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Chapter 7: Reconnecting

Grissom paused, which caused Sara to have a frightening thought for a second that it might be too late for them and he would pull away, but that thought went away when he moved his body closer to her and lifted his head up so his lips were close to her ear, making her close her eyes while her body tingled at him being this close to her again.

"I don't care how many years come and go with us being apart, my love is as binding to you as it had been since the second I've met you."

He pulls back while she opened her eyes, then she lifted her head up while running her thumb up and down his cheek again as her heart pounded like it hadn't pounded in years. Knowing this man loved her unconditionally was still an overwhelming feeling.

She looked at his lips before looking into his eyes again, finally giving him her answer. "My answer would have been yes." The noise he did next sounded like it was a half sob and half laugh as she continued while they both let tears fall down their cheeks. "I would have gotten on the first plane I could catch and have taken that trip to reconnect with you. Then I would have wanted you to come back with me to Vegas. I never wanted us to end, either, and I was also frustrated with all the time that we missed. We never should have let it gone that far. What were we thinking? Our marriage was the most important thing in my life and I threw it away like it was nothing, like you meant nothing, I'm so sorry."

She started to sob, so he brings her into his arms and kissed her head while whispering with emotion and running his hand up and down her back to comfort her. "I don't know what we were thinking because you are right, our marriage was the most important thing in my life too, and I am also sorry on what happened. It never should have...we never should have ended, especially like that."

After they held one another for a few minutes, she pulled back sniffling, then cupped both of his cheeks before replying. "The one great thing about an ending, is that there can be a new beginning."

They looked deeply into each other eyes before looking at their lips for a second time, wondering and waiting who was going to make the first move while both of their hearts were pounding with anticipation.

The waiting and wondering had ended a second later when Sara had placed her lips on his first. They smiled as their lips connected to one another at first, but it wasn't very long before they started to really kiss, and with them not kissing for over two years, they were getting everything they could out of it.

Unfortunately they needed air, so they pulled back breathlessly before placing their foreheads against one another, then he whispered when he got some air back. "How long has it been since that happened?"

She replied as she pulled back. "Too long."

Thinking about how long it has been since they've felt so alive from a kiss wasn't on her mind at the moment or even talking about, which she proved that to him when she kissed him again while bringing him down on top of her while she was laying on her back.

She had missed everything about him, but the way she felt when he kissed her or his touch against her skin was a feeling she had with no other man, and even after all this time of being apart, it still made her body tingle and her heart explode with all the love in the world for him.

Just before items of clothing were being pulled off, Grissom pulled back breathlessly, so she opened her eyes and looked up at him with passion before asking, once she could say the words. "Why did you stop?"

He took a few calming breaths before cupping her cheek and looking down into her eyes, speaking with a passion in his eyes that could match hers, but a tone that was very comforting and concerned about her wellbeing. "Are you sure you want to do this now? We can wait." He ran his thumb up and down her cheek while he continued. "I've waited this long, I can wait some more."

She cups his cheek and replied. "I've missed you Griss, and we've spent too much time apart as it is.
While I appreciate you asking me, I don't need or want to wait, so unless you want to wait, I don't want to stop."

He shook his head before bringing his head down and kissed her softly on the forehead before pulling back and speaking. "I don't either, but things are a little different than they were the last time we were together... I've... Well I've gotten..."

She gives him a little smile as he trails off. "Gotten older?" He nodded with an embarrassing smile, which she found completely cute, then as she moved her hand to the hem of his shirt she continued with unconditional love in her eyes. "Well so have I." He was about to speak, but she spoke again before he could. "And nothing is going to change how I look at you."

She pulled his shirt over his head and lets it fall on the floor before she ran a hand down his chest to his stomach and back up again, feeling the skin she had missed all this time. She then used the other hand to cup his cheek again while seeing he had closed his eyes at her touch. "Besides, it still has the same feeling against my hand." She moves and kissed him softly on the lips before pulling back and whispering. "I love you no matter what changes you go through, believe me." She moved her mouth closer to his ear and whispered again. "Love me Griss." She pulls back so she was in in view of him when he opened his eyes, then seeing a confirmation she wanted them to continue, he cups her cheek and brings her lips to his before kissing her softly.

