Thanks for the generous reviews and for those who are reading but choose not to review, thanks for reading. Thanks to my beta's Just Thinking, GSfanatic. If this chapter looks weird to you, I made an executive dicision and the next one will explain it. And to thegreatbluespoon, a round of screwdrivers from Madame Tipsy, this is the start of our intervention.

Teens & Tribulations

Chapter 6

Sara walked into the living room and picked up the phone.

"Catherine, it's Sara. Listen, Gil's been suffering from a bad migraine all day. I know I'm suspended, but if you need help call me."

She left her message and hung up. Jason helped with the preparation of the evening meal. They sat down to eat together and Sara decided now was time.

"Are you two happy here with Gil and myself?"

They could only nod a yes because their mouths were full of food.

Sara smiled. "Well I suspect that in several days, you will be officially put up for adoption. You won't have to leave here, but that means that other families could come and take you to their homes."

Kassie shook her head, "I want you to be my momma."

Sara's eyes filled with tears as she looked at Jason. "I want to stay here too."

She composed her self and they finished dinner. Sara fixed a plate for Grissom and took it down to him.

He was sitting up on the couch when she walked in. "Gil, we need to talk."

Grissom sighed, "Now's not the time Sara."

She handed him the plate. "Yes, it is. Jason wants to stay here and live with us, Kassie she told me..." She stopped as the tears filled her eyes once again.

"What Sara? She told you what?"

"...That she wants me to be her 'momma."

Grissom's hand stopped half way to his mouth as he looked at Sara. He set his plate down and leaned forward to take Sara's hands in his.

"Sara, we are not ready for this much responsibility. We are not married yet, hell, we don't even know when we are going to get married. I'm just a little unsure about the whole deal that's all."

"So you don't want to adopt them?"

"That's not what I'm saying. Why do you want to move so fast with this whole process?"

Sara sighed, "I don't know. I guess it's because I want them to be assured that they have a home here with us."

Grissom looked into her eyes. "Then let's compromise." Sara rolled her eyes. "Don't roll your eyes at me until you hear my idea. They have been here what, two days, so let's say they are put up for adoption at the end of the week. What are the odds that someone would come in and swoop them up right away?" He gave her a second to think about it. "So let's say they are here for two weeks and no one has adopted them. We have had enough time together to see where this will lead. Then we'll make a decision. Fair enough?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"There is always a choice, but when someone offers compromise, it's best to go with it."

She smiled, "Who said that?"

"Grissom." he smiled back.

"Fine we'll do it your way and see what happens. Now eat." She stood to leave and stopped in the doorway, "Oh, I called Catherine and told her you wouldn't be in tonight."

He nodded to her with a mouth full of food.

The rest of the week went by without a hitch. It was Sunday night and Sara was back on duty, the first real test.

"I'll see you at the lab." Grissom kissed Sara and headed out.

She stayed behind giving Jason a list of numbers to call. "Just start at the top with Gil and work your way down. The rest of the names on the list are our co-workers. Don't hesitate to call."

"We'll be fine. I've done this before." he responded.

Sara smiled and headed out herself. She walked into the break room and noticed that Ecklie was in there getting coffee. Everyone was silent as they suspected the reason he was snooping. Sara sat down and looked at Catherine, who was pointing at her own hand. Sara looked down at her hand and realized she still had her engagement ring on. She placed her hands under the table and took off the ring.

Just when the tension was about to break, their savior walked in. "Why's everyone so... Conrad, to what do we own your unwanted presence tonight?"

"Ha ha, funny Gil." Ecklie said dryly. "I've been waiting for you actually."

"Well I've been in my office for the last half hour, why didn't you go there?"

"Because what I have to say involves everyone. There is a mandatory forensic seminar in Denver and I have made the reservations for your people for you. Just incase you happen to forget. Stokes and Brown will go first, Willows and Sidle you will follow, Sanders and you will go last. Each pair will be gone for four days. The first pair leaves in the morning, the tickets are in the file. It's mandatory. Catherine while Gil is gone you will be acting supervisor."

Everyone's mouth was hanging agape. "Look, I know what you are trying to do Conrad..." Grissom spoke but was interrupted.

"Look Gil' I'm not trying to do anything. Here's the file." Ecklie slapped the file against Grissom's chest. "Good night."

