Chapter 12
~*~ Two Months Later (pregnancy - 8 months) ~*~
Sara plumped herself on the couch, "I'm a balloon..... Catherine looook I'm a hippo!" Sara shouted to Catherine.
"Welcome to the wonders of pregnancy!" Catherine smiled
"Nick bought me a foot spa thing... it's great..." Sara smiled as Catherine sat beside her. "So whats happening at work?"
"oh the usual... trust me, you're not missing out on much." Catherine smiled
"Ohh... so no budding romance?" Sara asked as she rubbed her stomach.
Catherine eyes her suspiciously. "No..."
"Oh." Sara had a smile on her face.
She smiled at her. "So how are things here? what kind of craving have you been getting?"
"Bacon..."
"are you serious? The vegetarian craving bacon! This should make front page news!" Catherine joked.
"Hey come on..." Sara chuckled, and paused. "we haven't decided on a name..."
"well you better hurry up.."
"I know but we just can't deicde... Argh, it's frustrating..." Sara frowned, "How did you decide on Lynsey?"
"Well... it was hard. But I kept saying the names over outloud, and the name Lynsey was special to me. It was actually the name of my best friend when I was a kid." Catherine smiled. "I think it different for everybody though..."
"I gues it'll come to us..." Sara smiled, "I need to pee..." Sara stood up and went to the toliet. "CATHERINE!!!"
Catherine ran to the bathroom, knocking ont he door. "Sara! What is it?"
"Catherine, my water just broke..." Sara shouted.
"omigod! are you sure? uh, uh,.... it's too early though!" Catherine rambled on, trying to stay calm.
"Catherine! Not helping... baby clearly premature... I was having back pains earlier... maybe somethings wrong."
"ok.. stay calm... I'm gonna call an ambulance.." Catherine whiped out her cell and dialled 911. "Ok.. they're on their way." Catherine walked over to Sara. "We have to get you to lie down somewhere."
"Call Nick too."
"right." Catherine dialled Nick's cell. "Nick! Um... you have to get back to your place right now!"
"Cath? what's wrong?" Nick voice seemed to get higher, as a sence of worry flooded over him.
"Sara's water broke... hurry up and get here." Catherine ordered and hung up.
Nick's eyes went wide and his throat went dry. "oh my god... oh my god!" He kept repeating as he raced for his tahoe and headed towards his house.
Sara sat breathing. This was it, this is what she'd been waiting for... she was having Nick's baby boy.
Catherine got Sara to the couch in the living room and laid her back against the pile of pillows. "ok.. just do your breathing exercises."
~*~
Grissom paced up and down the waiting room, wringing his hands together. He couldn't remember the last time he had been so anxious.
Catherine walked to the waiting room, carrying 4 coffees with her. "Hey guys... no word yet?"
"No..." Grissom said pacing,
"Griss, sit down, your making me sick..." Warrick frowned and took a coffee from Cath, "Thanks."
Greg had also shown up and sat next to Warrick, graciously taking the coffee offered to him. "Thanks Cath.."
Catherine nodded and found a seat, pulling Grissom down beside her.
In the room along the corrdior Sara pushed, "ARGH! This is your fault Nick!" She vented.
Nick felt the circulation stop flowing from his wrist to his hand. "ow... Sara... it takes two you know..."
"Sara... push!!" The doctor looked up at her, and back down again.
"I'm pushing!!!" Sara shouted and pushed.
"Once more come on you can do it."
Nick wiped away the sweat on her forehead and kissed her, ignoring the numb feeling in his hand. "Come on honey... you can do it..."
Sara pushed and groaned followed by a small cry, not from her, not from Nick but from their son.
"It's a boy... 10 fingers, 10 toes... I'll just clean him up..." The doctor and nurses went about their bussiness and cleaned up the boy. The nurse handed the baby to Sara and Nick.
Nick cradled the small baby in his arms, lightly running a finger across his hands and feet. "Sara... he's beautiful"
Sara reached for her son, "Ohh Nick... look what we made... he's our son." She looked at the baby then Nick. "Thought of any names?"
"I'm not sure... There's just so many names to choose from... and none seem like the right one..."
Sara frowned and looked at the baby. "Brown eyes, brown hair..." she kissed his small forehead.
"Just like his mom and dad..."
