Y'all know the title and who I am by now; lets skip that part, shall we?
Notes: Here is a nice long section for you guys. Enjoy, it's the beginning of the madness...bwhahahahahaha!
Curled on the couch with her head in Grissom's lap, Sara's eyes begin to close of their own accord. He isn't helping matters though; one hand is placed firmly on the baby the other running through her hair.
"Sara?" he asks quietly, not sure if she is asleep yet.
"Mmmm," is her mumbled response.
"Come on, you need to go to bed."
"Not yet." She rolls over onto her back and looks at him with sleep coated eyes. "Have I mentioned how much I love you?"
"I know."
"This is the most incredible thing anyone has ever done for me. I love this house Grissom, it's perfect, and the view is incredible."
"You're welcome, Sara. I just thought with the baby we needed a fresh start, someplace with no bad memories, someplace that isn't mine or yours, but ours."
"Well you did good." She stretches briefly before waking more fully and giving him a mischievous grin. Running her hand up his chest and coming to a stop on the back of his neck she pulls him down into her, kissing him deeply. He responds in kind, pulling her up slightly. Finally breaking for air, Sara bites her lower lip and stares at him with desire in her eyes. Getting up, she silently grabs his hands and pulls him into the bedroom.
New Years Eve is spent at the lab, not by force, but by choice. No one had made plans this year, so they all agreed to work that night and have a small party there at midnight. Luckily, the rest of Vegas seemed to have dates and not one call had come in that night. Catherine has Lindsey for the first half of the shift, the babysitter is going to pick her up after midnight. Most of that time Lindsey had spent either following Catherine and Warrick or fascinated with Sara.
Sitting in the break room, Sara is resting and reading a file when Lindsey comes in, accompanied by Warrick. The young girl walks up to her and asks if she can feel her stomach, intrigued by the concept of a baby in there. Sara agrees and the small girl places a hand on her, waiting for something to happen.
"Is it sleeping?" Lindsey asks, confused when nothing happens.
"Might be. Let see if we can wake him. Shall we?" Sara smiles conspiratorially at the girl and gets a grin in response. Pushing on the right side, where she can feel him, Sara manages to get the baby going, if only enough initially to appease the young girl.
Lindsey lets out a squeal at the feeling of movement under her hand and places an ear next to it. "Can I hear him?"
"Probably not, baby." Catherine says from the door, where she had been watching, amused. Normally Sara never would have let Lindsey this close to her, much less let her rest a head on her. "Linds, let Sara be."
"It's fine, Catherine. She wasn't bothering me. Besides, this kid needs to be on my schedule at some point. He is already sleeping during the night and up during the day."
"You mean you don't have him trained already to be on your schedule Sara?" Warrick asks from the corner, smiling at the young woman.
"No Warrick I don't. And let me tell you, I wish I did. I cant figure it out, its like he really doesn't want me to sleep."
"I thought you didn't sleep anyway."
Sara just gives him an exasperated look and turns to the door as Grissom, Nick and Greg walk in.
"You guys ready? We have about a minute," Nick says and turns on the TV to Dick Clark.
They all stand watching as the countdown winds through 30 seconds, then 20 and finally the last 10. Lindsey counts down loudly with Warrick as the last five seconds of 2002 wind down into nothing but memories. As the ball hits and an explosion of fireworks erupts and the room breaks into a chorus of "Happy New Year".
Grissom leans into Sara, whispers the time honored words in her ear, and kisses her deeply. Parting, they stare at each other before Nicky interrupts, pulling Sara into a careful hug.
"Happy New Year Sar," he says as they part and places a quick kiss on her lips. "You deserve it."
"Happy New Year. You do, too." She hugs him again, holding on more tightly to her friend. Pulling away, they share a smile.
Two days later, Sara and Grissom are again sitting in the sonogram room, the lights nearly off. This time, however, Sara is not surprised about the cool gel on her stomach, or the slimy feel of it. Watching the screen, the picture comes into focus more quickly, the baby now taking up all the space available, and making more room as it goes.
Sticking her tongue out, Megan maneuvers the wand around, taking pictures and nodding happily.
"Ok guys, everything looks right on track for your due date. The baby is the right size; all the organs and appendages look good. So, do you want to know the sex?"
Sara quickly glances at Grissom; they had discussed it, but she needs to confirm. He nods and she responds in the affirmative to the doctor.
"Ok. Congratulations, it's a boy."
"A.boy? You're sure?" Grissom asks.
