AN: Thanks for the reviews, and the support, here is the last chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 25: 9 Months later
"Honey, you wanted to be awake when the group showed up, Honey."
Sara slowly opened her eyes, and smiled at the beautiful eyes staring at her from above, then a split second later, she gasped. "The baby!"
He chuckled and moved his head to the side, where their child was sleeping in a hospital baby bed that was right next to her hospital bed. "He's fine, sweetie."
She sighed in relief as she turned her head to look at the beautiful boy she brought into this world a few hours ago, and while there was pain involved, it was also one of the most magical moments of her life, especially when he was finally placed in her arms for the first time. No words could do justice on how she felt in that moment while the man she loved watched the scene with tears in his eyes.
Unfortunately that mother/son moment didn't last long because she became very exhausted and had to rest, but she trusted Grissom to take care of him.
She sighed happily just looking at the boy that already resembled Grissom so much before looking at the father of her child, who was still sitting on the edge of her bed, and asked. "So, how did you two do with your first couple of hours of alone time?"
He smiled with his eyes sparkling. "Oh, we talked, laughed and cried, it was a ball."
Sara believed the crying part, but she raised her eyebrow at the other's and smirked back. "I wasn't aware that babies could talk and laugh so fast after being born."
He smirked back and nodded while taking her left hand. "True, but you should know that our child is very exceptional; one of kind because he has us as parents."
Her hormones were running rampart through her, so she just about gushed by the time he kissed her hand, then she cleared and replied softly. "And while I do agree/believe our child is very exceptional, I would like for him to not grow so fast, ok? Let's hold on to him just the way he is for as long as possible."
He nodded and kissed her hand again. "Ok, and I agree." Sara smiled in return as Grissom started to get emotional. "Sara, I uh, I want to..."
But he was cut off when their son started to cry, so Sara's attention went to him as Grissom got up from the bed and started to speak as he walked the short distance to his son. "Hey little one, we're here, we didn't leave you." When he was in Grissom's arms it sounded like he was getting louder, so he smiled and replied as he walked toward Sara. "I think I know who you want, it's mommy's time now, isn't it?"
He continued to the cry as he was placed into Sara's arms, who started to speak to him in a whispering, but comforting tone. "It's ok sweetie, Mommy's here." His crying turned into whimpers as Sara continued while looking down into his beautiful blue eyes, something Sara was very happy about. "Mommy loves you so much."
When their son had finally stopped crying, Sara still continued to look at him, but spoke toward Grissom. "So, what were you going to say?"
Grissom cleared his throat and started to open his mouth to speak, but there was a knock on the door, so he does a short sigh before changing the subject. "It looks like everybody's here, you ready for them?"
Sara nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I'm sure they can't wait much longer."
He chuckled with a nod,, and after he kissed her temple, he walked to the door and opened it, seeing Lindsey, Nick, Warrick, Greg and Brass standing there with smiles on their faces.
He raised an eyebrow at who wasn't there before Nick spoke as they walked into the room. "Catherine sends her congratulations. She wasn't feeling up to it tonight."
With her being 7 months pregnant, which the little family was very happy and excited about, she wasn't feeling up to leaving the house right now.
Grissom nodded in understanding before replying. "Tell her we missed her."
Nick nodded with a smile. "You got it."
Once Nick made it to Sara's hospital bed, he looked at the little guy in Sara's arms and said with a smile. "Well look at him, he's so beautiful."
Lindsey's comment was. "I can see he looks a lot like Uncle Gil."
Sara smiled wider with a nod. "I know, it's amazing, isn't it?"
Nick moved his eyes from the baby to look at Sara, and he's never seen her happier, yeah he thought he saw happy when she was back together with Grissom, but this was a whole new level he couldn't describe.
When Sara felt Nick's eyes on her, she looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "What? I know I don't look all that great at the moment, but do you..."
Nick cuts her off as he kissed her temple and replied. "You are beautiful, and I was just amazed at how happy you truly are. Congratulations Sara."
After the group repeated that sentiment, Sara cleared her throat and replied with a smile. "Thank you everybody." Then she looked at Nick again. "You want to hold your godson?"
Nick cleared his throat to keep the emotion away as he nodded. "I would love to."
After Sara gently handed the baby off to Nick, who started to cry, so Sara softly spoke to him while holding on to his tiny hand. "I'm here, little one, this is your Uncle Nicky, he's one of the best to protect you."
When the baby quieted down again, Warrick spoke as he looked at the little guy in Nick's arms. "So, what's this little guy's name?"
Sara looked at Grissom, who had taken the spot to her left, and placed his hand on her shoulder with a nod before she looked at the group again. "First of all, I want to say that all of you mean something to me, to us; you guys may have came in at different times of mine, our lives, and it means the world to me that you are all still a part of it. And as much as we would love to name our child after all of you, it's just not possible, so we decided to name our child after someone who never let Grissom and I give up on one another, someone who never believed that we were over when we thought ourselves that we were."