"what about Adam?" Sara looked at Nick.
"Adam... Adam... Adam Stokes..." Nick tried out the name.
"You hate it... nevermind." Sara frowned as their son held up his arm as if wondering what it is. He reached for his dads arm.
"I do not hate it..." Nick made a face at her.
"Sure..." She smiled and saw the team walk in.
Nick held his finger out to his son and smiled up at the group that walked in
"Hi Nick, Sara and this is?" Gil smiled at the little Stokes baby.
"Baby Stokes... for now.." Nick grinned.
"Hey little man, I'm your uncle Warrick." Warrick grinned at the baby. The baby seemed to look at him in a questioning way.
"haha..." Nick picked his baby up gently, cradling him against his chest. "Ok, baby, this is your family." He let everyone circle around and look at his newborn son. The baby looked at Nick then at the rest observing his surroundings.
"I'm your uncle Gil...."Grissom smiled.
"or should we say ~Grampa Gil~ ??" Nick joked
"Hey I'm not THAT old. Plus I'm sure Cath wants to be Grandma Cath..." Gil sniggered.
"Hey I resent that... I'm the only other woman, so I'm clearly Auntie Catherine..."
"Greg?" Warrick smiled, "You cousin Greg?" Warrick laughed joined by Sara.
"Nah... I'll be... Unkie Gweg!... you know, like in baby talk" Greg chuckled.
Sara looked at Greg, "Can I have my son please?"
"So you thought of ANY names..." Warrick wondered.
"we've thought of a few... but can't seem to make up out minds.."
"What are the leaders?"
"Well Sara suggested Adam... and I'm stuck between Logan, Micheal and Andrew..." They nodded. "Or maybe his name should be Gregory Warrick Gil Stokes....?" Nick smirked.
"You never said Andrew to me..." Sara looked at him.
"I thought I did... a few months ago... It's just been one lingering in my mind..."
"I like Andrew... Andrew Stokes..." Sara pondered.
"Stokes?" Warrick looked up.
"well yea... it IS my last name.... " Nick said
"But she's a Sidle..."
Sara looked up, "And? Nick is a Stokes.... He is Nick's son too..."
"Yours too..." Commented Grissom.
"well the doctor mentioned to me... that since we aren't married, I just need to sign some legal documents to say that he is my son. Also, if his last name is Stokes and Sara had decided to marry someone else, she wouldn't be able to change his last name to anything else, and I would still be recognized as the father..." Nick gave a brief explaination. "there's a lot more to it... but if Sara wants... we can have his last name as Sidle-Stokes..."
Sara looked at him, "I made up my choice a long time ago... and I can't image being with anyone else.." She smiled.
"I love you..." Nick said softly, kissing her forehead.
"Love you too Nick."
Gil looked at everyone, "Well come on guys... lets go we have a shift in 5 hours..."
Catherine grabbed her jacket and smiled at the two. "congrats you two.. we'll see you later.."
Warrick waved, "Bye..."
"Bye... thanks for coming by..." Nick waved.
"bye guys." She kissed her son's head, "Andrew Stokes..."
"Now what are we gonna do about his middle name? I was kinda thinking Andrew Gregory Warrick Stokes... "\
"No..." Sara frowned.
Nick grinned. "the guys were so set on having their names included... but ok.. whatever you want"
"I mean not Gregory... just Warrick Greg.... I mean I dated someone called Gregory..." Sara grinned and watched as her son was taken to the baby room.
"so Andrew Warrick Greg.... ?"
Sara yawned and nodded. Sara smiled at Nick, "I like it..." she yawned again.
"Then that's his name..." Nick smiled down at her. "Now you get some rest ok?"
"Ok..." She smiled sleepily.
Nick kissed her forehead and quietly left the room, making his way down to the nursery to watch his son sleep.
~*~ He opened the door and looked around the corner before stepping out into the hallway and quickly walking down it, hiding his face behind a pair of glasses, a white lab coat and a clipboard. He nodded to a passing nurse and spotted who he was looking for. Smiling to himself, he walked on past and glanced back over his shoulder to making sure he didn't recognize him. He walked to the elevator and pushed the down button, glaring at the other man before stepping inside, and the doors closed. "Soon.... Very Soon..." ~*~
.... Continued In 13 ....
