It was early morning and the sun was shinning though the window of the townhouse. Gil Grissom sat on his sofa staring at his Sara's engagement ring sitting on the table in front of him. It'd been a year since she'd left him to go and banish her demons. One year since he'd received his "dear john" letter from her. One year since she was kidnapped by Natalie Davis. Sitting there staring off into the distance Gil thought about the past year, when suddenly he was jarred out of his trance by a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey are you alright?" slowly he turned his head and looked up at the woman he had loved since he first laid eyes on her. The woman he'd married only a short time ago. A woman the angles had named Sara Sidle.
"I am now that you're home" he smiled at her and reached for her ring off the table. "Forget something?" a playful tone entering his voice while he held the ring up for her to see.
"No. I just don't like to wear it while I'm at work." She paused, before continuing to defend herself. "I'm afraid I'll lose it or it'll end up smelling like decomp." Satisfied with her explanation Gil handed the ring back to Sara who immediately put it back on her finger where it belonged before placing a kiss on his cheek.
Just as the two were getting cozy on the couch the phone begin to ring forcing them to stop what they were doing. "If that's Eklie, remind him I have the day off and so do you." Gil called to his wife as she headed off to answer the phone.
Sara let out a small laugh and a big smile indicating that she heard him loud and clear. "Hello?" she said as she waited for a reply on the other end. Hoping that Grissom was wrong about it being Eklie. "Oh hey, how are you? We're doing fine. I'll have to check with Gil but I'm sure that'll be fine. Ok talk to you then."
"Who was that?" Grissom asked waiting until she hung up the receiver so he could be sure not to interrupt the call.
"Um it was my mother," Sara replied, looking a bit nervous. "she wants to come for a visit."
"When?"
"At the end of the month."
"Are you ok with that?" His voice now filled with concern for her.
"Yeah," she paused, not quiet sure what she felt herself. "I mean we worked a lot of things out when I was down in San Francisco last year. And we've kept in contact since I came back to Vegas.
"What about her therapy?"
"Well she's been doing well for the last few years. And…"
"According to her." Gil didn't like to just cut her off like this but sometimes he felt it was necessary. At this point he was just trying to avoid the annoyed look on Sara's face – she didn't like it when he interrupted either.
"I have no reason not to trust her about that. I'm sure she'll set up something with her therapist so that she can talk to him while she's visiting or get a referral for one here. Besides it'll only be for four days." Sara wasn't sure if she was trying to convince Grissom or herself that this would all work out in the end.
Grissom stood there silently for a few moments. He wasn't sure this was a good idea, but then again who was he to be telling her how to run her life and her relationships. Before giving her an answer he raised one eyebrow and made a 'hmm' noise then gave her a reluctant "OK."
Sara, however either didn't notice or was ignoring the reluctant tone in his voice as she bounded towards him and threw her arms around his waist and pulled him into a tight hug. Now that the matter of her mother coming to visit was settled the couple could pick up where they'd left off before the phone had rang.
