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Chapter 25: Are you?
Hours later
When their plane had finally landed at their destination, they took a cap to their hotel, and once they checked in and were standing in front of the their room hand in hand, he released her hand to slide the key card in the lock to unlock it before he turned the handle.
After he had the door opened, he sets both of their bags just inside the room before he turned toward her and held out his arms. She smiled, getting the hint, as she wrapped her arms around his neck so he could pick her up bridal style before he carried her in the room, letting the door shut behind them.
He walked until he got to the middle of the beautiful room that had a small table by the glass door that took them out to the balcony, a plasma TV hanging on the wall, a dresser, and a queen sized bed with two nightstands on each side.
When he had stopped they kissed softly before he sets her down, and when her feet landed on the white carpeted floor, he wraps arms around her waist from behind while asking softly. "So, you like it?"
She smiled as she gets out of his arms so she could walk to the door, and while she looked outside, seeing the ocean view, she replied in an awe tone. "Yes, especially this view, very beautiful."
Seconds later she hears him reply from the spot she had left him in. "It sure is."
Sara chuckles as she turns around to look at him. "Funny thing about that, you are looking at me, not the view."
He smiled before replying with love and honesty. "Why look at something that won't even compare to the beauty I'm looking at right now."
It didn't matter how long she'll be with this man, his comments will always make her blush with embarrassment, even though she knew he meant every word.
She looks down trying to hide her blush as she whispered. "Griss."
Grissom shook his head with the smile still on his face as he walked over to her, then he lifts her chin up before cupping her cheek, and running his thumb up and down while looking into her beautiful brown eyes. "I mean it, Sara. When I look at you, I see beauty."
She smiled in return, then decided to milk this for all it was worth, so after wrapping her arms around his neck, she asked. "What else do you see?"
He chuckled, knowing what she was doing, before continuing. "A woman that has dealt with so much in her life but overcame it, and became stronger each time."
She cleared her throat before asking again. "What else?"
He ran his thumb up and down her cheek while he spoke again, with more emotion this time. "A wonderful mother who would do anything for their child." He leaned down and kissed her shoulder before whispering against it while she closes her eyes at the feel of his lips on her. "A woman who holds my heart." He moves up to kiss her neck. "My soul." He moved to kiss her cheek while she smiled with her eyes still closed. "My future." Then he moved to her ear and kissed that softly before finishing in another whisper. "My life, in the palm of her hands, and I'll do what I can to prove to her that I'm worthy enough for to her keep it as safe as I'll keep her, for as long as I live." After another kiss on her ear, he pulls back, but he only went as far as putting his forehead against hers while closing his eyes, so both of their eyes were now closed.
She had to take a few seconds since his words were making her feel completely overwhelmed, then she finally cleared her throat before whispering. "And you do Griss, you keep me safe and loved." They open their eyes as he pulls his forehead back so they could look at one another. "More safe and loved than anybody that's ever been in my life."
He smiled again while cupping her cheek a third time, which was to wipe a few tears away this time, before he brought her closer to him slowly.
And when their touched this time they couldn't stop the passion flowing between them, so he picked her up while their lips were still connected. He felt her gasp, but neither one pulled back, even when he turned them around and started walking them to the bed.
They finally got the air they needed right as he laid her gently down on the bed.
When he was above her, they just looked at one another, still amazed that what they saw and felt between them hadn't changed from the first second their eyes connected, well maybe a little stronger now, but the core of it still felt like it did all those years ago.
A few minutes later, she cupped his bearded cheek while asking softly with love in her eyes. "What you said about seeing me for the first time, was it true? Did I really make your heart skip a few beats."
He smiled as he moved off to the side, then propped his elbow on the mattress so his head was on the palm of his hand while their feet were intertwined. Then he took her left hand with his free one as she turned her body so she could look at him, and kissed the top of it before placing it over the spot of where his heart while looking into her eyes. "Yes, and five days later when we saw each other again, you captured it. Only I didn't realize it at the time, I just knew I wanted to spend time with you."
She smiled. "When did you realize?"
He moves a second later so he was above her again as he slipped his fingers through her left hand and laid them down on the pillow next to her head while replying. "Eight years later when I saw you in San Francisco. Even though we never got as close as we did when we met in Boston, it was already captured, and I knew I was never getting it back. No matter how much I wanted to deny it." He didn't have to ask if she felt the same because he saw it in her eyes that she did.
She whispered a second later while using her free hand to cup his cheek, so she could bring his face down towards hers. "Forever, right?"
He pecks her on the lips softly before pulling back just enough to look into her eyes. "Forever, Sara. You, me, we are forever."
She smiled again, and after another long look between them, his eyes still held a tenderness in them, but there was more passion coming over them with that the ever present love not far behind, which was a combination she couldn't help but reciprocate right before his lips touched hers again.
While wrapped in blankets, his arm was around her shoulders and her head was on the spot over his heart as their feet were tangled with one another.
They took a few more moments to calm down before he kissed her temple and whispered. "You ok?"
She smiled while she ran her left hand up and down his bare chest. "Definitely better than ok."
He chuckled as he took her left hand, then brought it up to his lips to kiss it. "Well, that's definitely good to hear."
She chuckled right back before smiling when she felt the kiss on her hand again, and when she leaned back a little, she looked up and saw him looking at her wedding band. "Crazy, isn't it?"
He kissed her hand a third time before placing it back on his chest as he replied while looking down at her. "I was thinking more like a dream come true."
She smiled bigger as she got comfortable again before bringing his left hand over her shoulder so she could slip her fingers through his and feel his wedding band against her fingers. "Yeah, it is. A part of me never thought this could happen."
