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Chapter 5

After that dramatic day a week has past and the gang noticed a little difference in Haley they couldn't pin point exactly what it was right now but it was something and they all assumed that the change happened the night Grissom and Sara left work early.

Now it was Grissom's 50th birthday and they were having a party at the Grissom/Sidle residence.

Amanda and BreAnna went to their house early so they could help setting up, cooking dinner and desert. While Amanda, BreAnna and Sara were in kitchen, Grissom and Warrick were at the store and Greg was sitting down on the couch watching a preseason football ball game, while Catherine and Nick hadn't showed yet which that didn't surprise the gang since they were a new couple wanting to have some alone time.

Haley just gotten there, got out of her vehicle and walked up to the front door she knocked and Greg gets up from the couch and said. "I'll get the door." he hears Sara yell ok then he continues to the door, he opens it and just about dropped his drink because now he was looking at a brown haired Haley, she smiles at his shocked face and said. "Hey Greg like the new hairdo?"

When Greg found his voice he said. "it's interesting, why the change?"

He moves out of the way and Haley walks in, he shuts the door and she turned to look at him so her back was to the kitchen door and said. "I just felt like I needed a change."

Greg nodded and just when he was about to talk again, the three girls walk in with Amanda in front, then BreAnna and lastly Sara.

Amanda asked. "honey who…" she stops talking and walking when Haley turned and faced them, but that made BreAnna run into Amanda and Sara run into BreAnna, and just when both of them were about to ask why she stopped they too were looking at a brown haired Haley.

Again she smiles at their shocked faces and said. "so, you like?"

When Amanda and BreAnna got over the shock they started walking up to her and since they were passing the snack table they set the snacks there and BreAnna said. "wow, now you really look…"

She trails off and Amanda finished her sentence. "like Sara."

Sara was still rooted at her spot by the door and Haley looks over the girls shoulders and said. "So Sara what do you think?"

Sara finally found her voice and said. "It's a complete shock I will admit that, but you look nice."

"Thank you."

Sara nods and goes and puts the rest of the snacks on the table, while Greg walked to stand next to his wife and looked at Haley and Sara, they all look at him and Greg said turning his head to Sara. "I think we are going to need name tags."

All the girls chuckled but Sara, she did have a small smile though and said. "ha ha very funny Greg."

Greg smiles, then goes and sits back on the couch this time Amanda following him,
BreAnna heads back to the kitchen to finish the cake.

Haley goes to the snack table were Sara was still at and when they were shoulder to shoulder Haley said. "so do you really like it?"

Sara turns to her and said. "yeah it looks good on you it's going to take time to get use to it, why did you do this?"

Haley shrugged her shoulders, she didn't think it would be that big of a deal to change her hair color. She grabbed a plate and started putting some cheese and crackers on it and said. "I just wanted something different, a change."

Haley looked at her and Sara just nodded still feeling a little strange then said. "well I have to change, tell them I'll be out in a minute if they ask."

Haley nodded and watched her leave, then walked in the living room were Greg and Amanda were watching the game, she didn't really pay attention since she wasn't a huge football fan and started nibbling on her food.

10 minutes pass and in that time Sara had changed and went back into the kitchen with BreAnn, Haley was in the restroom and Amanda and Greg were cuddling on the couch watching the last few seconds of the second quarter. There were was a knock on the door again and instead of getting up Greg shouts. "it's open."

The door was opening when Haley and Sara was walked in the living room at the same time, Catherine smiles back at Nick for letting her walk in first then she looked forward and about fainted, she gasped and said. "huh? Nick I haven't had anything to drink right?"

Nick shut the door looked at his girlfriend and said. "no why? are you OK?"

She shook her head and said. "then why am I seeing a double Sara?"

Nick looks at her confused and said. "A double Sara wha.." the words left his mouth when he saw the same thing she did.

Sara finally shook her head and said. "Relax guys, Haley changed her hair."

They both nodded with a sigh glad they weren't going crazy than Nick smiled and said. "now I think we need name tags."

