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The Child's Eyes 26/?
Rating: possible R
Disclaimer: I only own Susan, Katie and baby Sanders.
Summary: Sara has a secret; will she be able to tell the one man she loves about the child he didn't know he had? Sandle, Nick/Susan, and Grillows
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Previously…
Watching her daughter joyfully tear through her presents brought a smile to Sara's face. The smile, however, dropped as she felt a warm sensation pool between her thighs. "Uh…uh Greg…Greg." She persisted reaching blindly to her side. Feeling his skin beneath her hand, she pulled at it, bringing his attention to her.
"What?"
Breathing in heavy pants, she grabbed at her large belly, cringing as a sudden pain shook her stomach. "Greg…my water just broke."
Greg's eyes grew wide as he gently slid Katie off his lap. "What?"
"Baby…coming….now." She panted, cringing as another contraction took hold of her body.
"Okay, okay…we….we…" He stood, looking around for something, anything to help.
"Have to go to the hospital." Grissom offered, Katie now sitting at his hip.
"Right, hospital good…hospital is where we need to go." He ranted still not moving from his spot.
"Greg." Sara's frustrated voice pulled him from his daze.
"Right." Greg mumbled, turning to help her stand. "Sorry."
Just as he finished lifted her from the couch's material, Susan came bouncing through the crowd. "Nick's pullin' the car around. Come on." She murmured, guiding a panting Sara and a hysterical Greg through the room full of party guests to the front door.
Reaching the back passenger door, Greg thrust it open and helped his heaving fiancé inside. Jumping in behind her, he slammed the door shut before yelling at Nick. "Lets go." Leaving his daughter with her party guests, stunned at what had just transpired.
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"Just breath, baby… come on. He he he ho ho ho." Greg coached Sara in the car, his hands rubbing her contracting belly softly.
Grabbing behind her to the lapel of his shirt, she pulled him closer. "Do you want to have this baby?" She questioned, eyeing him heatedly; receiving no response, she growled. "That's what I thought, so shut up."
"Jeez Sara, calm down." Nick chuckled, watching the scene unfold from the front seat.
"How 'bout I calm down when your in my position." She breathed softly, before crying out as another contraction took hold of her belly.
"Just drive Nick." Greg spoke in determination, before cringing as Sara's nails dug into his skin. "It's okay baby, were almost there." He mumbled, pressing a kiss to her hairline.
Letting out a breath, feeling the contraction subside, she relaxed against his chest. "We better, cause I don't want have this baby in the car."
"Yeah, well I won't let that happen." He whispered next to her ear before placing a kiss to her cheek.
"Good." She breathed lightly, before reaching for Greg's hands as a sharp pressure once again rattled her abdomen. "Oh god."
"Just breath baby…you can do it." Running a hand through her curls, he smiled, knowing he was mere hours from holding his second child in his arms.
Nick, seeing his friend's smile in the rearview mirror, informed. "Don't worry guys were almost there."
Moments later they pulled up to the emergency room doors of Desert Palms Hospital. Nick jumped out from his seat behind the wheel, helping Greg pull Sara gently from the vehicle. "You guys wait here, I'll go get a wheelchair."
"Oh god." Sara mumbled, turning around so her head rested against the crook of his neck.
Feeling tears start to dampen his shoulder, he ran a hand down her back. "Are you okay?"
"I ruined Katie's party." She sobbed, nuzzling her head deeper into his neck. "She's gonna hate me."
"She's not gonna hate you. If anything she'll be so happy, because she got the best present of all."
Pulling back, her eyes still drooped in sadness, "Oh yeah and what's that?"
Lifting her chin, he smiled. "A brother or a sister."
The softness in his eyes brought an awed look to hers before a spark of pain shot through her abdomen making her cringe. Breathing through the hurt, a smile slowly crept to her features as she pressed her forehead to his. "I love you."
"I love you too." He replied softly watching as Nick hustled back to the couple, a wheelchair in hand and a nurse close behind.
"Here we go Sar." The Texan replied, pulling the chair behind his pregnant friend.
"How far apart are the contractions?" The short blonde nurse asked, clipboard in hand.
"About four or five minutes." Greg answered for his fiancé, helping her into the wheelchair.
"Alright, well, lets get you inside and into a room. See how far along you are."
"Oh thank god." Sara sighed, leaning back in the chair
Fifteen minutes and three contractions later, Sara was in her own room on the maternity ward, a fetal monitor surrounding her pregnant bump. "Okay, a doctor should be with you in a few minutes." The nurse informed before leaving the couple in their room, Nick had left minutes earlier to inform the members of the party of which room Sara was in.
"Can you believe were gonna have a baby?" Greg grinned, a look of awe in his eyes; Sara, seeing this burst into tears. "Hey, hey." He whispered lifting her chin gently bringing her eyes to his. "What's wrong."
"I'm sorry I made you miss this with Katie." She sobbed, pulling him closer to her on the bed.
"Hey, its okay, I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere. Katie will be just as loved as this little one." He replied softly, resting a hand on her swollen belly.
"I don't know what I did to deserve you." She whimpered, pulling him even closer and pressing a kiss to his neck.
