A/N: So... here's another one. Still not 100 sure where I'm taking this, but I have a long boring day at work tomorrow to figure it out! On another side note, Grissom's little speech comes from what one of my friends said to me when I first came out to her and was very scared, and I thought it was very sweet. She didn't get quite so technical of course, I had to look some of that up online, but I thought the sentiment added with some more historical detail would fit well with something Grissom would say.
Ideally, they would have liked to keep their relationship between themselves in the beginning, at least make it past the first date before coming out of the closet. Or, my office, in our case, Catherine thought, suppressing a giggle at her internal joke. Personally, Catherine didn't mind the boys knowing about her at all. She just wished there had been more time for Sara to feel at ease with everything, to understand it herself, before trying to explain to everyone else. Then again, she was the one who had to open her mouth to Warrick and Nick about their night at the motel.
"I can't believe you told," Catherine chuckled after Sara told the story, taking another bite of her pancakes.
"Hey, it's the reason you're enjoying free pancakes," Sara said playfully, nudging Catherine with her shoulder. Catherine giggled.
"You rat me out to Warrick and Nick, and I get pancakes…" Catherine said thoughtfully. "Alright, Sidle, fair enough. For now…" she finished with a smirk.
"I still can't believe I missed the whole thing!" Greg said for the third time, poking his fork into his plate of waffles.
"You didn't miss anything, Greggo," Nick said, expressing everyone's exasperation. "If you stopped pouting into your breakfast and looked up, you'd see it's still going on right in front of you!"
"What you so upset for anyway?" Warrick asked. "What if one of them was a dude? Still be cryin' about it then?"
"No," Greg replied, exaggerating the word by drawing it out. "If one of them was a dude, then it would be one hot chick and some guy. But this is two hot chicks! Two!" He finished, waving two fingers expressively to emphasize his point. The whole table couldn't help but chuckle at Greg's childlike charm.
"You know," Grissom began, "homosexuality wasn't considered unusual or taboo until the rise of Christianity. In the times of ancient Greece, people didn't define themselves by sexual orientation. In fact, relations between two men are believed to have been quite common."
"You don't say," Nick said, only half interested.
"Less is known about same-sex relationships between women of the time," he continued, "However, the poet Sappho wrote many poems regarding her love for women. She resided on the island of Lesbos, from which the term "lesbian" is derived. Though she herself is believed to have been bisexual."
The team nodded to show they had heard and understood.
"What I'm saying, is there was a time and place where a relationship between two persons of the same sex was considered just as precious as one between persons of opposite sex. And I think I speak for everyone when I say that, as far as we're concerned, it still is."
"Absolutely," Warrick agreed as Nick and Greg nodded in unison. "All we care is that our girls are happy."
"Mmm-hmm," came Nick's voice. "You make each other happy, then we're happy for you. You know that."
"Thank you, Grissom, all of you," Catherine said, choking back her emotion. Sara grabbed her hand under the table and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "You're all… just… so sweet."
The group fell into a tranquil silence, as Catherine realized just how lucky she was today. She had Sara, they had the support of their wonderful boys, and after they were through with breakfast, she was going home to see her beautiful daughter before taking her to school. It was truly more than she could have ever hoped for.
"Still can't believe I missed it…" Greg muttered under his breath. Everyone erupted into giggles.
Still holding Catherine's hand, Sara shook her head with a chuckle.
"Way to ruin the moment there, Greggo,"