As the Grissoms got ready to leave for work next Monday, Gil pulled his oldest son aside.

"I have a favour to ask you…" he said making sure no one else was around.

"Shoot"

"Well, as you may have heard, tomorrow is Sara and mine's ninth anniversary"

Smiling Robbie nodded "congrats on that, by the way"

"Thanks, anyway, I was going to ask you if you'd baby-sit your brother and sister for the night…"

"Ah, taking the lady out on a date?" asked Robbie hitting his dad's shoulder

"Yea, and I booked a suite at the Bellagio for the night…"

Smirking, Robbie nodded "Sure, dad. I'll look after them…you go and have some fun" he added before leaving out the door

Feeling slightly embarrassed, Grissom couldn't help smiling at his son.

So on the next day, Grissom waited out in the parking lot for his wife. He hadn't said anything to her about the anniversary; he hadn't even acknowledged it and knew that the surprise he had in store would blow her mind.

After about thirty minutes of waiting, a very pissed Sara exited the building.

"I thought you were going home…" she said taking out the keys to her car.

"I was…but then I had a better idea…" said Grissom grabbing the hand where she was holding her car keys and stopping her from opening the vehicle "come with me; I have something to show you…"

Looking pissed, Sara said "what?"

Smiling, Grissom pulled her closer "a surprise…" he whispered in hear and felt her anger ease as she let him lead her to the car.

During the ride, Grissom turned on the radio and the sound of Frank Sinatra's 'The way you look tonight' filled the car making Sara smile as she looked out the window.

They were now on the strip and Sara couldn't possibly imagine where they were going, that is, until Grissom pulled up at the main entrance of the Belagio.

"Gil, what are we…"

"Wait and see…" was all he replied as he handed a valet the car keys and walked around to open Sara's door.

As he'd planned (with some help from Catherine) a young man in a suite approached them as soon as they entered the door.

"Mr and Mrs Grissom?" he asked

Looking curiously at her husband, Sara saw Grissom nod

"Follow me this way, please" he said moving towards the elevators which, maybe by luck or maybe by very accurate planning, were waiting open for them. After the man had pressed the button for floor 14, Sara and Gil watched the doors slide shut and looked around the ample elevator as it ascended.

"Here we are…" said the man who Sara now realised was wearing a name tag which read 'Jonathan Lockhart'.

Smiling, Gil held the door to the suite open for Sara as he thanked Jonathan and tipped him.

"Gil…" said Sara looking around taking in the size of the room "…what is this?"

Approaching her, Gil kissed her neck and whispered against her skin "Happy Anniversary, honey"

"You…" suddenly realising that he hadn't forgotten about the date, Sara smiled broadly and threw her arms around his neck "You did this?"

Smiling, he answered "yes, I had a little help…but yes."

"But, I mean…a suite at the Bellagio! How did you pull this off?"

Laughing, Gil took her hand and pulled her towards a table where there were two floaters and a chilling Champaign bottle

"Honey, have you forgotten that we have a certain friend who's daddy just happens to be a multi millionaire who's best buddies with the owners of big casinos such as…oh, I don't know … the Bellagio"

Smiling as she took a floater form him, Sara said "Ah…Catherine!"

Smiling back and raising his glass to the same level as hers, Gil nodded "Ah…Catherine!" Then, pulling her closer by the waist, he brought his glass closer "to nine perfect years"

"Nine years" she said almost dreamily as she clicked her glass to his and allowed him to pull her into a passionate kiss.

Meanwhile, at the Grissoms'…

"Robbie, can we play outside? Can we, can we?" asked Colin jumping up and down in front of the couch Robbie was now occupying with his girlfriend Stephanie.

"You know the rules, Colin. No playing outside at night" when the boy looked disappointed, Robbie suggested "But I can put a film on if you like and you can call Charlie and watch it here while we go talk somewhere else…"

"Yes!" said the boy "Bug's life, please put bug's life!"

Laughing, Robbie got up from the couch and away from Stephanie's arms and knelt down in front of the TV to put the DVD in as Colin ran up the stairs to call his sister.

Minutes later, both children were safely parked in front of the TV with cups of milk that Robbie had also provided and the two older 'kids' were locked, alone in Robbie's room.

"So…I like your new digs…" said Stephanie moving towards him and playing with the buttons on his shirt.

Sensing where this was going, Robbie smiled back "really? Well, then…let me give you a guided tour…that's the TV, that's the couch and" he smirked as he picked Stephanie up and gently threw her on the bed "that's the bed"

Pulling him by his collar, Stephanie drew their faces together in a long, ardent kiss as Robbie let himself fall over her and began pulling her shirt over her head.

By now, Gil and Sara had managed to manoeuvre their fervent make-out session into the large bedroom where, disregarding the hundreds of rose petals on the bed or the note placed at the corner of it, they landed in a heap of disappearing clothing and passionate touches.

"Robbie…" said Stephanie pushing gently against his bare chest as he got ready to fall asleep "…you have to check on Charlie and Colin"

"Uh…huh…" he said nodding but still very close to falling asleep.

"Robbie! Look, you know I have to go and you really have to go check on them, so let's just get dressed"

Surprised by her stern tone, Robbie complied and soon they were both leaving the room, Stephanie headed for the front door and Robbie for the living room.

"You guys ready for bed?" he asked as he spotted his two siblings still entranced by the cartoons.

"Just five more minutes…" said Charlie

Obviously flitting somewhere between sleep and awake, Colin nodded and mumbled something that could as easily mean five minutes as anything else.

"Fine" said Robbie smiling "I'll go get my pyjamas on and when I'm done, I'll take you up to bed"

After receiving two inattentive nods, he passed a hand through his brother's hair and moved to his room.

"This was the best surprise ever…" said Sara who was now busy drawing circles on her husband's bare chest.

"I thought you'd like it…" he said kissing the top of her head.

"So…what now?" she asked looking around the room

"Well…we could do one of two things…" he said smirking at her "We could sleep…" then, pulling her up closer to him and holding her against his body he added "…or we could not sleep…"

Pretending to think for a while, Sara replied, a smirk growing on her face "What was the second option again?"

To which Gil replied by claiming her mouth again as he spun them so they were once again lying in each other's arms in a sea of white sheets and red rose petals.

TBC

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Oh, BTW… I said that they pressed the elevator button for the 14th floor, but I have no idea how many floors the Bellagio actually has, nor do I know which floor the suites are on…