AN: Well, as you can see I have internet right now, so here is your new chapter, and the moment I'm sure most of you have been waiting for as long as Bailey has. Thank you for the reviews and the support. Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Their moment has finally arrived
July 4
From the moment Bailey woke up the next morning she had butterflies in her stomach, and she really don't know why she was so nervous since she got the impression her parents already liked him, and they had seemed to approve the idea of him being in her life again, of course in a different way this time. So, him coming over should just be another step closer to actually being together, which if she really thought about it, that was probably why they were in her stomach to begin with.
Whatever the reason they were there though, she couldn't shake them all morning, and when there was a knock on the door a little after 2, she was the first one out of her seat while the family smiled. She then let out a breath before she placed her hand on the doorknob of the front door before opening it, revealing Sam.
They smiled at each other, and after a long look and before they forgot where they were standing, she cleared her throat as she moved to the side. "Come in."
He smiled with a nod as he walked into the house, then after closing the door, Bailey stood next to him before starting the introductions. "Uncle Nick, Aunt Catherine this is Sam Miller; Sam this is my Aunt and Uncle, Lindsey's parents and best friends to my parents."
After they greeted one another with smiles, and as Sara and Grissom stopped in front of them, she cleared her throat again before continuing. "And I believe you already know my parents."
Sam held out his hand towards Sara first. "Mrs. Grissom, nice to see you again."
Sara nodded with a smile as she took the young man's hand. "Likewise, Sam."
He nodded as they release hands before he turned his attention to Grissom while holding out his hand. "Dr. Grissom, nice to see you again too."
Grissom had a smile on his face as he shook the younger man's hand. "It is nice to see you again, Sam. I hope life has been treating you well."
He nodded again as they release hands, then he replied with a sparkle in his eyes. "It has, sir. But I have a feeling it's about to get a lot better."
Everybody in that room knew exactly why he was saying that, and it made Bailey's heart warm instantly.
Not long after, the group walked outside, and as Nick and Grissom were grilling for both the meat eaters and vegetarians, Sara and Catherine were cutting up stuff for the salad, Sam and Lindsey were playing with the kids in the backyard, while Bailey was standing by the drink table but her attention was to her best friend, and almost boyfriend, which that last thought made her smile while she tried to hide her blush.
Her thoughts were interrupted a second later when Blake's voice came through. "I believe I know your secret now."
Bailey jumped a little as she turned her head to look at him, which he had an apologetic look on his face, but she waved it off. "What secret?"
He smiled as he looked out in the yard. "Back in High school, Mr. Miller...(He shakes his head with a chuckle, knowing he had to get in the habit of stop calling him that now)...I mean Sam, he was your mysterious guy/crush, wasn't he?"
Bailey cleared her throat as she nodded. "Yes."
"I can see why you had to keep your feelings to yourself on this one. It must have been hard."
"It was, but as you can see, things are different now, and I don't need to anymore."
He smiled as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Then good for you, and just so you know, I approve of him." She raised an eyebrow as he continued. "Not that you need it from me, but seeing as I'm marrying your best friend I could get a little vote, right?"
Bailey chuckled before replying. "Alright, you officially get half a vote." As he nodded with the smile still on his face, she continued with a more serious tone. "And just so you know, I approve of you and Lindsey."
Before she could continue, he smirked as he removed his hand from her shoulder. "I would hope so since it was your doing that got us together in the first place." She chuckled again as he continued with a more serious tone. "I just wish I would have proposed after you saw Sam again because I know you felt a little sad when I did it, so I'm sorry if it hurt you."
"It's ok. I'll admit it was a little hard, but like we established, things are different now."
Blake nodded as they turned their heads to look at their significant others while they both thought that things were definitely different now, but in the best possible way.
Later that night
As the group stood in the driveway watching the fireworks up in the darken sky, Sam's arm wrapped around her waist, which she tensed for a second because she wasn't expecting it, but the tone of his voice and his words in her ear calmed her down instantly. "Is this ok?"
Bailey smiled, even though he couldn't see, before nodding, and to prove it even more that she was ok, she stepped back so her back was touching his strong chest. Then a few seconds later he wrapped his other arm around her before smiling when she placed her hands on top of his as they both felt like they fit perfectly while they looked back up at the fireworks.
Her parents, Lindsey and Blake, and Catherine and Nick saw those two in that moment, and thought it was a beautiful sight, something they'll remember forever.
