Summary: Katie and Alex's moments.
Genre: Romance, Family
Rating: T
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Implied/suggestive adult behavior
Main Parings: GSR
Minor Parings: Katie/Alex, William/Bella, Isabella/Jason
Other Characters: Implied others
Chapter 39: Katie & Alex
July, 25 2042
On this date, exactly a year ago, was the first time Alex and Katie saw one another, so they were out celebrating. In fact, they went to the same restaurant that they went to that night, but things were a little different this time around, they were in a more secluded area and a lit candle was on the table between them.
Katie was eating her meal when she noticed her boyfriend, which her heart still raced at the thought of this wonderful man being her boyfriend, was looking at her with an unreadable look, so she asked. "Are you ok?"
Alex's smile just lit up the room while he reached for her hand. "Am I ok? That is such an underwhelming word to describe exactly what I am feeling right now, what I have been feeling for a year since I met you. It feels like I'm on cloud 9 every time I wake up next to you."
When Alex first moved back here, he was adamant that he not move in right away, not wanting to do anything that will screw them up, so instead he took the guest room downstairs at her parent's house, which they offered.
But, that plan only lasted two weeks, if even that, because what they learned very quickly was that while being in the same city, knowing they were so close yet so far, they couldn't sleep well without the other one next to them, and even though Katie gave him the second bedroom when he did move in, so they could have their own space while getting use to living together, that wasn't good enough either, so they've been sharing a bed ever since he officially moved here.
Katie nodded with a loving smile. "I know what you mean, I've felt it too."
He brings her left hand up and kissed it with his eyes sparkling. "I'm glad." He lowers her hand slightly before running his thumb over her ring finger while continuing, getting more emotional the more he spoke. "Now admittedly, I never really believed in love at first sight, and as clichéd as it is to say, everything I felt or believed in changed the moment our eyes met. I was a goner, you've managed to steal my heart from the start, Katie Grissom."
Katie started to have tears in her eyes as she replied softly. "And you're not getting it back."
He shook his head before finishing after clearing his throat. "Good, because I don't want it back. I want you to have it, for the rest of our lives."
While still holding her hand, he stood up, causing Katie to gasp as she asked. "Are you about to do what I think you're about to do?"
He smirked. "Probably, because do you know exactly how hard it is to surprise you? I feel like you're always one step ahead of me."
Katie shyly smiled. "Sorry, I can't help it."
Learning to play chess, especially against her brother and father, had taught her to be one step, sometimes multiple steps, ahead of them in order to be successful against them, not that it works every time though. But she also learned to do that outside of her chess games as well, especially while on the job.
He shook his head and reassured her. "But that's one of the things I love about you, and honestly, the only thing that matters at the end of the day, is your answer."
She cleared her throat before asking since she's been waiting for this moment for what felt like forever, and didn't want to miss out on the tradition just because she knew it was coming. "Can I still hear the question?"
He chuckled with a nod as he got down at one knee while pulling a ring box out his pocket, then he cleared his throat and spoke with so much emotion that it brought tears in both couples eyes. "Well you, Katie Grissom, give me the greatest honor of my life by becoming my wife?"
He opened the ring box while she nodded with her tears going down her cheeks. "Yes, and the honor is all mine."
She sniffled as he took the family ring, and it wasn't only elegant, it also had the tradition like the 'Grissom' ring, out of the box and slid it down her ring finger on her left hand, then he stands up slightly so they could share their first kiss as an engaged couple, which that's when they heard clapping going through the restaurant, and whether it was for them or not they didn't care, they were in their own little world, much like they have been the past year.
They smiled against each other's lips after a few moments, then they pulled back and he whispered. "I love you."
She cupped his cheek as she whispered in return. "And I love you."
After one more soft kiss, he goes back to his spot at the table, and after a few moments, he asked with a smile. "So, I have to ask, is it really true that your father asked your mother to marry him when they were wearing bee suits?"
Katie chuckled with a nod before telling him the story, a story she's heard multiple times growing up.
