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Warning: Suggestive/Implied adult behavior.

Chapter 25: 2 Year Anniversary

4 months later

Catherine stopped in front of the open doorway of Grissom's office before knocking on the door frame, and when he looked up from his paperwork, she smiled. "You rang?"

She was in the Locker room getting ready for shift when she had gotten a text message from Grissom asking if she would come to his office.

Grissom gave her a little smile and nodded. "Yeah, can you come in here and shut the door please."

She did what he asked, but couldn't help but ask with curiosity. "Sounds, serious. Hope I'm not getting fired."

Grissom chuckled a little while shaking his head. "No, nothing like that. I was hoping you could do me a favor."

Catherine sits down in the left chair that was in front of his desk. "Ok, what is it?"

"With Keith and Annie out of town for the weekend, I was hoping you can watch Mackenzie tonight."

Catherine's face lit up with a nod, she loved that little girl. "Of course, so what's the special occasion?"

Grissom started to show a smile. "Well, it's..."

Catherine cuts him with a smile of her own. "Wait, it's your guy's two year anniversary."

"Yep."

She raised an eyebrow as she continued. "And I'm sensing something very special is planned."

It was almost like he was keeping himself from bursting at the seams while his smile got a little wider. "You could say that."

Catherine's smile got wider too, happy she knew what it was even without him actually saying the words. "This is a pretty big step, you sure you're ready this time?"

Grissom took a breath before nodding with no doubt in his eyes or heart. "Yes, there was a reason I couldn't make that final jump before, but this time there is no hesitation on my part. This actually would have been done sooner, but with everything that happened, I needed things to balance out again and wait for the perfect moment, which I think I have." He took anther breath before finishing. "I just hope see thinks it too."

"Gil, Sara loves you."

"I know that, but this would be a big step for her too, possibly even bigger."

Knowing about her childhood was the only thing that was making him doubt on what she would say to the next step of their lives together.

Catherine wasn't sure what to make of the last thing he said, but she still replied. "Well, you won't know how see feels about it until you ask, so good luck, I hope it works out for you tonight."

Grissom smiled as he stood up, knowing shift was about to start. "Thank you Cath, and thanks for watching Mackenzie."

Catherine stood up too as she waved it off. "Of course, I love that little girl."

After grabbing the assignment sheets from his desk, Grissom and Catherine left the room and walked to the break room before going in, seeing the rest of the team talking while they were sitting at the table.

When they saw Catherine and Grissom walk in, Nick smiled before asking, knowing tonight was special for two people. "So Griss, what do you have planned for the night?"

Before Grissom could reply, Catherine spoke with a suggestive tone as she sat down at one end of the table. "Now, Now, Nicky you know the man likes his privacy, he isn't going to kiss and tell."

Grissom then gave her a sarcastic 'thanks', knowing one of the guys was going to pounce on that comment, which happened just a second later when Warrick comes back with a smirk of his own. "Yeah, I bet that's not all they will be doing."

Now embarrassed that their love life was being talked about since they both like their privacy, Sara cleared her throat before speaking. "If you guys could stop talking about our love life like we weren't here, that would be great."

Knowing when to stop, they nodded with a few chuckles before Nick cleared his throat and asked again. "Anyways, I guess we established there would be celebrating tonight, and I'm sure you have a sitter on tap for Mackenzie, so who's the lucky person?"

"That would be Catherine."

When both of the guys looked a little disappointed on that, Grissom smiled at them. "There will be plenty of nights were you'll get a turn, I promise."

When they perked up a little, Grissom handed out the assignments before the team started to leave the room, and when it was just Sara and Grissom, he raised an eyebrow at her as she stood up from her chair with a smile, then once she was near him, but far enough they weren't breaking the rules, she spoke quietly with a smirk. "So, since I am the one that you'll be... uh 'kissing' tonight." He smiled at that, knowing exactly what she meant, as she continued. "I was sort of hoping I could get the answer to Nick's question."

This time he smirked. "All will be revealed tonight, dear."