Grissom pursed his lips and the anger was written clearly on his face. Nobody dared to speak, but they all looked to Sara to be the one to break the ice. She noticed the looks she was getting and cleared her throat.

"Just ignore him. Let's just..."

"Ignore him. Like hell, he's constantly doing this on purpose to piss me off!"

"And it's working."

Grissom straightened up and proceeded with handing out the evenings assignments, then stormed back to his office. Sara followed.

"Gil..."

"Don't you have a scene to go to?"

"Can it for one second will you?" Grissom sat stunned at her bluntness. "Why are you so stressed?"

Grissom sat back into his chair and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, I guess I'm frustrated over a lot of things."

"Well you need to get un-frustrated." and with that she walked out.

Grissom took several deep breathes to calm his anxiety. He made an attempt to do get through the stacks of files on his desk. After several hours he was about to give up when the phone on his desk rang.

"Grissom...where are you...I'll be right there." He hung up and headed out the door.

Grissom arrived at the crime scene and began searching for Catherine.

"Cath."

"We're over her Gil!" he looked to see her waving to get his attention.

He quickly moved over to her. "What happened?"

"She says it's just cramps. I've had some bad ones myself, but nothing like what she's going through." Catherine pointed over to Sara who was sitting on the ground with her knees pulled to her chest.

Grissom moved over to kneel next to her.

"I'll be fine." She said.

"You don't look fine. What happened?"

"First, I'm not pregnant. I started this morning. But when I bent over to collect some evidence, this sudden cramp hit me hard."

Grissom gave her a sympathetic look. "Do you need to take the rest of the night off?"

She shook her head. "I'll be fine once it passes."

Catherine went back to processing while Grissom stayed with Sara. When she tried to stand up he helped her. She stayed doubled over, and Grissom rubbed his hand over her back in soothing circles. Once she stood up straight, Grissom saw the blood rush from her face as she doubled back over in pain.

"Catherine!" Grissom yelled as he helped Sara sit back down.

"What is it?" Catherine asked.

"Surely this isn't normal."

"No, it's not."

"I'm fine." Sara said through her gritted teeth.

Catherine kneeled next to her. "Sara I've never heard of menstrual cramps being this bad, something is wrong."

Grissom looked at Catherine then shot a worried look back to Sara who was trying to curb the pain by wrapping her arms around her abdomen.

"Come on, I'm taking you to the hospital." Grissom said as he wrapped his arms around her and lifted her up and carried her to his Denali.

Catherine opened the door and he placed her in the passenger seat. He shut the door and headed around the front as he heard Catherine's voice call out to him.

"Keep me posted."

Grissom climbed in and headed to Desert Palms. He checked Sara in and waited impatiently in the waiting room.

"Mr. Grissom?"

He stepped towards the nurse. "Yes."

"You can see your wife now." She led him down the hall.

Grissom didn't bother to correct her for calling Sara his wife, but when he saw her pale and lying in the hospital bed, he knew he needed to change that title, fast. He approached her and sat in a chair next to her bed and took her hand. She opened her eyes at his touch.

"Morphine. I feel fine now."

Grissom couldn't help but smile. "Do they know what caused the cramps yet?"

"She's gonna come back in a little bit, I guess when I'm more lucid."

He sat with her in the silence observing her facial expressions. It was a relief to know that she wasn't in any pain for the moment, but what caused it in the first place kept him on edge.

The door opened an hour later. "Okay, Sara I have your test results."

Sara opened her eyes and Grissom sat up straighter in the chair to listen to what the doctor was about to reveal.

"You have PID. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, that's what caused your cramps. I think we caught it early enough to prevent any major reproductive damage."

Grissom spoke up. "What is it exactly?"

"It's bacterial infection of the uterus. In many cases it can go for sometime before it's caught. And if not treated as soon as the symptoms start, it can cause many reproductive problems, even sterilization. I see on your records that you had a series of fertility tests run a little over a week ago?"

Sara nodded. "Why didn't they catch it then?"

"It's not easy to catch with no symptoms present. I'm going to start you on some heavy antibiotics. When they are done running, you can go home. I'll give you a prescription for some oral antibiotics. I assume that with the fertility tests you two are trying to conceive?" Grissom and Sara nodded. "Mr. Grissom, you will also need to take antibiotics. It's just a precaution. No sex for at least two weeks, and I want you to come back in several days for a check up to make sure the antibiotics are working."