Before he could answer, however, an aging man stepped into the room, a stethoscope at his shoulders. "I hear there's someone ready to say hello to the world in here."
"Yeah. Right here." Sara breathed heavily, pointing to her stomach before a sharp pain had her grabbing for her belly. "Ahhh."
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"Hurry, hurry, hurry…" Katie continued to chant from the backseat of Catherine's Denali, her body strapped in tightly in the booster seat, the doll Greg gave her as a present held tightly to her chest, even as she bounced up and down.
"Calm down sweetie, were almost there." Susan cooed from her seat next to the little girl, running a hand through her soft curls, she turned to the front adding. "Right guys?"
Grissom, being behind the wheel just nodded leaving his wife, in the passenger seat, to answer for him. "Yeah, were almost there." Catherine smirked, seeing the little girl jumping in her seat, from the corner of her eye.
"You hear that? Were almost there." The redhead cooed once more, turning to the little girl.
Shaking her head, Katie grumpily crossed her arms around her chest, the doll getting squished in the process. "Me wan' mommy an' daddy." She replied sadly, her head dropping softly to her chest.
"Hey sweetie." Susan whispered, pulling the little girl as close she could through the restraints of the seat belts. "Its okay, baby, were almost there."
Even though Susan's words were comforting, they couldn't calm Katie's want to be with her mother and father. "Mommy, daddy."
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"Alright Sara, it looks like your about five centimeters and about seventy-five percent effaced." Dr. Pecone announced, coming out from underneath Sara's hospital gown.
"What does that mean?" Greg asked his hand resting in Sara's as he sat in a chair next to her bed.
"It means that your baby should be born within the next few hours."
"You hear that, Sar, we'll get to see our baby in a few hours."
"I don't need to see it, I can already feel it." Sara growled, pulling him closer before crying out as strong contraction shook her body. "Ahhh."
Grabbing her hand gently, Greg tried to soothe the pain that was rocking his fiancé. "That's good just keep breathing. The contractions almost done." He whispered, watching as the machine tracking the contractions slowed down. "There you did it." He appraised, running a gentle hand down her back.
"Yeah, yeah." She whimpered, flopping back on the bed. "You do know you're having the next one, right?"
"I kind of figured." He chuckled, running a hand through her sweat filled curls. "Besides two children is more than enough."
"Sure, you say that now but happens when someone forgets the condoms and were in this same position, then what? Huh?" Sara rambled, glaring pointedly at him.
"Then I'll make sure to buy us an economy size pack so you won't have to do this again."
"Have to do what again?" Grissom asked as he, Catherine, and Susan stepped in the room, Katie in her arms.
"Nothing." Greg snickered, before catching the frown on his sleeping daughter's face. "Hey, did the rest of the party not go well?'
"No." The redhead shook her head, shifting the little girl higher in her arms. "As soon as you guys ran out there, she wouldn't do anything. She just wanted her mommy and daddy."
"Oh baby." Sara cooed, before another contraction had her cringing in pain. "Oh god."
"Just breath baby, your almost through it." Greg coached, rubbing her back gently and watching the monitor, distinguishing the contractions, lessen to a normal rate. Pressing a kiss to her temple, he pulled her closer. "You did it."
"Yeah, yeah." She whimpered, pushing him away, exhaustion lacing her tone. "Now bring my girl over here before another one hits." Sitting up, she turned carefully on her side, which to her surprise, helped relieve the pain in her backside as she left room for her daughter to lay down.
Plucking his daughter out of their friend's arms, Greg gingerly placed her on the bed, Sara's arms immediately going around her. "Kitty Kat, time to wake up for mommy."
"Mommy." Katie mumbled, her eyes fluttering furiously before focusing on her mother. "Mommy!" She screamed attaching her arms around Sara's neck, being careful to dodge her large belly.
"Whoa sweetie." Greg squeaked, seeing his little girl jump at her mother. "Calm down."
Hearing her father's voice, Katie turned, her eyes growing wide at the sight. "Daddy!" before jumping into his arms.
Relieved to see his little girl hadn't hurt Sara in her jump, he let out a breath. "Jeez missy, you nearly gave me a heart attack jumping like that."
"Why daddy."
The soft look in her eye nearly made Greg's heart beat out of his chest. Running a hand through her curls, he smirked. "Cause I thought you were gonna hurt mommy and she's already in pain."
"Why mommy hurt?"
Gazing to the hospital bed, he cringed, seeing Sara's face contorted in pain, obviously trying hold off the scream lodged in her throat as to not scare their daughter. Nodding to Susan to help comfort his fiancé, he took care of explaining to his daughter what her mother was going through. "Baby, your mommy is hurting because your little brother or sister is ready to see all of us."
"So baby comine now?" Katie questioned, her eyes wide in astonishment.
Pressing a kiss to her cheek, he nodded. "Yep."
"Yeah!"
Chuckling at her enthusiasm, Greg handed her back to the Grissom's before moving back to Sara and helping her through another contraction.
"Alright Ms. Sidle lets see how much further you are along." Dr. Pecone announced, stepping in the room.
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