Chapter 27

Sara smiled, "I hope so. Johnny was the only thing that made my life bearable. After I lost him, well I just didn't want to live. I guess you can say it was his death that made me what I am today. The only happiness I found was in my books."

The drive to Betty's house was quiet, Sara was deep in her memories and Gil didn't want to disturb her. Betty opened the door, the question on her mind didn't need to be asked.

"A boy," Gil said.

Betty smiled, "I knew it. A little Gilbert."

Gil looked at her, "No."

"No?" was Betty's response, a surprised look on her face, "But."

"Jonathan," Gil told her.

Betty looked at him, "Your serious."

"Jonathan Thomas," Gil said.

"Her idea?" Betty asked.

"Our idea," Gil said.

Sara, who had gone to get Amelia, walked over to Gil, "You told her."

"I did," Gil said.

Betty - not one to keep things to herself any longer - asked why?

Sara told her the story she had told Gil.

"I see," Betty said.

"What's wrong?" Sara asked.

"I just thought that you would name him Gilbert," Betty said.

Sara laughed, "Heavens no."

If looks could kill Sara would be laying on a slab. Gil wisely thought that now would be a good time to intervene on Sara's behalf.

"Not using Gilbert was my idea," Gil told his mother.

Betty looked at him, not believing what her son was saying, "What?"

Gil looked at Sara, "The first son in the Grissom family has been named GILBERT for the last seven generations."

"You didn't want me to use GILBERT," Sara said.

Gil just laughed and signed as he told Sara and his mother, "I think seven generations of GILBERT GRISSOM'S are enough."

Sara smiled and looked at his mother, who was obviously upset.

"I have an idea," Sara said, How about if we make it Jonathan Gilbert?"

Betty was smiling, at least the Grissom tradition would be continued, if not in the first name then the middle one.

"You don't have to do that," Gil said.

"I know," Sara said, "I want to. I like the idea of family traditions, you should have told me."

Gil shook his head, "I didn't want to."

"Oh I see," Sara said, "You would rather have your mother mad at me."

Betty hugged Sara and then gave Gil a dirty look, "I can't be mad at you but I am just a tad upset with my son."

Amelia kissed Sara's tummy, "Hi Johnny."

Sara looked at Gil, "If you remember the deal is you name the girls I name the boys and I want to use Gilbert, I always have."

"But we agreed that his name would not be GILBERT," Gil said.

"We agreed that the FIRST name would not be Gilbert, we never said anything about the second name," Sara said.

Gil kissed her, "You win, I lose."

Everyone laughed.

Amelia looked at her parents, "Go home, Bagel's hungry."

Gil looked at his watch, it had been a while since the dogs were feed or let out, "Your right Ladybug."

The Grissom's said their good bys to Betty and headed off for home. They were met by two dogs that obviously had to go outside. Gil and Amelia took them out while Sara started dinner.

In the months that followed Sara's baby bump became blown, there was no doubt that Johnny was going to be a big boy. Amelia was growing by leaps and bounds also. She was getting excited about the idea of becoming a big sister and was having even more fun helping Daddy with her new BIG girl room and changing the nursery from one for a girl to one for a boy.

At the lab Sara was beginning to enjoy her new "lab rat" position, everyday she was becoming more sure that she had made the right decision.

"I've decided not to go back out into the field after Johnny is born," Sara told Gil, "I am really enjoying what I do."

"You know I will support whatever decision you make," Gil told her.

"Look I am Mommy," Amelia said, walking into the living room where her parents were sitting.

Gil and Sara looked at her and started to laugh, Amelia had taken a pillow and stuck it under she shirt to make herself look pregnant.

Amelia grabbed her back, "My back hurts."

Sara and Gil laughed, that was one of Sara's main complaints, her back hurting.

Gil scooped up his daughter, "I think I know what will make you back feel better. A hot fudge sundae."

Sara smiled, stood and grabbed her back too, "Mine too."

Gil smiled, "Two hot fudge sundae's coming up."

Sara was well into her ninth month, after a scare with some bleeding her doctor had put her on bed rest. Gil now had his beehives, two dogs, one garden, the house, Amelia and Sara to take care of. Amelia gladly helped with everything but the bees, she still didn't like them.

In the middle of the night two days before her due date Sara woke Gil, it seemed like Johnny was ready to be born. Gil wrapped Amelia in a blanket and lay her on the backseat of the car, then he grabbed Sara's case and put it in the car also. By this time Sara was dressed, he helped her in to then headed off to Betty's.

Betty opening the door she seen her son holding a still sleeping Amelia.

"It is time?" she signed.

Gil shook his head YES as he handed over the child to his mother.

At the hospital Sara was admitted directly to the OB unit and Dr. Davis was called. Gil stayed by Sara's side as she labored to bring his son into the world. Four hours after she was admitted Jonathan Gilbert Grissom was placed on his mothers stomach, his father stood by her side and shed tears of joy.

It was near noon when Sara told him to go home.

"Shower and change," she said, "Then go get my daughter, I think she should meet her baby brother."

Gil kissed her, "I love you."

A little later Amelia, Betty and Gil walked into Sara's room, Johnny was sleeping in a bassinet next to her. Gil lift Amelia so she could see him.

"He is cute," she said, bending down and kissing his forehead.

Betty smiled, "He looks like his father."

On Johnny's first night home a familiar noise woke Hank. Quickly he followed the sound ending up in the small humans room. Hank walked over to the chair that moved back and forth and found the female human holding something that smelt and sounded vaguely familiar.

Johnny's cries had woke Gil and Sara.

"It's time for him to be fed," Sara said, kissing her husband and crawling out of bed.

Sara had changed and nursed the infant and was rocking him by time Hank had figured out where the sound was coming from, slowly he walked over to Sara and sniffed at the bundle in her arms, it smelt like the other humans but it was much smaller.

"This is Johnny," Sara said, bending slightly so Hank could see him.

Hank looked from the baby to Sara, then it came back to him, this one was like the other little human was the first time they brought her home.

Gil had walked into the room to see Sara holding his son and Hank watching her, Gil walked over to the dog and pat his head.

"Another one for you to keep an eye on," Gil said to the dog as he took the sleeping child and lay him in his crib.

Hank softly barked at Gil then went over to the side of the crib and curled up on the floor next to it, a sign that he had heard and understood.

THE END