Looking back at the screen Megan confirms. "Oh yeah, no doubt about it."
"Thank you, Megan," Sara says, and finally gets up off the table, pulling her shirt down.
"No problem. But one thing. Sara, you need to gain some more weight. You were going strong at the beginning, but haven't gained much since your last visit. How about five pounds by next month?"
"Ok. I'll do my best."
"Good, see you in 4 weeks."
They say their goodbyes, gather the new pictures, and head out the office door to the Tahoe, each lost in their own thoughts.
"A boy." They both say at the same time, and promptly laugh.
"Well, at least we were calling him the right sex." Sara comments.
"Yeah. I guess we can tell the team, and try to pick a name, I get the feeling it will take the next 4 months." He grins at her and lifts his eyebrows.
"It will not, but let's be clear now. There will be no juniors around our house. One Gil Grissom is plenty, I don't need two."
"Agreed. Are you ok with going in now?" he asks and starts the car.
"Yeah, that's fine. I can brush up on my lab work, maybe have Greg show me the new equipment if he's there."
"Ok."
He sits in the truck at work, contemplating. Finally looking at the clock, he notices the time: one hour before her shift starts. It's been to long since he has contacted her; it's time to make himself known, he's ready. Joey realizes that once he contacts her again they will start looking for him, and he doesn't need that. He will have a few hours to pack up what he needs and find other accommodations; They will trace him to the halfway house. In hindsight Joey is happy that he didn't succeed in killing her; they have a second chance now, a chance to be happy together. She will be his, no matter what.
She is sitting on a lab stool, carefully listening to Greg explain the new software for the Mass Spec machine when Nicky pops his head in.
"Hey Sar. How did the appointment go?" Nick asks. Greg's head pops up, he obviously had forgotten.
"Hey, yeah, Sara. Weren't you supposed to get pictures?" Like the rest of the team, Greg has really gotten into Sara's pregnancy. He is curious about everything, frequently peppering her with questions that she sometimes had no answer to, sometimes surprising her with a piece of information he has read.
"Yeah, I have them. In my locker." She smiles at the men and turns her attention back to the machine.
Nick gives Greg a look and approaches her, wrapping his strong arms around her shoulders. Leaning in, he whispers in her ear. "Come on Sara, I want to see. If we wait for everyone to get here, it could take forever. Plus I know you know the sex."
"You know nothing." She stands and pulls herself out of his grip, pretending to ignore him. Sara is afraid if she looks at her friend, she will spill, and she and Grissom have agreed to tell the team together.
"Yeah I do. I have 5 sisters, Sara; I'm not that clueless about the process. Twenty week ultrasound you can find out. And I know you, you would want to know. Spill it."
Finally she turns to look her friend. "Grissom and I agreed.."
"Come ON Sara, you're killing me. At least let's see the pictures." At that moment Nick's pager goes off and he reads the display.
"Fine, you win. I'll grab the pictures.You have no patience Nicky, you know that?"
"None whatsoever. Hustle, mom. I gotta get my lab report and meet you back here."
"All right, all right. But pregnant women don't hustle."
"Yeah, yeah."
Twenty minutes later Sara is sitting in the break room with the two men, one on each side of her as she points out parts of the baby on the grainy picture.
"So what is it?" Nick asks , smiling at her.
Sara merely rolls her eyes at him and puts the pictures down. "I'm not going to tell you Nick; get over it."
"Ok then, let try a different tactic. Have you been craving certain foods?" He sits down in the chair across from her, assuming a position for interrogation.
"What? Why do you.." She sighs loudly before deciding to humor him. "Yes, I have."
"Which ones?"
Sara shakes her head before replying. "All right, I hate to even admit this, but I would kill for a hamburger right now."
"What? Ohhh that's too good, the resident vegetarian wants a burger. Wait till Warrick hears that!" Nicky looks at Greg and both men start laughing outright.
"It's not funny! Okay, maybe it is a little, but come on, cut me some slack."
"Sorry. Sorry. I bet it's a boy then, my sisters craved meat with their boys."
"Wait a second, you are basing the sex of my child on what food I'm craving and your sisters' pregnancies? That's not really scientific there, buddy."
"It never is." He waggles his eyebrows at her as Grissom, Warrick and Catherine all walk into the room.
Catherine is the first to notice the ultrasound pictures and promptly leans over Sara to look at them. Sara hands her the pictures after a few moments; Cath hanging over her shoulder is getting on her nerves. Warrick walks around the table and stands behind Catherine, smiling.
