Ok, here it is, the chapter so many of you have been pestering me about. Thanks to Just Thinking for the beta work, and thegreatbluespoon, she harasses me to no end, but I need it. And if you were watching the NCAA basketball games, you would have saw the promo on the minature killer. Damn, CBS is pissing me off. Oh, and go Georgetown.
Teens & Tribulations
Chapter 13
Grissom sat in front of the large bay window looking over the ivory pieces in front of him. After he had arrivedhome, Jason had asked him about the chess set that sat unused in the other room, so they started a game. Jason would reach for a piece to make a move then decide to make a different move. Grissom smiled as he tried to make it easy on him, but soon realized that Jason knew how to play chess. So he began to take control of the game.
Jason reached for another piece. "Are you sure you want to move that one?" Grissom asked.
Jason scanned the board before setting the piece back down. He moved another piece and sat back. Grissom smiled and picked up his queen and moved the piece.
"Check mate." Grissom said.
Jason sat up and scoured the board to make sure he was right.
"Fine you win." He said defeated.
"You'll win with more practice."
Just then they heard the front door open and Grissom stood quickly to see who had just walked into the house at midnight.
"Sara, what are you..." He didn't get to finish asking her as she headed to their room with her hand in the air. "Jason why don't you go to bed, it's late. We'll play another time."
"Ok. Goodnight."
"Night." Grissom said as he followed to where Sara went.
He glanced in the bedroom but didn't see her. "Sara." he called out.
The door to the bathroom opened and Sara emerged.
"Why are you home?" He asked.
"Catherine sent me home." She replied.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just had a queasy feeling and I guess she didn't want a repeat performance, so she sent me home. I'm fine, you need to call her and tell her I'm perfectly fine."
Grissom sighed. "No. You need a break as much as I do. And I don't want a repeat performance either. You scared the life out of me that night."
Sara grinned. "Compromise?"
Grissom inclined his head. "If you stay, I'll stay."
"Deal." Sara nodded and stood next to the bathroom door and with no regards to Grissom, stripped down naked and slid under the covers. "Are you coming to bed?"
He was still amazed at how she could render his body captive by just undressing. "Yeah."
Grissom stripped down and slid under the covers up next to Sara. She reached down on him, and smiled when she heard his breath hitch.
"Mmmm. What do you want?" He asked.
"What do you think I want?" She said smiling at his reaction to her manipulations on him.
Grissom's mouth fell open as he let his eyes close and his head fall back. "God Sara."
She pushed him onto his back and moved to straddle him. His hands instantly went to her hips as she lowered herself onto him. The air left their lungs as Grissom filled her. They came quickly and Sara fell asleep on top of Grissom as he held her and drifted off himself.
The sun prying through the blinds was enough to wake him. Grissom rolled over and sat up when his legs came in contact with a solid form at the foot of the bed.
"What are you doing Sara?" He was still trying to wake up as she turned to look at him.
With a smile she turned to crawl up the bed and lay beside him. "I think there's a chance I might be pregnant."
Grissom's eyes lit up. "Really?"
She nodded, "After last night, witch wasn't the first night I was sick." She held up her hand to stop the comment she knew was coming. "I know, I know, I should have told you but, at first I thought it was just the stress doing it. So I went out this morning at picked up a test."
"And?"
"I haven't looked yet. I thought you might want to come with me."
He smiled and quickly climbed out of bed. Sara tossed his shorts at him giggling. Grissom was less than amused as he took her hand and let her lead him into the bathroom. Sara grabbed the stick as she passed to sit on the side of the tub. Grissom sat next to her softly stroking her hand.
"Are you going to look at it or, just try to use esp."
Sara narrowed her eyes at him and moved her hand to reveal the results. Grissom leaned over to see himself. A large smile crossed his face as the pink plus sign was more than evident. He turned to place a gentle kiss on her cheek as she let her tears of joy fall. After God knows how long, she was finally pregnant.
"I need to make a doctor's appointment. She wanted to see me right away if I thought I might be pregnant." she sniffled.
"I hope these are tears of joy?"
"Are you kidding? I'm way more than overjoyed, I'm ecstatic, I just don't know how to express my self."
"We need to talk to Jason and Kassie about this."
Sara smiled, "I already know Kassie will be more than excited. She's been talking about how she would be a good big sister."
After Grissom dressed they wandered out into the living room. For a Saturday it was quiet, usually Jason and Kassie were running rampant. They heard them in the back yard, running amuck. Both of them dreaded when the weather turned cold enough to keep them inside.
Jason was tossing a baseball into the air and catching it, Kassie was digging in the dirt. Grissom and Sara sat down on the back steps and called out to get their attention, Jason and Kassie made their way over to them.
"Good morning." Jason said enthusiastically.
Grissom unconsciously checked his watch. "We need to ask you guys something." He paused to make sure that he had their complete attention. "How would you two feel about having a little brother or sister?"
"Seriously?" Jason exclaimed.
"Seriously." Sara responded.
"Does that mean I get to be a big sister?" Kassie asked.
"Yes, you get to be a big sister." Sara told her.
"Yeah! I get to be a big sister."
"Yeah well, just remember I'm the big brother."
She turned and stuck her tongue out at Jason when Sara remembered about the doctor.
Grissom watched as she stood to make the necessary call. He turned back to Jason and Kassie. "So what do you guys think?"
They both smiled at him.
"Well, I sent in the petition to the judge to finalize your adoption yesterday. So if you are not comfortable with any of this..." He didn't get to finish as both of them rushed over and hugged him.
"Does that mean we get to live here all the time?" Kassie asked.
Grissom smiled. "Yes."
