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Chapter 3: Start of a new chapter

June 26, 2032

Two weeks later

It took them 23 years to get to this day, a day they were no doubt happy about, happy for him, but admittedly were a little sad too. Their little boy will now be an official married man this afternoon.

And while everything had been set up in the backyard for the reception since last night, except one thing, the flowers, Sara and Grissom were taking inventory for any last minute items they might need after they had their breakfast, then Grissom heard his wife curse from inside the laundry room where they had another freezer, so he stepped in the room from the kitchen and asked in concern. "Honey?"

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "I knew I forgot something. I forgot to get another bag of ice. I wanted today to be perfect for our..."

He cuts her off with a smile while walking up to her before cupping her cheek. "It will still be perfect for our boy, I'll get the ice after the ceremony, ok?"

After she nodded with a sniffle, Grissom kissed her forehead before bringing her in his arms, then she took a breath as she held him. "I'm sorry, I'm feeling a little more emotional today."

With a comforting tone and smile, he replied. "Of all the days to be a little more emotional than usual, you have a right to be on our son's wedding day." Then he whispered. "I won't tell anyone."

She chuckled with another sniffle, then after they pulled back a few moments later, he cups her cheek again and wipes the remaining tears off it, and while they had eye contact, she whispered. "I love you."

With his blue eyes sparkling, not able to help it every time he hears those words, he whispered. "I love you too, but what is that for?"

She took a breath before answering. "Just making sure you know that."

"Believe me, I do."

"Good."

They kiss softly, and while they pulled back, the door bell rang, causing them to smile before Sara spoke again. "Should be the flowers." He nodded as they stepped out of the laundry room, and after he closed the door behind him, they headed out of the kitchen hand in hand as she continued. "It's a shame that they are going out of business."

After Joey's and his siblings parents died, they tired to keep the shop open for as long as possible, but with the demands they have with their 'other' life, after 50 years, the door was closing on the West flower shop, Sara and Grissom were just lucky they got the last order.

He couldn't help but smirk a little. "Because somebody's wife told her husband to stop buying a flower for every anniversary."

She chuckled. "It did become that expensive, didn't it?"

"Yeah, but it was worth it, you're worth it." They stopped at the door, and he finished with a more sincere tone. "And I don't think we are the cause of their business closing."

Sara nodded in agreement. "It unfortunately happens."

Grissom nodded as he placed his hand on the door knob and turned it, and while they were expecting the delivery, they weren't expecting it be Joey himself, who was now 38, and he wasn't alone either, his longtime girlfriend, now wife, Stacy, and their four kids, a 6 year old son and 3 year old triplets (2 girls, 1 boy) were with him.

Sara smiled as she looked at the family, before looking at Joey and saying with a smirk. "I guess you aren't 'Joey' anymore."

Grissom, Joe, and Stacy all chuckled in understanding of Sara's comment before Joe spoke with a smile. "I guess not." Then his smile got a little sadder. "It's nice to see you Mrs. and Dr. Grissom."

Grissom just nodded while Sara replied. "It's nice to see you again, you have a beautiful family."

"Thank you."

Before anymore words were said, the oldest son handed her the rose he had in his hand and said. "Here, Mrs. Grissom."

Sara knelt down so she was eye-level with the kids and smiled as she took the rose, while his siblings handed them theirs a second later, it was suppose to symbolize their first and last delivery to them, just like their father.

She smiled wider as she took the other three. "Thank you, that's very sweet of you."

As they smiled shyly, Grissom cleared his throat as he spoke towards Joe. "We weren't expecting it to be you."

He nodded with a smile before speaking in a sentimental tone. "Yeah, I just figured since you were my first delivery, it would only be fitting if you were my last."

Grissom then held out his hand to him. "Well, thank you, for everything."

"You're welcome, it's been a pleasure serving you, Dr. Grissom."

While they released hands Sara asked the kids while looking up at Stacy. "How about a cupcake?"

Stacy nodded with a smile. "Sure, that will be ok." Making the kids cheer as Sara stood up and welcomed them inside the house while Grissom followed Joe to the delivery van so they could get the flowers out and put them on the deck and yard.

An hour & half later

After getting out of their separate showers, they started changing for the special occasion, and as Sara was coming out of the bathroom, wearing a red, thin strapped dress that went down to her knees with her hair braided, Grissom, who was in a suit with the tie in his hands, just stood there looking at her, mouth slightly opened.

She smiled as she moved closer to him. "I guess you like what you see?"

