Al continued to work on the infant even though everything was telling him he had lost him at least 20 seconds ago. he knew another 10 seconds meant even the faintest hope was gone, he continued to work for another 10 seconds.

Suddenly the room was filled with sound. A sound that hit everybody like a wave.

A baby crying.

Two babies crying.

Sara pulled her tear-stained face away from Grissom's shoulder. Grissom dragged his head upward. Catherine looked towards the baby in her arms and then to the baby by Doc. Robbins. Doc. Robbins looked towards the second child. The team all looked from Sara to Grissom to Catherine to the baby in Catherine's arms to Doc. Robbins to the second infant.

Doc. Robbins stared at the second child as Catherine began calming the first one. After a few seconds he seemed to go on auto-pilot, he checked over the second child before cleaning her and wrapping her up.

Sara wiped her face slightly and tried to sit up. Grissom helped her sit up and helped support her. She leant onto his shoulder. "You did it!" He whispered to her.

"We did it!" She corrected. Grissom kissed the top of her head.

"You two want to see your two daughters?" Doc. Robbins asked as he finished wrapping the second one. Sara nodded and leant closer to Grissom. Grissom smiled at Al and then gestured to Catherine. Both of them came towards him at the same time. Their faces watching the faces of the children they were holding. Grissom took one from Catherine and looked towards Sara to hand their daughter to her.

Sara was fast asleep. She lay on his shoulder, a content expression on her face and a dreamy smile. Grissom smiled gently and moved slightly. Catherine expected him to lay her back down but instead he only moved so that he was supported and then took Sara into his arms. He held her close for a moment before allowing one arm to drape loosely around her shoulder as he looked towards Catherine. He moved his other hand from around Sara but still left her leaning on him.

"Catherine. Can I hold my daughter please?" A soft expression had come over Catherine's face. He assumed she was remembering Lindsey when she had been that age.

"She looks just like her mum." Catherine told him as she approached closer and handed the little girl over to her father. Grissom looked at her.

He gently moved one hand to touch the soft, brown hair that spiked on her head. He smiled as she yawned slightly. Her eyes opened for a second and he saw they were the same brown as her mothers. Grissom moved so that he was holding his first daughter in one arm and then looked towards Al.

He nodded slightly and moved towards Grissom handing him his second child. "She's got her daddy's eyes." Grissom smiled and took the child he had come so close to losing.

"And her daddy's hair." He commented, noting the brown hair which was already curly at the ends. "Well, the curls, and the colour it was before grey set in." He added with a smile.

Doc. Robbins moved to Catherine and whispered something, she nodded and moved with him to the other end of the room where the rest of the team stood, giving Grissom some time alone with the (still asleep) Sara and his daughters.

Doc. Robbins soon began talking to Nick and Warrick came over to Catherine. While everyone was happy, excited and relieved, all were controlling apart from Greg who was bouncing around almost hitting his head on the ceiling more than once.

Grissom was simply staring at his children and occasionally still speaking quietly to them, as well as slowly leaning his head closer and closer to Sara until it was resting on top of hers. Not going to sleep, just wanting to be near Sara. Nick shouted Warrick over as he was talking and so he went.

Catherine turned around and watched Grissom. She sighed wistfully, she wished that someone had being like that when she had had Lindsey. Despite it all they both loved each other more than life itself just like before. For once children and birth had strengthened the relationship more than a years worth of talking could, unlike hers where it had only shown how little Eddie had cared. He had seen his daughter and brought her a teddy before disappearing off to the recording studio.

She felt a warm pair of arms wrap around her waist and leaned back into Warrick. "I would've stayed there for the whole time you know?"

"Even when I was giving birth to Lindsey?"

"Always. You know I mean it don't you?"

"Yes, I do."

Catherine suddenly laughed, confusing Warrick, in between laughs she managed to explain. "Sorry ... I just sounded ... exactly like ... Grissom ... for a ... moment ... then."

Warrick just looked confused and held her closer. He merely attributed the laughter to her getting rid of the nerves she had been feeling for Sara's second child and the relief that everything was fine.

He stayed there holding her long after she had stopped speaking. Both watching Grissom, Sara and their children. Greg, Nick and Doc. Robbins all spoke quietly together in the background.

After about 10 minutes like this Sara began to stir.

Grissom felt her moving, he did not move to wake her fully though, she needed to sleep. Instead he lightly kissed the top of her head and spoke to her. "I love you darling. You did really well. I'm so proud. And one day, when you're ready, and if you say yes, I'll make us a proper family. I want to make this official. I want to marry you, raise our children together, grow old with you, and love you for all eternity. I love you darling." He murmured to her. He felt safe saying it as she was asleep, he knew she wasn't ready for marriage yet, not after her parents.

He could wait till she was ready. He would wait forever and a day for her. What he didn't know was that even as she slept a smile blossomed onto her face as he spoke.

You should know by now that I could never permanently hurt one of these two or their children. I love them both too much and love them together too much to separate them with anything major.

Also sorry it's a bit short, I wanted to end on a happy note and before Sara woke up.

That and I probably can't update for a few days now will try my best, but might take a week or 2 minimum, and I really wanted to finish this chapter not on a major cliff-hanger and just ... happy.

Will update as soon as I can

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