BREAK ROOM
Lainee saw Sara laying on the couch."Sorry i
should come back later, you must want some rest."
Sara sat
up,"Actually i wanted to talk to you, you're trying to avoid
this and i dont think you should if it's this upsetting for you."
"What the hell have you done with Sara?"
"I'm pregnant im aloud to act differently, its how you found out."
"I dont know how to tell you its kinda scary for me, its hard to talk about."
"Je pense que tu doit c'est quel que chose qui est difficile pour toi est sa dit beacoup."
"Oh so now you're the anthropologist?"
"You know what i meant to say."
"Je sais." Laine was trying to avoid it she didnt think Sara would understand, then again she didnt know what Sara's past was like.
"Its just i had a very shity childhood and i dont deserve this and i just keep telling myself its this nightmare that ill wake up from but if i talk about it then it will make it real."
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Greg walked into
Grissom's office. Grissom looked like he had just seen a ghost. "Hey
Gris you ok?"
"Never mess with a pregnant woman Greg they yell... a lot."
"ok? Well anyway we found out what happened to Jennifer." Grissom looked at him, he waited a few minutes before asking.
"What did happen Greg?"
"Oh right she died of alcohol poisoning."
"Ok so Brendan's free to go then."
"Right so um.. is there anything else you need me to do cause i was kinda hopping i could go home early.?"
"No Greg you can leave now if you want."
"Ok
well good night then." Grissom gave him a bit of a nod and Greg
left.
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BREAK ROOM
Sara:"So are you gonna tell me or am i gonna have to beat it out of you?"
Laine:"Beat it out of me?"
Sara:"You're avoiding the question."
Laine:"My foster parents arent exactly that great i mean ive heard from the other kids that they are some of the worst, not that i would know what that means , and i dont think you would either..."
Sara:"Actually i was in foster care for a lot of my life."
Laine:"Really?!"
Sara:"Ya i know what its like and i also know what its like to loose a parent and having witnessed most of it."
Laine:"You do?"
Sara:"My mother killed my father when i was quite young, and i didnt have any one either i was an only child like you."
Laine:"Oh im sorry you shouldnt have had a reason to tell me that i shouldnt barge in on other peoples lives."
Sara:"You didnt dont worry, now why are your foster parents so bad?" Laine was obviously trying to avoid it she looked like she wanted to cry, she didnt, but Sara could tell she wanted to.
Lainee was sitting beside Sara she had her knees up at her chest and her arms rapped around them. She didnt want to talk that was evident, but she did. She told Sara how her foster parents would hit her and how they would tell her she was a useless bitch and that she was a waste of space on this earth.
She told Sara how they would hit her with a belt and they would say things like she was not a gift from god she was a curse that he put upon them. Lainee didnt know what that meant she never believed in god and never knew how people could say such hurtful things about him if he was actually out there.
Laine told Sara everything that they had done to her, every little detail. It was even hard for Sara to listen she wanted to leave the room, but she didnt want Laine to be left knowing that no one was going to be there for her. Sara knew what that felt like and she had hated it.
After Lainee was done Sara had tears rolling down her face. Lainee didnt it seemed like she didnt feel anything. It was her way of dealing with things she would act like nothing had happened and she just act normal. It wasnt healthy for a 13 year old and she knew it but it was how she delt with things all her life she cried a lot but never when it was somethi9ng so heartbreaking as this or her mothers murder.
Sara:"Lainee you cant go back there. Im gonna get child services to get all the other kids out of there."
Laine:"Then where do i go?"
Sara:"You're coming home with me."
Laine:"Ya like that will ever happen."
Sara:"It will i promise."
Laine:"Thank you." One single tear ran down Laine's check. She gave Sara a hug.
Sara told Lainee that she would have to go tell Grissom that she would be staying with them and then she'd have to go get her things.
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GRISSOM'S OFFICE
Sara walked into his office and sat down on one of the chairs in front of him. He looked up from his book which he had buried his head in for the past 4 hours-its a long book-, he took off his reading glasses and looked at her."Yes my dear?"
"You wouldnt mind if Lainee came to stay with us for a bit would you?"
"No. Do you know how long she'll be staying for?"
"No."
"Why is she staying with us?"
"I dont know how Laine would feel if i told you, and stop reading that book its doing things to you."
"Im not the only one who's acting differently."
"Im pregnant Gil, im aloud to act differently."
"Thats
gonna be your excuse for the next 9 months isnt it?" Sara
shruged her shoulders, gave him her famous Sara smile, stood up and
walked out of the room.
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5 MONTHS
LATER
The team was in the break room, Sara was as bitchy as ever and there was still 3 months to go. how they would survive they werent sure. Grissom and Sara decided to adopt Lainee. Catherine and Warrick had gotten engaged, they werent planing on actually getting married for another couple of years. Lindsey surprisingly liked Warrick a lot and they really got a long she had also started calling him Dad.
Cath:"So is the adoption fianalized yet?"
Sara:"Not yet no but it will be soon."
Gris:"We were told sometime this week."
Laine:"I feel like a 5 year old. I dont know why i just do."
Warrick:"Could it be because you're wearing a tutu and tiara to work?"
Laine:"Well my skirt is black so i mean i wouldnt exactly call it a tutu."
Cath:"Why do you let her wear that?"
Lainee:"Well shes pregnant and Grissom well hes too nice to say that i cant wear a tutu."
Greg:"But you just said it wasent a tutu."
Laine:"I can call it whatever the hell i want Greg!"
Nick:"Funny you'd swear you and Sara were related."