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Chapter 26: Revelations

About an hour later, Greg, Morgan, Nick and Whitney called it a night, leaving the San Diego team and Lindsey to themselves, then after another hour and a half with a few more drinks going through the group, and once a particular fast pace/intense dance ended, Nicole and Kevin, who had been participating in the dance, were breathing deeply and looking into each other's eyes with an intensity so strong that they felt throughout their bodies, but before anything could happen, Nicole shook her head and stepped back from him. "What am I doing?" Then turned and ran towards the exit of the building, Kevin only waited a few seconds before rushing after her.

When he caught up with her, she was pacing back and forth, shaking her head, and he spoke after she had turned away from him a second time. "You aren't doing anything wrong."

Nicole had stopped her feet and sighed. "Then why does it feel like I am?" She turned to look at him with tears in her eyes. "I know he isn't here, and isn't coming back into my life, but why does it feel like I'm cheating on him?"

He took a breath and walked up to her before cupping her cheek, almost making her want to close her eyes. "Because no matter how long he's been gone, a part of you will always love him, miss him and wish he was here again. But there will come a day when are you are finally ready to move on."

Looking into his eyes, she whispered. "And you want to be the person I move on to."

He removed his hand with a smile and a chuckle, trying to play off his real feelings. "Me? No, I..."

But she cuts him off with a serious look. "Kevin, don't lie to me. I want the truth."

Kevin took a second before asking with his heart racing. "You sure you want the truth?"

"Yes."

"Ok, the truth is you're right, I do want to be that person once you're ready, and it isn't because of the closeness I've been feeling toward you the last six months. It's because..." He paused before telling her what has been in his heart for years as it raced a little more. "I've been in love with you since I was fifteen years old, possibly since thirteen."

Nicole gasped as she looked at him with wide-eyes, surprised of the revelation. "What!?"

He nodded with a smile. "It's true." He cupped her cheek again as he whispered one more time. "I've been in love with you for all these years, and it has only gotten stronger, especially the last six months."

Nicole's mouth began to go dry as her heart started racing from all the different emotions she was feeling in this moment, but before she could either step back or lean forward, their moment was interrupted when they heard Kevin's phone buzzing in his pocket.

He sighed as he removed his hand from her cheek, then after slipping the phone out of his pocket, he looked at the text message before looking at her again. "It looks like Tim and Lindsey want to leave."

"I do too."

"Ok, I'll text Devon and see what's going on there." After Nicole nodded, Kevin text Devon, then a second later he got a text back saying they'll be right behind them, so he looked at Nicole as he placed his phone back in his pocket. "They'll leave in a few minutes, you ready?"

"Yeah."

He nodded in return as they headed for one of the rented vehicles, and after helping her in on her side, he walked to the driver's side, then once he was in, he started to drive toward the casino/hotel they were staying at.

It was silent for several minutes as she was trying process what she heard tonight before she spoke softly. "You never said anything."

"How could I?" He looked over at her when he stopped at a stop sign. "I couldn't risk losing my best friend."

"But you could tell me now?"

"Yes, we're adults now, I thought we could handle this better than we could have back then."

Nicole chuckled a little before saying. "I don't know, if we were back home, I might have ran to my house and locked the door by now."

Kevin chuckled in return before speaking as he started driving again once his eyes were back on the road. "Then it's a good thing we are not."

It was silent the rest of the way, and they only talked when they were standing in front of the closed doors to their rooms, which were right across from one another.

"Honestly, we are ok, right?"

Nicole nodded with a smile. "Yeah, it just might take me a little more time to process this."

He nodded in understanding before he took a few steps toward her before cupping her cheek and whispering. "You take all the time that you need, I'm not going anywhere. Unless of course you want me to."

Nicole shook her head and replied softly. "The one thing I know I'm not confused about right now, is that I don't want you out of my life..." She trails off, then gasped before that last thought came to her mind. 'That's why we lost touch, isn't it?"

Kevin looked at her sadly. "I was happy for you, but if I'm being honest again, it hurt to watch."

She shook her head with sadness in her eyes. "Kevin I'm..."

He cuts her off. "Don't be. Don't second guess on being with him, you got something wonderful out of your relationship and it shouldn't be a regret."

She nodded her head with a sniffle. "You're right, and it isn't."

He nodded in return as he removed his hand. "So, whatever you need, all you need to do is ask."

