Hidden Secrets: Next Chapter: It's been 4 months since Sara's death and everyones trying to cope with it in their own ways. Lenny's close to having her baby and Cathrine and Warrick are planning the wedding. Sara starts to appear to Lenny, but why?
Cast:
Lenny
Nick
Grissom
Cathrine
Warrick
Greg
In
Nick's house
Lenny was sitting on the couch realxing when someone
knocked on the door. She got up and answered it.
"Hey, your
getting a pudge" said Warrick.
"Shut up" said Lenny
and playfully hit him.
"I wanted to drop something by"
"Ok, what?"
He handed her a blue bag and he had a
smile on his face.
"I saw it and I knew I had to get it"
She
reached inside the bag. Inside was a hat for a baby that had CSI on
it.
"Aww, Warrick"
"He's gonna follow in his
mom and dad's footsteps"
"Thank you"
She hugged
him and he hugged her back. When she pulled away, Nick walked in the
door.
"You should be relaxing" said Nick.
"I can
walk" said Lenny.
"I dropped off something that you
could use for the baby" said Warrick.
Lenny handed it to him
and a smile came across Nick's face.
"He's gonna follow in
daddy's footsteps"
"And and mommy"
"Well,
I gotta get back to the lab"
"Ok, see ya man" said
Nick.
"Bye" said Lenny.
He hugged her again, then
walked out the door and left. Once he left, Lenny sat down on the
couch again.
"You ok?" asked Nick.
"Yeah,
why?"
"Aren't you close to having the baby?"
"I'm
only 4 months, there's another 5"
"Oh, ok"
"I
really want to go back to work"
"You can't because of
the chemicals and the baby"
"I know"
"You'll
be fine"
While they were sitting there, Lenny got a strange
feeling in her stomach.
"Oh"
"What?"
"The
baby"
"Your not in labor are you?" asked Nick in a
paranoid way.
"No, he kicked"
"Really?"
"Yeah,
give me your hand"
She grabbed his hand and put it on her
stomach. A few seconds later, the baby kicked.
"He kicked"
"I
told you"
In the lab
Grissom was looking at the sonogram
that Lenny gave him when Cathrine came in.
"Hey Grandpa"
said Cathrine with a smile.
"Hey"
"Is that the
sonogram?" asked Cathrine.
"Yeah" said Grissom and
handed it to her.
"Aww, I little boy...gonna look just like
Nick"
"Probably"
"So, when's the baby
shower?"
"A few months"
"Well, aren't you
gonna ask me anything?"
"What?"
"Wedding?"
"Oh,
when is it?"
"This weekend, you should've known"
"I've
had alot on my mind"
"What're you gonna get for the
baby?"
"I don't know yet"
"Are you still
coming to the wedding?"
"Yeah"
Cathrine walked
to the door, then looked back at Grissom. He was still looking at the
sonogram. It was different for him.
In the lab
Greg was
sitting in his chair spinning around in circles when Warrick came
in.
"You that bored?" asked Warrick.
"I have
noone to talk to"
"She'll be back after she has the
baby"
"I know that, but I'm so bored"
"Did
you analyze the fibers?"
"Yeah"
"What are
they?"
"Wool, possibly from a sweater"
"Ok,
thanks"
When Warrick walked to the door, Greg started
spinning around again. He remembered when Lenny and him used to get
in trouble for spinning eachother around.
"I miss her"
"Go
see her"
Greg looked at Warrick and a smile came across his
face. As he was walking out, Grissom stopped him.
"Where are
you going?"
"To go see Lenny"
"You can see
her when you get that fiber analyzed"
"It already
is"
"He's telling the truth Grissom" said
Warrick.
"Ok, go see her"
"Thanks"
Greg
ran out of the lab and Grissom shook his head, then looked at
Warrick.
"He's like a little lost puppy"
"I
know, that's the sad part"
With Nick and Lenny
Nick was
making lunch for him and Lenny, but she was alittle mad.
"Your
not gonna be on your feet all the time"
"I can walk
around, it's not like I'm gonna break"
"I'm just taking
precautions"
Then someone knocked on the door and Lenny
looked at Nick.
