Alright, you are never going to believe this. My computer crashed, but it stayed alive enough to back up all of my files, thank God. So now I'm awaiting the arrival of my new notebook. It could take up to a week or little longer. So, in the mean time, I'm using the internet off of a friends computer, and have seemed to get mine up and going enough to do word processing. I thank everyone for the reviews and can only ask that you bear with me. It might be a while until I'm back up and running. Damn this sucks.
Thanks a million to my betas; Just Thinking, Kakidoll, & thegreatbluespoon. And a special thank you to anneruhland, she brought up the most annoying part of a road trip that I totally forgot about.
Teens & Tribulations
Chapter 26
"One more time, do we have everything?"
It was the tenth time Grissom had asked Sara if she thought they had everything humanly possible that Sydney might need. He had the back of the truck full. Their luggage only took up a small portion of the eight-foot box. The remaining portion looked as if they had gone on a shopping spree at the baby store.
"Thank God you were able to borrow this topper."
"I didn't borrow it Sara, I bought it."
She stopped and looked at him, eyes wide open and mouth agape. "How much was it?"
"Enough." He turned to walk away.
"Gil."
Grissom stopped and walked to stand in front of her. Sara held her ground as he placed his hands on her side and began to slowly caress her. She couldn't help but soften her composure as the strong male scent of him overtook her senses.
"Don't you think we're spending enough money as it is?"
"Sara, I did some checking into some investments, and this doesn't even touch the tip of the ice burg." He pulled her into him, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm hoping Jason could watch the girls while I take my lady down to the beach and show her how much I love her."
Feeling frisky, Sara pulled away enough to look into his face. "Do I know her, or is she new?"
She smiled and he gave her a dirty look. "Funny, dear." He pressed his lips to hers.
Sara slipped out her tongue to graze his lips, and Grissom instantly reacted. He moved forward, pressing her back into the cool, black metal. She moaned into his mouth as he pressed harder.
"God, how do you expect me to not think about sex when every time I turn around, you two are making out? This is just wrong." Jason put another bag of diapers into the back and quickly walked back into the house.
After another hour of gathering and double-checking, Grissom finally merged onto I-15 south. Sara spent the first hour turned around in her seat dictating the activity that was happening in the back seat. Jason was listening to his i-pod, while Kassie was wadding up small pieces of paper and tossing them at Jason. Their commotion had Sydney fussing, as she was in her car seat between them and their rants.
She finally got them separated, but only when that all too familiar smell invaded the cabin.
"Gil, we need to stop."
Grissom just gave a slight nod, grateful for the intrusion. The chaos in the back seat was driving him insane, and he still had four hours left to go.
Five hours later, Grissom pulled up in front of the Crowne Plaza Hotel. He was more than grateful that they had finally arrived. After the first stop to change Sydney, the barrage of 'Are we there yet?' pierced the air. He was beginning to seriously think that this whole thing was a bad idea, and quickly climbed out as a bellhop opened the door for Sara. She thanked him and opened the back door, allowing Kassie to leap from the truck so she could extract Sydney. Grissom moved around to the back of the truck with Jason and began to remove the luggage.
Sara was speechless at the planning that Grissom had done. After checking in, they were escorted to their suite. Jason and Kassie were staying in one of the two bedrooms, a crib was already set up in the main living area, and a small kitchen dawned a mini fridge and microwave. Sara walked into the master bedroom and was stunned at the king-sized, four post bed. She moved to the next door and flipped on the light switch.
"Oh my God." Her hand went to cover her stunned mouth.
The blue tiled floor accented the pearl colored whirlpool that sat next to the biggest shower she had ever seen. Sudden thoughts of her and Grissom wet and naked together in the shower sent shivers down her spine. She turned out the lights and proceeded back into the master bedroom.
Grissom was lying on his back staring at the ceiling, feet planted firmly on the floor. Ignoring him for the moment, she went into the other room, and could hear Jason and Kassie talking about the room. With a smile, she put Sydney down in the crib before returning to him. Sara placed her legs on either side of his and leaned over him, using her arms to hold herself up.
"How did you get a room like this?" She gently kissed him.
He sighed, "I used my knowledge as a CSI."
"You mean, you have connections and pulled some strings."
"Mmm, something like that." He reached up and pulled her down flush against his body and kissed her back.
