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Summary: Before and after their child was born, the Grissom's life in Vegas was going as smoothly as it could with the occasional small bumps here and there, but an incident that happens after work slowly changes things for Sara. Is she ready to leave her job and Vegas behind? What will Grissom say about it? Please read and find out. The Sequel to A Silent Obsession.

AN: There are some references to the first story so you might be confused if you hadn't read that one.

Title: As long as we are together
Genre: Romance, Family, Drama, Friendship
Rating: T
Spoilers: None
Time-line: 8 months after A Silent Obsession ended
Warnings: Implied/suggestive adult behavior
Main Parings: GSR
Minor Parings: Cath/Warrick, Greg/OC, Nick/OC, OC/OC
Other Characters: Jim Brass

As long as we are together

Chapter 1: Reassuring

Sara was looking at herself in the mirror when she sighed, it wasn't that she didn't like being pregnant, of course it wasn't a picnic all the time, she was just feeling a little self-conscious now that she was 8 months along.

Then she smiled as she felt a kick, if there was one thing that she liked about being pregnant, it was when she felt her little one kick or move, she gets out of her thoughts as she moved her hands to her stomach. "Yes sweetie, I know, we are going to see daddy now."

Since she was on maternity leave, which was something she reluctantly did but with the safety of the baby at stake she did it with a smile, it was driving her crazy having all this free time, so last night when Grissom had asked if she wanted to have lunch together, she couldn't say no, and not only because it would have gotten her out of the house for a bit, but she would be spending time with her husband, something she could never say no to.

After another kick that brought her back to the present, she removes her hands as she turns from the full length mirror in the bedroom, grabs her keys and purse from the dresser before walking out of the room, then walked out of the new townhouse they are renting.

When Grissom started walking again they looked for a new place to live and it just so happened that it had two extra bedrooms, one for their office and another for his bugs/insects. But when they found out they were having a baby, he decided to take his bugs/insects to his office at the university since they didn't have a garage.

Once Sara stepped on the UNLV campus she headed for his classroom first, knowing that class had just ended and he couldn't have had time to walk to his office, especially if he was still answering questions or explaining a problem to a couple of students who stayed behind, which wasn't uncommon.

When she was at his classroom door it was wide open, so she just walked in, but stopped in her tracks immediately when she looked over at his desk in the corner of the room and saw him and one of his young, blonde, female students. But it really wasn't him that made her stop, it was the fact that this young woman was standing just behind his shoulder, too close for her liking, and touching it while he was looking down at one of his entomology books, explaining something to her.

Sara wasn't paying attention to exactly what he was saying because her eyes were zoned on that manicured hand that was touching her husband, but before her thoughts turned to murderous, she cleared her throat and spoke as she walked up to his desk. "Babe, I'm here for our lunch date."

He looked up from his book as the young woman removed her hand, then he smiled and replied. "Sorry Honey, I was so engrossed in explaining this I didn't see you there."

She knew that once he started talking about a subject he loved it was hard to get his attention or even make him aware of what was going on around him, she was just hoping that it wasn't because of the beautiful woman he was talking to, then she shook her head at that ridiculous thought, he loved her and she knew that.

Once she stopped with that train of thought, she continued. "That's ok. If you're not done then I can wait."

The woman student looked at Sara as Sara was looking at her.

Grissom, finally noticing something in the air between them, cleared his throat before replying. "No, you don't have to wait. I can explain this another time." Sara nodded as Grissom gets up from his seat and packs up some of his stuff.

When the introductions still hadn't been made, Sara decided to introduce herself so the woman would know exactly who she was. "Hi, I'm Sara Grissom, and you are?"

She was holding out her hand to her, but only out of politeness, the female student shook Sara's hand as she replied. "Diane Patterson."

As they release hands, Grissom, who was now fully packed and ready to go, stopped next to his wife, then looked at Diane. "I'll see you tomorrow, Diane."

She smiled and replied. "Ok, Dr. Grissom." Then she looked at Sara and said. "It was nice to meet you, Mrs. Grissom."

Sara gave her a smile, which it was a little half-hearted, then replied. "You too Diane."

Diane nodded back, then after a second's pause, Grissom puts his hand on the small of Sara's back and guided her out of the classroom while Sara mentally smirked that she was the one that was leaving with him and not this Diane Patterson.

Throughout lunch it was relatively quiet, and if Grissom wasn't mistaken, a little tense too, but since he felt the discussion should be talked about in the privacy of their own home, he let it drop for now, but he couldn't help but wonder what had gotten her so tense.

When it was finally the end of the second half of his school day, Grissom packed his briefcase and headed home. Then when he got there, he opened the door and saw Sara sitting down on the couch watching a movie. He places his keys on the hook next to the door, lays his briefcase next to the recliner as he passed it and sat on the couch next to her.

As she was pausing her movie, he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek before placing his hand on her bulging stomach and feeling their son or daughter move within her.

After a few seconds, he asked. "How are you and this little one?"