June 26, 2043
Standing at one end of the aisle in a church, dressed in her thin strapped wedding dress that went down just below her knees, Katie Grissom, who will become Katie Grissom-Carter in only a few moments, looked towards her left and smiled at the man who had been there for her from the moment she was born, read her bedtime stories, sometimes from a book, others he would make up, doctored up all of her owies, gave her soup and comfort when she was sick, helped her through some of the hard times she had, answered every question she had about entomology without any annoyance in his tone, in fact, she could see the pride in his eyes every time she did, always had her back, no matter what, her biggest hero really.
Grissom smiled with tears in his eyes as he looked at his youngest daughter, the last child he'll be giving away, then he held out his arm and asked after clearing his throat. "You ready, ladybug?"
Katie nodded as she hooked her arm through her dad's. "More than ready, daddy. It feels like I've waited my whole life for this moment."
He nodded in understanding before replying. "Then we better not waste another second."
She nodded with one more smile, and as they started walking, Katie's mind thought of some of her special moments with her soon to be husband, including the day they picked this date to be their wedding day.
Flashback
July 26, 2042
(One day after being engaged)
After telling the family about her engagement, her, her mother, Isabella, and Bella were sitting on one side of the deck talking about wedding dates, while the guys were sitting on the other side, still celebrating with drinks and a game of poker.
They threw a couple of wedding dates around, but nothing felt right to her, then Isabella nodded with a smile. "I have it, June 26."
Bella started to smile with a nod of her own. "It's perfect, I love it too."
When the girls looked at Katie, the younger woman looked a little shocked. "Guys, that's yours..."
Isabella cuts her younger sister off. "And it can be yours too."
When Katie looked at her mom, Sara smiled. "It's your day, sweetie, so it's your choice on when you want to get married. I don't see anything wrong with it, and they obviously don't either."
Katie looked at her sisters again, and they were still beaming, and after she bit her lip she looked across the deck and asked. "Hey babe, what do you think about June 26?
Alex looked over at his fiancée, which got his heart racing thinking of her in that way, before smiling, knowing the significance of that date. "Honestly, as long as I get to marry you, I don't care when we get married."
Isabella then smirked. "Good answer."
They all chuckled before guys went back to their game while the girls looked at Katie, and after a moment, she started to nod. "Alright, if you two got no problem with it, then I don't either." Then with a beaming smile, she solidify that date with her words. "I'm getting married June 26th!"
Bella and Isabella started cheering while bringing her in their arms as Sara started sniffling, so Katie asked as she took her mother's hand after the other girls let her go. "Mom?"
Sara waved off her worry while shaking her head. "I'm happy for you, sweetie, honestly, it's just my last baby is getting married."
The girls all 'awwed' before the three of them surround her for a comforting hug.
(A few hours later)
After leaving the Grissom residence, Katie and Alex walked into their apartment, and after closing the door, he wrapped his arms around her from behind with a smile, she smiled in return as she leaned her body into his. "You sure you're ok with the date?"
He kisses her check and whispered with love. "Like I said, as long as you're my wife, I don't care when I get to pledge my life to you." She turned around in his arms as he finished while cupping her cheek. "Besides, I know how important that date is, yes, it marked a day of joy for the family, twice over, even, but it also marked a day that was very scary for you all, and you want to fill that day with as much love and happiness as possible so you'll remember the good moments."
"Thank you for understanding."
He ran his thumb up and down her cheek as he spoke with love in his eyes. "Of course. I love you, and anything that makes you happy makes me happy."
"I love you too."
He then surprised her, making her gasp as he lifted her up in arms, bridle style, and smirked while walking them towards the bedroom. "Now, on for the celebration."
She chuckled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Didn't we already do that last night?"
He stopped in the doorway of the bedroom and asked with a raised eyebrow. "Are you saying once is enough for you?"
Her eyes started to get passionate as she whispered. "Once is never enough with you."
With passion reflecting back from his eyes, he started to lean forward and kiss her while saying. "Good answer."
And as their lips touched, he continued to walk them in the room, closing the door behind them with his foot.
End of Flashback
Father and daughter stopped at the other end of the aisle before he took her hand, kissed it then handed it over to the man he's trusting will take care of his baby girl with tears in his eyes. "Take care of my ladybug."