"Can I get that?"
"Be my
guest"
She got up and answered it. When she saw the person,
her face lit up.
"Greggo!"
"Lenny!"
He
walked in and hugged her, then Nick separated them.
"Not too
tight"
"I've been so bored at the lab" said
Greg.
"I can't come back until after I have the
baby"
"Warrick told me"
"Don't think that I
don't want to"
"Your not going to, the chemicals are
harmful for you and the baby" said Nick.
"Ok, mother
hen" said Greg.
"Dad let you off?" asked
Lenny.
"Yeah, he said that it was ok"
"I'm
suprised, dad never lets anyone off of work" said Lenny.
"So,
how've you been?" asked Greg.
"Good, I can't move
without a shadow" said Lenny and looked at Nick.
"Precautions"
said Nick.
"He's gonna be a good dad, I could've been a
better one"
When he said that, Nick looked at him like he
wanted to strangle him. Greg started laughing and Nick calmed down
alittle bit.
"Well, I gotta get back to work" said
Greg.
"Ok, it was nice seeing you"
"Yeah"
said Nick.
"Hug?" asked Greg.
"Come here"
He
hugged her and Nick was watching him. Then Greg walked out the door
and drove off.
"He's so sweet" said Lenny.
"He
wanted to have a baby with you" said Nick.
"Joking Nick,
joking" said Lenny and went upstairs to lye down.
That
next day
Cathrine was sitting at the table and Warrick put his
arms around her neck.
"What're you doing?" asked Warrick
and kissed her on the cheek.
"Getting everything together for
the wedding"
"Like what?"
"My dress, maid
of honor dress"
"Whose going to be your maid of
honor?"
"Lenny"
"What a
coinsidence"
"What?"
"Nick's gonna be my
best man"
"Who else?"
"Grissom and
Greg"
"Why don't you call them and get them together and
I'll call Lenny"
"Ok"
At the tux
shop
Warrick, Greg, Nick, and Grissom were all looking for tuxs
that matched eachother.
"I'm worried" said Nick.
"About
what?" asked Grissom.
"Lenny, what if she goes into
labor and I'm not there"
"She's only 4 months Nick, your
safe" said Greg.
"I know, but I still worry"
"I
remember I was that same way with..." said Grissom, but he let
his sentace trail off.
"It's been 4 months and it doesn't
feel right" said Warrick.
"Never going to be right"
said Nick.
"She looks so much like her mother, I can barely
stand to look at her" said Grissom.
"I can" said
Greg.
All three of them looked at Greg, then he walked back into
the dressing room.
"Does Lenny ever say anything about her?"
asked Grissom.
"I've caught her looking at some of Sara's
pictures"
"That's bound to happen" said
Warrick.
After a few hours of searching, they all found tux's that
matched and fit all of them.
With Cathrine and
Lenny
Cathrine was looking at the wedding dresses and Lenny was
looking at bridesmaid dresses. Cathrine didn't tell Lenny that she
wanted her to be her maid of honor yet.
"Hey Lenny"
"Hey
Cathrine"
"I wanna ask you something"
"What?"
"Would
you want to be my maid of honor?"
"Sure, I'd love
to"
"Good, let's look at the good dresses"
Cathrine
was looking through the wedding dresses when she found 'the dress'.
"That would look amazing on you"
"I'll go try
it on"
A few minutes later Cathrine came out in the dress. It
was a thick spagetti strapped dress that hugged her figure to her
waist, then flowed out.
"Wow, Cat you look beautiful"
"I
really like this one"
"You should get it"
"Ok,
can I put this on hold"
"Sure" said the
cashier.
Cathrine went back into the dressing room and changed
back into her clothes, then came out.
"Now a dress for
you"
While they were looking at the dresses, Lenny's
cellphone rang.
"Hello...I'm fine...no...ok...I know, bye"
"Nick?"
"Yeah, he's checking on me again"
"I
think it's cute"
"It's adorable, but I have no breathing
room"
"When I was pregnant with Lindsay, her father was
so paranoid" said Cathrine with a laugh.