She smiled and replied as she placed her hand on top of his. "I'm doing fine, but this little one of ours is a little restless, maybe you can calm him or her down."

He smiled in return before he moved his thumb in circles on her stomach and quietly talked to the baby, then after five minutes, Sara said thanks as she felt the baby settling down. Their baby had always liked the sound of their father's voice, and frankly she couldn't disagree with that because he can always calm her down just by talking about random things.

After a few more minutes with his family, he decided to go to his home office and grade papers before dinner, so after kissing her on the cheek again and grabbing his briefcase, he left the room.

A few hours later Grissom walks into the kitchen, then a few minutes after that Sara joined him and they started making dinner together, something they've enjoyed doing together since she'd gotten better at the skill.

After he stuck their homemade vegetarian pizza in the oven, closed the lid and set the time, he turned to look at her and asked. "So do you want to talk about it?"

She looked up from cutting the rest of the tomatoes for their salad and asked. "Talk about what?"

He spoke again as he walked up to her. "I felt a little tension with you during lunch."

She shook her head, then looked back down. "Oh, it was nothing."

Grissom shook his head as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "It had to be something if it got you tense."

Thinking about what she saw this afternoon came back to her mind and she tensed again, and this time not only did Grissom feel it, but so did the baby and he/she moved, causing her to release the knife in her hand and place her hands on her stomach to calm their little one down.

Grissom looks at her with concern, then said. "Honey, something is wrong, and you can tell me whatever it is. Is it something I did?" She shook her head as she looked up at him, then not meaning to, a tear came down her cheek. He still looked at her with concern as he cups her cheek and wiped her tear away, then continued after taking her hand. "Oh Honey, come on." He walks them to the dinning room table, and after helping her sit down in the chair, he kneeled down in front of her and puts his hand on her stomach as he looked up at her. "What is it?"

She wiped another set of tears away as she shook her head while she was mentally cursing the hormones for getting her so worked up, then she shook her head again and replied. "It's stupid really, I don't know why it bothered me so much."

"But it did?" When she nodded, he thinks. 'Now we are getting somewhere' then he cleared his throat and continued. "So what was bothering you?"

"Seeing your student this afternoon so close to you, it got me a little worked up."

He looked at her wide-eyed and asked. "Diane got you tensed?"

She nodded as she looked down. "See I told you it was stupid." She sighed as she continued. "It's just that she is so young and beautiful, and I'm..."

Grissom cuts her off. "Still the most beautiful woman in the world to me." She lifted her head up to look at him in the eyes, then he stood up, cupped her cheek, wiped some more tears off it, then spoke with love and compassion in his eyes and voice. "When I first saw you it took my breath away because I thought you were the most beautiful woman that I had ever seen, and it wasn't only what was on the outside, it was also on the inside. The passion and drive that you showed during the seminar then to see it when we started working together, I was in awe from your first day at the lab till my last day there." She gave him a small smile and he continued as he placed his free hand back on her stomach. "And as beautiful as you were before this little one showed up, you became even more through these last 8 months. I know right now you don't feel you're beautiful or that you think you're too fat, but you're not, you're carrying a child, our child, and that thought feels me with so much joy and pride every time I look at you, so don't even think I would be looking anywhere else."

More tears started to come down her cheeks as her body filled with so much love for the man who had gotten to the root of what she was feeling and relieved her, then she sniffled and said. "Thank you."

He shook his head as he wiped the remaining tears away. "No need to thank me, I'm just telling you the truth." Then he stepped back and helped her stand up before cupping her cheek again. "Besides, Diane Patterson has nothing on you."

She chuckled as she wrapped her arms around his neck, then as she leaned closer to him, she replied. "You got that right."

After they kissed lightly on the lips, he brings her in his arms the best that he could and whispered. "You ok, now?"

She cleared her throat and said. "Yes, I'm sorry I got a little crazy."

"You have nothing to apologize for, just know you can talk to me about anything, especially when you're feeling down, and I'll try my best to help you out. I love you Sara and I'm yours forever."

"I know and I love you too."

As they were pulling back, the buzzer on the oven goes off, so they release each other before they both go into the kitchen, and as he was taking the pizza out, she speaks again. "But in the future, when you're explaining something in a one on one setting, can you please make sure they are on the other side of your desk?"

He walks over to her, slips his arms around her from behind, lays his hands on her stomach and whispered. "Yes, dear." Then he smirked as he continued. "I'll even go across the room if it would make you feel better."

She shook her head, then smirked back. "Ha, Ha, very funny, Mr. Grissom."

He smiled as he kissed her ear. "I thought so too, Mrs. Grissom."

A warm tingle went down her spine as he said her married name and felt the kiss, then she shook her head and laughed. "Ok you, cut the pizza up so we can eat."

"You got it."

After kissing her head, he grabbed the pizza cutter out of the drawer next to her before walking back over to the pizza.

When they were finally sitting at the table for dinner, the atmosphere between them was at its best, just the way they liked it.

AN: Hope you liked the first chapter, want more? Please review.