"Oh my God!" Sara sprung upright in bed, her face contorted in pain. She grasped at her sides trying hard to breathe through the pain. She panted and the pain started to subside. Her breathing was returning to normal when she felt a different sensation and a sudden wet feeling on her sheets. She knew perfectly well from the pain that she was going into labour and she turned to the still sleeping man in bed beside her.

"Ouch!" Grissom was awoken by a hard slap that left a red handprint on his bare chest. Blinking he turned to face his wife. "What?" He asked; what the hell had warranted such a slap, he couldn't have been snoring that loud.

"Gil!" Her voice was shrill and high pitched. "My water just broke, I'm in labour!" The end of her sentence came through gritted teeth as she felt another contraction coming. Grissom looked panic stricken. 'Labour? Now? Hospital!' His brain was only functioning on a basic level. First he had to deal with the contracting women screaming on the bed. He took her hand and rubbed her back with the other.

"Breathe honey, just remember to breathe." He spoke softly trying to calm her with his voice. She grunted at him.

"Thanks for reminding me; otherwise I don't think I would have remembered to breathe." She spat at him sarcastically. Grissom looked scared. 'Ok hospital!' He thought to himself. Her tight grip was loosening on his hand; he could feel blood reaching his fingers again.

"Alright sweetie. Let's get to the hospital." He jumped out of bed, pulling on the jeans that were lying on the floor and grabbing the first t-shirt that he put his hand on. He offered her his hand and helped her off the bed. She let go of his hand and moved towards the bathroom.

"Sara what are you doing? We need to go!" His voice had a sense of urgency to it.

"I'm going to change Gil! I don't really feel like going to the hospital in wet pyjamas." She pulled a nightdress out of her drawer and closed the bathroom door. Grissom lifted the pre-packed hospital bag from beside the wardrobe and paced the floor until she came out.

"Ready?" He asked her in a mixture of excitement and fear. She nodded; he put his arm around her waist and guided her from the bedroom to the car. Closing her door he ran around to the driver's seat and jumped in. When he looked at Sara sitting in the passenger seat she was crying, but she had the biggest smile on her face.

"What is it honey? Another contraction?"

"No!" She shook her head and wiped the tears from her cheeks. "Our baby is coming Gil." She beamed. The realisation washed over him like fresh falling rain.

"Our baby's coming!" He repeated and smiled widely. Turning the engine on he squealed in excitement; it was very un-Grissom like. Five minutes down the road Sara screamed her way through another contraction. Panting as the pain subsided she growled at him.

"Drive faster!"

"Don't worry honey! Remember what the doctor said, with first time labours it can take a while. I'm sure the baby won't be here anytime soon."

"Yeah, thanks for the reminder Gil, but we're not hurrying for the baby we're hurrying for the pain relief!" Grissom put his foot down on the accelerator; afraid of what might happen if he didn't.

-

Once Sara was checked in to the hospital and mildly medicated Grissom stepped out into the hallway to call the team.

"Willows!"

"Hey Cath, I didn't wake you did I?"

"No," She sighed. "Trust me, I was up! What's wrong Gil?"

"No, nothing's wrong. I was just calling to tell you that Sara's in labour."

"Sara's in labour!" Catherine shrieked. "When? Are you at the hospital? Where are you? How is she?"

"Yes, we're at the hospital, she's only been in labour for an hour or so and she's fine. We just wanted you to know." Grissom heard a slap and a grumble in the background. "Warrick!" Catherine hissed. "Sara's in labour get up!" She returned her attention to the phone call.

"We're on our way Gil!" She informed him.

"Oh don't worry Cath, there's no need to hurry!"

"I'm on my way!" She reiterated.

"Great, could you do me a favour and call Nick and Greg on the way? Please? I want to go back to Sara."

"Of course, no problem. See you soon!" She hung up. Grissom turned and headed back into Sara's room. As he entered the doctor was just finishing Sara's exam.

"Ah, Mr Grissom, come on in!" Grissom walked to Sara's bedside and took her hand. "I was just telling Sara that everything looks great. The baby's in position and she's 4 cm dilated, which is pretty good but there could still be a bit of a wait in store." The doctor smiled at them.

