AN: Find out how Cassie's day went.
Chapter 12: A good day?
After another hour at the park, they decided to leave, so once Sara and Shelly's party said goodbye to Mary, Marcus, and Ariel, they got into Sara's vehicle before Sara drove them to their neighborhood, where the Stokes family and Grissom family only lived 3 houses down from one another, and has been that way for a couple of years now.
Then as she stopped the vehicle in the Stoke's driveway, Shelly asked. "So you uh, you want to come in?"
Sara had to admit she was a little surprised by the invitation because since she's been pregnant she knew it has been hard for Shelly to be around her, or even Mary for that matter, for one on one time, which she understood, so she never pushed her.
But before she responded either way, she looked back at her son first "Honey, you want to stay for a bit?"
He looked at her mother with a nod and smile. "Please?"
The women chuckled as Sara looked at Shelly. "Sure, we can stay for a bit. Are you sure we won't wake up Nick?"
Shelly chuckled this time as she opened the vehicle door. "When he's deep in sleep it seems the only thing that does wake him is his phone. He can sleep through music blaring and two screaming kids, but once that phone rings, he's up."
Sara chuckled while nodding in complete understanding, because as a fellow CSI she could get pretty sensitive to the sound of her phone going off at anytime too.
Once they got the boys and their car seats in the house, they set them down in the living room so they could play with their toys as the women sat down on the couch, while Nick was upstairs sleeping away, which he did through their visit.
A few hours later, Sara could see her son rubbing his eyes, so she looked over at Shelly and said. "I better put him down for a nap, but it was nice spending time with you."
Shelly nodded with a smile. "Like old times, right?"
Sara nodded with a smile of her own. "Yes, just like old times."
After another nod, Shelly tells her boys to come and say bye to Aunt Sara, so after they got up from the living room floor, they ran up to her, which Dallas got to her first, and while he was in Sara's arms, he felt a kick from the little girl in Sara's stomach, so his eyes shot up wide and asked. "What was that, Aunt Sara?"
Sara smiled as she grabbed the little boy's hand and placed it on her stomach. "She's kicking. She's saying bye to you guys."
He giggled as his brother, Anthony, wanted to feel too, then as Luke was running up to them, he said. "Me feel too momma."
While the other two boys removed their hands, Luke puts his hand on mother's stomach, also giggling as he felt the kick while both women were showing smiles, even though Shelly's wasn't as wide.
Then it dimmed even further when Dallas walked up to his mother and held out his hand to her stomach while asking. "You too, momma?"
Sadness rushed through Shelly, which Sara felt it for her friend, then she shook it off while clearing her throat. "No sweetie, there is no baby in there."
Dallas looked a little sad as he replied. "Oh, maybe someday, right?"
Putting on a brave face for her son, she nodded and said. "Yeah, maybe someday."
Dallas smiled as he wrapped his arms around her neck. "I love you mommy." Before she responded, Anthony wanted in the hug too. "Me love you too."
Shelly wrapped her arms around her boys as she replied. "I love you too, guys, so much."
When they pulled back a few seconds later, they ran back to their toys while Sara stood up with Luke in her arms, then after Shelly stood up, she walked them to the front door.
Once they were there, Sara looked at Shelly and said. "I've really missed this, so I am glad we got to have this time."
Shelly nodded with a real smile. "Me too, truly."
Sara brings Shelly in a hug with her free arm. "I'll see you soon."
Shelly nodded as they pulled back, and after she said bye to Luke, Sara walked out of the house, and only when Sara was gone did she close the door before placing her head on it with her eyes closing, trying to shake of this sad feeling.
A few minutes later Shelly was lifting her head from the door before she felt her husband's arms around her waist from behind.
She sighed in content as he kissed her head. "You ok?"
She nodded as turned to look into his caring eyes. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sara was just here."
"I know, I heard her before she walked out of the house."
She frowned and shook her head. "I'm sorry if we woke you."
He smiled with shake of his head. "You didn't, I just felt like you needed me."
