All I Want Is You

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Chapter Six: Apologies

Sara woke up early the next morning, took a quick shower and left before Grissom was awake. She headed for the park her mother had told her about the night before. She needed a lot of time to think, then she would pay her mother a visit when her mind was clearer.

Grissom heard Sara leave, deciding not to bother her. He was sure she had a lot on her mind and that she wasn't really mad at him. Still, it had hurt when she had yelled at him the previous night. He'd never had Sara mad at him since they had admitted their feelings to one another. Of course, it hurt when she yelled at him before, but now it was different. It seemed to have more of an effect on him than he'd expected. He actually lost a little sleep over it.

At around noon, Grissom's cell phone rang unexpectedly.

"Gil Grissom," he answered.

"Gil? It's Catherine," the other voice replied.

"Hello Catherine, how are things at the lab?" Grissom asked.

"That's exactly what I'm calling about. The director of personnel apparently found it suspicious that you and Sara took leave at the same time," Catherine began.

"What did you tell them?" Grissom rubbed his temple briefly.

"Nothing. They've been questioning our shift about whether anyone thought you two were acting different. We're sticking up for you. I said that Sara had family business to attend to and that you were more than due some vacation time," Catherine explained.

"Thank you," Grissom smiled.

"It's none of their business that you went with Sara for moral support," Catherine said, "you know, it's okay for you two to have a personal life. It's not directly against the rules to have a relationship with a co-worker, but they wouldn't be too happy about it. I think I managed to convince them to drop it for now. I just thought you should know in case it came up when you get back."

"I appreciate your concern, Cath," Grissom told her.

"So how are things going with Sara and her mother?" Catherine questioned.

"I'm not so sure. I went with her the other night for the first time they met. I thought it went well, a little awkward, especially with me there, but neither of them seemed like they were going to kill each other. Last night Sara went alone to talk with her mom and when she got back, she was not in a good mood. She left early this morning and I haven't heard from her since," Grissom informed Catherine.

"She still doesn't know you told me, does she?" Catherine asked.

"No. When she's in a better mood, and I tell her I had to tell someone because it was too much to handle by myself, I'm sure she'll be okay with it. You're one of my oldest and best friends," Grissom said.

"Okay, just call me if you need anything. Oh and the guys said to tell you hi," Catherine laughed, "they all miss you two."

"Tell them we say hi back," Grissom smiled.

"I hope everything turns out okay for Sara and for you," Catherine said, "I'll see you when you get back to Vegas."

"Goodbye, Cath," Grissom hung up.

-----------------Laura's Apartment-----------------

Laura was beginning to worry that she had not heard from Sara all day. It was nearly lunchtime. She decided that it was time to go to the park and see if Sara was there. Her motherly instincts were kicking in a little and she wanted to make sure her daughter was not harmed. She pulled on a jacket and made the short journey to the park. She immediately spotted Sara sitting on a swing, by herself, kicking at the dirt.

"Sara?" Laura cautiously approached her.

"Hey," Sara looked up briefly.

"Are you okay?" Laura asked with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Sara replied, "I was just getting ready to come see you, actually."

"I'm sorry, I was just getting a little worried that I hadn't heard from you all day," Laura apologized.

"It's okay. I actually want to apologize to you. All this time, I've still been blaming you for losing contact with me. The truth is, I never really tried to find you either. The other day I did an internet search and found out that you had been paroled some time ago. I could have checked up on you sooner, but I was trying to ignore my past. When Dr. Grissom asked me to come to Vegas, I saw it as an out. He knew me, but not about my past and no one else in Las Vegas knew me. I thought it was a chance to start my life over, pretend the past never happened," Sara sighed, "so I'm sorry I never tried to contact you for so long either."

"Sweetie, you don't have to apologize to me. I don't blame you for trying to forget about the past. I can't imagine how hard life was for you. You don't often get a chance to start out new, and I don't blame you at all for wanting to pretend that your past never happened," Laura hugged her.

"I suppose we both have our issues to work through," Sara said.

Laura took a seat next to Sara, "Yes."

"I guess then, the answer to your question is yes. I can let you be a part of my life again," Sara smiled.

Now it was Laura's turn to sigh, "I'll admit when I first called you, if things went well, I was going to ask you to come back to California and live here with me. Now I see your life is good in Vegas and I can't ask you to give that up."

"You could always come to Vegas," Sara suggested.

"No, I don't think I could ever see myself living someplace like Las Vegas. I'm happy in California. You're happy in Nevada. Let's just keep living our lives the way they were, but we'll call and be sure to visit each other," Laura said.

"I think that could work. We could be more like a normal family," Sara agreed, "you know, visits on holidays and such."

"I bet we could make it work," Laura smiled, "I'm glad you came here. I was afraid that you might not."

"It was hard for me. That's why Grissom's with me, for support. Which reminds me, I was rather rude to him last night, I should go apologize," Sara suddenly stood.

"Come over for dinner again," Laura told her, "and bring your friend."

"Okay," Sara smiled, "I'll call you later."

"I'm sure he'll forgive you, he seems like a very lovely man," Laura smiled knowingly.

"How do you know?" Sara asked, incredulous.

"Mothers know. I can see in the way you two look at each other. I remember when I was in love with your father," Laura explained.

Sara left the park feeling much happier than she had in a long time. She felt bad for how she had treated Grissom the night before. She had a lot on her mind and she wasn't sure why she'd snapped at him the way she did. She was immediately sorry and had ended up crying herself to sleep over it. She knocked on their adjoining door as soon as she was in her room.

"Hey," she greeted him shyly.

"Hello," Grissom replied, moving aside for her to enter his room.

"Look, Gil, I'm so sorry for-" she started.

"You don't have to apologize," Grissom cut her off.

"I do, I was so rude to you for no reason," Sara protested.

"No, it's okay. I understand. You were stressed out from whatever happened between you and your mother. You weren't yourself and I know you didn't mean what you said," Grissom took her hands in his own.

Sara stared at him in disbelief, "How can you do it?"

"Do what?" he was confused.

"Be so understanding," she was on the verge of tears.

"It's quite simple, Sara, I love you," Grissom kissed her cheek gently.

"I love you too," Sara cried, "so, so much."

Grissom just smiled and admired her beautiful face.

"I don't understand how I waited so long to tell you how I felt. I just think of all the years I've missed, the time we could have been together. I still don't believe it's finally true," she whimpered.

"Don't regret the way things were, just be happy that we are here now. Together," he whispered, "all I want is you, Sara Sidle. I'm happy just to be with you."

Before they knew it, they had all their clothes off and they were on his bed, kissing each other all over. It felt so good to finally be together completely. Sara had never made love so passionately before and neither had Grissom. They knew that this was the first time either one of them had really been deeply in love and it felt amazing.

A/N: I don't know about the ending to this chapter, I hope it wasn't too bad.