"How's she feel
about mommy getting married again?"
"She likes it, she
can't wait to come back for the wedding"
"I can't wait
to see her"
"I found it" said Cathrine.
The
dress was a pale yellow spagetti strapped dress.
"That's
beautiful"
"It go with your hair, just like your..."
said Cathrine and stopped herself.
"I know, like my mom"
"How
are you holding up?" asked Cathrine.
"There's some rough
times, but I get through them"
"Why don't you go try it
on"
"Ok"
After putting the dress on, she looked
at herself in the mirror. The more she thought about it, the more
that she knew Cat was right. She looked more like her mom everyday it
seemed like.
"Lenny, you look beautiful" said
someone.
Lenny turned around and thought that she saw Sara
standing behind her.
"Mom?"
"I want you to be
careful with the baby"
"Why?"
"Just be
careful"
Then the figure dissapeared and Lenny felt tears
fall from her eyes. Cathrine opened the curtain and saw her
crying.
"What's wrong?"
"I miss her" said
Lenny and started to cry.
"Come here"
Cathrine hugged
her and Lenny started to cry on Cathrine's shoulder. Cathrine felt
bad because she brought Sara up.
Later on that night
Lenny
was sitting at the table with Nick and Grissom. They were talking
about how to set up the nursery.
"I think it should be a pale
blue" said Grissom.
"No, maybe a pale green" said
Nick.
"Baby blue"
"That's a good color"
said Grissom.
"I'll get the paint from the store" said
Nick and walked out.
Grissom looked at Lenny. She looked like she
was going to pass out at anytime.
"You ok?" asked
Grissom.
"Huh?" asked Lenny shaking her head.
"You
don't look so good"
"Comes with the territory"
"Is
everything ok with you and Nick"
"Couldn't be better,
why?"
"Just wondering"
"If I tell you
something, will you promise you won't think that I'm gonzo?"
"Ok,
what?"
"I could've sworn that I saw mom"
When
she said that, he looked at her like she was crazy. Then he smiled at
her.
"I think I see her too sometimes"
"So you
don't think that I'm gonzo?"
"Not the least bit"
"She
told me something"
"Your pushing it here Lenny"
"She
told me to be careful with the baby"
"How?"
"She
didn't say"
"Lenny, maybe you were imagining this whole
thing"
"That's what I thought"
Lenny knew that
she shouldn't have told Grissom about seeing Sara, he would just tell
Nick and that would get him worried.
In the nursery
Lenny
walked around the empty room imagining how she wanted it
decorated.
"I got the paint" said Nick.
"Ok"
said Lenny and still look around the room.
"You ok"
"Fine,
just anxious"
"Me too"
He put his arms around
her and kissed her. She pulled away and he brushed her hair away from
her face.
"You want me to help paint?" asked
Lenny.
"Paint fumes isn't good for you or the baby"
She
kinda smiled and rolled her eyes, then he kissed her on the forehead.
"Ok, I'm gonna go lay down"
"Love you"
"Love
you"
Lenny walked across the hall and layed down. She hugged
her pillow and thought about if she really seen her mom or if she was
just imagining things.
At the wedding
Everyone was gathering
into the chapel while Cathrine and Lenny were in the backroom getting
ready.
"You look so beautiful" said Lenny.
"So
do you" said Cathrine.
"What about me?" asked a
little voice.
They turned around and saw Lindsay in her flower
girl dress.
"Your adorable" said Lenny.
"Thank
you"
"Why don't you go talk to grandma" said
Cathrine.
"Ok" said Lindsay and ran out of the room.
"I
can't wait until I have my baby"
"Me neither, it's a boy
right?"
"Yeah"
"Have you though of a
name?"
"Probably name him after Nick"
"Little
Nicky?"
When she said that they both started laughing.
"He's
not gonna be evil though"
"Not with you two as
parents"
"Thanks Cat"
"Your gonna be a good
mom, you have nothing to worry about"
"Cat"
"What?"
"I
want you to be the godmother"
When she said that tears
started to fill Cathrine's eyes and she hugged Lenny.
