I Do Not Own CSI
"Good morning," Catherine said softly to Ava as she came into the kitchen, the smell of tea brewing.
"Morning, you feel ok this morning?"
"Nothing an aspirin won't fix. You?"
"Nah, I'm ok."
"Sara up yet?"
"She hasn't made a peep, although I did hear her rummaging around the kitchen last night."
"I did, too."
"You up for a little morning surprise?"
"Sure"
"Well, from what Gil's told me, Sara's mom isn't in the picture, but every bride deserves to have some female to female pampering on her wedding day."
"Yeah, my mom took me to the spa the morning of mine."
"When I got married there wasn't a lot of money, so I didn't get the spa treatment but I did get a rose petal bubble bath. My aunts did my hair and make up, the works."
"And you're thinking that…"
"We should pamper Sara a little bit. I was just about to run a bath for her."
"I'll set up a little bit down here, the wedding coordinator should be here," Catherine said as the doorbell went off, Hank barking at the door.
"Right about now. I'll handle this, you handle Sara."
"Deal!" The two said together, Ava going back to Sara's room, Catherine to the front door.
"Ah, good, Catherine, you're here. Can we take over and set up?"
"You sure can, Michelle, the house is yours. Just watch out for this one," Catherine said holding Hanks leash. The excited dog was trying to figure out what was going on.
"No worries, he seems sweet. Now go; go get ready and get the bride ready. We have work to do."
Meanwhile in Sara's room
"Sara, honey, it's time to wake up."
"Mmmm, too early, Gil," Sara mumbled, tucking inside her covers even more.
"I'm not Gil, Sara. It's your wedding day, you're getting married today, remember," Ava said through a slight chuckle as Sara's eyes opened wide.
"I'm getting married today!"
"Yep, but first we have to clean you up and fix that bed head you got going on," Ava said softly as Sara sat up, a smile gracing her lips.
"You don't think I can walk down the aisle like this?"
"I'm sure you could. But this is one of the most important days of your life, and although you can rock the bed head look, I think you should bathe first, get the smell of the bar off."
"Yeah, guess a shower couldn't hurt," Sara chuckled as Ava pulled her out of bed.
"No shower, I made a bath for you."
"I may need your help getting out."
"Oh how I remember those days! Are they moving this morning," Ava asked as she led Sara into the bathroom, settling her hand on Sara's stomach, feeling a couple little flutters.
"Ava, this is beautiful," Sara gasped as she looked around the bathroom. Scented candles were lit, rose petals were covering the counters, even a few sitting on top of all the bubbles in the bath, steam rising.
"Like I said, it's your wedding day, you need to be pampered. Now I'll leave you to it and call in a half hour or so," Ava said closing the door to a smiling Sara.
Taking off her robe and PJ's, Sara moaned as she got into the tub.
"This is heaven."
"Knock, knock, Gil, time to get up," Jim hollered as he, Nick, Warrick and Greg stood outside his door, a bottle of champagne in hand.
"I'm up, I'm up," Gil said opening the door and seeing two very happy men and two hung over men.
"Well I'm feeling ok, how are you two doing this morning," Gil chuckled to Nick and Greg who moaned in response as they followed Gil inside.
"I told you to go easy on the scotch, it's a man's drink," Jim said as Gil ordered some room service.
"First things first; I've already showered, Greg, go shower now. Nick, go shower across the hall in your room, come back out here when you're done and I'll see what I can do about getting rid of those hangovers.
"You have some magic potions, Griss," Warrick asked.
"It's Gil, Warrick, the man has something to fix anything," Jim said.
"So how much money did you rake in on that poker table last night, Griss?"
"You don't want to know."
"Yes we do, we got you the buy-in. How much?" Jim asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Four grand."
"Damn, think you can teach me how to play sometime, Griss?"
"Sara, you all ready in there?" Ava knocked, freshly showered.
"Yeah, even managed to get out of the tub by myself too" Sara laughed as she opened the door.
"Be thankful that you can still do it. Hungry?"
"Starved."
"Catherine's made French toast for us."