Greg snickered almost spitting out his drink in the process, Amanda smiles and looks away trying to hide her laugh, Haley chuckled and Sara groaned and before Nick had to ask what he said wrong, Greg replied. "it's already been said man." Nick smiles with a chuckle too, then him and Catherine went to the snack table, they were already having fun and the birthday man wasn't even there yet.

Another 30 minutes went by and now Greg, Amanda, BreAnna, Nick and Catherine were sitting in the living room getting ready to watch the start of the third quarter while Haley was in the kitchen and Sara was in the restroom, the front door opened and in came Grissom and Warrick, Warrick sees the TV on with the game on and walks right over to the love seat were his wife was at and sits down next to her. Grissom walks into the kitchen with a plastic bag of ice cream, he sees a brown haired women at the sink and he said. "Sorry Sara I couldn't find…"

He gets cut off when the women turns around and she said. "I am not Sara."

Grissom dropped the bag and said. "Haley?" Haley nods with a smile.

Sara walks in and sees the bag on the floor and said. "Honey you ok?"

Grissom looks back and fourth twice then stares at Sara and said. "yeah I am fine, wha..."

Sara puts a hand up to stop him from talking. "Don't say it we heard it all earlier, yes we look a like now and no I am not putting a damn name tag on me."

She bends down for the bag of Ice cream and Grissom raised an eyebrow and asked. "what?" He was confused on what she was talking about.

Sara shook her head and said. "nothing, just forget it." Sara walks over to the counter.

Haley walks toward the doorway and said. "I'll give you two some privacy."

Grissom nodded and started walking up to Sara and they both heard laughing in the living room no doubt about Warrick's face of shock.

Grissom puts his hands on her shoulders and rubbed them and said. "you ok?"

Sara sighed, leaned her head down then turned around and looked at him.
He still had his hands on her shoulders and she continues. "yeah I am fine, I guess Haley dying her hair just threw me for a loop." she stops to sigh again then continued. "I know it's crazy to be thinking and feeling like this."

He moves his right hand from her shoulders and puts it on her cheek and asked. "feel like what?"

She looked back into his eyes and said. "Like she is, I don't know trying to take my place." she saw his eyebrow raised and she shakes her head while looking away saying. "Told you it was crazy."

He brings her face back so she was looking right at him and he said with the most sincerity in his voice. "It's not true no one can take your place, when I am looking right into your eyes. like I am doing right now, I know that your Sara Sidle,
the women I love. She may really look like you now but she isn't you and never will be oK?"

Sara nodded with tears in her eyes, he leans to her and kissed her forehead, then pulls back wipes the reaming tears away and she said. "I love you so much."

"I know." he smirks and she just shakes her head, he puts his hands back on her shoulders and said."so you going to be ok?"

"yeah, thank you."

Grissom nods back, kissed her forehead again then pulls back and said. "ok I am going to change and we can have our meal."

She kissed him on the cheek then pulls back and said. "ok."

He smiles and with one more look into her eyes he backed out of her arms and walks out of the kitchen, and walked right pass the living room, not noticing a pair of eyes watching his every move down the hall.

When Grissom came out of the bedroom, the gang was ready to eat. They all enjoyed their spaghetti for their main dish and a chocolate cake with white Icing and three choices of ice cream but most importantly they enjoyed the company. They were laughing and talking just having a good time.

When everybody got done eating, Haley, Catherine, BreAnna and Amanda picked up the stuff off the table, the rest of them offered to help but the girls were having none of that and defiantly told Grissom no since it was his birthday.
Sara and Grissom were having a quiet talk at the dinning room table and Warrick, Greg and Nick was watching the last two minutes of the game.

A few minutes later Nick saw Haley walk back into the dining room and he stands up and walks over to the snack table she was cleaning up and said. "Hey Haley, can I talk to you for a minute?"

She looks over at him and said. "sure."

"I am sorry if I hurt you in anyway."

Haley shook her head and replied. "you didn't, we both know that you and Catherine were meant to be."

