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THREE MONTHS AFTERWhen they got back to Vegas, Sara filed for temporary resignation. Hannah, promoted to CSI level 3, took her place in the team and still was in charge of DNA. Catherine and Grissom held off their planned wedding to let the newlyweds bask in the sun alone for a period. "Let the kids enjoy it for a while then it'll be our moment," Catherine joked to him.
Hannah proved to be a very good CSI, solving several medium profile cases on solo and with Greg, they made a great duo. Of course, she and Archie are still going strong and they had so signs of stopping. Nick began to give Warrick some parenting tips and so as to Sara giving very nervous Callie moral support. She still hangs-out in the lab once in a while to baby-sit Lindsey and brings the twins over so she can have someone to play with.
"I'm practicing to be a big sister!" she said happily. "I know Mommy and Uncle Gil would want to have one of their own. It's too lonely these past years... I'm sick of being alone."
"Believe me, I know how that feels," Sara said.
"Aunt Sara, you're 35 weeks along, are you?" the little girl asked. She nodded and smiled as the girl placed her hand on her very large tummy. She felt the movements of the twins. "Are you scared? I mean, you've gone through this before but you're lying if you tell me you're not scared. Uncle Nick's a nice guy; he'll take care of you."
"You said it," the older woman answered. "Lindsey, we all love you. Especially, Grissom. Every since day one, he treated you like his own. I'm happy that he will be your new daddy and I am a hundred percent sure that he'll be perfect. It'll be new but I know he'll try." Lindsey could just grin.
Just then, Greg walked in with the Nicky on piggyback and Sammy clinging on one of his legs. "Mommy, monster!" Sammy squealed as he reached down to tickle her. Nicky just laughed hysterically and hopped off Greg to hug Lindsey. "Hi Linsey," he shyly said. Obviously, he has a little crush on her. Sammy sauntered off to his side and waved wildly.
Greg slumped down beside Sara panting. "You have pretty strong kids," he said. "Anyway, nice for you to drop by, Sara. We kinda missed your presence around here." He expected an retort but when Sara remained quiet and having very even deep breaths, he became worried. The children sped to her side to check on her. "Sara, you okay?"
"Nothing... I just... ah... they're moving around," she answered. She was clutching her belly tightly. "Greg... can you... call Nick. I know he just finished a case. Please," she said and he sped out of the break room and in no time, she was in Nick's Denali en route to the hospital ER. She knew that her water broke and it is 5 days before their pre-arranged date.
Nick was pacing around the O.R. because Sara opted for the C-section. In an hour, she was in a private room tired and asleep. Catherine was there as well for moral support. She took watch of the kids and was asleep on the lounge chair. The twins were asleep as well on a couch in the room while Nick mainly just watched her breathe. "She's so beautiful," he thought. He held her hand in his and kissed her brow. She stirred.
"Hey..." she said in a raspy voice.
"Hey yourself, beautiful," he answered back as they shared a kiss. "You were wonderful today. As always." He helped her sit up.
"How are they?" she asked.
"Who 'they'?" he replied. They smiled as the reality donned to them that they have 2 sets of twins... four children under the age of 4 since it'll be Sammy and Nicky's birthday the next month. Sara gave him the look and he chuckled, "Out as a light together with Catherine over there. And the other... want to see them?"
Her face lit up. "You saw them already?" He shook his head.
"I want you to be there when I do." They were contemplating on waking up Catherine and telling them that they'll be out but decided against it. "I put in 06:19am as time of arrival. You've been sleeping for three hours now."
He carried her on to a wheelchair and wheeled her out to the elevator where they descended three floors down to the nursery. Their twins were easy to find because they are on the first row and center. "Baby boy and Baby girl Stokes," it read with pink and blue nametags on their legs. The boy was in a white blanket and the girl was in pink. The proud parents beamed amongst each other while looking lovingly at their babies.
Nick knocked on the glass to gain the nurse's attention. She walked over to them and carried the boy and then another nurse carried the girl. She mouthed her congratulations as they showed them their twins. Sara immediately burst into tears and sobs racked her lithe frame. They were tears of joy flowing down her cheeks as her little babies opened their eyes and revealed chocolate brown eyes of hers and Nick's. "Hi, babies!" she said waving slightly.