Alex nodded with tears in his eyes, which doesn't happen much, as he responded while taking Katie's hand. "With my life sir, you can count on that."
Grissom nodded in return, then he turned his head towards his daughter, and kissed her cheek while whispering. "Love you, sweetheart."
She sniffled with a nod. "Love you too, daddy."
He pulls back a second later, and after one more look at her, he turned and walked towards the left side, first spot in the first row to stand next to his wife, who slipped her hand into his while they watched their last baby get married.
It was a day they had been hoping for, but admittedly a part of them were sad that they had to officially let their last baby go.
Wedding night
Lying in each other's arms with the sheet up to their waists, Katie was wearing a UCLA t-shirt, soft music was playing and candlelight lit up the room, and after several minutes of silence, Alex whispered as he ran his hand up and down her back. "What's going through that brilliant mind of yours?"
She smiled at his compliment. "Just thinking."
"Care to share?"
She moved from him so her elbow was on the mattress and her head on the palm of her hand, then not wanting to lose all contact with him, she took his hand and slipped her fingers though his so she could see his wedding band, making her heart skip a beat, knowing she was the one that put the ring on his finger, then she smiled at him. "Growing up, and while it took my siblings a little longer to appreciate it more, I've always been fascinated about my parent's love story, especially how they met, and so for the longest time I wouldn't have minded if my true love story had the same beginning as theirs."
He looked at her with wonder before he asked with his eyes sparkling. "So, what it sounds like you are saying is that, I made one of your longest dreams come true?"
Katie nodded, her smile growing. "Yeah, I guess I am."
He leaned forward and whispered. "Good, I want to make all the rest of your dreams come true too."
When they started kissing, she wraps her arms around his neck as she lays down on her back, taking him with her, and after several minutes, they pull back and he goes for her cheek before her neck as she spoke while she was getting lost in his gentle touch and kiss. "And I want to make your dreams come true too."
He smiled against her skin before he replied softly. "You already have, sweetheart."
She smiled as she ran her hands through his hair from the back. "Come on, there has to be other dreams that you want."
He gives her skin one more kiss before moving so he could look into her eyes before speaking with deep emotion. "Ok, there is one other dream you can make come true, help me create a beautiful daughter who looks just like her beautiful mother."
Katie had tears in her eyes with a nod. "Ok."
His eyes get wide. "Yeah?"
She moved one off her hands to his check and whispered. "Yeah, but maybe not at this time."
He chuckled/sobbed with a nod. "Ok, but soon?"
Her smile gets wider as she cupped his cheek and ran her thumb up and down it. "Absolutely, and I want you to help me create a handsome son who looks just like his handsome father."
She wiped his tears away as he whispered. "I love you, Mrs. Grissom-Carter."
"And I love you, Mr. Carter."
When they kissed again, they didn't stop, continuing to share their love for one another.
November 23, 2043
After Katie pulled away from the toilet, she sat down on the floor with a sigh and closed her eyes, then a moment later the bathroom light turned on with a worried toned Alex. "Honey, are you ok?"
Still with her eyes closed, Katie took a breath and nodded. "Yeah, I will be, just not feeling that well right now."
A moment later she hears the water faucet turn on, but then as he was walking up to her, she turned to the toilet again. She felt his hand on her back as she finished up, then once she was, she got back into a sitting position so she was in front of him, and he hands her the water with a worried look.
"Honey, maybe you shouldn't..."
Now with her eyes opened, she cuts him off while taking the water from him. "Don't ask me to stay home today, please. I'm not missing my parents 36th wedding anniversary party." He sighed, then he was about to open his mouth again to speak, but she continued before he could. "I'll tell you what, if I'm feeling worse than I am now by the time it's time to go, I'll stay home, and you can go."
He shook his head, not willing to leave his wife if she's sick. "No, how about we both stay home so I can take care of you."
Now with the pleading look, the one her mother gives to her father that he could never resist accepting no matter the request. "Please, I want at least one of us to go, if I can't."
A beat later, he started to smile, causing her to smile, then he chuckled while shaking his head. "You have some type of power over me, Mrs. Grissom-Carter, I don't know how you do it." She chuckled as he continued. "Alright, I'll go if you can't." He took one more deep breath as he cupped her cheek. "Just promise me you'll be truthful, ok? I know how much you're looking forward to today, but I don't want you to get sicker being out and about."
