Chapter Ten
Grissom sat behind his desk.
It had been two days since he got back from San Francisco.
He spoke to Sara when he got back and rang her before he started shift.
They were both busy with cases.
Catherine and the others had asked him about Sara and he told them that she was fine.
Catherine knew about the relationship between the two, but the other's still weren't completely aware.
Grissom looked up to see Catherine walk into the office.
She sat down and past him a case file. "Case closed." She announced and relaxed into the chair.
He smiled and looked the file over. "Did Warrick finish his case?"
She nodded and sighed. "Done and dusted. He's with Nick in Ballistics, awaiting Bobby's results on Nick's gang shooting."
Grissom signed the reports and dropped the file into the out tray.
"Well, at least the shift has slowed down."
Catherine agreed. "Yeah, maybe we'll get home on time. It's Lindsey's birthday and I want to be there when she wakes up."
"Take off now if you want. Nothing is likely to come in now and if it does, it's Ecklie's"
Smiling at the lightness of his tone, Catherine stood.
"You're the boss." She turned and left.
Sitting back in his chair once more, he lifted the phone, but hovered his hand over the numbers.
He sighed and replaced the phone.
She'd be busy anyway.
** ** ** **
Sara walked into the break room and opened the fridge.
She found an apple and as she stood, she suddenly felt dizzy.
Cameron and Andy strolled into the room laughing.
Cameron looked up and rushed over to Sara as she just about hit the floor.
"Andy, call an ambulance. She's unconscious." Cameron instructed.
Andy reached for her cell and sent the call.
Sara lay on the floor.
Cameron checked her pulse and noticed it was erratic.
Andy knelt down and push a cushion under Sara's head.
"Is she ok?" Andy asked.
"Not sure, but her pulse is through the roof."
** ** ** **
A day later.
Nick and Warrick ran down the hallway.
"Stokes, Brown!" Grissom shouted.
"Sorry!" They shouted back.
He shook his head and continued to walk down the hallway towards his office.
The phone was ringing.
Taking his time.
He pulled his coat from the hook and put it on.
Time to go home and relax.
Staring at the phone, he was about to leave it, when he smiled at the sudden thought.
Lifting the receiver, his smile faded.
"Cameron?"
Grissom listened carefully to Cameron's rush of words.
"Cameron, calm down."
Waiting for Cameron to take a deep breath, he could hear more clearly.
Nodding to no one, he swallowed hard.
"Is she ok?"
He breathed a sigh of relief at the affirmative.
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
After a few more details and thanks, Grissom hung up.
Leaving the lab, he drove over to Catherine's house.
** ** ** **
Catherine opened the door and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Gil?"
Grissom looked down at the floor briefly.
"I need to go to San Francisco."
Catherine opened the door wider to let him in.
"Something wrong?"
"I got a call from Cameron."
Getting a blank look from her, he explained.
"Cameron's one of Sara's CSI's. He called and said Sara collapsed at work yesterday. She's fine, but isn't allowed back at work for a few days."
Catherine sat down at the kitchen table.
"And you want me to cover?"
Grissom sighed. "Yes."
"Ok."
He looked at her surprised, then smiled.
"Thank you."
She shrugged. "No problem. Means I get to boss the boys around."
He chuckled. "Like you don't already."
Catherine reach across and smacked his arms. "Watch it."
** ** ** **
Grissom was on the phone a few times during the flight.
He was arranging cover for himself while he was away.
He'd just got back from a two week post in San Francisco and now he was going back.
Explaining the situation with as little detail as possible to the director.
Working in San Francisco was on hold.
He needed to find out what was wrong and what to do to help.
Sara has been ill, but she's never collapsed at work before.
** ** ** **
Sara unlocked the door and opened it.
At the sight of him, she started to cry.
He dropped his bag on the floor by the door and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey, Sssh. It's ok now." He soothed.
"I was so scared." She cried.
He rubbed her back softly and kissed her neck.
"I'm here now."
