A/N I have been wanting to post this for the last twenty hours or so, but my internet is playing up! BOO. Anyway! Here you go, another chapter, and again thank you all for your amazing reviews, they mean so much to me. Keep them coming (:
Time seemed to fly past, not knowing how long they had been making out for Sara pulled back for some air, her lips swollen and red Gil didn't know if he had seen anything quite as beautiful. His finger rose to her lips and grazed across them so gently. "Mmm…" She smiled down at him. "Now I was not expecting that." She smirked as her hands balanced on his chest.
Gil couldn't stop smiling, he nodded his head softly as he watched her every move. "Neither was I." He said honestly his hand tucking her hair away behind her ear. "But I'm so glad it did." Gil was a very honest man when it came to Sara; here she was straddling him, her hands on his chest while he had one hand on her hip and the other at her face, touching her softly.
"The awkwardness of when our first kiss was going to happen has gone, does this mean I can kiss you when I want?" She asked with a huge grin. Sara looked down at him, her eyes flicking from between his eyes to his swollen lips, slightly hidden by his beard.
"Yes honey it means you can kiss me whenever you want." He spoke out softly he couldn't believe that they were here. "As long as you know I'll be kissing you when I want to." He smirked.
Sara's smile grew if that was at all possible. "Looking forward to it Doctor Grissom." She winked. "Let's get the living room done before breakfast." She said as she climbed off him, as she did so he let a groan at the loss of her. "Then we can kiss some more." She said with a light smirk in her voice, she straightened herself out while he stood up and stretched out straightening out himself.
"Hmm… how would you like to go out for breakfast after we drop the girls at playgroup, my treat?" Gil suggested he wanted to treat her the way she deserved, like a princess; he hated men who took advantage of women and didn't care for them as they should be.
"Sounds good, I'm in the mood for a big fruit salad, oh and a stack of pancakes." She smiled leading him through to the living room; she looked around to see what they needed to do. Gil just rolled his eyes and nodded. He picked up his roller, topping up his tray with paint.
"Okay, I know the perfect place, just around from the girls playgroup." He smiled starting to paint again. "So are we going to tell the girls that we are dating?" He asked, to be honest he didn't know how Henley and Aurora would take it.
Sara stopped when he heard his question and looked at him. She thought for a moment. "Well I think we should, I mean they see daddy kissing mommy/Sara, well it could get confusing for them." Sara spoke out as she walked over to him. "They have never seen us with partners, of course they've seen their friends parents or whatever, but it's different when it's in their home, when it's their dad." She looked at him hoping he was understanding what she was saying.
"That's what I was thinking; I know that if I were them I'd want to know. I mean, I grew up in a single parent home from the age of nine, my dad died one day mom came in with drinks and dad was in the chair, she couldn't wake him, but no one ever talked to me about it. But well if mom had gotten with anyone, I would have wanted to know, just to know she was happy." Gil explained as he looked at Sara, he never really talked about that time in his life.
"So over breakfast we talk to them." Sara spoke out as she put her hand on his arm, "And if you want to talk about anything, you know I'm here for you right?" She said softly, even though she had only known him for a few weeks she knew how difficult had been for him to tell her what he had just said.
"Yes, over breakfast and thank you." He gave her a soft smile then a small kiss. The last twenty four hours had been so much, Gil was just glad that he had such a great woman beside him, helping him make a huge decision, and of course their dates as well as that kiss. He couldn't believe that they were dating now; he hadn't courted a woman since Natalie and that had been nearly ten years before.
It was amazing how quickly the two became relaxed around each other. Casual touches, light kisses in passing, they were making breakfast for the girls when Sara was slicing up some fruit for them his hand slid around her back while reaching for a spatula. Their eyes met and they smiled at each other. Both girls decided to get up not long after; they had an hour until the girls had to be at playgroup so Gil got them both set up with eggs and Sara gave them each a small fruit salad. While they took their normal seats Gil looked at them both and started to speak.
