AN: Alright I changed how I was doing the last two chapters, so instead of two more this is the last chapter. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 10: Home

Three weeks later

When Bridget was released out of the hospital two weeks ago the whole gang got to see her and it didn't take her very long to get in each of their hearts, they had already vowed to have her back.

Now it was the night before Bridget was going away and Sara was coming over for a special dinner before the start of her shift, Grissom had decided to take the night off so he could spend time with his daughter, he had a little goodbye party with the team the night before but wanted another one with just his two favorite girls.

Grissom had just changed his daughter's diaper and was tickling her belly, hearing her gurgle and seeing her blue eyes light up while looking at him when there was knock on his town house door. He smiles, picks Bridget up and says. "That should be Sara." He walks in the living room and shouts. "Door is open." The door opens and Sara walks in.

After she shut the door she looks at her man and his little girl, smiles at both of them then puts her purse down at the table by the door then walked up to them and Grissom kisses her on the cheek, while transferring Bridget into her arms.

When Sara first held Grissom's daughter she was more nervous than he was but the moment Bridget opened her eyes and looked up at her she felt so calm because they were Grissom's blue eyes staring right at her. His blue eyes had always made her feel calm it didn't matter how mad, stressed or sad she was, with one look in those beautiful blue eyes she felt better, the gang noticed that too, and at that moment it didn't matter to Sara how this little girl came into their lives the important thing was that she was in it. So to say that she was already a goner would be an understatement.

Sara finally looks up and noticed Grissom had moved to the kitchen to finish cooking her favorite meal so she walks over to the couch, sits down, looks at Bridget and tries to relax but knowing after tonight everything will change.

For the next hour and a half they ate, fed Bridget, burped and changed her, took turns holding her again while talking to her then while Sara was doing the dishes Grissom was putting his little girl down for bed, feeling once again very sad, knowing this was his last night with her for a while.

He covered her up, leaned down and kissed her forehead then pulled back to look into her blue eyes and spoke. "I love you Bridget don't ever forget that and I promise I will visit as much as I can."

He kissed her on the forehead again and just watched as her eyes got heavy then they closed, while a tear goes down his cheek then he felt that all to familiar heart flutter and knew Sara just walked through the doorway, he wiped the tear away before she saw it but it didn't matter because she knew. She walked fully into the room and whispered. "You don't have to cover your tears in front of me I know how hard this is for you," He nodded and when she was next to him he puts his arm over her shoulders and she puts her arms around his waist and they just stood there watching the baby sleep for a few more minutes then she looked at him and whispered. "Can we talk?" He nodded again and they both whispered their goodnight's to Bridget then he let Sara walk out first while he grabbed the baby monitor and cracked the door.

Once they settled on the couch with the baby monitor on the coffee table, she turns to him and takes his hand. He looks at her with a raised eyebrow and asked. "So what's going on?" Sara was thinking how she wanted to start this conversation and Grissom noticed her hesitation so he said. "Whatever it is we can work on it, tell me."

Sara nodded and cleared her throat then start talking, it was one of the hardest things she had to say, even harder than when they were going through that rough patch. "Grissom I know how hard it is for you to let your little girl go and I think deep down I know what you want to do." He looks into her eyes then looks away like he betrayed her for even just thinking about moving to Chicago to be close to his little girl but Sara shook her head and brings his face back so he was looking at her again then she continued. "I am not mad at you for thinking that, I really do understand. She is your little girl and you want to be near her." She stops for a second, cleared her throat and said. "So I really think you should do it."

A breath caught in Grissom throat and he asked. "What?" Sara nodded telling him he heard her right, he releases her hands, stands up and said. "Sara I was just thinking about it. We can't actually do it, we have lives here, good jobs and what….." Before he continued, he thought of something then looks at her and said. "Wait... you said 'me' not 'we' didn't you?" Sara nodded while standing up, he walks up to her takes her hand and said. "Then what about you? If your asking me to choose between you and Bridget, I can't. I love you both too much to do that."

He was pleading with his eyes for her to understand and tears were gathering up in hers as she puts a hand up to his cheek and said. "And that's why I am choosing for you. I know how much you love me and her and I knew you could never pick one over the other."

She stopped when tears started going down her cheeks, he wipes them away and speaks with his voice cracking. "Why…" He had to stop to clear his throat and with the pause he thought of something else, he takes her other hand and said. "Then why don't you come to Chicago with me? I know I just said we have lives and a good job here but with your experience and academics you can get yourself a good position at the crime labs there." Sara shook her head, released his hands and walked over to the shelf mantel to look at a few pictures sitting there, Grissom watches her for a minute then he brokenly speaks. "Sara..."

She turns back to him and cuts him off before he could continue. "Since I have met you I feel like all I been doing is following you around and as much as I would love to keep doing it I can't, not this time. I'm sorry." She looks away to wipe more tears away, Grissom walks up to her with his eyes a little misty and he opens his mouth to speak but she puts a finger to his lips to silence him so she could finish. "Remember that call I had three weeks ago?" He nodded, she took another breath and continued. "Well it was a job offer in San Francisco, they want me back there but this time as a day shift supervisor and I know I can handle the responsibility and I deserve a chance at it. I accepted on not getting promoted here but this is my shot to show that I am a true leader and I know I can contribute to that lab again."

