Chapter 18
It was a good movie. Nothing like a science fiction film with take out and your family to end an evening. Kate had her head on Grissom's legs as she watched the movie. Sara was tucked into his side as she leaned her head on his shoulder. Grissom brushed Kate's hair back absently as he watched the movie and leaned his head against Sara's. It was only a few days, but he felt lost without them being together like this.
Sara was falling asleep near the end of the movie and Kate was not far behind her. Grissom watched them as they both drifted off to sleep and he soon joined them. If he could stop time, he'd never want to leave this moment. He'd felt pulled between past and present ever since Sara said she wanted to tell Kate the truth. He was starting to believe that she truly wanted Jake back in her life.
Kate would be torn apart if she found out he wasn't her real father. She adored him, she showed him off to her friends and wasn't afraid to show her girlfriends his spiders and bugs. They all loved him because he was a great dad and would take them to the mall or out to Lake Mead. He did it because he loved to see them happy. It fulfilled him to see them running around and laughing.
Although he didn't have a biological child with Sara, he wouldn't change Kate for anything. He was happy with his life and he never wanted Jake to be part of it again. He nearly destroyed his own wife and daughter years ago. He wasn't fit to have them. Grissom had loved Sara since the beginning, but was afraid of her. Afraid she'd see him as too old and only her boss and friend. Although he could have lived with her being his best friend forever, if wasn't for Jake.
Grissom would never once change them. He stopped that bullet from killing both the things he loved in the world and he wasn't going to give up so easily on them, even if it looked like that over the past few days. He wouldn't have left until it was truly Sara's intentions to bring Jake back. Grissom swore with his blood that he would never let Jake near them again and he had kept that promise for over 15 years. He wasn't going to let them down now.
Sara turned slightly in her sleep and laid her head over his heart. Grissom pulled her tighter and placed his other hand over Kate's hand on his knee. He was drifting in and out of sleep with thought. He looked up at the fuzzy screen and watched it briefly. He closed his eyes and tried to forget about the last few days. He was tired from the argument and all the things said.
He was glad, ecstatic that Sara wasn't going to tell Kate. He can understand on some level why she wanted to tell her, but the choice was given to him. She left it up to him and he'd never discussed it. He didn't want to bring Jake back into their lives. It was too painful to think about what he did to Sara. He was sick and dangerous. Grissom couldn't let Jake continue to do those things to Sara. It was killing him to sit by and do nothing.
Grissom placed a light kiss in Sara's hair and whispered. "I love you."
Sara moaned and lifted her head to rest on his shoulder. "Love you too." She murmured and kissed his neck.
Grissom smiled and turned his head. His nose brushing through her hair. Taking a deep breathe, he sighed contentedly. The first feeling of real happiness in days.
It was a good movie. Nothing like a science fiction film with take out and your family to end an evening. Kate had her head on Grissom's legs as she watched the movie. Sara was tucked into his side as she leaned her head on his shoulder. Grissom brushed Kate's hair back absently as he watched the movie and leaned his head against Sara's. It was only a few days, but he felt lost without them being together like this.
Sara was falling asleep near the end of the movie and Kate was not far behind her. Grissom watched them as they both drifted off to sleep and he soon joined them. If he could stop time, he'd never want to leave this moment. He'd felt pulled between past and present ever since Sara said she wanted to tell Kate the truth. He was starting to believe that she truly wanted Jake back in her life.
Kate would be torn apart if she found out he wasn't her real father. She adored him, she showed him off to her friends and wasn't afraid to show her girlfriends his spiders and bugs. They all loved him because he was a great dad and would take them to the mall or out to Lake Mead. He did it because he loved to see them happy. It fulfilled him to see them running around and laughing.
Although he didn't have a biological child with Sara, he wouldn't change Kate for anything. He was happy with his life and he never wanted Jake to be part of it again. He nearly destroyed his own wife and daughter years ago. He wasn't fit to have them. Grissom had loved Sara since the beginning, but was afraid of her. Afraid she'd see him as too old and only her boss and friend. Although he could have lived with her being his best friend forever, if wasn't for Jake.
Grissom would never once change them. He stopped that bullet from killing both the things he loved in the world and he wasn't going to give up so easily on them, even if it looked like that over the past few days. He wouldn't have left until it was truly Sara's intentions to bring Jake back. Grissom swore with his blood that he would never let Jake near them again and he had kept that promise for over 15 years. He wasn't going to let them down now.
Sara turned slightly in her sleep and laid her head over his heart. Grissom pulled her tighter and placed his other hand over Kate's hand on his knee. He was drifting in and out of sleep with thought. He looked up at the fuzzy screen and watched it briefly. He closed his eyes and tried to forget about the last few days. He was tired from the argument and all the things said.
He was glad, ecstatic that Sara wasn't going to tell Kate. He can understand on some level why she wanted to tell her, but the choice was given to him. She left it up to him and he'd never discussed it. He didn't want to bring Jake back into their lives. It was too painful to think about what he did to Sara. He was sick and dangerous. Grissom couldn't let Jake continue to do those things to Sara. It was killing him to sit by and do nothing.
Grissom placed a light kiss in Sara's hair and whispered. "I love you."
Sara moaned and lifted her head to rest on his shoulder. "Love you too." She murmured and kissed his neck.
Grissom smiled and turned his head. His nose brushing through her hair. Taking a deep breathe, he sighed contentedly. The first feeling of real happiness in days.