A Fairytale Romance...sort of
Chapter Seven:
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Summary: Sara's been extremely moody lately, and she finally snaps, pushing Grissom away. Will she be able to get him back or not? GSR
A/N: This isn't beta-ed, blah, blah, blah. Oh, and this was a personal challenge from StokesSidle.
A/N 2: This is the final chapter of this story...sorry, but all good things must come to an end. In honor of this chapter, everyone who reads this...REVIEW! Ha, just kidding.
Sara was shocked at how easily motherhood came to her. She thought that her baby would hate her and cry every time she entered a room, but instead, Savannah was excited to see her mom. Sara would spend hours on end just talking about nothing in so many words. In fact, Sara often fell asleep with Savannah dozing in her arms. The Grissom's also snapped a bunch of pictures of their baby girl, and of each other holding their daughter. They would cherish these moments forever and ever, and make sure that their child knew she was loved.
Savannah never ceased to amaze her parents. Sara was thrilled when her baby smiled at her for the first time. The two had been relaxing on the couch, with Sara just talking to Savannah about how she loved her so much. Sara smiled, and the infant mimicked her mother's actions and burst into a huge smile. Sara was ecstatic when her husband came home. She ran up to him with Savannah in her arms and screamed, "She smiled...Gil, she smiled at me!"
"Really?" he said excitedly.
"Yeah...I just smiled at her and she smiled back!" she squealed. "God, she's got the most adorable smiled ever!"
Grissom leaned down and picked up his daughter and twirled her above his head gently. He brought her down and kissed her gently saying, "Aren't you a smart girl? Yes you are!"
Savannah rewarded him with another bright smile. Grissom noticed that it looked a lot like Sara's. Ever since she learned how to smile, Savannah showed it off whenever she could. Sara would also always flip out whenever Savannah did something for the first time; rolling over, crawling, standing, walking, talking...everything. She would grab the phone and call Gil in hysterics, telling him what she did. The rest of shift would drag, and then he would race home to see what his daughter had learned to do.
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The years flew by for the Grissoms...too fast, in fact. Savannah was now four years old, and was adored by everyone who knew her. Aside from her parents, little Savannah Grissom was completely in love with her babysitter, Lindsay Willows. Lindsay was often around to babysit if Grissom and Sara had to work, or if the couple needed a night out. And that is exactly what the couple was doing tonight. It was their anniversary, and Grissom was taking Sara out for a nice dinner and perhaps a movie.
The doorbell rang, and Sara answered it, knowing it was the blonde. She was correct, and let the teenager inside. Not needing to give her instructions since she had done this since Savannah was an infant, Sara went to collect her husband. The couple stood in front of the teen and said, "You have our cell numbers...if you can't reach us, call your mother. You know what to do in emergencies, blah, blah, blah, you know the drill."
"Yep...have fun," she said, turning to go pick up Savannah. "Hey there, cutie...how are you?"
"Good," she said, waving her parents goodbye. "Bye-bye Mommy, bye-bye Daddy!"
The couple left after kissing their daughter goodbye. Lindsay and Savannah were sitting on the couch, watching a movie until it was the four year old's bedtime. When the movie ended, Lindsay told Savannah it was time for bed. Savannah rushed off to her room so fast Lindsay wasn't even off the couch yet. Lindsay was at the doorway to Savannah's room when she saw the child on the bed, attempting to reach for her pajamas. It seemed to happen in slow-motion. Savannah slipped off of her bed, cracked her head on the dresser, and she lay on the carpet, screaming.
"Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod!" Lindsay said, rushing up to the wailing child. "Savannah!"
Lindsay grabbed a towel from the bathroom and pressed it against Savannah's head. Whipping out her cell phone, the teenager dialed 911. After quickly explaining to the operator what happened, she hung up. The towel was soaked in the four year old's blood, and Savannah's wrist was swollen and bruised. Tears were falling down Lindsay's cheeks as she dialed Sara's call phone number. The brunette answered, and immediately asked what happened when she heard the girl crying.
"Savannah fell off of her bed and hit her head on her dresser!" the blonde wailed. "She's bleeding badly and her wrist looks bad too! The ambulance is coming to take her to Desert Palms...Sara, I'm so sorry. She ran to her room to get ready for bed too fast and she fell before I could catch her!"
"We'll meet you there."
With huge tears in her eyes, Sara looked at her husband - who was driving to the movie theater - and told him, "Go to the hospital. They're taking Savannah there!"
