By seven thirty there were six kids sitting in the Grissom's living room. They ranged in age from eight to ten.

'So far so good' thought Gil as he brought the pizza into the kitchen. He was not a nieve person, he was just waiting for something bad to happen, he knew he would be walking on egg shells all night.

Sara smiled as all the girls got comfortable on the couch, it was a snug fit but they didn't seem to mind to much, so neither would she.

They had talked about taking the girls out to a movie, but Sara was getting sicker everyday, or so it seemed. Instead they opted for a night in with movies and popcorn, as well as pizza and a lot of other junk food. Little did they know, kids plus sugar equals a LONG night.

Gabby put in 'Sleep over' and the girls settled down, at least for now. Sara and Gil headed for their bedroom to watch a little T.V. to give Gabby and her friends some privacy, so they could talk about boys and what singer was the big thing.

"Do you think their going to be okay in there by themselves? What if someone gets hurt? Or if they're not having fun, Gabby will be crushed."

Gil paced the room as he voiced his fears. Not only was this Gabby's first sleep over, it was his first to. He didn't know what to do in this situation, it was all very knew to him. Just before he reached the door Sara grabbed his wrist and pulled him into her arms.

"Baby, everything is going to be fine. Gabby and her friends are fine, they know where to find us if they need anything. I know this is your first sleep over, it's mine too. We can go check on them when the movie is over." Sara looked into his panicked eyes. "I love you, and I would never lie to you, everything is going to be fine, I promise."

Gil looked into Sara's eyes and saw nothing but honesty, he sighed giving into her truth. "I know you're right, I trust you with all I am. This is just so knew to me. Most parents have years to go through all this stuff, I just don't know how to deal with it, and I don't know how you can be so relaxed about all of this."

"I trust Gabby, I want her to have fun. The only way that's going to happen is if we leave her and her friends to be." she leaned up and kissed him "besides, it's better for the baby if I stay relaxed. I'm only at nine weeks, but by the time Gabby's birthday rolls around I should be able to freak out a little more. Speaking of which, I set up an appointment with Dr. Stone for a week from today. Is that okay?"

"That's perfect."

As he kissed his wife, Gabby poked her head into the room.

"Mom, Dad, some of the girls were wondering if we could play some games now."

The rest of the night went smoothly, there was little studying going on, but there would be time for that later. The girls finally crashed at around two in the morning, and Gil and Sara cleaned till three before heading off to bed themselves. At two in the afternoon all the girls had been picked up.

Gabby bound into the kitchen. "Last night was SO COOL. Before mom and dad died, we had talked about me having a sleep over," Gabby looked at the floor remembering how things were. "Thank you so much for letting me do this. I had SO MUCH FUN!" Gabby ran to her room excitedly, all memories of her past forgotten for the time being.

Sara watched Gabby's retreating form. "Just think Gil, another, oh I don't know, six years and we get to do this all over again. You do know she's going to want to do this again for her birthday right."

Gil sighed. "I know, but last night went pretty well. Next time will be a piece of cake."

Famous last words right...lol. How do we think the birthday party is gonna turn out?

I know this chapter kind of sux, but it's late and I'm tired, but I did it for all of you actually reading this story.

As usual, thanks to those of you who reviewed my last chapter. It really does mean a lot, cus I know people are reading..lol

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