Summary: While the 'kids' are out with one another, Sara and Grissom have the grandkids, and at the end of the night they celebrate a special 'date'.

Genre: Romance, Family
Rating: K+
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Main Parings: GSR
Minor Parings: Katie/Alex, William/Bella, Isabella/Jason (All implied)
Other Characters: Grissom Grandkids

Chapter 40: Would do it all again

May, 2046

With their own kids getting older and work taking most of the Grissom 'kid's' time, it was a little harder for the siblings to get together these days, outside of their usual family dinner time with their parents and the chess tournaments, so tonight, with everybody's schedule finally on the same page, they were going out while their kids were staying with the grandparents until morning.

Once all the hugs and kisses were exchanged and Sara and Grissom reassured them that they'll be fine, the six of them walked out of the house, and after closing the door, Sara and Grissom, who were each holding a grandson, Gilbert and A.J., turned around to look at their seven other grandchildren, some who had both mixtures of themselves (9 year old J.T, 8 year old Abby & 3 year olds Betty & Jasmine) while the others leaned more one way or the other (13 year old Sarah (Sara), 12 year old William III (Grissom), 10 year old Jeffery (Grissom), 1 year old Gilbert (Grissom) & 1 year old A.J. (Sara)).

Before they could speak, the now teenage Sarah, who was the math wiz of the grandkids, like her mother and Aunt Katie, looked at her cousin William, who was just like his father with science, and smirked. "You ready to get toasted?"

William shook his head with a smirk of his own while they walked towards the chessboard. "We'll just have to see about that, I have been practicing a lot more."

"I guess we will."

Jeffery, who was inspired to be a cook, asked with a smile. "Can I help with dinner, grandpa?"

Grissom nodded with a smile of his own. "Soon, buddy, when it's time."

He nodded before grabbing his reading book from his bag and headed for the couch while Abby, who was inspired to be a writer like her mother, grabbed her journal and sat at the other end of the couch as J.T., the athlete of the grandkids, asked if he could turn on the T.V. and look for a sports game to watch, which Sara and Grissom ok'd it while Betty and Jasmine, both of whom really loved art, asked their grandma if she would color with them, and Sara nodded with a smile. "Yes, I would love to, girls."

But before they could make a move, the sound of their tenth grandchild, 5 month old Christina from Katie and Alex, which also brought the gender 'war' to a tie, was heard from upstairs, so after Grissom kissed his namesake's temple, he hands him off to Sara before going upstairs while she took the boys to the their playpen in the middle of the living room.

Grissom followed the familiar route all the way towards the end of the hall before stopping at Katie's old room, which was now turned into a nursery for Gilbert, A.J., and now Christina, then he walked into the room, headed for the third crib on the left, stopped, looked down at his youngest granddaughter/grandchild, and smiled as he placed his hand on her stomach and ran his thumb up and down so she knew he was there, which worked because she quieted down from his gentle touch.

When she was calm she opened her eyes in wonder, looking up at her grandfather with matching eyes & face, which he felt her eyes were sparkling back at him as he signed with a smile, even though she couldn't understand him right now. 'I love you, sweetheart, I hope you know how much.'

Outside of Christina's hearing issues, which Grissom still blamed himself for, she was a happy and healthy little baby, and while he loved all of his grandchildren very much, he felt the bond between him and her go slightly deeper because of it.

He picked her up a second later, kissed her forehead and held her close to his chest before he looked down at her and talked, mostly random facts, just letting her, not only 'feel' him, but so she could see his lips moving.

(Hours later)

After dinner, which under the close eye from Grissom, Jeffery made the majority of the meal, they all did their own thing for a little bit longer before they watched a family friendly movie, one everybody could enjoy before getting ready for bed, which after some 'special' looks from their grandkids, Sara and Grissom consented on them having a sleepover in the living room on mattresses, at least from the 3 year olds and up, they wanted the three youngest upstairs with them.

Once kisses and hugs were done, little Betty asked. "Grandpa, can you tell us a story?"

Grissom looked over at Sara, and she nodded with a smile. "I'll get the boys situated, go ahead."

He nodded with a smile before she walked upstairs so she could put the youngest boys down while he walked towards the couch, then as he sat down, he looked at Abby. "Are you sure you don't want to share a story, sweetheart? You're the writer."

Abby shyly smiled, not ready to share her work out-loud, and shook her head. "I'm not ready."