Sara was able to get an appointment for the early afternoon, it didn't take her long and she was home in a little more than an hour. Kassie was sitting at the table with Grissom. He was teaching her the alphabet, while Jason was working on his homework periodically asking Grissom a question. Sara joined them at the table.
Grissom noticed the look on her face. He stood and moved over to her and gently took her hand. "Come on, let'stalk."
He led them to the den, her sanctuary, and sat down together on the small love seat. Grissom held her close caressing her arms being supportive until she was ready to talk.
She took in several deep breaths willing herself to tell him what she was told. "I have to be on hormone supplements because my FSH test came back low. So I have to have shots every day for the first month, and go in once a week to have more blood drawn."
Grissom turned his body to face her. "But you are pregnant right?"
Sara nodded. "But she's considering me a high risk pregnancy." Her voice cracked and Grissom pulled her into his arms. "In order for me to carry this baby to term I'm going to have to watch my stress, take these hormones, eat right, and she said most importantly watch the things at the lab."
Grissom sighed. "Shhh. Everything will be alright." He did his best to comfort her.
"She said once we get to the end of the first trimester, everything should go smoothly." She looked up at him. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"Anything."
"I can't give myself shots."
Grissom smiled. "I'll give them to you."
Once she had calmed down they went back to join Kassie and Jason.
"We haven't eaten anything, so why don't we go out for lunch?" Grissom suggested.
"Yeah." Jason and Kassie said enthusiastically.
"Can Lindsey come?" Jason asked.
Sara and Grissom shrugged their shoulders. "I don't see why not." Sara told him.
Jason got up and went to the phone to call Lindsey. Sara helped Kassie gather her things when Jason yelled from the other room.
"Dad, Lindsey's mom wants to talk to you."
Grissom looked at Sara and she looked back at him. He walked into the other room still with the confusedlook on his face as Jason handed him the receiver.
"Thanks. Hello Catherine."
"Did he just call you Dad?" Catherine asked.
"Yeah, he did."
"You sound confused about it."
"Well, I've never been 'Dad' before."
"Well, get used to it. Anyways, Lindsey and I are going to lunch over at Sam's, do you want to join us?"
"Which one?"
"The little restaurant in the Tangiers. They have a lunch buffet special on Saturdays."
Grissom paused for a moment. "Sure, we'll meet you there." He hung up the phone still in shock over the fact that Jason had called him Dad. He walked back to rejoin them. "We're going with Catherine and Lindsey."
"Yes." Jason let out under his breath.
"Let's go, get in the truck." Sara said herding the two.
Grissom followed her to the garage as Kassie and Jason climbed into the truck. "Seat belts." he ordered as his climbed in behind the wheel.
They arrived at the casino and pulled up to the valet parking right after Catherine and Lindsey. Jason was at Lindsey's side the minute he got out of the truck. Sara took Kassie by the hand and approached Catherine while Grissom gave the valet the once over about if something were to happen to the truck while they were inside.
"What's he doing?" Catherine asked.
"Oh, basically he's telling the poor valet that if the truck gets scratched, he's going to have his ass." Sara said while giggling.
Grissom joined them and they walked inside, Jason and Lindsey followed holding hands. They were shown to a large booth and went to fill their plates at the buffet.
Grissom sat next to Sara who had Kassie pinned to the inside of the booth. Catherine sat on the other side with Lindsey and Jason sitting to the inside.
"Did you enjoy your night off?" Catherine asked.
Grissom gave a half smile and looked up from his food. "Yes, I did."
"Good. And I see you're feeling better today."
Sara also smiled. "Yes. It was just a bug I guess."
Jason and Lindsey weren't paying attention to the adults conversation, they were too involved with their own little whispering talk.
"Ohh, ohh. Guess what? Guess what?" Kassie said enthusiastically.
"Kassie." Grissom warned.
"Can't I tell?Pleeeeease." She pleaded with him.
"Go ahead." Sara said.
"I'm going to be a big sister." Kassie said proudly.
"What do you mean big sister? Aren't you the little..?"Catherine stopped and looked to Sara with her mouth agape. "Are you...?"
Sara smiled. "It was reverse morning sickness."
"Oh my God. Congratulations." Catherine said as she tried to hug Sara from across the table. She stood to hug Grissom while he was still sitting.
"Thanks Cath," Grissomsaid less enthusiastically than she was.
"Well, you know everyone at the lab is going to be more than willing to do their part. I just can't believe this. I get to be an aunt." Catherine exclaimed.
Grissom and Sara were happy knowing that they had support from their friends.
They returned home later after having their fill of food and conversation. It nearlytook an act of congress to get Jason in the truck. He wanted to go back to Catherine's for the rest of the day. But since both Catherine and Grissom were working that night, neither thought it would be a good idea.
Sara spent the afternoon with Kassie and Jason went into his room. She thought it was odd, even for him but ignored it. Sara read to Kassie and colored with her until she saw Jason come down the stairs carrying several hand towels. She noticed he had also changed clothes. When he went back up to his room, Sara went into the laundry room and fished out the towels. Jason had buried them in the bottom of the hamper. Curiosity got the best of Sara and she went out into the garage to retrieve Grissom's field kit.
She pulled out his ALS light and ran it over the towels. Sara smiled when she found what she thought she was going to find. She replaced the towels and field kit, and headed to the bedroom. Grissom was asleep and she hated to wake him, so she decided to wait until later to talk.
Well I hope this settles some folks down. Yup, Sara's finally pregnant. But, now what's next, oh so many options. Review, I'm open to ideas as to where this should go, even though I have an idea already, but I'm more than willing to incorporate new ideas.
TDCSI