AN: I know it's been awhile since I posted on back to back days, but today is a special one. Today marks 1 year since I posted the first chapter of this series, and what a ride it's been (And not done yet). So, as a thank you for the support you all have been showing, here is a new chapter a littler early. Enjoy!

Warning: Implied/Suggestive adult content

Chapter 8: Grissom big night Part 2

After Grissom and the girls made it home, he was only there long enough to go the restroom, change his shirt to the custom named Cubs jersey and to get his hat, before him, William, who was also wearing his new custom named Cubs jersey, and Bella left the house to head for Dodger Stadium to watch their Cubs play against the home team.

When it reached the 7th inning stretch, and while Bella went to get refills on their drinks and to work out the kinks in her legs, Grissom looked at his son, who seemed to be zoned out looking towards the field, placed his hand on his shoulder, making him jump a little, so Grissom asked with a raised eyebrow. "You ok, there?"

He nodded with a smile. "Sure, dad. What's up?"

Grissom paused before he started to smile. "I just want to know what's been going on with you?"

"What do you mean?"

Grissom chuckled while shaking his head. "Come on son, I don't have to spell it out for you, do I?" When he still looked confused on what his father was talking about, Grissom chuckled again, seeing himself in his son. "Bella, you and Bella."

William now chuckled while shaking his head. "Oh that. We are just friends, dad."

Grissom raised an eyebrow as he asked. "Just friends?"

William sighed, knowing he couldn't get how he felt past his dad. "That obvious, huh?"

He wrapped his arms around his son and replied with a smirk. "Let me tell you a little secret son, it's been obvious since you were 4."

He nodded with another chuckle, before he sighed again while shaking his head. "It's crazy right? Having those feelings for someone that young and for so long. I've never felt this way about anybody else."

Grissom replied in a sincere tone. "From what I've learned through the years, having feelings for someone, and I mean real, deep, loving ones, can come to you at anytime. I don't think it cares what age you are." He then smirked. "I mean take me for an example, it took me 42 years to find that kind of feeling." William nodded with a smile as Grissom continued. "And like with rules, there is an exception to them, maybe you are that exception that it happened that young."

"Ok, then what do I do? I mean what if she doesn't feel the same about me, and that all of this has been one-sided all along?"

Grissom shook his head with a smile. "I really don't think its one-sided."

"But how do you know that for sure?"

Grissom paused for a second before telling him his little secret as he removed his arm from his son's shoulders. "When you are with her, shut everything off that's going on in here (He puts his hand on his head) and here (Then his heart) and just be in the moment. Pay attention to how she looks at you while you're speaking to one another. Does something you say make her nervous (In a good way)? Does she put her hair behind her ear? What type of smile does she do when she looks away? Believe me son, you'll know when you see it."

William smiled as he asked. "Is that when you knew mom was 'the one'?"

He'll be the first one to admit when he was younger, seeing his parents kissing and so in love with one another made him feel a little embarrassed. But as he got older, and especially after what had happened with Bella's parents, he looked at them in a new light. He appreciated what they had more than ever before, and now that he had an opportunity to know more about their love story, he was willing to hear how it started.

Grissom nodded with a smile. "I did."

William then said something that kind of shocked Grissom. "Then why did it take you so long?"

Grissom raised an eyebrow at his son's question. "Heard some stories about that, huh?"

He shyly replied. "Dad, I'm sorr..."

But Grissom cuts him off while shaking his head. "No, it's ok son, you're right, it did take me some time, longer then it really should have to trust what I was seeing was in front of me the whole time."

"What happened, what made you push her away?"

Wanting to be truthful with his son, Grissom cleared his throat before replying. "Multiple reasons, for one, our age difference.
I felt that she deserved someone younger, someone more her age. I was afraid that the way she felt about me then would no longer hold true as the years passed us by, considering we weren't going to be aging at the same rate."

William couldn't help but smirk. "She sure proved you wrong on that one."

Grissom chuckled with another nod. "She sure did. Her heart and the way she looked at me back then never waivered from me now."

"Another reason?"

"And just when I felt I could say something about how felt I about her, my hearing decided to waiver on me."

Before Grissom could continue, William replied softly, using the same words Grissom had thought when he had his hearing problem. "And you didn't want her to be tied down with someone who was deaf, you felt she needed to be with someone better."

As Grissom nodded, he saw an unreadable look in his son's eyes and he cupped his cheek while speaking in a reassuring tone. "Hey, as you know everything worked out in the end. I finally got over all my doubts, I jumped in head first, we've never looked back and had three amazing children."

William smiled a little with a nod before he cleared his throat and asked his final question. "And what made you finally stop running?"

Grissom removed his hand from his son's cheek before he cleared his throat and spoke. "Now, that is something we'll have to discuss with your mom."

He didn't want to add about what could have happened to Sara that made him stop running from their love without having her present, since it was also her story to tell.

