Disclaimer: Don't own anything but my other characters.

Summary: Faith & Destiny Grissom, the daughter's of our favorite couple, are all grown up and ready for their life to begin. Life is very unpredictable and the girls are about to find out how true that is. Follow them through their life. They will go through some personal tragedy, betrayal, love and new additions. And a bittersweet ending.

Title: Faith & Destiny
Rating: T
Genre: Romance, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Tragedy
Time-line: Pre-CSI
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Character Death(s), Implied/suggestive adult behavior
Main Parings: GSR, Faith/OC's, Destiny/OC's

Chapter 1: How it Began

Flashback

18-year-old, brown-haired, brown-eyed, 5'9, Sara Sidle walked on the Boston College campus with a map in her hand. She goes to Harvard but she came here for an entomology seminar, which wasn't something that she was that into, but she loves learning, and anything to help her make her mind up on what she wanted to do after college was a good enough reason for her to go, plus she heard the teacher who teaches this particular subject was the absolute best, so if she wanted to learn this, she might as well get taught by the best. She followed the map to the classroom it was being held in and walked in the room before taking a seat in the front row and getting her notebook open with her sharpened pencil.

A few minutes later the bell rung and students started filling in, which she couldn't help but notice most of them were women.

Then a few seconds later the teacher walked in, a 33-year-old, light brown-haired, Blue-eyed, 5'11, Gilbert Grissom. He was a CSI in Las Vegas, has a PhD in entomology and got a special request to come here, which if he could help one or two students choose their career, then he was happy to do it.

He got right to the front of the classroom took a few papers out of his briefcase, moved his eyes from the left to the right, and when his eyes reached the woman in the front row with Brown hair and Brown eyes, something clicked. Sara looked at the older teacher, and when her eye met his, something clicked inside of her too, but she mentally sighed, hoping she could concentrate more on the subject than the man himself.

Grissom cleared his throat before introducing himself and the subject he was going to talk about, then got right to business, hoping he could concentrate on the subject he was teaching rather than the woman who was keeping a close eye on him. But once Grissom started his lesson he was in his element, so he had no problem with what he was teaching, in fact, he was teaching so well that when he looked at his watch, it was time to end class.

After he dismissed class, he started packing up his things while some of the students left right away and others, mainly the women, came up to him, wanting to know more or just to flirt, which he really didn't know.

Sara looked at the women walking up to him and shook her head with a sad smile, those women were very beautiful, not that she didn't think she was beautiful, it was just something about her that seemed to keep the good men away. She shook her head from those thoughts while she gets up from her seat and turns to leave.

When she got out of the room some students were walking past the door and ran right into her, making her drop her notebook, she sighed looked back at them and said. "Sure walk right into me." She turns to bend down to pick it up but somebody already had it and was handing it to her, she moves her eyes up to the stranger's face and saw that it was the teacher, Gilbert Grissom.

He smiles a little and said. "Here you go."

Sara smiled a little back. "Thanks."

He nodded, and as she grabbed the book, she spoke. "I see you got away from the Piranhas."

She moved her head to the side, making Grissom look over by the window in the hall and saw the women smiling and twirling their hair, then he looked at Sara again and said. "Yeah, Well I just told them I had a coffee meeting I couldn't get out of."

"Oh, I'll not keep you then."

She was going to turn and walk away, but stopped when she felt a hand on her elbow, which she felt that spark but hide it as she looked at him while he speaks again. "And I was kind of hoping you would be that coffee meeting."

Sara brightened up at that. "Of course." She wouldn't mind that one bit.

He smiles as he releases her elbow, which they both instantly missed that feeling, then as they started walking down the hall, Grissom commented. "Well you seem to have me at a disadvantage, you know my name, but I don't know yours."

Sara smiled as she looked at him. "It maybe your disadvantage, but my advantage."

Grissom raises an eyebrow and chuckles a little. "Yes that would be true, but I don't think you would want me calling you miss when we are sitting at the same table while people start staring at us now would you?"

This time Sara smiles with a small chuckle before replying. "You just have to be Mr. Smarty pants now don't you?"

He shrugged his shoulder before opening the door for her, then after they were both outside, he said. "Well I didn't get my PhD from being stupid."

Sara shakes her head with one of her small smile, mentally sighed, knowing she didn't have a witty comeback for that, so she looks at him and said. "It's Sara Sidle." Grissom gets a little smirk, happy that he won, then he sees Sara shakes her head again with a smile, a smile he thought was very beautiful.

He held out his hand while saying. "Nice to meet you, Sara Sidle."

