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Three Months Later
Sara inhaled sharply as she was awoken by her alarm clock. Sitting up to shut the ringing off, she realized it was the day she had been waiting for.
She was going to have her baby.
It was her due date; July 8th. She was now 9 months and two days pregnant. The day she had waited for seemed to take an eternity to arrive, but it was here.
She reclined back against the headboard, just reminiscing about the earlier months.
The previous three months seemed to have flown by. The baby's nursery was now fully decorated, equipped with everything from a soft-cushioned changing table to a yellow chair for Sara to sit while rocking her child.
Jenna called Sara at least once a day during the twins' first month home. It was understandable, considering Jenna was a first time mom and she and Nick were both unsure of how to do everything; They knew the basics, but some things, like not making the bottles too hot, took some practice.
Nicknames were developed for the twins. Lorelei Melinda has several; Mostly because Liz adored the little girl. The most frequent names were L.M., Mel and El. How Liz arrived at 'El' none of the adults could quite understand.
William Gil's nicknames consisted of Buggy, because his middle name was for Gil, Will and WG. It appeared that Buggy was his favorite, for whenever the name was said, he kicked and gurgled happily.
Each morning before going to school, Liz would extend her hands toward her mother; Sara would grin and place Liz's hands on the spot where the baby was kicking. Then returning the grin, Liz would give Sara a hug and rush off to school.
Sara's craving grew stranger with each week. One moment she was eating mustard with popcorn, the next it was orange sherbet with barbecue potatoes chips.
And Gil continued to do the grocery shopping every week or whenever it needed done. Sara thought it was sweet that he managed to work at the lab, decorate the nursery, go out for groceries and still find time to sit out on the porch swing and rub his tired wife's feet.
Snapping back the present, Sara realized she had to get dressed. She was due at the hospital at 10 o'clock, and the clock next to the bed was reading 8:30.
While his wife was traipsing around upstairs trying to find something comfortable to wear, Gil was sitting in the kitchen sipping coffee. The reality that later that day he would be holding his second child made him both nervous and excited at the same time.
He was happy for the obvious reasons; Their second child together, and most people are overjoyed to have another child. The nervous feeling was because he had to go through it all again; Even though he was extremely happy, the thoughts of having to change diapers, the late night crying, it made him a bit scared.
He was out of practice. Yes, he had been around Jenna and Nick's twins quite a bit, but he wasn't there for everything; He feared doing something wrong or not fulfilling his fatherly duties.
"Gil!" Sara shouted from the top of the stairs; Her gasping could be heard from the kitchen, frightening him more than his thoughts.
"What's wrong?"
He sprinted out of the kitchen, nearly stepping on Lily, and to the bottom of the stairs.
"My water just broke!"
Desert Palm Hospital, Maternity Ward Room 509
Sara, now donning a blue and white hospital gown, sighed. The doctor had told her two hours ago that she would be ready to deliver; Then the last time Dr. Tiverson, Sara's obstetrician from both of her pregnancies, had checked to see how dilated she was, he informed that it would another two hours.
Hospitals had always bored and annoyed Sara. She hated the waiting the most.
On the way to the hospital, she and Gil had decided to drop Liz off at Catherine's. After each giving Liz a big hug then receiving two from Catherine, the two continued to the hospital.
Now Sara was lying in a bed, the TV in the far left corner of her room on mute. Gil had gone to find coffee for himself; The doctors had instructed him not to give Sara any caffeine, that it would only give her a little spurt of energy and then she wouldn't be able to push during the delivery.
So after facing several threats from his wife, he walked out of the room in search of something to occupy him.
Sara didn't feel like sleeping; She just wished the child inside of her would hurry up and decide it wanted to be born.
A knock came from the door; She didn't tell the person to enter. She figured if they really wanted to see her badly enough, they'd enter without a welcome.
"Hey Sara," A quiet voice greeted; Sara looked over to the door and much to her surprise, Greg Sanders was standing there.
"Greg. What's up?"
The wacky haired lab tech walked into the room a little farther; A chair was next to Sara's bed, but something in Greg's mind told him not to sit there. It was Grissom's chair; And therefore, he opted to stand.
"Catherine called me; She said you were here. I just wanted to wish you… good luck."
Laughter erupted from Sara; Is that what you say to a pregnant woman who's almost ready to pop? 'Good luck'?
"Um, thanks," Her laughter slowed to quiet giggles.
"I'll just go now."
"You don't have to. I'm pretty bored," Sara tried to hide the pleading for company in her voice, but it was still evident.
Greg smiled happily. "I brought a deck of cards."
He finally sat down in the green chair, pulling a deck of cards out of the front pocket of his jeans. He dealt the cards, giving Sara seven and then himself.
"What are we playing?" Sara inquired. Her cards were two fives, a four, three nines and a four.
"Have a four?"
"Yeah…" Sara handed Greg her four, catching on that they were playing Go Fish.
The game continued for nearly an hour until Dr. Tiverson entered the room.
"Cards; That's a nice way to pass time. I just need to check and see how far Sara is dilated," The doctor warned Greg.
The younger man nodded, placing his cards on the table next to the bed and walking out of the room.
Dr. Tiverson chuckled then went on to do what he had entered the room to. With a grin, he told Sara, "You're ready to have your baby!"
Catherine Willows' House
"I wonder if mommy had the baby yet," Liz inquired.
She and Catherine were seated on the couch, eating Cheetos and watching a show on television.
"I don't know. Your daddy said he would call when she did; And I don't think he would break that promise."
Liz nodded thoughtfully. "Did you babysit me when I was a baby?"
