Greg and Lydia stared at the screen in disbelief; even the doctor was a little surprised. Greg squeezed his wife's hand tightly as the news registered in their minds. Her sonogram showed how the child was developing, and what the gender was. To everyone's surprise though, there was another child in there as well. Lydia was pregnant with twins. One was a boy, and one was a girl.

"Twins," Lydia whispered. "That's incredible."

"It is," Greg said.

After talking with her doctor for awhile and then paying their bill they went over to see how the Grissom family was doing, and to give them the news.

It was late April, and both Catherine and Lydia were starting to get rather round. Lydia already had to limit her work because of working with chemicals and Catherine was mostly staying in the lab and doing paperwork. Having entered into their second trimester of pregnancy recently both women were somewhat changed by it. Catherine didn't treat it as that big of a deal, which considering that she had two other children wasn't too odd, but her age was a concern for the doctors, so she saw them regularly. Lydia tended to be a nervous wreck at times, she was so worried about something going wrong, and now that she was going to have twins that would only increase. Her mother was her only help.

Catherine hugged her daughter when she came to the door, and when she found out the news she was thrilled, so was the rest of the group of family and friends. Greg and Lydia on the other hand felt a little overwhelmed by the whole thing.

Grissom and Catherine knew the gender of their child, but they decided against telling anyone what it was. And there was a betting pool in the lab as to when the children would be born, and what the gender of Gil and Catherine's child was. Even the two couples would put money in at times.

When Lydia entered her sixth month of pregnancy she couldn't work in the lab anymore, it was far too dangerous. While she was on leave she started to seriously consider if she should keep that job or not. When she made her decision Greg was the first person she talked about it to.

"What would you say if I got another job?"

"I don't know, why?"

"Well, I don't think that this job is the best one if I want to be with the twins as they grow. I want to be there the whole time. So I was thinking that another job might be better."

"Did you have something in mind?"

"Yes, my grandfather offered me a position as his secretary, I would have more control of the job because it would be in my family's establishment, which means I could have more time with the twins."

"Is this what you want?"

"Yeah, I think so."

"Then do it. I want you to be happy, and I think that this is a good idea."

She smiled. "Thanks babe."

Gil was rather sad to receive Lydia's resignation papers, but since she had told him all of her reasons he understood it. In fact, he too had to make some difficult decisions regarding his job. He knew that there was no way for both he and Catherine to continue working full time with a baby on the way. He also knew that Catherine would never want to give up her work for her family, even though she loved her family with her whole heart. So he decided that there was only one solution that would benefit the entire family, he was going to retire as soon as it was convenient for Catherine and the lab. Which meant that he would continue working during her maternity leave, but shortly after her return he would retire and be replaced.

Grissom decided to tell Catherine about his plan, at first she didn't believe him, but she eventually saw why it was the best thing to do. Lindsey needed an adult to be home with her, she was a very independent and headstrong girl, and she needed guidance. The baby would need a parent to be there too.

Picking Grissom's replacement would be harder, as would telling all of their friends, but they knew that they could do it.

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I still need baby names! Or I'm gonna drag this out for a very long time (the pregnancy), or I could just end it without you ever knowing….