She nodded with love in her eyes. "I promise."
He gave her another nod. "Ok."
He leaned forward and kissed her forehead softly, then once he pulled back, and with her stomach settling, she finally rinsed out her mouth before flushing the toilet. He helped her up a second later, and she brushed her teeth before following him into the bedroom to try and get a little more rest before they had to get up and get ready for the day.
(Later that afternoon)
When it was time to get up, they did their morning routine and got ready for the day, then when it was time to go, Alex looked at his wife with a question in his eyes, and she nodded with a smile. "I haven't puked for hours, it must have been something I ate last night that was passing through my body."
While she did get sick two other times during the night/morning, she hadn't puked since they officially woke up.
He sighed, still feeling unsure. "But we had the same thing, and I didn't get sick."
"I don't know what to tell you, then, because I feel fine now. Here, check my forehead." He placed his hand on her forehead, then cheeks and they felt normal, so she smiled. "See, you satisfied, now can we go?" As there was a pause between them, Alex couldn't stop looking at her because he thought he saw something different with her, so she asked when she noticed he was in a dazed state. "Earth to Alex, I said can we go now?"
Finally coming back to earth, he shook his head with a smile. "Uh, yeah."
When he hadn't moved yet, she asked with a raised eyebrow. "What is with the look?"
He shook his head again with a chuckle. "I don't know, something seems different, I just can't place it at the moment, but you seem to be glowing."
Katie shook her head and rolled her eyes with a chuckle as she walked passed him. "Ok, come on you love sick puppy."
He wrapped his arm around her waist before she was fully past him, then they continued walking towards the door as he whispered in her ear. "I can't help it, and by the way, I like the look very much."
They stopped at the door, and she turned around in his arms before wrapping her arms around his neck while replying softly. "What if it's there because you make me so happy?"
He smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Normally I would agree, but I still feel it's different."
She chuckled again. "Ok, we can talk in depth on how you think it looks different when we come back home, alright?"
"You're on."
They peck each other one the lips before walking out of the apartment.
35 minutes later
When they made it to the Grissom household they greeted everyone together before they went their separate ways, and while he was hanging out with William, Jason and Rick out on the deck, she was in the kitchen with her sisters and Elizabeth.
She had been fine for about 15 minutes, then 'that' feeling came to her, overwhelming her was more like it, and she placed her glass on the kitchen island, said 'excuse me' before she rushed out of the room, and into the guest bathroom from the guest bedroom.
The girls looked at one another with worry at first, then after a few moments, their minds seem to click to the same conclusion before they started smiling as they headed towards the guest bedroom.
When they stopped at the closed bathroom after closing the bedroom door, Isabella knocked while asking. "Hey, Katie, you ok in there?"
The hear a toilet flush, then the faucet running and silence a couple of beats before she finally spoke while opening the door. "Yeah."
Elizabeth handed her a mint, and Katie took it with a smile and nod. "Thank you."
Elizabeth nodded with a smile in return, and while Katie sat down on the bed with a sigh, Isabella asked after clearing her throat. "So, how long have you been feeling this way?"
Wringing her hands together she looked down at them and sighed again, revealing the whole truth. "I've felt nauseous the last few days, and it came to a head last night. But, I've felt fine the last few hours." She looked up at her sisters with tears in her eyes. "I didn't want to worry Alex so I didn't say anything to him about the nauseous part, but I'm starting to become nervous that something is wrong."
All three of them started to smile as Isabella walked up to her sister, sat down next to her and took her hand. "I don't think anything is wrong, sweetie, we think you could be pregnant."
She looked at her sister in shock. "What!?" After another nod from Isabella, Katie shook her head. "No way, not possible." When Isabella raised an eyebrow at that comment, Katie chuckled this time. "I mean, it is obviously possible, but I'm..."
She trailed off as her mind went into overdrive, and Isabella asked. "Katie, when was the last time..."
