Gil and Catherine had spent the first week of their honeymoon on the islands of Oahu and Maui, the next week they stayed on Kauai and Hawaii. They enjoyed sight seeing on the various islands, as well as the romantic evenings they spent with each other. They would take long strolls on the beach at midnight, and then they would return to their hotel for another night of passionate abandon. They didn't concern themselves with anything at all except for one another, and their various travel arrangements. They were happy, and that was the most important thing.

I had been very happy with the marriage of my mom and Gil, my newly adoptive father. Of course I was sad when they went away on their honeymoon, but I spent those two weeks hanging out with my friends and everything else. I also started seeing Tommy Robbins more often. Lydia and Greg were always there of course, but they didn't pay too much attention to us. I had known him from school for years before seeing him at the wedding, and then we started dating, so it was fun to see him as a boyfriend instead of a friend, its not like our families knew it yet though.

When my parents returned, they were very nicely tanned, and they were both smiling largely. Only Lydia and I had come to get them, so they hugged us both tightly, and as we drove home they told us about all the things they saw on the islands. They even suggested going there on a family trip to see the volcano again. It sounded like a cool idea.

Greg came over later that day and we had a relaxing time together just as a family. I swear I could have been sick if they were the lovey dovey sort of couples, but thankfully they weren't, but it was close. When I told them that Tommy and I were dating though, they were not too thrilled, I think it was because they kept seeing me as a little girl, which was ok I guess, but they definitely needed to move past that.

We continued to get everything ready for the wedding over the next weeks, and since Tommy came to hang out a few times they decided that they liked him, which made me happy.

Greg's family arrived the week before the wedding, because they wanted to meet their future in laws for the first time. Greg met them at the airport and he drove them to Lydia's house. The four members of the household were standing outside waiting to meet his family. Of course Greg and Lydia were nervous, but the others, on both sides, weren't.

"Mom, Dad, Tyler, Melanie, Alexa, Tanya, this is my fiancée Lydia. These are her parents, who also happen to be our bosses at the lab, Catherine and Gil Grissom and this is her sister Lindsey. This is my family, Tyler is my older brother, Melanie is his wife, Tanya is their daughter, and Alexa is my twin sister. Oh yeah, and my parents are Roger and Angela."

They started to shake hands, and Lydia said to Alexa in a questioning way, "Twin."

"Yes," she answered. "Greg is my twin brother, he's younger by a few minutes."

"So Greg is the baby of the family," Catherine asked jokingly.

"Yeah he is," said Tyler as he gave his brother a warm slap on the back.

"Well, why don't you all come in so that we don't freeze out here in the cold," Grissom suggested, and everyone agreed.

Inside everyone was given refreshments, and while the adults talked, Lindsey and Tanya went off to play video games in another room.

"How old is Tanya," Catherine asked.

"She's ten," Melanie answered. "I'm glad that she can have Lindsey to play with, otherwise she would probably be very bored with the adults."

"So would Lindsey," said Lydia. "Except she's used to it, since her whole life has been like that."

"How is that if you were with her when she grew up, I understand the age difference and all but other than that she had you right," Angela asked.

The room became uncomfortably silent, to the point where you could hear a pin drop. Greg's family wondered why the question was so wrong to ask, while Lydia's family wondered how to answer their question.

Finally Lydia said, "I ran away the same year that Lindsey was born, she didn't even know about me until this past year when she found me and I came back here. Then Greg ran the DNA test to see if I was Gil's daughter, and it turned out that I was, then my parents started to date and they were married two weeks ago. So, that's my life in a nutshell."

While all the rest of his family looked stunned Alexa said, "So, you're a run away, sounds like fun."

That caused everyone else to laugh, and Greg hugged his sister, who he was sitting next to, and said to her, "Nice save."

"Any time Greg," she replied.

"Who raised you then," Roger asked. "Since you obviously weren't raised by wolves."

"I was raised by a the mother of one of my friends, no one ever knew."

