Stand by me - the end

So darling, darling, stand by me,
oh, stand by me oh, stand,
stand by me stand by me

Gil Grissom was anxious. Today was a day when Catherine had to come back in the lab. He was absolutely stressed with the feelings for her. He had been practicing his speech for long two weeks when he didn’t see her. He waited for the day when she will find out about his feelings for her. Today was his D-day. Although everyone thought that he had lived almost all time in the lab, it wasn’t true. He came a bit sooner into work. He was clothed in his best monkey suite. He needed to be perfect for Catherine.

Man without emotions was walking around his office and looking at the free spot where had been foetal pig sometimes ago. The foetal pig which was in her office now. He often peeked out of his office if he could catch a image of her or only hear her. Suddenly his wish became true and he heard her. He heard her angelic voice in the hallway which was directly next to his office. He waited for few minutes that she will show any moment in his office but nothing happened. He could hear still hear in the hallway so he went looking for her.

He went straight into the course of the conversation. How he had been coming nearer the destination of Catherine, he could hear very unpleasant words which were being said by Warrick.

“Catherine, is it true what I just heard? Do you really quit job here and you’re immediately transferred in Miami?”

“Yeah, War, everything, what you heard, is true. I am leaving Las Vegas,” Grissom heard her answer.
He suddenly froze on the spot. He needed to draw a deep breath. He needed to find all his strength. When he came around the corner which isolated him from Catherine, he saw his worst nightmare. He saw ‘his Catherine’ in the arms of another man. He had wrapped both arms around her waist how he was standing behind her. He had been looking at tall, lean red head man who was clothed in a silk suit.

Grissom came in the peripheral view of Catherine and a stranger.

“Hi, Grissom.”

“Hi, Cath,” he said softly with sadness in his voice.

“So you heard it too, didn’t you?”

“Yeah, I just heard Rick’s words,” he said and absolutely forgot people around her when he asked.

“Can you, please, tell me why? Why are you leaving, Cath?”

“No, it’s not your business,” she answered sharply.

“No, it’s my business. I’ve got right to know why you are leaving Las Vegas, lab and ….,” he suddenly shut up.

“And what, Grissom? Why are you asking me these things?”

“And me,” said Grissom.

“Why do you think about yourself in the first place, Gil?” she shouted at him.

“BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, CATHERINE WILLOWS. THAT’S WHY I’M ASKING YOU THESE QUESTIONS,” yelled Grissom out.

“Fantastic, great Gil Grissom find his gut but I must tell you that you figured it out too late. Yeah, I admit I loved you. Yes, I am talking in the past cause I found a man who loves me and my daughter with all his heart. And what’s more, he doesn’t judge me. By the way, I love him too. We‘re getting married.”

With these words she turned in the arms of her fiance and kissed him. After that they walked out of the lab.

Gil Grissom watched how love of his life is walking away from him and he hadn’t any power to stop it.



I could hardly believe it
When I heard the news today
I had to come and get it straight from you
They said you were leavin'
Someone's swept your heart away
From the look upon your face, I see it's true
So tell me all about it, tell me 'bout the
plans you're makin'
Then tell me one thing more before I go

Tell me how am I suppose to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How am I suppose to live without you
How am I suppose to carry on
When all that I've been livin' for is gone
I didn't come here for cryin'
Didn't come here to break down
It's just a dream of mine is coming to an end
And how can I blame you
When I build my world around
The hope that one day we'd be so much
more than friends
And I don't wanna know the price I'm
gonna pay for dreaming
When even now it's more than I can take

Tell me how am I suppose to live without you
Now that I've been lovin' you so long
How am I suppose to live without you
How am I suppose to carry on
When all that I've been livin' for is gone
And I don't wanna face the price I'm
gonna pay for dreaming
Now that your dream has come true