"What? Sara what happened?" he asked, quickly turning around and heading towards the hospital. "Is Savannah okay?"
The tears fell and Sara started sobbing into her hands. Grissom took hold of her hand and gave it a comforting squeeze in an attempt to calm her down. Fear was ripping through his heart as he thought of the numerous ways Savannah would be injured enough to go to the hospital. Did she cut herself? Was she unconscious? Or was is just a sprained bone? He tried again to ask his wife what happened. She eventually choked out that she hit her head and was now bleeding badly from it. He hit the gas pedal a little harder until they got to Desert Palms.
Sara walked swiftly inside, her heart hammering. She ran up to the front desk and basically ordered the woman to tell her where her little girl was. A doctor took them to a room, telling them she was getting stitches. They heard their daughter screaming, and Sara burst into the room. She saw Lindsay holding Savannah on her lap and comforting her as best she could while a doctor was stitching a laceration that extended from the middle of her forehead to the top of her ear. Sara nearly puked at the sight, but rushed up to her baby anyways.
"Savannah...honey, shh, Mommy's here," Sara whispered tearfully. "Mommy's here."
"Mommy...it hurts!" she wailed. "I wanna go home!"
"Shh, I know you do, honey, but the doctors need to fix you up," she said, her heart tearing as she watched her daughter cry.
"Baby, you're being so brave right now...just hang in there for a few more minutes," said Grissom softly, gently taking his daughter's small hand in his. "Can you do that for me, sweetheart?"
Savannah sniffled before saying, "Uh-huh."
The tears were still falling down her cheeks, but she wasn't screaming anymore. The doctor put the last stitch in her head, and smiled at her. He gave her a lollipop and said, "You were such a good girl. But we do need to check out your arm before we let you go, honey."
Savannah nodded, and Sara picked up her little girl. She hugged her tightly, the tears falling into the girl's soft hair. Sara kissed the top of her daughter's head and told her baby she was sorry she wasn't there to protect her.
"Mrs. Grissom, we just need to have an x-ray done to see if she broke her bone or just sprained it," said the doctor gently. "I'm afraid you will have to wait here, but she will be in good care and will be out in a minute."
Sara eventually placed Savannah on the floor and watched the doctor walk her to another room. Sara sighed and leaned up against the wall, massaging her temples. Grissom wrapped his arms around her and held her close. Lindsay still had tears in her eyes and started apologizing for not keeping a close enough eye on her.
"It's okay, Linds," Sara told the blonde. "We know how hard it is to keep up with her sometimes. We'll talk with her and tell her not to go running off. There was nothing you could've done to prevent it...you did all that you could by stopping the bleeding and calling 911. Thank you for that."
"Mommy, I don't like gettin' an x-ray!"
Savannah came running over, tears streaming down her face. She was holding her wrist tenderly and buried her face into her mother's legs. Sara leaned down and picked her up, setting her on her hip. Sara gently comforted her daughter by stroking her back soothingly for several minutes. Her face wass in the crook of Sara's neck as the doctor teld them she had indeed fractured the ulna bone of her wrist. They wrapped it and told Grissom and Sara to schedule and appointment for a solid cast. After doing so, they drove Lindsay home, telling her none of it was her fault, and then the family went home.
Sara put her daughter to bed, and watched her sleep for awhile. Grissom hugged her to him gently, as she said, "I'm so glad she's okay...Lindsay's phone call really scared me today."
"I know...it scared me too," he said, gently kissing her neck. "But kids do stupid stuff...I know I did."
After awhile, Sara asked, "Do you think she would want to be an older sister?"
"I dunno, why?"
"Because she's gonna be one in about eight months."
Grissom froze, and Sara turned to look at him. Fear was ripping through her, but it disappeared when she saw his huge grin. He kissed her passionately as he placed his hand on her flat stomach. He pulled back and said, "So, I'm gonna be a Daddy to another child?"
She nodded and he said, "I think she will be thrilled."
Sara beamed her thousand-watt smile at him as he smiled at her. They walked to the bedroom, deciding to call it a night. Grissom held his wife closely and thanked God for his family, which was soon to be one member larger.
A/N 2: Yes, 'tis the end. So sad, but everything must come to an end at some time. Thank you so much to my best friend Ashley aka theyHAUNTme for pushing me to get this later chapter posted.
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