Changing Lives
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Chapter 5: Changing Lives
Sara was standing in the doorway of Brenda's room looking at the sleeping girl. It became one of her favorite activities lately. She was so peaceful and she found it rather hard to leave her. And she didn't even do so until Warrick came and dragged her away, of course, only after they had been looking at the little girl a little while. This became a sort of habit of theirs since…
Sara was standing in the doorway of Brenda's room looking at the sleeping girl when a pair of arms encircled her from behind. She leant into Warrick embrace and sighed contently.
"You know since you're the one who tugs her in, I'm sleeping alone."
"Oh, we can always change that." Warrick whispered suggestively into her ear then began kissing her neck. Sara turned in his arms and looked into his eyes. Slowly she sneaked her arms around his neck and brought Warrick's face closer to hers then kissed him passionately…
That was their first night together. And true to Warrick's words, she's never slept alone since then. It seemed so unbelievable for her. The past year passed so quickly and so many things happened in it. For example Brenda became her daughter legally as well. She still remembered the day when she got the paper.
It happened a few weeks after the accident. She was back to work. Actually, that day she was late from work so she was in a hurry. She had been rather busy whole day and didn't have time to check her mails so when she left for work, she just grabbed the pack of mails in case she would have a little time to take a look at them. And she did have time… after shift.
Everybody was in the locker room preparing to leave when Sara noticed the forgotten pack of letters. She was about to put them into her bag when she noticed the sender of one of them. She immediately tore up the letter, which caused the others to stare at her curiously, and then she was just standing there looking at the paper.
Being concerned, Warrick stepped next to her. They became very close since the accident.
"Sara?"
Sara's head jerked up being surprised at the interruption. Tears glistened in her eyes and for a moment Warrick was really frightened but within moments Sara's arms were wrapped around him and he heard her happy voice.
"I have her, Warrick, I have her."
This was enough to wrap his arms around her waist. He was smiling into her hair when she drew away a little. However, almost immediately he felt her lips on his. They were kissing for a long time when Grissom's discrete coughing made them realize where they were.
She still had to smile at that memory. It was rather funny. Or embarrassing. Everybody in the locker room was waiting for an answer and they were unable to utter a coherent sentence not to mention giving a much needed explanation given that they themselves were quite surprised at that kiss. Fortunately they took pity on them and left them alone. For the time being, at least.
They spent that afternoon in the park celebrating more than one thing. It felt so normal just to be sitting in the park and doing nothing in particular. She was happy about seeing Brenda enjoying herself. She had to admit that her daughter had changed a lot. Slowly she became more and more relaxed in the companion of other people. And she also made friend with a little girl who they had met in the park. And, which she found really amazing, she and Warrick became almost inseparable. Brenda really loved him and Warrick adored her. She clearly remembered the day when she realized that their lives had changed for ever.
She had been together with Warrick for a couple of months when one afternoon she went home from shopping. Warrick was at home with Brenda. They were supposed to do her homework but of course she was sure that it wasn't the case. Somehow if it happened to be Warrick who helped Brenda preparing for school, it always ended in something else. So Sara was prepared to find them watching a movie, for example, or making muffins which was Brenda's favorite activity. But what Sara found when she entered her apartment made her speechless.
She heard loud laughter from the living room and when she reached to the door she saw that Brenda was lying on the floor and Warrick was kneeling next to her and tickling her mercilessly. Tears were flowing down Brenda's face while she was screaming and laughing at the same time.
"Stop it, pleeeeeeeeeeeas!" She heard the little girl saying.
After a little time Warrick took pity on her and stopped tickling her. He sat down leaning to the coach with a huge grin on his face. Brenda mirrored his action and for a while they were just sitting there but suddenly Brenda jumped at Warrick and now he was the one who was pleading for stopping. However, the little girl showed no mercy.
Sara was stunned, to say the least. She had never seen Brenda like that. She was laughing wholeheartedly while tickling the man under her. She was happy beyond word that she could see her daughter like that and she loved Warrick immensely for making her like that.
Finally she entered the room.
"Hey! What are you doing?" She inquired trying to seem a little angry but failed as a huge smile was sitting on her face. Both of them looked up at her. "I hope that your homework is ready!"
It was enough to take a look at their guilty faces to find out the answer. They were really cute as they were sitting on the floor sitting next to each other with an identical expression on their faces.
"It wasn't me, Mommy. Daddy started it all!"
That was the moment when Sara realized that they were a family.
Standing in the doorway of her daughter's room, it still felt so new to have a family. It didn't matter how long she had had Brenda or how long she and Warrick had been married, there always was something which was a new experience for her. And she loved it. She loved that she didn't know what the following day would bring but whatever it would she would always have her husband and her daughter.
A little more than a year ago she couldn't have imagined to have a family and now she was standing there as a wife and, what's more important, as a mother. She always would remember how much she dreaded the others' opinion about her being a mother. But she would always remember, too, how groundless her fears were.
A few days after that Sara so 'discretely' kissed Warrick in the locker room, she decided that it was time to face the others and tell them everything. Her relationship with Warrick wasn't a secret given that everybody witnessed their above mentioned very first kiss but nobody had known yet what the reason of that kiss had been.
So she asked Warrick, who had a night off then and was looking after Brenda, to bring her in in the morning. And he did so.
They were walking in the corridor hand in hand heading towards the break room.
By the time they reached to the break room, Greg and Nick, who were sitting in there, had already noticed them through the glass wall. Nick found the little girl, who was clinging to Warrick's hand, vaguely familiar but couldn't place her anywhere. He didn't have to do so, however, as they quickly entered the room.
"Hey! Have you seen Sara? We should meet here." Both of the boys shook their head at that.
"I'm here." He heard behind him. "Hey, sweetie! Did you sleep well?" Sara greeted her daughter and after she saw her nod, she turned to Warrick. "Thanks for bringing her in."
"No problem."
"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt you but would you like to tell us something?" Greg inquired them.
For a moment Sara hesitated.
"Well… Yes. Greg, Nick… Meet my…" At that moment she felt a little tug on her sleeve and glanced down at Brenda who was still holding Warrick's hand.
"Mommy, I'm hungry."
Sara didn't have time to react as the boys in the room cut in.
"Wow, I cant' believe it!" Nick began.
"Me neither. And how on Earth could you two keep it a secret?" Greg continued but didn't give time for an answer as quickly added. "Hey, she really takes after you, Sara!"
"Yeah, it must be the eyes. But her hair colour is definitely from Warrick."
And this was only the beginning of the boys rambling which lasted for a while. Finally when Sara got to explain the situation for them, Grissom and Catherine also entered the room. So she was spared the time to tell everything twice. Finally Nick managed to recall where he had seen the little girl before.
She was so relieved that everybody was happy about her. Catherine, whose opinion she feared the most, even offered her help if Sara needed anything. She was happy, Warrick was happy and everybody else was happy. Even Brenda warmed up a little.
Only one person remained whom Brenda should be introduced, or reintroduced. And it was Brass. Sara could still smile at his remark.
"You know Sara when I told you back then that you didn't have to adopt her, I was serious."
Maybe he was serious but Sara was sure that that was the best decision that she had ever made. Apart from letting Warrick into her new life.
Looking at her daughter she felt her husband's arms sneak around her. They clasped their hands on Sara's stomach and watched Brenda for a little longer.
Their life has definitely changed since last year.
TBC
So, it again took me so much time to update but thank you for reading it anyway.
I have to admit that I'm at a loss at this moment. Shall I write another chapter like this one (just to show other episodes of their life) or shall I write the last chapter? What do you think?