Chapter Eleven
"So, mom." He chuckled. "We need to talk about what happens between before and after the little sprog comes."
Raising her eyebrows at him, she asked. "Sprog?"
He shrugged. "Hey, I'm new at this."
She giggled and shook her head. "Ok, sprog it is and what do you mean talk?"
She watched as he moved to sit on the coffee table.
He was facing her as she turned.
Their knees touching and his hands holding both hers.
He smiled and looked down at their hands.
"I sort of already sorted out what needs to be done next. Although I wasn't expecting this?"
He motioned to her stomach where their baby was growing.
She nodded and squeezed his hands.
"I couldn't stay two days away from you without missing you, let alone two weeks."
"I know, I missed you too." She smiled and waited for him to continue.
He cringed and looked at her briefly. "I resigned as supervisor."
She gasped and pulled her hands from his. "No! You did not! Gil Grissom! Oh God!"
He sat back slightly and watched her reaction as he continued.
"Listen to me before you bite my head off." He pleaded.
She sighed and waited.
"I made a few calls. You said yourself that maybe one day we could start over. Where there were no rules, no one stopping us from being together."
His explanation was rushed as he watched her eyes widen.
"It's not that bad, really."
She just stared at him as she slumped back on the couch.
She dropped her head and looked at her hands.
"You worked so hard to get where you are Gil." She whispered.
He nodded and leaned forward slightly.
"Yes, but that's before I realised what I wanted in life. It's been too long Sara. Please believe me, that I did this for both of us."
She shook her head. "I can't."
"Sara, please."
She pulled her knees up to her chest.
"We agreed you would keep your job, no matter what happened."
"It's different now Sara, can't you see that?" He interrupted.
Nodding slowly, she looked up at him.
"What happens? Will you stay or go?"
Her eyes closed as she waited for his answer.
He frowned at her question. "I can't believe your asking me that."
"You leave the job you love to fly over here to find out your girlfriend is pregnant. I want to know what your going to do if you can't be supervisor."
It was his turn to close his eyes as he tried to find the words he'd prepared on the flight here.
"I want to be with you. You know that. More than ever now." He stressed, leaning forward and squeezing her knee.
"But what will you do?" She asked softly, her legs returning to the floor.
He sat up and moved to sit beside her.
His hand covered the place where the baby was and smiled.
"I already got a job teaching at the university and consulting at the lab here in San Francisco. It's been here a while and I've never taken it. till now."
"What about the lab?" She asked, referring to Vegas and the others.
He grinned and shrugged. "Catherine's got the promotion she always wanted and I got something better."
She smiled. "Oh?" Covering his hand lightly.
"I get to be with the woman I love and raise our child. I get to work and do all the things I use to, but get to come home to a beautiful child and wife."
He waited for his words to sink in and when they did.
"What?" She said on a gasp.
He chuckled. "Didn't you hear me?"
She looked at him for a few seconds before nodding.
"I did." She paused and took a small breath. "Did you just ask me to marry you?"
He grinned and nodded. "Think I did."
Still starring at him in disbelief, she watched as he sighed and slipped off the couch and onto his knees.
"If I have to do this the proper way, so be it."
She giggled nervously as he delved into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small box.
"This is so not happening." She said quietly.
He chuckled. "I'm afraid it is my love."
Lifting the box, he opened it and smiled.
Before he could speak, she held up her hand.
"Did you plan this or were you going to do this some other time?"
He grimaced. "Actually I was going to do this the day I came here two weeks ago."
She tilted her head in amusement.
"What?" He grinned. "So what if I chickened out. I'm doing it now aren't I?"
She had to agree and waved for him to continue.
He smiled and shook his head.
"Ok, where was I?"
"Proposing." She offered.
He laughed. "Right."
Taking a deep breath, he reached out for her left hand and slipped the gold band onto her ring finger.
"Sara Sidle, I've never been more in love with someone as I have you and if you'll have me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and be the best husband and dad I can be."
He added the last bit and she giggled at his enthusiasm.
"Will you marry me?"
Waiting for her answer, he held her hand tightly.
"Yes." She said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Pulling her up with him, he embraced her gently.
** ** ** **
Day after day of flirting and bordering the boundaries that were ready to break.
Nights of avoiding each other.
Months of hiding from the officials of the lab.
Years of denial.
Months they spent together.
Hours they spent making love.
Times they tried to put things back as they were.
Failing to keep a distance from one another.
Breaking rules and promises.
Hurting each other.
Making up.
Moving away.
Trying to resolve the problems.
Making life that bit easier.
Travelling to new jobs and new places.
Meeting up in a new place.
Starting over with knew faces and ambitions.
Getting the life they both dreamed of.
Spending the rest of their lives together.
Raising a family together.
Working together without regulations.
Living together without reparations.
Moving on with life like they planned.
Making love in their new home.
Marrying and bringing up their children.
A dream come true for both Sara and Grissom.
THE END
(What do ya think? I liked. This was actually based on a friend of mine, although it decided to veer off with a mind of its own in the middle. Hope you enjoyed reading it.)
