A/N: I haven't been to Henderson or any of the other Las Vegas suburbs but I have been to Summerlin so that's where Sara lives. Sorry this took so long to get posted, I've been busy and was being evil.

Chapter 8

Sara slowly walked to where Grissom was standing with their things, a look of utter surprise evident on her face. His own face broke into a small smile as the four came closer to where he was.

"Grissom?" Her face betrayed her surprise.

"Hey…" His words were almost hesitant. Their parting had been painful for both of them and he knew he had a lot to make up for. "I got your bags already. I thought that would be quicker."

"Um, what...what are you doing here? I thought Greg was going to pick me up. I called him and he picked up..."

Grissom cut her off with a wave of his hand.

"The seats are in my car, and I wanted to pick you up." He smiled tentatively at her, then at the boys.

Olivia was definitely uncertain about the man standing in front of her, she had a death grip on Sara's shirt. There was no way she was going to that man!

"Well, uh...thanks Grissom."

Grissom wasn't used to hearing Sara call him that when they were together, for the longest time Gil had been saved for their private moments. The formality of it shocked him, but he wasn't going to push things.

Sara finally realized that she hadn't introduced the kids to him. "This is Olivia in my arms and this is Jeremy and he's carrying Owen."

Owen gave Grissom a toothy smile obviously not as worried about the strange man as his little sister was.

Jeremy just nodded his head and then dropped his eyes to his shoes, appearing to study them intently.

"It's nice to meet you all," He started gathering their bags up. "We should get going or we'll hit rush traffic."

Sara nodded silently and they all headed for the exits. Olivia's hold had loosened up a little bit now that they were walking and Grissom's back was to her, but she was still uncertain about the grey haired man.

They were soon at the car and while Grissom loaded the bags into the back Sara situated Olivia into her seat and belted her in. Before she pulled away to get Owen she blew a raspberry on the girl's cheek getting a squeal and giggle out of the small child. The squeal startled Grissom at first, but then he saw the girls laughing and secretly enjoyed watching Sara be a mom to these children. She had obviously made a connection in the two days that they had been together and she looked happy. In fact, she looked more contented than Grissom had ever seen her. Despite his initial reaction it dawned on him that he enjoyed seeing her this happy, and perhaps these children were a good thing after all.

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The group of five headed down the highway toward Sara's apartment. Olivia had fallen asleep soon after they started moving, Owen was contentedly staring out the window watching the buildings pass by, the drone of the truck lulling him.

Jeremy was also watching the scenery, but a moment later he turned to his aunt.

"Hey, Sara?" He called from the backseat.

"What's up Jeremy?" She asked turning to look at him and flashing him a glowing smile.

"You said we needed supplies and things, are we going to be stopping somewhere or are we going straight to your house?"

"I think we're going to go to my place then we can head back out later. I want to get out of Grissom's hair first, I'm sure he has things to do." She replied giving Grissom a sidelong glance.

"Actually, I have tonight off. So if you need help I'm here." Sara looked at him as if he had grown an additional head and perhaps a few antennae.

"Oh, well it would be easier to have a second adult along with these three," she winked at Jeremy.

"I am to please. So where to Ms. Sidle?" Grissom responded in kind.

Sara looked out the window to see where they were and realized they were already pretty close to where she lived in Summerlin so she settled on Target near her apartment for now.

"Just take the exit for my place," Grissom nodded and took the appropriate exit. "Let's hit Target first. I can get a crib and a toddler bed there I think. Most of the other things I need I can get here too." Grissom swung the Tahoe into the parking lot and found a place a little ways from the entrance that way they would be able to load easily.

Sara quickly got out and unbuckled Olivia from her seat, she was still sleepy so she shut her eyes and rested her head on Sara's shoulder. Jeremy climbed out after she pulled out Olivia and Grissom grabbed Owen from his booster seat. The young boy seemed comfortable with the stranger who now held him, his small fingers curiously inspecting Grissom's ear.

Sara led the way, fully ready to conquer Target - oddly enough with Grissom by her side.