Authors Note: I have always loved the song baby mine and I thought it fitted for the scene below :o)
Chapter 2.
The sheriff went into Conrad Ecklie's office and sat Lindsey hardly down on a chair before he said, "What was the meaning of that?"
"I just wanted to have fun," she said, but it wasn't fun anymore, she was starting to get scared.
"Did it look like I was amused," he yelled her.
"No, I'm real sorry," she said and looked down.
"You better be do you know what happened to girls that behave badly," he said.
"No," she said.
"They get thrown in jail," he said.
"No, please don't do that," she begged terrified.
"And there the others will take care if you," he said and grabbed her arm hardly and was about to drag her away when Grissom said, "Let her go!"
"No she deserves punishment," he said still holding her.
"I didn't mean to…don't put me in jail," she said her voice was shaking.
"You are letting her go this minute or I'll make you pay," Grissom snarled.
"Oh really, if you do try something I'll fire you," said the sheriff.
"That you cannot afford to do, I'm telling you one more time to let her go," Grissom said.
"Fine, but you better make sure she never pulls anything like that again," said the sheriff and let her go before he left.
"I didn't mean it," Lindsey cried sadly.
Grissom lifted her up and said, "I know my little baby bug."
"I don't like him very much," she said and buried her face in his shoulder as she continued to cry hardly.
Grissom just held her closely and stroked her gently until she drifted off in his arms. Then he carried her into his office where he sat down and let her sleep on his lap, as she was holding on so hardly that he figure he couldn't move her without waking her, so he to closed his eyes and fell asleep.
From the door Greg and Nick were watching and Greg said, "How cute, I'm so taking a picture of that to show Catherine later."
"You can't do that," said Nick.
"Of course I can," said Greg and ran to get an evidence camera and snapped a couple of the sleeping couple before they left them in peace.
When Lindsey woke up the next morning she was in Grissom's bed, he on the other hand she quickly found on the couch.
Lindsey walked over poked him and said, "Bugguy."
"Uhmmm," he replied still half a sleep.
"You can sleep in your bed you know, I don't mind sharing and it's big enough for both," said Lindsey and smiled him.
"Mmmfhm," Grissom replied still very much a sleep.
"I better make breakfast so I won't be late for school," she said and headed into the kitchen where she found some serial and milk. As she took out the milk she looked at the bugs in the different glasses, by now she had get used to Grissom's snacks, but she still found it funny.
She got an impulse and though, 'Wonder if these grasshoppers go with my serial'.
She put a couple of them in it and pored the milk before she started to eat; it tasted a bit weird, but not bad at all.
She quickly ate up and put her plate in the dishwasher before she quickly packed her stuff, gave Grissom a peck on the check and said, "I gotto go so see you later bugguy."
Grissom got woken by his phone ringing and sleepily said, "Gilbert Grissom hello."
"Did I wake you?" he heard Catherine say in the other end.
"You did," he replied with a yawn.
"I just called to make sure Lindsey was at school," she said.
Grissom at one cursed for not waking up sooner and quickly checked around before he said, "She is at school yes."
"You didn't wake up did you," said Catherine.
"Uhm," he replied a bit embarrassed.
Catherine let out a sigh and said, "Just remember to pick her up later."
"I will, hey she ate my bugs," he said as he opened the fridge and sat that the glass with grasshoppers wasn't as full as the night before.
"Excuse me," said Catherine confused.
"My grasshoppers, the ones I have in the fridge, she ate some of them," he said a bit amused.
"You are feeding my daughter bugs, are you insane?" said Catherine shocked.
"No I did not, I was a sleep so she must have taken some for breakfast, not that it's any harm by doing so, they are quite healthy," he said.
"Bed bugs, spiders and grasshoppers, is there anything else I should know about," said Catherine, even if she was upset that her daughter had eaten bugs, she was also a bit amused by it.
"Uhm the sheriff scared her half to death last night," he said.
"What, why?" she asked shocked.
"Well she played a prank on him that didn't get well received," he said a bit amused.
"That girl is hopeless," said Catherine with a sigh.
"No she's not, she's the sweetest little girl that is," said Grissom.
"Sounds like you have fallen in love with her just be careful so she don't wrap you around her finger," said Catherine in a warning tone.
"She may do that whenever she want, I don't mind it at all, and same goes for you," he said with a chuckle.
"I'll keep that in mind, I better go as I have a meeting in ten minutes and keep her away from the sheriff," said Catherine.
"I shall try," said Grissom with another chuckle and hung up before he went to the book shelf to get a book.
It was just after dinner and Grissom was reading the evening paper when Lindsey said, "You know what day it is Friday?"
"No," he said.
"It's Halloween so we gotto go trick or treating and you gotto get me a costume," she said.
"Oh really," he said.
"Yeah, please say you will do it," she said and looked at him with hopeful sapphire eyes.
"What do you want to be then?" he asked, he really had no idea how to make a costume, but he figure he couldn't say no.
"I wanna be a butterfly with big, colorful wings and you gotto dress up to," she said excitedly.
"Sure you don't wanna be a witch or something like that," he said as that for sure had to be easier to make.
"No wanna be a butterfly," she said.
"Butterfly it is then," he said with a sigh as he started his laptop to search for how to make it.
Later that night he sat in his office trying to make head or tails of how to make a butterfly suit, but got nowhere, so he went to find Sara or Mandy to hear if either of them could be at any help, but he couldn't find either which made him let out a frustrated sigh as he though, 'Where is a woman when you need one'.
