I Do Not Own CSI
"OOMPH," Sara said as she sat down on the couch in the break room.
"You ok there, Sara," Greg asked.
"Fine, these two are doing summersaults in here. They think it's funny to kick Mommy in the ribs."
"Yeah, not one of the finer points of pregnancy," Catherine said as she came to sit in front of Sara.
"Can I," she asked, holding out her hand.
"Sure, here," Sara said, placing Catherine's hand on her almost five month baby bump.
"That feels pretty awesome."
"Can I feel, Sara," Greg asked.
"Sure, Greg," Sara said, placing his hand on the other side of her stomach.
"It feels funny, neat, but funny."
"Not when you're trying to sleep."
"They're keeping you up at night, Sara?"
"Yes, and I'm only at nineteen weeks; not even half way there yet. If I can't sleep now, how am I going to sleep when I'm at thirty five weeks?"
"Just sleep and rest when you can is all I can say. As soon as these two are here you won't get any rest."
"We'll help though, right Cath. I can baby sit."
"Thanks Greggo, but I think it'll be awhile before we get to the babysitters aspect of it."
"Just remember, I am here to help."
"Speaking of help, I want to throw Gil a birthday party."
"Oh, the big four-four."
"Don't remind him, he thinks he's getting old."
"Which means I'm getting old, which I'm not. What do you need us to do, Sara," Catherine asked.
"I was thinking of just having the team, Brass, Doc and David over to the house for a barbeque."
"You want everyone over at the townhouse? It's going to be a little cramped."
"Actually, James is almost done with the new house. He's had about twenty different workers there a day to finish up. All that's left to do is fix up the pool, apparently."
"Apparently," Greg asked.
"We haven't seen the house yet. He's making us wait, he wants to surprise us."
"You let him remodel your house without knowing what he was doing? That's brave, Sara," Catherine commented.
"I trust James. Anyway, the movers move everything over tomorrow. James will advise them where to put everything and then Saturday is Gil's birthday. His mom will be in Vegas to stay by then."
"Where is she staying," Greg asked.
"She's actually taking over the townhouse. So it all works out pretty well."
"So you're not going to see the house until the day of the party?"
"Nope, which means it's a great way to throw a surprise birthday."
"Hey, we can make it a housewarming at the same time," Greg said.
"We don't really need a housewar…"
"Nonsense Sara, I'll spread the word around the lab, and we'll do it without Gil finding out. We could even do it so that everyone could all be there at the house before you and Gil get there."
"And make it a surprise for both of us?"
"Except you will know the surprise," Catherine said.
Two Days Later
"Ok guys, their car just pulled up. Everyone take your positions," James yelled, Greg signing to Marie to hide.
"You finally ready to see our house," Gil asked as he opened Sara's door, always a gentleman.
"Yes, I am not a patient person, Gil, and having two, no make that three, surprises waiting for me is killing me."
"Well, this should take care of one. Hey, is your brother here? I figured he would be here."
"He's inside," she said, opening the door.
"SURPRISE!" Was yelled out as Sara and Gil came to look at the beautiful rich browns accented the refurbished furniture.
"James, this is beautiful," Sara said, taking a look around, forgetting the other people in the room.
"She's right, James, you did a wonderful job," Gil said as he walked toward the kitchen, Sara following him.
"He does realize we yelled surprise, right," Nick asked.
"Who knows with him, let's just follow them. Wait until they see the upstairs! James let us see down here but I'm dying to see the nursery and the master bedroom," Catherine said.
"I like the yellow in the kitchen, makes everything brighter."
"I thought you'd like it, Sara" James said as Gil stayed silent and walked up the back stairs. He was in investigator mode at the moment and wasn't coming out until he saw the whole house.
"Which one first, our room or the nursery," Sara asked, placing her hand on her stomach, where the babies moved.
"Your choice," Gil said putting his hand over top of hers
"Our room," Sara said, opening the door. The deep burgundy color of the wall fit well with the dark cherry wood of the dressers and the bed. Fresh white linens were draped over the top of the bed.
"Nice love shack," Warrick said.
"I'm jealous of the bed, it's huge," Marie said, taking a seat on it and getting a smile from both Sara and Gil who went to go take a look in the bathroom.
"You kept the tub, thank god," Sara said.
"Like I could get rid of that! You would have beat me with a stick," James said.
"Very true"
"Ready for the nursery," James asked. Gil nodded and took Sara's hand and walked across the hall.
"You do the honours, honey," Gil said as Sara turned the knob. They walked in to see a light green color grace the walls making the deep color of the wood cribs stand out in the room. The bedding was light green and had grasshoppers and butterflies etched into the blankets.
"It's beautiful," Gil finally said, turning around with a smile.
"You like it?"
"We love it," Sara added, tracing the patterns on the blankets. She smiled when she saw one teddy bear in each crib.
"Interesting story about those blankets," James said so Marie could see him.
"Oh yeah?"
"I made them," Marie said.
"You what?"
"I made them. I took up sewing about two years ago. After I found out Sara was pregnant I had James come help me find some material to make a couple blankets."
"And knowing what colors Marie had for the blankets, I knew what color to paint the room."
"You're going to make me cry," Sara said, trying to hold back her tears with a smile.
"Just blame the hormones. You're pregnant, you're allowed," Marie said as Sara came to embrace her.
"Thank you," she said, looking her in the eye.
"Thank you for giving me two grandbabies," Marie said, placing her hand on Sara's stomach and getting a good kick in response.
"So Gil," Jim said.
"Yeah?"
"Happy birthday!"
"And what a happy birthday it is!"
TBC
The house is finished, lol
the next chapter will have more of grissoms birthday party so stay tuned
thanks you for all the reviews there muchly appreciated
Katie :)