I Do Not Own CSI
"Hey Marie," Sara said as she answered the door, Bruno happily barking at the visitor.
"Hi Sara, hi Bruno, and hi babies," she replied, petting the dog then rubbing Sara's stomach, feeling the movement under her palm.
"Thank you so much for coming over. Did you bring it?"
"The body paint? Sure did. So, do you want to explain what we're going to be doing with it? Please tell me I get to decorate Gil's face?"
"Sorry, that's a no."
"And here I was hoping to relive some of his childhood Halloweens. You should have seen the year he wanted to be Godzillia."
"I bet he had the best costume around."
"He sure did. I stayed up all night sewing it, by hand I might add. That was the year before Gil's dad passed."
"So its one to remember," Sara asked as she sat on the couch with a huff.
"And where is that wonderful son of mine this fine afternoon," Marie asked.
"He's outside, carving pumpkins."
"With glee, I bet. I swear, Gil loves Halloween more than Christmas."
"I don't know. This will be the first Halloween that we're actually, physically, together, not in different states. And the first Christmas as well."
"And next year the family will be larger. Now, do you want to clue me in, Sara? What are we doing with the body paint," she asked as Sara handed her a picture.
"Think you can recreate that," she asked, handing Marie the photo.
"It might take some time but I think I can do it."
"Great, I'll just lie back. Sorry in advance if I fall asleep, I've been a little exhausted lately."
"Rest Sara, I got this covered," Marie said with a smile taking out her paintbrush.
"OK, I want to see the full effect, go get your costumes on," Marie ordered Gil and Sara three hours later.
"You know, you could come to the lab Halloween party if you wanted, Mom."
"Thanks, but no thanks. I like handing out candy and seeing all those cute little kids all dressed up. Just think, next year you'll have two babies to dress up."
"Boys or girls or one of each," Sara asked.
"Boys."
"You think?"
"I do. But, hey, what do I know? I thought Gil was a girl when I was pregnant with him."
"Great boost of confidence, Mom."
"Ah honey, you know I love you. Now go change, I want to see these costumes before I have to go."
"Yes, Mom," Sara said as Gil pulled her up from the couch and the two slowly made their way up the stairs to change and put finishing touches on their hair and make up.
A half hour later, Sara and Gil walked down the stairs.
"Oh my goodness, that is classic! Sara, where did you come up with this," Marie said, turning Sara around, now getting the full aspect of her costume.
"I have watched too many re- runs on TV lately."
"Well, you look fantastic. And you don't look so bad yourself, Gil," she said, looking her son up and down. He was dressed in a court suit with his hair sprayed a little darker and slicked back just slightly.
"Thanks, Mom, but I think we have to go," Gil said, looking at his watch.
"The party starts in a half hour."
"Ok, let's get this show on the road."
"Are we still on for a movie night with Greg tomorrow night, Sara," Marie asked.
"We sure are! Come around seven."
"I will. Now, you two have fun tonight," Marie waved as she got into her car.
"Ready to party," Gil asked.
"Oh yeah, bring it on," Sara said, rolling her eyes as Gil closed her door.
By the time they got to the lab, Sara and Gil were the last ones to arrive and were getting interesting looks from the few people scattered around.
"I think they like your costume, honey."
"Good, your mom went to a lot of trouble doing this for me; three hours of painting."
"Reall…"
"That is the coolest costume ever," Greg said, in his classic mobster costume.
"Thanks, Greg."
"Who did the body work," Catherine asked, looking at Sara's stomach.
"Marie, three hours."
"Well, it paid off, Mulder and Scully. Your baby belly painted to look like there's an alien coming out of it and the babies moving just give it that much more affect," Nick said, watching the babies move around in Sara's stomach.
"Can I sit now? My feet are killing me," Sara asked.
"Come on, I'll keep you company," Catherine said as the two women walked away.
"Nice costumes, guys" Griss said, looking around. Nick was dressed as Mario and Warrick as Luigi.
"And may I ask why you two are dressed as the Super Mario brothers?"
"We thought it would be funny."
"And…"
"And we were playing the old school video games the other week and I kicked Warrick's butt. That's when the idea came to dress up like this."
"Very nice," Grissom said as Doc came in dressed as the grim reaper.
"What do you think, does it suit," Doc asked, pulling his hood down with a smile
"How you feeling," Catherine asked as the women were all gathered around the couch and chairs that were pulled around.
"Like a house."
"But you're glowing," Wendy said.
"That's sweet, but it's probably just sweat. I feel like my body temperature is at least a hundred degrees."
"Ah, the joys of pregnancy. Have you two gone to Lamaze yet," Jacqui asked.
"We had our first class a couple days ago, lots of breathing."
"At least this is not new for Gil," Catherine said, getting an eyebrow raise from Sara.
"Excuse me?"
"I'm surprised Gil never said anything. When I was pregnant with Lindsay and Eddie was nowhere to be found, Gil volunteered to come with me to my class."
"Really," asked Sara as a few of the women scattered around the group, all eyeing Sara at that moment.
"Yeah, and he was only a little uncomfortable there. But it helped, a lot, having a friend there and not getting all those sympathetic looks from all the other women there because you don't have a partner."
"Have you watched the video yet," Mandy asked.
"Don't remind me of that."
"Drugs, Sara just take the drugs!"
"Oh I fully intend to take full advantage of them. That poor woman looked like she was splitting in two, and I have to do it twice!"
"Yeah, I don't envy you there," Catherine cringed.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," the lab director said from the microphone.
"Happy Halloween. It's time for our annual awards for best dressed, best couple, best original costume."
"For best dressed we have Catherine Willows, a beautiful gypsy this year," he said as Catherine made her way to the front.
"Next, best couple goes to Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown for the Mario Brothers."
"And last, for best original, Sara Grissom for a pregnant Dana Scully with her alien babies."
"Ok, if you want me up there you're going to have to give me a minute," Sara said. Gil quickly came over to help pull her up.
"Thanks," Sara said, making her way up to the front with her teammates. She blushed as pictures were taken for the lab newsletter.
TBC
I went through a faze awhile back where i was watching old x-files re-runs so thats where the costume idea came from, lol
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Katie