Authors Note: Thank everyone for all the great reviews! Keep 'em coming!
DISCLAIMER: I still don't own Eric Szmanda, George Eads, or Gary Dourdan!
The plane ride back to Vegas was pretty uneventful. When they had first boarded the plane, Greg had gotten Sara's attention and pointed at the bathroom when they past it. Ryan saw this,
"Do you have to go potty, Greg? Since your mommy isn't here, my mommy can help you if you need it," she volunteered, which caused a blush from Sara and Greg.
"Uh…, no Sweetie, I was showing your mommy where the bathroom was incase she needed to use it," Greg lied
"Oh, okay," Ryan followed them to their seats.
For the rest of the flight, Ryan sat in between Sara and Greg, eating her snacks that Greg packed for her. He had earned a kiss when she found out he had packed Goldfish,
"Ooooh! These are my favorites! Thanks Greg!" she said before she jumped up to give him a kiss on the cheek, "Watch them swim!" Ryan made the crackers 'swim' through the air over to Greg, "Open the cave!" Greg was confused for a second, then he understood and opened his mouth. Ryan made the cracker 'swim' into Greg's mouth, where she let go of it.
"Thanks Ryan" Greg smiled as he ate the cracker
"Mommy's turn!" Ryan smiled as she turned to Sara. Ryan did the same thing to Sara as she did to Greg, and giggled afterwards.
"What's so funny?" Sara asked her daughter
"I just remembered the Goldfish song! You know, the one from the TV!"
"I know that song too!" Greg exclaimed
"Really? Sing it!" Ryan said excitedly.
Greg started to sing the song, and Ryan joined in. After a while, they got pretty loud. Sara was covering her face with her hands while they laughed as they sang. By then a couple people were watching and laughing with them, and when they finished, people started clapping.
"Thank you, thank you very much" Greg said in his best Elvis impersonation, which Ryan giggled at.
"Can we go meet your friends before we go to your house, mommy?" Ryan turned to Sara
"Yeah, sure. Maybe after that we can all go out to eat."
"Cool!" Greg and Ryan said at the same time, which made Ryan giggle again.
Back in Vegas
The trio had taken another taxi from the airport to the crime lab. They were getting Ryan's bags out of the trunk when she asked,
"Greg? Can I have a piggy back ride?"
"Sure, how about you put your backpack on first, though," Greg smiled and handed Ryan a Spider-Man backpack "so you like Spider-Man, huh? I thought little girls liked Barbies and stuff like that,"
"I like Spider-Man because he reminds me of my mommy. They both help people." Ryan explained
"Oh, okay. How 'bout that ride now, huh?" Greg turned to Sara who was blushing.
"Yeah!" Greg squatted down so Ryan could get on his back "Wheeee!" she said, followed by a giggle and a laugh from Sara and Greg as he stood up.
They started walking towards the door with Greg bouncing a little to make the ride more fun for Ryan. Once they got inside the door, Ryan asked,
"Greggy, could you put me down, I want to walk now,"
"Yeah, of course," Greg said, sounding a little hurt
"Mommy? Where are your other friends?"
"Um…," Sara said looking at her watch "they are probably the room at the end of the hall,"
"Okay," Ryan answered before she took off
"Ryan!" Sara started to go after her, but Greg held her back
"Let her go have some fun with the team, see if they can figure out who she is" Greg smiled. Sara laughed,
"They're going to have a fun time being interrogated by a six year old. I told her little things about you guys, and she wants to figure out who is who,"
In the break room
Grissom, Catherine, Nick, and Warrick sat at the table drinking coffee. Grissom was in the middle of a crossword puzzle, Catherine was reading a magazine, and Nick and Warrick were playing paper football when they heard a little voice shout,
"Hello!" the whole team turned to look at the little girl who came bursting through the door. "Don't tell me your names, I want to guess them!"
Everyone laughed at the little girl's enthusiasm, not realizing how much it reminded them of Sara's. Warrick stared at the little girl for a moment, thinking he had seen her some where before, but pushed away the thought. Ryan walked up to Catherine,
"You're Catherine!" she exclaimed, which startled everyone because they thought that there would be no way she could ever guess their names.
"Whoa…, uh, how did you guess that?" Catherine was a little creeped out
"You're the only girl in here, duh! Plus, you have blonde hair!" Ryan smiled before moving over to Grissom and noticed the crossword puzzle,
"Crossword puzzles…crossword puzzles…Grissom! You're the Bug-Man! Kinda like Spider-Man, see!" She turned around so that everyone could see her backpack.
"Yep, that's Grissom!" Catherine laughed
"Two down, two to go!" Ryan said excitedly as she walked over to Warrick, "Wow! I like your hair! Wait… you've gotta be Warrick with the hair all the ladies love!"
"Wow, you're good. How about my buddy over here," Warrick laughed as he pointed to Nick. Ryan walked over to Nick and stood in front of him, her eyebrows squeezed together in deep thought. An idea came to Ryan, excitedly she said,
"Say something!"
"What?" Nick was confused
"Say a sentence! Like…, I know! Tell me what you had for breakfast today!"
"Um…, okay… I had an omelet, hash browns, toast, and orange juice," Nick remembered
"Wow, you eat a lot! Wait! You talk like a Cowboy, so you're Nick! I was right, you are cute!" Nick blushed at this while everyone else laughed.
"So, now that you know our names, can we know yours?" Catherine asked smiling
"Yep! My name's Ryan!" She smiled. The whole room was quiet,
"Ryan?" Warrick finally spoke
"Uh huh, I just said that,"
"How did you know our names?"
"My mommy told me," Ryan looked confused.
Just then, Warrick realized why the little girl looked familiar, and apparently, so did everyone else by the looks on their faces. Warrick asked the question that he was pretty sure he didn't need to ask,
"Ryan, who is your mommy?"
"You know her, Silly!" Ryan smiled as Sara and Greg walked in. Sara wore an embarrassed smile,
"I, uh, I guess you guys have met my daughter, Ryan"
"Yeah, yeah we have," Nick was first to speak up, because everyone was still in shock that Sara had a daughter.
"Okay, now that I've met everyone, can we go eat? I'm starving!" Ryan smiled
"Ryan, you just had crackers on the plane," Greg smiled
"Yeah, but I want real food…can we go to McDonalds?" Ryan asked
"I guess," Sara laughed
"Mommy? Can your friends come too?"
"If they want to," Sara answered looking at everyone else
"I'm in," Greg smiled at Ryan
"Yay!" Ryan clapped. After a couple of puppy dog eye's, everyone said they would go.
TBC