AN: Thanks to those who reviewed and read, here is the next chapter.


Chapter 25: Sharing the results

The next afternoon

Sara, Cassie and Grissom were enjoying each other's company when Sara's phone rings from the coffee table, so she excuses herself from the living room and walked into the bedroom while answering her phone. "Grissom."

Her new last name was something she had to get use to, but did very quickly, and only used her maiden name when it involved work.

"Yes, Mrs. Grissom, this is Doctor Holmes and I have your test results. I would like to discuss it with you as soon as you can get here."

Sara's heart started racing as that nauseous feeling that's been in her since she's woken up this morning was coming through stronger, but before she totally flipped out, she mentally took a breath and told herself not to overreact until she knew what was going on, then she cleared her throat and replied. "Of course, I'll be there in about 20 minutes."

"Great, I'll see you then."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye, Mrs. Grissom."

After she heard the click on the other end, she tossed her phone on the bed before changing clothes, then after grabbing her phone from the bed, she walked out of the room.

When she made it back in the living room, Cassie saw that she had changed, so she frowned. "You leaving mommy?"

It seemed like she hadn't spent a lot of time with her mom these days, and she was getting kind of sad about that.

When he heard Cassie ask that, Grissom looked over at his wife with a concerned look.

Sara walked over toward her daughter, kneeled down and cupped her cheek. "I'm sorry, but this is something that I have to do." Cassie nodded with a sigh before looking down, then she paused before continuing. "I'll tell you what, tomorrow will be just you and me. I'll tell everybody at the lab that I'm not coming in and we can spend it however you like."

Cassie looked up, smiling at her mother. "Really? You promise."

"I do."

She smiled bigger. "And first thing in the morning, right?"

Sara chuckled. "I'll be knocking at your father's door at 6 O'clock in the morning if you want."

Of course she would have to leave work for that to happen, but she did have connections.

But Cassie knew that, so she chuckled this time, shaking her head. "After work will be fine mommy."

Sara nodded with a smile as she brought her little girl into her arms. "You got it." After holding on to her a little longer, they pull back, then she continued. "I love you sweetie."

"I love you too mommy."

After another hug and kiss, Sara stands up while Cassie continued to play with her toys.

Grissom looked at Sara as he stood up, and after she took his hand, they walked toward the door, then she spoke when they stopped in front of it. "Can you drop Cassie off at Brad's before you go into the lab later?"

She knew that he had to go in early to finish paperwork and to make sure the repairs are going ok at the lab.

Grissom nodded while looking into her eyes to see if he could figure out what was going on. "Of course." But when he didn't find it, he cupped her cheek and asked. "What's going on?"

She tires to give him as much of a reassuring smile as she could before replying. "I'll talk to you about it later."

"Sara..."

She cuts him off with a kiss before wrapping her arms around him for a hug. "I love you Griss, always remember that."

He frowned a little at her words as he wrapped his arms around her. "I love you too, always."

When they pulled back, she kissed him again before stepping out of his arms, and after looking at her little family, she turned and walked out of the townhouse, shutting the door behind her while Grissom watched, not liking the feeling that came through him. Something was going on.


Before the start of shift (Hours later)

While Sara was sitting down at the breakroom table, looking down at her water bottle, she jumped a little as a hand landed on her shoulder.

She looked over and saw that it was Catherine, who was giving her a concerned look while asking. "You ok? I said your name, but you must have not heard me."

Sara gave her a small smile, trying to be convincing. "Yeah, sorry about that, I was just thinking."

Catherine nodded, and before she could ask any questions, Warrick and Grissom came into the room, which Grissom's mind was immediately on the assignment sheets in his hand. "Luckily we only have two cases with us being a little short staffed tonight since Nick is staying home with Shelly for a few days." They all smiled because of his reason for staying home as Grissom continued. "Catherine, you have a solo." Catherine nodded as she grabbed the assignment sheet from him, then he looked over at Warrick. "And you and Sara are working together." Warrick nodded as he grabbed the last assignment sheet. "Be Safe and good luck."

They nodded together this time, and while they stood up from their seats, Grissom looked at his wife. "Sara, can I speak to you for a minute?"

Catherine had already walked out of the room with her mind on the case now, but Warrick stopped in the doorway before looking at Sara, which Sara nodded at Warrick. "I'll meet you outside." Warrick nodded in return before walking out of the room, leaving Sara and Grissom alone.