But of course with William, he was a quick study and he asked. "Did something happen to mom?"

Grissom paused before he nodded. "Yes, and no. Meaning it could have been much worse than it actually was. But honestly, I would feel better if your mom was here telling you about this part of our story."

Respecting his father's wishes, William nodded with one more smile. "Ok." Grissom nodded one more time with a smile before William continued. "And for the record, mom could never find anyone better than you. I happen to love the man she picked as my father, I wouldn't trade him for anything." Then he held out his hand and whispered with emotion. "I love you dad, happy birthday."

Warmness field his heart as he took his son's hand and whispered with emotion in return. "And I love you, son. Thank you."

They release hands as William smirked. "What no 'Buddy?"

Grissom chuckled at the mention of his old nickname then asked. "You don't mind me still calling you 'Buddy?"

William looked around to make sure there were no eavesdroppers before whispering towards his father. "You know mom still calls me 'baby', Right?" Grissom chuckled again with a nod this time as William spoke a little louder. "So, on her side of things, you know I'm stuck with that."

Before Grissom could reply, Bella, who had drinks and some nachos, spoke. "Stuck with what?"

William cleared his throat at he sat straightened up in his seat and shook his head. "Oh you know something getting stuck in your head, like a song."

Bella chuckled as she sat down. "That can get so annoying sometimes, you know."

William then mumbled. "Tell me about it."

And knowing William's response wasn't towards Bella's response, Grissom cleared his throat and raised an eyebrow at him, making William give him a sorry/guilty look, Grissom just smiled before Bella spoke again after clearing her throat while handing them their drinks. "I just want to thank you for inviting me, it's been so long since I've been to a baseball game."

Grissom then asked, wanting to get to know the woman who had captured his son's heart, well pretty much the whole family's at this point. "You use to go many of them?"

Bella nodded with a smile. "Yeah, for two years while my uncle worked in New York before he quit his job, he use to get season tickets to the Mets."

Both Grissom and William said at the same time with a disgust look. "The Mets?"

Bella chuckled again while shaking her head. "Ok, you guys have your team and my uncle has his, let's just leave it at that."

They chuckled again before Grissom cleared his throat and asked again. "If you don't mind me asking, why did your uncle quit his job and have you two travel?"

Bella cleared her throat before replying. "No I don't mind you asking. Um, well after what happened with my parents, particularly my mom, My uh Uncle..." She stopped for a moment before William placed his hand on top of hers, and she gives him a shy smile, which Grissom saw it too, before she continues. "While he never treated me any differently than he did when he was visiting, I could tell there was something missing, like the light in his eyes, it just wasn't really there anymore. And work wasn't doing it for him anymore, he felt caged, so one day while we were on our summer break, we got in his vehicle and he just drove around, no where in particular, just enjoying the fresh air, being free. Then he got this idea that he wanted to see more, be out 'there'." Bella chuckled while shaking her head. "And I was eight with an imagination that he help create, so it didn't take much to convince me to go on this magical adventure with him, so he quite his job, we sold what we could, stored what we couldn't and packed what we wanted to take with us. He cleaned out his bank account and as they say the rest is history, one place blurred into anther and before I knew it we were in Europe. Then he met Shawna and everything changed. That light that was missing in his eyes sparked even more than it had been when we started traveling." Bella then sighed. "It was an experience I'll never forget, but I'm happy to be settled, at least for now."

Grissom nodded in understanding before William spoke. "You know my parents use to travel, they even settled in Paris for a little over a year."

Bella looked at Grissom in surprise. "Really?"

Grissom nodded with a smile. "It was some of the best times of my life." Then he looked at his son and said with his eyes sparkling. "Until my kids came, of course."

Bella smiled in return as she looked at William. "I bet."

As William smiled in return, Grissom turned his attention towards the baseball game, just in time to see the Cubs score the tying run, so he started cheering, and as everybody who was around them starting booing, Bella and William got out of their dazed state and started cheering with Grissom, which the cheering for the away team continued on throughout the rest of the game since the Cubs ended up winning by one, so the three of them were extremely happy heading back to the house.

When they arrived home and made it to the front door, Grissom opened it before the house full of guests shouted. "Surprise!"

Grissom chuckled towards Sara. "Is this really that much of a surprise when I knew everybody would be here?"

Sara raised an eyebrow, having another surprise up her sleeve. "Well, you didn't exactly know that everybody would be here."

Grissom looked at her with confusion as he asked. "What do you me..."

He was cut of when the kitchen sliding door opened and heard two kids, Austin and Emma Stokes while running into the room. "Happy Birthday, Uncle Gil!"

Grissom smiled as he kneeled down to give the kids a hug and asked. "What are you guys doing here?"

Emma took that question, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Because it's your birthday."