As she takes his hand, they both got that spark again while she replied as casually as she could. "And it is nice to meet you too, Gilbert Grissom."

They held each other's hands a little longer then necessary, then they started talking while walking to the nearest coffee shop so they would get to know each other a bit, like where they were born, what colleges he went to and the college she is going to. He was very surprised that she started college at Sixteen, and while they were drinking their coffee, he talked more about where he lives, why he choose the subject today and what he does besides teaching.

They spent most of the afternoon learning a lot, yet there was still more to know, and as they were finishing up their 'meeting', he surprised himself when he asked her if she wanted to have dinner with him. He was always so reserved, especially when it came to women, and more so when he thought they were beautiful. Sara took a moment to think about it and agreed to go, wondering if she was doing the right thing.

They said goodbye after she gave him her address, and when they parted, they both felt very different from when they woke up this morning.

Later that evening Sara did something she doesn't normally do, she put on a dress, it was blue that went down to her knees and a little low-cut, but not revealing too much and she put on makeup, she wanted to look nice tonight since it was her first date in a while.

When she was putting her shoes on, there was a knock on her apartment door, so she shouted just a minute before walking up to the mirror to check her appearance one more time.

After she took a breath, she walked up to the door, feeling very nervous because she had a feeling this wasn't just some guy, she felt this could be 'the guy', even at her young age she could feel that.

She pushed that thought away and opened the door, and when it was open all the way, she saw him take in her appearance and mentally smiled while patting herself on the back at his look of approval

He finally speaks when he looks into her eyes. "You look so beautiful, you ready?"

Sara smiled as Grissom's heart fluttered. "You clean up well yourself."

He was in a nice blue shirt that brought out his eyes, black slacks and nice shoes.

Grissom said thanks and holds out his arm for her to take, which she raises an eyebrow as he says. "My mother taught me to be the perfect gentlemen."

Sara smiles bigger, made sure she had her keys before grabbing her coat, walking out in the hall, shutting and locking the door, then after he helped her put on her coat, she took his arm and they walked out of the apartment in silence, realizing they didn't need to talk to drown out the silence.

They walked to his vehicle and he opened the door for her, which Sara thought she could definitely get use to this, but shook it off a second later, this might not even happen after tonight, but she didn't continue with that thinking, she didn't want to be depressed.

They didn't start talking until they were on their way to a nice Italian restaurant with some more talking after they ordered, then some nice lovely stories while they were eating. When their dinner was done it was time to take her home, but neither one of them wanted their night to end, so he took his time going back to her apartment.

When he finally pulled into the apartment parking lot, he walked her up to her door, then after she unlocked it and once it was open, she turned to him while he speaks. "I had a lovely night, I hadn't had one like this in a very long time."

"So there isn't anybody in Vegas waiting for you?"

Grissom shakes his head while chuckling a little. "With my work schedule I barely have time to take care of myself, so relationships aren't really on the top of my list, besides with those younger guys out there, I don't think I stand a chance."

Sara shakes her head, then gets bold when she puts her hand on his arm. "Don't say that, I am sure there are women out there that would be lucky to have you, and if anybody says anything different, bring them my way."

Grissom's heart was speeding up with the warmth of her hand on his arm and on what she said while asking her in a low voice. "Are you one of those women?" Sara gasped and Grissom looked at her wide-eyed, he didn't mean for that to slip out, he was never this bold before. This woman was sure bringing something right out of him.

He shakes his head. "I'm sorry Sara I didn't mean to make you unco..."

He stops when she puts a finger to his lips and steps closer to him. "I would like to think that I am very lucky I met you today."

They just stood there while looking into each other's eyes, then after a few seconds they lean toward each other, but stopped when they were only a breath away, waiting for the other to move away. However, after a few seconds they couldn't hold back any longer and kissed, which it was like nothing they ever felt before, it felt magical and right, like a puzzle piece clicking into place.

They didn't know how long they were in an embrace, but they finally pulled back when they needed air, and after they caught their breaths, she sighed in content and said. "WOW!"

Grissom chuckled. "Yes, I second that."

Sara smiled, and while looking into his blue eyes, she felt right on saying this. "You want to come in?"

A part of Grissom was telling him to turn around and walk away, that this between them could never work, and more than likely was bound to be hurt by this, but all day he had put a sock in the negative side of everything about this meeting, and he wasn't about to stop now, so he shook his head and said. "I would love too."

Sara smiled a bit bigger and walked in the apartment, then after he walked in, she shut the door behind them, both wondering how the night will end.