"Yep. A lot. Sometime your Uncle Greg would help me; He was scared to hold you, did you know that?"
"No! He was?"
"Yes. But Uncle Nick wasn't. He loved holding you; It was so cute," Catherine smiled happily.
Telling Liz stories about when she was a baby made her happy for some reason.
"I like holding LM; She's so cute. And I like her outfits," Liz shared, popping a Cheeto into her mouth.
"Well pretty soon, your baby sibling will wear cute outfits like that."
Liz smiled happily. "That's cool. Did mommy show you the nursery?"
"Yeah and she said you helped with it."
"Yep. I helped daddy paint."
As the show came back from a commercial, Liz directed her attention to the television; Catherine smiled at the little girl. She was going to be a great big sister.
Desert Palm Hospital, Maternity Ward Waiting Room
Gil paced back and forth across the waiting room; He was the only one in the room full of chairs and he didn't have to worry about bothering anyone.
His mind swirled with thoughts.
Would it be a boy or a girl? What would they name it? How would Liz react to being able to hold her younger sibling?
He shook his head, trying to clear his mind. It had been amusing to him to walk into Sara's room and find her playing cards with Greg.
When she announced she was just waiting for the doctors to come back and wheel her to the delivery room, Gil couldn't stop smiling.
He couldn't wait to see the baby. It was a day that not he and Sara, but Liz as well had been waiting for.
While Sara was taken to the delivery room, Gil was shown to the waiting room, where he been waiting for forty-five minutes.
Just when he was about to sit down, Dr. Tiverson entered the room with a grin; He still had blue scrubs on, along with a green and yellow hair cap.
"Mr. Grissom, would you like to see your wife?"
The walk to the room Sara was in being checked over seemed to take a long time; Much longer than expected. Gil knew he was just so impatient to see Sara and the baby that his mind was playing tricks on him.
"Put these on," The doctor handed Gil a pair of yellow scrubs, giving him a flashback to the day Liz had been born and the same thing had happened. "And you can go on in."
Dr. Tiverson entered first; Gil slipped the scrubs on then followed him.
Nurses calmly walked around the room; Sara wasn't the only one in here. Several other mothers were present, each of their beds kept private by a cloth curtain.
Gil spotted Sara; She was lying in a bed almost directly in front of him. A nurse was asking her questions but when Gil reached her bed, the nurse smiled at him and walked away.
"Hi," She whispered, a small grin tugged at the corners of her mouth.
"Hey. How are you?"
"Tired."
Gil nodded but he still had one more question. "What is it?"
Sara laughed for a moment, almost like she had expected that. "It's a girl."
Another little girl; Gil's heart nearly burst with joy. He bent down and kissed Sara's forehead, then sat on the edge of her bed and took her hand.
"I sort of figured it was a boy, because this pregnancy wasn't anything like the one with Liz," Sara rambled.
Gil grinned as he realized whatever drugs they had given Sara before the birth still hadn't worn off.
"Where is she?" Gil paused for a moment. "And what's her name?"
"I thought you were going to pick it out."
Gil thought for a second. "I have one." Sara nodded for him to continue. "Grace Louise; For my mother."
Sara grinned. "That's beautiful. Grace Louise it is."
"I'll be right back."
Gil stood up from the bed and rushed out of the room. He found a payphone on the wall next to the recovery room. With a smile, he picked up the receiver and dialed Catherine's number.
"Hello?"
"It's Grissom. Are you coming to the hospital?" It joy was very clear in his voice.
"Be there in ten."
After hanging the phone back up, Gil did not re-enter the room. He wanted to wait for Catherine and Liz to show up.
Catherine's Tahoe, A Few Seconds Away From Desert Palm
"Mommy had the baby?" Liz shrieked. She too was obviously overjoyed about meeting her baby sister. She nor Catherine knew it was a girl, but both had a hunch it was.
"Yep. We're going to see her now."
Catherine pulled into the Desert Palm parking lot, a place she had visited many times while doing her job. She watched as Liz unbuckled her seat belt and hopped out of the vehicle.
"Come on!" She giggled to Catherine.
The two jogged into the building, Catherine slowly down greatly so not to get ahead of Liz.
Upon reaching the maternity ward, both were severely out of breath.
"Next time I want to jog, talk me out of it," Liz giggled. Then with a grin, she spotted her father. "Daddy!"
Gil turned to find the little girl suddenly directly in front of him.
"Hey! We have a surprise for you. Want to go see mommy?"
Liz nodded happily; Catherine finally reached the two with a grin.
"Do you want to come in too?" Gil asked.
Catherine shook her head no, so Gil turned his attention back to Liz.
"Okay, you have to put this on," He helped her slip on a pair of the yellow scrubs; The material was far too big. Gil picked her up so she wouldn't fall.
Catherine watched as Gil carried Liz into the room; She soon spotted Sara, who was lying in a bed with a tiny bundle wrapped in a pink blanket in her arms.
"Hi mommy," Liz whispered.
Gil set Liz down on the edge of Sara's bed. He stood next to her, just observing the three most important women in his life.
"Hi, sweetheart. This is your baby sister, Grace."
Liz looked at the tiny infant; The love was evident in her eyes. "Mommy, she's so cute!"
Gil grinned; The interaction between mother and daughters was astounding. Sara showed Liz how to gently hold the baby's hand without hurting her, and Liz followed the directions to the letter.
He looked back at Catherine, who also was smiling, then back to his wife and daughters.
There they were, the newest addition to their family had been welcomed and was already being showered with love. It was perfect; And it was wonderful.
They were one big happy family.