A/N: Sorry this chapter is shorter then the others, (I'm going away tomorrow, & I wanted to post this quickly) this is partly why it was not betad (Sorry Sidle Chick thanks for beta-ing the others anyway :D)


Chapter 7

Grissom on the other hand, was well aware of the occupants of the cubicle. He had caught the end of the conversation, and being the investigator that he was, he could read between the lines as to what was being said.

'Is she really mine?' He asked himself, 'How should I be feeling right now, because I don't really know. It seems to be a mixture of pain, confusion and joy. Why did Sara lie to me? I know technically it wasn't a lie, but not saying anything is bad enough isn't it? I'm just over rationalizing things again now. I really must stop doing that!'

He was brought back from his daydream by a nurse walking passed, confused as to why a man would be standing in the middle of the corridor, holding 2 cups of coffee, staring at nothing in particular.

"Excuse me sir, can I help you?" She asked.

"Huh?" he replied. He cleared his throat before speaking again. "Sorry, I was daydreaming a little bit," he laughed, "I was just taking this coffee to my friend here." He gestured to the cubicle.

She didn't look very convinced, "Ok, I'll leave you to it. If you need anything just call."

"Ok, thank you" Grissom replied.


Sara heard some mumbling through the curtain, but thought better then to investigate. She knew immediately that it was Grissom, 'how much has he heard?' she thought, 'what am I going to tell him now? I suppose I had better talk to him.

"I'm sorry Leah, but I'm going to have to go outside and talk to your Dad," she looked over at the child. 'Wow, I never thought I would have to say that.' "Is that ok?"

Leah nodded, although Sara was fairly convinced that her daughter was actually asleep. Probably exhausted from the eventful day.

Sara stepped through the curtain, in front a still stunned looking Grissom. "Look Griss," she began. She had no idea where to begin. "I'm sorry" she decided on. "I know that you deserve to have known about her a long time ago-" Grissom tried to but in, "please let me continue," he nodded, "but believe it or not I seriously believed that I was doing the right thing!" she laughed. "Do you want to meet your daughter? She's actually asleep at the moment, but we need to take her home soon anyway." She smiled.

"Erm…" Grissom tried to talk, but no words would come out. He cleared his throat and tried again, "I would love to." He smiled. His blue eyes locked onto Sara's chocolate brown ones for a split second before she was forced to look away. She couldn't seem to find the right words to say for an apology, but she hoped that her eyes would say it for her. It seemed that he accepted it, but even so, she still felt guilty if she looked into his eyes any longer.

"So, shall we?" she asked, gesturing to the closed curtain. He nodded and they stepped through.


A/N: Please Keep R&R. They make my day :D

Special thanks to berta101, Lalenna (see I did try to get it finished by the end of the week :D), and CJ Lauren. You've been great :D.