When they started introducing pet names into their relationship, Sara only found him cuter, and this time it was no different. However, she did have a little pout on her face, seeing if he will cave, but as cute as Grissom found her at the moment, he wanted tonight to be a surprise so he shook his head with a smile. "Sorry, honey, but my lips are sealed."

If they were at home when they had this discussion she would find a way to unseal those lips, but seeing as they had to restrain themselves here, there wasn't much she could do, so she did a little sigh with a nod. "Ok, I'm giving up." He smiled liked he just won, but she smirked again as she finished in a suggestive tone. "But only because we are here and there are rules that are stopping me from unsealing those lips of yours."

Grissom looked at her wide-eyed as she chuckled before walking toward the door, but before she walked out, Grissom had cleared his throat before speaking in a sincere and honest tone. "I really do hope you'll like tonight."

Sara turned back around and looked at him with so much love in her eyes. "I'm sure I will, because I know that no matter what you have planned for us, I'll be with you."

They share a loving smile before she continued to walk out of the room, and after a short pause, Grissom also left the room so he could do his case, excited but a little anxious about tonight.

Later that evening

After shift they picked Mackenzie up from Charlene's, who was watching her dunning the last two nights while Sara and Grissom were at work and Annie and Keith were away.

She had offered to watch her while they were at work or anytime they needed it, so both sets of couples really appreciated it. Then once they made it home, it was just the three of them until it was time to go on their date, so once they were dressed up and ready to go, they went to Catherine's house and dropped Mackenzie off before he drove them toward their destination.

When Grissom stopped in the parking lot to their final destination, Sara gasped. "We ate here on..."

Grissom smiled softly as he took her hand. "Our special night, I know, and I'm sorry it's been awhile."

It was the French restaurant she liked, even though the prices were a little high, but they hadn't been here since because they've been too busy dealing with the changes of their lives. Plus work can get in the way of going out to eat most of the times.

Sara looked over at him with tears in her eyes. "We've been too busy, I understand, but we don't have..."

Grissom cuts her off as he squeezed her hand lightly. "I wanted to take you here. This is our 2 year anniversary and we can't just go anywhere, it needs to be somewhere special."

Keeping her tears in her eyes, she speaks with emotion. "Ok, thank you."

"You're welcome, now let's go, shall we?"

After she nodded, he kissed her hand before releasing it, then after he got out, he shut the door before going over to her side of the vehicle and opening her door, she smiled her thanks while he helped her out, and when the door was shut, they slipped their fingers through one another before walking toward the entrance to the restaurant.

Once they were seated in a secluded area and had received their wine a few minutes later, he filled their glasses with the best before lifting up his glass and started to toast. "To many years ahead of us."

Sara smiled as she clinked her glass with his. "I couldn't agree with you more."

As they were lowing their glasses down after taking a sip, the waiter came and asked for their order, and once he had wrote it down and left the table, Sara took a breath before speaking. "Two years, can you believe it?"

He wanted to do this after they were done eating, but feeling like this was the perfect set up, he had to take it, so he cleared his throat and reached for her hand before speaking. "And while there have been a few unexpected turns and some ups and downs, I enjoyed every moment I've spent with you."

Sara sniffled as she nodded. "Me too, Griss."

He smiled at her before continuing. "And when I made that toast, I meant it in a different way."

Sensing the shift in the air between them, Sara's heart started to race as she whispered. "Griss..."

But he cuts her off before lost his nerve. "I love you, I've loved you for a long time, but I wanted to run and hide from those feelings for obvious reasons." Sara nodded with the tears slowly coming to her as he continued. "But there was another reason, I was scared, you scared me."

Stilling having these emotions in her, she whispered. "Why?"

"Because I knew that you had the potential to hurt my like no other, you made me feel more alive than I have ever been in my life. And that passion we share, it's all because of you, it's how deep I feel when I'm with you, and now that I've gotten to be with you, I can't imagine my life without you." He paused for a second before finishing with tears in his eyes. "So Sara Sidle, would you do me the greatest honor of marrying me?"

The tears finally came out as she sobbed and nodded. "Yes! I would love to marry you."