Katie cuts her off with eyes wide after going through the dates in her head, then gasped. "Oh my god, I could be pregnant." She then slipped her hand out of her sister's and started pacing like a caged animal, having a little 'freak out' moment. "I could be pregnant, what do I do? I..."
This time Bella stops her while placing her hands on the younger woman's shoulder. "First off, try and take a deep breath and let it out slowly before you pass out."
Katie nodded with a smile. "Right."
She did that before Bella continued. "And secondly, this is all speculation."
Katie nodded again. "I need proof." After another deep breath, she continued. "And I can't wait to get it, I have to know now."
Isabella stands up with a nod. "Alright, we'll go with you to the store and get a test."
"Ok, and what about Alex? I need to know first before I can tell him, I don't want to get his hopes up."
Bella takes her phone out of her pocket and replied with a smile. "Don't worry, I know someone who can distract him while we are out."
Katie nodded with a smile, then gets tears in her eyes as she said softly. "Thanks guys."
The girls surrounded her as they give her a hug while Isabella was the one that spoke. "Anytime, sis."
After they pulled back from her, they started walking out of the room while Bella sent a text to her husband, then the four of them walked out of the front door without any one noticing.
William feels a buzz from his pants pocket, so he takes out his phone and reads the text from his wife. 'Had to step out with Elizabeth and your sisters, keep Alex distracted. P.S. don't worry, I promise everything is fine :) Love you.'
While he didn't know what was going on, and it did make him a little curious on why they had to leave, especially during this milestone occasion, he trusted his wife with all of his heart, so he just smiled, then as he lifted his head up, he sees Alex heading towards the backdoor to the house, so he placed his phone back in his pocket and walked up to him. "Hey Alex, where you going?"
He smiled at his brother-in law as he turned to look at him. "I'm going to check on my wife."
William smiled as he shook his head. "She's with the girls, I'm sure she's fine." When Alex revealed a worried look before he could stop it, William asked. "What is it?"
Alex looked around to make sure no one was near before he told him, not knowing he gave William a good piece to the 'puzzle'. "Your sister was sick off and on through the night, and even though she said she was fine before we left the apartment, I'm still a little worried about her." William hid his shock as the puzzle came together in his head, then he couldn't help but start smiling while thinking his baby sister could be a mom, and Alex started to look at his brother in-law with curiosity after he saw his look change. "What's going on, why are you smiling?"
William cleared his throat and shook his head. "It's nothing man, just thinking." Alex just nodded his head, still not sure what was going on. Then William placed his arm around his brother in-law's shoulder and spoke again. "Anyways, how about I show you a move on the chess board that can guarantee you at least one win against my sister."
While Alex wasn't a stranger to the game of chess before he met Katie, he never played it as much as her and the Grissom family did. But, now that he was a member of the family, and expressed interest on joining in on their tournaments, he's been practicing a little more, however he was nowhere near the level, Katie, William, Grissom, or even Sara and Little Sarah was at, so he lost...a lot.
Alex started to chuckle as they headed towards the chess board that was already set up on one of the tables, after all this was the Grissom residence, when was a chessboard not set up? Especially during parties.
"What, right now?"
William nodded with a smile. "Why not." Then he smirked. "Aren't you tired of losing to her? Don't you want to win at least once?"
Alex started to smile with a nod. "You know what, I do. I really do."
William chucked in return while he removes his hand from his shoulders and lightly taps him on the back. "Well, then let's get to it."
Alex nodded while he sat down in the chair while William pulled out his phone and sent a quick text before he moves to the other side of the table and sat down across from his brother in-law.
While sitting in the backseat next to her sister with Bella in the passenger seat as Elizabeth was driving since her vehicle was easiest to get out, a buzzing sound came from Katie's phone, so she pulls it out of her pocket, looked at it, smirked, and shook her head while reading the text out loud that she received from her brother. 'Congrats, mother to be!? love you.'
They all chuckled too before Katie said with a sigh. "Of course he would figure it out."
As they were all calming down, Katie was putting her phone back in her pocket before she looked out the window, then she felt her sister's hand on hers while she asked. "Katie, you ok?"
Katie looked at her sister, tears slowly coming to her eyes. "I just hope that if it's true, I'll be a good mother. I hope I am at least half as good as all of you are, as mom is."