When the fireworks were done they all headed back inside to hang out and play a few games, then after a few more hours, Sam thought it was best that he leave, so after saying goodbye to the grown-ups, Lindsey and Blake, and the kids, which Megan kind of gave him a cold shoulder, Bailey walked Sam to his vehicle.
As they stopped at the driver's side, she spoke. "I'm sorry about Megan."
He shook his head as he wrapped his arms around her waist, something he wanted to do since he had to let her go after the firework show. She then smiled while she placed her hands on his shoulders as he finally spoke. "Maybe she isn't too happy about her sister dating."
Bailey shook her head, then spoke without thinking. "I don't think that's it, she's seen my other boyfriends and never really had a problem with them."
He tensed for a second as he removed one of his arms from her waist, instantly making her feel cold inside, and before she could continue, he spoke. "I see. She had a specific one she liked, didn't she?"
She nodded as she squeezed his shoulders. "Yeah, and I think it broke her heart when he left."
Even though she hinted she hadn't found her complete happiness, she also hinted on being with a guy that had been special to her, so he had to ask. "And you? Was him leaving the reason you didn't get your completely happiness? Was this the guy that..."
He trails off not able to finish, and she took a breath before speaking with emotion as she looked into his eyes. "Yes, he was the guy that I felt the deepest connection with in the years I've dated, the only guy I brought home to my parents who they seemed to like and could relate to, and as you can see, Megan absolutely adored him." He was about to talk and step back, but she wouldn't let go of his shoulders, she just couldn't let go of him. "But no, him leaving had nothing to do with the reason I'm not completely happy. He wanted to stay but couldn't because he knew why it wouldn't work in the long run."
As a tear came down her cheek, he cupped her cheek before wiping it away with his thumb as he asked with emotion in his voice, needing to finally hear her say it. "Why?"
She sniffled as she moved her hand from his shoulder to cup his cheek. "Because it's you that my heart wants. It's you that its been waiting for, and no other man had changed that." She swallowed as she finished. "So, to answer your question from yesterday, no my feelings for you haven't changed. In fact, they've only gotten stronger, and the longer I'm around you, I'm beginning to see that what I feel isn't..."
She stopped for a second to get her emotions somewhat intact while he's wiping more of her tears away as he asked in a whisper. "Isn't what?"
She gave him a little smile as she continued while running her thumb up and down his cheek. "Isn't something I just built up in my mind. They are very real, more real than I once thought."
He took a breath as he replied. "I almost thought my mind was building it up too, but I'm beginning to find that my feelings are also very real."
She couldn't help but chuckle, which he gave her a quizzical look, but she shook her head as she placed her forehead against his lips. "Wow, I can't believe we felt the same." She pulls back a second later to look into his eyes again as she finished with that beautiful smile. "You know what this all means, right?"
He smiled as he wrapped his other arm back around her waist, making her feel warm again as he replied softly. "Well, first off, it means we are still on the same page with how we feel." She nodded before he spoke again. "Secondly, we are under the moon together with a line that is no longer drawn between us, so we can have our arms wrapped around each other if we want." After he said that she wrapped her arms around his neck as he finished while their eyes remained on one another. "And finally, there is one more thing left to do to move us forward."
They both swallowed as their eyes drifted to one another's lips, knowing that once they cross that line they couldn't take it back, which the moment that thought came to their minds, their eyes drifted back to each other's before Bailey gave him a warming smile with a nod.
As his heart started racing, he asked softly. "You sure?"
With her heart racing as well, she stepped closer to him while whispering. "Very sure. I've been waiting for this for quite some time, and I don't think I can wait anymore."
He breathed out 'me neither' as their faces were coming closer to one another, and it wasn't long before their lips had finally touched as they closed their eyes. At first they just stood still, enjoying the strong current of emotions running through their bodies, then eventually they started to really kiss when they couldn't stand not to anymore.
It felt like hours to them, possible even days, before they eventually pulled apart and placed their foreheads together to get some much needed air, and once Sam had his first, he cleared his throat before whispering the first thing that came to his head. "I've wanted to do that since I saw you two night's ago."
The last couple of years he'd always have these cheesy romantic kiss scenarios that they would share when they were reunited again. But the moment they came to his mind, he would shake them away because there was one thing that would stop him from ever doing that, for taking that choice away from her.
She couldn't help but smile before replying in a whisper, breaking him from his thoughts. "Why didn't you?"