"I'd
love to be the godmother"
"Ok"
Then Cathrine's
grandma came in and saw them both crying.
"What
happened?"
"I'm gonna be the godmother of Lenny's
baby"
"Your pregnant?"
"Yeah, Nick's
baby"
"Aww, he's gonna be so adorable with a father that
good looking"
"Grandma" said Cathrine in a shocked
way.
"Sorry, everyone's ready"
"You ready
Cat?"
"Yeah"
"Mommy, time to go" said
Lindsay.
The music started to play and Lindsay went down the isle,
followed by Lenny. When they reached end, Cathrine walked down the
isle. Everyone looked at her in amazement.
"Warrick you ok?"
whispered Nick.
"She's so beautfil" said Warrick.
She
reached the end of the isle and stood beside Warrick.
"We
are gathered here to today to unite Warrick Micheal Brown and
Cathrine Elizabeth Willows in holy martrimony...if anyone has a
reason why these two shouldn't be wed speak now or forever hold your
peace"
Noone spoke, so he continued.
"The rings
please...Warrick repeat after me, I Warrick Brown take the Cathrine
as my lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day
forward"
" I Warrick Brown take the Cathrine as my
lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day
forward"
"Cathrine, repeat after me, I Cathrine Willows
take the Warrick as my lawful wedded husband to have and to hold from
this day forward"
"I Cathrine Willows take the Warrick
as my lawful wedded husband to have and to hold from this day
forward"
"Then by the power vested in me, I now
prenounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride"
Everyone
clapped and they kissed.
"I present to you Mr. and Mrs.
Warrick Brown"
Everyone clapped again, then they went to the
reception.
At the reception
Everyone was sitting at the
tables talking.
"Are you crying again?" asked
Nick.
"It's just so sweet, he's always loved her" said
Lenny.
"Mood Swings" said Cathrine.
Then Warrick got
up on the stage and picked up the guitar.
"I've got a song
that I want to sing for all of you, it's my version of the song 'I'll
Be' by Edwin McCain.
As he was singing it, Cathrine started to
cry.
"I'll be the greatest fan of your life...I love you
Cathrine" said Warrick.
"I love you Warrick"
After
he was done singing the song, he got off the stage and kissed her.
"Mommy, I wanna dance with daddy" said Lindsay.
"C'mon"
said Warrick and grabbed her hand.
They got on the dance floor and
danced together. Lindsay had her feet on top of Warrick's was holding
onto his fingers.
"That's so cute" said Grissom.
"It's
adorable" said Cathrine.
"Do you mind if I dance with
you?" asked Greg.
"If my shadow will allow it" said
Lenny.
"Fine, be careful though"
While they were
dancing Nick kept an eye on them.
"Has she said anything else
about what happened?" asked Grissom.
"What happened?"
asked Cathrine.
"She thought that she saw Sara" said
Nick.
"What?" asked Cathrine.
"She said that
Sara told her to be careful with the baby"
"In the
dressing room, that's where she saw her" said Cathrine.
"How'd
you know?"
"I thought that I heard her talking to
someone, I opened the curtain and she was crying"
"Maybe
it's just the pregnancy"
"Could be"
With
Lenny and Greg
They were dancing to the song 'For All Time' by
Soluna and Lenny started laughing.
"What?" asked
Greg.
"This isn't a good song to be dancing to"
"Why's
that?"
"It's talking about being together forever with
someone that you love"
"You know you love me"
"As
a friend, you've become the goofy brother"
"Atleast I'm
something"
They both started laughing, then sat down when the
song was over.
A few weeks later
Lenny had a doctor's
appointment to check on the health of the baby.
"Lenny"
said the nurse.
"You want me to go with you?" asked
Nick.
"Duh" said Lenny
They walked in the room and
the doctor smiled at them.
"So, how's everything?"
asked the doctor.
"Good, the nursery's done" said
Nick.
"I bet you can't wait for the baby"
"I
can't"
"Ok, raise up the shirt and we'll look at the
baby"
Lenny lifted up her shirt and the doctor put the gel on
her stomach, then they looked at the baby. Nick saw the baby and he
held Lenny's hand.
