Surprise Endings
Sara was getting a little worried when Grissom finally called around ten the next morning.
"I'm sorry honey, we had a really bad case and this is the first break we've had" he apologized over the phone.
"It's ok, what time do you think you will be done. I wanted to do some shopping this morning?"
"I wish I could say we were close to being done, but the scene is huge and is going to take at least another couple of hours to get through" he explained.
"Do you want me to come in? I can get a sitter for Ashley."
"No, we are managing alright, I had to send Cath home a couple of hours ago, Warrick was getting worried, but we're doing fine. Day shift just started and Ecklie is sending a couple of his people over to help, so we will be done in a while."
"Ok, I'll have my cell on me if you need anything. Bye" she replied while silently planning on ordering a mess of pizza's to be delivered to the lab for when they get back.
"Bye honey" and he disconnected and got back to work. He so wished he could take a break and have something to eat, but they were so close to being done. He took in a deep breath and got back to work.
When Grissom, Warrick, Nick, Greg, and the guys from day shift came back to the lab they were instantly greeted by the smell of Pizza. It took all their might to get their evidence logged and dropped at the proper places before heading to the break room where the smell was emanating from.
When they got to the door they were greeted by a smiling Sara, Catherine, and Ashley. Grissom went up to Sara and gave her a deep kiss followed by an enormous hug.
"Daddy hug?" Ashley asked while pulling on Grissom's shirt.
"For my girl, anything!" he replied as he pulled her out of Sara's arms.
While he was occupying Ashley Sara went over to the table and began opening the pizza boxes and serving the guys along with Cath. She placed three generous slices of meat lovers onto a plate and handed it to Grissom right before taking Ashley back from him.
"Eat, Ashley can come and help me with the others." He gave her another kiss and a huge smile. He watched as her and Ashley passed out sodas to the guys. Half an hour later the crew was all stuffed and thanking Sara profusely for the Pizza, each in turn offering to pay for their fair share.
"Really guys, it's not necessary. Gil will you please tell them to stop worrying about it" she implored.
"Guys, she's right. Don't worry about it. We can more than afford to pay for some pizza's and sodas." He tried to convince them without saying anything else.
"What, did you win the lottery or something?" Nick piped in.
"Or something" Grissom replied.
"Oh, for crying out loud just tell them Gil. They're going to find out sooner or later" Sara spoke up.
"Fine, fine. Sara and I can afford this" he motioned around with his hand towards the debris of boxes, "because when we adopted Ashley we received a couple million dollars" he mumbled the last part.
A course of "What?" filled the room.
"Are you serious?" Greg yelled.
"Your joking" Nick spluttered while Warrick just gave a low whistle.
"I'm telling the truth, and the only reason we told you at all is because we knew you wouldn't leave us alone otherwise" he said a little grumpily.
"Ok man, no worries. We'll leave it be" Nick chimed in, everyone else nodded.
Sara clapped her hands, "now that that's done and over with" she said as she headed over to the fridge, "how about some nice, thick, fattening…" she reached in and grabbed a couple of boxes and lifted them up, "cheesecake" she finished enthusiastically.
Groans of appreciation filled the room as they all shot up from their seats and lined up for the treat. Grissom just stayed in his seat, Ashley had fallen asleep on his lap and frankly he was enjoying it.
Sara came over and handed him a slice of the confection and sat down next to him. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He took a forkful of the cheesecake, fed it to her, and watched as she savored the bite.
It was another hour before any of them were able to leave, still full from the pizzas but tired as hell. Sara decided to drive Grissom home and he was thankful, falling asleep before they even managed to get out of the parking lot.
When they got home Sara was barely able to wake Grissom enough to get him into the house and up to bed. She gave him a kiss and then she and Ashley left to do the shopping.
Sara and Ashley walked the isles of the store picking up what they needed for dinner when they started down the baby isle. Sara started looking at all the products and decided to pick up a few items that weren't on the list.
When Grissom woke up Sara was just coming back into the house with one arm full of grocery bags and the other holding a very disgruntled Ashley. Sara looked like she had been through the ringer and he felt sorry for her. He pulled the bags from her arms and placed them on the counter.
"Sit down on the couch Sara, I will get Ashley down for a nap." She shook her head, "there are some more groceries in the car."
"Don't worry, I'll get them. Go lay down" he left no option but for her to comply and she headed into the living room to lie down. It took Ashley all of two seconds to pass out once she was warm in her bed and Grissom headed out to the car to retrieve the rest of the groceries.
"I have got to stop letting her shop by herself" he mumbled to himself as he was bringing the last of the bags into the kitchen. He began to sift through the bags, taking inventory of all the non-food items Sara had purchased.
"She must have cleared them of all the baby items" he commented as he pulled the last items out and placed them on the counter. He looked around at the sea of blue surrounding him. It hit him once again. He was going to have a son.
