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Chapter 10: Secrets are revealed

1 month later

After dropping off the kids at Mary's before shift, Grissom pulled into the parking lot of the lab before parking in an empty parking spot, then as he turned the vehicle off, he sighed while he leaned back in his seat.

Sara placed her hand on her husband's arm a second later. "This is your last employed day at the lab, you ready?"

"I am." He took a breath as he looked over at her. "It is a little hard thinking I won't be a CSI anymore after all these years, but I'm ready for my next challenge."

She smiled as she moved her hand from his arm to cup his cheek. "More like a new adventure than challenge for you, you are still going to be doing something that comes second nature to you."

He chuckled with a nod. "I guess I can't deny that."

They lean toward each other and peck on the lips before he kisses her forehead and pulls back with another sigh. "Alright, we better get in there and start shift."

After she nodded, they get out of the vehicle before shutting the doors and walking toward the lab entrance with his hand on the small of her back.

When he walked into the break room with the assignments a few minutes later, the whole team was sitting at the conference table talking and laughing, then when Warrick saw him, he cleared his throat before speaking. "Hey Griss, what do you have for us tonight?"

As they all stopped talking, they looked at their boss, which after today they knew he was just going to be a friend, with the exception to Sara of course, he would still be her everything.

She mentally smiled while shaking her head from those thoughts, this was not the time to let them wander to her husband.

Grissom cleared his throat before speaking. "Before I hand out the assignments, I have to say a few things first." They nodded as he continued. "First off, as you all know this is my last day here."

Before he could speak again, Nick speaks. "We'll miss you, man."

They stated clapping and cheering while he smiled with a nod, then he continued after clearing his throat again. "I'll miss you all too." They smiled as he finished. "And secondly, I would like to inform you all that Catherine will be your supervisor, so you'll all be in good hands."

And with Catherine getting promoted, Nick was taking the assistant spot, where Warrick would be getting his evaluations from him since his new boss is his wife.

After they congratulated Catherine on her new position, Grissom got their attention back before handing out their assignments, which was Greg and Warrick, and Sara was with Catherine and Nick.

Once he was done, they looked at him as they were standing up, then Nick asked. "You staying in, huh?"

"I have a small stack of paperwork to finish and packing up."

After they nodded, the team walked out of the room, patting him on the shoulder as they walked by him, which he gave them all smile with a nod as they did, but Sara got an added bonus of a wink that was reciprocated.

When it was just him in the room, he took a breath before heading back to his office so he could start on his tasks.

Through shift, Grissom was working away on the last of his paperwork and packing up the items in his office, and by the end of it, he grabbed the last box he was going to take with him this morning while leaving a few of the bigger boxes to take back to the house when he drops Sara off for next shift. Then when he got to the door to his office, he looked at his name tag before sliding it out of its slot and putting it in his box before looking into the room that was practically bare, with the exception of the last of his boxes, empty shelves, the desk, chairs, and couch. This was the place he spent the last 8 years of his working life, which it at times it felt longer than that.

His observing was interrupted a second later when he felt a hand on his shoulder, and he was about to tense, but the feel of her hand stopped him, along with the sound of her voice. "How are you doing?"

He turned his head to look at his wife. "I'm ok. I'll get the rest of the boxes when I drop you off next shift." Sara nodded in understanding.

After standing there for a few more minutes in silence, she speaks again. "How about some breakfast, my treat?" He smiled with a nod, and she smiled in return before they turned to walk down the hall, but as they took a few steps, she continued. "I need to stop in the break room first though." He just nodded again while following her lead.

When they had reached the break room he noticed the blinds were closed, even the glass doors were covered, so he raised an eyebrow. "What's going on in there?" He found out a second later when Sara opened the door and he stepped in the room.

"Surprise!"

Everybody shouted, which included the kids, Mary, Shelly, Brad, and Suzie.

He saw the conference table had juice, water and cake on it, there was a sign hanging up that said 'We'll miss you', and the guests all had smiles on their faces.

Grissom cleared his throat from the emotion he had before looking at Sara. "You did this?"

She smiled while cupping his cheek, and since they weren't on lab time anymore, he didn't say anything or move away as she replied. "I know you probably wouldn't have wanted the attention, but I couldn't stop them. They care about you too much and wanted to show it."