He was crying slightly as well. He held her hand and he tapped the glass again as to say that they're ready to see the children in their private room. The nurses nodded and they returned to their room. Catherine was already awake and talking on the phone when they arrived. "Yeah, Room 419... yes, like homicide, we know. Be here and tell Gil to bring Lindsey. Okay, Nick and Sara are here... bye," she finished the phone call and turned to them. "Warrick. The whole CSI team's on their way as well as Callie, Doc and David. Brass and the others will come tomorrow. So, how are they?" she asked noting the swollen eyes of Sara.
"Perfect," Nick answered for her because she did not trust her voice. "Both about 5.5lbs approximately, brown hair and eyes, ten toes and fingers... just perfect!"
Just then, the door opened and the two nurses they met earlier walked inside with the crib with their new babies. The three adults huddled around touching the smooth skin of the babies. Nick proudly carried his new baby boy in his arms as Catherine handed Sara her girl. "You guys are so lucky! Two pairs of twins... whoo... you guys are incredible," she commented the couple.
Just the, the baby girl started fussing. "Babe, I think she's hungry," Nick said. "I could go down and get you a bottle but..."
"Nick, I can manage," she laughed at him as she sat back down readying herself to breastfeed. She missed the closeness of that act... the mother-child connection was surreal. "Uh... Cath?"
"It's okay," she smiled. "I've done it with Lindsey so I have no qualms of it. But if you're uncomfortable..." Sara just shook her head no. She was taking time to gather her wits but it was cut short when her baby boy had the same plans as his twin sister.
The slight noise managed to wake up the older twins. Nicky sat up first and looked around. When he spotted his Dad with a bundle in his arms, his eyes went wide and almost shrieked, "Is that my baby brother?"
That shook Sammy into full consciousness. "Nicky, you keep quiet!" she screamed at him. When she realized they weren't in their room, she blushed and apologized for the noise. Then she spotted Nick with the baby, "Daddy... baby brother?" she asked anxiously.
Cath stepped in and pulled her onto her lap. "And a sister as well," she said to the child. She looked around to find out if that is true. "There... with Mommy. But she's feeding her now." Sammy's face lit up and she began her babbles once again.
"And we can play housies and dollies and I can show her my stuffed kittens and..." she continued on. Catherine and Nick chuckled as Nicky covered his ears and whispered to his new brother, "You'll get used to it."
When Sara finished feeding the infant, she was wide-awake and active. For a day-old baby, she was really energetic. It was the boy's turn. Big sister was bouncy again as she looked at her sister for the first time. She rained her tiny face with kisses and insisted she carry her. But Nick wanted to hold her still.
After feeding time, the team arrived and the room felt so alive again. Everybody brought gifts and was so excited to see the family. Lindsey was so happy because she has two more surrogate siblings to take care of. As for presents, since they were unable to give Sara a baby shower, they gave her double the presents.
Warrick and Callie had the privilege to hold them first. Then Hannah and Archie. Greg and Doc passed and Cath and Gil came last. All of them were in awe when Grissom held the baby girl carefully. "What did you name them?"
"Well, I want Nick to name them because I named these first two," Sara answered in a heartbeat. Nick's eyes glowed. "Nick? What will it be?"
He thought a bit. Of course, he thought of it and chose a few good ones. He knew he had the final choice. "For the baby boy, Reno Anthony. And for the baby girl, Rio Angelina," he said proudly.
Sara smiled. "Reno, Nevada and San Antonio, Texas..." she murmured remembering her geography. "The Rio in Vegas or Rio Grande and Angelina River in Texas. Nick, I love it!"
"Yeah and we love it as well," Warrick said giving both parents a big hug. "Congratulations to both of you." The whole team congratulated them also.
By the time the last person said goodbye, both sets of twins were asleep. Nick and Sara were tired but managed to call their respective families who promised to arrive later that week.
Although tired, Sara couldn't sleep. Her thoughts keep floating to her former life... then to the present. How lucky she was to be this happy at long last. She knows it will be hard but with Nick on her side, she can do anything. They have proved their love was undying even with the long two years of separation, problems along the way, obstacles, hardships...love conquered them all and because of that, she is very thankful.