No One Said It Would Be Easy

Chapter 2

Disclaimers and so forth in chapter one.

Sara woke a couple days later to a small body worming in next to her in her bed. Matt's head was under the covers and his small butt stuck up in the air toward Sara, she grabbed his small waist pulling him from under the covers.

"Mommy!" Matt giggled, thrilled with the attention. Sara turned him around and rested him on her stomach.

"Good morning Matty."

"Morning, Momma. Are you going to work today?" he asked hugging her tightly.

"Nope today is Saturday. So do you know what I get to do?" He shook his head no. "I get to tickle you all day long!" she replied and started lightly tickling his sides.

"Eeek!" Matt giggled as Sara tickled him. They were startled from their play when the phone rang.

"Hang on a sec Matt," Sara grabbed the phone off the night stand. "Sidle."

"Well, hello Sidle. How are you?" Grissom said startling her.

"Gil?"

"Granpa Gil!" Matt shrieked trying to get the phone.

"Matthew, no. Hi how are you Gil?"

"I'm good. Your dad called me yesterday."

"What? Lovely, and what did my darling father have to say."

"He said you needed some time off work and that you and Matt wanted to stay here with me for a while. Is that true?"

"Well at the time of his call it probably wasn't but I have been doing a lot of thinking and I have decided that it might be a good idea."
"How long do you think you will stay?" Sara sat up higher in the bed and Matt jumped down running to his room.

"I don't know yet. I haven't cleared it with my office here yet. I have plenty of time on the books the thing is I don't know how long I want to stay if I don't get a warm reception."

"And who are you looking for a warm reception from?"

"Well, Nick."

"Ah, I should have known. I don't know what Nick would say if you showed up here Sara. He isn't seeing anyone."

"He wasn't seeing me Griss. We were just friends. Or that's what I thought we were when I left."

"Sara you left with not much notice. You came in here and told everyone you were taking a leave of absence. You didn't tell anyone much less Nick why you were leaving. I only knew because of your hospital visit. When you didn't come back, again without many words, Nick was shocked. He was upset for a long time."

"I know, but I miss him. I miss all of you."

"You still have a job here Sara. It may have less prestige and it may be at night, but it will always be here for you."

"Thanks Griss. I will let you know by Wednesday what my plans are. You are sure it's ok to stay with you?"

"It's fine Sara. Just let me know when you plan on getting here and how long you will be staying."

"Ok, thanks Gil. I'll talk to you sometime next week."

"Ok, bye Sara." Sara hung up the phone and rose from the bed going to look for her son. They were heading out to her parents place and she needed to get Matt going.

"Matthew!" she yelled down the hallway. Sara grabbed a shirt and a pair of shorts quickly changed into them and headed into the bathroom. As she was brushing her hair her terror of a son hopped in.

"Mommy?"

"What's up buddy?" she asked still brushing out the snarls.

"I'm stuck." She looked down and a laugh bubbled out of her throat. Matt had tried to get his shorts on himself but only managed to get both legs into one of the shorts legs so now he was in a bit of a pickle.

"Matty! You seem to have only one leg today what happened?"

"They are stuck on one side."

"I see that. Ok step out," She pulled the shorts off him and straightened them then helped him redress. "Go find a shirt ok?"

"Ok!" he ran back to his room both legs safely where they belonged. Sara shook her head. That boy got into more things then anyone else she knew. Finishing with her hair she brushed her teeth then went and packed a bag for her and Matthew. Walking into the kitchen she found her son rummaging through the cereal cupboard.

"What are you looking for?"

"Chocolate granola."

"You ate them all. How about cinnamon and granola?" she asked pulling out one of the bars. He looked at it and then cautiously took the bar, tore it open and took a small bite. Then he smiled and took a bigger bite.

"Thanks Mommy!"

"Your welcome. Do you have a bag packed for the road?"

"Yup!"

"Ok, bring it to me so I can see it," Sara took Matt to her parents a couple of times a month and he had learned to pack his bag with coloring books and picture books. Sara said he was too young for video games and didn't think that TV's in cars were worth the effort when her son was content with a book or drawing. Matt brought her the bag his mouth full of granola. Sara went through it and he had packed fine, she winked as she zipped it up and then hung it across his back. She grabbed a couple more granola bars for the road and they headed out.