Not gonna do anything without you

By Clara

Disclaimer: They’re not mine

Info: 19^th part of 20.

Year: 2024

Archive: My site, Working Love, ShipperWorld, Catherine Willows, GraveshiftCSI, Infinitely Better

Rating: PG

Category: CGR

Author’s notes: This started as answer to a challenge over at ‘Working Love’ and some how it turned into this! Thanks to Jo for the beta! None of the fics in this series will have a summary on them. I don’t want to give it away!!! Thanks to LauraJo for her medical help with this part.

Dedication: To the wonderful Jo R. What would I do without ya? ;)

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She didn’t let go of him again until they reached the hospital and the doctors began to look Gil over. She’d wanted to stay with him even then, but the doctors had thought it best for her to wait outside.

The idea that she could have lost him before they had had a chance to sort things out had hit her hard and now Catherine sat slumped in an uncomfortable hospital chair, waiting with Warrick and Sara for news of Gil.

Nick had been dispatched to pick up Lindsey from Catherine’s sister, so that she could see for herself that her mother was ok.

Sighing, she ran a hand through her hair and stood up, she wrapped her arms around her waist and began to pace the waiting room. It wasn’t until Lindsey arrived nearly an hour later that she began to relax holding her daughter securely in her arms.

Quietly, they settled down together to wait for Gil, as Lindsey told Catherine about school the previous day and playing with her cousin.

“Ms. Willows?”

Catherine looked up to see the Doctor who Gil had gone in with earlier, standing above her. “Oh, hi.” She stood up carefully. “How is he?”

The Doctor smiled at her and led her through the doors to where Gil was waiting for her. “He’ll be fine, the bullet didn’t do any major damage and the wound track was clear. I want to keep him over night for observation, but he should be allowed home tomorrow.”

But she wasn’t really listening to him anymore as she spotted Gil sitting up in one of the beds, grinning at her. Smiling back, she made her way over and sat down next to him. “Hey.”

“Hey. Is everyone outside?”

Catherine nodded, “Warrick and Sara have been waiting with me, Nick went to get Lindsey, so they’re all out there now. She wanted to make sure we were both ok.”

Gil nodded and grabbed hold of Catherine’s hand. “We didn’t get to finish our conversation.”

“No we didn’t, the cavalry arrived.” She looked down at their joined hands before looking back up at him. “I don’t want to risk loosing you again Gil.”

“You won’t Cath, I’m not ready to go anywhere just yet.”  He leaned back into the pillows and yawned.

“You should get some sleep, the Doctors are probably going to make me leave soon anyway.” She leaned forward and kissed him for the first time in over a year, before drawing back and smiling at him. “You’re coming home with me tomorrow, right?”

“No where else I’d rather be.”

~I'm gonna hold somebody, I'm gonna look, In someone's eyes, Till I'm so overcome that I cry~

Not gonna do anything without you- Jamie O’Neal and Mark Wills