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Chapter 7: My Everything

When Grissom woke up he was a little confused at where he was, then once he looked at Sara, he remembered, they had fallen asleep on the couch. He also saw her staring at him with a smile, which he just had to smile back because it was contagious. "Hey, good afternoon, what are you smiling about?"

Her smile got bigger. "Good afternoon to you too, and I am smiling because I get to wake up next to you, which makes me happy, isn't that a good reason?" She gives him a little kiss after her speech before getting off of him and standing up.

He stands up next to her, gave her a little kiss back before replying. "Yes that is a very good reason, it makes me happy that you can smile just waking up next to me."

After one more smile at one another, they walk to the kitchen to make some coffee.

Then once it was brewing, Grissom turns to Sara and asked what she wanted to eat.

Even though it was in the middle of the afternoon, she was hungry from some breakfast, so she asked. "Can I have some eggs and toast, Please?" He nodded with a smile, then after a peck on the cheek, she continued. "I'm going to take a quick shower, I'll be back in a bit." After another nod, she leaves the room, while he starts breakfast.

When she walked back into room clean and dry, they sat down and had a quiet, but comfortable meal, then once they were finished, Grissom went and took a shower while she cleaned up the dishes.

After they spent their day just being with one another, it was time for shift again, so they went to the lab.

When Grissom walked into the break room about 30 minutes after getting to the lab, he told them they were working together again, so they knew it was going to be another long case, which they were right, it happened to be another double.

At the end of their double shift, and as they were in the break room discussing the ending of it and doing their write-ups on the case, Trent was watching Sara and Grissom, which he had been catching himself doing all day. He watched how they were looking at each other and seeing if there was any indication that there was really something going on between them. The only thing he could see is basically the same thing he saw last shift, her eyes lighting up every time she looks and talks to him. And he couldn't stop thinking 'Why couldn't her eyes light up when she's talking and looking at me?'

He was brought out of his thoughts when Grissom started talking. "You guys did another great job, finish up and you're free to go." They nodded as he got up from his chair, then he left the room, leaving the rest of the team behind him.

A little time later, Sara gets up from her chair with her report and said. "I'll see you guys later."

They nodded as she walked out of the room.

When they were alone, Greg looked at the other guys and asked. "You want to come over to my apartment? I just got the new madden game on my X-box."

Sine Warrick knew that Catherine wanted to spend a little alone time with Lindsey, he was free, so he nodded, and Nick nodded a few seconds later before the three of them looked at Trent, but he shook his head as he replied. "How about a rain check, I might have plans."

They smiled, then Greg asked. "A date?"

He smiled back before replying. "Possible."

Warrick, Nick and Greg looked at each other, thinking they were maybe wrong about Trent liking Sara like that, then Nick looked at Trent again and replied. "Well good luck with that."

"Thank you, and hey can you turn in my report to Grissom." Nick nodded as he took it from him, then after everybody stood up, Trent walked in the direction of the locker room, while Nick, Greg, and Warrick walked in the direction of Grissom's office.

About 5 minutes later

Sara walked into the locker room and saw that Trent was sitting down in front of his locker.

They smiled at each other, then Sara said. "I thought you would already be gone."

"Well I was wondering if you would like to go out and get a drink with me. You know to unwind from the double we just had to deal with." He was hoping she would say yes.

She answers as she grabs her things from her locker. "Sure, I'll meet you at the bar in fifteen minutes."

He smiled, very happy that she accepted and thinking that she will be his in no time.

He mentally shakes his head from those thoughts as he replied. "Ok, see ya." Sara nodded as Trent shut his locker before walking out of the locker room.

After Sara shuts her locker, she goes back to Grissom's office again to tell him what she is doing. Not that she needs his permission or anything, she just wants to let him know.

Since the guys must have left his office open when they got done turning in their reports, she stands in the open doorway and just stares at him while thinking about how much she loves him and wouldn't trade him for anything.

Grissom feeling her presences, looks at the open doorway and waves her in while asking her to close the door.