The next morning when Sara wakes up, she smiles and puts a hand up to her lips while remembering everything about last night. They talked, they kissed, and after he made sure she was ok with progressing, they ended the night in her bed, normally she would have never gone that far with somebody she had just met and definitely not on the first date, but she felt different around him. She knew he was very different from any other man she had met.

Sara sighed as turned around, then she saw the other side of the bed empty, so she called out his name, and when there was no voice or nobody walking in the bedroom, she sits up while bringing the blankets up to her, then she brings her knees up to her chest and cries, feeling used, cheap and very sad.

She thought he would be different since he was older and wiser, he was the perfect gentlemen the whole night, he said the right things, did the right things, then she thinks. 'I guess that was just a game, I was just a game to him.'

She cried for a few minutes, then she shook it off and got ready for the last class that he was there for. She was thinking about skipping it, but she didn't want him to think he scared her off, she would not give him that satisfaction, so after she took a breath, she left the apartment and grabbed a cab to go to Boston College.

When she got on the campus she went right where she was supposed to, sat down in the same seat as yesterday, opened her notebook and re-read what she had written the day before, and after a few minutes, she hears his voice. "Sara I was wondering if I can talk to you later?"

She looks up glaring at him, and before she could speak, the bell rung, then she said in a tone that told him she was not happy. "You better start class Mr. Grissom."

Grissom cringed at her tone and was going to speak again, but stopped, he didn't want to make a scene here, so he nodded his head, gets to the front of the classroom, and when the seats were filled up, he started his second and last day of his lesson while trying to concentrate on the subject at hand rather than this morning when he made the biggest mistake on leaving before she got up. He shook his head and thought of his bugs instead.

Finally the lesson was done and everybody piled out, and before Grissom could move to the front desk, Sara was already up, walking to the door and out. Grissom turned to his briefcase, and as the same women from yesterday was walking up to him, he shook his head and said. "Sorry ladies but I have to go." Before they could talk, he had already walked past them, he had to get to the one woman he needed to talk to.

He sped walked out of the room, looked both ways down the hall and chose the one with the door that took him to the courtyard. He looks ahead when he walked outside and sighs in relief when he spotted her, but knew he had to run to catch up to her, which that's exactly what he did while shouting her name as everybody started staring, but at the moment he didn't care, he couldn't let her go like this.

Sara heard his voice, but kept walking, she didn't feel like hearing his excuses.

But she came to a stop when she felt a hand on her shoulder, then she turned to him with that glare again and said. "If you would please let me go."

Grissom catches his breath before saying. "I can't, please Sara, let me explain."

Sara shook her head and replied. "Explain what? you played your cards right, you got me into bed, so congratulations, you can go home a winner, ok?" Sara moved her shoulder away and turned to walk again, missing the hurt expression on Grissom's face.

He shakes it off for the time being and walked up behind her. "It wasn't a game Sara, I am not that kind of man, I am not the kind to fall for somebody this fast and sleep with them after the first date."

Sara snorted. "You could have fooled me."

Grissom puts his hands on her shoulders and turns her around again. "I wasn't trying to fool you and I am telling you the truth. What happened last night was not planned, I wasn't expecting anything. You aren't some conquest I was looking for and going home a winner as you called it."

Sara moved her shoulder again, but this time stayed where she was and crossed her arms over her chest. "Then what happened? Do you know how I felt when I found out you weren't there when I woke up? I felt like all you had to do was leave money on the nightstand table."

Grissom shook his head and watched Sara look down sniffling, she couldn't hold on to her emotions any longer. He moves his hand up to her cheek and lifts her head up so she would look at him, then wipes a few tears away and said. "Sara I don't think of you like that, I never did and I never will. I think last night happened really fast for the both of us, which I feel like this whole meeting was fast because the moment I met you I knew."

He wipes more tears off her cheek as she whispered. "You knew what?"

He leans closer to her ear, whispering. "That I loved you."

Sara gasped a little while pulling back in shock at what he just said. "How do you know you love me? You barely know me?" She wasn't going to give him an easy out by confessing she might feel the same way, he needed to make up for what he did this morning.

Grissom nodded his head. "I know, but isn't that love at first sight? I never thought that it could happen, but it did for me and I am hoping it did for you too, but I understand if it didn't." Sara heard the tone of his voice, and she was going to speak, but he puts a finger on her lips to stop her. "Please, before you say anything let me get this out, ok?" Sara nodded and he speaks again. "I know you are just 18 years old and there could be better potentials out there, whether it would happen now or in a few years, but know that no man is going to love you more than I will."

