Gil walked into Catherine's office as she was finishing up with a phone call.

"Yes" Catherine screamed into the phone " No, I mean you can't keep calling me at work. It doesn't matter Chris.. I have to go"

Catherine sighed and slammed down the phone.

"That son of a bitch" she snapped as Gil sat down.

"You okay?" He asked tilting his head forward and raising an eyebrow " You seem stressed?"

Catherine slammed down the pen she was reading " No, it's fine"

"Really because you were screaming into the receiver of your phone and I am pretty sure everyone in the lab heard you and maybe even some people leaving the parking lot." he chuckled

" you're not funny" Catherine glared at him " Did you want something specific, I have just as much work as the next supervisor."

Gil made a face "okay well, I was just checking in to see if you were still coming over to my place for breakfast"

Catherine paused for a moment indicating she had forgotten " Oh, I.. Gil I can't, I've got..something has come up and I can't make it, can we reschedule?"

Gil sat forward in his chair " Something came up? We have been rescheduling for weeks and you picked this date"

"I know , I know I just have something to take care of with Chr-" she paused " Just some stuff that's all"

"With who" he looked hurt

"No one, it's just business"

"Business? Business with Lindsey, business with Warrick or is it business with Chris?"

"Gil, calm down, it's not a big deal, it's not like it was a date or something"

Gil didn't reply

"Gil?"

again silence

"Oh god Gil, I didn't know you that.. I never realized that you.. that you thought of me like that, I'm sorry it's just that I-"

Gil cut her off "Are you getting back together with him?"

"What?" she replied " What are you talking about?"

"Chris!" he snapped " Are you getting back together with him. Is that why you're blowing me off?" he yelled rising from his chair

"Gil clam down please" she tried " I never said I -"

"He cheated on you, he hurt you" Gil screamed " He cheated on you, you saw it for yourself, I don't get it You will date every guy in the world that will treat you like dirt instead of going for the guy that will treat you right"

Catherine opened her mouth to speak but Gil was on a roll.

"Why do you do this to yourself? You think he won't do it again, you think that he is going to prince charming from here on out? You should know by now that you always get burned"

Catherine stood up "How dare you talk to me like that, what give's you the right to-"

Again she was cut off by Gil

"Save it? I don't know how much of this rejection I can take, I waited for twenty years to tell you how I fell, I never imagined it would be like this, I never imagined that you would go back like this..'never doubt, never look back, or something like that, isn't that how you live your life? Or maybe you like the rejection"

"Stop yelling at me!" she screamed back " STOP IT! I never aid I was getting back with Chris, he keeps calling me, he wants me back, not the other way around. As for breakfast tomorrow I wasn't blowing you off to go see him, You're birthday was coming and I had this butterfly, collection thing on order and it was the only time I had to pick it up so it would be here for your birthday! I'm sorry that you're my best friend and I wanted to get you something nice, I'm sorry I'm such and evil person."

Gil was stunned, he had just went off like a gun at her " Cath I" he lowered his tone " I'm-" but it was her turn to cut him off

"I can't believe you would say something like that to me I like the rejection, Wow you have hit an all time low, Get out of my office" she screamed

"Cath I" Gil tried again, but it was her turn to go off

"I can't believe I thought I was getting close to you, I can't believe I considered the fact that I was in love with you."

Gil's heart stopped 'did she just say..oh god she did' he thought to himself " You love me" he whispered just loud enough for her to hear after she stopped screaming

"NO!" she raised her voice again " I HATE YOU! NOW OUT!"

Gil walked around to the side of her desk " I'm sorry, I didn't know I just assumed" he reached out to touch her.

"Wasn't it you that said you shouldn't assume?" She pulled away " Don't touch me just get out" she screamed trying to hold back the tears.

Gil did not move

"FINE, I'LL GO" She snapped and stormed past him

Catherine reached the parking lot when she realized she had no keys, in fact she had no ride, It was Warrick who had brought her to work because her vehicle was at the mechanics

"DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU GIL GRISSOM!" she wiped her face as she looked around her. It would be stupid to go back in there and ask him for a ride. she could walk, let off some steam.

"Love him" she whispered to herself " WOW, oh great now your talking to yourself" she whispered

Catherine got four streets away when the thunder crashed and it began to rain.

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Gil jumped into his denali and drove towards Catherine's home

"What were you thinking Gil, your such an idiot, a big jealous idiot"

Gil pulled up in front of her home and ran through the rain to the door.

"Catherine!" he yelled as he rang the door bell repeatedly " Catherine, please we need to talk, I'm sorry"

When she didn't answer the door " he walked back to his vehicle with his head down low drenched from head to toe.

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Catherine reached her front lawn and raced to her front door when it hit her again, no car keys meant no house keys

"AHHHH" she screamed in frustration.

Catherine plunked down on her front step, seconds later she was on her feet again, this time she was leaving her home and it was still raining.