A/N: Hey everyone, just to let you know, I think that there will only be one more chapter after this. I sincerely hope you have enjoyed the story. Maybe I will write one more. I have a few ideas. If you have any good ideas for a story, and you dont feel like writing, let me know, we can work something out.

A/N 2: for disclaimers, check out ch 2

Here it goes, hope you enjoy.

Grissom looked at the paperwork that was flapping in his hand. He had just gotten it 3 days ago, and hadn't told any of his team yet. The Las Vegas Crime Lab nightshift had been once again commended on a job well done. Everyone knew that the night off and impromptu party was given to them by the city, but what they didn't know, was that a formal dinner and awards ceremony was being given in their honor. The dinner/ceremony was to be held in 2 weeks at the Bellegio hotel.

That evenging, he went home to find Sara waiting for him on the couch. He slipped his shoes off, threw his coat on the chair, and dropped his keys in a bowl by the door. As he walked up to Sara, he realized that she was fast asleep. He noticed that she had changed into a pair of sweats and one of his t-shirts. Her hair was wet and she smelled of his shampoo. He grinned knowing that she had used his shower. He had to admit, that it was the best addition that he had made to the townhouse.

He gently lifted Sara and slipped her into his bed, moving the comforter aside so he could slide her underneath it, Grissom felt her shift in his arms, and mutter something that he couldn't quite make out. Grissom quietly covered her, and shut the door behind him on his way out, as to not disrupt her sleep. He knew that with what was on his mind, there was no way that he could fall asleep any time soon. He grabbed a quick sandwich out of the bag that he had brought home with him, leaving the other for Sara when she awoke. He walked over to his office and turned on his computer, knowing that he had some work to do on his surprise for Sara if he was going to pull it off so quickly.

Three hours later, he heard a distinct shuffling coming up behind him, and he quickly turned off the computer and turned around and swept her into his let out a small squeal, and gripped her arms around his neck as he settled her into his lap.

"What ya doing?"

"Nothing dear." He replied.

"Why did you turn it off so quick? Internet porn site?"

"Ummm, no."

"So," she said with a smirk, "You aren't a closet pervert?"

"No, my dear, " he deadpanned, "I am just a plain old pervert...no closet involved."

She chuckled. "Well, I am thinking that I like that pervert side of you."

"You would." He knew that she was trying to distract him with her banter as she tried to reach the button to turn on the machine.

"Sara dear, I know what you are trying to do."

"Griss, I am an investigator, in case you forgot, I am naturally curious. I bet you forgot that all I have to do is go into your history on here and that will tell me where you were."

Oh Shit. His eyes got wide. "Come on Sara, let me have a bit of fun with a surprise, ok? Don't ruin it for yourself."

"Ok Gil, Oh, before I forget, I wanted to lood up the meaning of roses, No one will tell me what the number of them means. Sooooo, I will have to check for myself."

Grissom started to panic, and did the only thing he could think of. Grissom pulled her closer onto his lap and leaned into her body. He gently tasted her lips and held them with his for a sweet lingering kiss. Sara felt him twitch under her butt, and decided to have some fun with this. She deepened the kiss as she ground her butt into his lap. Grissom knew that he was lost right there, he distracted her too well.

His fingers played with the knobs on her spine, drawing faint swirls around them as he passionately kissed her. Sara yearned for the feel of his skin under her hands, so she slowly unbuttoned his shirt and kissed his neck. Her shirt was swiftly lifted over her head and thrown into a corner, and was followed by her bra and jeans. A slight gasp could be heard as he felt her unbutton and unzip his jeans and snake her hand in the clothing until her hand was wrapped fully around him. She slightly stroked him and nimbly removed his jeans and boxers with her one free hand by turning into him and straddling his lap, placing her knees on either side of his hips on the chair. Sara took advantage of her position on him and licked and kissed her way up from his sholder to his neck, to his ears. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to try to calm herself and pace herself as she slowly lowered herself onto the head of his rigid penis. Grissom grabbed her hips and tried to completely bury himself within her, but, she lifted her hips up, to keep control. As she slowly lowered herself onto him fully, she leaned over and whispered into his ear, "God, I love the way you fill me up. Did you know that this is a fantasy of mine?"

The only cohearant thing he could say was "really?"

"Oh yeah, fuck you long, slow, and hard in your office." He couldn't take anymore as he jerked his hips upward and slowly pulled out. He repeated this quite a few times. His hands once again drifted to her hips and pulled her down hard onto him and she screamed out in pleasure "Oh Gil, I'm gonna come. I am so ready."

"Honey, Let go, I am so close too."