He ran his left hand up and down her back as he spoke softly. "There were many reasons, but the main one was that I didn't want to scare you."
The thought of ever getting near her like that without her consent first was something he never wanted to do. He felt that way before the night he saved her from being attacked, and after had only reinforced it.
He was going to explain more, but she pulled her head back to look into his eyes before speaking, understanding where he was coming from. "I wouldn't have been. I never felt scared when I was around you, your presence has always made me feel safe and calm."
He gave her a smile, not only for her words but for understanding him, then he cupped her cheek to wipe a tear that came down her cheek before bringing her back into his arms for another hug, whispering in her ear when she was in them. "I'm glad, and I promise I'll always keep you safe. I'll never let anybody hurt you again."
That was something he wished he could have told her that night eight years ago, but he knew he couldn't, so he chose to tell her the first chance he got, which was still true, more even. He'll do all he can to not let anybody hurt her in anyway ever again.
She sighed in content while she wrapped her arms back around him as the feeling of his warmth and protection washed over her.
When they finally pulled back from one another, which time had once again felt like it slipped them by, he cupped her cheek before speaking with a smile. "I really better go."
She nodded with a chuckle, then replied. "Ok. Can we see each other tomorrow?"
He smiled again with a nod. "Of course. Is bright and early too soon?"
She chuckled again as she shook her head. "Definitely not."
He nodded again with another smile, then brought her closer to him. "I'll text you tomorrow morning."
"Alright."
After a tender kiss with a few pecks after, which they were smiling against their lips because they knew they couldn't get enough now, he then kissed her forehead before whispering against it. "Sweet dreams."
"You too."
After one more kiss on the forehead, they looked at each other for a few seconds before he opened the door to the vehicle, then after getting in the driver's seat, she turned and headed for the front door of the house, and he only pulled out of the driveway and drove away when he knew she was safely inside.
The moment the front door clicked shut, she looked toward the living room, and there she saw her Uncle Nick, Aunt Catherine, Lindsey, Blake, and her parents looking back at her with smiles on their faces, making her smile back. "So, is that approval I'm getting?"
There was a pause before Grissom stood up from the couch and walked over to his daughter, then he cupped her cheek and spoke with love in his eyes and a smile on his face. "I approve just as long as he makes you happy."
Bailey smiled bigger, finally able to show with her eyes what he's known from the moment he saw them together, whether or not she was fully aware of this fact back then, and that she was undeniably in love with Sam Miller. "I am very happy, and the majority of it is because of him."
He pulled his daughter in his arms as he whispered. "Then, yes I approve."
Bailey wrapped her arms around his waist as she replied. "Thank you, daddy."
After he pulled back, he kisses her forehead before he pulls back so the rest of the family can get their hugs in.
Once she pulled back from Lindsey, she asked if the kids were upstairs, and when they said they were, she turned and walked up them, stopping at the second door on the left, which was used as the playroom but since the Grissom family showed up it was also used for the kids sleeping room. Then after she knocked on the door it opened a few seconds later by Megan, who was the only one in there right now while the boys were in Emmitt's room.
Bailey smiled down at her younger sister. "Can we talk?"
Megan nodded before the sisters walked into the room, and after Megan sat back down on the air mattress that she was using, Bailey starts to speak as she sat down at the end of it. "Is the reason you gave Sam a cold shoulder because he isn't Garrick?"
Megan sighed as she nodded. "He was really nice, I really liked him."
Bailey smiled at her younger sister. "I know you did, sweetie, and I really liked him too, but sometimes things don't work out."
"Why didn't it?"
Knowing there was no way she could possible explain it to her so she wouldn't be confused, she went with the easy answer, which was the truth, just an abbreviated one. "He had a job offer he couldn't turn down, so we both felt that it was for the best if we went our separate ways." When Megan just sat there in silence, which Bailey wasn't sure if she liked that answer or not, she continued after a small sigh of her own. "Sam is also a great guy, and if you give him a chance, I bet you'll like him too. But no one is going to rush you, you go at your own pace, alright?"
Megan could live with that, so she looked at her sister with a nod. "Ok."
Bailey smiled as she asked. "So, do you still love me?"
Megan crosses her arms over her chest and shook her head 'no' but Bailey could tell that a smile was trying to creep out, so she stood up from the air mattress, walked to the head of it before kneeling down and asking. "You sure about that?"