Once they were, he walked up toward her and asked. "I tried calling you earlier, but I couldn't get a hold of you."

She gives him a little smile as she replied. "Yeah, sorry about that, I turned my phone off. I needed a little time to myself."

The worriedness inside of him from the moment he saw her leave the townhouse only intensified as he asked in a concerned tone. "What's going on? Where did you go? Why did you..."

But Sara cuts him off. "Now we promised each other the minute we walked into this lab that all personal stuff will not be discussed."

"But Sara..."

She grabbed her water and cleared her throat. "Like I told you earlier, I'll uh...I'll talk to you later about it." Then she turned and walked out of the room before Grissom could say anything else.

He did a deep sigh as he started walking out of the room, then he headed to his office, and for once since he's been the supervisor he was thankful for having more paperwork, because if he had to go out and do a case he would not be in the right frame of mind to concentrate on it. Least with paperwork he could pretend to be.


Towards the end of shift

Sara sighed as she signed off on the case she had just finished, knowing she couldn't ignore Grissom forever.

Though technically she was working and she wouldn't consider that intentionally ignoring him because she was doing her job, but the few times she saw him walking down the hall she would slip in one of the labs and act like she was busy, so maybe in a way she actually was.

She mentally shook her head before she continued with those thoughts, then she closed the file and grabbed it before getting up from her seat and walking out in the hall to go to Grissom's office.

When she got there, she knocked, then a second later she hears 'come in', so she opens the door.

Grissom looked up from his desk and watched her come in and shut the door.

When she turns around to look at him, she sees he had a concerned look on his face, which was the same look he had on before shift, but it seemed deeper to her.

He then cleared his throat and spoke. "So I talked to Warrick earlier, and he told me that your suspect tried to run so he went off chasing him, but you stayed behind. Now normally that would make me happy and put me at ease, but I know it isn't your style, so what's going on? Or is it about the same thing you aren't telling me."

She couldn't help but smirk a little. "You just got done telling me last night that you wanted me to be safer, and now you don't approve of me not chasing after a suspect? You should really make up your mind."

Grissom sighed as he took his glasses off. "Sara."

She losses the smirk and nodded as she looked down. "I know." She knew that sigh all too well, he wasn't amused by her response.

He gets up from his chair, walks over toward her, takes her wrist and walks them toward the chairs in front of his desk, then he grabs the file she had in her left hand and places it on his desk before sitting her down in right one, then he kneels in front of her and places one hand on her thigh and the other cupping her cheek.

She lifts her head to look at him, and was about to protest on him being on the floor like that because of his knees, but he shook his head to stop her. "That doesn't matter right now. I need to know what's wrong. Please talk to me, because whatever you're not telling me is really scaring me."

Now normally he would wait when they got home for stuff like this, because she was right earlier about keeping their personal lives outside of the lab, but he couldn't wait another minute to know what was gong on with his wife.

Sara took a breath, then replied. "The reason I didn't go chasing after a suspect was because I have to think about somebody else now, and I'm not talking about you and Cassie. This someone is a little more fragile." He looked at her a little confused, so she takes the hand that was on her thigh and moved it to her stomach as she continued. "I'm pregnant."

He looked at he wide-eyed, very shocked on what she just said. "Pre...Pregnant?"

Sara nodded. "I had gotten a blood test to make sure everything was ok with me yesterday after I had a dizzy spell, and the doctor called this morning saying he needed to see me, then he after told me the news. I wanted them to run one more test to be really sure, and after I got it, I needed a little more time to absorb it, so I closed off all communication." Sara sniffled as she continued. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you the moment I found out, but..."

Grissom puts a finger to her lips to stop her and asked with tears in his eyes this time. "You're pregnant? I'm going to be a..."

He trials off, almost not sure if this was real, and Sara nodded with a smile. "Yes, you're going to be a father."

He looks down at her stomach before removing the hand that was on it and brings her in his arms so he was now hugging her. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he started to sob a little in her neck.

While Sara held on to him, she thought back to the unexpected doctor's appointment.

Flashback

Sara walked into Dr. Holmes's office and sat down in one of the chairs that were in front of his desk, then she looked at the blond, tall, average build doctor, and asked while her heart was still racing. "So what is it?" She wanted to get right to the point.

