I Do Not Own CSI
Walking up, Gil looked to his slightly distressed wife.
"Sara," Gil said softly, shaking her shoulders lightly. He got no response.
"Sara," Gil called again, slightly louder this time. He finally got his wife's eyes to open, but only to see her frightened.
"Sara, you're okay. I'm okay, it's just me," Gil soothed as realization started to dawn in Sara's eyes.
"I was having a nightmare," Sara whispered.
"I thought so. Do you remember what you were dreaming?"
"No, I just the feeling of panic, of being frightened."
"You don't remember anything?" Gil asked, his hands running up and down Sara's back. He sighed when he felt her muscles relax.
"I almost wish I did, so I could just…so I can get through it easier." As tears started to fill in her eyes, Gil tugged her close, chest to chest, or as close as they could be with Sara's growing belly.
"I'll hold you. Just try and relax. Try and get some more sleep, okay?"
"Gil?"
"Yeah"
"I love you, more than you know."
"I love you, too, honey." Gil kissed the top of Sara's head as he curled her into his body. He waited and listened for her breathing to even out and her body to relax.
"Your mom is coming today, right?" Gil asked. It was time for another doctor's appointment.
"Yeah, I really want her there. You don't mind, do you?" Sara asked.
"No, of course not. I think it's actually a really good idea that she's there. She can meet her grandchild today; see a picture of him or her."
"She thinks it's a boy," Sara said, grabbing Eli's shoes.
"Eli, come here, baby. Time to get your shoes on," Sara called, waiting for the sound of little feet.
"Mommy, dropped my toy," Eli informed her.
"You did. Where?"
"Bafroom"
"Did you get it?"
"It wen bye, bye."
"Where, Eli?" Gil asked.
"Down the hole wif water."
"Eli, what toy was it?"
"Truck"
"Did you flush it?"
"Yep"
"What did we say about putting things in the toilet, Eli," Gil asked. Eli stood, looking innocent and shrugging his shoulders.
"We said you're not to put things in there, remember," Gil said again. This conversation had become the norm as of late. Eli seemed to have taken to flushing things down the toilet, making Sara and Gil keep important things up high and out of reach of tiny fingers.
"You go check the bathroom, I'll get his shoes," Sara said, trying to keep her smile at bay.
"Okay, sit your bum on the stairs so I can put your shoes on."
"See baby today?" Eli asked.
"Yes, we're going to take a picture of the baby today."
"Hold baby?"
"Not today, honey. Soon, I promise. Eli, do you know what tomorrow is."
"Birfday!"
"That's right, it's your birthday. How old are you going to be?"
"Free!" Eli smiled holding up four fingers to Sara, laughing. Sara put one of his fingers down.
"That's three," Sara corrected as Gil came back into the room.
"The toys are gone, you all ready?"
"We are now, right, bud?"
"Yep"
"Then let's get this show on the road."
"Grissom," the nurse called. Sara, Gil, Eli, and Laura all stood, following the nurse back into the exam room.
"It's okay that I'm here, right, Sara?" Laura asked as the nurse left.
"Yeah, I called ahead. She's going to do the ultrasound first and then you can watch Eli while she finishes up the rest of my exam," Sara told her. Sara sat on the table as Laura sat on the chair beside her. Gil was holding Eli as they waited for the doctor who came in moments later.
"How are you all feeling today, Sara?" the doctor asked.
"Pretty good. Gil cooked me a great breakfast and Eli's keeping me on my toes," Sara said with a smile.
"That's good. Now, why don't you lay back and we'll take a look see."
"Baby in der," Eli pointed as the doctor squirted gel on Sara's stomach.
"There sure is. And if you look right here, that's the baby," the doctor said, turning the screen and showing the very visible picture of the baby.
"Look funny," Eli announced.
"Is everything okay?" Gil asked. Sara was watching her mother smile as slow tears fell from her eyes at the picture on the screen.
"Everything looks really good. The size is good for twenty- four weeks, and the heartbeat is strong. Would you guys like a minute before we finish the rest of the exam?"
"Please." Sara smiled softly as the doctor left, leaving the frozen picture of the baby on the screen.
"Daddy, havta use potty," Eli said, wiggling.
"I'll be back," Gil said, taking Eli out and leaving the two women.
"Are you okay?" Sara asked, sitting up slightly as Laura stood, getting a better look at her grandbaby.
"I hope I get to meet this baby," Laura said softly.
"You will, Mom, you will."
"Sara, I'm so proud of you. I don't know if I have said it enough. You are ten times the woman I ever could be. You deserve this and so much more," Laura said as a sob ebbed up in her throat, breaking free as she placed a hand on Sara's stomach and feeling a distinct kick.
"Don't doubt yourself, Mom. You are brave and strong, I got all those attributes from you. I am who I am because of you. And this child will know just how strong their grandmother is and was," Sara said as tears started to flow from her own eyes. She embraced her mother in a tight hug.
"Look at us, sobbing messes!" Laura laughed, wiping her tears.
"It's okay to cry. Trust me when I say it does the soul good to cry once and awhile."
"I feel like I'm pregnant again. My emotions are all over the place."
"And they're allowed to be, Mom. We all understand that. We're all trying to come to terms, just like you are," Sara said softly, before embracing her mother in a tight hug once again.
"Birfday yet?" Eli asked. After Sara's doctor's appointment, the four of them went out to a restaurant to eat. They wanted to spend as much time together as possible.
"Tomorrow, bud."
"Presents?"
"Yes, you will get presents, and a couple surprises, too."
"So will you," Gil said with a smile, looking to his wife.
"What?"
"There may be a surprise or two in store for you, too. But you'll have to wait and see."
"That's not right! Now I'm going to be curious for the rest of the day."
"Serves you right for teasing Eli with surprises and presents," Laura said.
"Fine, fine. Just remember, I have ways to get information out of you."
"Oh, six months pregnant and still using sex to her advantage. I'm so proud, honey," Laura said as Sara and Gil winced slightly as the word 'sex'.
"SEX!" Eli yelled into the half full restaurant, making the patrons around them snicker and laugh.
"Eli, don't say that," Sara hushed, trying to keep the smile out of her voice.
"SEX!"
"Eli, enough," Gil warned.
"SEX!"
"Okay, bud, come on. Time for a walk," Gil said, taking Eli away from his plate of cold fries.
"I'm sorry." Laura laughed.
"It's okay, you didn't know. Besides Eli's favorite thing of flushing things down the toilet, his favorite word to yell loudly when mentioned is 'sex'. Don't ask me why," Sara informed her. Both women watched as Gil and Eli took a slight walk outside, Eli still yelling 'SEX'.
TBC
Oh Eli, you are going to be so much trouble, lol
thanks for all the reviews everyone, please keep them coming!
Katie