Once she did, he smiled and said. "Didn't I just see you?"

She smiled back, then said with a smirk. "Well you know I like to fill up my daily quota of seeing/being around you."

He smirked back. "Which I'm sure it's a lot easier now that we are living together."

"It is, but I still can't seem to get enough."

Their eyes were shinning bright as they were looking at each other, then he looked down mentally blushing, he never thought that being with her could fill him with so much love that he was practically gushing like a teenage school boy, and the closer it got to her birthday, the more excited he was on proposing to her.

His thoughts get interrupted when she cleared her throat and started talking. "Well I actually did come in here for something."

He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "And what is that, dear?"

She smiled a bit bigger at the endearment, then replied. "To let you know that Trent asked if I wanted to get a drink with him, which I said yes." She paused before continuing, or more like explaining. "It's just that if I want to get to know him more as a friend, I think I..."

Grissom cuts her off. "Sara it's ok. I don't need an explanation and I'm not going to restrict on who you can and can't hang out with outside of work." He sighed as he finished. "Is that how you see me?"

She shook her head as she walked up to his desk. "No, of course not, and I know I don't need permission or anything, I'm just taking your feelings into consideration because I know how you feel when guys that you're not use to come sniffing around." He was about to talk, but she finished before he could. "Which I understand that feeling all to well because I would get that way if or whenever the roles are reversed." Then she looked down, hiding her blush and Grissom doesn't think he could love her more.

He takes off his glasses as he stands up from his chair before he walks around the desk to stand next to her, then when his backside was against the front of his desk, he moves his right hand to her chin and lifts up her head up. When she turned to look at him, he cupped her cheek and said with a smile. "We are some pair aren't we?" She nodded with a small smile, then he continued. "I think we still get that insecure feeling because it took us so long to get here, and we have a little fear that something will happen to make us lose everything that we've worked on so far, which I'll admit apart of me will always have that fear that I'm not good enough for you or can't give you more than any other man." She was about to respond, but he speaks again before she could. "But I'm trying to listen to the louder part of me more, which is, I love you, you love me, you come home to me and not them, and that's all that should matter."

She chuckles a little as her eyes are shinning with a few tears, he runs his thumb up and down her cheek, then finished. "Thank you for loving me, especially through my frustrating times."

She sniffles as she moved so she was in front of them, then she gave him a hug and whispered in his ear. "It may not be easy at times, but you're worth it, and thanks for loving me too."

He wraps his arms around her for a few seconds as he replied. "I wouldn't have it any other way." As they release one another, he continued. "You better get going, I am sure he will be wondering where you are, and have a good time."

She nodded, then asked. "Do you want to come?"

He shook his head and replied. "Can't, I better get some of this paperwork done or Ecklie will be all over me, well more than he has been."

It seemed like every time he turned around there was more paperwork to do.

She chuckles again with a nod, then after another look, they tell each other they will see each other at home later before she turned and walked to the door.

When she got there, he told her to drive safely, which she just smiled with a nod, then after they said their love yous, Sara walked out of his office.

He looked at the empty door way for a few seconds, then he sighed and goes back to the dreaded paperwork.

When Sara got to the bar and walked in, she saw Trent at a table with a few girls flirting with him.

'Definitely a ladies man' she thought as she walked toward the table he was sitting at, and once he sees her, he tells the women that his date is here and says goodbye before saying it was nice to meet them.

Once he met Sara halfway, he puts his hand on the small of her back to lead her to the table and Sara had a weird feeling, which it wasn't the warm and tingly feeling she got when Grissom did it. At first she thought it was nerves, but what does she have to be nervous about? It wasn't like she was sneaking around Grissom's back, he knew where she was and who she was with, then she thought maybe it was the feeling of the environment she was in, meaning when people look at her with a man in a bar they usually think it's a date, but this was definitely not a date in her eyes, it was just two friends getting to know each other over drinks and that was it.