~*~ Two Months Later (pregnancy - 8 months) ~*~
Sara plumped herself on the couch, "I'm a balloon..... Catherine looook I'm a hippo!" Sara shouted to Catherine.
"Welcome to the wonders of pregnancy!" Catherine smiled
"Nick bought me a foot spa thing... it's great..." Sara smiled as Catherine sat beside her. "So whats happening at work?"
"oh the usual... trust me, you're not missing out on much." Catherine smiled
"Ohh... so no budding romance?" Sara asked as she rubbed her stomach.
Catherine eyes her suspiciously. "No..."
"Oh." Sara had a smile on her face.
She smiled at her. "So how are things here? what kind of craving have you been getting?"
"Bacon..."
"are you serious? The vegetarian craving bacon! This should make front page news!" Catherine joked.
"Hey come on..." Sara chuckled, and paused. "we haven't decided on a name..."
"well you better hurry up.."
"I know but we just can't deicde... Argh, it's frustrating..." Sara frowned, "How did you decide on Lynsey?"
"Well... it was hard. But I kept saying the names over outloud, and the name Lynsey was special to me. It was actually the name of my best friend when I was a kid." Catherine smiled. "I think it different for everybody though..."
"I gues it'll come to us..." Sara smiled, "I need to pee..." Sara stood up and went to the toliet. "CATHERINE!!!"
Catherine ran to the bathroom, knocking ont he door. "Sara! What is it?"
"Catherine, my water just broke..." Sara shouted.
"omigod! are you sure? uh, uh,.... it's too early though!" Catherine rambled on, trying to stay calm.
"Catherine! Not helping... baby clearly premature... I was having back pains earlier... maybe somethings wrong."
"ok.. stay calm... I'm gonna call an ambulance.." Catherine whiped out her cell and dialled 911. "Ok.. they're on their way." Catherine walked over to Sara. "We have to get you to lie down somewhere."
"Call Nick too."
"right." Catherine dialled Nick's cell. "Nick! Um... you have to get back to your place right now!"
"Cath? what's wrong?" Nick voice seemed to get higher, as a sence of worry flooded over him.
"Sara's water broke... hurry up and get here." Catherine ordered and hung up.
Nick's eyes went wide and his throat went dry. "oh my god... oh my god!" He kept repeating as he raced for his tahoe and headed towards his house.
Sara sat breathing. This was it, this is what she'd been waiting for... she was having Nick's baby boy.
Catherine got Sara to the couch in the living room and laid her back against the pile of pillows. "ok.. just do your breathing exercises."
~*~
Grissom paced up and down the waiting room, wringing his hands together. He couldn't remember the last time he had been so anxious.
Catherine walked to the waiting room, carrying 4 coffees with her. "Hey guys... no word yet?"
"No..." Grissom said pacing,
"Griss, sit down, your making me sick..." Warrick frowned and took a coffee from Cath, "Thanks."
Greg had also shown up and sat next to Warrick, graciously taking the coffee offered to him. "Thanks Cath.."
Catherine nodded and found a seat, pulling Grissom down beside her.
In the room along the corrdior Sara pushed, "ARGH! This is your fault Nick!" She vented.
Nick felt the circulation stop flowing from his wrist to his hand. "ow... Sara... it takes two you know..."
"Sara... push!!" The doctor looked up at her, and back down again.
"I'm pushing!!!" Sara shouted and pushed.
"Once more come on you can do it."
Nick wiped away the sweat on her forehead and kissed her, ignoring the numb feeling in his hand. "Come on honey... you can do it..."
Sara pushed and groaned followed by a small cry, not from her, not from Nick but from their son.
"It's a boy... 10 fingers, 10 toes... I'll just clean him up..." The doctor and nurses went about their bussiness and cleaned up the boy. The nurse handed the baby to Sara and Nick.
Nick cradled the small baby in his arms, lightly running a finger across his hands and feet. "Sara... he's beautiful"
Sara reached for her son, "Ohh Nick... look what we made... he's our son." She looked at the baby then Nick. "Thought of any names?"
"I'm not sure... There's just so many names to choose from... and none seem like the right one..."
Sara frowned and looked at the baby. "Brown eyes, brown hair..." she kissed his small forehead.
"Just like his mom and dad..."