"So, mom." He chuckled. "We need to talk about what happens between before and after the little sprog comes."
Raising her eyebrows at him, she asked. "Sprog?"
He shrugged. "Hey, I'm new at this."
She giggled and shook her head. "Ok, sprog it is and what do you mean talk?"
She watched as he moved to sit on the coffee table.
He was facing her as she turned.
Their knees touching and his hands holding both hers.
He smiled and looked down at their hands.
"I sort of already sorted out what needs to be done next. Although I wasn't expecting this?"
He motioned to her stomach where their baby was growing.
She nodded and squeezed his hands.
"I couldn't stay two days away from you without missing you, let alone two weeks."
"I know, I missed you too." She smiled and waited for him to continue.
He cringed and looked at her briefly. "I resigned as supervisor."
She gasped and pulled her hands from his. "No! You did not! Gil Grissom! Oh God!"
He sat back slightly and watched her reaction as he continued.
"Listen to me before you bite my head off." He pleaded.
She sighed and waited.
"I made a few calls. You said yourself that maybe one day we could start over. Where there were no rules, no one stopping us from being together."
His explanation was rushed as he watched her eyes widen.
"It's not that bad, really."
She just stared at him as she slumped back on the couch.
She dropped her head and looked at her hands.
"You worked so hard to get where you are Gil." She whispered.
He nodded and leaned forward slightly.
"Yes, but that's before I realised what I wanted in life. It's been too long Sara. Please believe me, that I did this for both of us."
She shook her head. "I can't."
"Sara, please."
She pulled her knees up to her chest.
"We agreed you would keep your job, no matter what happened."
"It's different now Sara, can't you see that?" He interrupted.
Nodding slowly, she looked up at him.
"What happens? Will you stay or go?"
Her eyes closed as she waited for his answer.
He frowned at her question. "I can't believe your asking me that."
"You leave the job you love to fly over here to find out your girlfriend is pregnant. I want to know what your going to do if you can't be supervisor."
It was his turn to close his eyes as he tried to find the words he'd prepared on the flight here.
"I want to be with you. You know that. More than ever now." He stressed, leaning forward and squeezing her knee.
"But what will you do?" She asked softly, her legs returning to the floor.
He sat up and moved to sit beside her.
His hand covered the place where the baby was and smiled.
"I already got a job teaching at the university and consulting at the lab here in San Francisco. It's been here a while and I've never taken it. till now."
"What about the lab?" She asked, referring to Vegas and the others.
He grinned and shrugged. "Catherine's got the promotion she always wanted and I got something better."
She smiled. "Oh?" Covering his hand lightly.
"I get to be with the woman I love and raise our child. I get to work and do all the things I use to, but get to come home to a beautiful child and wife."
He waited for his words to sink in and when they did.
"What?" She said on a gasp.
He chuckled. "Didn't you hear me?"
She looked at him for a few seconds before nodding.
"I did." She paused and took a small breath. "Did you just ask me to marry you?"
He grinned and nodded. "Think I did."
Still starring at him in disbelief, she watched as he sighed and slipped off the couch and onto his knees.
"If I have to do this the proper way, so be it."
She giggled nervously as he delved into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small box.
"This is so not happening." She said quietly.
He chuckled. "I'm afraid it is my love."
Lifting the box, he opened it and smiled.
Before he could speak, she held up her hand.
"Did you plan this or were you going to do this some other time?"
He grimaced. "Actually I was going to do this the day I came here two weeks ago."
She tilted her head in amusement.
"What?" He grinned. "So what if I chickened out. I'm doing it now aren't I?"
She had to agree and waved for him to continue.
He smiled and shook his head.
"Ok, where was I?"
"Proposing." She offered.
He laughed. "Right."
Taking a deep breath, he reached out for her left hand and slipped the gold band onto her ring finger.
"Sara Sidle, I've never been more in love with someone as I have you and if you'll have me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and be the best husband and dad I can be."
He added the last bit and she giggled at his enthusiasm.
"Will you marry me?"
Waiting for her answer, he held her hand tightly.
"Yes." She said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Pulling her up with him, he embraced her gently.
** ** ** **
Day after day of flirting and bordering the boundaries that were ready to break.
Nights of avoiding each other.
Months of hiding from the officials of the lab.
Years of denial.
Months they spent together.
Hours they spent making love.
Times they tried to put things back as they were.
Failing to keep a distance from one another.
Breaking rules and promises.
Hurting each other.
Making up.
Moving away.
Trying to resolve the problems.
Making life that bit easier.
Travelling to new jobs and new places.
Meeting up in a new place.
Starting over with knew faces and ambitions.
Getting the life they both dreamed of.
Spending the rest of their lives together.
Raising a family together.
Working together without regulations.
Living together without reparations.
Moving on with life like they planned.
Making love in their new home.
Marrying and bringing up their children.
A dream come true for both Sara and Grissom.
THE END
(What do ya think? I liked. This was actually based on a friend of mine, although it decided to veer off with a mind of its own in the middle. Hope you enjoyed reading it.)