You Were Meant For Me

Summary: Warrick's marriage is over and Catherine finds him at a bar trying to drown his sorrows. [CW a.k.a. Yobling

Note: I don't own CSI or it's characters, cause if I did Catherine and Warrick would be together by now and married.

With a sigh Catherine stepped out of her car. It was an hour before sunrise, her shift was over and she really needed a drink. 'Just one or two,' she told herself as she walked into the bar. She was about to order a drink when she noticed someone in the corner of her eye. She turned to the side and could see Warrick sitting on a stool a few feet away.

'What the hell is he doing here?' She wondered, and remembered that he hadn't shown up at work earlier. She made her way to him and could tell by the multiple bottles of beer around him that he was probably drunk or at least tipsy.

He had his head in his hands as he leaned on the bar, and was mumbling something to himself.

"Warrick," She called out to him then touched his shoulder to get his attention.

Warrick slowly looked up to found Catherine looking back at him.

"Cath!" He said with a smile, but there was sadness in his voice. "What … are you doing here?" He wasn't yet slurring his words but seemed as if he was one drink away from getting there.

"I could ask you the same thing. Grissom said that you weren't feeling well."

He could hear the question in her voice and knew that she was waiting for an explanation.

"I just didn't think I could handle going to work today." He reached for his half finished beer.

"And why's that?" Catherine pulled the bottle from his grasp.

"Because…" Warrick made a gesture with his hands but made no move to continue.

"Why are you here?"

"Can't you tell? I'm here to celebrate the end of my miserable marriage." A bitter chuckle left his lips.

Catherine looked at him with a sympathetic expression on her face. He wasn't celebrating; he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

"What's with the sad face, this is great news. I'm finally free of that evil cheating witch. Who needs her! And you know what? I hope her and that other man's baby she's got growing inside of her have a good life; cause I don't give a damn about her anymore!" He yelled then slammed his fist against the bar in front of him.

It took a minute for what he said to finally sink in; and after that Catherine only felt sadness and rage. Sadness for her friend and what he was going through, and rage for Tina and what she had done to him.

Warrick tried to signal the bartender to give him another beer, but Catherine quickly stopped him.

"I know you must be feeling a lot of pain but drinking yourself into oblivion isn't going to help."

"You never know it just might." He said in a defeated voice.

Catherine simply shook her head as she put the bottle down and grabbed Warrick's arm to make him get up.

"Come on, I think it's about time you got some rest."

"Fine," Warrick replied, and pulled out some money to pay for his drinks. He then placed his arm around Catherine's shoulders to help stay balanced, or at least that's what he told himself.

Gradually they made their way to Catherine's car. Once inside the vehicle she paused before moving out of her parking space, unsure where she was suppose to take him.

"So …" She started to say but was interrupted by Warrick who knew what she was going to ask.

"Tina's probably still at our place, and even if she isn't I don't think I could go back to that place anytime soon. Just drop me off at the nearest hotel or something." His eyes were closed as he spoke.

"You … um could stay at my place for a while, until you figure out what to do." Even as she said this she could hear a small part of her screaming that this was a bad idea.

"You sure about that?" He opened his eyes to look at her.

"Yeah, besides Lindsey's away at camp for the summer, so she won't be back for another week." She hoped that her voice sounded calm, as she tried to hide the anxiety she felt inside.

"Ok," Warrick replied. He suddenly felt somber for a moment as he thought about the woman sitting beside him. Things had changed so much between them ever since his marriage and he wondered if things could ever go back to the way they were. However at the same time he didn't want them to. He didn't want to be just her friend again, he wanted more.

TBC