She smiles a little and Grissom sighed, thinking that was a good sign, then continued. "I am going to the same restaurant we went to last night at 5 O'clock and I will wait there for a few hours, if you don't show I won't bother you again, but if you do come, you are telling me you feel something for me and you want to try us out, we will talk tonight." He leans down and kisses her on the cheek before whispering. "Or not, it's up to you." He looks into her eyes and finished. "Just know that no matter what you decide, my love for you will always be there." He squeezes her hand, looked at her one more time and walked away, feeling his heart breaking as he went, hoping he would see her tonight because she was the only one that could put it back together.

Sara watched him leave with her heart breaking, she wanted to shout that she felt the same right there and hold on to him, but after what happened this morning or pretty much this whole meeting, she needed to really think if she was even ready to be in this already deep and loving relationship. Despite on how she feels, she was only 18, and she knew that if she got really involved with him it was going to be a long-term commitment, so she had to be sure that's what she wanted at this time, she sighed and headed home to do some long-term thinking.

Grissom was sitting at the table looking over his crossword puzzle, then he reached for his water and took a sip, and after he placed his water back on the table, he looked at his watch, noticing it was two minutes left of the deadline, his heart was breaking even more. He knew he shouldn't have left this morning, but he got scared at what he was feeling so he did the only thing he could think of, it wasn't the smartest thing he did, he just had hoped it wasn't the greatest regret of his life.

He looked at his watch again and counted down the seconds. "Five, Four, Three, two..."

And right when he got to 'One' he heard her voice. "Is this seat taken?"

He looked up, shocked at the sound of her voice, then stands up so he was face to face with her. She had tears in her eyes and he was holding back his while shaking his head. "Now it is, for the rest of my life."

Sara smiled, and as they get into a hug, she speaks again. "I love you too, Grissom."

He holds her tighter for a second, then leans back and asked. "Really?"

Sara nods with a big smile while she puts a hand on his cheek. "I really do. This has been one of the craziest, unexpected turn of events in my life, but the moment we saw each other that was it, and I know that if I let you go, no man well ever come close to how I feel for you, so yes I love you."

Grissom cups her cheek and replied. "I love you too, can we start over?"

Sara chuckled with a nod and he smiles back. "Yes, gladly."

They lean toward each other and kissed, and with that kiss, they sealed their lives to each other.

End of Flashback

3 years later

By the end of that evening, they had their future planned.

They realized that they would have a long distance relationship and it was going to be hard for both of them, but they wanted this, and they would do anything to make it work. It did get a little bit easier when she graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor's degree and transferred to Berkeley California, even though they were still at a distance, it just wasn't as big.

After two years as a couple they had gotten engaged and four months after that they had finally gotten married.

When she got her master's degree, she moved to Vegas so they could be in the same place, then she started working as a coroner before working her way up to a CSI level 3, so she had thanked her involvement with him on helping with her career choice.

Sara sighed, thinking of all the time it took her to get to this point in her life, while she was standing by the window, then two arms wrapped around her waist and he kissed her head before whispering. "You ok?"

Sara nodded and snuggled closer to him. "Yes, why wouldn't I be?"

He turns her around so they were face to face before he cups her cheek. "Because we just found out you're pregnant, you're married to a man who is fifteen years older than you and you are just 21 years old, I don't want you to feel trapped. I feel like I had rushed you."

Sara shook her head and cups his cheek. "Never have I felt rushed or trapped on being with you, I love you and I always will, yes this pregnancy is a little scary, but that's because we will be new parents and I want to be the best parent I can be. I promise being with you is something I'll never regret, so let's think positive about us from here on out, ok?"

Grissom nodded with a smile. "Yes dear, You know how much I love you right?"

Sara smiles bigger, moves closer to him so they were a breath away and replied. "I do, and for that I am eternally grateful to have your love."

They kiss, and when they finally pulled back, they put their foreheads together and she whispered. "Are you ok with the pregnancy?"

He pulls back and puts both hands on her cheeks. "I'm happy, excited and yes a little scared, but I know with the both of us we are going to do a fantastic job."

Sara smiles. "I am glad you have enough faith for the both of us."

Grissom nods while bringing her back into a hug. "Always."

Sara smiled as she held on to him, glad to have him because she couldn't imagine another man being a better husband and soon to be father than the one that she was being held by.

AN: Next Chapter Jumps to 21 years later, if your interested to see how it continues, please review, if not thanks for reading at least the first chapter. I'll only continue if I get enough interest I don't want to waste anybody's time, but I really do hope you give it a shot.