He sighed and went back to his office suddenly remembered that he had the number for Catherine's mother, but since it was late night he figured he would wait with calling her until the morning instead.
He got interrupted in his thoughts by Lindsey screaming and run out in the hallway to check it out and found her with the sheriff and though, "What now".
Lindsey looked at Grissom with tear full eyes and said, "He killed them."
"Who?" asked Grissom.
"The beetles, John, Jim and Jane," she said sadly.
"Whatever did you have to do that for?" asked Grissom annoyed as he knew how fond Lindsey had become of them.
"She played a prank on me and now I return it, I find it amusing," he said, grinning at them.
"You're just being cruel" Lindsey said angrily as she bent down to gather what was left of the beetles before she ran off.
"You just had to do it, didn't you, and now you owe me three beetles," said Grissom and ran to find Lindsey.
He found her outside and asked, "Butterfly, are you okay?"
"No, he killed them, I buried them, but it hurts in here now," she said and pointed towards her heart.
"I know," he said lifted her up and carried her towards the break room as she cried sadly.
By accident he managed to push the call button on his phone and called Catherine as he lay Lindsey down on the couch and said, "You better get some sleep as you have school tomorrow."
"Can't I'm too sad now," she cried.
"What does your mother do when you are sad?" he asked.
"She sings to me," said Lindsey honestly.
"Oh well," he though, but stroke her cheeks gently and started to sing, "Baby mine, don't you cry, baby mine dry your eyes, rest your head close to my heart never to part baby of mine."
Lindsey got up so he could sit and rested her head against his chest as he sang, "Little one when you play, don't you care what you say, let those eyes sparkle and shine, never a tear baby of mine."
Lindsey that had now stopped crying and said, "I love you bugguy."
Grissom smiled and sang, "If they know little you, they'd end up loving you to, all those same people who scold you, what they'd give just for, the right to hold you, from your head to your toes, you're not much, goodness knows, but you're so precious to me, cute as can be, baby of mine."
Grissom now knew she was sleeping tightly and he didn't move in case he would wake her, he just kissed the top of her head and said, "I love you to baby bug."
In the other end of phone Catherine had been listening and tears of joy fall from her eyes, knowing there would probably be no one that would love her daughter more than him and the other way around and it made her feel warm inside, without really knowing why she though, 'I love you Gilbert Grissom.'
Then she slowly closed her eyes and drifted of and at the same time in the crime lab's break room Grissom did the same.
Just a bit later Sara and Greg was looking around for Grissom when they ended up finding him sleeping with Lindsey and Greg said, "He sure does that a lot, good thing the sheriff isn't here or he would be in big trouble."
"But it is kind of cute," said Sara.
"It is looks like Lindsey has found herself a new daddy, speaking of daddies have you ever thought about that, that we maybe could get uhm eh," Greg stopped.
"I dunno I mean think about how much we work and the risks that can be involved in it," said Sara.
"But Catherine somehow is making it work," said Greg looking over at Lindsey.
"Has she really, she's here half the time and I bet she hardly see Lindsey," said Sara honest.
"But she is with her when she can and she does love her a lot," said Greg.
"Of course she does, she's her daughter and apparently so does he," said Sara referring to the sleeping Grissom.
"I would too if I had a little one," said Greg and looked down.
His girlfriend looked at him and said, "You really want one don't you."
"I do, it would have been really nice," he said.
"What would have been nice?" they suddenly heard Nick ask.
"To have that?" said Greg and nodded his head against the sleeping two.
"Imagine that, have you thinking about being a father," said Nick a bit amused.
"What's wrong about that?" asked Greg.
"Only that you act like a kid half the time," said Nick.
"Fine, I'll find someone that thinks it's a good idea and prove it," he said annoyed and walked away.
Sara quickly followed and sighed before she said, "Sweetie I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come of like that, I would really like to have a kid with you someday, I'm just not ready yet, ok."
"You would, you really would," he said happily.
"I would, now come on we have a case to solve," she said and gave him a light kiss before they went into the lab.
"What was that about?" Nick suddenly heard Mandy ask.
"He wanted to have children, can you imagine that," Nick replied as she got closer and leaned against him a little.
"I could, I think he would make a good father," she replied.
"Better than me?" he asked surprised.
"Oh so we are having a baby now," she said calmly.
"Not at the moment, just answer my question," he said.
"I think you both would make excellent fathers in time, just like him," she said looking at Grissom.
"Yes it is really too bad Lindsey wasn't his from the start," said Nick.
"It's never too late," she said and looked at Nick, when they heard a thump from the break room.
"What was that?" said Nick surprised.
"Looks like he lost his balance," said Mandy with a giggle as Grissom now was laid down in the couch, but still holding Lindsey closely.
"Sweet, but I have to get to that crime scene to meet Warrick, so see you later princess," he said and gave her a soft kiss before he left.
It was the next day when Grissom rang Lily's doorbell. She quickly opened and looked surprised at him and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I need help, as you probably know I'm watching Lindsey and she want to be in a costume Halloween and I have no idea how to make it," he said honestly.
"What kind of costume?" she replied as she let him in.
"This one," said Grissom and showed her the one he had in mind.
"That looks complicated," said Lily.
"That is why I need help, so can you do it?" he asked.
"I can," she said just at Grissom's phone rang and he said, "Gilbert Grissom, uh huh, ah, mhm, I'll be right there."
"That was Lindsey's school apparently there is some trouble, can I call you later?" he asked.
"Of course," she said.
"Thanks for helping me out on this," he said.
"That is not a problem," she said as she locked him out, wondering why he would even care so much to make her happy when he was just her babysitter.
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