Chapter 18: Take a Shower
"Greg where are you taking us?" Nick asked from the backseat of Greg's Tahoe like a little kid.
"You guys will see it's pretty cool" Greg said smiling
It was after shift and everyone was prepped for the baby shower, except Nick and Sara. Since Greg was taking them to the shower he dropped his present off early so the couple wouldn't get suspicious.
"Greg I had a long night I'm tired" Sara complained
"Well this will wake you up, I promise"
Sara groaned and rested her head on the cool glass of the window, observing the lights of the Vegas night.
About ten minutes later they pulled into a retirement home.
"Greg what the hell is this?" Sara said getting irritated.
"Sara I'm not trying to check you guys in, there's this really cool thing in the rec room they have here"
Nick got out the back seat, walked to the front and helped Sara out. Greg honked the horn three times. That was the signal inside for everyone to get ready.
"GREG!" Sara yelled she really wasn't in the mood for games.
"Sorry, it hasn't been working right, just checking it"
"Greg if this is some kind of stupid joke I'm going to kill you slowly"
"I'll take your word for it"
Sara opened the door "Why is it so dark in here?"
"SURPRISE"! The entire lab and even some police officers jumped up and turned the lights on.
The three walked in and Sara threw her head back and laughed, then she turned to Greg and gave him a hug "I'm so sorry"
Greg swayed her "Its fine"
They pair looked around; there were pink decorations everywhere they looked.
Sara looked surprised by the amount of gifts that they received. There were dozens of neatly wrapped box and fancy bags, some were huge and some were small. After being shocked for five minutes they finally walked in and sat down. Wendy walked up to Sara with a "Mommy-to-be" sash and a crown.
"Oh wow" Sara smiled as she actually put them on.
The first hour was spent eating, talking, walking up to Sara to feel her belly and decorating plain white onesie's with fabric markers (Catherine's idea).
"Ok who's gonna play the games?" Catherine asked
Everybody said they would. Catherine walked around distributing papers and pink pens that had black ink.
"Okay so the first game is Baby ABC's, label A-Z on your paper, and then you have to find a word baby related to that letter, you have five minutes"
The entire party laughed through all the silly games Catherine had put together like "Name that kid", "TV Kids", "Baby Crossword" and "Baby Scramble"
"Okay this is the last game" Catherine pulled out a roll of plastic that said "Guess what size the New Mommy's Tummy Is?"
Sara burst out laughing. Catherine walked out and let people chose how long they wanted there strips to be and distributed them. The winner got a prize the sign behind the prize said "THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL" in pink glitter.
Sara stood up while people ambushed her try and wrap their strip around her stomach. There were a wave of "Ugh's", "Craps" "Damnit's" and laughter throughout. The room as people miserably failed
Sara was laughing the whole time "Hodges that didn't even make it halfway across my stomach!"
"Well I was trying to under and over estimate I really want to prize"
"Well you didn't win" Sara lightly slapped his head "Next"
Another crowd of people tried to wrap there tape around her stomach at the same time. In the end Greg wound up winning. He was right on.
"Ok Greg" Catherine handed Greg the box and the bag "The winner takes it all…"
Greg excitedly took the present and ripped the wrapping paper out the box and the prize out of the bag. His face dropped when he got liquid and powder "all" detergent. Everyone was laughing even Greg chuckled.
"Clever, very clever, can they open presents now? I got them the best stuff"
Everyone forced Sara and Nick to the present table, which really was a pool table covered with a clear table cloth.
Nick got a seat for Sara and elicited "Awww's" from the entire room. Sara began reaching for the present nearest her. Nick was going to let her do all the opening of presents, he would just hand them down to her.
"Wait, wait wait" Greg rushed up to them and heaved a big box over to them "Open mine first"
"No she was about to open mine!" Mia called out
Then there was yelling coming from all corners of the room. Nick and Sara looked at each other and laughed, and then Sara ripped into Greg's present.
"Awwww"! Sara said as she began pulling out the contents of the box. Greg had custom made everything. There was an "I Love Greg" baby onesie and one in every size until they became sweatshirts in an adult size.