"You know what it is?" Warrick asks, even though he knows the answer.
"Yes, we know." Is Grissom's typically short and obtuse reply. Warrick hadn't asked for the sex.
"Are you going to tell us?"
"Yes," he again replies with few words.
"Well? What's the sex?" This comes from Nick now, who is staring Sara down.
Sara glances at Grissom with a "you are bad" expression on her face before speaking. "XY."
"A boy, that's great!" Nick says and gives her a wide smile.
After a round of congratulations, Grissom hands out assignments. Sara and Nick are on a 419, Grissom and Warrick are on another homicide and Catherine gets a missing person. Grissom has been careful of late to be sure he doesn't assign Sara to all his cases; they don't need any sign of impropriety, regardless of whether or not people are aware of their personal status.
Nick is walking out with Sara when he looks down and realizes he doesn't have his badge with him.
"Damn it. Sara, I'll meet you out there, I left my badge." He quickly tosses her the keys and turns around.
Sara merely shakes her head at Nick's retreating form and walks out the front doors, the chill in the air assaulting the sensitive skin on her face. She pauses momentarily to look into the clear night sky and observe the stars.
'Beautiful,' she thinks, and continues to the vehicle.
He sees her come out of the lab doors and it seems that his heart stops. She is more beautiful than he remembers. Her face looks rounder, like she has gained some weight; her hair is 3 inches longer than when he saw her last and a bit lighter. Letting his eyes wander down from her face, Joey gets the surprise of his life: she's pregnant. Sucking in a deep breath, he fights to control the rage that surges through him. He knows she is still seeing that guy, Grissom he thinks his name is. Are they married? How could she do this to him? Allow herself to get pregnant with another man's child while he was away. How could his Sara do this? Joey decides not to wait for her reaction to his gift, he needs to leave now before he does something rash. He needs to go think. He starts the truck and slowly drives off, Joey needs to rethink his plan, a baby adds a new dimension.
After dropping her case in the back, she walks to the driver's side, quickly opening the door and getting into the imposing vehicle. Putting the key in the ignition, Sara finally looks up and out the window. The sight that greets her, however, causes her heart to sink into her chest and for a moment she stops breathing.
tbc..........
Notes: Here is a nice long section for you guys. Enjoy, it's the beginning of the madness...bwhahahahahaha!
Curled on the couch with her head in Grissom's lap, Sara's eyes begin to close of their own accord. He isn't helping matters though; one hand is placed firmly on the baby the other running through her hair.
"Sara?" he asks quietly, not sure if she is asleep yet.
"Mmmm," is her mumbled response.
"Come on, you need to go to bed."
"Not yet." She rolls over onto her back and looks at him with sleep coated eyes. "Have I mentioned how much I love you?"
"I know."
"This is the most incredible thing anyone has ever done for me. I love this house Grissom, it's perfect, and the view is incredible."
"You're welcome, Sara. I just thought with the baby we needed a fresh start, someplace with no bad memories, someplace that isn't mine or yours, but ours."
"Well you did good." She stretches briefly before waking more fully and giving him a mischievous grin. Running her hand up his chest and coming to a stop on the back of his neck she pulls him down into her, kissing him deeply. He responds in kind, pulling her up slightly. Finally breaking for air, Sara bites her lower lip and stares at him with desire in her eyes. Getting up, she silently grabs his hands and pulls him into the bedroom.
New Years Eve is spent at the lab, not by force, but by choice. No one had made plans this year, so they all agreed to work that night and have a small party there at midnight. Luckily, the rest of Vegas seemed to have dates and not one call had come in that night. Catherine has Lindsey for the first half of the shift, the babysitter is going to pick her up after midnight. Most of that time Lindsey had spent either following Catherine and Warrick or fascinated with Sara.
Sitting in the break room, Sara is resting and reading a file when Lindsey comes in, accompanied by Warrick. The young girl walks up to her and asks if she can feel her stomach, intrigued by the concept of a baby in there. Sara agrees and the small girl places a hand on her, waiting for something to happen.
"Is it sleeping?" Lindsey asks, confused when nothing happens.
"Might be. Let see if we can wake him. Shall we?" Sara smiles conspiratorially at the girl and gets a grin in response. Pushing on the right side, where she can feel him, Sara manages to get the baby going, if only enough initially to appease the young girl.
Lindsey lets out a squeal at the feeling of movement under her hand and places an ear next to it. "Can I hear him?"