After she nodded, Bailey started tickling her sides, making Megan squirm while laughing. Bailey would stop her tickling and ask Megan the same question, but when she got the same answer she continued, until finally Megan shouted while trying to catch her breath. "Yes!...Ok Yes!...I still love you."
Bailey pulled her hands away with a smile, and after she caught her own breath, she replied. "That's what I thought." She then wraps her littler sister in her arms, and after a short pause, Megan wrapped her arms around her neck. "I love you too, sweetie, always remember that."
"I will."
"Good."
A few minutes later they pull back from one another, then after Bailey kissed her forehead, she got up and left the room, and the moment she closed the door, Lindsey had grabbed her by the arm and practically dragged her to her room, only stopping when they got to the bed and had sat down on the end of it.
Bailey smiled as she asked. "What is so urgent you had to practically drag me in here?"
"How was it?"
Bailey raised an eyebrow. "How was what?"
She's known Lindsey for almost 10 years now, so she knew exactly what she was asking, but it was so fun messing with her.
Lindsey sighed with frustration. "The kiss, how was the kiss?"
Bailey chuckled again. "It wasn't like it was my first kiss."
Lindsey shook her head. "No, but it was your first kiss with the first guy you ever fell for, which you had to wait eight years for, now that's huge." Then she quieted her voice. "Unless it wasn't..."
Bailey cuts her off. "It is/was huge, and the kiss itself was indescribable. There were no words."
Lindsey smiled bigger as she asked. "So, it's safe to say that..."
As she trailed off Bailey nodded with a smile. "That my feelings for him are 100% real, and every worth the build up in my mind."
"Alright!" Then she gasped a second later. "That means you just had your last first kiss ever."
Bailey looked at her best friend with wide-eyes. "Whoa there Linds, that's a little too fast. How about putting on the brakes before you order your bridesmaid's dress."
It was Lindsey's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Are you saying that it won't happen?"
Bailey chuckled as she stood up from the bed so she could get her sleeping clothes from her suitcase. "I'm just saying that we haven't even had our first date yet, and you already have us married."
Lindsey smirked. "At this point, the first day with you two is just a formality."
Bailey stopped what she was doing before turning around to look at her best friend, then she smiled with a nod. "You're probably right about that one."
Lindsey smiled. "Sooooo..."
Bailey sighed before she continued. "I just don't want to go too far too fast. He means everything to me, something I'm more sure now than ever. So, I kind of like to enjoy the scenery for a little bit before you throw me down the aisle, ok?"
Lindsey chuckled again with a nod. "Alright, I hear you." Bailey nodded before she turned her attention back to her suitcase, then after a moment of silence, Lindsey spoke again. "It will be fun doing the double dating with you again." Bailey tensed as Lindsey continued. "But of course he would have to move back to Vegas for that to happen." She looked over at Bailey again, and asked. "He is, Isn't he?"
After grabbing everything she needed, she turned around to look at Lindsey again while shrugging her shoulders. "I don't know, we haven't discussed future plans, we are just trying to take it one moment at a time."
Lindsey waved off the new tension in the room as she stood up from the bed. "I'm sure everything will work out, I mean you didn't wait eight years to be with him just for it to be over in a few days."
"Yeah, you are probably right. Fate can't be that cruel, can it?"
Thinking how keeping the faith had helped her in the end, Lindsey shook her head with a smile as she placed her hand on her best friend's shoulder. "No way. You'll get your happy ending Bay, just keep the faith."
Bailey nodded with a smile. "I've kept it for this long, so why stop now."
"There you go."
After one more nod and smile, Bailey turned to the left before walking toward the bedroom door, and as she opened it, Lindsey spoke again. "I really am happy for you."
"Thanks Linds."
Lindsey gave her another nod and smile before Bailey walked out into the hall, and as she walked toward the bathroom she took a breath, hoping they were both right that everything will work out because she couldn't imagine losing him just when she got a taste of what it would be like to be with him. She's had some bad luck in the past, and it really hurt, but this time it would crush her beyond anything she's ever felt, which was saying a lot.
AN: Hope you enjoyed this long chapter and that their moment was worth the wait. Bailey has to tell Sam one more thing about her past (Her adoptive life) for her puzzle to be complete to him, so let's see how he takes that, next chapter. Please review.
*Hope you are enjoying your weekend. And an update on may dad is he is doing a lot better than last week, he's now walking a little, talking, and being his normal self, which is very good. So, here's to hoping he'll be going home soon rather than later.