"There he is" said Nick.
As the
doctor was looking around, he found something that didn't look
right.
"What's that?" asked the nurse.
"What's
what?" asked Lenny in a nervous way.
"There seems to be
something else in the womb"
He looked around more and they
saw another baby next to the other.
"Twins?" asked
Nick.
"Looks like it, a boy and a girl"
"Congradulations"
said the nurse.
"Everything looks healthy, the babies are
fine" said the doctor.
"Ok" said Nick.
"Come
back in a month"
After the doctor cleaned her up, she made
another appointment, then they got in the car.
In the
car
Lenny acted like she was mad and Nick was kinda curious.
"You
mad about something?" asked Nick.
"Your not touching me
again"
"What?"
"Your not touching me
again"
"I know that you'll change your mind"
"Twins,
Nick that's gonna hurt"
"Sorry"
"You and
your 'Little Nicky' aren't touching me again"
"I doubt
that verdict will stand"
She shook her head and he started
laughing.
In Grissom's office
He was sitting at his desk
going over somethings when his cellphone rang.
"Grissom"
"Hey
Dad"
"Hey, how'd the appointment go?"
"There's
something that I need to tell you"
"What?"
"Can
you come over?"
"Is it bad?"
"I'd really
don't want to tell you over the phone, tell everyone else to come
over"
"Ok, bye"
When he hung up the phone Greg
walked into his office. He saw the look on Grisssom's face and got
worried.
"What's wrong with the baby?" asked Greg.
"I
don't know, everyone's suppost to come over"
"Ok, I'll
get Cathrine and Warrick"
At the house
Nick was
upstairs putting together the baby cribs and basanets.
"This
is a really bad joke" said Nick.
"It had a happy
ending"
She opened the door and everyone came in. Grissom
looked at Lenny and she saw tears form in his eyes.
"What's
wrong with my grandson?"
"Nothings wrong with him"
"You
made it seem serious" said Cathrine.
"Well, it is kind
of a serious situation"
"What happened?" asked
Warrick.
"Nick, you wanna tell them?"
"I don't
care who tells us just do it" said Greg.
"I'm gonna have
twins"
When she said that Grissom looked at her and
smiled.
"Two grandsons?"
"A grandson and a
granddaughter"
"Aww, congradulations" said
Cathrine.
"It's gonna hurt"
"Better you than
Nick" said Greg.
"Yeah" said Nick
That
night
Lenny was brushing her hair in the mirror and she felt a
cold draft. When she turned around, she saw Sara standing in front of
her. Sara walked over to her and touched her face. It felt so realy
even though Lenny knew that it wasn't.
"Take care of
yourself"
"I know"
"Problems are going to
happen"
"With what?"
"Be careful"
Before
she could say anything else, Sara dissapeared. Nick came in and saw
Lenny sitting on the bed.
"Where you talking to
yourself?"
"No, it was the TV"
"Ok"
He
walked to the next room and finished putting everything together.
At
the baby shower
Everyone got the day off and went to Nick and
Lenny's house. Lenny was a couple months away from having her babies.
She was really starting to show and nothing she used to wear wold fit
anymore.
"You need to find something" said Nick.
"I
am" said Lenny and picked out a white sundress.
"Hurry
up"
"I will"
She changed into the sundress and
went downstairs. Everyone was sitting outside and Grissom smiled when
he saw her.
"You look beautiful" said Grissom.
"Don't
feel it" said Lenny.
"The pudge is bigger" said
Warrick.
"Be nice" said Cathrine.
"So, what's
first?" asked Greg.
"Food, then opening presents"
said Nick.
Grissom bought an ice cream cake. On it was a blue and
pink baby rattle that said 'Congrats'
"This is really good"
said Cathrine.
"Dairy Queen" said Grissom.
"Dad,
I told you how to make those" said Lenny.
"Mine turned
out really bad"
"I'm sure that it was good" said
Warrick.
"I'm not" said Greg.
After everyone was
eating, Lenny opened up presents.