"what about Adam?" Sara looked at Nick.
"Adam... Adam... Adam Stokes..." Nick tried out the name.
"You hate it... nevermind." Sara frowned as their son held up his arm as if wondering what it is. He reached for his dads arm.
"I do not hate it..." Nick made a face at her.
"Sure..." She smiled and saw the team walk in.
Nick held his finger out to his son and smiled up at the group that walked in
"Hi Nick, Sara and this is?" Gil smiled at the little Stokes baby.
"Baby Stokes... for now.." Nick grinned.
"Hey little man, I'm your uncle Warrick." Warrick grinned at the baby. The baby seemed to look at him in a questioning way.
"haha..." Nick picked his baby up gently, cradling him against his chest. "Ok, baby, this is your family." He let everyone circle around and look at his newborn son. The baby looked at Nick then at the rest observing his surroundings.
"I'm your uncle Gil...."Grissom smiled.
"or should we say ~Grampa Gil~ ??" Nick joked
"Hey I'm not THAT old. Plus I'm sure Cath wants to be Grandma Cath..." Gil sniggered.
"Hey I resent that... I'm the only other woman, so I'm clearly Auntie Catherine..."
"Greg?" Warrick smiled, "You cousin Greg?" Warrick laughed joined by Sara.
"Nah... I'll be... Unkie Gweg!... you know, like in baby talk" Greg chuckled.
Sara looked at Greg, "Can I have my son please?"
"So you thought of ANY names..." Warrick wondered.
"we've thought of a few... but can't seem to make up out minds.."
"What are the leaders?"
"Well Sara suggested Adam... and I'm stuck between Logan, Micheal and Andrew..." They nodded. "Or maybe his name should be Gregory Warrick Gil Stokes....?" Nick smirked.
"You never said Andrew to me..." Sara looked at him.
"I thought I did... a few months ago... It's just been one lingering in my mind..."
"I like Andrew... Andrew Stokes..." Sara pondered.
"Stokes?" Warrick looked up.
"well yea... it IS my last name.... " Nick said
"But she's a Sidle..."
Sara looked up, "And? Nick is a Stokes.... He is Nick's son too..."
"Yours too..." Commented Grissom.
"well the doctor mentioned to me... that since we aren't married, I just need to sign some legal documents to say that he is my son. Also, if his last name is Stokes and Sara had decided to marry someone else, she wouldn't be able to change his last name to anything else, and I would still be recognized as the father..." Nick gave a brief explaination. "there's a lot more to it... but if Sara wants... we can have his last name as Sidle-Stokes..."
Sara looked at him, "I made up my choice a long time ago... and I can't image being with anyone else.." She smiled.
"I love you..." Nick said softly, kissing her forehead.
"Love you too Nick."
Gil looked at everyone, "Well come on guys... lets go we have a shift in 5 hours..."
Catherine grabbed her jacket and smiled at the two. "congrats you two.. we'll see you later.."
Warrick waved, "Bye..."
"Bye... thanks for coming by..." Nick waved.
"bye guys." She kissed her son's head, "Andrew Stokes..."
"Now what are we gonna do about his middle name? I was kinda thinking Andrew Gregory Warrick Stokes... "\
"No..." Sara frowned.
Nick grinned. "the guys were so set on having their names included... but ok.. whatever you want"
"I mean not Gregory... just Warrick Greg.... I mean I dated someone called Gregory..." Sara grinned and watched as her son was taken to the baby room.
"so Andrew Warrick Greg.... ?"
Sara yawned and nodded. Sara smiled at Nick, "I like it..." she yawned again.
"Then that's his name..." Nick smiled down at her. "Now you get some rest ok?"
"Ok..." She smiled sleepily.
Nick kissed her forehead and quietly left the room, making his way down to the nursery to watch his son sleep.
~*~ He opened the door and looked around the corner before stepping out into the hallway and quickly walking down it, hiding his face behind a pair of glasses, a white lab coat and a clipboard. He nodded to a passing nurse and spotted who he was looking for. Smiling to himself, he walked on past and glanced back over his shoulder to making sure he didn't recognize him. He walked to the elevator and pushed the down button, glaring at the other man before stepping inside, and the doors closed. "Soon.... Very Soon..." ~*~
.... Continued In 13 ....