"Dad shouldn't you tell the team soon?" Veronica asked as he was making breakfast three days after Christmas. He looked at her. They had talked about it, but hadn't found out how. And he could see that his daughter had an idea.
"What're you thinking?" He asked.
"New year's eve, you could invite the team here. I mean they would probably be very shocked, because lets face it you don't do that very often." Veronica rolled her eyes, she had tried to convince him to invite the team over many times after she moved in. And surprise surprise he hadn't done it. "It would be nice, and it's the perfect occasion." Veronica looked very hopeful, he signed. It was a good idea, and it could be very fun. He nodded.
"I will talk to Sara about it." Veronica smiled. Sara was much easier to convince, if she had to. But she had a feeling she didn't.
***
And talk to Sara he did. And they agreed that Veronicas idea was very good. So 6 pm new year's eve their guests started to arrive.
Veronica still found the winter without snow weird, what she found even weirder was that her dad had decide to grill. She and Sara were sitting in the couch when the fist guests arrived, Catherine and Lindsey. Lindsey wasn't too happy, she had other thing she wanted to do. But she figured she at least got to spend time with Veronica, and not only the CSIs and Brass.
Catherine was a little surprised when Sara opened the door, and not one of the Grissoms. Lindsey disappeared in to the house looking for the youngest before Sara even got to say hallo.
Sara who actually was wearing her engagement ring was surprised when Catherine didn't knowdes it. Catherine was too busy talking about how long it had been since Grissom had invited any one of them over and looking around.
But she did knowdes a lot of thing had changed in the apartment. Catherine made a jokingly comment about it, and said something like maybe it lives a woman here. Both Sara and Veronica rolled their eyes.
"Do I count?" Veronica asked. Catherine looked at her.
"No, you're too young." Catherine was about to continue when somebody knocked on the door, the ringing bell was broken. Veronica went and opened it, and Sara sat down in the couch next to Lindsey.
"Where is Gil?" Catherine asked, looking around.
"Outside, he insisted on grilling." Nick, Warrick, Brass and Veronica came it to the room.
"Yeah he has talked about it for days. Apparently he's very excited about grilling." Veronica said talking a seat next to Sara. While she nodded towards the chars in the room. All of the boys sat down, just then Greg knocked on the door, being the only one missing both Sara and Veronica gusted it was him. After a silence conversation Sara went to open.
"Why is Sara opening, and where did you say Grissom was?" Nick asked.
"Grissom's outside, grilling." Catherine said. Veronica just smiled, it wasn't her news to tell. She did however find it quite funny that neither of the investigators had knowdes Saras ring. Lindsey on the other hand had, but she had understand that nobody knew and was now whispering questions in Veronicas ear.
Soon Sara and Greg joined the rest. They were sitting and talking when Grissom came in, jokingly both Catherine and Brass asked who the girl was. None of them actually thought there was one. Both were sure they would have knowdes. Grissom however nodded to the couch.
"Why don't you ask her?" He smiled and diapered to the kitchen, he was very busy with the food. And he found this very amusing. He could hear the stared to asked Veronica, who rolled her eyes.
"Don't look at me. As Catherine said I don't count." They looked at to other persons in the couch, and all of them were sure it wasn't Lindsey. Who by the way was trying very hard not to laugh, when the five other persons in the room suddenly added two and two. Sara found this pretty amusing to. And just for the reaction she stared doing things with her hands.
Catherine was the first to knowdes. She made a very weird sound; something how could be a scream, while she was trying to say something. It subsided in get everyone else in the room to cover their ears, and Grissom to come back in asking where the fire was. Catherine pointed at him.
"You" She said, and then she pointed to Sara. "And you." Both trying to look as innocent as possible. It didn't work very well, since both had problems not laughing. They guys, who hadn't quit cached up yet, looked very confused. So while Catherine asked quotations as; who, where and when, Veronica lifted Sara hand so they could see. Neither of them made weird sounds, but mumbled things as; about time and good for them. Catherine was too busy trying to get anything out of Sara to knowdes. Actually she was so busy whit it that she didn't knowdes that Grissom went back out. Soon followed by Sara and the guys, and that the teens diseased to Veronicas room. Laughing.
***
The argument was clear on all parts in the Grissom house. The was going to tell the team about the engagement, but not the baby. And all three of them did that.
It took some time, but that had finally gotten Catherine back to the ground. Given her some food and tooled her to enjoy herself. Still nobody asked more questions than her. She asked more questions than all the others did together. At some point both Grissom and Sara had said enough. The she started questioning Veronica, but it didn't take long before she said enough to. And Catherine finally gave up.
They enjoyed the rest of their evening. The food was good, and the company was nice. And before they knew it the clock was almost twelve. And to working the nightshift all of them were very tired. The teens on the other hand weren't tired at all.
Grissom did actually kiss Sara at twelve, before he sent her to bed. She was almost felling to sleep on the couch. With Catherins feet in her face, Catherin had actually feel to seep. And no one wanted to wake her.
Veronica and Lindsey went to Veronicas room. And Grissom tooled the guys at if they found a place to sleep they could stay before he headed to bed.
So that night the entire nightshift and their favorite detective were sleeping in the same house.