A/N: Thankyou for all those lovely revues, keep them coming, and I hope you enjoy this next instalment. I hope it's not getting too fluffy. But hey, I'm a closet romantic.
Celebrations.
The night before Sara's test was a long one for both of them. Though Sara was tucked up in her customised hospital bed she couldn't sleep. The truth was; Sara was worried about the results of the tests, though she would never admit that to anyone, especially Grissom.
She had wanted him to stay last night, but he had explained that he was waiting on a call from Vegas and needed to be home as he couldn't have his cell phone turned on in the hospital. He had held her and told her that he loved her and would be there as soon as they let him know they had finished the tests. She hadn't realised until now just how much she needed not only his comfort, but also his strength and she shed a few tears after he had gone.
Grissom was also having trouble sleeping. It had been late when he had finally gotten to bed and tired as he was he couldn't sleep for worrying about Sara's tests. He knew she was worried, despite the fact that she hid it well. So he had told her everything would be fine, that the results would undoubtedly be normal, but he couldn't help but wonder if he had said that for her benefit or his own.
It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Grissom finally got the call to say that all the tests were complete. There had been no indication from Dr. Lucas as to how the tests had gone, but he had suggested meeting at four in Sara's room to discuss the results. That didn't help the nagging anxiety that had plagued him all day, so he hurried off to the hospital.
Arriving at the hospital, Grissom headed straight to Sara's room. She was sitting up in bed, eyes closed and he thought she looked very tired.
Her eyes opened when the door closed and she gave him a tired smile.
"Hey"
Moving to the bed he gave her a soft kiss on the lips whispering his own "Hey".
"What time is Dr. Lucas coming with the results?' she asked.
""Four" he smiled down at her. "Why don't you try to rest, you look tired."
"I am. I didn't sleep too well last night. I guess I was more worried than I wanted to admit, plus I didn't think it would all take so long. It was hard you know? And now I've got a huge headache." She closed her eyes and kept them closed as she asked "What have you been up to today while I've been busy?"
"Oh, little of this, little of that" he smiled as she frowned at him while keeping her eyes closed.
"Hmmph"
He chuckled and she opened her eyes to peer at him.
The door opened to admit a nurse who held a medicine cup in her hand.
"Would you like some pain killers Sara? I think just about everyone ends up with a headache after a day full of those neuro tests, even the doctors" she held out the container to Sara who nodded at took it gratefully.
"Yeah. I have a monster headache right now thanks." When she had swallowed the two pills, she relaxed against the pillows and looked at Grissom. "Now I have an idea what it was like for you all those times you had a migraine." She reached out and took hold of his had as she closed her eyes again.
Grissom sat quietly as she dozed waiting for Dr. Lucas to arrive and found himself nodding off too.
They were both startled awake by the door closing and a hearty chuckle.
"Gil" Dr. Lucas nodded at Grissom and then Sara. "How's the head Sara?"
"Painful but getting better. So…. What's the verdict? Am I normal?"
Sara saw Grissom grimace at her words and squeezed his hand.
"Well that depends what you call normal doesn't it? I mean were you normal to begin with? Is there actually such a thing a normal?" Dr. Lucas watched Sara's eyes narrow, and glanced at Gil who was watching Sara intently.
"Um Doc, if you want to stay in one piece, I think you may want to forgo the philosophy and tell Sara the results." Grissom grinned at the doctor, understanding what the doctor was trying to achieve. "I've seen battle scarred bikies cower in terror at the wrath of Sidle." He ducked as Sara swung her arm at him.
Dr. Lucas laughed and watched as Sara relaxed. "Thankyou for the warning" he put a hand up in a gesture of surrender.
"Ok, well the results are good Sara. Admittedly your concentration span is down, but that's to be expected and should improve daily. Everything else is consistent with this stage of your recovery, especially the physical aspect. The only blot on the page is your recollection of the day of your injury and the first day or so after" he stopped and looked from Sara to Grissom and back to Sara.
"You may or may not ever recover those memories and if that is the case so-be-it. But it is important that if those memories do resurface you do not try and suppress them Sara, but at the same time you should not try to force the return of those memories. Neither is a healthy option. Now as far as I'm concerned you should be ready for discharge in two maybe three days as long as you have someone who can stay with you, because you will need help for a while" he watched the smile begin to form on Sara's face.