They all chuckled, and before Grissom could speak, he heard Diana's voice as she walked up to him. "I'm sorry Nick couldn't be here."

Grissom stood up and gave the woman a hug with a smile. "It's ok, it's nice to see you anyways."

She nodded with a smile, and as they pulled back, she continued. "But that doesn't mean I didn't bring someone else with me."

Grissom raised an eyebrow before their eyes moved towards the kitchen doorway when three more kids came into the room, 8 year old Conrad, who was named after his grandpa and looked a lot like his father, especially the spikey hair style, 6 year old Juliet, who looked a lot like her mother, and 4 year old Nickolas, who was named after his godfather and had a mixture of both of his parents.

Grissom smiled a little wider when Greg followed his kids out, and he smiled in return. "I know I'm no Nick, but..."

Grissom cuts him off as he moved to give younger man a hug. "You'll do just fine. I'm glad you and the kids can make it."

Greg hugged the older man with a nod. "Of course. Happy Birthday, Griss."

As the men pulled back, 5 year old Catherine Caine, who wasn't only named after her grandma but resembled her quite a bit, and was being held by her grandpa Warrick, asked. "Can we have cake now, please?"

They all chuckled before Grissom spoke. "Well, you all heard little Catherine, cake time."

The grown-ups chuckled while the kids all cheered, and as everybody was heading out on the deck, Grissom looked at his wife in surprise from the few guests he didn't know about, and she smirked. "What? You didn't think I had a surprise up my sleeve? Don't you know me at all?"

He chuckled while shaking his head. "You never cease to amaze me, my dear."

She kissed his cheek and whispered. "That's the point, bugman."

She then winked at him before following their kids into the kitchen so they could get the cake while he shook his head again as he headed for the deck with a smile on his face.

(A few hours later)

Once everybody had left the house, so there was only Sara and Grissom, Sara was in the kitchen doing the dishes when Grissom came in the room with the last of the dishes that was outside on the deck, and after he placed them on the counter, he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek. "I know I don't view this day as one of my best ones, but thank you for making it a big deal, for making it one of my best." He smirked as he finished. "Well, until the next one comes around, and you have the start the process all over again."

She smiled with a nod. "You're welcome." Then she cleared her throat to get the emotion out. "Just because you don't think it's a big deal, doesn't mean I don't feel the same. The love of my life was born on this day, and the more he goes through means another day I get with him, so bring on the next one, and the one after that, and the one..."

He cuts her off with another kiss on the cheek and smirk. "I get it, dear." He pulls back and turns her around before cupping her cheek as he spoke with emotion. "And it's exactly how I feel about yours, always remember that."

She nodded with a smile as he wiped the few tears away off her cheek, and after sharing a few soft kisses, they get into a hug before he runs his hand up and down her back.

They held one another for several minutes in silence, then he started to smile, remembering his conversation with his son earlier. "Do you remember our first time?"

She chuckled before asking. "Where did that come from?"

"Oh, I was talking to our son earlier at the game, and it got me going down memory lane."

She pulls back and asked with him a raised eyebrow. "You talked to our son about our first time?"

He chuckled while shaking his head. "No, about how I felt about you, how I knew you were the one." He sighed. "Why it took me so long to finally trust in us."

There was a slight pause before she started to chuckle. "Hold on here, really, our son? The one who use to practically gag every time we kissed in front of him, wanted to hear about our story?"

He spoke with love as he cupped her cheek again. "He's getting older, dear. He's leading with his heart a little more now."

She processed what he said, then she nodded with a smile. "I guess you're right. I think he smiles now when we kiss in front of him."

He smiled a little wider as he moved forward so he could kiss her. "And speaking of kissing."

But she stops him when he was a breath away and pulled back with a smirk. "Now if we start that, I don't be able to finish with the dishes." When he sighed, she cupped his cheek and replied with love. "Just a few minutes longer, and you'll have me all to yourself, with no interruptions."

He nodded with a smile before kissing her forehead, then check and whispered. "I'll lock up, see you upstairs."

When he pulls back, they looked at one another with passion before she whispered in return. "Yeah, you will."

After a moment or two of just looking at one another with passion, he cleared his throat and turned around so he could head out of the room, while she turned around so she could finish the dishes, speeding up the process a little more than when she started it. Then once she finished, she headed for her shoulder bag and pulled out a another bag that had a piece of clothing she hoped her husband would like. Now she knew she didn't need this, but she wanted to do something nice for the man she loved, so she smiled as she headed for the upstairs bathroom.

Once she changed into her thin strapped, red nighty, where the end of it barley hit the middle of her thighs, she walked out of the bathroom and headed for the master bedroom, which while she did that, she didn't know why she felt shy/nervous about this, she would think after over 20 years as a couple, and having kids with the guy, she would get use to this. But more times than not that's what he still does to her, makes her feel like it's their first time all over again.