He nodded and said with his voice still a little broken. "You are one of the best CSI's that I have worked with so I know you can and you really do deserve this opportunity Sara and I am so happy for you."

He stops for a second but before he continued she saw the doubt in his eyes so she puts both hands on each side of his cheeks, looks right into his eyes and spoke with everything she had in her heart. "Grissom never doubt how much I love you because I love you so much and this decision that I have made is killing me, it's ripping me apart to even think about being away from you but I know it's something we both need to do, it's a path we need to take right now. I need to let you go and you need to let me." He lets some tears go down his cheek and she wipes them away then continues before he could talk, her voice strained. "You are the love of my life and I'll miss you with every once of breath in me." She looks down as more tears came out of her eyes.

He takes one of her hands off his cheeks and puts it over his heart, lifts her head up with his other hand, wipes some of her tears away and said. "And you're mine, this is yours forever." He keeps her hand over his heart and they lean toward each other then kissed, they put everything they had in that kiss and it lasted till they needed air.

When they pulled back they put their foreheads together to catch their breath's and once they had it back they pulled back then he wraps his arms around her waist and she wraps her arms around his neck and they stare into each other's eyes, memorizing every inch of their faces but really they didn't have to because they already have them in their memory and every time they closed their eyes they saw one another.

After a few minutes of silence she says. "I love you Grissom."

He smiles that smile that she loves and responds back. "I love you too Sara."

Then he shakes his head and looks around, she raises an eyebrow and asked. "What?"

He looks back at her and responded. "If I knew this was going to be our last night I would have made it more special."

She moved closer to him and replied. "It already was, as long as I am with you I don't need anything else." She leans and pecks him on the lips then pulls back and said. "Now I am not really in the mood to talk anymore." He smiles, pecks her lightly on the lips, she slips her hand into his, they walk to get the baby monitor then he leads them to the bedroom.

It was hours later and Sara was out of his bed and since she had some of her clothes here she could get ready for work at his place, which was good because she wasn't ready to leave just yet. She finished brushing her hair then looked over at the bed and he was sleeping peacefully.

A part of her wanted to leave with just that memory but the more selfish part wanted a little more time with him with him when he was awake so she puts her brush, along with some of her other stuff that she had left through the months, in a bag that she had then walked up to the bed, laid down on her side, ran her hand through his hair, then brushed her thumb on his cheek like she did years ago when she said he had chalk but really it was to calm him down.

After a few minutes he opened his eyes and she said with a small smile. "Chalk from plaster."

He gives her a small smile, remembering that moment, then he puts his hand up to her cheek, cupping it and brings her head down so they could kiss.

After a few minutes they pull back and look into each other's eyes and she noticed he was going to talk but she puts a finger to his lips to stop him and she talks. "You can say I'll miss you and love you but no goodbyes, ok? Because this is not forever and goodbye's feel like forever."

He nodded, kissed her finger, she moves her finger and he said. "I really will miss you and I love you so much."

She nodded while keeping her tears at bay and said. "I know you do and I will miss you and I love you too." He nods back, also keeping the tears at bay.

She looked at the alarm clock and knew it was time for her to go to work then she looks back at him, leans down and they made this kiss last for as long as possible, wishing they could stay like this for an eternity but knowing they couldn't. They finally pull back then she kisses him on the forehead, looks into his blue eyes and after one more rub on the cheek with her thumb, she gets up off the bed, grabs her bag, walks to the bedroom door, turns around and looks at him.

They showed with their eyes how they were feeling then she turned and walked out of the room, she whispered a goodbye to baby Bridget in the spare room she was sleeping in then walked out of the front door. She shuts the door behind her, puts the back of her head on it and whispered. "I love you Grissom." She wiped a tear away and then with one more breath and heavy heart she left, leaving a piece of her heart with him.

Grissom laid in bed and after he heard the door shut, he sighed and whispered. "I love you Sara." Then he sighed, rolled on his side, grabbed the pillow that Sara usually used when she wasn't using his chest and wrapped his arms around it and fell back asleep dreaming of a life that should have been.

6 months later

The gang was very sad that they had not only lost Sara but Grissom too and what made them feel worse was that they didn't even leave together but they pushed their feelings aside and supported them on their decision.

Before anybody knew it six months had passed, Sara talked to the team as much as she could but with their jobs and schedules it was hard for them to keep in touch. And no one knew how the last member of their group was, it was like he dropped from the face of the earth. It wasn't like they didn't try to keep in touch with him they just think it was too hard for him to keep in contact when he was so far away.

Even Sara tried but the closets she has gotten was picking up the phone, getting ready to dial then hanging it up because it was just too hard for her to hear his voice and not see him but he did send a few baby pictures to everybody every once in a while so they knew he was at least still alive.