"You will need to come back to be fitted with a lighter cast in about a week, but we'll work that out before you go home and then you will need to start physiotherapy for that shoulder. You may need surgery on that shoulder later on, but only time will tell. Ok? Any questions?"
Both Grissom and Sara shook their heads, so he stood and moved to the door. At the door he turned back to look at the couple and smiled as he saw Grissom envelope Sara in a hug.
When they broke apart, Sara's eyes were moist from unshed tears, but she had a broad smile on her face, one that was matched by Grissom.
Looking at his watch, Grissom realised he needed to go and whilst he was reluctant to leave right now he knew he had to.
"Honey? It's almost dinner time. How about I go and get something and bring it back here, we'll have a little celebration, what do you say?" he asked.
"Mmmm…..that sounds good, hospital vegetarian food leaves a lot to be desired. Can we have Chinese?" she grinned when he nodded.
"Ok, I don't know how long I'll be because I need to run an errand first, but I'll be as quick as I can."
"Ok, actually I might get the nurse to help me take a shower, so take your time."
"Great idea. Ok see you soon. Love you" he kissed her quickly and moved to leave.
"Love you too, see you soon" Sara called as he left the room. Reaching beside her bed she buzzed for a nurse to help her get showered, she wanted to look nice when he got back. She couldn't get dressed, but she intended to look as good a she could.
The shower once again was a slow process, Sara still needed help with the simplest of daily activities, but it was getting better she had to admit. She didn't feel so embarrassed anymore, she had come to terms quickly that if she wanted to shower she had to deal with being naked in front of a stranger. The nurses were quick and efficient and were not at all fazed at this part of their job and that made it easy to handle.
Now dressed in a pair of cream silk butterfly covered pyjamas, with her hair pulled up into a matching scarf, Sara was once again ensconced comfortably in bed. The nurse had even helped her apply a little of the make-up that Catherine had sent her and she could smell the soft vanilla scent of the creams that had been rubbed into her scratched and dry skin.
"You look lovely Sara" the nurse told her as she smoothed out the bedclothes. "He'll be smitten all over again when he walks through that door."
"That's the plan, Lisa" Sara gave her nurse a cheeky grin. Her headache was almost gone and she felt so much better after the shower, now all she had to do was wait for the man she loved to return.
It was only about thirty minutes later that the door opened to admit a smiling Grissom, carrying two large take-out bags.
"Wow. You look beautiful Sara." He kissed her in greeting.
"Why thankyou Gil." She returned the kiss and smiled up at him. "How much did you buy, that looks like enough to feed half a dozen people?"
Grissom could only smirk at her; he was having trouble controlling himself.
"Well…." He broke off and glanced at the door. "See while I was out I came across….well lets just say I found something you are going to love."
The door to her room opened again and Grissom watched as her face transformed from one of frustration at the interruption to one of amazement followed by pure happiness, then tears in the space of a moment as her eyes lighted on the figure of Jim Brass stepping into her room.
"I didn't know I was lost" he spoke gruffly as he quickly walked the short distance from the door to the bed and pulled the young woman whom he had come to think of as a daughter gently into his arms and held her as she sobbed.
"Hey now, come on cookie, keep that up and you'll have me blubbing too and the bugman throwing me out for upsetting you" he muttered into her hair.
"Not upset, just happy you're here" she mumbled into his shoulder.
They pulled apart and Grissom handed Sara a tissue before offering one to Jim as well.
This earned him a scowl from his friend and a grin from Sara. She reached out to Grissom, who obliged by pulling her to him in a gentle embrace.
"Thankyou" she whispered.
"Any time sweetheart, any time" he whispered back.
Brass watched the exchange and smiled, "about time", as the couple held one another.
"Ok you two, enough of that, I came here to visit…and eat…so if you don't mind saving that stuff til I'm not around, maybe we could eat?" he huffed teasingly earning himself a chuckle from both Grissom and Sara.
"Great idea, I'm starved" they both replied in unison earning them a decidedly resigned look from the older man.