He kissed the top of her head in response, and after a few minutes of silence, she whispered. "What else is part of your dream?"
Grissom shook his head without any hesitations. "Nothing, I have it all." After kissing her head a second time, he whispered. "What about you?"
Once she made sure the blankets would stay around her, then knowing Sara was about to move, Grissom moved his arm off of her, and once her elbow as on the mattress, she cups his cheek with her left hand, and ran her thumb up and down before replying while looking into his blue eyes. "A son that looks just like his father."
He looked at her wide-eyed as his throat was becoming a dry, then he cleared his throat before asking. "Are you?"
Sara shook her head. "No, but we can try to be." After a few seconds, and he still looked a little shocked, she continued. "I know we never talked about this, and maybe we should have. But I feel I want another child." When he was still silent, she continued in a more uncertain tone.
"Of course if you want to." Then she shook her head as she was getting ready to lie back down on his chest. "We really don't..."
But Grissom finally cuts her off. "Sara." and stopped her from laying down before moving so he was sitting up and his back was against the headboard, then he cleared his throat again before continuing. "I'm sorry to make you uncertain. I guess I'm just a little shocked."
She moves so the top half of her body was on his chest while she asking. "Why is it so shocking? It isn't like we don't already have a child together."
He nodded. "True." He pauses for a second before asking. "Is another baby really what you want?"
Sara gets a little confused and worried as she replied. "It isn't an all or nothing deal, I..." She changes the direction of the conversation as she places her hand on top of his. "What's wrong Griss? Do you not want another one?" He sighed and shook his head, which she was certain that was his answer.
At least that was until he spoke again a second later. "It isn't that I don't want another one with you. I would have as many as you want, but..."
He trails off, then not even thinking about the implication, used his right hand to scratch his ear, which got Sara's attention, so she asked if that's why he was hesitant. "Your hearing?"
He moved his hand so it was on the bed as he nodded. "I don't, or would ever regret Bailey for one second." Then he sighed as he closed again his eyes. "But if she had, or will ever become..."
Sara cuts him off immediately. "She'll still be the most special and precious thing in my life." When he opened his eyes, she had moved again so she was sitting up next to him, then she cupped his cheek again. "Along with any other child that I would be lucky enough to share with you. Whether he or she, hopefully he." He smiled a little as she finished. "Would become deaf or not. I know there is chance that it could happen, but there is also a chance that it won't, and I'm willing to take the risk." She paused for a second before smiling a little bigger. "Because either way, he or she will be loved. Even more because the baby would be half yours."
As Grissom continued to look into her eyes he whispered softly. "You really want this, don't you?"
Sara really couldn't deny it, so she nodded, then replied as she looked into his eyes, which had become conflicted. "You want it too. I can see it in your eyes."
He cleared his throat to get the emotion out, but it wasn't enough to stop a tear from going down his cheek, which she was quick to wipe it away. "I do." Her eye lit up as he ran his thumb up and down her cheek. "The thought of another daughter, or son even, especially that looks like you is..."
He trials off as she smirks. "Too speechless for you finish?"
He looked at her sheepishly. "Yeah."
Sara shook her head with a chuckle. "Whatever you think Griss."
He uses his free arm to wrap it around her waist and brought her closer to his side, making her gasp a little at the sudden movement, then replied. "I do." He then ran his thumb over her face as he continued. "Your cheeks, chin, ears, nose, eyes." Before he swiped his thumb over her eyelids, she had closed them with a smile, then opened them back up when he used his thumb to swipe across her forehead. "Your forehead."
She smirked again, and before he could continue, she replied. "As long as he/she gets your smile."
He looked at her like he didn't agree with her, then ran his thumb along her lips while replying with love in his eyes. "And miss out on my favorite things about you? I don't think so."
She had never like the gap between her teeth, but every time she saw him looking at her like she was the most beautiful woman in the world, that thought, and really any other bad thought that she had about herself, just flew right out the window. He just had away of making her feel special with, or without words.
As they continued to look into each other's eyes it became silent until she whispered. "We are talking like it is going to happen, is it?"
Grissom couldn't doubt that another child would mean a lot to him, and it was clear to him that his wife really wanted another one. Of course there was a risk, but he took the biggest risk of his life letting her in, which has paid off in a big way considering where he is right now. But then again could he really deny either of them another child because of 'what if's'. He knew they were both going to love their child whether he/she ended up deaf or not, so why hold back if they both really wanted it?
With that last thought in his mind, he slowly smiled with a nod. "It is, we can try."
Sara's, well really, both of their faces just lit up as she grabbed each cheek with both of her hands. "Really?"
He nodded again. "Yes, really."
She chuckled before bringing his face toward her lips and pecking ever part she could reach while he chuckled back.
When he was pulled back a few seconds later, she removed her hands while he cupped her cheek for the umpteenth time as he spoke with emotion again. "I'll do everything I can to make this happen for us."
She gives him a soft smile. "I know you will babe."
He whispered as he leaned toward her. "I love you. Thank you for everything that you have done and given me." After they kissed softly, he pulled back and finished. "Especially waiting for me."
She places her hand over his that was on her cheek while replying. "I love you too, and you were worth the wait."
After one more smile, their lips touched again, and in that moment everything but themselves just disappeared, both wanting to get lost in their love again.
They didn't know if they'll be blessed with their second miracle, but they were hoping with everything in them that one day it will come true.
AN: Next chapter: A little time jump and find out if they'll be blessed with another little one. Also find out if the girls were right about Nick & Catherine. Please review.