"Thank you." Grissom said politely as the doctor left the room.

Soon after a nurse came in and hooked up the IV bag that contained the antibiotics. Grissom watched Sara as she continued to linger on the effects of the morphine. He checked his watch when he noticed the sun coming up, and thought he was seeing things. It read seven already. Grissom took out his phone and informed Catherine what caused Sara's unexpected cramping. After hanging up he took up her hand again. He sat there for some time when his cell rang. Grissom gave a confused look as he recognized the number to be from his home, then it hit him.

"Jason?"

"Yeah, I didn't know when you guys would be home. I was going to make breakfast."

"Go ahead and fix something for you and Kassie. We'll be home as soon as we can."

"Ok. Bye."

"Bye." Grissom hung up and looked at Sara. She was still in la-la land from the pain killers.

Grissom pulled into the garage and turned off the engine. He looked over at Sara, she was asleep. The door leading into the house opened and Jason walked out as Grissom exited the Denali.

"Jason, where's Kassie?"

"In the living room coloring, why?"

"Sara's not feeling well and I need to take her to bed. I don't want to scare Kassie when I carry her by."

"Say no more." And Jason headed back into the house.

Grissom stepped around the Denali and scooped Sara into his arms. When he heard Jason taking Kassie upstairs, he proceeded to head to their bedroom. He laid Sara on the bed and covered her up. After laying a delicate kiss on her forehead he headed upstairs to explain the situation with the kids.

He knocked on Kassie's door and walked in. Jason was sitting next to her on the bed. Grissom move to sit next to Kassie, and as he sat she stood and went to sit on the other side of Jason, placing him between her and Grissom.

"Sara's not feeling well right now."

"She's sick?" Kassie asked.

"Kinda, it's just a minor infection. She'll be up and around by this afternoon. So while she's resting we need to be quiet alright?"

Kassie nodded with a quick motion, indicating her enthusiasm.

"Thank you. You can play downstairs, but remember to keep it quiet. I'll be in the basement." Grissom stood and headed to his sanctuary.

Grissom got in a few winks until he heard a loud thud and screaming coming from upstairs. He was awake now as he flew up the stairs to see what had caused the commotion. Jason was kneeling next to Kassie who was lying on the hardwood floor at the foot of the stairs. She was crying, and not just crying she was bawling.

"What happened?" Grissom asked.

"I think she fell down the stairs."

Grissom moved over and picked up Kassie and took her over to the couch. He sat down with her in his lap as she continued to cry.

"Shhh, it's okay. Where does it hurt?"

Kassie held up her arm and pointed to her wrist. Grissom took it in his hand and she let out a high pitched scream. He kept his touch as light as a butterfly as he examined the tiny wrist. He knew it wasn't broken, possibly sprained, and as he continued to examine it her crying began to subside. Grissom waited until her tears had nearly stopped.

"Here." He pulled her delicate wrist to his lips and gave it a quick kiss. "All better?"

She laid her head against his shoulder sniffling as Grissom held her.

"You'll be alright. But in the future you need to be more careful going up the stairs, ok?"

She nodded against his chest as he continued to caress her wrist. Grissom looked up and saw Sara standing at the end of the living room.

"Not ready hun?" She said.

Grissom pursed his lips at her as she walked into the room. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel fine." She said as she sat down next to them.

Kassie moved from Grissom's lap to Sara's. She wrapped her arms around Sara. Grissom observed Sara's reaction to the little girl's advances, Sara looked back at him. "What?"

"You'll be leaving in four days for that damn seminar in Denver, and I'll be on my own."

"Gil, you'll be fine. Jason will help."

"Where are you going?" Jason asked as he sat on the coffee table facing them.

"We have to attend a forensics seminar in Denver. I leave in four days and Gil will go after I get back."

"Sounds interesting. Why do you have to go Gil? I thought you knew it all."

Grissom sat a little taller at Jason's comment. "Thanks for the compliment, but no, I don't know everything. That's why you see all of the journals and magazines lying around here. We read the articles to learn about new ways to collect evidence, or a new type of procedure. Being a scientist doesn't mean you know everything. You're constantly learning about new ways to study things or in our case, forensics."

Jason nodded then stood and headed upstairs.

TBC

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This is where thegreatbluespoon advises Madame Tipsy. We needed to get Grissom alone with the kids, and the next chapter does just that.