Before she could continue to figure it out, she was brought out of her thoughts when he pulled the chair out for her, which she politely smiled and said thanks before sitting down, and after he pushed her chair in, he went and sat down across from her.

After they've been seated for a few minutes, a waitress came and took their drink orders, and before their drinks came they talked about their case and how happy they were about getting the guy.

When the drinks were in front of them, they talked about more personal things like childhood stories (but not big with the details on Sara's part, because there was only a few people who knew that story and she wasn't about to tell him yet, or if ever), their college days, and the good times that they had at their other work place.

Then before they knew it an hour and a half went by and she was ready to go home.

She got up with Trent's help before he went to pay the bill, which she told him that she could pay her way, but he insisted that he pay. Besides in his mind he is on a date, so a gentlemen pays.

As they were walking out the door, he puts his hand on the small of her back again and that not so good feeling came back, and while they were walking to her vehicle, he was thinking. 'This is where I get the girl, once I kiss her, she will be mine.'

He stops his thoughts when they stopped at her vehicle on the driver's side, then as she turns around to say goodnight, he was leaning forward to kiss her, but things don't go like he had planned because she puts a hand to his chest to stop his movements.

A few seconds later, she takes her hand off his chest and steps back, then when she looks him in the eyes, she realized why she was having that not so good feeling. 'In is mind he thinks we are actually on a date' she thinks to herself, and now she has to let him down without telling him she is dating and in love with their boss.

She pauses for a minute then begins talking. "Look Trent, you are a wonderful guy, but I am just looking for a friend right now, and plus I don't really like dating my coworkers." (With the exception of Grissom, but obviously she couldn't say that.) "I'm sure there are lots of other women out there who would love to jump at the chance of dating you, but I am not one of them, I'm sorry. I really did have a wonderful time tonight and it was nice getting to know you on a more personal level, which I hope we can do this again, but just as friends, ok?"

His ego took a blow just now and he was not to happy about it, yeah he could get another woman, but he didn't want another one, he wanted Sara from the moment he walked into the break room and saw her, and with everything he witnessed today, he realized that there is someone keeping Sara away from him, and he just has to figure out what to do about it.

Mentally shaking his thoughts away, he keeps his emotions as calm as possible before replying. "Ok, but we are still friends right, I didn't go and screw it up?"

She shakes her head no and replies "No, you didn't screw it up. Let's just forget that you tried to kiss me and go on like nothing happened, ok? I am going to head home, you have a good evening and I'll see you next shift."

After he said goodnight, then while he watched her get in her vehicle and drive away, he took a breath and thinks. 'Yep that old man is in my way for true love, something has to be done.' He took another breath before walking to his vehicle so he could go home and do some thinking.

Ten minutes later

After she parked her vehicle in front of the townhouse, she got out of her vehicle and locked it before walking up to the townhouse door, then after she opened it and stepped inside, she gets a surprise.

She noticed the lights were turned down low, the smell of vegetarian lasagna was in the air, the sound of soft classical music was on, and the best surprise of all, the dinning room table was set for a candlelit dinner.

She smiled at Grissom from her spot at the door, but he had his back turned toward her so he didn't see her and with the music playing he probably didn't hear her either. Then after she dropped her bag next to the door, she walked toward the kitchen, and once she standing next to the bar table, she was admiring her man while thinking. 'I have the best boyfriend in the world, he is so good to me.'

Sara is brought out of her thoughts when Grissom asked while his back was still turned to her. "Are you done staring at me?"

He smirks when he turns around and sees the look she is giving him as she started speaking. "Well I was just thinking…"

He cuts her off while still looking at her. "That I am the best boyfriend in the world and that I am good to you?"

She nods her head telling him that he is right, she could never hide anything from him. "How did you know I was thinking that?"

After he checked the Lasagna in the oven, he walked up to her, cups her cheek and speaks from the heart. "I knew that because I feel the same way, you are the best girlfriend in the world and you are good to me too." He gives her a little kiss on the lips before walking over toward the counter where the salad was as he continues with smirk. "You also have that light up smile, which happens when I know you're thinking about me."