He cleared his throat and replied. "Very much, Mrs. Grissom." Once she stopped in front of him, and while she took his tie from his hands, he leaned forward and whispered. "In fact so much that if this wasn't our son's wedding, I would suggest we stay home."

She smiled at his words before placing the tie around his neck, and after he was standing up straight, she spoke as she tied it for him. "Sorry, bugman, but I'm going to have to put in a rain..."

She trails off as she finished with the tie and just stood there looking at him while her heart started racing, her man still looking good in a suit and tie.

As he looked at her, and knowing her looks pretty well now, smirked as he moved closer to her ear. "Sometimes it isn't even what I say, is it?"

She smiled shyly. "Maybe."

"Now you're not suggesting we skip our son's wedding?"

She shook her with a smile while clearing her throat before replying. "No way, and being late will only result in known looks."

She turned to the dresser to get her purse, and admittedly needing a little space from him at the moment, while he chuckled before asking. "You really think so?"

She chuckled in return as she turned to look at him. "Come one, Griss, 95% of the guests are CSI's." She then smirked, with a little hint of embarrassment. "And Catherine says we always have this certain look to us afterwards."

He smirked with his eyes sparkling as he walked up to her. "Yeah, because I was just with the most beautiful woman in the world." She looked down before he lifted her chin up and cupped her cheek before speaking with sincerity. "You are, and at this moment, you are even more beautiful than ever, and I feel like the luckiest man on earth."

She took a breath, trying not to let her emotions get the better of her, before she replied. "You don't look bad yourself, and I feel like the luckiest woman on earth."

They kiss softly at first before it became passionate, and after placing their foreheads together, they whispered at the same time. "Rain check."

They slowly pulled back, and with love in their eyes, he whispered. "Let's watch our son get married."

She nodded with a smile in return, and after he kissed her on the forehead, they headed out of the room so they could leave the house.

When they made it to William's and Bella's place, where only the wedding party was there, which consisted of their daughters, who were with Bella and Elizabeth last night, Andrew, Rick, and Jason, then there was Bella's aunt and uncle, while the rest of the guests/family were already waiting for them at their reserved spot on the beach, a dream wedding for Bella, so of course William was going to do everything he could to make it happen.

After greeting the group, Grissom knocked on the door to the room William was in, which was Grissom's childhood bedroom, and cleared his throat. "Son, it's your mother and I."

William, who was standing in front of a mirror trying to put his tie on, sighed as he replied. "Yeah, come in."

Once they opened the door, Sara smiled as she walked up to her son when she saw the tie in his hand. "You're just like your father."

He smirked in return. "That's what you always say."

While mother and son were going through their little banter while she tied his tie, Grissom couldn't help but just look at his son and think back to three weeks ago when they were having one of their father/son talks.

Flashback

While sitting down at a table in a nice restaurant, during lunch time, Grissom and William were having their once a week lunches, a tradition that started around his Sophomore year of college, both missing their talks and felt they needed to get back to that.

They were smiling at something William had said, then Grissom cleared his throat and asked the question. "Are you sure you are you ready to get married?"

Looking a little worried that his father wasn't behind him, he asked. "Why, are you not..."

Grissom cuts him off with a smile. "This isn't about me, this is about you, and I trust you, so if you say you're ready, then I'll be behind you 100%."

William nodded with a breath, then he started to smile. "Yeah dad, I am. I love her so much, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her."

Grissom nodded with another smile and nod. "Good, I like what I hear and see from you." His son smiled again before Grissom continued. "Now, make sure you remember the feeling you have now when things get tough." William was about to speak, but his father cuts him off before he could. "Because believe me son, not everyday is going to be all sunshine and rainbows, there will be times when you want to shut each other out, and while it's ok to have a little time to yourself, don't push her so far that you'll lose her." When he saw a worried look on William's face, Grissom finished with a smile. "I don't mean to scare you son, I just don't want you thinking it's going to be all easy, it's going to take work, compromises, communication and brutal honesty."

William nodded in understanding before speaking after taking a deep breath. "You and mom make it look so easy."

He chuckled. "We've also been married for almost 25 years so we've had a little practice, but believe me, in the beginning, especially before we got married, it wasn't easy. We had to go through a lot of issues, but we worked on them together, we grew together and knew what we wanted together, so we did everything we had to to achieve it, we became..."

William finished with a smile and pride in his eyes. "The dynamic duo we all see today."

Grissom nodded with a smile. "Ok, I'll take that." He became a little more serious again. "And while it wasn't always easy, I couldn't imagine going through any times, good or bad, with anybody else."

