Sorry about the wait on this chapter, I've been stuck doing a whole lot of overtime this week. Anyway… I hope you enjoy the chapter. Disclaimer: I do not own CSI Chapter 11
Sara was awoken by the ringing of her cell phone. Jolting awake, she was surprised to find it light out. She flips the phone open while raising it to her ear.
"Sidle" she answers.
"Sorry honey, did I wake you?" Grissom asks her.
"Yeah, but I needed to get up anyway" She tell him as she enters the bathroom and grimaces at her appearance.
"Good. I'll be home in 20 minutes to pick you up" Grissom tells her.
"How about you meet me at the hospital" She suggests.
"No, I will pick you up, save us from taking two cars" He replies.
"Actually I am already at the hospital," She reluctantly tells him.
"Sarah Sidle, did you stay at the hospital last night? We agreed that you would rest." She hears the frustration in his voice.
"I did rest. I fell asleep and didn't wake up until you rang." she checks her watch and notices it is already 6:30am. "I got over 9 hours sleep," she tells him "I couldn't tell you the last time that happened"
Relieved that she had at least had a good night sleep, Grissom suggests she meet him by the front door before heading to the appointment. Hanging up Sara washes her face and tries to straighten herself up. Exiting the bathroom she finds Sarah awake and sitting up.
"Hey sweetie, your awake" Sara walks back over to bed and picks up her bag and jacket.
"Your not leaving" Sarah asks her worriedly.
"Just for a little while, I have an appointment upstairs. I be back afterwards ok." Sara explains
"But you will be back" she checks
"Yes Sarah, I will be back" she smiles at the girl and gives her hand a squeeze.
Leaving the room Sara heads downs stairs to meet Grissom. When he arrives 5 minutes later he gives her a quick kiss before they head over to the OBGYN floor. They had checked in with the nurse and take a seat in the waiting room before Sara gets up the courage to speak.
"Gil" she turns to him.
"Sara" he replies turning towards her with a slight grin.
"I was talking to Sarah's social worker last night…" she stops wondering how to raise her question. "…Sarah, she…" she is interrupted by her cell phone.
She grunts frustrated and pull her phone out. Catherine's name runs over the display screen. Confused she answers.
"Sidle"
"Sara, it's Catherine. How are you?"
"Catherine it's not a good time, can I call you back" she asks.
"That's fine, is everything ok?" Catherine asks. Sara starts to answer but is a nurse comes to stand before her
"Sara Sidle, the doctor is ready for you" she is told.
"Cath, I'll talk to you later"
She hangs up not waiting for an answer as Grissom stands and pulls her to her feet. They follow the nurse to a examination room. Sara is told to undress and lay on the table. The doctor joins the a short time later and introduces herself as Dr Carrie starting on some general question.
"This is you first pregnancy?" she asks
"Yes, I hadn't even realized I was pregnant till I was told by a doctor yesterday" Sara explains.
"Yes, I see here you were admitted yesterday. You lost consciousness, high blood pressure, dehydration. Is that correct?"
"Yes, I have been a under a little stress lately." Sara admits.
"She also overworks, and quite often forgets to take breaks" Grissom adds as she glares at him "honey, you do, and you know it. We've talked about this."
"ok, well lets see how things are going" they are told by the doctor.
The doctor starts by taking Sara's blood pressure.
"It's a little higher than it should be, we will need to keep an eye on that. I will give you some pamphlets to read with ways to lower it otherwise we may need to put you on medication to control it. But I want that to be a last result."
She continues her exam finding no other issues.
"Lets have a look at your baby" they are told as she uncovers Sara's stomach. Sara shudders as the doctor applies gel to her stomach.
"I always heard that stuff was cold. They weren't lying" Sara laughs.
"Sorry, I should have warned you" Dr Carrie laughs as well,
Grissom take Sara's hand as the Dr Carrie touches the probe to her stomach and they turn to the screen.
"There's your baby" they follow her finger to the small form on the screen "it looks like your approximately 13 weeks"
"But how, I didn't even notice" Sara asks stunned.
