TITLE: Geeky Kind of Christmas 1/8
AUTHOR: VanillaBug
RATING:PG-13 for now!
CATEGORY: G/S Romance
DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything!
SPOILERS: I don't think so but we will say up to Season 5 just in case
SUMMARY: Grissom and Sara spend Christmas together. Nothing but a good dose of Holiday Fluff!
Geeky Kind of Christmas 1/8
It was two hours before the start of shift but Gil Grissom was walking down the halls of the Las Vegas Crime Lab. He had a lot of work to catch up on. At least that was what he planned to tell people if they asked what he was doing there so early. Truth be told he just couldn't take it anymore.
It was a week before Christmas and Grissom had had enough. The Christmas commercials that had been playing on television even before Thanksgiving day was over. The radio playing the same Christmas songs no matter station you happened to turn to and the streets. The streets were filled with rude, impatient, cranky people. It's not the rest of the worlds fault you waited till the last minute to do your shopping.
Grissom usually didn't mind Christmas, but this year he realized he would be spending it alone. His mother had gone to Tahoe to visit Robert's family. Grissom was actually glad for that. Robert was good to his mother and he was going to ask her to marry him on Christmas day. And to Grissom, any man who asks a woman's son for his mothers hand in marriage was okay in Grissom's book.
Catherine and Lindsey were headed to Eddie's parents for the holiday. He had admired the way Catherine had been raising her daughter. Even after all Eddie had done, Catherine came to realize that was no reason to punish Lindsey by taking her away from family. Whether it was good or bad. Ever since Eddie's death she has tried to keep his parents in Lindsey's life, and it looked to Grissom like she was doing a good job.
This year Warrick and Tina had planned a month vacation. They left at the beginning of December taking a tour around Europe. As for Nick, he was spending the holidays with his parents. And Greg…well Greg was meeting his current girlfriend's parents this year. Grissom could tell he was nervous. Especially after Greg came into his office asking if he had any ideas on how to impress the girl's father.
That left Sara. He had overheard her talking to Catherine. Catherine had invited her to spend the holiday with her at Eddie's parents, but Sara declined saying she had plans already. His last hope of a Christmas companion, the one he really wanted to spend the holiday with, was busy as well. So, needless to say Grissom hadn't been in the best of moods the past few weeks.
His mood didn't get any better as he heard the shrilling sound of Christmas music coming from the break room. It was time to put his supervisor title to use. He came to work to escape the music, there was no way he was going to put up with it here too. As he rounded the corner and the break room came into view, he stopped in his tracks.
Christmas lights lined the outline of the room. Garland hung from the ceiling, and the shelves were covered by a white blanket made to look like snow. His bitterness faded as he saw Catherine and Sara decorating a tall tree on top of a table. Both women were wearing Santa hats and dancing around to the Christmas music blaring in the background.
As he approached the break room he noticed Greg and Nick digging around in a box filled with Christmas decorations. He watched as Catherine tried to put a star on top of the tree, but it seemed she wasn't as tall as she had thought. Grissom chuckled at the sight and walked into the break room to give her a hand.
"Here shortie, let me," Grissom said taking the star and placing it on top of the tree.
"Thanks. And don't call me shortie! I would have no problem if I had my heels on," she replied.
"What's all this for anyway?" Grissom asked.
"Oh nothing really. It's just in December, there is a little holiday called Christmas," Nick said grabbing a Santa out of the box.
Grissom just glared at him
"Catherine brought in all this extra stuff that she wasn't using. It's just to brighten up the place a bit. It's a week before Christmas and no one in this lab seems to notice. We were just giving them a little reminder," Greg answered while trying to untangle another string of lights.
"We're not clocked in , so we didn't think it would be a problem," Sara said
"It's not a problem. It's just ... well ... it's a nice surprise," he smiled.
"And you thought he would hate it," Catherine said bumping Sara in the side.
Grissom turned to face Sara.
"Why did you think I would hate it?" he asked.
"Well, the past few weeks, it just seemed like you had a sign over your head saying 'Keep Christmas Away From Me!'" she shrugged.
"Look who's talking!" Nick laughed.
"Excuse me?" she said placing her hands on her hips
"You have NEVER been one for the spirit of Christmas in the past. I've been wondering what changed this year," Nick asked.
"Holidays were never really a thing for my family growing up. I guess I just needed to find the right family to get me in the spirit," she smiled looking at everyone.
"I'm gonna cry," Greg said wiping a fake tear from his eye.
"Oh, shut up!" Sara said throwing an ornament at him.
"So Sara, if you don't mind me asking, since you don't really have any family … well blood related of course, what are you doing for the holiday?" Nick asked sincerely.
"Well, um, I was just gonna stay home and bake some cookies, watch some Christmas movies and just ... well, relax." she sighed.
"BY YOURSELF? When I asked you what you were doing you said you had plans. You lied to me!" Catherine exclaimed.
"I did not! I do have plans! Just not the plans you thought I might have," she smiled.
"But Sara, I don't want you to spend Christmas alone," Catherine said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I won't be alone. I'll have you guys with me in spirit. Its not that big of a deal," she shrugged.
"But Sara ... "Greg started
"Look, it's okay. Hey, I brought some more decorations but they are in my car. I'm gonna run and get them and when I come back let's drop this okay? I'm fine," she said.
She gently brushed past Grissom on her way out of the break room
"She shouldn't be alone at Christmas time," Catherine sighed
"Don't worry she wont be," Grissom stated
Three faces snapped up from their thoughts and smiled at Grissom.
"What do you mean?" Catherine questioned.
"I mean, if I plan this right, she may never have to be alone at Christmas again."
"Grissom finally making his move," Nick replied
"That's the best present I can think of for Sara." Catherine said.
"Do you think she would actually want to spend the holiday with me?"
"Oh yeah! All you've gotta do is lie down naked next to her tree with a red bow on your head," Catherine offered.
"AH NASTY! MENTAL PICTURE! MAKE IT GO AWAY!" Greg screamed shaking his head and covering his eyes.
The other three CSI's laughed and resumed decorating the break room. Grissom loved Sara and tis' the season to make it known. He just hoped she felt the same way.