It was late at night and Sara had finally drifted off to sleep after having another restless night when there was a knock on the door of her apartment. She opened her eyes and sighed, looked at the clock and it said 1 am then sighed again and threw her covers off of her, stood up, grabbed her robe off of the hanger on her bathroom door, puts it on but doesn't tie it all the way then walked out of her room, down the hall, turned the corner to the living room, turned on the light and walked up to the door but didn't bother to see who it was before opening it so she got the surprise of her life when the door opened all the way and saw that it was the man she loved more than anything, she gasped and said. "Grissom wh…"

He cuts her off. "I'm sorry I came so late but the moment the plane landed I had to see you."

The moment he said that her anger from being woken up was gone and a small smile lit her face just like his, then he continued. "You were right. It was my turn to follow you. I talked to Alice or more liked begged her but anyway she said she would move down here after she found out she can transfer."

He stopped to take a breath and she said. "But I didn't…"

He cuts her off when he moved closer to her and puts a hand on her cheek. "I know you didn't say it was my turn but I understand your meaning. Since I've met you it's always been you trying to make the first move. You were always following me to make sure I am ok and then going all the way to Paris to tell me how you feel and now it's my turn to make the first move, so here I am once again fighting for you, following you to San Francisco and..." he stops again takes his hand off her cheek and as he was putting his hand in his jacket pocket he continued. "Asking you to marry me." Sara gasped and Grissom pulled out a ring box and as he was opening it he said. "So Sara Sidle will you marry me?" It was a simple ring that had her birthstone in place of the diamond.

She looked at the ring then looked into his eyes with tears in hers, she had dreamed of this moment her whole life and although in her dreams she wasn't wearing her pajamas, it didn't happen at 1 o'clock in the morning or in the middle of her apartment doorway but the man who was standing in front of her was her dream come true and the most important part of it anyways.

She was startled out of her thoughts when he had put his hand back on her cheek and whispered her name, she looked back into his eyes and said. "Before I say yes there is something I should tell you, something that could ch…"

She stopped when she noticed he had looked down at her stomach and realized the tie of the robe had come undone and her stomach was in full view. He gasped, got down on his knee, moved the robe so it opened wider then looked up into her eyes and asked her a question with his eyes and she nodded telling him it's true. Grissom looks back down at her six month pregnant stomach, swallowed the lump in his throat and puts his hand on it as a tear came down his cheek.

She found out she was pregnant a few weeks after she moved here and none of their friends knew about it yet, she wanted to tell them but didn't want to ask them to be quiet about it because she knew Grissom needed to know before everybody else did and as much as she wanted to call and tell him right away that he was going to have another baby she didn't want to make his life more complicated then it already was but she was going to tell him eventually she just didn't know how and now it looked like the cat was out of the bag.

As Sara stood there watching him she saw his eyes change and knew just then that this baby had already stolen another piece of his heart, she saw how happy he was when he was around Bridget but seeing him now he was showing something else, like he had just gotten everything he ever dreamed of.

Sara was so zoned again that she jumped when he said her name, she shakes her head and said with tears in her eyes. "Grissom I am sorry I didn't tell you I…"

He cuts her off when he speaks. "It doesn't matter. All that matters is that I am here now and I am not going anywhere."

She watched him look back at her stomach and he had another tear going down his cheek. She puts her hand on his cheek to wipe it away and he asked with emotion in his voice. "Do you know what we are having?"

She nodded, runs her thumb up and down his cheek and replied. "A little girl."

His face beams at that then he leans forward and kisses her stomach, not caring that they were still in the doorway of her apartment, then he pulls back, looks back up into her eyes and said. "Thank you Sara for this gift."

She shook her head and said. "No thank you."

They smile at each other then he looks back at her stomach, kissed it again and said. "Don't worry butterfly daddy is here now." Sara felt a kick just then and she chuckles, he looks up worried and she asked for his hand, she takes it and puts it on the spot she felt a kick then a second later their little girl did it again and they both chuckled, enjoying the tapping on the palm of their hands.

A few minutes later, Sara clears her throat and finally answered his question. "Yes, I'll marry you, if the offer still stands."

He kissed her stomach one more time, grabs the ring box that was next to him on the floor, stands back up and looking straight into her eyes, he puts his hand on her cheek and replied. "There is nothing I want more." She smiles as he was taking the ring out of the box then he puts the ring on the tip of her finger, looks into her eyes as he slips the ring on her finger.

When it was in place they lean towards each other and kissed for a few minutes then they pulled back and he puts his hand back on her cheek then said. "Not a day went by when I stopped loving you and my love for you is going to keep going strong until the day I die."

She smiled, letting a few tears go down her cheek, he wiped them away and she said. "I never stopped either. I love you so much." He smiles again, leans toward her and pecks her on the lips then wraps his arms around her and brings her to him as close as he could.

As they were still standing in her doorway they were both thinking the same thing, they may have had to go through some winding roads to get to this point and there could be some little ones along the way but right now, being in each other's arms with their little girl between them they finally felt it, they were home and couldn't think of any place better.

AN: Please Review. Well that's it, I hope I didn't disappoint anybody and that you at least loved the happy ending. There are more in this series if your interested in reading about this family, let me know. Thanks to everybody who read, reviewed and favorite, it is very much appreciated.