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Chapter 15: Happy Family?
Four Weeks later
Grissom's heart was racing, but in a good/excited kind of way, because for the first time since his little one had been born, he'll get to hold him, so while a part of him couldn't wait, the other part was still terrified that he would do it wrong. Of course he had a little practice holding babies when it came to Roxanne and Alexandra, but still, he fully didn't believe he was ready for this step.
Becca, who happened to be the head nurse and Brad's newly fiancé, smiled at the older man and spoke. "It's ok Dr. Grissom, I've seen you in action a few times, you are a natural."
Grissom shyly smiled before holding out his arms in the correct way, then a few seconds later,
a moment the large part of him has been waiting for happened, he was now holding his son, and when he looked down at him, seeing the little things that made him think of his wife, only made his heart burst with more love for this little guy even more.
His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a loud sniffle, so he turned his head to the side and looked down at the person who was sitting in a chair next to him, and asked with concern. "You ok, honey?"
Sara nodded her head as she used a tissue for her nose before she spoke with so much emotion. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ruin your moment with our son, I've just been waiting for this for as long as you have, and I couldn't stop..."
Grissom cuts her off with a smile as he asked. "You ready to hold your son?"
She sniffled again and asked. "You sure you don't want more time?"
He shook his head and held out his son towards her. "Nah, I'll have plenty of more times, it's time for him to see his mommy up close."
She nodded with a smile and held out her arms, and after little Warrick was secure, she looked down at him with more tears in her eyes as she whispered. "No offense to any of our group's babies, and I know I am a little biased, but this is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen."
Grissom kneeled down, his bones popping a little, but at this moment he didn't notice, and placed his hand on top of his son's head while whispering in return, not able to take his eyes off him either. "I would have to agree."
After little Warrick was born, he had a tough road ahead of him, and there was some moments when it looked bleak, but with this child being half Grissom and half Sidle, everybody knew how much that child would fight, and fight he did, so after one more week, mostly just as a precaution, he'll finally be discharged and will get to see the world outside of this building.
Grissom's eyes moved from his son to his wife, the love of his life, and the mother of his child.
He thought of the moment he almost lost her too, but much like he's known about her, she was a fighter, and she fought for her life, her husband and child. They learned a few days after her life was out of danger that little Warrick was going to be their only biological child, which considering their ages and where they were in their lives, they had already silently agreed that this was their only biological shot, but it still stung a little that the choice was taken out of their hands, but in the end they were just blessed for what they had.
Sara felt her husband's eyes on her, so she reluctantly looked up from her son and smiled at her husband. "You ok?"
He nodded with a smile as a few tears came to his eyes. "I am now."
Knowing what he meant, she nodded with a relief sigh. "Me too." Then she looked down at her son again as she spoke. "So, in a week it will officially be the three of us, you ready for this?"
Grissom moved his eyes from his wife towards his son before leaning forward and lightly kissing the top of his head as he whispered. "After the four weeks we've had, more than ready."
Sara just smiled with another nod in agreement, she was more than ready too.
One Week later
The day that everybody had been waiting for came without any issues, so their little guy was free to leave the hospital with them, and once they did, they headed towards Stephanie and Jacob's house, where they had been staying since Sara was discharged from the hospital since they didn't want to be over at last 2 hours away from their son.
When they arrived there, and while the kids were with their grandparents on their father's side, Stephanie and Jacob greeted the youngest Grissom with tears of relief and joy, well mostly Stephanie had them, and while Jacob did try to hide them, they could tell he was affected by this greeting too.
Throughout much of the day little Warrick was getting all the attention, and they could tell he enjoyed it very much, of course he loved it most when he was near or in his parent's arms.
When it was time to go to sleep, they didn't seem to have much trouble getting their little one down, but just like they were warned, the baby started to fuss in the middle of the night for his first late night feeding and changing.
Grissom, who woke up first, looked at the other side of the pull out bed that they were laying on, and smiled slightly, seeing his wife still sound asleep, so he pulls the covers off of him, slips gently out of bed before walking towards the crib that use to be Stephen and D.J.'s, and he smiled brightly as he gently picked up his little boy. "Now we don't want to be waking up mommy, do we? ...it's ok, daddy's got you now."
Than once he grabbed the baby blanket and diaper bag, Grissom walked out of the room and headed for the bathroom so he could change his son, and after stopping in the kitchen to get a bottle, he made sure his son was snuggled in his blanket and walked out on the deck before sitting down in one of the chairs and started feeding him with a mixture of so many emotions inside of him.