"Probably not, baby." Catherine says from the door, where she had been watching, amused. Normally Sara never would have let Lindsey this close to her, much less let her rest a head on her. "Linds, let Sara be."
"It's fine, Catherine. She wasn't bothering me. Besides, this kid needs to be on my schedule at some point. He is already sleeping during the night and up during the day."
"You mean you don't have him trained already to be on your schedule Sara?" Warrick asks from the corner, smiling at the young woman.
"No Warrick I don't. And let me tell you, I wish I did. I cant figure it out, its like he really doesn't want me to sleep."
"I thought you didn't sleep anyway."
Sara just gives him an exasperated look and turns to the door as Grissom, Nick and Greg walk in.
"You guys ready? We have about a minute," Nick says and turns on the TV to Dick Clark.
They all stand watching as the countdown winds through 30 seconds, then 20 and finally the last 10. Lindsey counts down loudly with Warrick as the last five seconds of 2002 wind down into nothing but memories. As the ball hits and an explosion of fireworks erupts and the room breaks into a chorus of "Happy New Year".
Grissom leans into Sara, whispers the time honored words in her ear, and kisses her deeply. Parting, they stare at each other before Nicky interrupts, pulling Sara into a careful hug.
"Happy New Year Sar," he says as they part and places a quick kiss on her lips. "You deserve it."
"Happy New Year. You do, too." She hugs him again, holding on more tightly to her friend. Pulling away, they share a smile.
Two days later, Sara and Grissom are again sitting in the sonogram room, the lights nearly off. This time, however, Sara is not surprised about the cool gel on her stomach, or the slimy feel of it. Watching the screen, the picture comes into focus more quickly, the baby now taking up all the space available, and making more room as it goes.
Sticking her tongue out, Megan maneuvers the wand around, taking pictures and nodding happily.
"Ok guys, everything looks right on track for your due date. The baby is the right size; all the organs and appendages look good. So, do you want to know the sex?"
Sara quickly glances at Grissom; they had discussed it, but she needs to confirm. He nods and she responds in the affirmative to the doctor.
"Ok. Congratulations, it's a boy."
"A.boy? You're sure?" Grissom asks.
Looking back at the screen Megan confirms. "Oh yeah, no doubt about it."
"Thank you, Megan," Sara says, and finally gets up off the table, pulling her shirt down.
"No problem. But one thing. Sara, you need to gain some more weight. You were going strong at the beginning, but haven't gained much since your last visit. How about five pounds by next month?"
"Ok. I'll do my best."
"Good, see you in 4 weeks."
They say their goodbyes, gather the new pictures, and head out the office door to the Tahoe, each lost in their own thoughts.
"A boy." They both say at the same time, and promptly laugh.
"Well, at least we were calling him the right sex." Sara comments.
"Yeah. I guess we can tell the team, and try to pick a name, I get the feeling it will take the next 4 months." He grins at her and lifts his eyebrows.
"It will not, but let's be clear now. There will be no juniors around our house. One Gil Grissom is plenty, I don't need two."
"Agreed. Are you ok with going in now?" he asks and starts the car.
"Yeah, that's fine. I can brush up on my lab work, maybe have Greg show me the new equipment if he's there."
"Ok."
He sits in the truck at work, contemplating. Finally looking at the clock, he notices the time: one hour before her shift starts. It's been to long since he has contacted her; it's time to make himself known, he's ready. Joey realizes that once he contacts her again they will start looking for him, and he doesn't need that. He will have a few hours to pack up what he needs and find other accommodations; They will trace him to the halfway house. In hindsight Joey is happy that he didn't succeed in killing her; they have a second chance now, a chance to be happy together. She will be his, no matter what.
She is sitting on a lab stool, carefully listening to Greg explain the new software for the Mass Spec machine when Nicky pops his head in.
"Hey Sar. How did the appointment go?" Nick asks. Greg's head pops up, he obviously had forgotten.
"Hey, yeah, Sara. Weren't you supposed to get pictures?" Like the rest of the team, Greg has really gotten into Sara's pregnancy. He is curious about everything, frequently peppering her with questions that she sometimes had no answer to, sometimes surprising her with a piece of information he has read.
"Yeah, I have them. In my locker." She smiles at the men and turns her attention back to the machine.
Nick gives Greg a look and approaches her, wrapping his strong arms around her shoulders. Leaning in, he whispers in her ear. "Come on Sara, I want to see. If we wait for everyone to get here, it could take forever. Plus I know you know the sex."