"Girls, I know you've never seen either of us with a girlfriend or boyfriend, we've always been more about looking after you two." He spoke out, his eyes seeking out theirs, seeing their nods he looked at Sara who gave him an encouraging smile, and then he continued. "So up until recently, I never thought I'd meet someone that would want to spend time with like I did with your birth mom." Gil had recently got used to calling Natalie birth mom meanwhile he saw Sara as just mom now, even if Henley wasn't calling her mom yet. "That was until I met Sara." He smiled and the girls who looked between both Gil and Sara. "So what I'm trying to tell you girls is that Sara and I are dating." He hoped that they would know what he meant but when he was met with confused looks he sighed.
"Aurora remember when Jamiee started to stay with Liam, well that's kind of what daddy and mommy are doing." Sara spoke out softly. "I don't know how to explain it to you Henley, maybe daddy knows of a couple…" She said looking at Gil who nodded his head.
"Yes, Henley, Auntie Catherine and Uncle Warrick, remember when they started kissing and holding hands and Lindsey was complaining about Warrick always being around?" He looked at Henley, who nodded her head. "Well Sara and I will kind of be like that, but Sara's around anyway so that won't be different, it just means that we might kiss and cuddle a little in front of you. Sara might sleep in my bed sometimes or I might go over to hers and sleep there." He spoke out as the girls both nodded.
It was Aurora who found her voice first and looked at her twin before looking at Sara. "So does that mean you'll be like a proper mommy and daddy that live together and do all that yucky kissing?" She asked softly.
Gil held back a little laugh as he watched Sara react to the question. "Sort of, we won't be living together, not yet anyway, but yes we will be doing all that yucky kissing." She grinned leaning over and tickling Aurora who giggled.
"Daddy why can't Sara just move in with us here then?" Henley asked as she moved over and sat on his lap.
"Because sweetie, it's still early days for us, we've only had a couple of dates, and I don't think she could handle the middle of the night cuddles yet." He grinned as Sara raised her eyebrow.
"Middle of the night cuddles?" She asked as Aurora continued to eat and giggle, she had only recently found out about these, taking part in a few herself.
Gil laughed at Sara's expression. "It means you wouldn't only be sharing a bed with me, but two little monsters too." He smiled as Henley frowned at him.
"I am not a monster daddy! Neither is Aurora." She said as she narrowed her eyes at Gil. That was when he shook his head and laughed.
"I'm sure I'd manage to share a bed with you all." Sara smirked as she took a sip out of her coffee cup.
Once they had dropped the kids off, Gil and Sara headed for some breakfast, he bought her a skinny decaf caramel latte along with the fruit salad and pancakes she wanted, buying himself a normal black decaf coffee and a stack of pancakes, choosing to not go near meat he wanted to be able to kiss Sara, so meat wasn't an option.
They were half way through eating their meal when Gil's phone rang, he sighed and apologised to Sara before answering it. He listened to the caller, giving a few answers and then hung up. "Just work, they wanted to know if the new girl was going to be there tonight." He smirked.
Sara looked at him and frowned. "If you call me the new girl, I personally will hurt you, I am no girl, all woman babe, and new makes me sound like I've never done this before, I'm a well trained investigator, if they have to give me a title, call me the woman from San Francisco." She said as he held his hands up.
"I wouldn't dream of it, and I know your all woman." He smirked letting his eyes float down her body, well as much as he could see then back up to her face and smiled. "Okay I'll pass that on." He said simply then got back into his breakfast.
"Hey! Who said you could check me out huh?" She asked narrowing her eyes at him as his eyes connected with hers and then she smiled showing him that she was just messing with him. "Check me out all you want, you are the only one allowed to look and touch." She grinned as she popped a strawberry in her mouth.
Gil was shocked at how forward she was being but he wasn't about to complain, he looked at her and smiled. "Well I'd hope so honey." Was all he said before focusing on his breakfast again.