Chapter 22

The sound of their daughters voice coming over the monitor woke them the next morning.

"I wonder what she is saying when she is jabbering to her stuffed toys?" Gil asked.

Sara inched away from him, "Are you sure you want to?"

Gil just laughed, "No." Then he pulled her close to him, "Last night was fantastic."

Sara kissed him, "It was. I only hope he was listening to me."

She was still not aware of what had happened, that would come in two weeks when she was late.

Sara got up, slipped on her robe and headed for Amelia's room, "Good morning my little lady."

Amelia smiled and held her hands up to her mother, "Up. Find Daddy."

"Daddy is making oatmeal," Sara said, lifting Amelia from her crib.

Sara came into the kitchen carrying Amelia, "Hi Daddy."

Gil walked over to them, took Amelia and sat her in her highchair, "Good morning Ladybug."

Sara poured juice as Gil set the oatmeal on the table. Sara took Amelia's spoon, tested to make sure it was not to hot and gave her a taste.

"Yummy," Amelia said.

"So what is on the agenda for today?" Sara asked Gil.

"Well," Gil said, "The garden needs weeding and I have to do some research on the next chapter. You out of the field yet?"

"No. Ecklie said I have to finish Terry's training - two weeks, then I'll be back in the lab," Sara told him as she gathered the dishes.

"You go shower," he said, "I'll take care of these."

Sara kissed him then picked up Amelia, "How about you and Mommy take a bath together?"

"Goody," Amelia said.

Gil smiled, "I'll be up in a bit if you need any help."

Sara whispered something in his ear, Gil just smiled, "I'll hold you to that."

Gil loaded the dishwasher and wiped off the table, then he chuckled. Never in his life would he thought he would be a house husband, but he was, and he was loving every minute of it. He loved taking care of his daughter and wife. He wondered why more men didn't want to do what he was doing.

He smiled, "I guess it is just this whole macho thing. Why is it that so many men feel that way?"

Gil headed up to the bathroom, standing in the doorway he smiled. He was looking at the two most beautiful creatures that God ever created, his wife and his daughter.

"Daddy," Amelia called.

Gil walked over to the tub and picked her up wrapping her in a towel. Sara got out and wrapped herself in her robe then she took the baby back.

"What shall we wear today," Sara asked waking toward Amelia's room.

Gil pulled the plug in the tub, "She will be in the garden with me."

"Jeans it is," Sara said, "You grab your shower while I dry and dress her."

A little later Gil stood next to Sara's car holding Amelia. It was time for Sara to go.

Gil put his other arm around Sara and kissed her, "I love you."

Kissing him she said, "Love you too."

Amelia smiled and showed Sara the sign for I LOVE YOU then she blew her a kiss.

Sara "caught" the kiss and placed it on her cheek then signed I LOVE YOU, "I'll see you after work."

Gil went inside to get his straw hat and the one that they had bought for Amelia.

"Ok, Ladybug," Gil said, "Let's go to the garden before it gets to hot out here."

Gil called for Hank, "Let's go out for a while."

Hank ran out the door followed by Bagel - the brown eared Beagle puppy that Betty had gotten Amelia for her birthday. (Amelia tried to say 'Beagle' but it came out 'Bagel' - that's how the puppy got it's name.)

Gil and Amelia pulled weeds, Hank lay in the sun as Bagel ran around him trying to get the older dog to play.

Grissom heard a car pull into the driveway, he knew it was to early for Sara. Shortly after he heard the car he heard the puppy barking, not hearing Hanks bark Gil was fairly sure that the person was someone that Hank knew.

"Lets go see who's here," Gil said, taking Amelia's hand.

Rounding the corner of the garage Gil could see Betty's car at just about the same time Amelia did. "Nana," Amelia yelled, going toward her.

Betty bent down and picked up her up and kissed her cheek then sat her back down.

Amelia went over to Bagel, "Shhh, that's Nana."

The puppy looked from Betty to Amelia then went back over to where Hank lay.

"Hi Mom," Gil signed, "What brings you this way?"

"I had some business to take care of and thought I would take you and my granddaughter to lunch," Betty answered.

Amelia was able to understand "granddaughter" and "lunch".

"Please Daddy," she signed to Gil.

Gil smiled, "Give us a few minutes to clean up."

Gil called the dogs then, taking Amelia's hand, headed for the house.

"I will take care of Amelia while you shower," Betty signed.

Gil nodded.

"Can we see Mommy?" Amelia asked.

"Maybe," Gil said.

Betty washed Amelia and changed her clothing while Gil showered. After he was finished he called Sara's cell to see if she was free for lunch, it went to voice mail.

"Mommy's busy," Gil told Amelia, "So it looks like it is just you, me and Nana."

"OK," Amelia said.

On their way to the restaurant they got hung up in traffic. Gil could see the lights of several police cars and an ambulance sped past them. "Must be an accident," Gil told his mother.

In a little while traffic started moving again, very slowly. As they got closer to the scene Gil seem one of the Tahoe that the team uses, he tapped his mothers shoulder and pointed to a spot out of the way. He asked her to watch Amelia. Gil got out of the car and walked to the accident.

The officer recognized Grissom, "Mrs. Grissom is over there," he said, pointing toward a crowd of people.

Gil thanked him and went over to Sara.

Terry seen him before Sara did, "Dr. Grissom."

"Hi Terry," he said.

Sara walked over to him, "Hi."

Gil asked her what happened.

"Drunk driver ran the red light and plowed into a van," Sara said.

"Why did CSI get called to a traffic accident?" Gil asked.

"We weren't, we were behind the van that got hit," Terry told him.

Satisfied that Sara was all right Gil told her he would get out of the way. After showing her the sign for I LOVE YOU he went back to Betty's car.

"Everything all right?" she asked.

"Fine," Gil said.

Betty too had seen the Tahoe and knew that Gil had to make sure that Sara was all right. Betty smiled. She still didn't understand why Gil had chosen the life style he did, but he was happy and that was all that mattered.