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Chapter 12: Surprise Guests
2 Months later
Grissom moved to the front of the class as he was finishing up his lesson, then he smiled at his students. "Have a safe and fun spring break, class dismissed."
After the students got up from their seats, they walk out of the room, some of them telling him bye as they passed him before walking out of the door. Then when the room was empty, he walked to his desk to pack up the papers he needed to look at during the break.
He was just closing his briefcase when he heard her voice behind him, his heart reacting to it. "So, it sounds like you are already a favorite professor here. I hear the students talking in the hallways, and they're giving you very good reviews."
He turns around with a smile, replying with a smirk. "Is that really a surprise to you?"
She walks further in the room, shaking her head with a smile of her own. "I can't say that it is, considering I've had the pleasure of seeing your teachings first hand."
He smiled bigger, meeting her in the middle of the room before taking her hand and bringing her closer to him. "Yeah, and how has it worked out for you?"
She doesn't even pause to reply. "Wonderfully, I don't think I would have been the CSI I am today without it."
He shook his head. "You give me too much credit, you were already a level 2 when I came into your life."
This time she shook her head. "And you don't give yourself enough credit. True, I was already advanced, more advanced than most who were there a little longer than me, when you showed up." He smirked at that as she continued. "But that still doesn't chance the fact that I leaned a few things from you. And what about Nick, Greg, Catherine, even..." She took a breath before she said the last person, the pain of him not around still hurting her a little. "Warrick." She cupped his beardless cheek as she saw the pain in his eyes at the mention of his name. "I may have not been your 'student' from the start, but they were, and look at the things you taught them and how far they've come, especially Nick." He smiled while he thought of all the things Nick has accomplished, then he was brought of his thoughts when Sara finished. "So you should earn a little credit for what you've done for us, and if I have to make sure you get it, I will."
His eyes were sparkling as he replied. "I'm not surprised on that, you've always had my back, even times I don't think I dese..."
Sara places a finger on his lips to stop him. "Griss, that's all in the past. We are concentrating on the future now."
"You're right." She smirked this time before he pecks her on the lips.
When they pulled back, he steps back from her and cleared his throat. "What brings you by, not that I am complaining or anything."
She smiled with an extra sparkle in her eye when she replied. "I wanted to pick you up for dinner."
"You could have just called, and I could have met you there."
"Yeah, but it's kind of a surprise."
He raised an eyebrow and asked. "Really? What is it?"
She chuckled while she shook her head. "If I tell you, then it won't be a surprise, now will it?"
He smiled in return. "Ok, you can drop me off here after dinner so I can get my vehicle."
"Excellent. Are you ready?"
After he nodded, he walked back to his desk and grabbed his briefcase, then after they left the room, he locked the door and took Sara's hand before they started walking toward the door to the building so they could leave the campus.
When Sara pulled in the parking lot to the familiar restaurant, he looked at her with a raised eyebrow, then when she parked, he asked. "You sure you are ok eating here?"
She looked at the entrance before looking at her fiancé with a smile. "Yeah, it's in the hands of a new owner now anyways, and this is the last day it is open before they do renovations next week."
They found out that a few days after seeing him in the supermarket, Bruce sold his restaurant, and they had no idea what he was doing now or if he was even still in Vegas.
"I know, I'm just making sure that you are ok coming here."
She squeezed his hand with a nod. "Very sweet of you, but really I am. Besides, I'm not the one that picked the place out to eat."
He raised an eyebrow again while asking. "My surprise did?"
Sara nodded again as she removed her hand from his before opening the door. "Yes, your surprise did."
After he got out of the vehicle, he walked to her side, took her hand again as she was getting out, then they started walking hand in hand toward the entrance of the restaurant.
Once they made inside, Sara took them toward the back where their party would have a little area to themselves, and when they got there, Grissom stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his surprise, which was two people he hadn't seen in a long time, standing there looking at him with smiles.
A few seconds later, Sara released his hand as one of Grissom's surprises speaks. "Well, don't we get a hi?"
Grissom cleared his throat as he walked up to her. "Of course." As he brings her in a hug, he said. "Hi Catherine."
She was just as beautiful as she has ever been.
After they pulled back, She smiled. "Hi Gil, it has been awhile."
"Yes it has, you look good."
She smiled bigger with a nod as Grissom hugged his other surprise. "Hi Jim, how are you?"
Brass hadn't changed much either.
"Hi Gil, I'm fine. How are you, or do I even have to ask?"
When he pulls back from Brass's hug, they both see a smile on Grissom's face, a very bright one at that, which was a look they only see if it somehow involved Sara, so before Grissom could reply, Brass continued. "I guess there's my answer."
They chuckled as Sara greeted them, then as she was pulling back from Brass, Grissom speaks. "We weren't sure if you two were coming. We sent you guys wedding invitations, but..."
Catherine cuts him off with a smile of her own. "Well for one, which I don't think Jim would disagree, but do you really think we would miss you two getting married again?" Jim nodded in agreement while Grissom smiled. "And two, Sara called me and told me she wanted to surprise you, so I couldn't ruin it by congratulating you over the phone after I received the invitation."