As they both released, a faint shiver went through both of them and Grissom stood up and carried her to his adjoining bedroom. "Let's get ready and go our separate ways for a bit today. I have some errands to run, and I might as well tell you now, there is a formal dinner celebration in two weeks from tomorrow. The city has some commendations for all of us, so they are having a big shindig. Take my Visa card and get yourself a nice dress." Sara looked a bit sad and said, "Gil, I have a dress, can't I wear that one? I really wanted to hang out with you today." He grinned and took her face in his hands, "Darling, that dress is beautiful, but, it is special to me, you wore it to our first official date. I want you to get another one. Don't worry, I will take you out again to a place where you can wear it. Plus, I really wouldn't complain if you bought yourself a little something from LaPerla. Enjoy yourself. Treat yourself. Please, I want you to surround yourself with the best."

"Ok Gil, but you seem awfully eager to get rid of me. Is there something wrong?"

"No Sara, but I do need to do a little shopping myself. I think it would be nice if I got everyone something on the team, like a congrats/thank you gift from me personally. It is part of my new outlook on life. The new open and fun me." Grissom figured that this way, he could go and do a little Sara shopping too without too many questions. "Honey go ahead and take your shower, I have a few phone calls to make." He said.

As Sara was in the shower, Grissom dialed Catherine's number, and on the second ring, she picked up the call. "Willows."

"Hi Catherine. You told me to give you some info so, here you go, You are going to help Sara get a fabulous dress. Text me a message after she gets it and let me know the color. If you can, get a sample of the material. Make sure she goes crazy, I am giving her my credit card, shoes, dress, necklace the whole nine yards. Just make sure she doesn't get a ring of any sort. I don't want to take any chances on that finger being filled when I give her my ring. I even told her to get some LaPerla. Make sure she over-indulges."

After Catherine came out of the shock that Grissom just put her in, she chuckled, "Ok Gil. You are the boss. Tell her that I will come get her in an hour."

"Oh, Catherine, I am going to tell her that you called me and suggested it. I don't want her to know that I have you helping me. I need you to stall her for about 4 hours. I will tell her to take her work clothes with her, and you guys can go straight to work. Ok? And get dinner for the two of you on me."

"Once again, ok Gil. We will make your credit card melt." she sighed, "Gil, has anyone told you how great of a guy you are." He smirked, as if she could see him, "Yeah, I think I may have been told that a few times recently, but thanks."

"Gil, call Sara for me and tell her that I will be at her place in one hour ok? We are taking up too much time chattering on the phone here."

"Oh Sara," he hollered, "Catherine said that she will pick you up in an hour, she is going to go shopping with you. She just called and I told her about the party. She said that she needs to get some stuff for the party too. OK?"

"Alright Catherine, I called her."

"Very funny Gil. I suppose I will pick her up at your place then huh?"

"Ok Cat, I will tell her to keep an eye out for you. I have to get going, I have a few more calls to make before she gets out of the shower."

All Grissom heard as he hung up the phone was a gasp, laughing, and Catherine yelling out "Gilbert you old stud you....."

Grissom poked his head into the bathroom and said, "Sara did you hear what I just hollered to you? About Catherine?"

"Yes honey, that is good, then I can get her opinion too." "Alright Sara, I am going now, I already told Catherine to get the two of you some dinner with my card, ok? And please lock the door on your way out. She is going to take you in to work, and I will just see you there. I am going to hop into the other shower for a quick wash before I head out, if I join you, we may get a bit embarassed, cause you know Catherine, if you don't come to the door right away, she will come in and look for us. I don't want to be caught in any comprimising positions right now."

"Ok honey, bye, see you later, I will get something pretty. Did you want me to pick up a new tie for you, so you can match my dress?"

Grissom couldn't believe that this was going to be that easy. It was the reason why he asked Catherine to pick up a sample of the dress for him. "Ok dear, I will wear my tux that I wore on our date, but if you see a nice shirt, can you pick it up too? If you have time that is, I wear a 17 neck with a 34/35 length. I trust your taste. I am just dressing up to please you anyways."

"Consider it done. Now get out. I'll see you later."

With that, Grissom took a quick shower and left, and Sara got out of the shower and fixed herself up a bit to go shopping with Catherine.

Just as Sara was done getting ready, she made Grissom's bed, and heard the doorbell ring. She felt a little funny answering his door, but did so, only to find a delivery man on the other side. "Are you Sara Grissom?" Sara stumbled a bit, "Ummm, no, I am Sara Sidle, but, this is the Grissom residence."

"Oh," the delivery boy answered, "I just figured it was Grissom, being that the name Grissom was on the receipt, and the ship to address was the same as the billing address. Sorry."

"No, it's ok, how can I help you?"