William took a moment before he nodded again. "I get what you're saying dad, and that's how I feel with Bella. I had the unfortunate, yet unique situation to know what it felt like to be without her, and I didn't like it, so I'll do whatever I have to on my part to ensure that I won't lose her again, because she's worth whatever hard work I have to do to make this work between us." He took breath and spoke with emotion. "And when I place that wedding ring on her finger and vow to be her husband for the rest of my life, I'll mean it. She's the 'one' for me, always has been, even when I was trying to convince myself girls were still 'yucky.'

Grissom chuckled, then he cleared his throat and finished with. "You are going to make an excellent husband, son."

Feeling a little emotional himself, he replied. "I learned from you, dad, so thank you."

"You're welcome."

They took a moment to take a drink of their beverage before William spoke again. "And I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I know you never had a chance to talk to grandpa during these type of moments."

"I'll admit it was a little hard not having my father during those times." He then smirked a little. "But I don't think your grandma did that bad."

"You mean you weren't embarrassed?" He shuddered a little at the thought of going to his mom for the 'girl' talk.

Grissom shook his head with a shy smile. "Well, I didn't say that, but she was patient with me, waited till I was ready to have that/those talks."

William couldn't help but smirk. "Which was when? When you met mom?"

He gave his son a mock glare as he replied. "Ha, Ha very funny. She was just the one that mattered the most."

William chuckled with a nod, knowing that, and after a moment, he sighed. "I really miss grandma."

"I know, me too."

"Do you think she would have approved of Bella?"

No hesitation in Grissom's response. "She would want for you like she wanted for me, so if she treats you right and you're happy, then yes I very much believe she would greatly approve of Bella."

He smiled with a nod. "You know I 'see' her from time to time."

"Well, the next time you do 'see' her, tell her and grandpa I said hi."

"Or you can just come with me."

"I would like that, let me know when."

"You got it."

Grissom looked at his son in silence for a moment before he finished. "I love you, son."

William nodded with a smile. "I love you too, dad."

They go back to eating with a little more small talk, enjoying this time together.

End of Flashback

Grissom came back to the present when he heard Sara's voice. "Babe, you ok?"

Grissom nodded with a smile before walking up to his son, and cupping his cheek. "I'm so proud of you, and I couldn't be happier for you. I love you so much."

William wrapped his arms around his father and whispered. "I love you so much too, dad." When William saw his mother with tears in her eyes, he smiled. "Get in here mom." Sara smiled as she joins in the hug, and while they were in their hug, there was a knock on the door, so William said. "Yeah, come in."

The door opened a second later, and Isabella, who was in a nice pant suit, was about to speak, but she asked while seeing her parents and brother in a hug. "What's going on?"

William smirked. "It's my wedding day, do I really need to say more?" Isabella chuckled and shook her head 'no' before William continued. "Now, get in here too." Isabella smiled while walking up to them before she stood between her brother and father.

A few moments passed and they got out of their four person hug before Isabella cleared her throat and said. "Bella is ready."

William nodded with a smile, his blue eyes sparkling. "Then let's go, we better not let the bride wait on her wedding day."

They all chuckled as William wrapped his arm around his younger sister before walking out of the room, and Grissom held out his hand as he asked. "Shall we?"

Sara nodded with a smile as she took his hand before they walked out of the room too, which after they did, everybody but the Bride, her aunt and uncle left the house and headed for the beach, where everybody else was waiting.

Once everybody was settled in place, William looked to the left to see his very soon to be wife standing at the other end of the aisle with both her aunt and uncle since she wanted both of them to walk her down the aisle.

Then as Bella started walking her way towards her groom, their eyes remained connected while their thoughts took them to another time.

Flashback

2 years ago

Christmas, 2030

(Paris, France)

When Jeff offered to pay for Bella's and William's plane ticket to come to Paris, where Jeff and Shawna have officially settled down at, for Christmas, and while it wasn't that easy of a choice since William loved spending the holiday with his family, they decided to accept since it wasn't everyday that she gets to see her aunt and uncle.

Now Bella was outside of an apartment building that meant something to him, it was the same building his parents stayed in when they lived in Paris for that time. She smiled as she looked at her text message from him before walking into the building, and after going up the stairs to the second floor and stopped at the fifth door on the left, she knocked while saying. "William, it's me. What are we doing here?" A second later, William opened the door and gave her a smile, she smiled back and asked again. "What's going on?"

He started speaking while he opened the door wider, which she immediately saw inside was lit by candlelight. "When I was ready to hear my parent's life story, their time in Paris was mentioned a lot, and I believe that if it weren't for the fact that they wanted me to have a relationship with my grandma, or that they could continue living away from their friends, Paris would have been their home to this day."