Grissom nodded as he looked at everybody with a smile. "Thank you, everybody."

They all smiled back, then Luke, who was in Shelly's arms at the moment, spoke while pointing to the table. "Cake momma!"

They chuckled as Grissom said. "Well you heard him, cake everybody."

After another round of chuckles, Grissom sets his box down on the counter before walking toward the table with Sara following, and while the cake was cut, the pieces were handed out, which the kids only got a small piece since none of them had breakfast yet, they talked and laughed about things that had happened here.

Once they were all done with their pieces of cake and their drinks, they cleaned up the room, and as they were finishing up, Grissom speaks. "Well now that everybody is full on cake, breakfast anybody?" He smirks as he finished. "I hear Sara's buying."

Sara pursed her lips as she looked at Grissom while he still had the smirk on his face, then she smiled while looking at everybody. "Sure, I'll still buy." They all smiled with nods, indicating they were all in.

As Grissom walked over to the counter to pick up his box, Sara took Luke from Shelly before the group started walking out of the room, including Cassie since she was still technically with her dad today, leaving the rest of the Grissom family alone so Grissom could take a few minutes.

After looking around the room, he smiled while grabbing the box, then he looked at his wife and son. "You guys ready?"

Before Sara could answer, Luke nodded. "Yes, daddy."

They chuckled before they also walked out of the room, knowing this was the last time he'll be in this lab as a member of the night shift team.

After everybody had finished their small meals, the blond-haired, brown-eyed, slim build waitress walked back over to their area, which were two tables that were put together in the middle of the diner, before asking all of them, even though her attention was all on Greg. "Can I get you guys anything else?"

They all looked at Greg, which Mary wasn't feeling that great with the waitress giving her boyfriend flirty looks, so Greg shook his head with a small, polite smile. "No we are good, thank you."

She smiled in return as she nodded before walking away, then the men, excluding Grissom, was now giving Greg a hard time, saying that she wanted him and that he should ask for her number, and while Sara was grabbing the bill from the table, she looked over at Mary, who was paying attention more to the table than anything else, feeling sympathy towards her because she knew how hearing jokes about her boyfriend and other women could feel like when their relationship wasn't out in the open and you couldn't say anything about it because of that.

Then to stop the team, mostly the men, from continuing their joking around with him, Greg asked Sara if he could take the bill to the cash register, which she nodded her head with a smile as she handed it to him, and after he took it, he got up and walked toward the counter.

When he had returned with Sara's change a few minutes later, they all stood up, picking up their young kids in the process, and as they were walking out, Nick said. "So your conversation seemed pretty serious with her, did you get her number?"

Greg shook his head with a smile. "No, I told her that as flattered as I was for her attention, I am currently involved with someone."

The people who didn't know about that stopped abruptly with surprise as Warrick asked. "Why would you do a thing like that if it isn't true?"

He crossed his arms over his chest and asked. "And who says it isn't? Do you guys not see me ever being in a real relationship? I'm I incapable of doing that?"

After all this time, he sometimes felt like he was still being viewed by the team, mostly from Nick and Warrick, as the young, goofy lab rat, who could never be serious enough to have a long term relationship.

Sensing a mood change, Sara cleared her throat before volunteering Grissom and Cassie to come with her and the kids so they could let them talk, which before she walked away, she shared a look with him, telling him with her eyes that she knew.

As the kids, Sara, Grissom, and Cassie were away from them, Nick shook his head at Greg's question. "Of course not Greggo, you are very much capable of having a significant relationship, we just never heard you talk about somebody."

Warrick nodded while he patted his shoulder before bringing it back to his side. "Yeah, we didn't mean anything by it, so how long has this been going on?"

He cleared his throat before answering. "We just celebrated three months."

That surprised them even more, and Catherine couldn't help but asking. "Who is she? Do we know her?"

Greg's heart started to speed a little because they never talked about when they were coming out to everybody, but before he could say something, Mary smiled as she took his hand. "It's me."

Greg smiled as he squeezed her hand, solidifying it. "Yes, it is her." Then getting overexcited, he couldn't help but blurt out their other secret. "And we are having a baby."

They gasped as Greg looked over at Mary with wide-eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn..."

