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Chapter 12: A Family's Surprise

About 2 months & 3 weeks later

Knowing Grissom for as long as Sara had, she knew there were few things that made him nervous, he just wasn't normally a nervous person, of course she found out years ago; in fact the night they became official, he had confessed he been nervous around her from the moment they had met. And looking back at it now, while she still don't remember ever seeing him nervous around her, she could now understand why at times he was a little harder on her, not knowing how else to handle his feelings toward her back then.

Now fast forwarding to this moment in time, where they, along with Stephanie, Jacob, the San Diego team, and Nick and Whitney, are all hanging out in Nicole's living room; since her house was the biggest out of the group, watching game 5 of the World Series that included her husband's beloved Chicago Cubs, who hadn't won it in decades, were on the verge of winning the game and taking it to a game 6. She could literally feel how nervous he was while holding her hand, and she bet if she looked close enough, she could see the sweat going down his cheeks.

Then when the team made the final out, and he looked at her, his face was filled with joy and excitement, making her feel the same, which she could have cared less about the game, but because it meant a lot to her husband, she had been cheering them on for him. Plus, it was hard to hide the excitement when everybody else in the room was just as happy, even though she mostly felt it was just for Grissom's sake.

After a few minutes of the room cheering, clapping and hugging one another, Grissom got their attention before speaking with a smile. "Now it's not over yet, they have two games left and they can't lose. Now that's when the big celebration can happen."

They nodded a few seconds later, then Kevin took a breath before he started speaking. "You're right, and it's a shame we can't enjoy that special win with you."

Grissom looked a little confused and he raised an eyebrow. "Why?" Then he looked at Nicole. "Do we need to find a new place to watch it, because if that's the issue, I'm sure..."

He gets cut off by Stephanie, who was also smiling. "That's not what he meant."

Now Sara was a little confused, but before either one could speak, Nick stood up from the dinning room chair he had been sitting in and handed him an envelope from his pocket. "Open it."

Grissom took the envelope from the younger man and looked at Sara with a curious look, but she was just as curious on what was gong on too, so she shrugged her shoulders.

Knowing she couldn't help him out, he finally opened the envelope and pulled out four tickets, one set was dated for November 1 (Game 6), and the other set was dated November 2nd (Game 7, if Necessary).

Sara gasped when she saw them while Grissom sat there speechless for several seconds before looking up at Nick and speaking with emotion. "You didn't have to do this."

Nick smiled, then spoke with emotion in return. "Well, to be accurate it wasn't only me who bought them, everybody in this room and a few people we love and care about in Vegas pitched in." He cleared his throat before finishing. "After waiting this long to see your team on the big stage, you, and a companion of your choice, deserve to go see them in person. Now we can't guarantee they'll win the next two games, but least you can say you were there."

Now another thing Sara knew about Grissom was that he was known to hold his emotions, good and bad, inside a lot of the times, and he only showed it to the people closest to him. But this time he was overcome by so much of it, he had no choice of letting it out in this moment as he spoke to the young man he admired. "Thank you. What you." He stopped for a second so he could look at everybody else in the room. "All of you have done for me, thank you. This means more to me than words can really express."

They all nodded with bright smiles as Nick spoke after clearing his throat one more time. "That's all you need to say then, and you're welcome."

Hours Later

After everybody had cleaned up their share of dirty dishes, they all left the house, and as Nicole and Kevin were finishing cleaning the kitchen, Carson walked in the room. "Good night."

Nicole was the first one to answer with a smile. "Good night, honey. Do you want me to tuck you in?"

Now Carson knew he was old enough to tuck himself in bed, but sometimes he just wants a little time with his mother without some one else around, so he nodded. "Yes please."

Nicole nodded and handed the washcloth to Kevin before walking towards her son, and just as she got there, Kevin spoke towards the young boy. "Good night, champ."

Carson just nodded before him and his mother walked out of the room, making Kevin sigh slightly. He knew that gaining his trust on a different level than he had been would be hard and wouldn't happen overnight, but he wished he had a little more progress after over 2 months, nearing a third. But then again he still didn't care how long it took, because he loved them both too much to give up now.

When Nicole had walked back downstairs, Kevin was waiting in the living room, and when he saw her, he stood up from the couch and spoke with a smile. "I should go."

She gave him a sad look as she stopped in front of him. "Are you sure?"

He nodded as he looked towards the stairs. "Yeah, I don't want to get in the way."

Knowing what he meant by that, Nicole does a little sigh before wrapping her arms around his neck. "I know things with him have been moving a little slower than you would like." Then she smirked as she finished. "But least it progressed to a head nod tonight, when previously his response was a glare or grunt."

Kevin chuckled as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "True, so we are getting somewhere."

She nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I like to think we are."

When he saw the worried look in her eyes, he continued with a smile. "I'm still not walking away from you guys."

Relief flooded in her eyes again as she whispered. "That's good to hear." Before she touched her lips to his and they kissed for several seconds.

When they pulled back a little breathless, they placed their foreheads together before she asked. "You sure you want to leave?"

He whispered in return. "You sure you want me to stay?"

She pulled back and looked into his eyes, showing him deep love and desire in them as she removed one of her arms around his neck and held it out as she replied softly. "Yes, and in a different way than your other sleepovers."

Getting the meaning right away, he spoke softly. "Are you..."

She cuts him off as she placed a finger to his lips to stop him. "I'm ready Kevin, and I don't think I really have to ask if you're ready too."

He smiled with a shake of his head before slipping his fingers through hers. "I've been ready for you for years." She smiled in return, and after a soft peck on the lips, she led him upstairs and to her bedroom, both ready to share something they knew would be magical.