"This is from me and
Warrick" said Cathrine.
Inside was two little baby outfits
that had a teddybear on the pink one and a dog on the blue one.
"Aww,
thanks" said Lenny.
"There's something else" said
Warrick and handed Nick the bag.
Inside were two little CSI hats
and little outfits that matched Lenny and Nick's uniforms.
"Where
did you get that?" asked Lenny.
"Grams" said
Warrick.
"Ok, open mine" said Greg and handed it to
Lenny.
It was a box that had two little shirts that said 'Future
CSI' on them.
"Greg, that's so cute" said Lenny.
"I
kinda copied Warrick"
"It's still cute" said
Nick.
"This one might make you cry" said Grissom.
Inside
the bag was a photo album. It had pictures of Nick when he was little
and of Lenny when she was little. The back pages had pictures of
Lenny and Sara together, Lenny and Grissom, then Sara and
Grissom.
"Dad" said Lenny.
"The babies deserve
to know how amazing their grandmother was"
"Grissom this
is the best" said Nick.
"I'll get the drinks" said
Lenny
She walked inside and got her a glass of water. As she was
walking back she got a sharp pain in her stomach.
She walked
inside and got her a glass of water. As she was walking back she got
a sharp pain in her stomach.
"Nicky!" said Lenny in
pain.
He ran inside and saw the pain in her eyes.
"You in
labor?" asked Nick.
"I think so"
"Guys, I
need your help" said Nick.
Everyone ran inside, then Cathrine
called the ambulance.
At the hospital
The doctors
wouldn't let any of them in the backroom while she was in labor.
"Why won't they let me back there?" asked Nick.
"I
don't know" said Grissom.
Nick was pacing the floor making
everyone else nervous.
"Sit down, your making me nervous"
said Greg.
"I can't sit down, I wanna know what's happening"
said Nick.
Just as he said that the doctor came into the room and
looked around.
"Nick Stokes" said the doctor.
"That's
me, is she ok, are the babies ok?" asked Nick.
"She's
fine and so is the baby"
"What about the other one?"
asked Cathrine.
"The little boy is strong and healthy, the
little girl is weak"
"How weak?" asked
Warrick.
"She's on a ventalator for now"
"Will
she make it?" asked Greg.
"It's hard to say"
"Can
we see Lenny?" asked Nick.
"Yeah, all of you can come
in"
In Lenny's room
She was sitting up holing the
little boy. He had dark hair and big brown eyes like Nick.
"Hey
little Nicky" said Lenny
The baby looked up at her like he
didn't have a care in the world. Then the door came open.
"Hey"
said Nick and walked in.
"You wanna see your
baby?"
"Yeah"
She handed the baby to Nick and he
looked down at him. Just as he held him everyone else peeked
inside.
"Come in guys" said Lenny.
They walked in and
gathered around Nick and looked at the baby.
"He looks just
like you" said Cathrine.
"What're you gonna name him?"
asked Greg.
"Nickolas Micheal Stokes"
"He's so
precious" said Warrick.
"Where's my girl?" asked
Lenny.
Everyone looked at eachother, then back at Lenny. She knew
that something was wrong.
Everyone looked at eachother, then back
at Lenny. She knew that something was wrong.
"She's in the
incubator" said Grissom.
"Is she ok?" asked
Lenny.
"She's on a ventalator" said Cathrine.
"Deja
vu" said Lenny
"She's gonna be ok" said
Greg.
"Nothing's gonna happen to her" said
Warrick.
That next day
Lenny was strong enough to walk by
herself and she wanted to see the baby.
"Where's she at?"
asked Lenny
"In infant ICU" said the doctor.
"Can
I see her?"
"Yeah"
The doctor followed her into
the infant ICU. He pointed to where the baby was.
"You can't
hold her, but you can touch her"
"Ok"
She put
her hand through the holes in the incubator and rubbed the baby's
hair back. The baby moved alittle bit, but didn't make a sound.
"Have
you though of a name?"
"No"
"For now,
she'll just be known as Baby Stokes"
"Ok"
After
an hour of being with the baby, she went back to her room. When she
got there, Nick was holding the baby.
