to
walk out of her office.

"Thank you Grissom. You really didn't have to do this."

"I know, but I wanted to. See you later."

A dumbfounded Sara eyed the envelope, hesitant to open it. Grissom
remembered her birthday. She nearly fell out of her chair in
disbelief. Placing it in her pocket she decided to open it when she
got home. She collected the reports and put them in inter office
mail and headed to the locker room. It was no surprise that she was
alone, everybody else had either already left or was still working on
reports. Sara opened her locker to find a small card on the top
shelf. She picked it up and immediately recognized the handwriting.
She sat down on the bench and opened the card.

"Sara, if you wouldn't mind, please meet me at my car after you read
this. Catherine."

"She probably wants to chew me out about something else" Sara said
aloud. Wanting to get this inevitable argument out of the way, Sara
collected her belongings and headed for Catherine's car.

Catherine was waiting outside, leaning up against her car, smoking a
cigarette when Sara approached her.

"I thought you quit smoking" Sara commented.

"I did, but needed the boost to tell you something."

"Great" Sara thought, "Here it comes."

"Let's sit inside the car shall we?" Catherine asked.

"This is even worse than I thought" Sara thought.

The two women moved inside the car, and Catherine started playing
with the steering wheel. "I'm not sure where to begin Sara. I know
we've had our rough times, and I know you think I hate you. Trust me
that couldn't be further from the truth." Catherine pulled out a
little box from the arm rest and handed it to Sara. "I just wanted
to say Happy Birthday, and I'm sorry for all the pain I've caused
you."

Sara took the box, tearing up as she did. "I, uh, thank you
Catherine. I didn't think anybody knew it was my birthday. You
really didn't have to do this."

"I know I didn't have to. There are just a lot of things I have been
running from for years now, four years to be exact. Go ahead, open
it."

Sara carefully opened the gold foil wrapped box. Catherine had
certainly thrown her for a loop. Peeling the wrapping away, a small
rectangular box emerged. Sara looked up at Catherine, then back down
to the box. Opening the lid, Sara gasped out loud and covered her
mouth with her hand.

"I never see you wearing jewelry, and Lindsay and I were shopping
yesterday. When I saw it I thought of you. I hope you like it."
Catherine said cautiously.
"I do. I like it very much." Sara said as she pulled the bracelet
from its protective box. It was gold with sapphires in it. "It's
beautiful Catherine. Thank you so much."

Catherine leaned over and took it from Sara. "Here, let me help you
put it on." The moment Catherine's hand touched her wrist; Sara felt
fireworks going off in her body. After clasping it, Catherine's eyes
drifted to Sara's. They sat for what seemed like an eternity gazing
into one another's eyes. Sara could feel Catherine's breath on her
face and it was sending tidal waves of desire coursing through her
like a raging currant. Sara had dreamed about this since she first
met Catherine. Four years of pent up desire and night sweats, and
now she's sitting only inches away from Catherine's beautiful mouth.
Just then, Catherine leaned in and softly kissed Sara on the lips.

"I have wanted to do that for four years Sara." Catherine's husky
voice whispered.

Sara leaned in and kissed Catherine passionately, moving her bracelet
cladded hand up to cup her face. The kiss lasted until Catherine
pulled away, trying to catch her breath.

"And I have wanted to do that for four years. I had no idea you felt
that way Cath."

"I wasn't sure how to deal with it Sara. How to deal with my lust
for you, seeing you day after day, wanting to reach out and touch
you, to kiss you, to smell your fragrance. I guess I figured it
would be easier to push you away than to fight those urges. But
every time I lashed out at you, insulted you, yelled at you, you
always came back."

"You could have told me to go jump off a cliff Catherine, that you
never wanted to see me again, and I would still have came back."

"Well then" Catherine said as she leaned back into Sara, taking her
face in one hand, and cupping Sara's breast with the other hand
taking all the breath out of her, "Why don't you come home with me
now and let me show you what else I have been wanting to do for four
years."

Breathless, Sara whispered, "I would love to."

SARA'S UNFORGETTABLE BIRTHDAY PART 2

The drive to Catherine's was quiet as each thought about the events
that transpired only moments ago. The tension that plagued them was
gone. There was newness to the air between them. Sara stared at her
bracelet, and when traffic allowed, Catherine stole glimpses of
Sara. As Catherine turned the car off in her driveway, she noticed a
single tear drop from Sara's eye.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Catherine asked as she reached out to catch the
lone tear.

"Nothing, really. I just never in a million years thought I would be
here with you like this."

"I want to make it up to you for the way I've treated you Sara. I
want to kiss away every mean thing I ever did to you."

Catherine leaned over and kissed the spot on Sara's cheek where the
tear used to be. She got out of the car and went around to Sara's
side and opened the door for her. As Sara turned to get out of the
car, Catherine positioned herself between Sara's legs, and wrapped
her arms around her and pulled her into her. She stood there,
searching Sara's now bare soul before giving her a quick kiss. As
she pulled away, she grabbed Sara's hand and led her into the house.