"That is not uncommon. Some women are lucky enough to not get morning sickness. It is also possible to have your period, though lighter, during the first few months. The stress you have been feeling probably hid other symptoms such as tiredness. Do you want to know the sex"
"You can tell us that already" Grissom asks amazed as he moves in for a closer look at the screen.
"I can" she confirms.
"No. I want to wait, at least for the moment, until we know everything is fine" Sara says.
"Well your in your second trimester now. The chances of miscarriage has gone down, but it can't be ruled out yet." she looks down at her notes. "I am suggesting you take thing easy over the nest few weeks. Try to not overwork, try to keep your stress levels down. What do you do for a living."
"I work grave shift for the CSI." Sara tell her.
"I will give you some information on chemicals you will need to avoid. I can also make a note of things you need to avoid to pass on to your supervisor and personal. We also need to get you started on prenatal vitamins."
"just give me anything that could be dangerous for them, I'll take care of it" Grissom tells the doctor, she give him a questioning look. "I'm her supervisor" he replies a looking little sheepish. The doctor laughs slightly as she passes him the information.
Sara and Grissom leave the appointment carrying pamphlets, a prescription and a photo of their baby. Neither can wipe the grin off their faces. Grissom suggests they grab something to eat so they head down to the cafeteria. Sara claims a table for them while Grissom gets their food. As he approached the table with the tray she smiles up at him.
"I don't understand where this happiness is coming from." She tells him. "I always thought I would be fine not having children but now I can't get this stupid smile off my face."
"Your glowing." He tells her taking her hand across the table. She takes the photo out of her bag again.
"This makes it feel so real" she traces her finger over the picture. "I really had no idea I could be…" she looks at him as tears well up in her eyes "do you think I will be a good mother, I have no idea what I'm doing"
"We'll learn together. This baby couldn't ask for a better mother" he squeezes her hand and wipes away a tear.
"Griss, I need to talk to you about something"
"Anything" he assures her.
"Sarah, what if we could be her family" he pulls back
"Sar…"
"No listen. She has nobody, no family. They are going to put her in a group home. That is the one thing worse than foster homes. It's going to be hard on her being the child of a murderer, there will always be whispers, she won't be able to escape it. Trust me I know. I want to be there. No one was there for me, I don't want her to go through what I went through."
"Sara, you have just found out your having a baby. Your under too much stress as it is. We work the night shift, long hours. That isn't a good environment for a child either. She is going to need a lot of attention to help her get past what she has been through. You also have your own past that you need to deal with. Your mother is in town, she wants to see you. You need to deal with too much at the moment." Grissom removes his glasses and rubs his nose as he watches her digest what he has said.
"First off we are having a baby in six months, so either way there will have to be changes in the hour I work. We won't be able to work the same shift when our relationship come out. I have 10 weeks of leave I haven't used and you have fourteen, we both can take some time if we wanted too. As for dealing with my past, maybe helping her deal with hers will help me deal with mine. If I have to help her understand what happened to her, it may help clear some thing up for me as well" she pushes her chair back and stands up.
She turns away and leaves the cafeteria. Walking out the door she bumps into someone.
"Sorry" she mumbles as she moves to pass them.
"Sara" stopping she turns.
"Nick, what are you doing here" she asks
"I've just finished shift and thought I'd have some breakfast" he tells her.
"You came to a hospital for breakfast, checking out the nurses" she jokes slightly
"No, I was just in the interview with Sarah Walters. Poor kid, she's had it rough. They had to stop because of how upset she wa…Sara…" Nick watches, confused, as she takes off down the hall. The door to the cafeteria opens again and for the second time in a couple of minutes someone walks into him "what the he…Grissom?" once again he is surprised.
"Nick, what are you doing here?" Grissom asks looking past him down the hall.
"Sara Walters interview remember."
"Damn" Grissom mutters under his breath as he takes off down the hall.
"What the hell is going on here" Nick asks himself as he decides to follow his boss.
This my longest chapter so far. Yay. So what do you think. I love to hear you thoughts so PLEASE leave a review. Anyway I'm off to watch tonight new episode, I can't wait.