"So she can keep wearing it as she gets older" Greg stated proudly. The sweatshirts and onesies wear a pale blue with light pink letters.
"Someone loves their selves" Catherine remarked, getting the room to laugh.
"There's more" Greg said
"I see" Sara said as she continued to pull out outfit after outfit after outfit.
"I went a little overboard"
"I can tell' Sara chuckled
The last thing in the box was a rainbow rattle.
"Greg this is to cute, come here"
Greg walked over to Sara she pulled him into a hug causing him to bend over and kissed him on the cheek "Thank you"
"Thanks man" Nick said pulling Greg into a manly hug.
"My present can top that" Mia said
Sara smiled as Nick handed her Mia's present that was wrapped in pale pink wrapping. She ripped into it and opened the top and burst out laughing, but happy laughter. There were about five infant booties and the rest were about fifteen pairs of toddler sneakers, booties, and ankle boots.
The entire room "aww'd" and laughed at the variety of the shoes and socks.
"Thank you Mia"
"No problem"
The next present was from Catherine and Grissom who combined there gifts.
"The bottom of the box is my presents and the top is Catherine's"
(A/N: Don't worry I wont go through all of the presents)
Nick set the box on Sara's lap. She slightly groaned and readjusted herself. She opened ripped off the wrapping paper and opened the box.
"Catherine" Sara chuckled as she pulled out several baby outfits, baby towels, socks, toys, formula, blankets and two packs of diapers. Mostly everything they had seen at the store. "You didn't have to do all this"
"No it's fine I wanted to" Catherine smiled brightly
Sara held up two different outfits, "I thought this was for the baby shower you were going to yesterday"
Everyone laughed at Catherine's mistake.
"Okay pull my stuff out" Grissom said
The truth was that Grissom and Catherine were secretly dating, but it wasn't too much of a secret. Everyone didn't know who they were kidding. But they were perfect together.
Sara began pulling the contents of the box out. There were basically a lot of clothes with butterflies, bugs, and "I Love Forensic Science" pictures and logo's on them. The last item was a pale pink pacifier. The room awww'd over all the outfits and they simply melted when they saw the pacifier.
(A/N: Here's the last present I'll list, then I'll just recap)
Nick grabbed the next present which was from Warrick. "Batter up Warrick" Nick smiled as he handed the present to Sara.
She smiled as she removed the tissue paper from the "It's a Girl!" bag. She pulled out a tiny "Baby CSI" t-shirt, once again the room melted. She pulled out a tiny jacket that said "Las Vegas Crime Lab" and another that said "Forensic Science" a "CSI Baby Stokes" cotton vest and a pack of newborn diapers.
"Warrick this is adorable!" Sara said as she marveled at each outfit.
"It was no problem"
Sara spent the next hour opening presents since Nick and Sara received just so many.
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Finally Sara was done opening presents. She was exhausted too. She was ready to go home sleep. But they still had the cut the cake. Everyone cheered when Nick rested his hand on top of Sara's and cut down on the cake.
The couple defiantly got a lot of new things. Their baby had more clothes than them put together! But they didn't mind. They got about 15 store bought onesies, and about 35 that everyone made at the shower. They received endless an endless amount custom made items and simple as socks and as crazy as a vibrating pacifier. They got baby socks, booties, plenty of shoes, plenty of diapers, many clothes, blankets, towels, a few medical kits, and everything in between. The lab and officers finished up there cake and helped loud everything into Greg's truck, since he was taking them back home. And they were on there way.
"Thank you so much for everything" Sara said loud enough for everyone to hear as they got into there cars.
"You ready"? Greg asked
Sara turned to him and smiled "Yeah"
Greg drove them in and helped carry all the gifts in.
"Thank you Greg" Sara said giving him a kiss on the cheek and a hug.
"No problem"
After he left the couple sat in their babies room and went through all the stuff they got.
"We got some pretty amazing friends huh?" Nick asked
"Yeah we do" Sara smiled
They leaned in and gave each other a kiss and a hug, then they were off to bed.