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Teens & Tribulations

Chapter 8

The next two days were easier on Grissom. It was hard for him to get used to this whole parenting thing. It was more like refereeing with him. Jason and Kassie did what they wanted and he would wither say 'yes' or 'no'. They practically ran rampant.

He was packing for his four days in Denver when Jason entered and sat on the bed next to his suitcase.

"How come you and Sara aren't married?" He asked bluntly.

Grissom stopped in his tracks and tried to think of a logical answer but couldn't. "I guess we are just waiting for the right time."

"Do you like having us around?"

Again, the question knocked the breath from his chest. "Yes. I enjoy having you and Kassie here. You're both great kids."

"But you don't want us to be your kids."

Grissom was truly speechless, he couldn't think of anything to say.

Jason stood and left the room. Grissom finished packing and gave Jason some last minute instructions. His flight and Sara's flight over lapped by an hour, and he wouldn't see her until he returned. Once he was satisfied that they would be alright, he headed down to the awaiting cab.

Sara walked into the townhouse three hours after Grissom had left. Both Kassie and Jason greeted her with open arms. They told her all of the details that happened while she was away. As they talked about the past four days she knew that Grissom was falling in love with the kids as much as she had.

For reasons unknown to her, Sara found that taking care of Jason and Kassie came effortlessly. With all of these new found emotions, she couldn't wait to finally get pregnant and go through everything from the start.

Sara waited at the airport terminal to pick up Greg and Grissom before she went to the lab. She calculated that it had been thirteen days since her infection was discovered and she and Grissom had been apart for eight days. Her doctor had given her a clean bill of health, and as she calculated further, it had been twelve days since her period.

She spotted Grissom and headed over to embrace him. He held her tight and gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek.

"I missed you." She said.

"I missed you too. I'm ready to go home. It's been the longest and most pointless four days of my life." Grissom said.

Sara smiled as Greg approached them and they headed out of the air port. Grissom was relived when they finally pulled into their driveway. As they walked in the front door he heard Kassie yell. She ran over to Grissom with her hands in the air. He bent down and scooped her up before she ran into his legs. Jason came running down the stairs to greet him.

"What's the occasion?" Grissom asked.

Jason and Sara smiled at each other. "Child Services called yesterday." Sara said.

"And?"

"It's official. They are available for adoption." Sara stated.

Kassie squeezed Grissom and leaned back in his embrace. "I want you to be my daddy."

Grissom's eyebrows went up at the little girl's confession. Sara and Jason smiled. They knew the line was rehearsed just to get Grissom to change his mind.

"But Sara and I are not married yet." Grissom told her.

"Why not?" She asked him.

"Well..." Grissom paused and looked at Sara. "...I guess I don't know why."

Jason added. "So what's stopping you, this is Vegas."

Grissom couldn't help but smile at Jason's remark, and Sara was smiling at Grissom. His brain was going into over drive, this was uncharted territory. Hell all of this was uncharted territory. "When do you want to get married Sara?"

"Tomorrow."

"Tomorrow!?" Grissom could feel his eyes nearly pop out of his skull.

Sara nodded. "Catherine and I have done a little planning on our own while we were away and since we've been home. We just needed to get you roped into it."

He moved to stand very close to Sara. "I'm already roped." He leaned in and kissed her.

"Eewww." Kassie exclaimed as they kissed.

Sara went to the lab and Grissom stayed home to rest. Or that's what he had intended. Kassie refused to go to bed and Jason had transformed into a typical teenager, he was flipping though the radio stations only stopping when it played a song he liked. Grissom didn't want to fight them, so he let them have their fun until their bodies tired. He stayed in the basement working until around two in the morning when he heard nothing but the radio playing through the floorboards.

Grissom made his way up stairs and found Kassie sound asleep on the couch and Jason was curled up in the recliner. He turned off the stereo and decided to get some sleep himself.

Sara was far from exhausted as she entered the house. Catherine had helped her organize a small proverbial shotgun wedding for that evening. The two of them made all the necessary arrangements and then some. She placed her keys on the counter and was halted by the scene in front of her. Sara placed her hands on her hips, rolled her eyes, and headed into the bedroom.

Grissom was sound asleep when she entered. "Gil."

He didn't move. Sara kneeled on the bed and pinched him.

"Ow dammit."

"Gil, how late were the kids up last night?"

"You mean this morning." He said sleepily.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding. Grissom, we're getting married tonight, they are sound asleep in the living room, and you're exhausted." Sara's anger was present in her voice.

"Relax, I'm fine and they will be too. If they can go as long as they did last night, tonight shouldn't be a problem."

She sat back on the bed. "Ecklie knows." she kept her voice quiet when she revealed that little it of information.

It woke Grissom right up. "How did he find out?"

"He was eves dropping at the start of shift and over heard Nick talking to Warrick about it. He didn't confront me about it."

"No, he's not like that. He's not going to confront either of us. He's just going to squeal to the higher up's. I guess I'll have some explaining to do tonight."

"Hello, we are getting married tonight."

"Yeah, so?"

"Don't you want to consummate your marriage to me?"

"Oh yeah. Sorry, I'm still tired."

Sara rolled her eyes at him and went to fix breakfast. She prepared enough for four, but only her and Grissom ate. Jason and Kassie never moved the entire time.

"They need to wake up."

"Why?" Grissom asked.

"Catherine and I are taking them to get outfitted for tonight."

"How dressy is this going to be?"

"Well just you and Brass will be in tuxes, I have a dress, and I'm not sure what Catherine has the others dressed in. It's just going to be the team and a few others, real small."

"Why does Brass need to wear a tux?"

"He's giving the bride away." Sara said as she stood to wake the two unconscious kids strung out in the living room.

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