Don't close your eyes

Author: Nepeace aka Angelique

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Part: Three, part one is 'Only time could tell', part two is 'Sweet Salvation' and this is part three.

Summary: What happens next in Sara's and Catherine's life?

Rating: R (NC-17 parts can be accessed at my website http: F/F love (femmeslash) and this is the sequel to 'Only time could tell' and 'Sweet Salvation'.

Spoilers: none

Distribution: Just ask, send me an email

Part two has ended about two weeks before I wrote this disclaimer. I loved writing it and once again I want to thank everyone for the lovely and supportive reviews. Thanks, you guys for staying with me. This is the third part in the 'Sweet Salvation series'.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters except for Ryan, Janice and Marc. CBS owns the characters of CSI. I don't intend to harm anyone with this story and I would like to add that I have a great appreciation for Jorja Fox and Marg Helgenberger they are both great actresses.

The idea for this story and the other two is copyrighted by me, Nepeace.

Short summary: To refresh your memory

Sweet Salvation Series

Only time could tell

Part 1

Sara and Catherine work together on a case involving one survivor of a brutally killed family. The only survivor is a little three year old boy. The perp is afraid that the boy, Ryan, might be able to identify him and he wants to finish what he started problem is that he can't find Ryan. And that is why he takes Sara away from them because she will be able to tell him where Ryan is. Sara refuses to give up the little boys hiding place and gets brutally beaten and injured by the perp. Eventually the perp gives up and releases Sara, due to her injuries Catherine offers to take her in and take care of her. They get to know each other, better then they did in the years before. And they fell in love resulting a relationship, and Sara never goes back to her old apartment.

Sweet Salvation

Part 2

Catherine and Sara are living together as a couple, they are happier then they ever could have been. Sara is finally able to give into her love and sells her old apartment (that she was still holding onto). Due to their relationship a lot of things change, not only in their personal lives but also in her characters. Sara is more open about her personal life and has a real personal life. She's not the workaholic that she used to be, and loves to spend her time with her new family. Along the way you find out a lot of details from her past which explain why she became that closed up person in the first place.

Don't close your eyes

Dreaming away

Chapter 1

The sound of the waves breaking on the shore was all I could hear along with the call of a lonely bird. The sun shone warm on my skin, while a soft breeze cooled my skin.

I watched the sunset while I had my arms wrapped around Catherine's small frame. The warm wind blew her hair into my face and I could smell the scent that was distinctively hers. The sand under my bare feet was still warm from the sun that shone on it all day long. We had been walking through this marvellous city all day and decided to watch the sunset on the beach.

"Since I met you nothing is the same anymore. Everything changed, even the smallest things."

"Yes I know, nothing will ever be the way it used to be…" Catherine said while she turned around in my arms and rested her head against my shoulder. "But I love it… it's better then I ever imagined."

"Me too..." Catherine smiled, that beautiful and blinding smile. That smile that still gives me butterflies whenever I see it. "I don't ever want to go back to the person that I was."

"Well I don't want you to go back there either." Catherine reached up and softly touched my cheek, before she kissed me tenderly.

We stroll down the boulevard hand in hand, until we reach the harbour. Looking out over the sea I know that this is what I wanted all along. This is what I craved for all these years.

I open the hotel room door and let Catherine pass me on her way in. I look at my beautiful wife and can only think about how happy I am. Catherine knows that I am watching her and she sends me a seductive smile. I smile back, she knows that I can't deny her when she smiles like that at me. I close the door behind me as I follow Catherine into our room.

We had been walking through the city all day, and we where both exhausted. I knew that Catherine loved this vacation, but also that she was ready to go back home. She missed Lindsey and they had only talked on the phone for a couple of minutes every day. I smiled at the thought, Catherine had already made me promise that the next vacation we took would be a family vacation.

Tomorrow we would go back to Vegas, back to our normal life, but this time as a married couple. I fell asleep looking at Catherine, my goddess, lying next to me, her chest moving slowly to the rhythm of her breathing.

The phone rang, and we woke up. Catherine picked up the phone and I could hear the voice on the other side of the line telling us that it was time to get up. I smiled at Catherine and gave her a kiss before I went into the bathroom. When I came back from the bathroom Catherine was already packing her suitcase.

"Shower is clear." I said to Catherine before I picked up my suitcase and rearranged my clothes. I added the clothes that were still in the closet. Catherine left the room and went into the bathroom, ten minutes later she emerged from the bath room with her beauty case in her hands. "Are you almost ready?"

"Yep almost, just a couple of things in the bath room." I answered, while I closed my suitcase.

"No need to worry about that, I already packed your things into my beauty case." Catherine sat the beauty case down on the bed next to her suitcase. "The taxi will be here in an hour, we still have time to go to the restaurant to eat something."

"Sounds like a plan, let's go." I replied with a grin.

I was glad when the plane finally landed at McCarran airport. "Solid ground under my feet at long last." I joked while I released the seat belt. Catherine laughed; "It's just another excuse to hold my hand."

"Babe, you know me too well." I reach my arm behind Catherine's back and hug her quickly before we stand up and leave the plane. Minutes later we're waiting for our suitcases to arrive. Catherine is moving from one place to another anxious to see Lindsey. I'm tempted to tell her to go and see Lindsey, but I know that she will wait until we can go together. That's just the way that Catherine is, one of those small reasons why I love her.

We walk through the hallway when we hear someone bang on the glass walls, Catherine turns and sees Lindsey slamming her fist against the wall before she waves frantically when she notices that she has Catherine's attention. Catherine waves back with a big smile on her face.

"Cath, give me your suitcase, I'll be there before you know it." Catherine looks at me with this look in her eyes asking me whether it's really okay. "Really! Go!" I say to reassure her. She whispers a quick thank you and walks off through the hall towards Lindsey and Jenn. I watch Catherine as she leaves. I make my way with the suitcases and reunite with my family ten minutes later.

"Sara!" Lindsey exclaims when she spots me, I had barely enough time to put the suitcases on the ground before I am hit by a lil' blonde tornado.

"Hey sweetie!" I hug Lindsey, as she wraps her arms around me. "I missed you."

Lindsey starts laughing "Yeah right!" Lindsey exploded into a fit of giggles until she was almost unable to breath. "Yeah right," she starts again after a few minutes. "You and mom are in Europe at a Hotel together, just the two of you as a newly wed couple. And still you say that you missed me."

"Lindsey!" Catherine reprimanded her daughter without much luck as she started laughing herself. Apparently Lindsey was on a roll and had been joking ever since she saw her mom.

"Well we seriously missed you Lindsey, we are so used to having you around that we really missed your sense of humour." Catherine laughed at that comment. I hugged Jenn, "Hi Jenn, how are you?"

"I'm fine, how was the honeymoon?" Jenn asked.

"The honeymoon was awesome, I loved every minute of it. We had a wonderful time."

"I am so glad that you two had a great time, and watch the kid she's on a roll." Jenn laughed and warned me. "She's growing up."