A/N: Sorry this update is SOOO late. I just had so much going on at school that I couldn't find time to write. : (

So, please review, it's been a while since I've gotten any of your lovely comments.

The next morning, Gil and Sara awoke to the annoying shine of the sun on their faces.

"Ugh…" grunted Grissom flipping over and hiding his face in his pillow.

"Morning…" said Sara, and arm over her eyes, refusing to move from the comfortable bed.

"Time is it?" asked Grissom opening one eyes to look at her.

Squinting at the clock, Sara answered "11:30…why?"

Grumpily getting up, Grissom looked down at her "…kids…school…" he said not bothering with full sentences yet.

Following her husband, Sara sat up too and leaned her head onto his shoulder "uh-huh…bathroom…" she said also not formulating full sentences.

When she was gone, Gil shook his head a couple of times and walked the few meters to where his boxers had landed the previous night. After pulling them on, he dragged his feet over to the large, panoramic window and opened the curtains.

Damn he thought as he saw the busy strip and all the life already going on below.

Turning around, he spotted a piece of paper fallen by the desk and slowly picked it up. Smiling, he recognised Catherine's writing.

Dear Grissoms,

I hope you make the best of this spectacular night I have so kindly helped organise and that you'll remember to pay me back next time I ask someone to do my paperwork.

I know you'll probably not read this until tomorrow morning, or today morning for you. If that is the case, I know you've had as much fun as I expected, maybe even more… ;)

Oh, by the way, I know you left Robbie in charge of the kids, but I took the liberty of stopping by this morning, checking on them and driving them to school while Robbie went his way.

Don't expect you in the lab until the start of shift. AND I MEAN THE START OF SHIFT. No pulling your typical getting in earlier stunt…I'm sure you need rest, ( hint, hint).

XXOO

Catherine…

P.S. Because I know you all this well, it's probably about 11:30 am and at any moment there'll be a knock on the door…

After he'd finished reading, Gil heard the bathroom door open and Sara walked out. Smiling at her, he handed her the note and, she'd barely finished it when there was a loud knock on the door followed by a male voice saying "Room Service"

Looking at each other, they nodded and said in unison "Catherine…"

Since Sara was dressed only in a very short night gown he'd packed for her, Gil went to the door and was surprised to see two men in hotel uniforms pushing two trays of fruit, chocolate, pancakes, cheese and any other form of breakfast imaginable.

"Mr. Grissom?" asked the tallest one

"yes"

"These are for you. It's all been paid for by…" he paused to check the piece of paper he had in his pocket "'the gang' and they ask you to make the best of it…"

"Thank you…" said Grissom letting them enter the room where Sara had pulled on a robe and was staring at the food.

"Hey! Stephanie!" shouted Robbie when he spotted her across the patio.

Suddenly startled, the girl turned around to see Robbie approaching.

"Oh. Hi" she said in what Robbie could have interpreted as a monotone had he been listening properly.

"Are you ok, last night you left kind of suddenly…I was kind of worried. I tried to call…" he said brushing her face with the back of his hand.

"Oh, that…I…um…had just remembered I had to go over some stuff for a test I have today and I got a bit freaked … 'coz I hadn't really studied much yet. Sorry I got you worried" she said, her acting skills apparently being enough to convince Robbie.

"Well, in that case, how about dinner tomorrow night?" he asked.

"Um…yea, sounds great … I'll … uh … I'll talk to you later" she replied and quickly walked off with her friends leaving Robbie expecting another wonderful night.

Minutes after arriving home, Sara fell on the bed exhausted.

"Tired?" asked Grissom smirking from the doorway

"Me? Nah…" said Sara hugging her pillow, her eyes shut.

"Oh, come on…you got three hours of sleep…I've seen you go perfectly on only two…"

"Yea, well, I don't usually do as much physically demanding work as I did last night" she said smirking back at him, her eyes still shut.

"True…" he said smiling as he approached her and kissed her gently on the forehead "…so, how'd you like your surprise?" he asked

"Mmmm…" she moaned smiling "it was better than anything I could have imagined…"

"Good" he said taking a place next to her and pulling her already sleeping form into his arms.

That afternoon, when Robbie arrived back home, his two siblings running behind him, he found Sara and Grissom sitting in front of the TV watching some documentary about bugs.

"Great way to spend the last remaining hours of your 'anniversary bliss', guys…" he said as they laughed.

"Actually, when you're married to an entomologist, it really can become farley entertaining" said Sara as Grissom smiled at her.

"If you say so…" said Robbie putting his coat on a peg by the door and walking to the kitchen to get a drink.

"How d'it go last night, Son?" asked Grissom as Robbie returned.

"Really good actually"

"Did Colin and Charlie give you any problems?" asked Sara

"Nope, they just sat there and watched TV" he said

Knowing he'd given Robbie permition to have Stephanie over, Grissom asked "How'd your 'date' go?"

Blushing slightly, the nineteen year old replied "It was great. And like promised, she didn't stay over too late, by 10:30 she was gone."

"Good" said Grissom smiling as his son waved them goodbye and went into his room.

"Homework?" asked Sara as her daughter headed for the stairs.

"Yep…maths and English" she replied as she walked upstairs.

"How 'bout you buddy?" asked Grissom, who'd just gotten up, grabbing his son and spinning him around in his arms on his way to the kitchen.

"I'm only 4 daddy, I don't' get homework!" he said giggling as his father finally set him back down.

Smiling at the boy, Sara said "that's true…but you could still go and read one of your bug books couldn't you?" she asked as Grissom nodded.

"Do I have to?" he asked looking up at his dad.

Still nodding, Grissom gave him a little push towards the stairs "just for thirty minutes, son. It won't do you any harm."