His moments alone with his son was interrupted a few minutes later by Stephanie. "Hey, I hope I'm not interrupting."
Grissom looked up and smiled at his cousin while shaking his head. "Nah, it's ok, come on out." She nodded as she walked outside, and after shutting the sliding door, Grissom continued to speak. "I'm surprised to see you up."
She sighed as she sat down on the right side of him. "I had a wired dream, so I wanted to check on my babies."
He nodded in understanding. "Just as long as it wasn't us waking you up."
She waved off his concern. "It wasn't, so you don't have to worry."
After he nodded again, he turned his attention back to his son, while Stephanie watched with a smile, so while he was burping him, Grissom raised an eyebrow at her when he noticed it. "What?"
She shook her had as she replied. "Nothing, it's just you're a natural." She paused for a second before clearing her throat and finishing with a small lump in her throat. "If only your mom could see you like this, she would be so proud of you."
Grissom got a lump in his throat too as he spook softly. "I know Sara and I said that we were glad this didn't happen for us before, but the one thing I'm sad about that it didn't, was that my mom never got to meet her grandchild, she would have fell for him at first sight."
Stephanie chuckle slightly as she nodded. "And spoiled him rotten."
Grissom chuckle with a nod as he lowered his child down from his shoulder so he could just look at the miracle he created with the love of his life. "No doubt there."
Before Stephanie could speak again, another voice was hard at the door. "No doubt there about what?"
Grissom looked up from his son to look at his wife, and smiled. "My mom spoiling our little guy rotten."
Sara chuckle with a nod in agreement as she walked outside and shut the door, then as she was walking towards her guys, she spoke again. "I woke up and you two weren't in there."
Grissom frowned slightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you, I just thought you needed your sleep."
She waved off his concern before kissing him lightly on the cheek. "Everything is ok now." Then she smiled down at her son as Grissom hand him to her. "Everything is just prefect now, isn't, little one?" She kissed his forehead before sitting in the chair next to her husband, while him and Stephanie were watching the scene, and after a few minutes of talking to her son, she looked up and saw them still staring at her, so she smiled in return. "What?"
Stephanie took that question before her cousin could. "For someone who claimed at one time they were uncomfortable around kids, you seemed to get over that quickly."
Sara smirked as she looked down at her pride and joy. "How can I not? Just look at him, he's easy to fall in love with."
Stephanie then smirked. "And it helps when you see a lot of your husband in your child."
Sara nodded with her smile getting a little wider. "Very much."
Grissom looked at his son before asking. "You really think so?"
Sara nodded again. "Oh yeah, I can tell, this little guy will have a lot of the Grissom genes."
Grissom smiled, proud of that, then he sighed a second later. "Let's just hope there is one part of the Grissom genes that pass him by."
Knowing what he was a talking about, Sara looked at her husband with nothing but love in her eyes. "And if it does end up happening, he'll still be loved, nothing will change that."
Grissom nodded in agreement before replying. "I know, but I just know how hard it can be, especially for a child."
Stephanie spoke again, not wanting to get in the middle of their discussion, but since she is going through it with her oldest child, she felt she had to say something.
"And while that's true, look at D.J., he's doing just fine, yeah, not everyday is perfect, he still gets picked on every once in awhile. But on those days, I just continue to let him know that no matter what, he's not that different than anybody else, that he's prefect just the way he is."
As Grissom saw Stephanie wipe a few tears off her cheek, he frowned a little. "Steph, I didn't..."
But Stephanie gives him a reassuring smile. "I know, and I understand, believe me."
Happy he didn't offend his cousin, he nodded with a smile before Sara spoke. "And look your mother, Griss. She was stronger because she had to go through that everyday of her life, so if he ends up taking after his grandmother, I can't be upset about that."
Grissom shook his had and placed his hand on his little guy's stomach and spoke with the smile still on his face. "Me neither."
Eventually they called it a night again, and after their little one was tucked in, Sara and Grissom crawled back into bed before falling asleep in each other's arms, ready to officially start the next chapter of their lives tomorrow.
AN: Did I have you going there for a minute? Well I couldn't do that to them, they deserve a happy family, just keeping you all on your toes :) Anyways, there are two chapters left, so be ready for that. I hope you all had a good weekend. Please Review.