I can't believe it took me 8 chapters to get to the next day! Wait a minute...I always do that. Oh well, hopefully I can speed it up a bit. Otherwise can you imagine how many chapters it would take to get to Sara actually having the babies!?
For those of you really wanting 'that scene' it will happen. I just want them to take it slow for a little while. Get used to being together. When it happens it will be up to par and well worth the wait. Enjoy
Connie
Grissom woke up to Sara thrashing next to him. She was crying in her sleep and moving around like someone was pinning her down. She narrowly missed hitting him when he reached over and tried to wake her.
This ended up with him getting hit. He jumped out of the bed and turned on the light. He watched as she continued to fight off an invisible attacker. He did the only other thing he could think of and began to call out her name.
"Sara" he finally yelled, pulling her out of sleep. She immediately stopped thrashing around but continued to cry. He came up to her and sat on the bed, taking her into his arms and holding her close.
"Shhh. It's alright" he soothed "it's over, just a dream" he continued in soft tones. Her crying finally ebbed and he leaned back, handing her a tissue from the bedside table.
"You alright? Want to talk about it?" he asked. She shook her head.
"Was it about..." he trailed off and she nodded.
He pulled her into his embrace once more and continued to hold her tight. He knew of her past but had no idea she suffered from such nightmares. It was a wonder she got any sleep at all. It answered why she was always early for work and never wanted to go home.
"Do you want anything?" he asked, pulling back and giving her one more look "water?"
She didn't have a chance to answer before he was up and in the bathroom, coming back with a fresh glass of water. She drank it and lied back down. He went back to his own side of the bed and got back in. The last bits of her nightmare were still there and she didn't want to go back to sleep.
"Come here" she heard him say and she was more than willing to place herself in his arms once more.
"Go back to sleep" he said while rubbing small circles on her back, soothing her into sleep. Amazingly she did go back to sleep. He stayed up for a little while to make sure she was alright before turning the lights off and going back to sleep himself.
Grissom always thought it was going to be the biggest joy in his life to sleep in the same bed with Sara but soon found out it was harder than he thought. She woke up two more times during the night and he had to calm her both times.
Even with the activities during the night, not good ones either, he was still the first one up. He spent a good ten minutes watching the woman curled into his side. It was when she had traveled to her own side of the bed that he noticed she had the nightmares.
After the third time he made a concerted effort to keep her close to him and it seemed to work. Her eyes were still a bit puffy from all the crying she did in the night and there were small red rings around them. It almost broke his heart each time she woke up in tears from the nightmares and he desperately wished he could do something more.
He got out of bed as quietly as he could, extracting himself with the utmost care, wanting her to get a bit more sleep. It gave him the perfect opportunity to get some breakfast started.
Sara woke to the most alluring aroma, she was confused for a moment before remembering where she was. Moments later Grissom came in with a tray loaded with food. Her stomach rumbled in recognition of hunger and her mouth began to water.
"I see you're awake" he said with a smile, placing the tray on her lap after she sat up.
"Hungry?" he asked. She nodded her head and took in what was on the plate. Eggs, bacon (tofu), fried potatoes, toast, orange juice, a shake, and a waffle with strawberries and whipped cream. She looked up at him astounded.
"I didn't know what you would want...so I made everything" he answered her look. It all looked fantastic but the waffle just screamed 'eat me.' She grabbed her fork and dove in. It was better than it looked.
"Alright then?" he asked when she let out a satisfied groan. He picked up the shake and handed it to her "you'll like this then" he said "strawberry this morning." She took a long draw from it and nodded her head in approval.
"You are going to help me with this right?" she said between bites. He pulled the other fork off her tray "of course" he answered and took a forkful of waffle for himself. Between the two of them they finished every bite.
"There's a fresh towel in the bathroom for you, I'll be in the kitchen" he said getting up and heading out the door.
"Not even a kiss good morning huh" she said before he got to the door. He turned and looked at her, a slight blush evident on his cheeks.
He walked back over to her and leaned down, giving her a kiss on the forehead. He then stood up and headed out the door whistling. 'There has to be a way to get through that shyness of his' she thought to herself as she got up and headed to the bathroom.