They may have not been each other's firsts, but they wouldn't be surprised if it felt like it, in the best way possible.

After Nick and Whitney left Nicole's house, he took her to his apartment, and once they were inside, he pushed her wheelchair towards the bedroom, and after helping her get ready for bed, he picked her up from her chair and carried her to 'her' side of the bed, and after she was in, she sighed slightly as she looked down at her hands before he covered them up with his hand and spoke. "Whitney...""

She cuts him off a second later. "I'm sorry, I'm still not use to this. I'm use to doing..."

This time Nick cuts her off with a smile and tears in his eyes. "Everything yourself, I know, and eventually you'll be able to again."

She squeezed his hand while shaking her head. "You don't know that Nick, I could be this way forever, and if you are still with me because you're clinging on to the hope that things will change, then..." She finished with tears in her eyes. "I don't think we can be..."

Nick cuts her off again. "Marry Me."

Whitney looks at him with wide-eyes. "What!?" As he nodded, telling her she heard him correctly, she continued. "This is not something to be joking about."

He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it before continuing. "I'm not joking, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Whitney now had tears in her eyes for a different reason. "Did you just hear what I said? I could be like this forever, meaning there is a chance we'll never have kids."

He cupped her cheek with his other hand and continued with emotion. "There are other ways to have kids if it comes down to that. But as long as I'm with you, I'm ok with that."

She placed one of her hands on his cheek as she spoke. "I love you Nick, I think I loved you the second we met in that courtroom, and I've honestly been waiting for his moment..." She stopped and looked around the bedroom, stopping her eyes on her wheelchair for a second before looking at the man she loved again. "Well, maybe not exactly like this, for awhile now. I just want you to be..."

He cuts her off one more time. "I've been thinking about this moment for awhile now too, and I'm sorry it's not at the most romantic spot in San Diego. But I don't want you to ever doubt how much I love you and want to be with you. I almost lost you once, and the thought of it coming true is unbearable."

When she could see how much emotion he was showing through his eyes, she knew his words were true, and in that moment the rest of the doubts she had about them melted away, and she didn't care on the location on when he proposed, just that he did, so there was only one answer she wanted to say. "Yes.'"

Nick gave her the brightest smile she had ever seen as he repeated. "Yes?"

Whitney chuckled/sniffled as she nodded her head. "Yes, if you fully understand on what you're getting yourself into, then my answer is yes."

He chuckled this time as he moved forward, then after a few long kisses, they pull back and put their foreheads together as he whispered. "I love you, and I fully accept on everything I'm getting myself into."

She smiled and replied with a soft, happy sigh, finally feeling complete, especially where love was concerned. "I love you too."

When Sara and Grissom made it back to their apartment, they went through their nightly routine, and once Grissom was done and sitting up on his side of the bed, he picked up the white envelope he had gotten earlier, opened it, pulled out the World Series tickets and just looked at them with a smile and sparkle in his eyes, and when Sara walked out of the bathroom and saw the look he was giving the tickets, she smirked. "Should I sleep on the couch tonight and let you share the bed with your new companion."

He lifted his eyes from the tickets and looked at his wife with a smile and smirk. "Ha, Ha, very funny."

She smiled brightly in return as he started putting the tickets back in the envelope, then while putting it back on his nightstand, Sara gets on her side of the bed before he spoke with a sigh. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm still shocked about this whole thing."

While she was sitting up next to him, she took his hand. "The tickets or your team making it this far?"

He smiled a little sheepishly as he looked over at her. "Maybe a little of both."

She nodded in understanding before squeezing his hand gently as she spoke softly. "You know I'm not the only one who cares about you and wants you to be happy."

"I know, it's just sometimes it's hard to grasp that." He finished softly as he looked down at their clasped hands. "As you know I was never popular in school, most of them thought I was this weird kid, which at the time I didn't think nothing of it. But now, especially after tonight, I look back at that time and I feel so alone."

Sara lifted his chin up, and she could see a few tears in his eyes, so she cupped his cheek and replied with tears in her eyes too. "You're not alone anymore, and as long as I'm still breathing, you'll never be alone again, I promise." He nodded with a smile and she wiped his tears away before they softly kissed.

When they pulled back, he asked after clearing his throat. "So, you really had no idea about the tickets?'

She shook her head with a smile. "None, whatsoever." She then finished before she chuckled a little. "They probably thought I might spill the beans, which they could have been right because I honestly don't think I would have lasted a full day keeping something like that from you, so they made the right call on keeping me in the dark too." He chuckled in return for a few seconds before she spoke again after she calmed down. "Now the only question is, who are you taking?"

He raised an eyebrow while responding. "Was there really a question on who I would be taking with me?"

Sara played with his fingers as she shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I mean one of the guys might appreciate it, even Stephanie. Not that I wouldn't enjoy the experience with you, but you know I'm not much of a ..."

Grissom cuts off her rambling as he cupped her cheek. "The only person I want to share these moments with is you." He stopped to clear his throat before finishing with uncertainty. "Of course if you don't really want to..."

This time she cuts him off with a smile as she placed her hand on top of his that was still on her cheek. "I would love to go with you. I just didn't want to assume it would be me."

He softly whispered, his words meaning more than one way. "It's always you, honey."

She started to smile again, but it was cut off when his lips were on hers, not that she was exactly complaining, especially when their night turned a little more intimate then she had thought would happen, not that she minded there either.

AN: Could Grissom's World Series experience be better than he had imagined? Find out next chapter. Please review.