Title: Our Family

Author: Candace

Rating: PG

Pairings: N/S

Summary: Sara and Nick's family.

Spoilers: None.

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, none of these characters belong to me, except for Elle and Harrison Stokes.

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Sara woke up to a noise that she had come to love over the past 3 years. It was the noise that was better than any alarm or any wake-up call.

As she stepped out of bed, she glanced down and saw Nick sleeping. `I'm so lucky' she thought to herself.

As she walked out of the bedroom she shared with her husband to the newly painted pink and yellow room of her daughter, Elle, the noise Sara had declared her favorite became louder.

"Good-morning honey" Sara said as she saw Elle awake in her bed.

Elle was a beautiful three-year old with curly blonde hair that framed her tiny face perfectly, and ended right below her chin. Her eyes were as blue as the sea. She was the exact opposite of her parents.

In response, Elle just happily laughed as she played with the hair on top of the head of the Barbie that Grissom had bought her for her third birthday. She never let that doll out of her sight.

Sara picked up Elle out of her toddler bed, and brought her back to her bedroom. As she sat Elle down next to her sleeping father, she heard her other favorite noise.

"Sit right here Elle, I'll be right back. And don't wake Daddy up." Before she left the room, Sara turned around and saw her daughter slowly making her way over to her father.

Right as Sara turned towards her son's room, she heard Nick yell "What the.. Elle! Good morning sweetie!"

Sara laughed to herself as she turned into her son's room. She saw Harrison playing in the middle of the floor with the blocks that Catherine and Lindsey had bought him for his third birthday.

"Hi Harrison. How long have you been awake?"

Harrison looked just like how Sara has pictured him. He had dark brown hair that was recently cut short to keep him cool during the hot summer weather. His eyes were as dark as night. He looked identical to his parents, mainly Nick.

Harrison, not knowing what to answer, just laughed playfully and held a red block up to his mother to show her what he had been doing. Sara took the block, set it down on the floor with all of the others, picked up her son, and brought him to her bedroom.

When she stepped into her room, she saw Nick and Elle playing around on the bed. Harrison tried to wiggle his way out of Sara's arms. He wanted to play too.

Harrison leaped onto the bed to join in on the game his father and twin sister were playing. There were no rules, just to tickle each other and have a good time. As Elle leaned back in laughter, she came close to hitting her head on the corner of the night-stand.

"Elle!! Be careful. I don't want to take you to the emergency room today" Sara said, as a warning to Elle, and also to Nick.

Elle just looked up at her mother, and immediately started tickling her father. Sara just laughed in amusement, as she leaned against her bedroom door frame. How a tiny three year old had so much power over grown man was beyond her.

"Oh, you think this is funny Sara? Do you really?" Nick said, as he darted out of bed towards his wife.

"No, Nick. Not at all." Sara said, in between fits of laughter.

The Stokes twins had watched what their father was doing. After they realized it wasn't anything interesting, they went back to tickling each other.

"Good morning Sara" Nick whispered, before he leaned down to give her a quick peck on the lips.

"And good morning to you Nick" Sara replied, as they broke away from each other.

Sara and Nick turned away from each other to watch their children playing with each other.

"I never thought I'd be this lucky" Sara whispered, still watching her children.

Nick turned back to face her.

"I never would have doubted it."

THE END.

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