18
On Tuesday, they went to the jewelry store to look at wedding rings for Grissom. He found one that he liked that he could get inscribed and didn't waste any time purchasing it. The initials would not be intertwined because the print would be too small on the size ring he was looking at, but instead they would be side by side with a heart in the middle. They talked to the jeweler about Sara's ring and she agreed that there would be no ring that would compliment her engagement ring. The only solution, if she wanted to wear a ring, would be to wear it on a different finger. When he saw her nose curl up at that idea, Grissom knew they would have to take an alternative route.
While they were at the mall, Sara made him shop for some new things for the cruise. First on the list was a tuxedo. With a little argument, since he spent his life wearing black, she convinced him to go with white. After that, she tried to get him to buy some shorts, but lost that battle to some casual pants. After a few more purchases, which included a couple bathing suits, they headed for lunch.
Over lunch, Grissom was shocked when Sara recommended she get a tattoo in place of a wedding band. "A tattoo? Sara! No."
"Why not? I think it would be cute. I could get our initials tattooed…somewhere."
"No, Sara. I don't want you putting marks all over yourself."
"It's not all over, Grissom. It's just one place."
"No."
"Fine. Do you have a better idea?"
"Well, what about just wearing a band on a necklace?"
"I guess I could do that. I just really like the jewelry you bought me."
"All right. What if we do this? I'd like to have a simple band to place on your finger during our ceremony. After that, you don't even have to wear it. If you want, you can just put it into your jewelry box. I don't need you to wear a ring just to prove to the world we're married. We'll know we're married, that's all that matters to me. How's that?"
"Hey. Maybe I could make it into a key chain."
"A key chain?"
"Yeah. I mean, they have cases for pictures to make them into key chains. They must have cases somewhere that I could put my ring and maybe a picture of the two of us and make it into a key chain."
"Okay, we'll try that. Either way, we have to go back to the jewelry store."
After lunch, they headed back to the jewelry store and picked out Sara's ring. They had to send it out to get sized and the jeweler told them they could pick both rings up on Friday.
"Grissom, we leave for our cruise on Friday."
"Well, our flight isn't until two. We can stop here on our way."
The clerk asked, "Honeymooning before the wedding?"
"It was my Christmas gift. We leave Saturday from Port Canaveral and sail to the Bahamas for five nights."
"Sounds wonderful. But I thought you just said you were leaving Friday?"
Grissom explained, "There were no first class flights that could've gotten us there without huge layovers or leaving in the middle of the night unless we take the flight in on Friday."
"I see. Well, we'll see you both, Friday, then."
In unison, "Thank you."