Genre: Romance, Hurt/Comfort
Rating: T
Time-line: Post-T.G.B.D
Warnings: Implied Adult Behavior
Main Parings: GSR
Minor Parings: None
Other Characters: Heather Kessler (Mention only)
Chapter 7: Reassuring her
After leaving Heather's house that afternoon, Grissom drove home, and when he walked into the apartment, Sara was sitting on the couch drinking from a coffee mug while looking down at a forensic magazine, then as he closed the door, she cleared her throat and asked while still looking down at her magazine. "How are Heather and her Granddaughter doing?"
"Really well." Sara just nodded before taking another sip of her coffee, the air between them felt thick and unsettling, the way it has felt since the case came up, so Grissom sighed and said. "Sara..."
But she cuts him off as she stood up from the couch. "It's fine, the case is closed, we can move on."
She then turned to the stairs so she could walk to the kitchen as Grissom followed her, replying softly. "That was never our agreement, no matter what is bothering us or how hard it is to say, case related or more personal, we don't just let it pass us by, we talk about it."
She stopped at the kitchen island and placed her coffee mug down, and with her back towards him, she sighed with a nod. "I know, and I'm sorry for how I acted towards you in the lab, you were very honest with me from the start on what you were doing, and I trust you, you know I do. I just..."
She trailed off and closed her eyes as he walked up to her and placed his hands on shoulders, which she was tense a little, but he just rubbed them as he whispered. "You just what?"
She turned around to look at him with tears in her eyes, so he cupped her cheek and ran his thumb up and down as she continued softly. "Just seeing her for the first time got me off balance a little. And I believe you when you said nothing had ever happened between you two, but I also remembering you telling me you did feel something towards her at one point in the past before we got together, so with all those past and present rumors flaring up in my mind and how off kilter I was feeling, I let the one emotion I never wanted to let gain control of me. I hate how I feel when I let my jealousy flare up like that."
He looked at her softly before commenting. "I've never seen that full side of you before."
Outside of her brief jealousy toward Sofia, Sara has never gotten jealous before when it came to him being around other women since they've been a couple, that's why her reaction in the lab really surprised him.
After she nodded, he continued after clearing his throat from emotion. "And you should know you have nothing to ever be jealous about, because while yes, what I said about there being a certain feeling towards her in the past, is true, it never compared or came close to how much I've always been in love with you." When his eyes started to water, she cupped his cheek as he finished. "You are my heart, Sara, you had captured it from the second I met you. It was always you in the past, it's you now, and you in the future, no one is ever going to change my mind or who my heart belongs to, ok?" When she saw the honesty and love in his eyes, she nodded with a small smile before he smirked as he wiped the remaining tears off her cheeks. "Good, besides you should know that if we listened to every rumor going on in that lab, we would be secretly married with a house in Hawaii."
She chuckled with a nod before replying. "Although, that one doesn't sound half-bad."
He raised an eyebrow as he asked. "What, the married part or the house in Hawaii?"
With her eyes sparkling, she started to smile, her first real smile in a couple of days, making his heart race. "A little of both."
His eyes started to sparkle as he moved them backwards so her backside was against the island and he asked. "Is Ms. Sidle warming up to marriage?"
Knowing how she felt about marriage, even despite how much he knew she loved him, hearing she could potentially be changing her stance on that, got him a little excited.
She softly whispered shyly. "Maybe a little, but..."
He cuts her off with a smile. "I know, and it's ok." He continued softly. "Just know, no matter what, I'm fully committed to you, and after over two years of us being together, you should..."
She cuts him off with a nod. "Just as I'm fully committed to you, no matter what."
As he saw the honesty and love in her eyes, he asked. "So, are we ok?"
She nodded with a smile. "Yeah, and again I'm sor..."
He cuts her off with the shake of the head. "Don't apologize, everybody needs a little reassuring every once in awhile, and I'll be glad to reassure you every time you need it."
She smiled a little wider as she took his hand off her cheek and started to walk them out of the kitchen, and even though he noticed where they were heading, he still asked with a smile. "And where are we going, Ms. Sidle?"
"I believe you just issued a reassuring mission."
He chuckled. "And my words weren't reassuring enough?"
"Oh, don't get me wrong, they worked fine, but I could use a little more."
Before they reached the bedroom, he stopped their movements, making her look back before he spoke softly. "I would never intentionally hurt you, and I really do love you."
She turned around fully and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I do know that." Before she asked in return. "And even when I'm not acting myself?"
"No matter which side of yours I get to see, I love you for you."
"I love you for you too."
They began to kiss, and when it started to get passionate, he pulled back and spoke breathlessly as he started to lead them towards the bedroom this time. "Now, I believe I was on a mission."
She chuckled as the bedroom door closed, knowing now more than ever that the man who captured her heart, the only one she's ever loved this deeply before, was the right one for her, and just maybe the thought of marriage, especially when it comes to him, didn't sound so terrifying after all.
AN: Hope it was ok. Sorry about the wait. Thanks for reading and please review. More to come soon.