A second later he gave Sara a smile, which confused her because if it was life threatening she didn't think the doctor would be smiling.

"Mrs. Grissom, you are pregnant."

Then he gave Sara the test results while she had a very shocked look on her face. "Excuse me, did you just say what I think you said?"

Dr. Holmes nodded. "According to this blood test, you are. I would like to run another extensive test to be sure, but I can't deny those results."

Sara looked down at the paper, seeing the results herself, then she looked at the doctor and continued. "I barley had any of the symptoms yet, unlike last time, I knew right away. It was almost like she was already warning me."

"Those can vary sometimes." Sara nodded as the doctor continued with another smile. "So this wouldn't be your first child?"

Sara smiled while she shook her head. "No. I have a 7 almost 8 year old daughter." Sara took a moment to let her brain fully register on what was gong on, then she continued. "Ok, wow, this could really be happening."

Then she gets up and started pacing as the doctor asked. "So I take it this is a surprise?"

Sara smiled again. "Well it wasn't like we officially planned for it happen, we were suppose to talk about it...in like about a year or two."

The doctor chuckled with a nod. "Well some times these things do sneak up on you when you least expect it."

"Yeah, tell me about it." After a few more seconds of Sara still trying to shake off this shock, even though it wasn't really working, she looked at him again. "Alright, let's run those tests. I want to be absolutely sure before I tell my husband."

He nodded as he stood up from his seat. "You sure you don't want him here with you?"

Sara shook her head. "I don't want to get his hopes up, just in case there is a chance...you know?"

He nodded as he placed his hand on her shoulder while they walked out of the room. "I understand. Alright, let's see if your daughter will be a big sister."

Sara smiled with a nod as they continued to walk while it became silent between them.

She knew that she would welcome this child with open arms if it was 100% true, yeah it would be a little sooner than she would have planned, but the moment the doctor said those words, she was already committed to this baby. She was just hoping Grissom would feel the same.

End of Flashback

Sara came back to the present after Grissom pulled his arms from her, which he had stopped sobbing, but the strong emotions were still in his eyes. "I can't believe it, a baby."

Sara nodded with tears in her eyes. "I know, I am sorry that it's ea..."

Grissom cuts her off with the shake of his head as he cupped her cheek again. "Yeah, this is a little earlier than we had planned, but you shouldn't feel sorry for anything concerning this baby. This is a blessing and miracle, Ok?" Sara nodded with tears going down her cheek, and after he wiped most of them away, he smirked. "Besides, if I remember correctly, you weren't the only one there."

Sara chuckled with a shake of her head, then she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Mostly certainly not mister." He chuckled, and after a small peck on the lips, she took a breath and asked. "And are you ok about..."

She trails off, but he knew what she was trying to ask, which was about the hearing, so he sighed before replying. "I can't lie and say that will never be a fear of mine, because it will still linger inside of me. But I'm not going to let it eat me up because we can't know for sure if it will or won't happen. Beside, like I said, this child is a blessing, and he or she is and will be loved from this second on."

Sara nodded with a smile. "And I second that."

He smiled in return before pecking her on the lips again, then he asked. "When are we going to tell everybody?"

She took a moment before replying. "I want to make sure Brad hears the news from me, so I'll tell him around the same time we tell Cassie, which I want to wait a few days because I promised her that today is our day." Grissom nodded in understanding as Sara finished. "And we shouldn't wait too long to tell the team, but I would like to tell Shelly and Suzie before them."

"Alright, we'll figure all of that out later." As Sara nodded, Grissom gets up from the floor. "Now, I believe we should go and get Cassie so we can all have breakfast together, I'm at least allowed that much time with you two today, right?"

Sara chuckled while she stood up from her seat and nodded. "Yes."

He smiled with a nod in return before she started to walk toward the office door, but was stopped when Grissom had taken her wrist in his hand, making her turn to look at him with curiosity, then he stepped up to her and cupped her cheek again. "I love you so much, thank you for this gift."

She sniffled while she placed her hand on top of his. "I love you too, and you're so welcome."

After one more peck in the office, they pulled back from one another before both of them shook off the emotion in them so they wouldn't give anything away as they walked out of the lab together, with a feeling that went beyond happiness about this wonderful news.


AN: GSR baby, yeah! More to come. Please review.