Brass nodded. "Me too."
Grissom looked at his fiancée, shocked and touched. "You did that for me?"
Sara smiled. "I was hoping I could still surprise you every now and then."
He looked at her with love in his eyes. "Well you definitely did that, thank you."
She looked at him with love in her eyes too. "You're welcome."
The trance between them ended a couple of seconds later when they all heard Nick's voice. "Jim! Catherine!" They looked away from each other to see Nick, Greg, Morgan, Finlay, and DB walking up to the group.
When everybody was done greeting each other, they sat down at the two tables that were put together for them, and after they ordered their drinks, Catherine looked at Nick and said. "I heard you were leaving the lab."
When Nick was offered the director position in San Diego, he decided to take it, but he wasn't going to leave until Sara and Grissom came back from their honeymoon.
Nick cleared his throat while nodding. "Yes that's true, I think it is time for a change."
It was hard for him, but he really did think it was time to explore something new, and they had all been supportive when he had told them, which he was very thankful for.
They nodded in understanding, and after a couple of seconds of silence, they started talking, which turned into laughing and reminiscing about the past, making Grissom feel blessed about everybody being here all at once, even though a part of him will always feel like a small piece was missing from this group.
As he mentally shook his head from those dark thoughts, Nick raised his glass. "To Sara and Grissom, Warrick is probably looking down at you two smiling and shouting it is about damn time you two."
They all chuckled and smiled while they held up their glasses, saying here, here, before taking a drink and going back to talking about other things, enjoying this time with one another.
A few days later
(The day before the big day)
After gathering all the evidence from their crime scene, and it was placed in the back of the vehicle, Sara closed the back before handing Nick the keys. "Here."
Nick looked at the keys before looking at her. "Are you feeling ok?"
She raises an eyebrow. "Why are you asking me that?"
He smirks while grabbing the keys from her. "Because you let me pick out the music on the way here, and now you are giving me the keys to the vehicle."
"Well I feel like being generous, is that ok with you?"
He chuckled. "Yeah, I guess I should thank Grissom for that one, huh?"
"What's that suppose to mean?"
As they were walking toward their sides of the vehicle, he replied with a sincere tone. "Most of the times you feel more generous than usual is when you are really happy, and I know Grissom has something to do with that."
Sara smiled bigger. "I'm not denying it." Nick shared a smile with her.
Once they were in their seats and buckled in, Sara looked over at Nick. "I know this has been said a few times, and it probably will be said a few more before you leave, but I will miss you."
Nick smiled at her. "I'll miss you too Sara, we've been through a lot."
Sara chuckled. "You're telling me."
He chuckled back with a nod before finishing. "But I'll always be only a phone call and drive away."
She nodded. "Me too."
After another nod and one more smile, Nick started the vehicle before driving them back to the lab.
When he pulled the vehicle into the lab parking lot, and he had stopped in the parking spot, they got out and grabbed the evidence and their kits before walking in the building.
Then after dropping their kits in their lockers, they took the evidence to the multiple labs to get them analyzed before walking to and in the break room, where Morgan and Finlay were talking, but stopped when they saw that had Sara walked in, making her look at them with curiosity.
"What's up?"
The girls looked at her and smiled before Morgan speaks. "We were just talking about taking you out tonight, you know for the last day before you get married again."
She sighed. "Guys..."
But Finlay cuts her off. "Come on Sara, let's got out and have a little fun. We've hardly hung out together outside of the lab since Grissom came back into your life, which we understand about you guys reconnecting, but you get your whole life with him. A few hours away from him can't hurt you."
Sara looked at Nick, and he raised his hands up. "Leave me out of this."
They chuckled as Sara looked at the girls again, then smirked. "I'll have you know that he's sleeping in a hotel tonight for the sake of tradition, so that's more than a few hours without him."
Which was something she wasn't too thrilled about, but he wanted to do at least one thing for tradition.
The girls walked up to her, then Finlay puts her hand on Sara's shoulder. "Then all the more reason to come out with us, come on."
Sara paused, then she nodded with a smile. "Ok, and is Cat..."
Morgan cuts her off. "Catherine was actually the one that brought it up."
"Why am I not surprised?" They chuckled again as Sara continued. "And don't forget about Erica."
They looked at her a little surprised while Finlay speaks. "You sure about that?"
Sara nodded. "She's been a good friend, and she hasn't caused any problems. Besides, you guys know she's seeing someone right now, so I think she's over Grissom like that."
One of them was going to mention that it didn't stop her from hanging on to him, but they decided not to open that door, so they just nodded while Finley continued. "Alright done, so is it a go?"
"Sure, like you said, what harm could it do?"
They smiled, and Finlay spoke again. "Alright, sounds good. We'll meet up at six?"
Sara nodded for a third time while Nick's beeper goes off, then he looked at Sara. "Hodges has something."
As Sara walked out of the room with Nick so they could continue with the case, a part of her was wondering how tonight would go.
AN: Find out how the night will end next chapter. Please review.