"How is she?"
asked Nick.
"I don't know"
"She'll be ok"
"This
feels like deja vu all over again"
"Yeah it does"
The
baby started to cry and Nick gave him a bottle.
"The doctor
said that little nicky can go tomorrow"
"Me too, but I
wanna stay"
"For the baby?"
"Yeah, she
needs me"
"I understand"
Lenny looked at Nick
feeding the baby. It was the cutest sight that she'd ever seen. She
couldn't stop thinking on the bad side about her baby girl.
Later
on that day
Lenny was sitting in bed when Grissom came into the
room. Little Nicky was in the basanet next to her asleep.
"How's
my boy?" asked Grissom.
"Good, he threw up on
Nick...he's changing"
"He's a good little boy"
Then
Cathrine, Warrick, and Greg came in. They were holding
'Congradulations, It's a Boy and a Girl' ballons.
"How's he
doing?" asked Cathrine.
"Good, threw up on Nick"
"He's
learning already" said Warrick.
"Lenny" said
Greg.
"What?"
"Can I talk to you
outside"
"Sure"
They walked outside and Greg
looked like he was holding back tears.
"I wanna give this to
the baby"
"Which one?"
"The little
girl"
"What is it?"
He handed her a little pink
bag. Inside was a teddy bear that had Sara's picture inside on it's
stomach.
"I was thinking it would help her" said
Greg.
"That's so sweet"
"You know I don't show
it, but I miss her too"
"I've noticed"
"She's
not gonna let the baby die"
"Greg, your so sweet"
She
hugged him and he hugged her back. They both started to cry and Lenny
kissed Greg on the cheek.
"I'm not coming off weird, being
attached to a baby that's not mine am I?"
"No, your my
best friend...it's perfectly fine"
"Ok"
He
pulled back and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Greg?"
"What?"
"Do
you wanna be the babies godfather?"
When she asked him that,
a smile came across his face.
"I'd like that"
"I
thought that you would"
That night
Everyone left and
Lenny was asleep in her bed when she thought she heard someone come
into the room. When she looked up, she saw Sara standing there.
"This
wasn't suppost to happen"
"Is she gonna die?"
"I
can't tell you that, I don't own her fate"
"Mom, please
don't let her die"
"I'm trying, but he won't
listen"
"Please make him listen, she deserves to
live"
"Your just like me in so many ways"
"I
miss you mom"
"I miss you too, but I'm always right
here"
Sara placed her hand on her heart. She watched Sara go
over to little nicky and smile.
"Just like dad"
"Yeah"
Then
someone came into the room and Sara dissapeared. The nurse looked at
Lenny like she was crazy.
"You talking to yourself"
"I
was talking to my guardian angel"
That next day
Nick
decided that he was going to take little nicky home while Lenny
stayed with the other baby.
"Be careful with him" said
Lenny.
"I know how to take care of a baby" said
Nick.
"I'll watch him" said Cathrine.
"Thanks"
"You
call us if anything changes" said Warrick.
"I will"
"I'm
gonna go too, Greg said that he'll stay with you"
"Ok"
"Wanna
kiss him goodbye"
She walked over to little nicky and looked
at him. His big brown eyes sparkled at her and she smiled.
"Mommy's
gonna be home soon ok"
He smiled like he understood what she
said. She kissed him on his forehead, then kissed Nick. After they
left, Greg walked in.
"Hey Greggo"
"Hey"
"Did
you bring something to do?"
"Cards"
"Sounds
good to me"
They played poker for a few hours, then they got
bored.
"I'm scared" said Lenny
"For the
baby?"
"The doctor hasn't told me anything"
"She's
gonna be fine"
Then Lenny started to cry and Greg hugged
her.
"I want my baby" said Lenny.
"I want my
goddaughter to be fine, it's not up to us"
Then the doctor
rushed in and looked at Lenny. He didn't have a promising look on his
face.
"You need to come down to the ICU"
"Why?"
"The
babies fading"
With that, Lenny and Greg ran into the infant
ICU.