She smiled as she cupped his cheek. "Very sweet, but I'll always need you."
"Then I'm always there."
After looking at one another with love in their eyes, they peck each other softly before she pulled back, and speaking toward her younger boys. "Boys, look who is up?"
They turned from the toys and saw it was their father, so their eyes get wide with smiles on their faces as they got up from the floor again and ran to him, shouting. "Daddy! Daddy!" Nick released his wife so he could pick up his boys with both arms.
Then as they walking to the middle of the room, they started to horse play, and Shelly couldn't help but smile while hearing her family laughing and seeing their smiles, also feeling a small part of her pain slowly washing away.
Hours later
25 minutes before 3 o'clock, Sara took Luke to the university to pick up Grissom, then she drove them to the high school before parking in the parking lot once she got there.
When there was a few minutes left of school, Sara started tapping her finger against the steering wheel, indicating she was nervous, so Grissom took her other hand and squeezed it a little to calm her down a little.
She looked over at her husband with a shy smile. "Sorry."
He shook his head and replied. "Nothing to be sorry about, I know you're nervous, and believe it or not, I am too."
Sara took a breath and nodded. "I do believe that."
He may not show it on the outside on how he feels very much, but with her being with him for so long she likes to think she knows what he's feeling at certain times.
Before any other words were said, something caught Grissoms's eyes, so he turns his head so he was looking through the windshield before speaking. "Does that look like a smile on her face?"
Sara looked to where her husband was looking, and saw that her daughter was running toward the vehicle with what appeared to be a smile on her face, and that calmed her down a little, least she wasn't running toward them with tears in her eyes.
A few seconds later the backdoor opened and Cassie took her spot behind her mother's seat, and before they could ask how it was, she launched right in, explaining her day and leaving no detail out, which made them smile because they knew where she got the attention to detail from.
Only after Sara pulled into the driveway to the house did Cassie stop, which to them it seemed like it was the first time Cassie had taken a break to breathe too.
After they got out of the vehicle with Grissom carrying Luke, they walked to the front door, and as Sara was unlocking it, Grissom asked. "So just to be clear here, you had a good day?"
Sara smiled while Cassie chuckled with a nod. "Didn't you hear me, dad?"
Grissom nodded while cupping her cheek with his free hand. "Every word sweetheart, and I'm
happy for you."
Cassie smiled before looking at her mother. "Can I call daddy to tell him?"
Sara nodded as she opened the front door. "Yeah, go ahead."
She ran into the house to use the phone as the other members of the family stepped into the house, then after the door was shut, Grissom placed his son down so he could roam around before he placed his hand on his wife's shoulder. "See nothing to worry about."
She took a breath before replying. "It was only the first day, and not all the older students started today."
"True, but there is something that won't change, whether it is one student or a class full of them."
She raised an eyebrow. "Which is?"
He smirked. "That Sidle temper running through her veins."
Sara chuckled while shaking her head. "You are not the first person to say that today, is it really that bad?"
He smirked again while wrapping his arms around her waist. "I sometimes feel like I have to take cover."
She pursed her lips with a mock glare as he continued to look at her with eyes sparkling.
After a few seconds, she does as short sigh while wrapping her arms around his neck, she could never to stay mad at him for very long. "But you still love us, anyways."
His joking look went away so his serious face can show up while replying. "For the rest of my life." After they share a quick kiss, he pulls back and gets them back to the subject they were just on. "I really do think she's going to be fine. I wouldn't bet against her on anything. She's her mother's daughter after all."
Sure times have changed since either one had been in high school, but he believes that if she really does end up having problems she would talk to them about it, and they would do what they needed to do to help her out and keep her safe if they had to.
Sara nodded in agreement to her husband. "Ok, I hear you. But I still have a right to be a little worried."
He smiled with a nod. "Of course, you are her mother, and you do have that right, something I wouldn't deny even if I could."
Then his lips touched hers again for a soft, tender kiss, both glad Cassie enjoyed her first day of high school.
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