"Can you sign here please, I have a delivery for you,." She signed and the young man turned around and handed her 3 red roses.

"Thank you," she said and with that, he left. She took the card off of the flowers and read what Grissom had written.

"I love you - those three words have my life in them."
~ Alexandrea to Nicholas III~

All my Love,

Gil

Catherine just happeded to walk up the driveway at that moment, grinning, "Wow Sara, Gil really loves giving you roses, huh?"

"I guess so Catherine, but, now I have to figure out what three roses means, and I haven't even figured out what 108 means. Do you know?"

"No, Sara." she lied, "I dont know. Sorry." Catherine sighed a sigh of relief when she realized that Sara had believed her and dropped the subject.

Sara and Catherine found a dress right away, and were able to find some matching shoes in the shop next to the dress shop. Sara requested that the dress be double bagged and tied at the end, so Grissom couldn't see it. She really wanted to surprise him. After she went for her shoes, she ran into a men's shop and got Grissom a shirt that matched her dress, and a paisley tie that matched the shirt and her dress. Catherine suggested that they split for about a half hour there, so she could get her little shopping done that she needed to. "Ok Catherine, I have a few more small things to get anyways." She said as she turned around and headed to the LaPerla shop. Sara stepped into the shop and was able to find herself something immediately that she thought was pretty and would be comfortable. She decided to go and do it all right, and got some thigh highs and a garter. She figured that Grissom would appreciate that. The half hour was up, so she had to go and meet Catherine. Sara and Catherine decided to get a nice dinner on the way in to work, and stopped at a local bistro that was located near the lab. They both ate and enjoyed their meal, and were able to get to work with plenty of time to get situated for their time on the clock.

While the girls were shopping for a dress, Grissom decided to head over to the forum shops and run into Cartier to see what rings they had in there. He walked around, looking at all of the brightly lit cases, and was approached by a 40 something year old woman who appeared to be quite nice. "May I help you sir?"

"Yes, I am looking for an engagement ring for my girlfriend." Grissom paused, it sounded so funny to him, saying the word girlfriend, he thought. He really couldn't wait to say, I am shopping for my wife.

"Oh sir, what do you have in mind? What kind of material are you thinking? What grade of stone, and what price range?

Grissom was so glad that he was an investigator, he always noticed things on Sara and that made things easier for him. It helped too that when Sara was asleep, and he was on his computer, he did a bit of "homework" on engagement rings. "I would like something in a diamond, I don't want anything too traditional, but not too crazy either. Kind of simple, but not too simple. She seems to wear alot of silver, and I need it in a size 7 1/4."

"And price range sir?" The salewoman inquired.

"Well, show me a few things, and I will let you know what I think. Ok?"

"Ok sir, do you see anything in our cases that you like? Or shall I take you to a private viewing room?"

Grissom pointed to a few pieces, but stated "I like something along these lines, but why don't you show me what you have in something a bit more custom? Nothing too large, she is tall, but quite slender, so soemthing in a medium size stone would be great. But, I want it to be a perfect stone. I am only buying one of these in my lifetime, and I want it perfect."

An hour and a half later, Grissom had found what he felt was the perfect ring for Sara. The ring is silver with a carat and a half teardrop shaped diamond. The band is a silver brushed band with delicate vines etched on it.

"May I have this engraved inside the band please?"

"Absolutely," she said, "What would you like it to say?"

"Can you fit the saying "I'm Already Gone?" in there?"

By this time the sales woman had gotten Grissom's information, and his Amex and had rung up the sale. "Mr Grissom, that is no problem, it can be ready in two days."

"That is fine I will pick it up then" he said, and took his receipt and went into work.

The evening went fine. All was quiet in Vegas. Sara was able to stop into his office a few times and say hello and let him know that she purchased everything that she needed and to give him the total of what she spent. She spent a bit, but not as much as what Grissom wanted her to, but he figured, that is ok after what he had spent on her ring. He told her that he couldn't find anything for an appreciation gift for the team that he liked, so he was going to take everyone out for a really nice dinner one evening before shift.

The days went by, Grissom went back to Cartier and picked up her ring, and thought it looked perfect. He was extremely pleased with his purchase. Catherine noticed his mood change on the day he picked up the ring. "Is there something wrong Gil?" she asked.

"No Cat, I just picked up Sara's ring, and it made me realize how my life has been changing, and how much it is going to change."

"Gil, if I may quote Lindsey, Uhhh DUH."

Grissom chuckled and said, "You know what I mean Cat, it's just that I thought that it would never happen to me. And now that it is, it is a bit scary. Not that I would change anything, or that I am going to back out. It is just a bit unnerving."

The days went by and finally, the day of the dinner had arrived.