(A/N: I'm back! Unfortunately, I still don't own CSI just Toby and Lea Mae. I'm going to start skipping weeks, months, years (not yet but probably eventually!), ect. (in the time line) in order to hit important parts of Sara's new life. Hope you enjoy this chapter! Sorry, I think its a bit shorter than the others.)
Since Grissom had adopted her and eventually he had to do field work again, Sara's routine changed. During the day, Sara would go home with her new daddy and sleep or sometimes watch TV or read even while he slept. At night, Sara and Lindsey started to go to Nick's house so they could be watched by Toby, who already watched, Lea Mae at night, usually he enjoyed the company and conversations he could start with the brilliant brunette, not to mention what he got paid as a babysitter. (Some nights were easier than others for him!) This was not one of those nights.
It was eleven o'clock. Lea Mae had fallen down the stairs and stubbed her toe, scraped her knee, and hit her elbow, her funny bone where it tingles. Toby could not get her to calm down so he could help her. Lindsey and Sara were certainly not helping matters. Earlier, before Lea Mae fell, Toby had given the three girls one Ho-Ho each. When he took Lea Mae to clean all the chocolate and crème off of her hands and face, Lindsey and Sara found where Toby had put it and finished off the box, a total of four and a half Ho-Ho's each eaten by two six year olds.
"Lindsey! Sara! Please quit running around me! Lea Mae is hurt, ok? Please stop!" the fifteen year old cried. Sara stopped in front of him and started talking fast, "Do you have any more Ho-Ho's, maybe a chocolate bar? Ohh… Pixy-Stix! Huh? Do ya?" Using her stopping to his advantage, he grabbed her, "Sorry, Sara, It's for your own good. Here use your energy to see if you can help, Lea." Again Sara talked fast, "Ok, I'll try! Lea, look at me. You're ok," Sara tried. Ok, now to catch Lindsey, Toby thought. "Lindsey, come here!" Toby called, "Please sit down for just a moment." Giving up, Toby pulled out his phone and called the one person he was sure could help him.
"Stokes," Toby heard Nick say into the phone. "Hey, Uncle Nick," Toby said a little nervously. "Hey Tobes! What's up?" Nick asked him. "I need some help," Toby admitted. Nick chuckled slightly, "What's the problem?" "Well," Toby began before talking faster, "You see I gave the girls each a Ho-Ho, so when I went to clean up Lea, Sara and Linds found the box and finished them off, so now I'm trying to figure out how to fix their sugar highs and help Lea who fell down the stairs, and I can't get her to calm down to help her. What do I do Uncle Nick?" Nick couldn't help but smile a little picturing Sara and Lindsey hyped up on sugar and stressing out Toby. "Ok, listen to the whole thing before you begin," Nick began, "Now, you will give your phone to Lea and I will talk to her, then get three plastic cups of milk, set them on the table by the couch, take Sara and Linds, put them on the couch, take Lea over there place her between them, hand them each a cup, and then tell me when that's done." "Alright here's Lea she is still crying, here Peaches, it's Daddy," Toby said by calling her by the nickname he gave her for her love of peaches and handing her the phone.
Five minutes later, Toby had the girls sitting on the couch with their milk. "Uncle Nick? Are you still there?" Toby said holding the phone back up to his ear, hearing slight chuckling. "Um, yea, sorry Tobes, I'm here, I could hear you trying to reason with the girls through the phone," Nick said. "Ok, now, what? I don't think they will stay here for long," Toby said. "Put me on speaker phone," Nick said and after hearing a chorus of "Hi, Daddy!" and "Hi, Nicky!" he continued, "Hi, girls are you having fun with Toby?" "Yes," they replied. "Good, now get comfortable, ok," Nick said as Toby covered the girls with a blanket. "Ok, are we ready?" Nick asked. "Yes," the four said to the phone. Nick started to sing "That's How Country Boys Roll".
By the time he finished singing, the girls were more than calm, they had fallen asleep and had finished their milk. "Your smart Uncle Nick," Toby said fighting a yawn. "Not my first rodeo, kid. It always worked for you especially when you first came to live with me. It calmed you down especially when you talked about your dad. Now, I got to get back to work, ok, Bud?" Nick said. "Thanks, Uncle Nick," Toby said fighting another yawn. "Anytime, Bud. Now, get some sleep, Mandy and I will be back in the morning," Nick said with a smile. "Ok, night, Uncle Nick," Toby said. "Night, Tobes."
At 8 in the morning, Nick and Mandy pulled up to their house with Warrick and Grissom close behind in their cars. "Yea, Toby called me around eleven," Nick told them chuckling, "Apparently Lindz and Sara had found where Toby had put up the box of Ho-Ho's and finished them off sending them racing around the house on a sugar high, while Lea had fallen, she wasn't hurt too bad but he couldn't get her to calm down. So, I talked to her while Toby got Sara and Linds on the couch with milk then Lea, and I sang to them putting them to sleep." "Well, he certainly knew who to call for help," Warrick laughed.
"Aww," they heard Mandy say when she walked around the corner to the living room. "What's up, Mands?" Nick asked her. They followed her and found Toby sleeping in a chair with Sara curled up in his left arm and Lindsey in his right, with Lea Mae in the middle with a blanket wrapped around the girls and covering Toby as well.
Nick bent down and picked up Lea, who woke up slightly, "Hey, Le!" "Hi, Daddy," Lea whispered before she fell back asleep in his arms. Sara and Lindsey began to wake up from the noise, "Hi!" "Hey, Sar, Linds, did you girls have a good time with Toby?" Grissom asked as he picked up Sara and Warrick picked up Lindsey. "Yea, Daddy! Toby gave us Ho-Hos!" Sara said as Lindsey agreed. Grissom chuckled, "I also heard you girls finished the box and ran circles around Toby!" "Maybe," Lindsey said as she shared a look with Sara. "Nicky sang to us!" Sara said pointing to Nick. "From a ball and a glove to them fallin' in love They do everythin' heart and soul That's how country boys roll," Sara and Lindsey sang with Nick joining in. "Good job, girls!" Nick chuckled. "Well, I need to get some sleep, and I know they do too. Let's go home, ok, Sara?" Grissom said turning to her. "Ok, Daddy!" Sara said turning and blowing everyone a kiss and sending one specifically to Toby. "Bye, guys!" they called as they walked out the door.
(A/N: Well, how was it? It was kinda just a filler, cause I wanted to put Toby and Lea in it. Suggestions are always welcome, like for example Catherine and Warrick's baby: boy? Girl? Multiple? Names? Or anything else. I need ideas! Please help me!)