When she pulls back, she lays back down on the pillow while bringing him with her again, their eyes never leaving one another.

He stopped before his lips touched hers so he could whisper. "I love you too Sara, so much, and I've missed you."

A second later his lips touched hers, and this time it ignited a deep passion and desire that has finally been set free after so long of being bottled down, while ignoring the storm that was still going on outside.


Early Morning

It had been silent the last few minutes while they were trying to take everything in that had happened during the night, they hadn't planned for anything like that to happen while they had to spend a night here, but it wasn't exactly like they were complaining, in fact, they were beaming on the inside.

She was laying on top of him with her head turned toward the window that was showing morning light coming through the blinds, and he was running his right hand up and down her shirt covered back while his other arm was under his head.

After a few minutes of just laying still, she sighed while moving her head, kissing his bare shoulder before facing the window again.

He stopped his hand on her back and removed his other arm from his head so he could wrap both arms around her while speaking softly. "You ok?"

She smiled bigger as she moved her head again so she was now looking at him with her hands on his shoulders. "I'm better than ever now. Being in your arms, no matter what we are doing, is perfect to me, it always has been and always will be."

He smiled with nod. "I agree."

She moved forward and kisses him softly, which he responded.

When she pulled back, he looked out the window and sighed. "The storm has moved on."

"I know."

"And as much as I would love to stay like this with you all day..."

Sara cuts him off as he looked into her eyes again. "I know, we have to leave and go back to the real world." He nodded as he leaned forward to kiss her forehead while she closed her eyes.

She opened her eyes when he pulled back, but before they moved, Sara cleared her throat and spoke. "Griss?"

He looks at her with concern as he removed one of his arms so he cup her cheek. "What is it?"

She took another second before asking. "You don't regret it, do you?"

He ran this thumb up and down her cheek while replying with love in his eyes. "Not one second spent with you is a mistake or a regret. Do you?"

She smiled again, shaking her head. "Never."

He gives her a smile before she pecks him on the lips, then when they pulled back again, he smirked with his eyes twinkling. "Although, so much for resting. I think coffee will be my new best friend today." She chuckled with a nod as she laid her head down so it was facing his neck before she smiled shyly against it.

He chuckled as he felt her smile, then surprised her, which made her gasp a little, when he rolled them over so now she was laying on her back while he was above her, and after he pulled back so she could look into those blue eyes that she loves, he cupped her cheek and replied with love in his voice. "And incase I didn't say it, you're still the most beautiful woman that I have ever laid my eyes on."

He wasn't the only one that had concerns on how his appearance was, she thought about hers too, but now that he said that and she could see the truth, a relieved feeling washed over as she smiled again. "Thank you."

"You're welcome, but it's the truth."

She nodded and moved up to kiss him softly on the lips before pulling back and sighing. "I better get up and take a shower now."

Another nod and one more kiss later, Grissom removes his hands to allow to get up, and after she did, she started walking toward the end of her bed to get her bag, but felt that he was staring, so she turned around, and indeed he was with his eyes sparkling again while his elbow was on the mattress and his head was on the palm his hand, so she asked. "What?"

"I missed seeing that."

She touched her hair, thinking that's what he was talking about, and winced, she could only imagine how it must look this morning, then she smirked. "What, my messed up hair?"

A smile was creeping on his lips as he shyly said. "Maybe." She chuckled while shaking her head, then while she kneeled down to grab her back, he cleared his throat and said with a more serious tone. "Seeing you in one of my shirts."

She straightened up with her bag in her hand and smiled at him with a nod. "I've missed being in them."

Even though she had kept some of his shirts and were packed in a box in the back of her bedroom closet, she couldn't bear to pull them out and ware them, knowing she would never get to see him in it again or smell his scent from them anymore, so the feel of his shirt on her felt right and was sorely missed.

They continued to look at each other for a few seconds with love and happiness shining through their eyes, then she cleared her throat. "I better..."

She trails off and he chuckled while nodding. "Yes, go ahead."

Finally she turned and started walking toward the bathroom, both once again beaming inside with excitement of starting a new beginning, something they hadn't felt in a long time.


AN: More to come. Please review.