Thank you to my beta's, Just Thinking, GSfanatic, and the sarcasim of thegreatbluespoon.

Teens & Tribulations

Chapter 2

Grissom returned to the lab and dropped off all of the evidence he had collected. Later he met up with Brass and took Jason's official confession.

He had been trying to get in touch with Sara, but to no avail. Checking his watch he noticed that it was slightly after seven a.m. Grissom headed to his office to make some last minute phone calls before hunting Sara down. His phone was blinking indicating to him that there was a message.

Grissom lifted the receiver and listened to the messages. He scowled as he listened to Ecklie's ignorant voice boom into his ear. Quickly, he deleted the message and listened to the second one. Grissom's lips pursed instinctively as he listened to Sara plead her case as to why she was still at the hospital. He knew she was relating to what the little girl had gone through. As he was getting ready to leave, Brass stopped him.

"The DA wants your opinion on this case."

"The evidence is still being processed."

"I know, I told him, but he's not listening to me. He's waiting in Ecklie's office."

Grissom furrowed his eyebrows and led the way to Ecklie's office.

"Ah, Gil. Where are we on this case with the teen killing his father?"

"The evidence is still being processed. Yes, he confessed, but I don't think this is a case to rush through court."

"I'm not rushing. I'm considering dropping the charges."

Grissom and Brass stood in shock.

"Well, I mean look at it this way. He's thirteen, a brilliant student, and claims his father was abusing his little sister, so he killed him. No jury would convict him."

"Alright. I'm still going to have all the evidence processed."

"Fine Gil." Ecklie broke in, "Oh, and what do you intend to do about CSI Sidle?"

"Sara? What did she do to you now?"

"I heard about the way she was back-talking you at the scene. I can't have that in my lab. Take action or I will."

"Fine. Are we done here?"

With a few nods of acknowledgment, Grissom left for his appointment.

He sat in the waiting room of his physician's office. Thankfully he was the only one waiting there. Finally a nurse called his name. After going through the usual embarrassing rituals, she had him wait in an exam room.

Grissom fiddled with his fingers trying to ease his anxiety. The door opened.

"Gil, what brings you in today?"

"Is it not stated on the form?"

"Yes. Is it that hard to say?"

"I'm a little embarrassed I guess."

"Gil, many men younger than you have this kind of problem. Let's just do some routine tests and go from there."

Grissom inhaled deeply and released it slowly to settle his nerves.

"Just try to relax."

Grissom drove home feeling violated. It was just a simple series of tests, but he still despised going to the doctor.

Once home he sighed a big sigh of relief. He heard the shower running and decided just to go straight to bed. Grissom changed quickly and just before he lifted the covers, he noticed a small body lying in the middle of the bed.

The tiny brunette was unmistakable. Grissom turned and walked into the bathroom. Sara was still in the shower when he entered.

"Sara, why is the girl here and not with Child Services?"

She shut off the water and pulled back the shower curtain to expose her self to him.

"She was scared. I remember what it was like, and I couldn't put her through that."

He stared at her naked, wet body forgetting about why he had stormed in there in the first place.

"Did you have time to see the doctor today?"

He shook his head as if there was something blocking his sight.

"Ah, yeah." he continued to stare at her as she toweled off.

"And how did you make out?"

"Make out?"

"Your tests, not with me silly."

"Oh, I am above average in every category."

"So what do you think our problem is?"

"He says we are trying too hard, and we need to just slow down and let nature take it's course."

"So what do you have in mind?"

"Well I didn't have anything currently in mind, but if I did our bed is occupied."

"Gil, she's scared. I didn't know what else to do so I told off the Child Services lady and brought her here."

"Ecklie heard about your outburst with me at the scene earlier."

"I'm not surprised. What's he going to do with me now?"

"I'm supposed to decide on the punishment for your insubordination."

"And what have you decided?"

"I haven't."

She began to dress into her pajamas as he continued.

"The DA isn't going to charge Jason for murder."

"That's great. Then he can be with Kassie."

"Who?"

"Kassie, that's her name."

"Oh, anyway, he's too young to take care of them and they have no other family that he knows of."

"What are you saying Gil? That they will be put into a foster home?"

He nodded.

"Unacceptable."

"Sara." he warned.

"Don't Sara me, stop and think Grissom. Jason is a brilliant young man, even you saw that. His sister is still very young but old enough where she most likely won't be adopted. They will be separated and God knows what else. We can't let that happen to them. We just can't."

"Sara, there's nothing else we could do."

"Yes there is." she walked out of the bathroom and quickly dressed.

"Where are you going?"

"Can you keep an eye on her? I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Wait."

And then she was gone. When Sara had an idea in her head, she ran with it. Grissom shook his head and lay down on the bed next to Kassie's sleeping form. He was asleep within minutes.

Sara returned many hours later. The house was silent, so she concluded that he was still asleep. She peered into the bedroom and saw him lying on his side with Kassie curled up against his back. Sara quickly retrieved her camera and snapped a picture then shut the door.

She sat at the dinning room table and went over the papers she had brought back with her. As she began to read through them she felt him lean over her back.

"What's this?" Grissom asked.

"Have a seat."

Grissom sat down next to her.

"I have an idea. If the DA isn't going to press charges on Jason then he does what, probation? I don't want to see her or him get lost in the system."

"Sara, I think I know where you are going with this."

"Just hear me out." she interrupted. "We have been trying to have a baby ourselves for several months now. We can still keep trying, but you have to admit that when you saw Jason's room in that house, it was what you pictured your son's room to look like."

Grissom pursed his lips and nodded. She continued, "These are papers for both of them. I went down to the juvenile detention center and talked with Jason, then Child Services. We can take both until they are officially put up for adoption. Then make a decision. What do you think?"

"Sara, have you really, and I mean really thought this through?"

"Gil, I have never been thinking more clearly in my entire life."

"What about work? Our little secret will be out. That and with kids at home, you will have to work days. Can you handle that?"

"I want to do this Grissom. Not for me, but for them. What do you say?"

He growled under his breath, but she heard it and smiled at him. Sara stood to move into his lap. She mouthed 'thank you' to him before she kissed him.

"Oh, I've decided what to do about you."

"Hun?"

"I'm suspending you for a week. That will give you time to do this." he waved his arm around in the air.

TBC

I hope you are enjoying this story. I decided to take a differnet route with Grissom and Sara getting pregnant. In many cases I read that the poor child was an accident, and others they planned it. But I decided to make them a statistic, and want a baby, but are having problems. I don't know why, these things come to me while I'm listening to my MP3 player while riding horses. This story came form the Areosmith song "Janie's Got a Gun" but I changed it up a little. Just for your information in case you were wondering. Please review and let me know what you think so far.