A/N Prologue to follow that will shed some light on the grown up children and tie up a few loose ends.

Chapter 43

Sara watched as the movers put the last of Julian's furniture in his room. The heavy boy was on one hip and her other son jutting out in front of her with a pregnant belly. Gil was yelling at someone in the back of the house. "Easy, there are only three of these cases in world. Not there. Cockroaches don't like light." Sara shuddered. "Mommy is so glad that you are going to be artists."

She called down the hall. "Gil be nice."

He stood in the hallway wiping his glasses on one sleeve. "Why are you carrying that boy, put him down he's too heavy."

"He's fine."

Gil walked towards her took Julian from her. "He's a brick. He eats everything that isn't nailed down."

"Speaking of food it's lunch time." Sara found the kitchen. "Can you start lunch? I am going to say hello to the new neighbors."

"Honey we are the new neighbors."

"No we aren't the people across the street moved in this morning."

Sara took a basket and filled them with blueberry muffins.

My Sara is baking. Would miracles never cease?

Sara stood at the door humming trying to catch a glimpse of the home's layout, which turned out to be similar to hers. She hoped they had children close to Julian's age. She missed having Chris nearby.

The door swung open. The first thing Sara saw was a long limbed child who looked to be around 8 months old. Her sandy hair was pulled into a bow on top of her head and her gold colored eyes shone in the sunlight. She gave Sara a radiant smile. Sara couldn't wait to have her own ittle girl.

The deep voice came from somewhere over he head. "Sara?"

She looked up might have crumbled to the ground if a long arm hadn't pulled her close. The muffins rolled like tumbleweeds across the spacious porch. She took put both her hands on either side of his face. "War is that you?"

The little girl looked from adult to adult. "It's you and this is your daughter." Realization flooded her eyes. "Where's Cath?" They both called her name at the same time. The small blond woman emerged into the hall carrying a potted plant, which she dropped when she saw Sara.

Sara eased the front door open. Catherine, Warrick and Kelly made little sound as they walked softly through the door. Gilian's brown eyes twinkled with the new adventure.

Sara stood inside the doorway and called to the counter where Gil was assembling sandwiches. Julian was in his high chair happily banging a spoon waving head from side to side. Grissom called it his Stevie Wonder impersonation.

"Honey can you make a little extra, I invited the new neighbors over for lunch."

He directed his voice to Julian. "Hey Stevie calm down. We are having people over. The won't think you are nearly as cute as your mother and I do."

He went to work on another tomato. "Where are they?"

Sara smiled with increasing devilment. "They're in the hall."

He looked at his wife expectantly. "Are they coming in?"

Catherine had made it to the other side entrance and standing behind Gil. "Gris you know I hate bread with all those seeds in it."

Grissom continue to slice tomatoes. "It's good for you. Neither one of us is getting any younger. Just cause we married young doesn't mean we are young.." Grissom stopped speaking as realized what he's just said.

Catherine. Catherine's here. Maybe I am loosing it. Maybe I am hearing things. Maybe my hearing is finally shot and I am just filling in with familiar sounds.

He put down the knife and turned around as slowly as he body could manage. "Cath is that you. I mean it's you right."

She shook her nodded her head manically as the tear poured down her face. He kissed the top of her head and pulled her into a bear like embrace. His eyes looked caught sight to two large feet behind Catherine, Gucci loafers' size 14 special order. He released Catherine as his eyes traveled from one the length of the tailored pants, till they came to two small feet clad in pink tennis shoes, another custom order. Then there were the eyes. He had only seen eyes like that on one other person. He finally came to the grin, the surrounded by the gotte and finally the same eyes.

It was all too much for solid steady Gil Grissom. He felt his wife's arms go round him as he hugged his friends' close.

Warrick and Catherine Brown were no longer Warrick and Catherine Brown. They were now Warren and Rebekah Mason. Rebekah went by her middle name Katherine and Warren preferred that everyone call him War. War was in medical school at Howard University his wife headed a medical technology program at a local community college. Their daughter Lindsey was finished her final semester of high school and planned on majoring in Biology at the same school her stepfather attended.

Gillian Nicole sat across from Julian confused by the sound alike names but intrigued as well. She kept reaching out to touch his dark curls that reminded her of her father's hair. Julian moved away from her grabbing his father's legs in a signal for help.

Grissom removed his hands from his pants legs. "Give in now. It's better that way.'

Grissom pretend not to notice the frown the little boy gave him.