Chapter 3
Grissom was in lust, there was no doubt about it. The bulge in his trousers each time he thought about Sara was more then proof.
But he didn't want to be with her simply to satisfy that urge, he could "handle" that himself. He wanted to be with her because they were in love, and love is much more then sex.
Love is facing each day as it came, cuddling close during a rainstorm, holding each other when the other cried or laughing with them when they were happy. Love entails so much more then sex.
Over the course of the next few weeks Gil and Sara spent almost every spare minute they had together. Gil no longer peeked out his door to see if Sara was getting ready to leave, so that he "accidentally" leave the same time she did so they could walk together, they would knock on each others door and walk together.
After the second week Green and Wright ran into Grissom at the library.
"Hey, Gramps," Wright called.
Gil really wanted to ignore them but they were not the type one could ignore easily.
They walked to where he was sitting.
"Is her pussy as sweet as she is" Green asked.
"Does she come a lot when your eating it?" Wright asked.
Gil didn't answer.
Then Green laughed, "Oh that's right. Gramps won't stick it in her. Probably don't even know how."
They both laughed.
Gil so wanted to punch them both but insisted he said to Green, "I bet that Wright knows how sweet your wife's is. I hear he has been spending much more time between her legs then you are."
The two men looked at each other, words were starting to fly as Grissom stood and left.
At lunch that afternoon Gil told Sara what he had said.
"You are so … evil," Sara said smiling.
Gil caressed her face, "I just couldn't stand them talking about you like that."
On their way back to Olds Hall that evening after class a young man walked up to them.
"Evening Dr. Grissom," he said.
"Evening Warrick," Gil said. Then to Sara he said, "Sara Sidle - Warrick Brown, chief of security."
"Sara," she said, taking his extended hand.
"Hey, Glad I found you," another male voice called.
A couple walked up to them.
"Sara," Gil said, "I want you to meet Nick Stokes and Sophia Curtis, two of my prize students. Nick, Sophia - Professor Sidle."
"Sara," she said, shaking hands.
"Nick and Sophia are connected with the Vegas PD," Grissom went on, "Sophia is a detective and Nick is a member of the forensic team and he and Sophia take some of my classes."
"Just wanted to make sure you were still coming to the wedding," Sophia said.
Gil glanced at Sara.
Nick smiled, "Miss Sidle is welcome too."
"I would love to, can we go please?" Sara said to Gil.
"We'll be there," Gil said, taking Sara's hand.
"Great. Next Saturday - 10:30 at the ECLIPSE," Nick said.
Gil nodded. Warrick, Nick and Sophia waked away together.
"The ECLIPSE?" Sara said, "Fancy. I hear costly too."
Gil chuckled. "Warrick's wife, Catherine, is the manager. Her father owns it."
"Aw," Sara said. "What should I wear?" Sara asked Gil.
"How about that stunning blue dress you wore the day I meant you," Gil said.
"You like it?" Sara said.
Gil smiled, "I like the way you look in it."
Sara kissed his cheek, "And I liked the way your hand felt on my back."
Gil smiled as he remembered the softness of her skin.
Gil and Sara soon became the talk of the campus, not because of what Wright and Green had said, but because almost every female on campus wished that their boyfriend/husband was as romantic and Gil was.
"He is the perfect gentleman," Sara overheard one of the students remark.
"I know," another one said, "I wish Charlie was more romantic. All he wants to do is hop in the bed and do it. Well I'll tell you - that ends today."
The first girl laughed, "Your giving up sex?"
"Oh no," the second student said, "I just want more then him poking me, I want Charlie to show me he loves me."
Sara smiled.
The next biggest talk around campus was the fact that Wright and Green were no longer friends and that the Green's had separated. Gil felt a little guilty, but - well he would have never said anything if they weren't talking about Sara that way.
The day of Nick and Sophia's wedding was perfect, it had rained all the day before but the sun shined bright that morning. Grissom was sure he had never seen a more lovely bride or nervous groom before.
Everything was perfect, the ceremony and the reception, but all Gil could think about was Sara, and how beautiful she looked and how perfectly she fit in his arms. He knew that when he held Sara that nothing or no one else in the world mattered.
It has been three months since Gil first looked into Sara's chocolate brown eyes and was carried away by her smile and Gil was in love - he knew he was because, even though he still fantasized about making love to her, it was no longer all he thought about, he now thought about a life with her.
Gil had taken Sara to dinner that evening and after they decided to take a walk. Gil was going to tell Sara of his feelings.
Gil stopped and turned Sara so she was facing him, he gently took her face in his hands and kissed her.
"Sara," he whispered, "I love you."
Sara looked at him, tears in her eyes, "You know how I feel about…"
Sara had made Gil promise not to use "the L word unless he meant it. She had told him that to many times people say I love you and don't really mean it.
Gil kissed her with just enough passion to let her know he meant what he said. "Sara," Gil said, "I love you."
*** Just a bit of a warning, M rating kicks in in the next chapter. ***
