A/N Super kind to all you readers today, double post and this one is longer than usual! ;D ENJOY! Reviews are nice, please be kind and leave one. (:
The next morning Gil woke to the sound of his cell ringing, he had managed to drift off about an hour previously but it had been a light sleep, not like his usual heavy deep sleep he would fall into. "Grissom." He answered roughly as he looked at the alarm clock on the side.
"Daddy! Tell Auntie Catherine I don't wear my black pumps with the dusty pink dress! She won't listen to me!" Henley said all in one breathe. Gil smirked listening to her; she had haunted his dreams and thoughts for the last eight hours, since he had met Sara and found out about Aurora.
"Okay, relax Henley, I'll tell her. So what are you three up to today?" He asked sitting up and pulling back the covers, swinging his legs out of bed he sighed inwardly at how tired his body felt.
"Auntie Catherine said that we were going to school and then she's going to take us out to McDonalds for dinner, but when Lindsey's at school and I'm not she said we could go shopping!" She said as she sounded like she was eating her breakfast.
"Well that sounds like fun, don't go eating too much junk please." He sighed. "Well can I talk to auntie Catherine now then?" He asked puling himself to his feet and going to his suitcase and pulled out clothes for the day.
"Okay daddy, love you! See you soon." She said then blew a kiss through the phone at him. She would always do that, and he'd always blew one back.
"Love you too sweetheart, be good for Auntie Catherine." He said then heard her hand the phone to Catherine.
"Good morning Gil, sorry if I woke you, she wouldn't settle so I said she could speak to you." Catherine said with a smile in her voice. Gil knew that he had to tell her the results from the night before, and he would tell her once the general conversation was had.
"Good morning Catherine, its fine I needed to hear her voice, let's just say last night was long. So how has she been? I heard you two had a fall out over her black pumps, she won't wear anything but her jeans with the pumps, you should know that." Gil said as he grabbed his shower things.
"Okay okay, I hate when you Grissom's gang up on me! So what was the result then?" She asked, Gil took a deep breath, walking into his bathroom and put his things where he needed them.
"Well Henley has a twin sister called Aurora Sidle, not sure on her middle name, they are identical twins and she is definitely my daughter, eight markers on the DNA test." He said as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"Oh wow, so are you going to talk when you get back? Do you want me to test waters ask what she'd think if she had one?" Catherine suggested.
Gil took a moment to think as he his finger ran under his eyes. "I was planning on it; we have to make a trip to San Francisco to meet Aurora once this seminars are over, frankly if I didn't have to go to these I'd be on a plane home to see Henley and talk to her, but I know that the sheriff will fire me if I don't go to these." He sighed. "If you could, that would be helpful, let me know what she says, I'll call about seven once everything is done here." He said softly.
"Okay, so do you want me to make sure that her suitcase is packed for a few days hidden of course, I'll not let on I know anything." Catherine said then took a breath. "I'll let you know how it goes with little miss." Catherine smiled as she looked through from the kitchen to see Lindsey helping Henley with her yogurt pot.
"I'll get back to you about the suitcase, Thanks Catherine, okay speak to you later, I need to go shower." He sighed, leaning in he turned on the power shower knowing it needed to heat up.
"Okay speak later." Catherine said then hung up.
Sara rolled over again, she had drifted off to sleep but had only gotten about half an hour's sleep before she woke with a start and she couldn't get back to sleep. Sighing she got up and grabbed everything she needed to get ready for the day then headed into the shower, feeling the hot water spray her body she smiled, it was the one luxury she loved to have, when Aurora had been younger it was hard to even have ten minutes to herself to have a shower, but now she could spend fifteen minutes in the shower before she had the demands of being mom.
Being away from home she could enjoy a shower for as long as she liked. Spending twenty minutes under the spray, she had even managed to shave her legs and underarms and just let the water relax her tightened muscles.
Once she was dressed in a pair of black pants, a long sleeved green top and let her hair naturally curl she put a small amount of make up on, adding the final touch of lip gloss she then headed back into her bedroom, grabbing her cell phone and slid it in her pocket then went into the main area of the suite, seeing the coffee and tea making area she grinned, making herself a strong coffee as her cell phone rang.
