A/N: Ok, so thanks to those of you who told me what you knew about IQ and Football…so, the teams are staying as they are but I'm changing Charlie's IQ to 140 and, someone pointed out that parents would probably not give that kind of information away so easily, so I'm having Colin say it instead :P (isn't it great that I forgot to specify who said it in the first place?)

Now, next chapter:

Over the next few days, Grissom visited his son everyday and the two became closer and closer, some days he'd bring Sara and his kids along and was happy to find that everyone seemed to like Robbie. Finally, on Tuesday, the doctor said Robbie could be discharged and Grissom –having agreed to it with Sara- asked him to stay at their place for a couple of days, until he was fully healed.

"Um…if it isn't too much of a problem, sure, thanks" said Robbie who'd just taken a seat in the back seat of his father's Denali.

"Robbie!" Squealed Colin as he ran from the house to greet his new best friend.

"Hey, there buddy" he said wincing slightly as he picked the four year old up.

"Are you staying here? Are you, are you?" asked the boy bobbing up and down in his brother's arms.

"Yes I am, for a few days…"

Smiling at his father, Robbie carried his brother into the house where Sara was awaiting to greet him.

"Morning, Gil. Is it just me or has it been a while since I saw you?" asked Brass as his friend arrived at the lab.

"I have…Sara and I took two personal days."

"I hope everything is ok..." said Brass now accompanying Grissom to his office.

"Yea, just…God…" he sighed, he really needed to tell someone else "I found something out…um…"

"Come on, spit it out, it's not like you found out you have some illegitimate child you never heard about…"

When Grissom's face didn't change, Brass asked I a shocked voice "Is it?"

Sighing, Grissom explained the situation to his friend, when he was done, he waited a while for Brass to speak "So…you have a son…I mean, another son…wow….that's gotta be strange, how's Sara taking it?"

"She's fine with it…She says she supports me 100 percent"

"Of course she does, anyone who's ever seen you two together know Sara would tolerate anything short of murder form you"

Smiling, Grissom leaned back in his chair "He really is a great kid…"

"When are you going to formally introduce him to us? I'm curious, and I'm sure so is the rest of the team"

"Well…first I'll have to tell them…god Catherine's going to have a field day…" said Grissom smiling at the shocked look he anticipated on the blond's face.

As weeks went past, Grissom couldn't find a way to tell the team. It wasn't like it was all that important for them to know, but the truth was, as Sara had pointed out, they were like family to them and somehow, it was important for Grissom to tell them.

Four weeks after Grissom found out about Robbie, he was lounging on his couch enjoying one of the few moments of peace he had at home when the phone rang.

Robbie had moved back to his dorm room a week after being discharged but was still constantly in contact with his father and new family.

"Hi" greeted Grissom as he picked up the phone.

"Hey, Dad…um…I need to talk to you, is it ok if I come over?"

"Um, yea sure…I'll be waiting. Bye"

As he stared at the phone, Grissom grew worried, after all, the last time Robbie had called about something serious, they'd ended up at PD in an interrogation room.

"Honey, who was that?" asked Sara arriving in the living room after taking a shower, her hair still damp.

"Robbie, he's coming over, says he ahs something important to talk to me about"

Noticing her husband's worried look, Sara kissed him lightly on the forehead and reassured him everything would be ok before returning to their room to get dressed.

An hour alter, Robbie arrived. After being greeted by his overly excited siblings, Robbie promised to join them outside to play once he'd spoken to Grissom and entered the house.

"I can leave you two alone if you want" said Sara as her husband sat down at the table with his son.

Grissom looked at his son, it was his choice.

"No, it's fine, actually, I guess you have to know this too."

"Ok, then" said Sara taking a seat next to Grissom.

"Ok, so. Last night when I got back to my dorm room, I had a letter from the Admin Staff. It said that my tuition hadn't been paid for this semester. Now, my mom was taking care of that, but apparently she decided not to. I tried to call her and all she said was that if I was old enough to disregard her advice, I was old enough to look after myself."

Sara and Grissom nodded.

"I intend to get some kind of job and pay for the tuition, but my current job bartending hasn't earned me enough…and if I don't' pay up, I'll be kicked out…so I was wondering…"

"how much?" asked Grissom

"8000 dollars, the rest I can pay for now"

Looking at Sara, Grissom realised that she was thinking the same thing as him so asked "how much would that be without residence?"

Looking confused, Robbie answered "6250 why?"

Receiving a nod from Sara, Grissom explained "Well, both Colin and Charlie are now in private school and that's pretty expensive, and eight thousand dollars is a lot of money, however, we'd be willing to pay the six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars and you'd live here."

Robbie thought about it for a few seconds "…um…I mean, I don't' want to be a problem, I mean, if I live here, there'd be more work for you…"

"You're my son Robbie; you have as much right to live in this house as Charlie and Colin. Sara and I had spoken about asking you to move in before, the campus is only 15 minutes away."

"Well…I…thank you. I really appreciate this. Of course I'll take you up on the offer. And I fully intend to pay you back as soon as I have enough cash."

"No" said Grissom receiving another smile from his wife "I don't want you to pay me back. I will pay for your tuition, you will live here and none of it is a favour. I'm doing it because I'm your father and you deserve it. One day, when you're a great doctor, I want to be able to say that I had a hand in that."

"You already have, where do you think my brains came from?" asked Robbie as Grissom and Sara laughed "Thank you so much. You have no idea…"

Robbie paused for a second noticing Grissom was lost in thought.

"Honey, what is it?" asked Sara

"Nothing, just a light bulb in my head. Forget it" then, turning to Robbie, he said "When do you want to move in?"

Robbie shrugged "I could crash at a hotel for a few nights 'till you're ready."

Shaking her head, Sara spoke "Oh, no. Gil and I have seen enough of Vegas motels to allow you to stay at one. You'll move in tomorrow. I suppose you can still stay one more night in your dorm?"

"Yea."

"Ok, tomorrow Gil's working but I have the day off, I'll drop by and bring your stuff over."

After a short pause, Robbie thanked them both again and excused himself to go and see his brother and sister. Once he was gone, Sara turned to Grissom.

"He really is a great kid, you know? And you did the right thing."

Slipping an arm around his wife's waist, Grissom smiled "I really do like him. I only wish I'd known him sooner."

"You're doing great at making up for it…" she said before kissing him passionately and turning her attentions back to their two children who were now giggling and being chased by Robbie.

TBC

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