"Ok."

He leaned forward and kissed her forehead before whispering against her skin "Goodnight."

She closed her eyes as she whispered back. "Goodnight."

After he pulled back, they looked into each other's eyes before he started walking toward his door as she turned to hers, but before she places her key card in hers, she turned around and said. "Kevin." Kevin turned around and she tried to continue. "I uh...I..."

She trailed off, clearly loss for words before he wordlessly held out his hand with a smile, and she smiled in return as she walked toward him before slipping her hand into his, then once the door was opened, they walked into the room, shutting the door behind them.

After Lindsey stopped the vehicle in front of the familiar hotel, she looked over at Tim, who was smiling at her, then he asked with a smirk, both knowing he was joking, but he couldn't help but ask. "So, what's the chances of you coming up to my room?"

Lindsey chuckled before saying. "Probably as low as the chances of it snowing here on Christmas Eve."

Tim chuckled before nodding. "Well, thank you for tonight, I enjoyed it."

"You're welcome, and I'm glad."

As he reached for the door handle, he looked over at her again and asked. "You sure I..."

Lindsey cuts him off with another chuckle. "Goodnight, Tim."

Now in a more serious tone, he nodded. "Goodnight, Lindsey."

After he opened the door, he got out, but before he could take a few steps, he hears. "Hey Tim." He turned around before Lindsey continued. "How tired are you?"

"Not that much, why? You change your mind."

"No, but how about a little more time together, somewhere a little quieter than a bar or club?"

He smiled as he walked back to the passenger door and got in, then as he closed the door, he looked over at her again with sincerity in his eyes. "I would love it."

She nodded in return before she started driving again, not sure where they were going, but she knew she wasn't ready to let him go for the night just yet, there was just something about him, in a very good way, she couldn't shake.

When Devon and Mariah made it back to the hotel and on the correct floor, she stopped in front of the door to her room, which was the same room as Nicole since they were suppose to be sharing, while Devon stopped at his, which he was suppose to be sharing with Tim and right next door to Nicole's and Mariah's, and as they unlocked their doors, Mariah smiled at him. "Thank you for tonight. I didn't realize how much I really needed it."

"You're welcome, and anytime."

"Goodnight, Devon."

"Goodnight, Mariah."

After looking at one another intensely for a few seconds, they walked into their rooms and closed their doors behind them, but not even five minutes later, Devon gets a knock on his door, and when he opened it, he was surprised it was Mariah, so he asked in concern. "Is everything ok?"

She nodded, then asked softly. "What you said earlier about me being amazing and a guy being lucky to be with me, did you mean it, or was it just something you said to..."

He cuts her off sincerely as he cupped her cheek. "I meant every word, you are amazing and so beaut..."

This time he gets cut off when she kissed him, but it was done so quickly that their lips barley touched, and she looked at him with wide-eyes as she pulled back, surprised that she even had the courage to do that. "Devon, I'm sorry, I don't know what I was..." She gets cut off again when his lips touched hers, and there was no barley about it, everything they felt went into that kiss.

When they finally pulled back because they needed air, they placed their foreheads together before he whispered. "Your move next."

She pulled back slowly and looked into his caring eyes, her heart racing with so much feeling she had inside of her, then she smiled as she slipped through the crack of the door and walked into his room, the door closing a few seconds later.

After saying goodbye to Brass and Catherine, the Grissoms got into their rented vehicle and drove to a familiar address, and when Grissom stopped in front of the house with a sign that said 'sale pending' in the yard, he sighed before looking over at her. "You ready to spend one more night in our house?"

Sara nodded with a smile. "Lead the way, Dr. Grissom."

After Greg told Sara and Grissom that he was getting married, he also told them that him and Morgan wanted to look for their own place, which they understood that, so after talking about it, they decided that it was time to sell their first house, and the sale will become official tomorrow morning once they signed the last of the papers. But first, they wanted one more night in there together.

When they got out of the vehicle, they grabbed their bags from the back and headed to the front door of the house, and after walking in, turning on the living room light, they sighed slightly, seeing the emptiness of the house, which hadn't been this empty since they first moved in.
They looked at one another with a solemn look before they walked fully into the house, shutting the door behind them, then before Sara could speak, he slipped his hand into hers and walked them toward their old bedroom.