"Then you are perfect for Greg," Melanie said. "You're smart and sneaky."

"Thank you."

"What I don't understand is how the two of you allowed our son to date your daughter when you work with both of them, and you are their bosses," Angela asked.

"We threatened them so that they wouldn't do anything stupid," Grissom said.

"Hey," both Greg and Lydia protested, which caused everyone to laugh.

The rest of the day they passed in pleasant conversation, and they all decided that they liked one another. Greg's family was very easy going, and they didn't mind how untraditional Lydia's family was.

Later that week, Lydia had the fun of introducing her family to her other family, the two people who had been there throughout her childhood, Charlotte and Grace Marks. At first Catherine wasn't too friendly towards them, but then she started to realize that if it weren't for them Lydia wouldn't have become the person she was, so the two women were accepted into the already large extended family of the Grissom household.

During that time, amidst all the preparations for the wedding, Greg and Lydia managed to find a house that they liked, and they bought it, their families decided to move them into the house while they were on their honeymoon.

As more people started to come to Vegas for their wedding, the more preparations were made, and then the day of the wedding arrived.

Lydia and Greg's wedding was different from Catherine and Gil's in many ways. The church was decorated in blues, greens, purples, and reds and the flowers were the same colors. Greg stood at the front of the church this time, and the crowd included his friends and family this time as well as more of her friends and family than had been at the other wedding.

Where Grissom had worn a traditional tuxedo, Greg had chosen a more relaxed approach, he was wearing a tuxedo, but his tie had blue flames on it. Greg had his hair spiked as well, because Lydia had told him to do it that way.

The dresses for the bridesmaids were still the light blue ones that had been used in Catherine's wedding; they had kept them the same to save money. The men and women of the procession were Sara and Nick, Roxie and Warrick, Lydia's Cousin Mary and Archie, Greg's brother Tyler and his wife Melanie, Lydia's cousin Jake and Leah from the lab, Grace Marks and Bobby who worked in the lab, and Alexa and Brass. Lindsey was the flower girl again, and her boyfriend Tommy was the ring bearer.

Lydia's dress was strapless and the back was a low-cut v-shape. The dress itself was pale blue, lighter than the bridesmaid's dresses. Her dark brown hair hung in curls to the middle of her back, and baby's breath was gently woven into it. Her body and hair had been made to sparkle by using glitter in various forms. She was simply breathtaking to look at. It was as if she had stepped out of a fairytale.

Sara had been changed to the maid of honor position so that Nick could remain there, it had been a hard decision, but since Sara had started to date Nick and Warrick had started to date Roxie the couples didn't want to be split up, so the decision was made, not that anyone minded. So up the aisle walked the pairs of the bridal procession, until it was Lydia's turn to be walked in by Gil.

Everyone turned to look at them as they entered, and there was a collective gasp as they saw how radiant the bride looked, even Greg looked like he was shocked. She was simply glowing with pure happiness and beauty. Her father looked very happy as well, and throughout the church people were amazed at her beauty.

She was taken by the hand by Greg at the front of the church. They looked into each other's eyes, and they just smiled. Then after the minister spoke they said their personal vows.

"Liddy, you are the light of my life, you are almost like an angel. Especially now that you look so stunning. I have loved you from almost the moment we met, and I could never see us apart. No matter what we go through you seem to have a smile on your face through it all. You are so incredible and there aren't enough words to describe you, I love you because you are so perfect for me, I don't think that anyone in the world could compare with you."

"You're gonna make me cry babe," Lydia said as she wiped away the tears that were forming in her eyes. "Greg, you make me feel like a complete person, you've become part of me in a way that no one else ever could. When I first met you I thought that you very cute and sweet, and the more I got to know you the truer it became. I fell in love with you so quickly, and you didn't really know me, but even when you got to know me more you still accepted me and you loved me. I guess that's why I love you so much. You're kind, considerate, passionate, and funny, you are the one who makes me smile, I don't think that I was truly happy until the day I met you. I suppose it helps that that was the day I also met my family, which you're now part of."

