Obviously I don't know any of these people or own any of the characters, I just have fun playing with them.
Also this is a new edited version.
He thought about this moment for a while now and had planned it all out, covering every detail and making sure he could answer any question she might ask. He was a scientist after all. He made sure he covered every possible variable except the obvious ones like the unexpected arrival of co-workers, the phone ringing, and several other usual things in his rather unusual life.
On any normal day most of these things wouldn't bother him, but today was not any normal day. It took weeks of phone calls, pulling in favors, and even doing some 'politic-ing' which was a concept he was rather unfamiliar with. If the end result is what he hoped it would be more than worth it, he decided.
When he received the phone call from Berkley two months ago, it gave him an idea of how to execute what he had already been thinking of doing. That's when the plans started and it all came down to this morning and he was getting more nervous by the second and with each interruption he was starting to get more agitated. He told her he was leaving work early and stressed that he wanted her to come directly home after she was done with her shift.
He had just walked into the door and put his things away when the doorbell sounded the first time. It was Catherine; it wasn't exactly out of the ordinary for her to come by out of the blue but she hadn't stopped by in so long that it had caught him off guard. He suspected she and Warrick were having an affair but he didn't think he off all people had a right to condemn them. She said she had needed to talk to him but at the moment he just needed to get rid of her. He finally got her out the door by promising to make her a priority at the beginning of next shift. He decided to jump in the shower when his phone rung. Hodges was calling with results from his case. He was supposed to give the results to Nick, but Hodges never missed an opportunity to kiss his butt.
Sara walked through the front door as he walked into the living room after his shower and he knew it was time to tell her his idea, but the door bell sounded again. Forever understanding, she smiled and walked to the kitchen and out of view of the door. It was FedEx with a certified package from Berkeley. He headed back to the kitchen when his phone went off again. He took a look at Sara who obviously seemed amused by the current frustration shown on his face. He looked at his phone, it was Catherine.
He opened his phone, and did something he'd only done to Ecklie in the past. As he shut the phone off, he could picture her reaction on the other end and couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Ecklie?" Sara replied with a smile.
"Catherine", he replied.
"You know she'll make you pay for that later." She laughed, as she began collecting ingredients for omelets.
"Yes, but I need to talk to you right now." His left hand held the package from Berkeley, his right was in his pocket.
She looked up from cutting vegetables a little confused and not sure she was going to like this conversation. "Okay, shoot." she replied, desperately trying to remain calm.
"I have been asked to do another Guest Lecture spot next month." He stated, trying to get his emotions in check. His heart was beating a hundred miles an hour.
She stopped chopping and looked up. She tried to hide her sudden surge of frustration, and tried to sound understanding when she opened her mouth to speak but didn't have a chance.
"It's on the use of insects in Forensics and it is 6 weeks long." He told her.
"Has Ecklie authorized your leave yet?" Sara asked, forcing herself to bite back the anger that he hadn't talked about it with her before now.
"Actually both of our leaves and I must say he seemed quite glad to get rid of us both for a while." Grissom smiled, but he knew her well enough that she was going to be mad about him making the next decision without her.
"Both of us?" she was getting confused.
"I told the University that I would only do it if I could bring an assistant and they agreed. I told Ecklie the school requested two of us and that I was taking you."
Sara didn't know if she wanted to be mad or not. It didn't bother her about helping with the lecture but he did make the decision without her and that did make her rather irritated.
Deciding now it was a good time to change tactics. he put the package on the counter and walked up to her. Gently, he grasped one of her hands in his, and began caressing her fingers with his. He placed his other hand on her hip and began tracing the tip of his index finger under her shirt, knowing he was beginning to melt away any anger she had. "I thought it would give us a chance to be away from the lab together and away from prying eyes." He leaned in to kiss her.
Grissom knew how to melt her anger away, and he was right she thought, we could use some time away together. "Okay, you got me. When do we leave?" She said with a sigh.
"Well this envelope should have everything in it about that." He stepped back and picked up the package. He opened it up, emptying the contents on the counter. He picked up what looked like plane tickets, "We fly out two Saturdays from now at 9 am. There are car keys and apartment keys here along with a class schedule and a campus map."
"Wow, they do all of this for you every time you do lecture. No wonder you do them. Where are we going anyway?"
He smiled, "Berkley." He was happy she didn't fight him on going to Berkeley, but he was still nervous because the hard part was still yet come.
"Where we first met, appropriate" She smiled.
Grissom dug his hand in his pants pocket. "More than you know" he said as brought his hand back out in the shape of a fist.
"What does that mean?" She asked.
He took both of her hands in one of his and looked her in the eyes. He knew when he realized he couldn't live without her, she wouldn't want a fancy proposal. So he'd kept it simple, "Well, I was hoping we could make it a honeymoon of sorts. If you want to?" he opened his hand.
Sara's wide eyes fell on a necklace, not a ring. No, Sara thought, he would of known I wouldn't want a ring. It was unique, probably custom made because she had never seen one like it. It was a small white gold chain with a Butterfly on it. A simple Butterfly with only three small stones down the body of it and on the corner of the right wing was a date. She smiled; it was the date they met.
Sara smiled as he put the necklace around her neck, "You mean it?" she asked.
"Yes, Sara", he smiled.
"But there is so little time" Sara couldn't help but grin.
Grissom grinned, "If that is a yes. Then I'll let you know that someone happened to owe me a favor, so they sent me everything we needed. He told me just to fax all the paperwork to his office by the end of the week and he'll have everything ready for us when we get off the plane. I also took the liberty of locating a couple of simple and small Justices of the Peace. I figured you wouldn't want a Church and you wouldn't want anything extravagant." Finishing, he pulled a stack of paper out of the drawer next to them.
Sara brought his face to hers and gave him a long kiss, "Paperwork later." Sara pulled him toward the bedroom.