He nodded with a warm smile before he cleared his throat and started speaking. "OK, so, once upon a time..."

But before he could continue, teenage Sarah spoke, or more like smirked. "Let me guess, there was a princess named Sara?"

The older grandkids chuckled before Grissom smirked at his oldest grandchild. "If you know it so well, why don't you tell it?"

She shook her head with her mother's/grandmother's smile. "Sorry grandpa, continue, please."

Grissom nodded again, and after one more clearing of the throat, he continued without any more interruptions.

By the time he finished the story all the grandkids were asleep, and he just sat there watching them, his heart filling up with so much love. He never thought he would become this lucky, so with a shaky voice, he whispered. "I love you all, so much, thank you for filling my life with more joy than I thought was possible."

After another moment or two, he gets up from the couch, walks towards the kitchen to grab a champagne bottle and some glasses before walking back into the living room to turn the lights off, making sure the nightlights came on, then once he made sure the alarm was set, he headed upstairs, stopped in the master bedroom for a moment to drop of the items and to do a little decorating before he went across the hall to Katie's old room again, stopped in the doorway and watched his wife read a book to their three youngest grandchildren, whom were all in their cribs sound asleep.

She closed the book, and smiled a little wider when she felt his arms around her waist before whispering. "And how was your story telling?"

He smirked. "Put them asleep before I even got to the middle of the story, should that tell me something?"

She chuckled softly as to not wake them up before speaking. "I think these little ones are telling me the same thing."
He chuckled softly, then they sighed in content before she spoke again. "Griss, how did we get this luc..."

He cuts her off with a slight shake of his head. "I don't know, honey, but I'm glad we are."

"Me too."

A few moments later, he releases her, and gets a closer look inside the cribs to check on them one more time before they headed out of the room, turning off the light and closing the door to a crack as they stepped out in the hall.

Before they took a step closer to their room though, which the door was closed, Grissom whispered in her ear. "Close your eyes, honey."

After so many years with him, she just learned to accept whatever he had up his sleeve without question, so she did exactly that as she felt his hand slip into hers before he walked them the rest of the way to their room, and once they were inside, he closed the door, walked them towards the middle of the room, told her to stop, with her eyes remaining closed, then walked towards the dresser, grabbed the two full champagne glasses, walked up to her and said. "Now you can open them." When she did, she saw candles lit around the room with him holding out a champagne glass for her.

She smiled with a slight shake of the head as she took the glass from him. "What's this about? I'm not missing an anniversary of some sort am I?"

If there was one thing she learned quickly about Grissom was that if something significant happened in his life, especially when it happened between them, even the small stuff, it was locked in his memory, no doubt for life.

He took a breath with a nod before he spoke with his blue eyes sparkling. "In a way, yeah. I know as the years went by we celebrated other 'anniversaries', letting this date be overlooked, but I could never forget that 42 years ago on this night I asked you a very important question at the time, it felt like a life or death one at that."

The moment in question popped into Sara's head a few seconds later, and she whispered. "You asked if we could start over, wipe the slate clean."

He nodded while cupping her cheek before speaking with emotion with his blue eyes shinning. "And you said yes, so we took our first step forward that night that lead us here, a life where were have three wonderful kids and ten equally amazing grandchildren."

She smirked while shaking her head. "If someone would have told me when I was younger that this is how my life would turn out, I wouldn't have believed them."

He shook his head with a chuckle before he went back to a sincere tone while running his thumb up and down her skin. "Me neither, but I'm so grateful, especially what you've given me, from a second chance to helping me become a father."

He wiped a few tears away as she replied with emotion. "I am too. I love you, so much, and as long as you're by my side, I would go back and do all of this again."

He brings her closer to her as he whispered. "Me too."

They kissed softly then she moved closer to him so she could lay her head against his shoulder while he wrapped his arm around her waist before they moved their feet to the song in their hearts, the same song they've shared since they've became a couple.

He then whispered after a few moments of silence. "And I love you too, with everything that I have."

As they continued to share this moment together, they couldn't help but look back on their life together, like they were watching it as if it was a movie, which was by far their favorite one, and to think all it took was for him to ask if they could start over.

AN: There you have it. Hope it has been worth it, thanks to all those who read and reviewed, I really appreciate all the support I got with this one, especially when it took me a little longer than usual to update while I figured out where exactly I wanted to take this.

Like I said in my main series, I'm taking a little break, then I'll be back at it. Hope you are all safe, and until next time, always remember GSR4ever!