Ok the usual…I do not and never will own CSI or the characters (as much as I would like to I can't)

I'm Back

Chapter 1

Do you think she sees me? She never sees me. She didn't see me in San Francisco and she doesn't see that I followed her to Las Vegas. She thought she got rid of me when she left. She threw my flowers away. She threw away every gift I sent her like they didn't mean a thing. But I know deep down she loves me and someday I will show her just how much I love her. It will have to be something big or else she won't notice me. Maybe I will send her some flowers just to let her know I am thinking about her.

"Hey Sara, they have a delivery for you at the front desk."

"Hey Grego what kind of delivery?"

"Looks like a flower box." At the look on her face Greg got worried. "Sara, what's the matter?"

"Greg, can you ask Grissom to come to the front desk please?"

"What's up?"

"Just please do as I ask."

She slowly walked to the front desk and saw the box lying on the counter. The receptionist looked at her with a smile. "I see Greg passed the message along. Looks like someone has a secret admirer. Who is he Sara?" She finally noticed the dazed look on Sara's face and got serious. "Are you ok Honey? Sit down before you pass out. You are white as a sheet."

Unfortunately for Sara, Catherine chose that moment to come through the front door and she saw the distraught look on Sara's face. She rushed over and helped her sit down. "Marjorie, call the paramedics. Sara what's the matter?" She sat with her arm around Sara and pulled her into her arms.

"No, no medics. Don't need medics. Just need to sit down." They all looked up when Gil came running down the hallway.

"Greg said you got some flowers." Sara just pointed to the counter. "Are they from the same guy?"

"I don't know, I didn't look."

Catherine looked between the two of them. "Gil what's going on?"

Gil brought the box over to where they were all sitting and slowly removed the ribbon from the box. He opened the box and inside was a dozen of the most beautiful light pink roses they had ever seen.

"Well, if you're going to have a stalker, at least mine has good taste. Yes, they are from the same guy. At lease they are the same kind of flowers. Where's the card?" She reached in and pulled out the card. It was the same flowing script that she had come to fear in California.

I've been missing you.

Did you think you could hide from me? You can't.

I'm back.

All My Love T

"Yeah, it's the same guy." She turned to Catherine. "I had a stalker in California that was part of the reason I moved here. They never caught him. He made my life a living hell. He sent gifts to my work, I found things on my car. I would get phone calls at all hours of the day and night. I thought once I moved here that he would leave me alone. It's been a year and I thought he was gone from my life, I guess not. Throw those away!"

"Not until we process them."

"Catherine, you won't find anything on them. He's very careful."

She pulled her to her again, "Well sweetie we are going to process them anyway."

Sara didn't try to pull away from the blonde. Secretly she liked her holding her like this. If this is what it takes to get this close to Catherine then maybe it's not all bad. Since the first day I stuck my head in the lab I couldn't get her out of my mind.

"Do you want to stay at my place for awhile? Maybe he won't find you there." The invitation just popped into her head, 'I seriously need to engage my brain before I engage my mouth' thought Catherine. Hey, I know its low but if this is what it takes to get close to Sara then I will use it to my advantage. I've been trying to find reasons to spend time with her since the first day she stuck her head in asking 'Do you know where I can find Catherine Willows?' Maybe she will see me for me for a change instead of just a coworker. "You and Lindsey get along good so there wouldn't be a problem there."

"Maybe it would make sense for you to stay there until we catch this guy." Gil turned to Sara. "I think you should take her up on it."

"I will just go stay at a hotel."

"Now what good would that do? You'll be just as vulnerable there as you would be at your own home. You'll come and stay with Lindsey and I and that's it. We can run by your place after work and pick up some clothes. I'll call Lindsey and let her know. She'll be so happy."

Gil took the flowers to the lab.

"I can't put you and Lindsey at risk. I won't take that chance with people I care about" She said it with more emotion than Catherine had ever seen her use in the year they had worked together. So she cares, I wonder just how much? This could be interesting.

Sara decided it was time to put some distance between her and Catherine. "Let's go to the lab and see if we can find something to catch this bastard." Catherine stood up and hooked her arms with Sara's and they headed to the lab. What was Catherine up to? She's never once been this friendly with me. Sara knew that now she had to wait for the next "gift". That was the hardest part, the waiting. There were times when he would send 3 or 4 things on the same day and other times he went weeks between "gifts". The gifts ranged from beautiful flowers to dead flowers. Oh well, at least I have friends who will be there to help me through it this time

"So Sara, do you want to talk about this guy?" They were in the lab trying to see if they could find just the smallest thing on the flowers.

"Cat, there isn't much more than I already said. He's your typical stalker. Sending me things and calling me. Sometimes we would find things at a crime scene addressed to me."

"How did he know which one you would be at?"

"We could never figure that one out. I think he followed me there and was able to slip in and out of the crime scene without being seen.

"Maybe he's a cop or dresses like one and slips into the scene."

"Oh that makes me feel good. To think he blends in with people I trust."

"Hey babe, that's why we never enter a crime scene alone. We learned the hard way from Holly. Now we will make sure you are never alone even with a cop. I need to talk to Gil about that possibility."

"Cat? Why all of the sudden are you being so nice to me?"

That stopped Catherine in her tracks. "Can I get back to you on that?" She bolted out of the lab and headed for her office. When Catherine got to her office she shut the door and started pacing. "Shit shit shit, I almost gave myself away. I can't let her know how I feel about her because it would scare her away in a heartbeat." She walked behind her desk sat down and opened her desk drawer. After sorting through the papers she found what she was looking for. It was a picture of Sara at one of the breakfasts after shift. Catherine had brought her camera and took pictures of everyone. When she had gotten them processed and was going through them this one jumped out at her. It was Sara laughing at something one of the guys had said. It was a full blown laugh, which is something Sara doesn't do very often. The gap between her teeth in full view and it makes me love her even more than I already do.

Whoa back up and regroup, where did that come from? Do I really love her? I guess as long as I am having this conversation with myself I might as well be honest. I do love her and if anything happened to her it would leave a big hole in my life. I miss her when I go home in the morning and all I want to do is call her and just talk to her. Boy, I've got it bad. Big question now is what do I want to do about it?