As she got closer to the door however, her smile and walk started to become more confident, and when she reached the door way, she was about to speak with a passionate tone but the words never left her mouth and a small sigh replaced it when she saw Grissom laying in bed in nothing but his boxers, but his eyes were closed with his glasses on and an opened book laid on his bare chest.

She took a moment to admire her man before she walked into the room and headed for his side of the bed, then once she was near him, she picked up the book from his chest, put the book-marker in its place before setting it on his nightstand, then after slipping his glasses off and placing them on his nightstand too, she cupped his cheek and ran her thumb up and down it a few times before she leaned down and kissed his forehead, and as she moved, she heard him whisper. "I hope you didn't think our night would end like that."

She pulled back as he opened his eyes, a smirk on his face, making her chuckle as she lightly hit his shoulder. "Oh, you were faking it."

He chuckled in return. "Just resting my eyes, dear."

She then smirked while crossing her arms over her chest. "I don't know for what, I was just about ready to change into my sweats and a tank-top."

He smirked. "And you know that won't matter to me, change away."

She uncrossed her arms with a nod and smile. "Ok."

Then she turned, but before she became out of reach, he took her hand and whispered. "On second thought, why don't you come over here." When she was closer to him, he moved so he could have a better angle and wrapped his arm around her waist and moved her until she was laying on her back on the other side of him, making her chuckle while he placed his arm under her neck and his other hand cupping her cheek while he looked down at her with passionate blue eyes as he whispered again. "Damn, you look good."

Sara raised an eyebrow at her husband's choice of wording, not use to hearing him speak like that, before she chuckled again as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Then you like what you see, Dr. Grissom?"

He moved closer to her body as she moved one of her legs so it was against his hip as he replied. "Always."

He leaned down and started kissing her slowly, and when he went down to her neck, she moved her head to the side to give him better access while she whispered. "I just wanted to do something special for your special day."

He pulled back, and when their eyes connected again, he spoke with love and passion in his eyes. "And it always is with you, it don't matter what the occasion is."

She moved his body even closer to her when she wrapped both her legs around his waist as she whispered. "Love you, Griss."

He leaned back down while finishing. "I love you too."

When their lips touched again, they let their actions speak for them, showing one another that the love/desire/passion was still burning strong between them.

Sometime later, with the sheet wrapped around Sara, she was laying on her side with her back facing Grissom's side of the bed, and Grissom, climbed back into bed after using the restroom, wearing just his boxers again, and wrapped his arms around his wife and kissed her cheek while whispering. "And happy birthday to me."

Sara chuckled as placed her hands on his arms when he was settled in behind her. "So, I take it was a successful day in your mind?"

He smiled with a nod. "And I don't mean about what just happened between us, the whole day was pretty amazing."

"I can see that, spending time with the kids, getting a few special guests for your birthday dinner, then capping the night off..."

Grissom cuts her off with a whisper in her ear. "By making love to my beautiful wife."

She closed her eyes with a smile and nod. "Sounds pretty amazing, and successful to me."

He kissed her temple and settled back in place with a sigh of content. "It really was." She sighed in content as she slipped her fingers through his before he asked. "But you know I believe you never answered my question from earlier."

With her eyes still closed, she whispered. "Which was?"

"You remember our first time?"

She nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I believe it was on a Sunday."

He chuckled with a nod before asking. "And?"

The air shifted between them as she cleared her throat, remembering that day like it was yesterday, and opened her eyes. "And hours before that, I could have lost you, we could have lost Nick."

Grissom frowned. "I didn't mean to make you think of that."

"I know, but sometimes I can't help it, the thought of losing you in that warehouse explosion, never having this life with you."

She shivered, but not from being cold, so Grissom wrapped his arms tighter around her and kissed her head as she closed her eyes while he spoke comforting words. "I'm ok honey, and Nick, he's married and has two beautiful children, we are ok, we got through that day."

After a few more comforting words, she started to calm down while she turned around so she was facing him, and once he kissed her forehead, he pulled back as she opened her eyes so they could look into each other's eyes before she finally answered his question. "I had been waiting for that moment with you for as long as I could remember, I was so nervous. I'm surprised you didn't feel it."

He smiled shyly. "I was probably dealing with my own nervousness."

"Outside of meeting you, it was the best moment of my life at the time." She cupped his cheek as she shyly admitted. "I still get nervous sometimes."

He smiled with his blue eyes sparkling. "I do too, hoping I still give you what you need."

She smiled wider. "Oh, you do, no doubt about it."

He nodded with a smile, and after a few soft kisses on the lips, he moved to kiss her forehead before laying back down as she turned her body around again, then he brought her closer to his body while they sighed in content and closed their eyes, feeling safe and secure, falling asleep almost instantly.

AN: Hope you enjoyed it. More to come. Thank you for reading, and please review.