**The name should be fixed to Julia, sorry about that if anybody was confused**

AN: Thanks for the reviews, and the continued support, here is the next chapter.

Chapter 8: A life changing revelation

August 17,2032

After having a family dinner for Grissom's birthday, William and Bella left the house, taking Katie with them so they could drop her off at the Hughes residence so she could spend time with Emily. And wanting her parents to relax, Isabella offered to do the dishes before she also left the house. But things didn't quite go that way for her, because while Sara and Grissom were in the living room, cuddling on the couch, they hear a glass break and their oldest daughter let out a painful scream, so they rushed into the room to see her hand on the counter while her other hand was around her stomach, and as they carefully reached her, Grissom asked in concern. "What's wrong, butterfly?"

Isabella sniffled while saying. "It hurts, something is wrong."

Sara now asked in worry. "What hurts? What's wrong?"

Isabella closed her eyes for a second while biting her lip, then she looked at her dad first, tears now streaming down her face while she told him a secret she's been holding on for almost two months. "I'm pregnant." They looked at her in shock, and she shook her head. "I'm sorry daddy, I didn't mean..."

Grissom, able to recover somewhat from hearing those words from his daughter, cuts her off softly. "Let's get you to the hospital, that's the important thing we need to be doing right now."

Isabella nodded as Grissom wrapped his arm around his daughter's waist while Sara left the room to get the vehicle keys, then once they were in the vehicle, Sara drove them as quickly and safely to hospital as she could.

When they got here there, and settled in a room, which Kelly was equally surprised at the news, Sara and Grissom were out in the hall, still in a somewhat shocked state.

Grissom took a breath as he ran his hand down his face. "A baby? Our daughter, do you even know if she's seeing anyone?"

Sara shook her head. "I'm not sure, I haven't heard of anybody new in her life."

Grissom's body grew tense as he asked in a hard tone. "Do you think something bad happened? Was she forced?"

Sara's body also grew tense as she shook her head and replying softly. "Oh god, I hope not."

They never felt so in the dark/lost when it came to one of their children's lives, so they wrap their arms around one another in comfort, then after a moment, Sara spoke softly again, putting things into perspective. "Griss, a grandchild."

Not able to help it, Grissom filled up with emotion as he whispered. "Yeah, I know, but why now? Why her?"

They also never felt so torn in their lives either, being grandparents was always a part of their dream/fantasy, but first of all, they never thought it would happen through their daughter, at least for their first grandchild, and secondly, at 18 before she truly got to live life.

Sara shook her head. "I don't know, you and I both know some times things just happens." She then became determined. "But that's our grandchild in there, a part of us, so whatever he or she needs, I want to give it to him or her." Then she started to sniffle. "I also want to be there for our daughter. I don't want her to feel she's alone in this, especially if she really is 'alone'."

Grissom nodded, also sniffling a little. "I want that too." Then his tone grew hard. "And if she is alone in this, and the little bastard who helped get her into this situation had skipped out on her and our grandchild, then he better hope he's on another continent...On second thought, that's probably not even far enough either."

Sara couldn't help but smile with pride, that was her man, the father of her children who had always protected them the best he could.

Their moment was interrupted when the door opened and Kelly walked out of the room, and as Sara was pulling back from her husband's arms, Grissom asked in concern. "How are they?"

Kelly closed the door and nodded with a smile. "Both child and mother to be are fine, just a little scare."

They both sighed in relief before Grissom spoke again with emotion. "Thank you, Kelly."

Kelly waved off the praise, then she continued. "I know it won't be easy, but try and keep as much stress off her as possible, that's the main issue here." After they nodded, she finished with another smile. "And while I know the situation isn't ideal, can I say congratulations to the grandpa and grandma?"

They chuckled, hearing it for the first time from someone else felt surreal, then they looked at one another, fully accepting this milestone, before Grissom spoke with a sigh. "Grandpa, can you believe it?"

Before Sara could respond, Kelly smirked. "How do you think I feel? I'm the doctor who heard her first cries."

They chuckled again, then Kelly cleared her throat. "I'll start the discharge papers while you go talk to her."

They thanked Kelly one more time before the other woman walked down the hall while Sara and Grissom looked at one another and gave each other a nod before walking into the room.

When Isabella looked up from her sonogram picture after hearing the door opened, there was a pause before she started to have tears in her eyes again. "Mom, dad, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disappoint..."

Grissom cuts her off as he walked up closer to her. "Ok, first off you didn't disappoint us." Isabella was about to speak, but he continued before she could. "We are going to talk about this once, but then the subject is closed, Ok? We have to keep your stress level down as much as we can." Isabella nodded, and after Grissom nodded in return, he took a breath before continuing. "True, when we envisioned our oldest daughter telling us she was pregnant for the first time, she wasn't this young or single, but this is our reality, and whatever you decide to do, we'll back you 100%"

"Really?"

Sara nodded with tears in her eyes as she moved closer to her daughter. "Of course, sweetie, you are our child, and there isn't anything we wouldn't do for you, especially when she's carrying our grandchild."

Tears still in her eyes, Isabella speaks with a chuckle. "Grandchild, it sounds so surreal, doesn't it?"

Grissom spoke after shaking his head. "You have no idea, butterfly."

Isabella looked at the picture in her hand before she looked at her dad. "You want to see a picture?"

Grissom's heart raced as he asked softly. "Can I?"

Isabella nodded while she handed him the picture, and after putting on his glasses, he gasped as he saw for the first time the next generation in the Grissom family, and while the situation wasn't ideal, he already felt so much pride and love for this little one.

