Title: Temperance
By: lewis771750
Pairing: Cath/Sara
Challenge: Virtues
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Not mine, Jerry and the people at CBS would never be quite this twisted:) But it is all just for fun, honest.
Spoilers: none
Words: 400
AN: Brace yourself for some really fluffy stuff

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How will I restrain myself? I want to skip down the corridors. I feel the need to sing happy songs at the top of my voice. I'm sure I won't be able to stop a big goofy grin spreading over my face whenever Catherine is near me.

I coped with her keeping her distance from me. That was easy, I’m used to being alone. But yesterday she took me out for a drink after work. It was to comfort me after I found out about Hank, but it turned into so much more.

Catherine asked me why I'd been wasting my time with Hank, and being quite drunk I told her the person I really loved wouldn't look at me.

Of course she thought I meant Grissom, how wrong could she be? She started probing a bit more, questioning me about Gil and why I carried a torch for him until I got a fit of the giggles. To cut a long story short she realised it wasn't Grissom, and jumped around the other men in the lab. She got more confused as I laughed harder at each increasingly desperate suggestion. Finally, she ran out of men to suggest and she suddenly flushed as she realised that she was the only one left.

I knew she'd worked it out, but I was stunned by her next action. I actually thought she might run. That's why I'd never told her before. Why I waited until I was good and drunk and feeling vulnerable and like we’d just shared something. What she actually did was take my face firmly between her hands and stare into my eyes. I'm not sure what she saw, but it must have been what she wanted, because the next thing was, she swooped forwards, kissing me deep and hard just like I had always fantasised that she might.

So now, to quote a song, 'I'm on the top of the world' and the explanation is the right one too. Catherine loves me, she knows I love her, and we're going on our first proper date tonight.

I must remember to show some self-control. If I smile all day, if I skip down the corridors and sing, everyone will either think I'm drunk or will try to guess my secret. I am drunk, intoxicated on Catherine's love, but I'm not ready to share that yet, except with her.

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