She smiled as his words warmed her heart, then asked. "So why are you making this romantic dinner? Not that I am complaining or anything."

She goes and gets the wine from the fridge as he answered. "I just wanted to make my girl a romantic dinner, sorry there hasn't been many of them."

Even though they only had a few since they started living together and weren't quite accustomed to them yet, he didn't want her to think she wasn't appreciated, so he got the idea to make her a nice dinner while he was still at the lab.

While he was putting the salad in the middle of the dinning room table, she walks over there with the wine and wine glasses, then after she sets them down, she brings him in a hug.

After she pulls back, she cups his bearded cheek and replied. "Griss you have nothing to apologize for, we are CSI's so at times our evenings get interrupted and the other times you are just too tired to cook, so I understand that. But I also know that I'm appreciated, especially the little ways you've shown me since we've became a couple and I love you for it, and as much as I enjoy the dinners that you cook, I don't have to have this setting all the time to know how you feel about me." Then after she pecks him on the lips, she continued with a smirk. "But it is nice to have one every once in a while."

He smiled and chuckled as the buzzer from the oven goes off, then as he turned to deal with the meal, he replied. "Yes, Dear."

She smiled bigger as she was pouring the wine, feeling so unbelievably happy right now.

As they were eating their wonderfully made dinner, he had asked about her time with Trent, which she noticed he was debating whether he wanted to ask her that or not because he kept opening and closing his mouth multiple times before the words came out. Which she told him that she had a nice time getting to know him as a friend. She did, however, not tell him about what Trent tried to do because she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble for anybody, besides she felt she dealt with it and the issue was done.

When she was done talking about her evening with Trent, he replied. "I'm glad that you had a good time, I did miss you though."

She smiled at him, then replied. "And I missed you too." He smiled back before going back to eating and she followed soon after with the music still playing in the background.

When dinner was done, Sara told Grissom to relax while she did the dishes, and after she stood up straight from closing the dishwasher, Grissom came up behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck.

She turned around with her backside against the counter and wraps her arms around his neck as he speaks. "Thanks for doing the dishes, I could have done it you know?"

She shrugs. "I wanted to do something nice for you, you are always doing the cooking and taking care of me and I wanted you to feel appreciated too.
At times it feels like I don't do enough to enforce that you are, which you have to know that you are my everything, so if I am lacking in making you feel loved or wanted just let me know and I will try my hardest to prove that you are."

She has tears in her eyes and he doesn't understand where this is coming from, so he wipes them away and hugs her to him. "Hey, what's going on, why are you crying? You make me feel appreciated just by being here and loving me. Before you came into my life I had no life, yeah I love my work, my bugs, my roller coasters and my crossword puzzles, but they weren't enough and I didn't realize that until you walked into my seminar." He sighed as he ran his hand up and down her back. "It just took awhile to let my heart do the talking, which ever since I did, I have never been happier, you understand?" She nods her head against his shoulder as he whispered one more thing. "You are my everything too."

She moves her head from his shoulder and looks him in the eyes, which he is looking into her hers as he cups her cheek again and wipes her tears away.
After a few seconds of just standing there, she takes his hand and walks them to the bedroom, and after she closed the door, she walked them to the middle of the room and stopped. She then looks into his eyes as she places her fingers on the buttons of his shirt, and after a short pause, she unbuttoned his shirt slowly as their hearts were pounding. It may be far from their first time like this, but every time they are this close, it feels like it is.

When the last button came undone, she slides her hands up his chest as he closed his eyes at her touch, then after she slides the shirt off his shoulders, she moved closer to him, cups his cheek and said. "I love you so much, Griss."

He opened his eyes to look into her loving eyes, then cups her cheek and replied. "I love you so much, Sara."

After one more long look at each other, they leaned toward one another and kissed while walking themselves to the bed, falling more in love as each kiss got more passionate than the next.

AN: Hope it was ok. Find out what happens next.