Part 12

I woke up, feeling a weight resting against my side; I opened my eyes but quickly closed them when I was blinded by the harsh daylight. One thing was for sure I wasn't in my own bed. I opened my eyes again shielding them with my hand this time. I gaze through my eyelashes at the woman besides me; the sun playing with her strawberry blonde hair. I smile as I thought about the earlier events.

It all seemed so easy; I told her that I need her and that I love her thinking that she was unconscious. And now the tables had turned, even though the events that it had happened to where devastating and could have turned out really wrong but at this moment I was almost tempted to say that I was glad that the crime scene turned out so the way it had.

Catherine stirred and woke up, immediately bringing her hand up to her eyes covering them to block out the harsh sunlight. She immediately got up from my shoulder and leaned back in the pillow. "I'm sorry, I fell asleep."

"Don't worry about it sweetie, I just woke up a couple of minutes ago myself. Besides I could get used to waking up with you leaning against me." I smiled at Catherine; "I wanted to ask you something?"

"Okay, tell me what do you want to ask me?" Catherine asked as her hand held onto the hem of my blouse.

"I would like to take you on a date with me, when this is all over." I looked at Catherine, watching her reaction intensely. Her eyes sparkled; a smile played on her lips as she reached up and kissed me. "Catherine, will you go on a date with me?"

"Yes, sweetie I will go on a date with you." The moment she said yes my mind went blank. I had been waiting for this moment for so long. My brain which usually worked in overdrive wasn't even able to form a whole sentence. I just stared at her, my face in a goofy grin. Catherine smiled at me and reached her hand up; she placed her hand on my cheek. "I would love to go out with you on a date." Catherine repeated the words waiting till my mind registered what she was saying. It took me a minute but it felt like a lifetime before I was able to react.

"Good, I would love to take you on a date." At that moment the door swings open and Warrick looks around the corner for a second he isn't sure what to do. React on what he sees or act as if nothing out of the normal is going on.

"Hi Catherine and Sara," he said with a smirk. "How are you both?"

"Good." We both mumbled in unison, trying everything to avoid seeing the smirk on Warrick's face.

"You both look better as well, I am glad that you are both feeling fine." Warrick says as he gives Catherine a peck on her cheek. I get off the bed and take a seat in the window sill, across from the bed. He's sitting on Catherine's other side. I stay quite just looking at the interaction between them. I know that they are good friends and he will probably ask what that was all about the second I leave the room. But still I am craving for a cup of coffee.

"I am going to go and see if I can get a cup of coffee somewhere. I'll be right back." I announce before I get up and leave the room. I stroll down the hallways and finally reach a small waiting area with a coffee machine. I sit down with a mug of steaming hot coffee thinking about these past few days and how much can change in just a couple of hours. I can't help but also think about the possibility of this being real … or if it's just one big mistake.