While Sara was marveling at their first grandchild in the picture, Isabella looked down at her hands as she spoke again. "I'm sure you have so many questions, and I can answer some right now before you ask them." She looked at them in the eyes and continued with determination, a look she got from her mother. "I'll start with the most important one, yes, I'm keeping the baby, and while I know it won't be easy, he or she is a part of me, a part of you two, and that's something I'm not willing to give up, no matter how hard it will become." Sara and Grissom nodded, happy to hear that, while Isabella continued. "Now my education, while I have decided to take some time off so I can work more, eventually I want to transfer to UCLA." She took a breath and finished with a slight smirk, but ended her speech quite serious. "It might take me a little longer to get where I want to go, but I'll get there, I promise you." She then smiled while her heart raced as she looked at her little one in the picture. "I'll just have someone with me a little earlier than I had planned."

Seeing their daughter was determined and serious about her future, Sara spoke. "And if you need help with anything, let us know."

She looked up from the picture and gave them a shy look. "Well, now that you mentioned it, I am going to need a place to stay, at least until..."

Grissom cuts her off. "Welcome home, butterfly, for as long as you need to."

Isabella's eyes lit up with a smile. "Thank you, daddy." As Grissom nodded again, Isabella took a breath and spoke again. "Now I'm sure the next set of questions you have were going to be revolved around the father of my child." While they both nodded, she continued. "And let me get one thing out there first, I wasn't forced or tricked into anything, this was 100% consensual."

The relief flooded out of their body's in an instant while Sara whispered. "Thank god."

If their daughter ended up in this situation, they were just glad it didn't happen in the worst way possible.

Happy to relieve her parents of those dark thoughts, she continued after a sigh. "In fact, if you want to put most of the blame on someone, it should be me. I started it, and once it got started, I..."

Grissom cuts her off with a small cringe, not wanting to hear the rest of it. "Please, butterfly."

She looked at her father shyly. "Sorry, daddy."

After a moments pause, Grissom spoke again after clearing his throat. "So, who is the father?"

She took a breath before replying. "I haven't even told him yet, so I would like to keep that to myself for the time being, if you don't mind."

They nodded, respecting their daughter's decision before he spoke again. "He just better step-up, at the very least be a providing father."

Isabella nodded. "And I have no doubt that he would, he's a good man."

After Grissom gave her one more nod, he told them he'll go see how the discharge papers are going so he could give mother and daughter some time alone, and once he was out the door, Sara spoke softly. "Well, your father might not want to hear about it, but were you ok?"

Isabella nodded with tears in her eyes and a smile. "He was so sweet, loving, gentle, he even asked if I was ok." She then took a deep breath and finished. "And before you ask, yes we used protection and it was my first time, what are the freaking odds of this happening now?"

Sara felt happiness that, especially for her first time, she was with someone who seemed to care about her well-being, then she replied to her daughter's question. "Well, there is always a chance, no matter how many times it is."

"I know, and I'm sorry mom."

Sara shook her head and spoke with care. "The important thing is what happens now, which it sounds like you got a plan and nothing is stopping you from what you want to do."

Isabella nodded then asked. "And can we not tell anybody else yet?

"It's your baby, so it's your choice on when and who you want to tell first."

"Thank you."

Sara then wraps her arms around her daughter and whispers. "I love you, sweetie, and I know plans have changed for you, but know that you aren't alone in this, you have a family who loves you, no matter what."

Isabella then sniffled while hugging her mother. "I love you too, and I know."

When everything was taken care of, Grissom went to get his daughter while Sara headed out of the hospital to get the vehicle so they didn't have to walk as far.

Father and daughter had walked out of the elevator and was through the lobby when Mitchell, Grissom's ex-teaching assistant, who was moving to New York in a few days, saw them, and while the greeting was quick, basically him telling them that his favorite cousin was here having a baby, Grissom had a surprising question for his daughter once the younger man had walked away and was out of ear shot. "Just tell me it isn't him."

Isabella looked at her father in shock. "I uh, how did you..."

He cuts her off with a smile. "I've been a CSI, full and part time combined, for well over 30 years. I've been an observer of people longer than that, and both of your body language just now told me that something more happened between you two."

Not going to lie to him now, Isabella nodded. "Ok it did, but it never went that far." She sighed as she finished. "I found out the hard way that he wasn't the one. I put my trust in the wrong man."

Grissom's heart broke because her heart broke. "I'm sorry, butterfly, you deserve better than that." He then took a breath before continuing. "He has a brilliant academic mind, it's everything else about him I had questioned, I just hope he cleans that part of his life up." Isabella just nodded as she looked down, then he lifted her chin up and gave her a reassuring smile. "You are human, sometimes you can get things wrong, and while your first choice of a strong 'love' wasn't the right one, don't let that discourage you on putting your heart out there again, when you're ready of course."

She nodded with a chuckle. "Yeah, I do have a full plate as it is right now."

After Grissom nodded, they continued to walk, and he placed his arm around her shoulders and asked. "So, should I make a call and cancel my recommendation?"

Again she looked at him in shock. "Daddy?"

He looked at his daughter and spoke from the heart. "You shouldn't be surprised the lengths I would go for my children, especially when they get hurt by someone else. He hurt you, I hurt him where it hurts the most."

There was a slight pause before Isabella shook her head with a sigh. "No, I don't want you to do that. I would feel too much guilt if I'm the cause of his career/life to fall apart."

"Alright, even though that's more than he deserves for hurting my daughter." They stopped before walking out of the hospital, and he cups her cheek before saying the words he hadn't said since he found she was pregnant. "I love you, butterfly, you know that, right?"

Isabella nodded with tears in her eyes. "I do, and I love you too, daddy."

Once they pulled back, they headed out of the hospital, and even tough Isabella knew her life was going to be a lot harder now, she was still determined to get what she wanted out of it and very thankful that her parents will be behind her every step of the way of her new unexpected direction.

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