The other girls had tears in their eyes as Isabella spoke with comfort. "Hey, I have no doubt you're going to be a fantastic mother, you are amazing with your nieces and nephews, and I don't see it being any differently with your own...well maybe slightly because you'll love them a little more."
They all chuckled with nods before Bella turns around in her seat to look at her sister in-law, who was wiping her tears away with a smile and slight nod. "And while I know it's hard to be a first time mom, don't forget you are not alone, not only will you have an amazing man behind you to help you when you feel you are struggling, but you'll also have us as well." Katie reached for Bella's hand and squeezed with another smile.
Then Elizabeth finished. "And you can call on us anytime."
After another thank you, Katie took another calming breath, knowing they were right, she not only had a great support system behind her, but she also had a husband who had been looking forward to having kids the day they had gotten married, and the closer they got to the store, the more she was hoping the test was positive, especially for her husband.
(Close to an hour later)
While still playing chess with Alex, William's phone buzzed, so he pulls his phone out of his pocket, smiled at the text message before looking at Alex and spoke. "I know this is going to sound very weird coming from me, but go meet my sister in her childhood bedroom." Alex looked at her brother in-law with a small surprise, and William chuckled with a nod. "Yes, you heard me right, and it isn't what you think." He stopped and shook her head. "Just do it, please."
Alex just nodded as he stood up before he headed inside the house, passing the girls, who had smiles on their faces, as he walked towards the stairs, which confused him even more, then once he was on the second floor, he walked to the last door on the right and knocked. "Hey Katie, it's me."
Katie cleared her throat and said. "Yeah, come in."
He opened the door and stepped in the room, and unlike her sibling's childhood rooms, where theirs were changed completely for their grandkids, Katie's room didn't look that much different than when she lived here.
He took a moment to look at his wife while she was sitting on her bed, and he asked. "So, what's going on?" He then chuckled before continuing. "Because I have to admit it felt a little unsettling to hear your brother tell me to 'meet his sister' in her childhood bedroom."
She chuckled softly before looking down at the floor, and now he was getting nervous at how nervous she looked, so he walked up to her, his joking side gone and asked softly. "Honey, what is it? Now I'm getting a little freaked out here."
She started to speak as she moved her hand from behind her to pick up a box. "While this didn't start out a tradition after my mother did it, it eventually became one."
Before he could say anything, she moved the box so it was in front of her before she handed it towards him.
He cleared his throat and took the box from her, and after tearing the paper away, he opened the lid to the box, then he gasped and his knees almost buckled as he saw the baby sized cubs jersey with the custom name 'Grissom' on the back of it, which it so happened to be the same jersey Sara bought for Grissom when she told him she was pregnant with William.
When he hadn't spoken for several seconds, Katie smirked. "I know we'll have to get a new one and add 'Carter' to..."
He cuts her off as he shook his head and kneeled down with tears in his eyes. "A baby? That's why you've..."
She cuts him off this time with another smirk. "Feeling like I've been puking up my lungs, yeah."
He winced as he replied softly, knowing he was partly to blame for that now. "I'm sorry."
She cups her cheek with a smile. "Hey, it's part of the process, and it will all be worth it when I see the eyes and the face of my handsome husband in our son."
He shook his head with a smile as he placed his hand on her stomach. "How about my beautiful wife's eyes and face in our daughter."
She chuckled before replying. "As long as he or she are happy and healthy, I don't care what I'm giving you."
Now looking at her in wonder, he replied softly. "What you'll be giving us, and thank you."
"Thank you to you too." She wiped her thumb under his eye when she saw a tear while she asked. "And you're really ok with this?"
He sobbed/chuckle with a nod. "Yes, I am 100% ok with this. I love you."
"And I love you."
He moves up so they could share a kiss, then they placed their foreheads together while her hand joined his as it remained on her stomach, knowing their love created a child they'll cherish for the rest of their lives.
February 14, 2044
"Ok soon to be mommy and daddy, are you ready to see the progress of your child?"
While Katie was sitting up in bed in one of the rooms at the clinic with her husband right next to her, they nodded with smiles at Kelly, and Kelly smiled back before she started the process, then when she saw the baby on the screen, her smile got wider as she said. "Wow, in all my years of being your immediate family's go to doctor, I have to say this one is a first for me."