"Thanks Dr Williams!" Grissom shook his hand before he left the room. Returning to Sara's bedside he sat on the edge of the bed beside her. He reached up and pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. She rewarded him with a full on Sara smile.

"You're doing so well sweetie." He leaned in and kissed her forehead. "I called Catherine. She insists on coming to the hospital now and she says she'll call Nick and Greg on the way." Sara smiled up at him.

"I love you!" She brought his hand to her lips and kissed it.

"I love you too!" He smiled back at her.

-

Shortly after receiving the phone call from Grissom Catherine was in the passenger seat of her car instructing Warrick to stop at Starbucks as she frantically dialled her phone. She called Nick and Greg, who told her they would make their own way to the hospital since they were completely out of the way from Cath and Warrick. With a large coffee order in hand they pulled up to the hospital and ran inside in search for Sara's room.

"Hey!" Catherine smiled broadly as she entered the room.

"Hey." Replied the coffee.

"God Catherine I think you got here faster than we did!" Grissom remarked. Catherine laughed.

"How are you?" She asked Sara sympathetically.

"Let's just say I have a new found respect for enduring 21 hours of this!" Sara laughed. Catherine rolled her eyes and nodded in appreciation. She knew exactly what Sara was going through.

"Here we brought this for you." Warrick said handing Grissom a cup of steaming coffee. "Sorry Sar, just water for you!" Warrick laughed apologetically, setting the other cups aside for Nick and Greg when they arrived. Sara rolled her eyes and groaned. Everyone else laughed.

Not long after Cath and Warrick's arrival Nick and Greg appear on the scene. The room was filled with conversation and laughter and occasional screaming and panting, from Sara and sometimes Greg when he was screaming along with Sara mostly because he was scared and once from Grissom when Sara squeezed his hand so tightly during a particular bad contraction that she drew blood. Everyone laughed as Sara looked apologetically at Grissom and told him the whole thing was his fault anyway. Warrick looked at his boss sympathetically and raised his own hand to show Grissom a similar war wound he had received during Catherine's long labour.

After a while they were interrupted by Dr Williams who chased the team from the room so he could check up on Sara.

"Wow 7cm and your contractions are 2 minutes apart. I doubt you'll be here much longer." He smiled at her. "You must be one of the lucky first timers!" Sara panted after another contraction.

"Lucky?" She gave him the Sara Sidle death glare. He chuckled; Grissom's eyes widened, he'd never seen anyone laugh at the death glare before, for a moment he feared for the good doctor's life.

"Mrs Grissom I have had first time labours that have lasted 3 days! You are lucky." He smiled politely and left the room.

"3 days!" Sara was suddenly a lot more thankful that her baby seemed in such a rush to come into the world.

Within the hour Sara was brought down to the delivery suite. Grissom stood faithfully by Sara's side, squeezing her hand and breathing with her as she was given her instructions to push.

"That's great Sara, just once more for me now!" Dr Williams said to her.

"Come on sweetie, one more push!" Grissom encouraged her. "You're doing so well! I'm so proud of you!" He informed her as she gave her final push.

"Congratulations Grissoms you have a beautiful baby girl! Mr Grissom would you like to cut the cord?" Sara sighed and sobbed as Grissom cut the umbilical cord with tears in his own eyes. They checked the baby over and after finding out she was in perfect health they wrapped her in a baby pink blanket and handed her to Sara.

"We have a baby girl!" Grissom cried at her side. Kissing her head and looking down at their child in complete awe.

"I can't believe she's here!" Sara cried in disbelief. "She's perfect!"

"She needs a name!" Grissom smiled down at his wife and child.

"Yeah, what do you think?" She asked him. He smiled at her.

"I think we Elizabeth Sidle Grissom has just came into the world." He looked down at the newborn baby, the name definitely suited her.

"Lilly!" More tears fell down Sara's cheeks as Grissom kissed her and took his daughter in his arms and kissed her too.