Looking a bit disappointed, the boy followed the same path his sister had up the stairs.

"Hey Gil!" shouted Brass as he saw the Grissom's walk through the doors.

"See you in a while, honey" said Grissom as Sara headed for the locker room and he headed for Brass' office.

"What's up, Jim?" he asked as he entered.

"Well, come in, sit down"

Obeying, Grissom sat and waited for Brass to talk.

"One, I hope you had a great time last night, 'coz I have a feeling tonight is going to be a rough one. Second, you remember that job I told you about for Robbie?"

"Yea…"

"Well, when are you going to talk to him about it?"

"I…don't know, whenever I guess. Why?"

"Well, one of the day-shift lab techs just quit…"

Sighing, Grissom asked "Ecklie?"

"Ecklie…" Brass nodded "…so, John from swing is moving to the open days spot and, for now, Wendy will be helping out swing until we can find a decent replacement. Well, since I already have a decent replacement in mind, I told Ecklie I'd handle it…"

"So you need Robbie…" said Grissom.

"Yea, kind of."

Smiling, Grissom nodded "Sure, I'll talk to him in the morning. I would call him now, but he's looking after the kids and he can't leave."

Brass nodded "Thanks, Gil. Now go brief you team"

Standing up, Grissom followed Brass to the door and they both headed for the break room where the graveyard shift was assembled.

Brass had been right. It would most definitely be a very difficult case to handle. The victim was an African-American 13 year old girl found dead in her driveway by her grandmother. EMTs on the scene had said there was definitely some kind of sexual assault.

In his head, Grissom thought who to give this case to.

Catherine – too emotional with teenage girls

Warrick – too emotional when race is evolved

Sara – too emotional about abuse

Nick – too emotional about abuse

Greg – too emotional with young victims

Me – too emotional with young victims

Ok…um, I guess, I'll go and … um … well, who is easiest to control when angered or upset? He thought about it a little more …Nick.

"Looks like Henderson was hit big tonight" he said "Nick, you and I are on the 419 in, Sara and Cath, you're on a B & E also in Henderson and Greg and Warrick you're on a 404 also in … guess where … Henderson"

Each pair met an Officer outside the CSI building and within minutes, they were all gone.

By the time Grissom and Nick got back, it was already 6 a.m.

It had really been a difficult case; still was, actually, since it wasn't solved yet. The girl had, without a doubt been raped and murdered. Her parents were away in New-York for business and the Grandmother didn't know what to do, nor were they sure she could be left alone. Nick had held it together pretty well, though Grissom knew that he had as bad a time with the case as he did.

"Hey, Griss. I'm going to go get showered 'n' see if I can catch Kate before she laves for work"

"'kay Nick, see you later" knowing how much he needed Sara right now, Grissom wasn't about to stop the younger CSI from going to his woman.

Seeing as none of the others had returned, Grissom picked up his phone and called Robbie, whom he knew had been up since 5 a.m.

"Hey son, morning"

"Morning dad" he replied

"Could you stop by the office today when you're free? I wanted to talk to you about something."

"um, sure. I'm free right now until 10. Want me to come over now?" he asked

"Sure…see you in a bit"

Once his son was off the phone, started going through paper work. He definitely is my son. Who else would wake up at 5 a.m. on a day when he only has to be somewhere at 10 just to do some work? He asked himself as he signed off on last night's cases.

"Hey Mr. Brass, you seen my father?" asked Robbie as he walked in.

"Yea, he's in his office. And it's Jim, by the way" he added as the boy walked towards the supervisor's office.

"Hey dad…" he said knocking on the open door and walking in.

"Oh, hey Robbie. Take a seat"

Not quite sure how to feel about this meeting, Robbie did as instructed as he studied his father's face for any signs of what to expect.

"Um…" said Robbie as seconds past and his father didn't speak.

Smiling, Grissom finally spoke "Sorry, I was just enjoying watching you silently squirm. So, why I called you here. I remember you telling me that you're job at the bar didn't pay well, and well, let's face it, its crap. So, I have a proposition for you. Jim tells me there's an open spot to work in the lab, the pay isn't much, but it's definitely better than what you were getting at the bar. You'd come here after school, so from 5pm to 9pm and then you'd go home and Sara and I would start our shifts."

"Are you serious?!" he asked smiling

"Yes…"

"Of course I'll take it! I'd love to work here!"

"One condition though, non-negotiable"

"Name it…" said Robbie

"You have to promise not to move out as soon as you have enough cash"

"Dad, I wouldn't leave even if you told me I could"

"Well, I guess that's settled then…" said Grissom smiling, standing up and walking over to his son's side of the desk where they shook hands.

"I take it he's in…" said Brass standing in the doorway.

"Yep" replied Grissom as his son turned to Brass.

"Thanks so much for this opportunity Mr. Br… Jim, I really appreciate it"

Smiling, Brass spoke in his typical tone "Well, Ecklie is really riding my ass 'coz swing is ready to burst with cases. So, you can show me just how much you appreciate it, by starting tonight. That ok?"

"Ok, are you kidding? I'd start right now if I didn't have classes. I just have to change the time of my date, but that shouldn't be a problem since she doesn't have any lessons tomorrow"

"In that case, see you later"

"See you later, Dad, Jim" he said nodding at each in turn and left to get ready for school.

"Did you see that?" asked Grissom as he smiled trying not to laugh

"Didn't he just seem like a little boy on Christmas morning?"

Nodding, Grissom chuckled "he looked exactly like Colin when he got that remote controlled car for Christmas last year!"

As he left the office, Brass continued to smile, happy that there was one more decent person joining he lab and that soon Ecklie and his ass-kissing bunch of worshipers would be completely outnumbered.

TBC

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