In the ICU
They walked over to the baby. She looked
so small. For now they had her stabalized, but they didn't know how
much longer that it would last.
"Precious time now"
said the doctor and walked out.
"What did she do
wrong?"
"Nothing" said Greg.
"She doesn't
deserve this, she deserves to have a life"
"She
will"
"She's not gonna have her first boyfriend, her
first prom date, or graduate"
"Don't think like that"
"I
want my baby to be ok" said Lenny
A few minutes later, they
heard the heart monitor slowly beep. It was only a matter of time
before it stopped. She started crying hysertically and Greg hugged
her. The both of them started crying.
In a far away
place
Sara was looking down on them. It brough tears to her eyes
seeing Lenny in such pain.
"She's been through enough
loosing me, that baby needs to live" said Sara.
"It's
not gonna happen"
"I'll give my eternal life up, just
let that baby live"
"What're you saying"
"Let
me be the spirit that keeps that baby alive"
"You sure
about this?"
"Positive, she's been though
enough"
"Ok"
In the hospital
Lenny
was holding the baby's little hand in hers. The monitor was beeping
less frequently now. Greg went to call Nick and everyone
else.
"You've gotta make it little one. Mommy, Daddy,
Grandpa, your godparents, and your brother want you to make it.
You've gotta fight little one"
Just as she said that, the
heart monitor stopped. Her baby's life slipped through her fingers.
The doctor came in and made sure.
"I'm sorry"
Greg
came back into the room and saw the look on Lenny's face. He knew
what happened.
"Lenny, I'm sorry" said Greg and hugged
her.
A few minutes later, the heart monitor started to beep again.
Lenny looked down at the baby's face and color started to return to
it. The baby's eyes fluttered open and looked at Lenny.
"Sara"
The
baby got a smile on it's face that warmed her heart. The baby was
saved and she knew Sara had something to do with it.
"This is
a miracle" said the doctor.
"I know" said
Greg.
"Have you thought of name?" asked the nurse.
"Sara
Cathrine Stokes"
2 years later
Nick was getting
things ready for the twins's birthday party while Lenny was getting
them dressed.
"You wanna wear what Warrick bought you?"
asked Lenny.
"No" said Sara.
"I do" said
Nicky and grabbed his outfit.
It was a baby version of Nick's
vest that he wore with an identical shirt to Nicks.
"Ok,
little miss sara...what do you want to wear?"
"This"
She
picked out a pale yellow dress and Lenny smiled.
"Ok, let's
get you changed" said Lenny
While she was getting them
dressed, Nick came into the room. He saw Nicky and smiled.
"Just
like dad" said Nick.
"Uh-huh" said Nicky and walked
over to him.
They looked identical to eachother. Sara sat on the
bed and Lenny put on her shoes.
"Is Grandpa coming?"
asked Sara.
Lenny looked at Nick and he looked back at
her.
"Grandpa can't be here right now"
"Where is
he?"
"With Grandma"
Sara looked at Lenny with
her big brown eyes. It was hard telling alittle girl that her grandpa
could be there when she didn't understand why.
"Let's go
downstairs" said Nick and took Nicky.
Outside
Warrick
and Cathrine were alittle sitting at the table.
"Aww, Nick
he looks just like you" said Cathrine.
"My little man"
said Nick.
"Little man" said Nicky.
Lenny sat Sara
down beside her. She ran her hands through her hair, the put her head
in her hands.
"What's wrong?" asked Cathrine.
"She
asked about her grandpa"
"Oh" said Cathrine.
"It'll
take time" said Warrick.
"Where's Greg?" asked
Lenny.
"Right here" said Greg.
"Uncle Greg"
said Sara and ran to him.
He hugged her and picked her up. She
kissed him on the cheek and he hugged her tight.
"You been
good for mommy?"
"Yeah, I missed you"
"Me
too"
He put her down next to him and Nick brought out the
cake. While they were cutting the cake, Lenny looked out and thought
that she saw Grissom and Sara. They looked back at her and smiled. He
took her hand and she took his, then they slowly dissapeard. The two
people who gave everything for her was gone, now she was on her own