"You know nothing." She stands and pulls herself out of his grip, pretending to ignore him. Sara is afraid if she looks at her friend, she will spill, and she and Grissom have agreed to tell the team together.
"Yeah I do. I have 5 sisters, Sara; I'm not that clueless about the process. Twenty week ultrasound you can find out. And I know you, you would want to know. Spill it."
Finally she turns to look her friend. "Grissom and I agreed.."
"Come ON Sara, you're killing me. At least let's see the pictures." At that moment Nick's pager goes off and he reads the display.
"Fine, you win. I'll grab the pictures.You have no patience Nicky, you know that?"
"None whatsoever. Hustle, mom. I gotta get my lab report and meet you back here."
"All right, all right. But pregnant women don't hustle."
"Yeah, yeah."
Twenty minutes later Sara is sitting in the break room with the two men, one on each side of her as she points out parts of the baby on the grainy picture.
"So what is it?" Nick asks , smiling at her.
Sara merely rolls her eyes at him and puts the pictures down. "I'm not going to tell you Nick; get over it."
"Ok then, let try a different tactic. Have you been craving certain foods?" He sits down in the chair across from her, assuming a position for interrogation.
"What? Why do you.." She sighs loudly before deciding to humor him. "Yes, I have."
"Which ones?"
Sara shakes her head before replying. "All right, I hate to even admit this, but I would kill for a hamburger right now."
"What? Ohhh that's too good, the resident vegetarian wants a burger. Wait till Warrick hears that!" Nicky looks at Greg and both men start laughing outright.
"It's not funny! Okay, maybe it is a little, but come on, cut me some slack."
"Sorry. Sorry. I bet it's a boy then, my sisters craved meat with their boys."
"Wait a second, you are basing the sex of my child on what food I'm craving and your sisters' pregnancies? That's not really scientific there, buddy."
"It never is." He waggles his eyebrows at her as Grissom, Warrick and Catherine all walk into the room.
Catherine is the first to notice the ultrasound pictures and promptly leans over Sara to look at them. Sara hands her the pictures after a few moments; Cath hanging over her shoulder is getting on her nerves. Warrick walks around the table and stands behind Catherine, smiling.
"You know what it is?" Warrick asks, even though he knows the answer.
"Yes, we know." Is Grissom's typically short and obtuse reply. Warrick hadn't asked for the sex.
"Are you going to tell us?"
"Yes," he again replies with few words.
"Well? What's the sex?" This comes from Nick now, who is staring Sara down.
Sara glances at Grissom with a "you are bad" expression on her face before speaking. "XY."
"A boy, that's great!" Nick says and gives her a wide smile.
After a round of congratulations, Grissom hands out assignments. Sara and Nick are on a 419, Grissom and Warrick are on another homicide and Catherine gets a missing person. Grissom has been careful of late to be sure he doesn't assign Sara to all his cases; they don't need any sign of impropriety, regardless of whether or not people are aware of their personal status.
Nick is walking out with Sara when he looks down and realizes he doesn't have his badge with him.
"Damn it. Sara, I'll meet you out there, I left my badge." He quickly tosses her the keys and turns around.
Sara merely shakes her head at Nick's retreating form and walks out the front doors, the chill in the air assaulting the sensitive skin on her face. She pauses momentarily to look into the clear night sky and observe the stars.
'Beautiful,' she thinks, and continues to the vehicle.
He sees her come out of the lab doors and it seems that his heart stops. She is more beautiful than he remembers. Her face looks rounder, like she has gained some weight; her hair is 3 inches longer than when he saw her last and a bit lighter. Letting his eyes wander down from her face, Joey gets the surprise of his life: she's pregnant. Sucking in a deep breath, he fights to control the rage that surges through him. He knows she is still seeing that guy, Grissom he thinks his name is. Are they married? How could she do this to him? Allow herself to get pregnant with another man's child while he was away. How could his Sara do this? Joey decides not to wait for her reaction to his gift, he needs to leave now before he does something rash. He needs to go think. He starts the truck and slowly drives off, Joey needs to rethink his plan, a baby adds a new dimension.
After dropping her case in the back, she walks to the driver's side, quickly opening the door and getting into the imposing vehicle. Putting the key in the ignition, Sara finally looks up and out the window. The sight that greets her, however, causes her heart to sink into her chest and for a moment she stops breathing.
tbc..........