Sara watched Sofia come home from the balcony. The look on the face of her wife told her, she had a lot on her mind. From the way she walked Sara knew she was in pain, it was her left leg. And the fact that Sofia came back on time told her, she didn't have a new case. So the FBI agent had solved the case or left town. With the FBI still in town it would have been a long day.

Would her lover tell her all these things she just saw? Or did she have to make her talk? Especially about the pain in the leg. Yes, she had to make her talk, knowing this annoyed her already and she decided, when the blonde didn't tell her tonight, she'd call doctor Bendler and let her know. Alison would make Sofia come to see her and give her a hard time for not taking care of herself.

"Your mama is coming home, Susan, did you miss her?"

"Mama." The girl said. "Mama." With more or less steady steps the girl walked to the door. With her eleven months she walked a lot and got every day better. Whenever Sara and Sofia didn't pay attention, their daughter was gone. By now they had rearranged the doorknobs, they were all up and not horizontal anymore so the girl couldn't open doors when she could reach the doorknob in a few months.

"Yes, mama is home. Did you miss her?"

"Mama."

"Your daddy is in San Francisco. Do you miss him?"

"Dada."

"Dada is away but he will come back, he loves and misses you."

"Nana."

"Your nana will come over and pick you up tomorrow. You can play with her or grandpa."

"Papa."

"Well papa is in San Francisco."

"Iso?"

"San Francisco."

"Iso. Mama."

"Mama is on her way to us. We can hide in bed and wait for her to find us. How is that. Want to play hide and seek? Peek-a-boo?"

"Boo?"

"Yes, let's play boo." She pulled away the sheets and climbed under it with her daughter. Snuggling and giggling they were not only visible but also impossible not to hear for Sofia when she walked into the bedroom.

"I wonder where my sweethearts are." The blonde called out when she entered the room. "Hello? Anybody here? Susan? Sara? Hello? Where are you, Honies? Hello? Am I all alone? Susan?"

"Mama!" The girl said. "Boo." Susan pulled the blanket away.

"Oh! There you are. Both of you." Sofia climbed into the bed and hugged Susan and Sara. "I missed you."

"We missed you too." Sara kissed Sofia softly. "How are you?"

"Again the only sexy blonde at the department and lab."

"You have always been the only sexy blonde in town."

"What about my back doppelganger?"

"Her back looked nice, yours looks better. I love you." Sara stroke softly over Sofia's hair. Her beautiful wife, the woman she loved.

"I love you too. And you, my little daughter. Your mommy loves you a lot." Sofia pulled her daughter into her arms. "I missed you sooo much. Say mama."

"Mama."

"Can you say Sara?"

"Mama."

"Smart girl. Sara is your mama."

"Mama."

"Oh, you are so cute, I want to eat you. Can I eat her?" Sofia looked at Sara. It was impossible t resist such a cute girl.

"No, she isn't chocolate and if you eat her, she's gone. You can eat me. Later."

"You won't be gone then?"

"No, I'll come."

"Now, that sounds more than promising."

"Mama."

"There is the little thing between sex and us: Susi. Did you have dinner already?"

"Yes, I fed her and had the rest of her dinner. Some of it ended in her face, some in mine, some in the kitchen and luckily most of it ended in Susan's stomach. Carrots are not her favorite food. Interestingly she likes spinach most."

"Must be your DNA."

"You like spinach too."

"Yes, on a pizza with extra cheese and garlic."

"Susan will like that too - once she has enough teeth." Sara kissed her daughter. "How about we have a little bath."

"Define we? Do you want to have a bath with her?"

"With her and you. You can wash our backs, would you like that?"

"Honey, I love everything that includes you naked."

"Our daughter is around, so keep your thoughts clean. We have to have our attention on her."

"Of course. Susan will be the little mermaid. One day you'll swim like a fish. Come on, let's get water into the bathtub. Time for a swim."

"Im." Susan cheered, not knowing what her mother planned, but their voices sounded happy, so she was happy too. It had to be something good.

"You were right." Exhausted Sofia broke down next to her wife, heavy breathing, covered in sweat.

"About what?"

"When I eat you, you come."

"When I remember correctly - and I could be wrong because there are some things I can't remember because I came - you came too. Sex is such a wonderful way to end the day."

"It is. Healthy way to satisfy yourself and the one you love."

"Who do you love?"

"I kind of have a crush on the this doctor Reid. He is the smartest person I have ever met. He reads a book within minutes and remembers every word. Him on paperwork and the work is done within minutes."

"You like younger men?"