Sara had never been to Catherine's house before, but had imagined
what it would look like. Just as her mind's eye envisioned, her
house was very neat. Everything was in its place. There were potted
plants sitting on the window sill and beautiful abstract art hanging
on the walls.

"Make yourself at home Sara. I'll be right back."

Sara scanned the art and walked over to one that caught her eye. It
appeared to be two people intertwined. Sara was still looking at it
when she felt a warm body come up behind her and wrap her arms around
her. Sara leaned her head back onto Catherine's shoulder and nestled
her nose in the base of Catherine's neck. The sensation of Sara's
breath on her neck assured Catherine that this was right. Catherine
kissed Sara softly on the forehead and held her tight.

"I never imagined you would feel so good Sara." Catherine whispered.

"You feel just like I dreamed you would Cath."

Catherine took Sara's hand and led her up the stairs. "Let's go. I
have something for you upstairs."

Sara followed Catherine up the stairs and into the master bedroom.
The bedroom was beautifully decorated. A large cherry sleigh bed was
in the middle with two cherry bedside tables. The bedspread was
green silk. Sara breathed deeply the smell of the woman she had been
longing for for so long. Catherine pulled her to the master bath,
where a hot bubble bath was awaiting them. Lighting the candles
layered in the bathroom, Catherine turned out the lights and took
Sara in her arms.

"You look so beautiful in the candlelight Sara." Catherine
whispered. "You look so angelic."

Sara opened her mouth to speak, but Catherine quickly covered it with
her own. Holding Sara's head in both of her hands, Catherine kissed
her lips, gently at first. Sara wrapped her arms around Catherine
and pulled her in close. Catherine licked Sara's lips, tasting and
feeling them earnestly before seeking permission to enter her mouth.
Sara opened her mouth to meet Catherine's tongue. The kiss became
ever so passionate as their tongues took full control of them both.
A moan escaped Sara's throat as Catherine's hand reached up under the
bottom of her shirt. Her hand lingered on the small of Sara's back,
drawing slight circles on her skin.

Just as quickly as the kiss started it ended. Catherine took a step
back to absorb the beauty that was Sara. "I want to wash your hair,
Sara. I want to wash all the pain away that I've cause you. I want
to feel your skin, take in your scent. I want to learn what makes
you moan." With that, Catherine's hands moved to undo the buttons on
Sara's shirt, unbuttoning them slowly. Sara was weak in the knees as
Catherine took in each new patch of freshly exposed skin. Once the
last button was undone, Catherine moved her hands to Sara's
shoulders, pushing the shirt over them, letting it fall to the
floor. Next, she slid the straps of Sara's bra over her shoulders
and leaned in and gently sucked on the skin at the base of her neck,
slowly working her way over each shoulder. Sara's breathing was
ragged and shallow, every nerve in her body exploding.

SARA'S UNFORGETTABLE BIRTHDAY PART 3

Sara turned to face Catherine, picking up her legs and pulling her
towards her wrapping Catherine's legs around her torso. Her hot
center was pressing against Sara's stomach and Sara could feel her
engorgement pressing against her belly button. Sara picked up the
cup Catherine used to wash her hair and proceeded to pour water all
down Catherine's naked front. Soaking her hair, Sara washed
Catherine's hair, just as hers had been done earlier. Careful not to
get soap in her eyes, Sara wiped the foam from Catherine's face.
Sara leaned in and kissed Catherine between her perky beautiful
breasts. Catherine's hands came up into Sara's hair, pulling her
head deeper into her bosom. Lathering up the sponge, Sara covered
Catherine's body inch by inch, following the sponge with her other
hand, feeling the skin goosebump. Sara washed Catherine's breasts,
and then blew on them slightly, creating enough of a cool breeze to
make her nipples all the more erect. Taking one of them in her mouth
and rubbing the other between her fingers, Sara's free hand dipped
below the water where she found Catherine ready and waiting. Gently
rubbing, Sara brought Catherine's already full clit even fuller
between her fingers. Ever so softly, Sara's fingers entered
Catherine and raised her up on her lap. Catherine was now riding
Sara's fingers, harder and faster. Sara began to suck on the base of
Catherine's neck, nipping it slightly. Catherine's breathing was
almost none existent as she came to her own orgasm, clenching tightly
onto Sara while riding the wave of sheer pleasure Sara just bestowed
upon her. Sara removed her fingers and took Catherine's face in her
hand. Bringing her head down to her own, Sara kissed her
passionately, and then broke free to nuzzle her head into the
beautiful strawberry blonde's chest. Once Catherine was able to
speak, she lifted Sara's head so her eyes met her own.

"Sara. You are an amazing woman. Nobody has ever made me feel the
way you make me feel. Please come to bed with me. Stay the night.
I want to wake up in your arms and you in mine. Please?" Catherine
begged.

"I would love to stay Cath. Thank you for a birthday I will never
forget. You made my day."

With that, Catherine and Sara climbed out of the tub, each drying the
other off. Catherine led Sara into her bed. They curled up together
and went to sleep. A perfect fit they were, and it was each one's
goal to have many more nights like this one.

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