"Hey Mom,...oh man, what is it with you two?"
Sara moved off of Grissom and tried to hide her embarrassment. "What do you want?" she asked Jason.
"When or where are we having dinner? We're hungry."
She turned her head to look at Grissom, shrugging her shoulders. "How about the restaurant downstairs?"
"Sounds good to me." Grissom stood up, extended his arms to Sara, and pulled her to her feet.
Grissom carried a very awake Sydney, while Jason and Kassie bounded off of the elevator when the doors opened. Sara wandered over to the front desk before joining them in the restaurant. They were seated and ordered their food shortly there after.
"Ok, here's some brochures on things to do around here. Six flags, Sea World, the zoo, Wild Animal Park, Legoland; man, this town has everything." She continued to thumb through the many pamphlets.
"Are there roller coasters?" Jason asked.
Grissom's head whipped around to the teen so fast he thought he had given himself whiplash. "Six Flags is loaded with roller coasters."
"I want to go to Sea World." Kassie voiced her recommendation.
"How long are we going to be here?" Sara asked, only to confirm what she had been previously told.
"A whole week." Grissom said, pulling Sydney out of the high chair and into his lap.
"And there's the beach." Jason mentioned. "I bet there are some hotties there."
Before Grissom or Sara could say anything, their food arrived. They ate while continuing the discussion of what tomorrow would bring, and they didn't make a decision until back at the room, when Sara told Jason and Kassie to go to bed. Both kids said goodnight and happily retreated to their shared bedroom, excited as to what events would transpire.
Grissom was poised in one of the big armchairs feeding a bottle to Sydney. Sara looked at him, amazed at how content he looked. "Well, I'm off to bed."
He looked up as she walked by.
"I'll be waiting." Her voice was low and seductive.
Grissom didn't wait until Sydney was finished with her bottle before burping and laying her down into the crib. He quickly went off in search of Sara.
It didn't take long to find her, she was stretched out on her stomach, and she was stark naked. With a sigh he locked the door and quickly removed his attire, before stretching out beside her. She rolled over to look at him.
"Make love to me."
A look of concern crossed his face. "Are you sure you're ready for that?"
Sara nodded. "I thought I would be fine the first time, but it was too soon. I'm sure now. I want you so bad." She moved to convince him using her lips.
Grissom was quick to return the gesture as his hands roamed her flesh. He pulled her on top of him and let her take the lead. "You're sure?" He huffed out after she moved her mouth to his neck.
Sara sat up and glared down at him. "You ask that one more time..."
"I just don't want this to hurt like last time."
"For the last time, I'm fine. It's been what, three months since I gave birth, and since that failed night you have treated me like glass. No more." She took his hands in hers and lowered herself down, sucking in a breath as she took him in.
Grissom threw his head back in the pleasure he had missed. Sara held onto his hands as for the first time in what seemed like ages, they were able to enjoy themselves. They came together, attempting to keep their cries to a dull roar, as young ears were not far away.
Sara tried to remain in Grissom's strong, gentle grasp for as long as she could. She could hear Jason and Kassie in the main room of the suite, God knows what they were doing, but as long as they were also entertaining Sydney, she could rest longer. The night never seemed to end. After their first bout they laid in the dark talking. It was something that they had never done, then Grissom began touching her again, and in no time at all it was time for round two.
She finally pulled away from him, the need to use the bathroom was too strong. Suddenly it was something that Catherine had mentioned to her a while back that had Sara staring at herself in the mirror. Her doctor had also mentioned a similar concern; only Catherine was aiming to win money. An unconscious hand went to her stomach.
Grissom silently joined her. When she looked back up into the mirror, Sara saw the question in his eyes before he said it.
"What's wrong?" He wrapped his arms around her, lowering his voice to a whisper. "Did I hurt you?"
She shook her head. "No. I was thinking about the chances of me getting pregnant again so soon."
"Oh. I guess I forgot about that."
"As did I." She looked back down to her stomach. "I'm not ready for another one. Not yet."
Grissom sighed as he understood her concern. Desperate to get off of the subject, "Hey, want to join me in that oversized shower?"
Sara turned around to look at him. "You'll have to keep your hands to yourself."
He put his hands in the air. "I'll be good."
