Chapter 10
"I was wondering when you'd get here." Grissom smiled and looked down at the carrier strapped to Sara's chest. He knew she didn't want him to hold Kate. He could feel it. He just wanted to see her. The others had been at the hospital, but he knew when he arrived that he wasn't welcome. Jake made that clear with the evil look he received.
Sara smiled at him as she rubbed baby Kate's back. "Hey Griss. You were waiting?"
He nodded and looked over at the pond. "I haven't seen you in a few weeks. I was wondering if you wanted to get something to eat before shift."
Sara looked down at Kate and watched as she stirred. "I'd love too, but I've got to drop Kate at nursery then get to the lab to catch up on my paperwork. Maternity leave does that, mounts ups." She brushed Kate's curls back and smiled at her as she looked up at her with wide awake eyes.
Grissom turned back and looked at Kate's head. "How have you been?" He asked softly, looking back at the pond. "I rang but no one picked up."
"Oh. I'm sorry. Jake was probably on the phone." She gave him an excuse and she saw in his eyes that he knew it was a lie.
"So. this is Kate huh?" Grissom asked, keeping his distance. "She's tiny Sara." He smiled.
Sara nodded and lifted her out from the carrier. "She's doing fine. Healthy and growing fast." Grissom watched as Sara stepped towards him. "You want to hold her Griss?"
Grissom went to reach for Kate, but thought better of it. He stuffed his hand into his pocket and shook his head. "I'd better not."
Sara looked at him with sad eyes. "You can hold her." She stepped closer and held Kate in one arm as she pulled his hand from his pocket. "Jake won't know."
He looked down at the baby as he held her against his chest. "She's beautiful." He whispered and brushed her brown curls back. He didn't take his eyes of Kate as he spoke to Sara. "I know he doesn't want me anywhere near her Sara. I understand he doesn't like me. I'm sorry if I get you into trouble."
Sara moved closer and placed her hand on Kate's back as she waited for him to look into her eyes. She saw something she didn't expect to see and forgot for a moment what she was going to say. "I try to tell him. You're my best friend Grissom. I can't not share my life with you."
"You don't Sara. Why's he so possessive of you? He is only going to end up hurting you if he keeps getting jealous of me being your friend. I'm not going to leave just because he doesn't want his wife to have a friend." Grissom explained, his eyes returning to Kate's as they looked up at him and he smiled as she cooed and gurgled at him. "She's adorable."
And at that moment, she knew he didn't see any of Jake in those eyes or the innocent little face that looked up at him and gave him her mothers smile. Sara could see that he adored her from the very first time he held her daughter. She knew she'd never be able to stop him from seeing her after seeing his eyes as they lit up and showed his love, from day one.
"I was wondering when you'd get here." Grissom smiled and looked down at the carrier strapped to Sara's chest. He knew she didn't want him to hold Kate. He could feel it. He just wanted to see her. The others had been at the hospital, but he knew when he arrived that he wasn't welcome. Jake made that clear with the evil look he received.
Sara smiled at him as she rubbed baby Kate's back. "Hey Griss. You were waiting?"
He nodded and looked over at the pond. "I haven't seen you in a few weeks. I was wondering if you wanted to get something to eat before shift."
Sara looked down at Kate and watched as she stirred. "I'd love too, but I've got to drop Kate at nursery then get to the lab to catch up on my paperwork. Maternity leave does that, mounts ups." She brushed Kate's curls back and smiled at her as she looked up at her with wide awake eyes.
Grissom turned back and looked at Kate's head. "How have you been?" He asked softly, looking back at the pond. "I rang but no one picked up."
"Oh. I'm sorry. Jake was probably on the phone." She gave him an excuse and she saw in his eyes that he knew it was a lie.
"So. this is Kate huh?" Grissom asked, keeping his distance. "She's tiny Sara." He smiled.
Sara nodded and lifted her out from the carrier. "She's doing fine. Healthy and growing fast." Grissom watched as Sara stepped towards him. "You want to hold her Griss?"
Grissom went to reach for Kate, but thought better of it. He stuffed his hand into his pocket and shook his head. "I'd better not."
Sara looked at him with sad eyes. "You can hold her." She stepped closer and held Kate in one arm as she pulled his hand from his pocket. "Jake won't know."
He looked down at the baby as he held her against his chest. "She's beautiful." He whispered and brushed her brown curls back. He didn't take his eyes of Kate as he spoke to Sara. "I know he doesn't want me anywhere near her Sara. I understand he doesn't like me. I'm sorry if I get you into trouble."
Sara moved closer and placed her hand on Kate's back as she waited for him to look into her eyes. She saw something she didn't expect to see and forgot for a moment what she was going to say. "I try to tell him. You're my best friend Grissom. I can't not share my life with you."
"You don't Sara. Why's he so possessive of you? He is only going to end up hurting you if he keeps getting jealous of me being your friend. I'm not going to leave just because he doesn't want his wife to have a friend." Grissom explained, his eyes returning to Kate's as they looked up at him and he smiled as she cooed and gurgled at him. "She's adorable."
And at that moment, she knew he didn't see any of Jake in those eyes or the innocent little face that looked up at him and gave him her mothers smile. Sara could see that he adored her from the very first time he held her daughter. She knew she'd never be able to stop him from seeing her after seeing his eyes as they lit up and showed his love, from day one.