Nick looked at them with shock and tears in his eyes. "Me?"
Sara nodded with tears in her eyes. "Yes, Nicky, you. You're part of the reason Grissom and I are back together, a reason we are here on this night, so thank you for not letting us give up."
He sniffled with a nod. "Wow, thank you."
After Sara nodded, she continued. "So, we would like you all to meet, Nicholas Arthur Grissom."
They all smiled at the name of the child.
A little bit later the gang started to depart the room, first it was Brass, then it was Greg, and after Nick and Lindsey had said goodbye and left the room, Sara smiled at Warrick as he was giving her a hug and a kiss to the temple. "Warrick, just so you know the name of this child went down to you and Nick...I..."
Warrick cuts her off with a chuckle. "Don't worry about it Sar, no hard feelings. I still love you."
She smiled brightly. "Good, because yours and Nick's friendship means a lot to me, you guys being in my life made a lot of years bearable, even when we only had phone calls there for awhile."
"I feel the same, so it's really ok." Then he smirked back. "Besides, there's always chance for more kids, right?"
Sara and Grissom chuckled before Grissom replied to that. "We'll get back to you on that one."
Warrick chuckled and smiled with a nod, and after one more goodbye, Warrick left the room.
Once the door clicked shut, Grissom asked with a smile. "So, is there a chance for more?"
She smirked back. "I'll get back to you on that."
He nodded with another smile as he watched her look down at their beautiful son, and in that moment he could wait for as long as she wanted to discuss future children, because right now everything was perfect.
Hours later
Even after their child was fed and changed, Sara wasn't ready to let go of him just yet, so he was still in her arms sleeping while Grissom was sitting beside her on the bed, and after a few minutes of silence, Grissom cleared his throat before speaking softly. "Mom text earlier, and she said she'll be here this weekend to see our new bundle of joy."
"Ok."
He then sighed as he continued. "And you know she's going to ask about our wedding date."
Not long after they got engaged they discussed when they wanted to get married, and they both agreed that they wanted it after their child was born because they wanted him in the pictures. But now that he was born, they knew they needed to set a date.
She sighed as she turned her head to look at him."I know." Then she started to have tears in her eyes. "But I don't know yet, I..."
Grissom cuts her off with a smile as he cupped her cheek to wipe her tears away. "Honey, I'm in no hurry, I have you and our child either way. The date will come to you, and as much as I love my mother, this is about us, not her, she'll understand."
Sara nodded as she sniffled. "Yeah, I'm sorry...hopefully my emotions will get under control soon."
He continued to wipe her tears away with the smile still on his face. "You're still beautiful to me."
She shook her head as she looked down shyly. "Stop it, I don't look it right now."
He raised an eyebrow now. "Stop calling you beautiful? Never going to happen, not now." He leaned toward her and kissed her temple before whispering with emotion. "Not ever, I'll always see you like that. I did the first second I saw you and I will till my last breath."
She sniffled again before looking up at him. "I love you so much, thank you for trusting me with your heart again. I'll continue to cherish it and you, forever."
This time he gets emotional while speaking. "What I wanted to tell you earlier, was a thank you for loving me, for giving me this beautiful child, for learning to trust me with your heart, and for walking in that math classroom."
She chuckled a little at the last thing he said before whispering. "Well, the math thing was more about scheduling, I had no control over that one. But you're welcome for everything else, it's been a pleasure, and I can't wait for more moments with you, with our child." She paused before finishing. "And our other children."
Grissom raised an eyebrow with his eyes sparkling. "Other Children? You mean..."
He trails off as she nodded with a bright smile. "I would like to get a hang of this mother and wife thing, once we get married that is, but yeah, I'm open to the idea of more, if you're up to it."
His smile grew with a nod. "We can have a many as you want."
With the smiles still on their faces, they lean toward each other, and after a short pause, they kissed softly, then once they pulled back, he whispered as she looked down at their child again. "You know what happened at this time 13 years ago?" When she looked at him with a raised an eyebrow, he continued with a mock hurt look. "I can't believe you don't remember our first kiss."
She silently gasped as she looked at him wide-eyed, remembering what day it actually was. "That means it's..."
She trials off as he nodded. "It is."
Then she frowned. "I'm sorry, I didn't get you a present."
Looking into her eyes, his sparkled as he whispered one more time, using some words that night 13 years ago. "Of course you did, you gave us a family, a child to love, and that's the best present I could ask for. I love both so much."
She sniffled again before they kissed on more time, then after he scooted closer to her, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders as they continued to look down at their sleeping son, thinking about how they got here, which even with the detour it brought them where they wanted to be all along, together, and where they were going, a future, with no doubt disagreements and making up, but mostly spent in happiness and love.
AN: That's it, I hope you enjoyed this little AU. Please Review.
I'm still on the fence about a sequel, I just want to make sure it's something good, so we'll see about that. But I do have a few other ideas rolling around in my brain, so either way, something new will come soon.
Until next time, be safe and take care, and always remember, GSR4ever!