The Look Of Love (part 13)
Gil woke first, Sara was still wrapped in his arms. It never ceased to amaze him that she loved him so.
What also amazed him was the way he felt when they were together. He had never known a love as deep as his was for her.
Sara stirred, "Morning love." He kissed her, "Morning darling."
Warrick was waking too except that Catherine was not in his arms, she was in the bathroom again.
Warrick went to her, "How long does this last?"
"Normally about three months," she said getting sick again.
"I wish there was something I could do to help," Warrick said. "There is," she said, "don't do this to me again." They both laughed.
Archie had spent the night with Tya. He had never had a woman who satisfied him like she did. Tya was coming into the living room, she had finished cleaning the kitchen.
"Tya, I have been thinking about this for a long time, I love being with you, I love the way you make me feel, Tya will you marry me?" Tya sat and looked at him, "Yes."
"Gil, I have been thinking about children," Sara said. "I have too," he said. "I would like to have your child," she said, "but there might be a problem."
Gil shifted his weight so he was looking at her. Sara had that look again, the same one she had when she told him about her past and her dream.
"I guess I should have told you before," she started, "it might have made you change you mind about marrying me."
"Darling, children or no children, nothing could have made me change the way I feel about you." She smiled at him and gently kissed him.
Then she continued her story.
"Do you remember I told you about the last foster home I lived in?" "Yes," he said.
"I told you the father sexually abused the girls. There were five of us, by the time he got to me he could not get an erection."
"Object rape?" Gil said. Sara nodded.
"The object went a little too far. There was some type of injury, no once ever explained it to me. Since that happened my cycles are irregular. A doctor told me I may have trouble conceiving and carrying to term."
Gil held her close to him. "Love, if it happens we will make wonderful parents, if it does not we always have Hank." That made her laugh.
They agreed that she would stop using her pills and whatever happened, happened.
Cath and Warrick were packing up, they enjoyed their stay so much they decided to go back there again on their anniversary.
This was Mary and George's last grave yard shift. Nick and Sara were both glad to see them go.
Gil had made sure he kept George away from Sara.
Sara came storming into Gil's office, her face was red. She was mumbling something to herself. "What is the matter?" Gil asked her.
"That SOB!" she said still mumbling. Gil took her by the shoulders and turned her to face him. "What SOB?" he asked, more than a little concerned.
"George," she finally said. "He grabbed my ass and said he bet I was hot during sex. Then he told me to meet him in the janitor closet and he would show me his 9 incher and stick it in my hot ..."
Gil let her go and started for the door. "I will kill that SOB," he said.
Sara tried to stop him but he was out the door. She saw Gil talking to George and point to the door.
Sara ran to find Nick, she told him what had happened and asked if he would go outside with her.
By the time they got out Gil and George were across the street, they could hear George yelling at Gil.
"Come on you old fart. You can't tell me that you can take care of a hot piece of ass like her. I doubt you can even get your dick up."
With that Gil doubled his fist and hit him square in the face. George stumbled back but did not fall. He took a swing at Gil and hit him too.
Gil managed to stay on his feet.
He pulled back his fist, George went for Gil again, Gil's fist landed on him again. They exchanged a few punches before Nick, Greg and Jim were able to pull them apart.
Gil's face was bleeding and so was George's.
"I ought to arrest you both," Jim said.
By this time Ecklie was out there too. "What the hell are you doing?" he demanded to know. George tried to tell him it was all Grissom's fault.
"Yeah, I threw the first punch," Gil said then he told him why. "Go home," Ecklie said to George.
Then to Grissom he said, "There ARE other ways to handle this you know."
"Not when it involves the one you love," Gil said. Sara came over to him. "Take him inside and see how much damage was done," Conrad said to Sara, "then came to my office and fill out sexual harassment papers."
Sara took Gil to his office, Greg met her there with a wet rag.
"Ouch! that hurts," Gil said as she wiped blood from his face.
"It it going to hurt a lot worse tomorrow," she told him, "what were you thinking?"
"I have never been so mad in my life," he said, "I was always taught that violence was not the answer, but I truly wanted to kill him."
Gil had a black eye, his nose and cheek were bleeding, as was his lip. His hand was starting to swell. Ecklie told Sara to take him to the ER.
Gil started to protest, "It is a slow night, Catherine can handle things, Get!" Sara took him to the ER to get an X-ray of his hand. His hand was not broken, just severely bruised, he had a cut on his cheek that required a ster-strip. The doctor said he would be feeling it in the morning.
Sara took him home. Gil had not said anything all the way home. He was already in bed by the time Sara got there.
She cuddled next to him, "What's wrong?" she asked.
"For just a second what he said made sense to me. How can an old ..."
Sara put a finger to his lips, "Never, never doubt that you do not satisfy me, whether we are making love or just cuddling in each other's arms I am completely satisfied."
He smiled at her, pulled her close to him and said "I love you."
Gil woke the next morning and went to the bathroom. Looking at himself he shook his head, his eye was black and blue, his lip a little swollen and his hand swollen and black and blue.
"You idiot," he said to himself, "what WERE you thinking?"
He touched his face, "Ouch!" Sara came in. "You really have yourself a shiner," she said tenderly kissing it.
"Yeah and it hurts," he said.
There was a knock on the door, they could not hear it but Hank barked. Sara slipped on her robe and answered it.
"Rick, Cath welcome back." She hugged them both, "I was just about to put some coffee on, want some?"
"Sounds good," Warrick said. Gil came from the bathroom. "Damn! I hope the other guy looks worse than you do," Rick said. "Good heavens Gil, what happened?" Catherine asked.
They all sat at the table and Gil told them about George and what he had said to Nick, then he told then about yesterday.
"Who was it that told me the violence never solved anything?" Rick asked.
"Hindsight being 20/20 it was a foolish thing to do," Gil said. "I just got so mad I did not think."
Catherine laughed, "That coming from the man who plans everything."
"Enough of that," Gil said trying to change the subject, "how was the beach?"
Catherine and Warrick told them all about it over waffles and fruit.
"Sounds wonderful," Sara said, "maybe we should take a four day weekend and go."
Gil looked at her and half smiled which was all he could do because his lip hurt.
"Already done, next week Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday Mr. and Mrs. Grissom have an ocean room reserved."
Sara kissed him. "Ouch!" he said.
"That better be alright before then," she said with a devilish smile, "I just might not let you get out of the bed."
"Now that sounds like my kind of vacation," Gil said winking at her.
Hank came over to the table, he had that 'I need a pee' thing going on as he paced back and forth.
Gil went to let him out, Warrick went with him.
"Did you tell him?" Cath asked. She and Sara had talked about the baby thing before they left. It was Catherine who suggested Sara tell him.
"Yes," she said.
"And ..." Catherine wanted details. Sara told her everything they had talked about. Catherine smiled, "So you are going to try for a 'little Grissom'?" Sara said yes they were.
"Please let it be a girl," she said looking up, "the world can not stand two Gil's."