Sara smiled slightly with a small chuckle when saw there was a air mattress and about 5 plastic candles, then she looked at husband with a raised eyebrow, and he smiled as he walked in the room. "What? You didn't expect us to sleep on the floor, did you?"

He had asked Greg to set this up after he had removed all of his furniture out of the house.

She shook her head with another smile and chuckle. "No, I guess not." Then she cleared her throat and nodded toward the plastic candles. "And the candles?"

He sets his bag down, walks up to her, who was still standing in the doorway, and shrugged his shoulders with a smirk. "What can I say, I can be a romantic at times."

Sara smiled a little brighter on that comment as she cupped his cheek while replying in a loving tone. "That you can be, especially with me."

"Well, I try."

"And pretty successful if you ask me."

Their eyes were glowing as they leaned toward one another and kissed softly a few times.

When they pulled back, he asked. "You want something to drink? I'm afraid all we have is beer and water."

"A beer, if you don't mind."

Grissom nodded, then kissed her one more time before walking out of the room, while she walked fully into the room and placed her bag down on the floor with another sigh, visioning the few good memories they had shared in this room, then she mentally shook them off before walking out in the living room just in time on meeting Grissom in middle with their drinks, they clinked them together with a smile before he asked. "You want to sit outside for a bit?"

After she nodded, they headed towarda the backyard, turning the outside light on before stepping onto the medium-sized deck, then once he unfolded a lawn chair, he sets it on the deck and sat down before she sat down on his lap as they looked out in the yard in silence.

It remained silent for several minutes as they sipped on their drinks, then after placing them down on the deck, Grissom sighed. "We had so many plans for this place. And we didn't even come close to making them happen."

Sara took that opportunity to ask him a question that's been on her mind for awhile now. "Were umm...Were kids part of the plan?"

Grissom had to admit he was not expecting that question so he looked at little shocked. "Kids?" After Sara nodded, he took a breath before continuing. "I'm not going to lie, I uh...I was not expecting you to ask that." She nodded slightly again, this time in understanding while waiting for him to continue, which he did as second later. "It's just this subject has never been brought up before, so I just assumed that being a mother wasn't a major priority for you." He then sighed as he finished. "And considering what happened between us, a part of me is kind of glad it never did, because I would have never wanted to put our child through that."

Sara nodded in agreement as she took his hand and slipped her fingers through his. "I 100% agree with everything you just said, especially the priority part."

He watched her become fascinated with their hands before he cleared his throat and asked. "And now?"

She shook her head before looking at him with almost tears. "I honestly don't know." She took a breath before finishing. "But when I see you with Carson, or D.J., Stephen, and Alexandra (Stephanie and Jacob's newborn daughter), a part of me wishes that we..."

She trailed off as she looked down at their hands again, and Grissom finished with a whisper. "Had kids of our own, so you could see me with them?" Sara looked up with a nod as a tear finally came down her cheek, so he used his free hand and cupped it so he could wipe it away, then he cleared his throat from the emotions he was feeling and finished softly. "Believe me, I feel that way when I see you with them too."

Sara started to smile a little as she asked. "Yeah?"

He nodded in return with a smile of his own. "Yeah."

She sighed a second later. "Then what do we do?"

He didn't even hesitate. "Well, now that the conversation is out there, I say we talk about it a little more before we make an official decision on what we want to do. We don't have to decide right this second."

Sara nodded with another smile. "Ok, I like that idea."

He smiled as he removed his hand from her cheek before he kissed her temple and whispered against it. "And if kids are the route we are taking, you'll be the best damn mom any child could ask for."

She started to have more tears in her eyes as she whispered. "You really think so?"

He pulled back as second later and nodded with his eyes sparkling. "I really do."

She kissed the hand she was still holding and replied with love in her eyes. "And I think you'll be the best damn dad in the world too."

He chuckled before replying shyly. "I'll certainly try my best."

"I know you will." After running her thumb up and down his hand, while looking into one another's eyes, she whispered. "I love you."

"I love you too, honey."

They smiled for a couple of seconds, and after a few pecks on the lips, she stands up as she spoke softly. "So, how about ending our last night in this house the same way we ended our first."

He smiled with a nod as his eyes sparkled a little more, and after helping him up, she led him back inside the house and toward the bedroom, wanting to have a few more memories in a place they barely got to know together.

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