But Mary just chuckled as she cupped his cheek. "That's alright, breathe." He did what she said with a smile and nod, then she looked at the group, who was still looking at them very speechless.

A few seconds later, Greg speaks. "Guys you can start breathing now too."

As they were doing what he said, Sara, Grissom, Cassie and the other kids came back to the group before Sara asked, as if she didn't know what just happened. "What's up guys?"

Suzie took this question. "So it seems that Greg and Mary are an item, and have been for the last three months."

Then Brad finished. "And are having a baby together."

Sara smiled, but before she could say something, Luke speaks. " 'other baby momma?"

Their attention was now turned toward Sara as Catherine asked. "Another baby? Who else is having a baby?"

And before Sara or Grissom could speak, or stop him, Luke speaks again with a smile while clapping his hands. "Momma!"

They were waiting for confirmation, and they got it a second later after Sara and Grissom shared a look before she nodded at them. "Yes it is true."

Even though today wasn't the day they were going to tell them, it was going to be very soon, but they weren't going lie about it now that the cat was out of the bag.

After a few seconds of stunned silence from everything they leaned in a short amount of time, Catherine cleared her throat and spoke. "Ok, so let me get this straight. Greg you have been dating Mary for the past three months and you two are having a baby together?" Greg and Mary nodded before Catherine looked at Sara. "And you and Grissom are having another baby?" They also smiled with a nod, then after she nodded to that, she asked. "So does anybody else have anything else they would like to share?" When they all shook their heads no she took another breath and said with a smile. "I guess congratulations are in order, I wish you all the best."

After congratulations were said, they all broke away from one another to head to their own vehicles, and after Marcus was in his car seat, Greg walked Mary to the driver's seat to her minivan, then after opening the door, he speaks. "I really am sorry Mary, I didn't mean for all of that to come out, at least all at once. I just get tired of the guys ragging on me. When I'm around them I sometimes feel like I'm still viewed as that young, goofy..."

She cups his cheek with a smile before cutting him off. "It's really ok, Greg. It had to come out sometime anyways, I couldn't have hid my pregnancy forever. Besides, I was just going with you on when you wanted to announce our relationship."

He smiled as he placed his hand over hers that was still on his cheek. "Just know I never wanted to hide our relationship forever. I just wanted to have you and Marcus to myself for a bit. I've never been ashamed one second since we've gotten together, these last three months have been the best of my life."

Mary smiled with a nod. "Me too, and I understand." After he smiled bigger, he kissed her softly on the lips before pulling back, then she asked. "You want to come over?"

He smirked back. "Try and stop me. I'll see you in a few minutes."

After one more nod and kiss, Mary gets into her vehicle as Greg rushed to his so he could meet his girlfriend/mother of his child at her apartment, which he smiled just thinking about calling her that, and now he doesn't have to hide that fact that he had a girlfriend he loved and was going to be a father.

Once Ariel was in her car seat, the Browns got into their vehicle, then after Warrick closed the door, he took a breath before looking over at his wife. "I didn't expect our morning to go like that."

Catherine nodded with a smile as she looked over at him. "Me neither, and you would think as experienced CSI's we would have seen the signs, right?"

He took her hand and replied with a smile. "Well considering we slipped by them, not to mention Sara and Grissom kept their secret for almost two years. The only thing I can say to defend that, is that we were too close to the situation, and vise versa."

Catherine chuckled with a nod. "Ok, I'll take that explanation."

He chuckled right back before leaning over and kissing her on the cheek, then he pulls back and asked. "You ok?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

He didn't want to offend her, but he believed she would understand what he meant, so he cleared his throat before replying. "Our friends are pregnant again, while you are..."

He trails off, but she did in fact understand what he was trying to say. "And I'm pretty much past that stage in my life?"

As much as she didn't want to accept it, she knew it was a part of life, and so after Ariel was born, she already knew that was going to be it with the kids.

He nodded, and she saw a sympathy look in his eyes as she continued with a smile. "I'm really fine with it." Then she losses it a little as she finished. "The only thing that I wish is that we could have gotten together sooner, so you could..."

He cuts her off with a shake of his head. "I have a beautiful daughter and stepdaughter, and with you, that's all I need to be satisfied. Like I've told you in the past, I would have been just as satisfied if Lindsey would have been it for me. I love you Catherine, and I'm happy with our lives just as they are now, I wouldn't change a thing."