"Sidle." She answered as she stirred the coffee, making sure that it wasn't like all gathered at the bottom.
"Hey Sar, I have a little girl who wanted to say good morning to mommy." Jaimee said softly as she ruffled Aurora's hair as she played thumb wars with Liam.
"Ah well put her on then!" Sara smiled as she put the spoon onto the side then picked up her cup and headed over to the couch and sat down. "Hey baby girl!" She said as she heard Aurora come on the phone.
"Mommy! I miss you! When will you be home?" Aurora went straight in asking, Sara could tell that the young girl was feeling the same way she was, she hated the separation.
"I'll be home in two more sleeps, remember we talked about it mommy was going to be away for three sleeps, it's only been one sleep baby." Sara said softly as Gil walked out of his room, giving her a soft smile he went and made himself a coffee.
"I know mommy, but I don't like you not being here. Auntie Jaimee can't make toast like you do." She said softly.
"Awh so you miss mommy for her toast making skills." Sara joked as she faked being hurt by the comment. "Well tell Auntie Jaimee that you want cereal instead." Sara went on and explained to Aurora. Gil sat down in the chair across from Sara and smirked at her words.
"Mommy!" Aurora said in her tell off voice. "I did but she doesn't have the one I like here." Sara could just see the pout that was on her daughters face.
"Well just eat what she does have, I'm sure she will take you to the store and buy you cereal later." Sara shook her head and smirked at Gil then mouthed to him "She's always changing her mind at what cereal she likes." Gil nodded and replied "Henley's the same."
"But mommy its yucky!" Sara couldn't help but smirk and managed to keep the laugh from coming out.
"Well go without then, if Auntie Jaimee can't do the toast have you asked Liam to do it instead?" She asked as she rolled her eyes.
"He said he burns toast." Aurora came out with and Sara spluttered.
"Sorry baby but I can't do much about it from here; you are just going to have to do with what Auntie Jaimee says." Sara said softly as she looked at Gil.
"Fine!" Aurora yelled through the phone and handed it back to Jaimee, walking away Sara could hear a door slam. Shaking her head she laughed.
"Sorry about all that, she's stropping bad today, she's finding it hard you not being here." Jaimee said.
Sara looked at Gil and shook her head. "She's not the only one. Listen, don't say anything, but Gil is her father, I'm going to explain it to her when I get home, but we still need to figure out a few details between us. We have a few more days until we head home, but I'll let you know what's going on when we do." Sara explained. "I've got to go, our first seminar starts in an hour and I need to get breakfast first." Sara said with a smile.
"Okay Sar, talk to you about it later, I've got to go make sure my door is still on its hinges. Speak to you later." Jaimee said ending the call. Sara hung up her phone and left it in her lap then drank from her coffee.
"Good morning, joys of a stroppy five year old, she wouldn't eat anything they gave her for breakfast and when I said I couldn't do anything about it she handed the phone back to Jaimee and went to the room she's sleeping in and slammed the door." Sara said with a smirk on her lips.
"Good morning, sounds like fun, Henley decided that she and Catherine were going to have a falling out over shoes and dresses, I had to smooth it out, but it's all fine, they are going shopping this afternoon so everything is good in Las Vegas." He said then sipped from his cup.
"Ah the whole outfit argument, fun! So shall we go get some breakfast before the day of seminars that are probably going to put me to sleep." Sara suggested then laughed a little. "Let's just say I'm running on empty right now, I hope this coffee is going to keep me going for a while." She explained.
"Breakfast sounds good; I haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon!" He said softly as he stood up. "Yes, I know what you mean, I could give these seminars." He sighed. "I didn't get much sleep at all last night, still freaked out about there being two girls that have my DNA. I kept seeing double in my sleep and waking up. It's still sinking in." He said grabbing his notepad and pen.
"I didn't sleep to well either, too many thoughts going through my head, but I may have come up with a solution, but I need to talk to you about it." She said as she stood up putting her empty cup on the side and then grabbed her own notepad and a couple of pens, following Gil to the door.
