Silent News
Grissom's flight was pleasantly short and his plane landed with no problems, not that he expected any. As soon as he got into the airport he pulled out his phone and gave Sara a call.
"Sidle" she answered.
"Hey, I'm here" he said lightly "I'm about to catch a taxi to the hotel. How's your night going?"
"We have a busy night. Three DB's in what looks like a home invasion" she answered.
"Sorry, wish I could be there to help"
"It's alright, hey I have to get back to work but I'll talk to you later ok."
"Alright, and Sara?"
"Yeah?" she asked.
"I love you"
"I love you too" she replied and then they both hung up. 'I just hope you still love me when you find the stick' she thought to herself. She was always so diligent about taking her medication and she never missed.
She began to suspect there was something wrong after her third week with Grissom. She hadn't thought about it until she noticed the calendar on her computer. It was then she began to count back the days.
They had only been together for six weeks but it had been seven since her last cycle and she was as regular as clockwork. She worried over it for another two weeks before finally giving in and buying a test.
She kept it in the drawer for a week before finally taking it when she found out Grissom was going out of town. She couldn't let him leave without knowing. She wondered what his reaction was going to be.
She thought about it the entire time she was at the scene. Worried about what he would say, what he would think. She was suddenly jarred out of her thoughts when she heard Cath behind her.
"Sara" Cath yelled out for the third time. This seemed to jar her.
"I'm sorry Cath, did you say something?" Sara asked distractedly.
"I asked if you wanted something from the deli, Greg's making a run."
Sara almost said no but then decided she better. "Yeah, I'll have a vegi supreme, Oh and can you have him get me an extra pickle" she spouted out.
Cath looked at her a little weird, "Oh, ok" she had expected Sara to say no. Sara never seemed to eat and it took her by surprise. "I'll make sure he does that."
Sara nodded her head and then went back to work. Half an hour later and they were all sitting outside the scene having some lunch. Warrick looked up from his own sandwich and looked at Sara.
He was astonished to find Sara had plowed through her sandwich and was working on her first pickle. She caught Warrick's eye "what?" she asked.
"Nothing" he said quickly and went back to eating his food.
Grissom lugged his case into the hotel room and sat it on the bed. He had just enough time to unpack and freshen up before he was supposed to meet the local police and go over the case.
He opened his case and began to pull out his clothes. When he pulled out the stack of shirts something fell out. He placed the shirts on the bed and picked up the white stick. A moment later and he was sitting on the bed staring at the readout.
It was clear to him what it was, and it was also clear who had put it there. How? He thought to himself. He sat there trying to think. They had been together for six weeks and it just now occurred to him that he had never seen any evidence of Sara being on her cycle.
How long had she known about this. He searched through the rest of his case and came across a small piece of paper. It was written in Sara's scrawl
Just found out tonight. I'm sorry
Sara
He took in a deep breath and then thought about how she must be feeling right now. Why would she say she's sorry?
Sara was just finishing off her second pickle when her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and instantly knew Grissom was calling because he found the pregnancy test.
"Are you going to answer it or just stare at it?" Nick asked. Sara gave him a death glare and then answered the phone.
"Sidle" she said with a slight hitch to her voice.
"Sara…" he began but had no idea how to proceed, what to say.
"I guess you found it?" she asked and the crew all looked up at her. She got up from where she was and walked to her Tahoe and got in.
"I'm really sorry, I don't know how it happened…" she began to cry.
"Sara honey, stop crying" Grissom said soothingly over the phone. Sara sniffled a little, but let him talk.
"Sara, why are you crying? I know this is a shock, it's a shock to me but…Sara I'm happy" he finished and he meant it. He was happy. Sara was pregnant with his child.
"You are?" she said softly from her side of the line.
"Yeah, I really am. I never thought I would have children but…it just seems right" he finished. Sara felt like a huge weight had been lifted.
"We were so careful, I don't know how it happened" she said.
"Let's figure that out when I get home, for now let's get through the next couple of days. We're going to have a lot to discuss." Sara nodded her head then said yes.
"I love you Sara, remember that" he said lovingly.
"I will, and I love you too."
"Good night honey."
"Good night" she said back. She disconnected the line and spent an additional fifteen minutes to take control of her roller coaster emotions.
Be kind and leave me a line.