"And older women. Apparently."

Sara decided to ignore the last comment. Older women. Did her wife tell her, she was old? "Don is in Frisco, isn't he? Maybe he can get me the number of the sexy blonde agent."

"Married, a mother."

"I know another blonde married mother. Only ten years older. She has like a Grand Canyon in her face."

"Now you're more than mean!" Sofia stabbed her lover with her index finger. "A Grand Canyon in the face? Crowfeet are bad, a Grand Canyon is worse. I'm not sure I want to celebrate an anniversary with you. Half a year of being married seemed to be more than enough. Bitch."

"You want me to be your bitch? What do I get in return?" The brunette pulled the blonde on top of her. "I could make you my bitch within seconds and you'd love it."

"Not after the Grand Canyon thing."

"Consider it as a punishment."

"What for?"

"Not telling me everything."

"It started hurting this afternoon." Sofia knew exactly what her wife was talking about. "Not bad. I think the prosthesis needs to be checked."

"Why did you not tell me?"

"I didn't want you to worry. Which was stupid because I should have known you find it out anyway. I'm sorry."

"Did you call your doctor?"

"No."

"You call him tomorrow or I call Alison."

"Honey…"

"No! Your or my call."

"My call."

"Good. What about the other things you haven't told me?"

"Like I love you?"

"Do you want me to lay it out or will you save yourself the trouble?" Sara was fishing, she had no idea if there was anything else Sofia was hiding, but she was sure, this way she could find it out. Sometimes she had to play her wife in order to get information.

"I…I'm fine. Besides the foot. No bad case and…okay, one more confession. I have a surprise for you and…I'd rather not tell you because than it's not a surprise anymore. My plan was to make Shane take you Monday and Tuesday off…"

"He made that possible."

"Perfect and…can I keep my surprise, please? Pretty please."

"Yes."

"Thanks."

"Does it have something to do with Steve's birthday?"

"If I tell you it's not a surprise anymore. I promise you, it's something good, doesn't hurt and doesn't endanger anybody."

"I could torture you in a very mean and slow way to get these information." Sara let her hand ran over Sofia's skin. "My finger could circle a little bit." She let her index finger circle the blonde's nipple, that rose. "Oh look, I get some reactions." Sara bent over and sucked on the nipple softly, which made Sofia moan. "I could go on like this and stop one second before you come, leave you unfinished and sleep on the couch."

"Honey, that would make you very unhappy."

"Are you daring me?"

"Yes."

"No, you don't."

Sofia turned and slipped on Sara. "You don't want to see me suffer and you want to come with me."

"I love you."

"I love you too. The twins love you too."

"Four children, did you ever dream of having so many children?"

"Actually I wanted more than four." The blonde pulled the blanket over them and snuggled into the arms of her lover. A little break before they could continue what her wife only briefly started. "When I dreamed about a family, I pictured myself with six kids, in a huge house, a picket fence and a garden full of flowers."

"How old were you then?"

"Twelve."

"And who was your husband?"

"Who says I dreamed of a husband?"

"You are not allowed to lie to your wife."

"Evidence?"

"You liked guys at this time. Who was it?"

"Probably an actor or a musician. I can't really remember."

"When was the first time you fell in love with a woman?"

"When I met you."

"You lied again. True answer, please."

"High school. I was seventeen and she was…a cheerleader. Very sexy, not a lot of brain, but nice to look at. A good dancer."

"Your taste changed…most times."

"Don't start with Ellen again."

"Sorry, she's still…so much what I not expected you to be interested in. The opposite of the women you married."

"No, you're both very sexy. Were. She was, you are. You are sexy, very sexy, very smart and a wonderful person. All I ever wanted. Plus, you're perfect with children."

"Thanks. You're not too bad yourself."

"Not too bad? Thank you."

"Perfect."

"And so not like Grissom." They talked about her past love interests, now it was Sara's turn. The brunette barely shared any information. Not even about the man, they both knew. Or especially not about him.

Sara laughed. "After all these years you're still not over that? Or are you still jealous?"

"Just wonder about the change. Every now and then."

"I don't take complains after hours."

"What do you take after hours?"

"You." Sara pinned Sofia down. "Grissom is past, he doesn't matter anymore. You are the present and the future. You and our children. Whoever was before you in my life doesn't matter and whoever was in your life before I entered it, doesn't matter. We are the ones who matter. I love you and nobody else."

"How convenience that I love you too. Only you." Sofia kissed her wife. Sara was right, it didn't matter what was before they met, what mattered was what was now and what would be in the future. Their future.