They smiled at each other as they stood up from their seats, then he cupped her cheek to wipe her tears away before they were looking into each other's eyes, and after a few seconds they lean toward one anther and kissed softly while the few people who saw started clapping.

Toward the end of their kiss they smiling against each other's lips before pulling back, and when they placed their foreheads together she sniffled before asking quietly. "Not to ruin the moment or make it sound like its all I care about, but are you forgetting something."

Grissom smiled, knowing what she was talking about, as he ran his hand up and down her back while speaking. "I thought you could pick out the ring."

She pulled back and smiled. "Really?"

Grissom nodded, then quickly added. "But if you want, I'll go find a jewelry store and pick one out right now."

Sara chuckled while shaking her head. "They would be closed right now, and honestly that's ok." She then cupped his cheek and ran her thumb up and down as she continued. "I don't need a ring to know that I'm yours, I see it everyday when you look at me."

They smiled at one another, and after one more peck on the lips, he helps her sit down before going to the other side of the table, then as he was sitting down, he smirked. "But you still want one, right?"

She chuckled a little as she nodded. "Heck yeah, this is the only time I'm getting engaged. I want to do all the stops."

Just trying to get the details, he then asked. "So that includes wedding rings?"

She raised an eyebrow as she finished with a snicker. "Oh yeah, it's time women who flaunt themselves at you know that you are a taken man." Grissom couldn't help but mentally smile while shaking his head, thinking she was crazy, which she must have thought that's what he was doing, because she smiled as she commented. "And don't be mentally shaking your head at me, you know it's the truth."

Not wanting to start an argument over this, he just reaches for her hand and replied with love in his eyes. "Well, whether they are or aren't, my eyes are only looking at you." Then he kissed her hand as she wiped a few more tears off her cheek, feeling so happy right now.

Before tonight she honestly didn't know if getting married was what Grissom wanted, but it wouldn't have mattered in the end because either way, as long as she had a say in it, she was already going to spend the rest of her life with him and Mackenzie.

Hours later

Lying in bed and covered up, Sara's head was on his bare chest so she could hear his heartbeat, while Grissom had one arm around her shoulders as his other hand was on top of hers.

It was silent for several minutes before he kissed her temple and whispered. "You kind of surprised me tonight."

She ran her thumb up and down his chest as she whispered. "Why?"

He took a breath before continuing. "You didn't hesitate when you accepted."

"Were you expecting it?"

"A little I guess, I mean I know you love me, that wouldn't have been the issue, but with how your..."

Sara cuts him off as she leaned back so he could look down and have eye contact with one another. "My parent's marriage was and how it ended?" He nodded as she took a breath before continuing. "I won't lie, it crossed my mind a few times, even before you asked me, but I know we are different; will be different because you would never hurt me like that."

Grissom shook his head and cupped her cheek when he saw tears in her eyes before speaking in a passionate tone. "Never, Sara. I give you my word. We'll no doubt have arguments, but I would never take it that far, and I know you would never either." He leaned forward and kissed her forehead before whispering against her skin with is eyes closed as a tear went down his cheek. "You are safe with me, always."

When she felt his tear land on her arm she wrapped her arms around him as his arms went around her so they could hold one another, feeling the love and comfort that both of them wanted to share.

A few seconds later, they both sniffled before she pulled back first, then she spoke quietly as she placed her hand over the spot on his heart. "What you said at the restaurant about me potentially hurting you like no other, I promise I won't. You and Mackenzie mean too much to me, the world even."

Tears came back into his eyes as she leaned forward, and after moving her hand, she kissed that spot before moving her lips up to his neck, kissing his pulse point as she puts her hand on his chest so he would lean back until his back was on the mattress again, and once he did, he closed his eyes, feeling the sensations running through his body while her lips traveled to his ear, which she kissed it before whispering. "I love you, Griss, and I can't wait to become Mrs. Grissom."

She pulled back as he opened his eyes, then he cupped her cheek as she looked down at him, his smile gets wider as he brings her down to him, and right before their lips touched, he whispered. "I love you too, so much."

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