I'm soooooooo sorry for the late update!!!! I've been really busy. Thanx for the reviews on the last chapter!!!! Hope you enjoy this one.


Chapter 15

5 years later:

"Okay , I'm late again," announced Grissom upon entering the break room.

"As usual," said Catherine sipping her coffee.

"But I have a good excuse this time, the sheriff called me and said there's gonna be a forensic science convention in San Francisco but only one person can go," said Grissom.

""Isn't the supervisor always go?," asked Warrick.

"Yeah, but I'm backlogged with paperwork, unless you guys want to do my paper works fine with me," said Grissom.

"Like that's gonna happen," said Nick smiling.

"So, I'm choosing Nick to go,"

"What? Why me?," asked Nick a little surprised.

"I just thought you need the experience,"

"Oh man, I'm not in the mood," whined Nick.

"You'll thank me later, Nicky my boy," said Grissom.


Sara arrived home from the SF crime lab after a tiring day at work. She was in the day shift. She just put a double and Ken asked her to go to her apartment which was occupied by Sara and her son. As Sara arrived at the nanny's house she took her son to the car. Her son always went to the nanny's house after school. It was easier for Sara to pick her son up cause she was working day shift.

Once they arrived home she took her son to his bedroom cause he fell asleep in the car. Sara sat next to his bed, watching him sleep peacefully. 5 years ago after Sara knew she was pregnant , she decided not to tell Nick. Even though she knew he deserved to know , she couldn't face him again. Since then Sara had been raising Daniel Nicholas Stokes, Sara kept Nick's last name because she wanted Danny to know he had a father. Sara was looking at Danny when he started to stir.

"Mommy?," said Danny waking up.

"I'm right here baby,"

"I'm thirsty,"

"Let's go to the kitchen, I'll make you some lemonade,"

"I love lemonade, let's go mommy, let's go mommy!," said Danny now fully awake.

"Ok, ok, calm down," said Sara laughing.

Sara lifted Little Danny up and Danny slid his arm around his mom's neck. Danny was so Nick-alike that it made it harder for Sara to forget Nick. His brown eyes, his charming smile, and Danny had the same color as Nick's and it was long at the front and almost covering his eyes. Sara had always wanted to cut it but Danny refused to. Unless it was really long Sara would cut it but it still covered his forehead. It was really cute and adorable.

"Mommy, this is yummy," said Danny drinking his lemonade.

Sara just smiled at her son.

"So how was school?," asked Sara.

"It was great but the girls always bugging me,"

"You don't like girls, honey?," asked Sara.

"No, girls are yucky," said Nick wrinkling his nose.

Sara just smiled. Another resemblance between Nick and Danny, both were chicks magnet. Never ran out of girls.

"Wanna go back to bed?," asked Sara.

Danny just nodded tiredly.

"I'm tired," said Danny rubbing his eyes.

"Come, I'll tuck you in,"

Sara lifted Danny and put him on the bed. She covered him with the blanket and kissed his forehead.

"Sleep, tight, honey"

Sara turned on his night light beside his bed and closed the door partially.


The nextday Sara woke up ready to go to work. She wanted to wake Danny up for school like every morning.

"Danny, wake up, honey, time to go to school,"

"Mommy, I don't want to, I'm cold," said Danny weakly.

Sara walked up to her son and looked at him. Danny was looking really pale. Sara felt his forehead and it was really hot.

"Danny, you have a fever," said Sara.

"I don't feel so good,"

"Wait a minute okay honey? I'm gonna call Uncle Ken," said Sara softly.

"Okay," said Danny nodding.

Sara called Ken's number, her best friend and the supervisor of the day shift.

"Fuller," said Ken.

"Ken, I don't think I could come in today, Danny's got a fever,"

"But we're really busy, Sara."

"Then what do you want me to do? Just leave him here?" Sara was getting mad.

"Of course not, just bring the little guy here, maybe Josh can take care of him," said Ken. Josh was one of the lab tech. He always took care of Danny in emergencies like these.

"Okay, see you later," said Sara.

Sara hung up and went to look at her son. He was lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

"Honey, are you feeling any better?"

"No," whimpered Danny.

"Wait here."

Sara went to the kitchen and took out a bottle of syrup for fever from one of the drawers. She took a small spoon and a glass of water and got back to Danny.

"Drink this, Danny," said Sara helping Danny to sit up. Danny swallowed the medicine and took a sip from the glass.

"You know what Danny, today you're going to go to the lab with me," said Sara trying to cheer Danny up.

"Wow, really? Can I catch bad guys like you?,"

"Not yet, maybe when you're older, but Uncle josh gonna play with you."

"Really? I love Uncle Josh, he always show me his computer games, it's really cool," said Danny excited.

"Well today you get to play one, Let's go take a shower, think you're strong enough?,"

"Yeah!," said Danny excited.

Sara just laughed because just a minute ago Danny was so sick couldn't even get up, but now he was energetic as ever.

After his shower Sara packed his stuff like drawing books, gameboy and some comics in case he'll et bored. After he was ready in his Spiderman T-shirt and jeans, they were off to the crime lab.

"Ken, I'm sorry I'm late," said Sara as she arrived.

"No problem but Josh a little backlogged, he can't take care of Danny for now but you can let him play in the break room,"

"Okay, I'm gonna go there first," said Sara.

"Get your assignment in my office, okay?'

"Yeah,"

Sara held Danny's little hands and led him to the break room. She walked in and saw a guy reading a newspaper and it was covering his face. Sara was a little surprised because didn't exactly have guests visiting the crime lab. She just brushed it off cause she was really late. Sara kneeled down in front of Danny.

"Ok, Danny, I'm late for work, you sit here okay? Be a good boy and play quietly and don't talk to strangers," reminded Sara.

The guy who was reading the newspaper heard a very familiar voice to him . He turned towards the voice and saw the one person he had been dying to see.

"I love you, bye honey," said Sara kissing Danny's forehead. Sara got up to lead Danny to the couch when she saw the one person she thought she would never see in her entire life anymore, Nick Stokes.


Okay there you go. Sorry for the cliffhanger but I just had to do it. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!