Katie and Alex didn't know exactly how to take that, but they were glad she had been smiling when she made the comment, so while they weren't 100% freaked out, there was a slight worry in Katie's tone of voice. "What is it?"
Kelly turn the machine so both parents could see before Kelly pointed out. "Here is baby number one, and baby number two."
They looked at Kelly with wide-eyes before Katie spoke with tears in her eyes. "Twins?"
Kelly nodded as she watched Alex take his wife's hand and kissed her on the forehead as he whispered his thanks with emotion, then after a moment Kelly asked her next question. "Would you like to know what gender they are?"
Katie and Alex looked at one another, speaking with their eyes before they slowly smiled, then Katie looked at Kelly with a smile and nod. "Yes, please."
August, 20, 2044
With a number of people limited in the hospital room, Katie looked up from the child she was holding, who was born two minutes before their twin, and saw that her parents, siblings and their significant others were the first to meet the two youngest Grissom members, which honestly weren't that surprising.
She smiled with tears in her eyes as she looked towards her parents first. "I'm a mom."
Both parents were smiling with pride at their daughter, which they couldn't describe how happy Katie looked, it went so much deeper than that, it was like her deepest dream was had finally come true, she was happily married and now a mother.
Grissom nodded with a few tears himself while just seeing her emotions right now. "Yes, you are, and a very beautiful one at that."
Alex, who was holding child number 2, smiled with the same look as his wife. "And I second that."
When the rest of the members voiced the exact sentiment, Katie looked at her family shyly, then she cleared her throat before looking at her father and continued to speak with emotion. "Now, I would like you to meet the two main attractions for this evening." She looked at her second child, a son, and said. "Daddy, meet A.J." Then she looked down in her arms to look at her oldest child, another son. "And Gilbert, named after two men I love more than anything."
The whole room, not named Alex, gasped with emotion while Katie moved her head up to look at her father, who looked awestruck while trying to open his mouth to say something, and Katie took that opportunity to continue. "It was time that one of our children be named after the head of this family, our biggest hero."
Finally able to speak, Grissom shook his head with a few tears going down his cheek, not able to stop them. "Ladybug, you didn't..."
Alex cuts him off with a smile. "With all due respect sir, there wasn't another name we wanted more for one of our sons, we...I wanted to honor the man who felt like a father to me before I became a member of this family, before I even met Katie."
Before Grissom could speak, Bella spoke with emotion. "And honestly I wanted to do that too." When Jason said the same thing, Grissom turned his head to look at both his daughter-in law and other son-in law with emotion before Bella continued. "But, I think it was a silent agreement that Katie got the name."
Now it was Katie's turn to be shocked because she didn't know that. "Really guys?"
Both William and Isabella nodded with smiles before William continued after clearing his throat. "We knew if it wasn't going to be us, it was eventually going to be you if you were blessed with a son because there was no way Dad's name wasn't continuing in this family."
When everybody with smiles and tears in their eyes, Grissom cleared his throat and shook his head, still overwhelmed. "I don't know what to say, you've all made me speechless."
Sara cleared her throat from emotion as she placed a hand on his shoulder with a smirk. "Just tell them that you love them. "
He smiled with a nod as he looked at all six of his 'kids'. "I do, each and every one of you, so much. I've never felt more blessed than I am right now."
Once his eyes went back to the son in Katie's arms, Katie smiled while speaking again. "Come on, daddy, hold your namesake."
Grissom walked closer to the bed, but before he took Gilbert from Katie, he bent down and kissed his youngest grandson's forehead and whispered. "Hi A.J., I'm your grandpa, and I love you so much."
He pulls back a moment later, and looked at Alex before they nodded with smiles, then Grissom turned his attention to his youngest daughter, bent down and kissed her cheek before he whispered his love for her, and when he pulled back from her, little Gilbert was finally placed in Grissom's arms, and much like the seven other times he's done this with his grandkids, his heart skipped a beat and he fell in love at first sight all over again.
AN: One more to go. Thanks for reading, and please review.