She clung to his jacket tightly as he rocked her gently.
After a while, he pulled away and closed the door.
Walking her towards the couch and sitting down beside her.
He pulled her against him and held her.
"What happened?" He asked.
She took a shallow breath and buried her head in his chest.
"It was nearing end of shift and I was hungry. I went into the break room and when I got an apple out the fridge, I felt dizzy. I stood up and suddenly I'm at the hospital with Andy and Cameron."
Brushing her hair back from her face, he kissed her forehead.
"What did the doctor say?"
He waited and waited, but she didn't answer.
"Honey?"
She turned her head slightly and looked across the room.
"That I'm pregnant."
She felt him stop breathing.
His chest still.
And his heart rate increase.
But his arms still held her tightly.
"Gil?" She looked up at him.
His eyes were closed.
Taking the first breath in minutes, he looked down at her.
"Pregnant?" He asked lightly.
She watched as his eyes seemed to dance.
Nodding, she moved slightly.
"Yes."
He swallowed hard. "A baby?"
She had to smile at his stammering.
"Yeah, a baby, our baby."
He smirked at her, then a large grin spread across his face.
Matching his smile, she hugged him tightly.
"We're having a baby?" He whispered into her hair.
"A beautiful baby Gil."
His arms held her as he leaned his head against hers.
"Sara?"
"Mmm?"
"How far along?"
She smiled and snuggled closer. "Strangely enough, 9 weeks."
Grissom pulled away and stared at her.
"You're kidding?"
His grin was larger than hers as she shook her head.
She reached up and ran her fingers through his hair.
"Nope, in around 29 weeks. we'll have a baby."
Seeing the happiness in his eyes, she scooted closer to him and kissed his lips softly.
He chuckled. "I'm gonna be a dad in about 29 weeks."
She nodded and laughed as he pulled her roughly against him.
"Hey, honey, you'll make me sick."
He grinned, loosened his hold on her and kissed her cheek.
"Morning sickness huh?"
She giggled. "Weird, I know."
Grissom sat behind his desk.
It had been two days since he got back from San Francisco.
He spoke to Sara when he got back and rang her before he started shift.
They were both busy with cases.
Catherine and the others had asked him about Sara and he told them that she was fine.
Catherine knew about the relationship between the two, but the other's still weren't completely aware.
Grissom looked up to see Catherine walk into the office.
She sat down and past him a case file. "Case closed." She announced and relaxed into the chair.
He smiled and looked the file over. "Did Warrick finish his case?"
She nodded and sighed. "Done and dusted. He's with Nick in Ballistics, awaiting Bobby's results on Nick's gang shooting."
Grissom signed the reports and dropped the file into the out tray.
"Well, at least the shift has slowed down."
Catherine agreed. "Yeah, maybe we'll get home on time. It's Lindsey's birthday and I want to be there when she wakes up."
"Take off now if you want. Nothing is likely to come in now and if it does, it's Ecklie's"
Smiling at the lightness of his tone, Catherine stood.
"You're the boss." She turned and left.
Sitting back in his chair once more, he lifted the phone, but hovered his hand over the numbers.
He sighed and replaced the phone.
She'd be busy anyway.
** ** ** **
Sara walked into the break room and opened the fridge.
She found an apple and as she stood, she suddenly felt dizzy.
Cameron and Andy strolled into the room laughing.
Cameron looked up and rushed over to Sara as she just about hit the floor.
"Andy, call an ambulance. She's unconscious." Cameron instructed.
Andy reached for her cell and sent the call.
Sara lay on the floor.
Cameron checked her pulse and noticed it was erratic.
Andy knelt down and push a cushion under Sara's head.
"Is she ok?" Andy asked.
"Not sure, but her pulse is through the roof."
** ** ** **
A day later.
Nick and Warrick ran down the hallway.
"Stokes, Brown!" Grissom shouted.
"Sorry!" They shouted back.
He shook his head and continued to walk down the hallway towards his office.
The phone was ringing.
Taking his time.