After that they said their vows, and they kissed, then they made an announcement to the crowd.

"Lydia and I have decided against having a long reception because we really want to get on with our honeymoon."

The people laughed, and Lydia hit Greg's arm and with a smile she said, "We are driving up to northern California and we need to leave as quickly as possible to make it to our hotel by check in time. So we'll go and have everyone say goodbye to us at the doors, and then we'll have a quick get together with some of you, and then we're going to leave."

So they went into the foyer that was just outside the sanctuary of the church and they were congratulated and hugged by their family and friends. Eventually most of the people had filtered out, and only their closest friends and family were left.

They had a nice meal in the banquet hall of the church with their remaining guests, and then they had a few dances. The person who caught Lydia's bouquet was Roxie, which caused both she and Warrick to blush slightly, and then Warrick decided to kiss his girlfriend in front of everyone, which caused ripples of laughter throughout the group.

After about two hours the crowd filtered out, and only Grissom, Catherine, Lindsey, Sara, Nick, Warrick, Brass, Roxie, and Dr. Robbins were left with Greg and Lydia.

Sara whispered something to Nick, and he shared it with Warrick, and very quickly the three of them started to laugh, which caused the others to give them strange looks.

"What is it," Lydia asked.

"Well, it's just strange to think that Greg is now Grissom's son-in-law," Sara answered.

"Yeah, and he's Cath's son-in-law as well," Warrick said.

Shortly everyone else started to laugh about it too, including Lydia and Greg, because it was a very funny thought for them, another funny thought was that Catherine was now a Grissom as well. After a few minutes of good-byes, Greg and Lydia got changed and then they left in his already packed car for the mountains of Northern California.

As soon as Lydia and Greg had finished unpacking their belongings in their room, Greg opened a bottle of champagne, and he poured them each a glass. In a toast he said, "To us, may we live a very long and happy life together."

"To us babe," she replied as they gently clinked their glasses together.

After they had taken a swallow they kissed, Greg started to move very quickly towards the passion of the moment, but Lydia said, "Wait, I have something special for you."

He gave her a questioning glance as she walked away from him, put down her glass on a dresser, and took one of her bags into the bathroom. A few minutes later she came out wearing a very thin and very showy negligée with black lace and red accents. Greg's jaw nearly fell through the floor, and he also nearly dropped his glass, which he promptly put down on the dresser next to her glass and the bottle.

"Well, what do you think," she asked as she came towards him.

"Wow, you're so beautiful," was his reply. He stepped closer to her and he kissed her again, and her still very glittery body was pressed closely against his own.

She helped him to shed his clothes until he was standing there only in his underwear. Still kissing, she led him onto the bed, she was crawling backwards, and he was crawling forwards, his body hovering over her own. With smooth caresses their bodies became very excited. After they shed their remaining clothes, they looked over each other's body, and then they continued to kiss and caress, flowing into the passionate moment. They were both a little afraid, but they were also both very willing and wanting to make love with their spouse. Finally during all of the excitement of two bodies preparing to make love there was release, the pulsing of two bodies intertwined, hearts racing, muscles moving rhythmically. Then, after they finished, they lay in the arms of their lover, comfortably and without any cares, they were complete.

TBC…

You may want to pace yourselves with these three chapters, 'cause that's all that's coming for awhile.

PS, if you couldn't tell, I like blue : ), and I like fairy tale like stories, so that's why Greg and Lydia's wedding is the way it is.

And I'm sorry for adding so many characters, especially since I won't be using them too often. For the forgetful, Grace Marks is Lydia's childhood friend, she ran away to the Marks household when she was a child, so Grace is her age.

BTW, the scene above is as much of a sex scene as I'll ever write, because 1 I'm not perverted (though some may say otherwise) and 2 you can't write too much about what you don't know.

I thanked everyone in ch. 29.