Chapter 7
Grissom picked up his razor and shaved as Kate brushed her teeth. She smiled at him and he returned it. She washed out her mouth and turned to him. She reached up and took the razor. He smirked and sat on the bath tub. She always tried to do this, but at this time, he'd let her do anything she wanted.
Kate did everything right and washed the razor every time. She rinsed out the washcloth and wiped his face. She turned and leaned back against the sink, looking at him with confused eyes. Grissom was about to asked her when she looked down at her feet. "Are you and mum arguing?"
Grissom watched her rub her foot over the bathroom mat. "Have you heard us arguing?"
Kate looked up and shook her head. "But that doesn't mean anything." She said, seeing him ready to speak. "Did something happen?"
"No honey, nothing happened?" He assured, drying his face with the towel around his neck.
Kate hugged him. "I love you daddy."
Grissom closed his eyes as he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hold. "I love you too munchkin."
Kate pulled back slightly and watched as he opened his eyes slowly. She pinched his nose lightly. He nodded and smiled. She looked over her shoulder once as she left the bathroom. She saw him close his eyes and drop his head.
Sara looked up from making breakfast and smiled at Kate as she sat at the table. "You hungry sweetie?"
Kate nodded and pulled the jug of orange juice towards her and poured some into her glass. "Mum, can you take me to school today?"
Sara placed a plate of scrammed eggs and toast in front of Kate and sat down beside her. "You don't want to get the bus?"
"No. I want to talk to you about something." Kate picked up her fork and started eating.
Grissom came out from the bedroom as he buttoned his shirt. He opened the fridge and pulled out the milk. He poured himself a glass and drank it. He looked over at the quiet table and stopped drinking, he placed the glass on the side and watched Sara eat her toast in silence. Kate picked up her juice and drank some. Did he miss something?
"Is there something wrong?" He asked, pulling on his glasses.
Sara looked at Kate. Kate smiled at him. "Mum's taking me to school."
Grissom nodded and picked up his milk. He walked over to the front door and opened it. He looked down the garden and spotted the paperboy. He walked out and got it.
"You want to talk about anything in particular?" Sara asked quietly.
Kate nodded. "Dad." She whispered.
Sara sat back a bit. "What about dad?"
"He's upset." Kate said with a frown.
"When did you notice this?" Sara looked up at the door to see it still open.
Kate pushed her half eaten plate away and filled her glass again. "He let me shave him and I talk to him, then I hugged him and he looked really sad when I looked at him."
Sara dropped her eyes to the table, then her hands. "Did he say anything?"
Kate nodded. "I told him I loved him and he said he loved me." She picked up her glass and gulped down half the glass.
"He does love you, a lot and so do I." Sara stressed and looked up as Grissom came through the door with paper and mail in hand.
Kate smiled. "I know that. Time to go mum." She pushed away from the table and went to get her bag.
Grissom picked up his razor and shaved as Kate brushed her teeth. She smiled at him and he returned it. She washed out her mouth and turned to him. She reached up and took the razor. He smirked and sat on the bath tub. She always tried to do this, but at this time, he'd let her do anything she wanted.
Kate did everything right and washed the razor every time. She rinsed out the washcloth and wiped his face. She turned and leaned back against the sink, looking at him with confused eyes. Grissom was about to asked her when she looked down at her feet. "Are you and mum arguing?"
Grissom watched her rub her foot over the bathroom mat. "Have you heard us arguing?"
Kate looked up and shook her head. "But that doesn't mean anything." She said, seeing him ready to speak. "Did something happen?"
"No honey, nothing happened?" He assured, drying his face with the towel around his neck.
Kate hugged him. "I love you daddy."
Grissom closed his eyes as he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hold. "I love you too munchkin."
Kate pulled back slightly and watched as he opened his eyes slowly. She pinched his nose lightly. He nodded and smiled. She looked over her shoulder once as she left the bathroom. She saw him close his eyes and drop his head.
Sara looked up from making breakfast and smiled at Kate as she sat at the table. "You hungry sweetie?"
Kate nodded and pulled the jug of orange juice towards her and poured some into her glass. "Mum, can you take me to school today?"
Sara placed a plate of scrammed eggs and toast in front of Kate and sat down beside her. "You don't want to get the bus?"
"No. I want to talk to you about something." Kate picked up her fork and started eating.
Grissom came out from the bedroom as he buttoned his shirt. He opened the fridge and pulled out the milk. He poured himself a glass and drank it. He looked over at the quiet table and stopped drinking, he placed the glass on the side and watched Sara eat her toast in silence. Kate picked up her juice and drank some. Did he miss something?
"Is there something wrong?" He asked, pulling on his glasses.
Sara looked at Kate. Kate smiled at him. "Mum's taking me to school."
Grissom nodded and picked up his milk. He walked over to the front door and opened it. He looked down the garden and spotted the paperboy. He walked out and got it.
"You want to talk about anything in particular?" Sara asked quietly.
Kate nodded. "Dad." She whispered.
Sara sat back a bit. "What about dad?"
"He's upset." Kate said with a frown.
"When did you notice this?" Sara looked up at the door to see it still open.
Kate pushed her half eaten plate away and filled her glass again. "He let me shave him and I talk to him, then I hugged him and he looked really sad when I looked at him."
Sara dropped her eyes to the table, then her hands. "Did he say anything?"
Kate nodded. "I told him I loved him and he said he loved me." She picked up her glass and gulped down half the glass.
"He does love you, a lot and so do I." Sara stressed and looked up as Grissom came through the door with paper and mail in hand.
Kate smiled. "I know that. Time to go mum." She pushed away from the table and went to get her bag.