He pulled his coat from the hook and put it on.
Time to go home and relax.
Staring at the phone, he was about to leave it, when he smiled at the sudden thought.
Lifting the receiver, his smile faded.
"Cameron?"
Grissom listened carefully to Cameron's rush of words.
"Cameron, calm down."
Waiting for Cameron to take a deep breath, he could hear more clearly.
Nodding to no one, he swallowed hard.
"Is she ok?"
He breathed a sigh of relief at the affirmative.
"I'll be there as soon as I can."
After a few more details and thanks, Grissom hung up.
Leaving the lab, he drove over to Catherine's house.
** ** ** **
Catherine opened the door and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Gil?"
Grissom looked down at the floor briefly.
"I need to go to San Francisco."
Catherine opened the door wider to let him in.
"Something wrong?"
"I got a call from Cameron."
Getting a blank look from her, he explained.
"Cameron's one of Sara's CSI's. He called and said Sara collapsed at work yesterday. She's fine, but isn't allowed back at work for a few days."
Catherine sat down at the kitchen table.
"And you want me to cover?"
Grissom sighed. "Yes."
"Ok."
He looked at her surprised, then smiled.
"Thank you."
She shrugged. "No problem. Means I get to boss the boys around."
He chuckled. "Like you don't already."
Catherine reach across and smacked his arms. "Watch it."
** ** ** **
Grissom was on the phone a few times during the flight.
He was arranging cover for himself while he was away.
He'd just got back from a two week post in San Francisco and now he was going back.
Explaining the situation with as little detail as possible to the director.
Working in San Francisco was on hold.
He needed to find out what was wrong and what to do to help.
Sara has been ill, but she's never collapsed at work before.
** ** ** **
Sara unlocked the door and opened it.
At the sight of him, she started to cry.
He dropped his bag on the floor by the door and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey, Sssh. It's ok now." He soothed.
"I was so scared." She cried.
He rubbed her back softly and kissed her neck.
"I'm here now."
She clung to his jacket tightly as he rocked her gently.
After a while, he pulled away and closed the door.
Walking her towards the couch and sitting down beside her.
He pulled her against him and held her.
"What happened?" He asked.
She took a shallow breath and buried her head in his chest.
"It was nearing end of shift and I was hungry. I went into the break room and when I got an apple out the fridge, I felt dizzy. I stood up and suddenly I'm at the hospital with Andy and Cameron."
Brushing her hair back from her face, he kissed her forehead.
"What did the doctor say?"
He waited and waited, but she didn't answer.
"Honey?"
She turned her head slightly and looked across the room.
"That I'm pregnant."
She felt him stop breathing.
His chest still.
And his heart rate increase.
But his arms still held her tightly.
"Gil?" She looked up at him.
His eyes were closed.
Taking the first breath in minutes, he looked down at her.
"Pregnant?" He asked lightly.
She watched as his eyes seemed to dance.
Nodding, she moved slightly.
"Yes."
He swallowed hard. "A baby?"
She had to smile at his stammering.
"Yeah, a baby, our baby."
He smirked at her, then a large grin spread across his face.
Matching his smile, she hugged him tightly.
"We're having a baby?" He whispered into her hair.
"A beautiful baby Gil."
His arms held her as he leaned his head against hers.
"Sara?"
"Mmm?"
"How far along?"
She smiled and snuggled closer. "Strangely enough, 9 weeks."
Grissom pulled away and stared at her.
"You're kidding?"
His grin was larger than hers as she shook her head.
She reached up and ran her fingers through his hair.
"Nope, in around 29 weeks. we'll have a baby."
Seeing the happiness in his eyes, she scooted closer to him and kissed his lips softly.
He chuckled. "I'm gonna be a dad in about 29 weeks."
She nodded and laughed as he pulled her roughly against him.
"Hey, honey, you'll make me sick."
He grinned, loosened his hold on her and kissed her cheek.
"Morning sickness huh?"
She giggled. "Weird, I know."