They both show love in their eyes as she whispered. "I love you too, Warrick, and really I wouldn't either."

He smiled bigger. "That's my girl." She chuckled again before he kissed her softly, then after straightening out in the driver's seat, he started driving his girls home.

When Brad, Suzie, and Cassie got into their vehicle, Cassie grabbed her Ipod from the seat next to her before putting her headphones over her ears while Brad was starting the vehicle, and as he was pulling out of the parking lot, he asked Suzie. "So, have you thought about joining the baby party?"

She looked over at him a little shocked. "You want another one?"

He pulled to the exit of parking lot before looking at her. "You thought I wouldn't?"

Suzie shrugged her shoulders. "I wasn't sure, we never talked about more children."

He pulls out on the road before answering. "I guess it has come to that time, so what do you think?"

She thinks about it, then slips her hand in his free one before speaking again. "I love Cassie very much, in more ways than one, but the thought of another child does sound good."

He smiled as he stopped at one of the lights before looking at her. "It really does." Suzie smiled bigger while he squeezed her hand, then continued. "And things will be different this time." He looked to make sure Cassie was still occupied before looking at his fiancée again. "I'm not, nor would I ever deny that I haven't made mistakes when it came to Cassie, but I'm different now.
I feel more ready and prepared. And if you feel that I would be a good father to your child or children, then I'll happily give you as many you want...When you are ready of course."

Suzie nodded with her eyes sparkling. "I do feel that you will be, and I'll happily have some with you, but after we are married, ok?"

"Alright, I can deal with that."

After one more smile, they continued to head back to the apartment in silence, not really expecting to have that conversation today, but happy they got it settled.

After the Grissoms were in their vehicle with Luke in his car seat, Grissom looked at Sara from the driver's seat and asked. "You knew about Mary and Greg, didn't you?"

She nodded before replying. "But only the last month, and the only reason I found out was because I became suspicious when Mary had gotten sick when we went to Suzie's graduation." Grissom nodded as she slipped her hand into his. "I promised her I wouldn't say anything, so I hope..."

Grissom cuts her off with a smile and a squeeze of her hand. "It wasn't your secret to tell. I respect your friendships, and trust you enough that I don't have to know every little secret between you guys, it isn't my place."

Sara smiled as she leaned toward him to kiss his cheek, then she pulled back and whispered. "Thank you."

"But I didn't do anything."

She smiled again while shaking her head. "You do more than you think, especially just by being the understanding and loving man that you are."

He smiled with his eyes sparkling, then after a small peck on the lips, he pulls back and starts the vehicle. "Now let's go home and get some sleep."

Luke, who had heard/understood the last thing his father had said from the backseat, replied. "No nap."

They both sighed, it looked like sleep would not come to them very easily this morning.

When the Stokes made it home, Nick was taking care of the boys, while Shelly was taking a phone call from Sara, who had called her the moment her and Grissom got home.

Then as Nick was walking toward the master bedroom, she was finishing her conversation. "Really, Sara, I'm happy for you and Mary. Thanks for calling, yeah, I'll talk to you soon, bye."

After they ended their phone call, Shelly puts her phone on the nightstand with a sigh, and her husband spoke from the bedroom doorway. "Are you really ok?"

She looked over at her husband with a smile while he walked toward the bed, where she was sitting. "Of course, a baby is always something to be happy about."

He nodded as he sat down next to her before taking her hand. "I know that, but seeing two of your closest friends going through their pregnancies can't be easy."

Shelly took a breath before continuing. "To be honest it won't be, and it will probably take me a little time to feel completely comfortable around them. But to think ill of it happening to them, wouldn't make me feel any better either. So yeah, maybe I'll have to put on a brave face for a little bit, but that doesn't change the fact that I am truly happy for them, nothing will make me change my mind about that. Having a baby is a blessing and it should be viewed as that."

Nick saw the truth in her eyes, but he couldn't deny the underline sadness in there too, so without saying anything else, he just nodded and brought her closer to him so he could hold her in his arms and kiss the top of her head while he comforted her, wishing he could take away the rest of her pain.

AN: More to come if anybody wants it. Please review.