"Catherine cooked?"
"Hey, I can cook, you know! I can cook really well," Catherine said, hands on her hips and a smile on her face.
"look at you, you're glowing!"
"After a bath like that, anyone would glow. That really was beautiful, Ava, thank you."
"No thanks necessary. Now eat up. After this, Catherine and I are doing your hair."
"Girssom, what is this?" Greg asked, taking a whiff of the dark colored drink in his hand.
"Yeah, because right now, the smell is making me feel a little more nauseous than I already am," Nick added.
"Do you trust me?"
"Yeah"
"Then chug that as fast as you can, then eat some fruit and drink water," Gil ordered.
"Okay, cheers Nick."
"Yeah, cheers." The two closed their eyes and brought the drink to their lips, opening up their throats so the drink would go down quickly.
Finishing the drink, Nick coughed. "That was the most horrible thing!"
"You'll thank me for it later. Now eat some fruit and drink some water, you should be feeling better in about a half hour."
"Greg, what time do you have to be at the house?" Gil asked.
"Sometime around one, I get to put the final touches on Sara as her man of honor."
"You two are really non-traditional, you know," Jim muttered.
"Ok, what do you think, Sara?" Catherine asked as she turned Sara to look in the mirror.
"Catherine!"
"You like?"
"Yeah," Sara said, touching the large bouncing curls that framed her face.
"Give us a half hour more so Ava and I can do our hair, and then I'll do your make up."
"I can do it."
"No, you won't! We're pampering you. Plus, I kind of want to do it, ok."
"I'll wait then. I'll just go take a look outside and maybe get some more to eat."
"Ok, Gil, time to get into the monkey suit," Warrick said, coming back into the room, everyone but Grissom had donned there tuxes.
"Yeah, I guess it's just about that time. Greg left, then?"
"Yeah, about ten minutes ago. Once you change we're on our way, too."
"Give me five, then."
Five minutes later Grissom came out of the bathroom in his best tux, his beard trimmed and hair slightly gelled.
"Looking good, Griss," Nick commented.
"Yeah, you're looking sharp, Gil."
"Let's get this show on the road, shall we?"
"Ok, Sara, let's get you into this dress," Ava said, helping Sara step into the dress. She then did up the buttons on the back.
"You're stunning, Sara," Catherine spoke, wiping a tear from her own eye.
"Why are you crying? I thought I was the one that was going to be a weeping mess."
"Because I never thought I would see the day that Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle got married."
"Well believe it." Sara said as a knock sounded at the door.
"Come on in!"
"Wow, Sara, you're beautiful."
"Thanks Greggo."
"I have some stuff for you. Because I'm your man of honor, I got you the traditional something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue."
"Greg, you didn't have to."
"I know that, but I wanted too. Now Catherine helped me get this first one" Greg said as Sara opened the small box, revealing a blue garter belt.
"That's your something new and blue." Sara turned around and, hiked up her dress slightly and slipped on the belt, pulling it past her knee.
Turning around, Sara smiled. "What's next?"
"You're something old and borrowed, and I need this back," Greg said handing her another small box.
"These were my mom's; my nana wore them, too. These have been passed down for generations in my family," Greg said as Sara pulled out the pearl necklace.
"Greg!" Sara gasped as he secured them around her neck.
"They're more good luck, not that I think you and Griss will need it," Greg said as Sara enveloped him in a hug.
"Thank you"
"You're welcome," Greg said wiping a few stray tears from Sara's eyes as another knock sounded from the door.
The wedding planner popped her head in the door. "We're all ready down there. The groom is waiting at the altar. Are you ready?"
"Yeah, let's do this," Sara said as she was escorted outside. The music started as Catherine and Nick walked down the aisle, followed by Greg.
"Take a deep breath, Sara. You ready?"
"More than, Jim," Sara replied taking his arm.
"Grissom, turn around, and open your eyes because Sara's…"
"Beautiful," Gil finished, the air leaving his lungs as he finally looked up to see Sara at the end of the aisle.
TBC
Ok the wedding really starts tomorrow so stay tuned!
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Katie