Dinner with the Sidles

The next morning Amy is just sitting in her hotel room. She still can not believe what happened yesterday. She had a great day with Sara, she hadn't gone shopping with a friend in a long time. Once she became a CSI, that took over her life, until the twins came along. Then it was work during the and her children at night. Sara was a mom, was it possible? She obviously knew it was possible that Sara was a mom Danny was living proof of that. He's nine years old, she's been gone for ten years, is it possible that boy is Grissom's son? If that was true why didn't Sara stay when she came back eight years ago, it doesn't make any sense to her. She's spent the last seven years without a mother in her life, and here was Danny spending nine years without a dad. Sara said she had never moved on from her dad, so if she was telling the truth than Danny had to be Grissom's son. The thought of Danny being her little brother excited Amy to know end. She had grown up being the only child of her parents, to be adopted by Grissom, and still be an only child, and she might have a brother. After what happened yesterday, it felt like Sara planned to reveal to Sara that she had a child, instead of taking Amy directly back to her car, she went to pick up her son first.

Amy was so impatient for the dinner tonight with Sara and Daniel that Amy went out shopping again, to try and get her mind of might be. Amy threw herself into shopping; she bought so much stuff for Julian and Samantha she was going to have to mail it back. Before she knew it she had bought a piece of lingerie for Brandon. She did miss that man, she felt like a school girl with her first crush. As much as she wished that things had worked out between her and Greg, she was glad Brandon was in her life. It had been days since Amy last spoke to Greg that she called him up and asked how the twins were, much to her disappointment, Greg told her that Julian was a walking champ now. He was leaving his sister behind all of the time, she was trying to walk to be able to keep up with her brother but she wasn't succeeding. He asked when she would be back, and she said in a few days. Amy told Greg that her and Brandon would be picking up the twins on her way home. Greg sounded upset at the mention of Brandon, but what could she do, she had moved on and fell in love again. Greg changed his tone and said that he was happy for her, as long as he was treating good and the his children really good. If he wasn't there would be problems.

Before Amy realized it, she was a half an hour late for her dinner with Sara and Danny. The conversation with Greg had lasted longer than she thought it had. Amy quickly called Sara's cell, letting her know that she was sorry and that she was on her way.

Sara looked over to Danny and told him that Amy was coming she just got caught up and lost track of time, she was on her way.

Twenty minutes later Amy pulled into Sara's driveway. As soon as she got out of her car she was greeted by Danny. He was really excited to see her, he was upset thinking that Amy didn't like him because she hadn't arrived for their dinner yet. Sara led Amy into the house, and into the dining room where they all sat down to eat supper, luckily, it was mostly salads, along with Danny's favorite chicken nuggets and fries, no matter how she tried she could not get that boy to give up on meat.



Amy was more nervous than she had been this morning. She didn't know why she was nervous, then she got hit with what she had been thinking about this morning, shopping really did work wonders on making Amy forget about what she's been thinking about. Supper was filled rambling on about his day at school, how much he loved soccer, and got Amy into a debate about a book he had just finished reading today. Amy was enjoying herself with Danny, they both loved books, even though she hadn't had time to read a book since college. Sara then asked Amy and Danny if they could go into the living room, she wanted to talk to both of them about something important. The three of them went into the living room and sat down. Sara wasn't good at this kind of thing, she had proven that years ago, when instead of talking to Gil, she left a note and then left. She was a great CSI, and hated confrontation when it came to her personal life. She figured if she just came right out with it and get it over with it would be easier for everyone involved.