After a breakfast delivered by room service, they headed to the beach. Sara carried a basket filled with towels, sunscreen, a few plastic toys, and water in one arm; in the other was Sydney's diaper bag, filled with anything she might need at a moments notice. Grissom carried Sydney to a vacant, oversized umbrella that was placed in the sand. Before they had a chance to set anything down, Jason and Kassie tore off towards the water. Sara yelled after them, but they ignored her as they splashed into the cresting waves. She left Grissom with Sydney as she went after them, her concern more towards Kassie. He cradled the baby in one arm as he fished out a large towel and spread it over the shaded sand, before gently laying her down on it. She laughed as she looked up at him from her back.
He glanced back down to the beach to see Sara playing in the shallow water with Kassie and Jason. Grissom smiled and removed his shirt before laying out another towel next to the one Sydney was on. He settled next to his daughter and dangled one of her toys over her head as she tried to grab it.
Sara returned shortly with Kassie and dug out a small plastic shovel for her to play in the sand with at the water's edge. She then placed a towel in the sun and lay on her back. Grissom continued to play with Sydney, while keeping an eye on Kassie as she played.
"This was a great idea." Sara commented with her eyes closed, as her body baked in the late morning sun.
"Hmm." Grissom agreed.
Kassie repeatedly made her way from the pile of sand she had mounded to the shaded area where her parents were. Exchanging toys on each trip.
"My skin's hot." She commented.
Sara sat up. "Mine too. Come on, lets go cool off in the water."
Kassie ran to the water, beating Sara and she plunged into it.
"Where's Jason?" Sara asked, not having seen the teen for the past hour.
Kassie continued to splash in the water, "He's over there."
Sara looked where Kassie's hand pointed, only to see Jason surrounded by three girls in bikinis. She shook her head and escorted Kassie back up the sand. "Come on, I'll put more sunscreen on you."
When they returned, both Sydney and Grissom had dozed off. Kassie quickly returned back to her sandpile, while Sara just admired Grissom. She smiled when he smiled.
"What?"
"I'm just admiring the view."
"Like what you see?"
"Why yes I do." She kneeled over him, placing a kiss on his lips. "Look at what your son is doing."
Grissom followed Sara's pointing hand. "That wasn't me at fourteen."
"You mean good looking, or picking up girls."
"Both."
"I doubt the good looking part." She leaned back over and kissed him, before returning to her towel.
Sara lay on her stomach and watched Kassie.
"How do you feel?"
Grissom sat up. "Totally relaxed."
"I meant about the kids."
"Sara,..." He paused to give his answer with a facial expression.
"I was just curious. If you knew it would all happen the way it has up until this point, would you do it again?"
Grissom grabbed his sunglasses and crawled over to her. "In a heartbeat." He whispered, before placing a soft kiss to her cheek. "I need a favor."
"And that would be?"
"I want to go sit with my other daughter, but I'm white as a ghost."
Sara smiled, "Turn around."
Once he had enough sun screen on, Grissom made his way down to the water's edge and sat with Kassie.
"Hi Daddy. Wanna play with me?"
"Sure."
Grissom sat with her, forming small mountains of sand with his hands. He would occasionally glance over to Sara, and she would smile back. Jason approached him several times asking if he could take some water to his new 'friends'.
The afternoon passed faster than intended and they retreated to the hotel room to prepare for the evening at Sea World. Sara had called ahead and gotten them tickets for the night shows. She was concerned at first, about taking Sydney along, but when they entered the gates to the park, there were strollers everywhere. She didn't feel so guilty about it after that.
They spent the rest of the night at the park. Sara pushed a sleeping Sydney; Grissom carried an unconscious Kassie, while Jason carried the stuffed killer whale Grissom had won her along with the one he won himself.
Once they reached their hotel room, Grissom helped Kassie into her pajamas, while Sara laid Sydney down. Jason collapsed on his bed, and soon Grissom and Sara were sleeping soundly in theirs. The day was successful and Grissom fell asleep, dawning a smile on his face with Sara wrapped up in his arms.
Ok, just because I was able to get this chapter off, doesn't mean I will be able to update as soon as I would like. So, it might be another week or more before I can update, and then it might take me some time to get back on target. Damn computers, can't write GSR without them. Thanks for understanding.
TDCSI