"yeah but I still feel like I hurt you, you seemed to like me more then I di…"

He gets cut off when she puts a finger to his lips then said. "Don't worry about, it's ok. In fact I am past it."

Nick nods with a smile then, she takes her finger away from his mouth and he said. "ok, so friends?"

He holds out his hand, she smiles shakes it and said. "yes."

They release hands and that's when Grissom stood up from his seat and tapped his wine glass and said. "Can I have everybody's attention?"

Warrick and Greg walked in the dinning room, the other girls stood by the kitchen doorway having just came out of that room and all eyes were on him now and before he opens his mouth Greg comments. "you're not suppose to make a toast about yourself." he smiles.

Catherine says looking at him. "He can do whatever he wants it's his birthday." and just before Greg could comment back Grissom intervened. "ok first off thank you Catherine."

Catherine nods with a smirk at Greg and he mock glares at her.

Grissom gets everybody attention on him again and said. "And secondly I know Greg, that's why this toast isn't about me."

Now more interested on what he was going to say everybody stayed quiet.

Grissom turned so his body so he was facing Sara, she looks up from the spot she was sitting at, he looks down and started talking about what's in his heart.
"Sara before you and 43 years of my life I thought and felt like I was destined to live my life alone." He stopped puts his glass on the table, takes her hand and continued. "But fate had another plan for me, 7 years ago this young beautiful, brown haired, brown eyed angel, stepped into the lecture hall I was guest speaking at and asked the first question of many." He stops again and the gang took that time to chuckle a little and Sara smiled and Grissom continues once again once he calmed his heart a little.

"The moment I met you I knew in my heart that you were it for me, I just felt you were out of my league and there was no way you would be interested so I kept our friendship platonic even though my heart wanted more, then once again fate intervened when I ended up calling and you ended up working for me and believe me the six years that followed, were very hard keeping you at arms length and I am so sorry for hurting you, it wasn't that I didn't care it was because I cared to much, I didn't want you to be stuck in a life with me or realize you made a mistake."

This time when he stopped talking he stopped to wipe the tears away from her cheek and he realized she was going to talk so he took a breath and finished his speech.

"But then I couldn't keep you at arms length anymore so I asked you to dinner a little over one year ago and I thank my stars everyday that you accepted because from that point on it's been heaven to be with you and I don't ever want to let that go or you, so Sara Sidle." he gets down on one knee and everybody smiled and he says looking right into her eyes. "Will you marry me?"

More tears were going down her cheek and nodded while saying. "yes of course I will."

He smiles releases her hands to get the ring box out of his pocket, he opens the box and Sara noticed it was shaped like a butterfly, she chuckled through her tears as he slipped the ring on her finger, then he stood up helping her up and he puts his hand on her cheek and said. "I love you."

"I love you too." There was cheering but they were in their own little world, he smiles and they share a kiss. When they finally pull back they put their foreheads together. After a few minutes, Greg clears his throat to let them know that people were still in the room,

Sara and Grissom pull away from each other and Sara looks back at them and said. "Sorry." then she smiles the biggest smile they have ever seen and said. "I'm engaged." they cheered again than nodded again and the engaged couple walk over to their friends and immediately they were engulfed in hugs and handshakes.

After Sara got done hugging Catherine, she walks up to Haley, who had actually been silent through all the cheering with a jealous feeling running through her. She shakes it off and before Sara talks Haley speaks. "congratulations Sara."

Sara nods with a smile and they get into a hug and while in the hug Haley was staring at Grissom wishing she was the one marrying the man, she tried mentally shaking those feelings aside again. Sara and Haley get out of the hug, they smile at each other and Sara walks back to her fiancée, he smiles at Sara when she got back to his side, he wraps his arm around her shoulder and kissed her head, happy that he was going to marry the woman he loved and unaware of someone else's growing feelings and the danger it could possess.

An: well there you have it GSR is engaged! Hope the proposal was ok.

Please Reivew if you wis to find out what happens next.