Sara started with Amy, there is something I need to tell you. Then she went into an explanation about the fact that Daniel is Amy's brother. Amy responded with the fact that I sort of knew that, think about it Danny is nine years old, and you left ten years ago. All I had to do was put two and two together and the solution was Daniel is Grissom's son. That's what makes a great CSI, I can figure things out quickly. That wasn't the answer Sara was expecting, ok now she was going to hit her with the big one. Well there's one more thing, Amy, before I left Vegas, your father and I, we got married. Amy flipped out, what do you mean you two got married? You married my father and instead of staying with him and dealing with your ghosts you just up and leave?! Then months later you find out your pregnant with his child and still don't come back?! Seriously Sara you better explain this to now before it gets out of hand Amy demanded. Sara I never meant for this to happen, when I found out I was pregnant with Danny, my first thought was to go back to Gil, but I talked to my mom and decided that before I tried to continue my marriage with Gil, I had to work through my burn out first. Remember I did come back two years after I left, Danny was a year old, I wanted my husband back, I wanted my family to be together, then that whole big misunderstanding happened and I went back to California telling myself that I would be perfectly raising my child without Gil, I was doing alright until you came into my life. Amy you remind me so much of Gil, I've been having trouble working that's why I took the days you were out here off, I knew I wouldn't be able to work and deal with this at the same time. After Sara said that Amy calmed down, and sat back down to think about this, she thought for a second and then looked up at Sara, if your married to my dad, then that makes you my mom right? Sara shook her head yes. Meanwhile Danny had been completely quiet during this whole ordeal, he was quiet until he heard that the women sitting beside was his sister. Then Danny overtook the conversation swamping Amy with nothing but questions about his father. After Danny was finished asking his questions, Amy stood up and said she needed some air. As soon as Amy got outside she got into her car and drove off. Trying to find her thoughts about what she had just been told.

An hour later, after things had settled down and Amy got used to the fact that the people in this house were her family. She had not only a brother but she had a mother as well. Amy returned to Sara's house. She let herself back in the house, to find Sara trying to calm a crying Danny. As soon as she entered Danny looked up at her and ran to his room still crying. Sara confronted Amy about taking off the way she did. Amy stopped her crying, and said look you may be my mother but I'm an adult who 

has kids of my own. I'm sorry I upset Danny; I'll go talk to him in a bit and see if I can calm him down, but you and I need to talk. You and Danny need to come back with me to Vegas. Sara calmly refused, she still wasn't ready to see Grissom. Amy told her she doesn't have a choice now, you can't invite me over here and drop a bombshell like that. Now that I know the truth I can't keep lying to my father, knowing how much pain he is in. Amy told Sara that they come back with her, they don't have to go visit Grissom right away, but just stay with a friend or in a hotel for a few days, and then come visit me and Gil, after I've had a chance to talk to him. Amy admitted that she was sure her dad would probably be angry at first the Sara never told him that he had a son. But she knew that he loved the woman, and would forgive her, he had been waiting for so long for her to return. Amy reminded Sara that Danny wants to meet his dad and now that he knows about me, he's going to be even more anxious then ever to meet his father. Amy asked Sara to think about while she went to talk to Danny. Amy knocked on his door and slowly entered. Amy asked Danny to talk to her, he asked her why she left like that, didn't she love him? Amy started to cry, and said yes she did love him, it just upset her that his mom had kept it a secret for so long, who your father was and that fact that your parents are married. She told him that ever since her parents died, she's had problems expressing how she feels about things, that she always has to leave for just a little bit to think about it, before she can talk about how she feels. Amy and Danny were interrupted by a knock at the door. Sara was standing there, looking calm, she looked at Amy and smiled, and asked Amy when she was going back to Vegas. Amy told her that she wasn't planning on it for another few days but now that the whole truth was out, she felt it was better to go back tomorrow so she could talk to her dad and deal with all of this before she went back to work. Sara agreed and told Danny to pack and get some rest, they were going to be leaving in the morning. Amy followed Sara out of the room as Danny excitingly packed a suitcase. Sara led Amy downstairs and asked Amy if she wanted a cup of coffee. Amy politely said no, she had to get back to the hotel, and call the airport changing her plans to leave tomorrow, and to call Brandon and let him know that she would be returning tomorrow with an additional two people. She was going to give Greg a few more days with the twins, she didn't want them thrown into what was about to happen. As soon as she knew that Sara and her dad would be alright she would go pick up her children and bring them home to meet there grandmother and their uncle.

The next morning, Sara and Danny met Amy at her hotel. Amy returned her rental, and they all drove in silence to the airport in Sara's car. Once they were on the plane, Amy told Sara that Brandon would be meeting them when their plane landed, and that they would take Sara and Danny anywhere they wanted to go. Amy would go home to talk to her father, then when she felt her dad was ready she would call her to let her know that she was either on her way to pick them up or they would be meeting them somewhere. Two hours later, the plane landed and Amy, Sara, and Danny were greeted by a happy Brandon who took his girlfriend in his arms and passionately kissed, he had missed this woman. Sara just stood there smiling at the young man who loved her daughter. Wow that still seemed strange to Sara, Amy was her daughter.

Next chapter will be posted tomorrow; I'm probably going to slow it down a bit now so I can make the final chapters long enough. TBC…………….