He had taken her hand and walked her inside the apartment by now, and as the door was closing, Bella asked with a smirk. "Are you trying to tell me something?"

He chuckled and shook his head. "Probably not what you're thinking."

"Ok, can you narrow it down a little?"

He placed a finger to her lips and spoke quietly. "I will, young one, patience."

She just chuckled with a nod.

He took a moment to gather his thoughts before he continued while they headed for the kitchen. "And as you know, when they lived in Paris, this was their home, continuing building their strong marriage, waiting until they were ready to take their next adventure, but then a different type of an adventure came to be, something they had wanted for awhile at that point."

Bella nodded with a smile. "They became pregnant with you."

He nodded as he sits her down in one of the kitchen table chairs before continuing. "They told me that the day they found out my mom was pregnant with me it changed their lives more than when they got married, it set them up on their favorite adventure, becoming parents. Now when I saw this place in person for the first time, I knew."

The setting and the way he was speaking was making her feel very emotional, so she asked after clearing her throat. "Knew what?"

"That this is the place where I wanted to start my next adventure, this would feel like coming full circle to me." Looking a him with confusion now, he continued after clearing his throat. "I love you Bella, I honestly don't know a time when I didn't, and I know this next step in our lives won't more than likely happen for at least a few years from now, but I don't know if I'll get this chance again, it was too perfect to pass up, so here I go." Before Bella could speak, he spoke again as he placed his hand in his pants pocket and slowly got down on one knee, making her gasp with wide eyes. "One thing you should know is that with the men, and women for that matter, in this family, once they had found that 'one' that they can't imagine living without, you're pretty much a keeper for life, so I knew for awhile now that when I was ready to build my life with someone, there was only one woman it was going to be with, and I was lucky enough to have found her at a very young age." He placed held up the ring box, but instead of opening it right away, he placed a hand on her arm and continued with a smile. "She made my world spin the minute I heard her laugh, she made me feel things before I was even ready to feel them or admit I did feel them, she has no problem letting me be me, we've already had a few bumps in our story, but she never once looked to get out, she makes me want to become a better man."

She cuts him off as she cupped his cheek. "Even though I couldn't imagine him getting any better, he's already perfect in my eyes."

His eyes started to fill up with tears as he spoke again while lifting up the ring sized box lid. "When I look into my future, and envision the family that I help create, I see you in our children's faces, I see you as the woman who will be there when I need her the most, I just hope she sees the same vision."

She nodded with a smile as tears came down her eyes. "I do, it's what kept me going when I never thought I would see you again." He smiled with bright eyes as she continued shyly. "But can I hear the words?"

He chuckled and cleared his throat before finishing. "Will you, Isabella Marie Adams, do me the greatest honor of becoming my wife?"

She nodded again with a sniffle. "Yes, but the honor will be all mine." He was about to speak, but she places a finger to his lips with a smirk. "Just go with it, we could go back and forth on this all day."

He slid the ring, which was the same engagement ring his father gave to his mother, on her finger and moves forward, she leans forward to meet him in the middle, and after they kissed for a bit, they placed their foreheads together and he asked with a smirk. "So, this is how it's going to be, you already knowing what I'm going to say before I say it, we will try to best the other, but know when to stand together."

She chuckled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Pretty much, it's going to be great, isn't it?"

With his blue eye sparkling, he nodded. "Yeah it is. I love you Bella."

"I love you too."

After another kiss, she asked. "So, now can you tell me how you did this? How did you convince Mr. and Mrs. Beaufort to allow you to do this?"

They were a slightly older couple who started living here not long after Sara and Grissom left this place.

He shook his head. "Oh no, you're not going to learn my every secret, especially before we even officially start our lives together, we should still have some mystery."

She nodded with a smile. "Ok, I'll let you have that." Then she gets a little more serious. "But will you promise to be truthful on the important things?"

He nodded with a serious tone. "Always, you have to know I would never intentionally hurt you."

She nodded again before they started to kiss again.

End of flashback

When she finally stopped, and her hand was placed in William's, the preacher asked. "You ready for this, Mr. Grissom?"

William did cringe a little being called that, while everybody else chuckled, then he nodded with a smile as he looked at his beautiful bride. "Yes, sir. This has been a long time coming."

Bella then smirked with her eyes sparkling. "Almost too long."

William raised an eyebrow with his smile getting a little wider before speaking again. "Well, you heard her sir, let's get this started."

The preacher nodded with a smile of his own. "Very well." He then cleared his throat before he started the ceremony.

AN: More to come. Thanks for reading, and please review.