Amazing
Sara was amazed at how quickly time was passing. It was now three weeks since she had been injured and Christmas was quickly approaching. Thanksgiving had been celebrated quietly; just the three of them and it had been a lovely day. Her disappointment at Jim having to return to Las Vegas was tempered by the knowledge that he was going to try to return to spend a few days with them at Christmas. She had loved having the gruff detective around, and she knew that Gil had too and that they both missed him.
Her shoulder had improved enough both in strength and movement that the doctors had told her they didn't think surgery would be necessary much to her relief. Her ribs were pretty much healed and her hair had begun to cover the small bald area left by her surgery. It was nice to think that she didn't have to wear the scarves any more if she didn't want to, but she had reconciled to the fact that she would need to get her hair cut a lot shorter than she was used to.
Her thoughts drifted back to a few days ago when she had been looking at her reflection in the bedroom mirror, pulling her hair up to try and picture herself with short hair.
"I've never had short hair; still I guess it won't take long for it to grow. I wonder what Gil will say when he sees how short it's going to have to be. Oh damn….what if he hates it?" She had been talking to herself, thinking she was alone.
"Gil will love it no matter what you do to it." He startled her and she spun around her face red.
"You say that now, but you've only ever seen me with long hair." She wondered how long he had been there.
"You know, if I'm lucky it will have more curl, I love your hair when it's curled. But it doesn't matter to me what it's like, I'd love you even if you were bald." He had wrapped his arms around her and silenced her protests with kisses that left them both breathless.
Now as she stood outside the hair salon waiting for Grissom to meet her she could only smile when she imagined his reaction to her new look. The stylist had done an amazing job of blending the new hair growth into her new style and though it was shorter than she had ever imagined it would be she loved it and she was pretty sure he would too.
Her smile grew wide as she watched him approach, his own face sporting a grin that morphed into an astounded smile as he realised that it was her outside the store.
As he stopped in front of her, she watched him take in every detail and as he reached out a hand to tentatively touch her hair their eyes locked.
He didn't say a word, as he slowly turned her around so he could see the back and as she faced him again, the butterflies in her stomach began to make their presence felt.
"Do you like it?" She couldn't keep the nervousness she was feeling from her voice.
"I….It's….you look amazing" he was having trouble getting the words out and he watched as the anxious look on her face was replaced by delight at his positive reaction.
"I wasn't sure….you know….it's so different…." She faltered.
"You look absolutely stunning honey. I can't believe how beautiful you are."
Sara found herself blushing a little at his words and pulled him to her for a brief kiss.
"Thankyou, I can't tell you how nervous I was about how you would react" she linked her arm through his. "Let's go have some lunch."
"It will be my pleasure, I think I'm going to enjoy all the envious looks I'm going to get with such a beautiful woman on my arm" he told her, trying to sound serious, but only causing her to laugh at him.
After an enjoyable lunch; during which they both noticed a few men casting them what Grissom insisted were jealous looks, and a few looks from women that Sara insisted were the same. They spent a leisurely few hours roaming the book stores and music stores nearby. It was late afternoon before they returned to the apartment and after deciding on ordering in for dinner, settled together on the sofa to relax and enjoy their purchases.
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After enjoying a leisurely dinner of Chinese food from what they had recently decided was their favourite Chinese restaurant Sara chose the sofa to read while Grissom caught up with his emails on his lap-top at the dining table.
The ringing of the phone startled both of them, breaking the comfortable silence that had enveloped the room.
Motioning Sara to stay seated, Grissom grabbed the phone off the bench behind him.
"Sara Sidles residence" he heard the chuckle on the other end of the line and recognising the voice just handed the phone to Sara.
"Hello?" she gave Grissom a mock scowl as he sat back down and focused on the lap-top again.
"No he didn't tell me who it was….yeah, well I'll deal with him later" she grinned at Grissom as he gave her a quizzical look over the top of his computer screen.
"So tell me how are things in Vegas? Give me all the goss." Sara settled back onto the sofa, getting comfortable.
Grissom couldn't help eaves-dropping on what was essentially a one-sided conversation and he found himself smiling at the frequent giggles coming from the woman on the sofa. When she burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter he stopped what he was doing to watch her, and felt just a little twinge of jealousy that it was someone else making her laugh so easily.
He found himself wishing he was the one to make Sara laugh like that. He loved to hear her laughter, it made him feel…well he wasn't really sure what it was, but he knew he loved that sound. Her smile though, that was his biggest weakness. She could turn him weak at the knees when she gave him one of those full blown smiles that she seemed to save just for him. At least he hoped she did and he had to admit that he had never been witness to her giving anyone else that smile. The one she gave Jim when he had surprised her in the hospital came pretty close, but it wasn't the one. The one he called his 'Sara Smile'.
He was startled out of his reverie by a hand on his shoulder. He had been so absorbed in his thoughts that he hadn't even noticed that she had finished on the phone.
Wrapping her arms around him from behind she placed a kiss to the side of his neck. A shiver ran through him in response and he turned in his chair and pulled her down onto his lap.
"It sounded like Greg was in good form tonight" he nuzzled her neck as he spoke.
"Mm Hmm….he was just catching me up on the latest news" she moved her head slightly allowing him better access to her neck, it wasn't even a conscious movement on her part.
"He makes you laugh" he paused in his assault on her throat. "I wish I could do that as well as he does."
Sara heard the tinge of regret in his voice and pulled back. Taking his face between her hands she held his gaze.
"Greg has always made me laugh, that's one of his biggest assets, his ability to find humour in life, even on the toughest days. It's his gift and it's what makes him Greg and no you don't make me laugh like he does, no-one does, but you do other things that Greg could never do" she kissed him gently on the lips once, twice and then again a little harder.
Returning her kisses he found himself sinking into the feeling and when she ran her tongue gently over his bottom lip seeking entrance he was on autopilot.
As the kiss deepened he found he had no control over his hands as they moved to her back and slid up into her hair, pulling her closer to him. Sara responded by linking both her hands at the base of his neck as their tongues duelled in a loving dance
Breaking the kiss, Grissom pulled back to look at Sara, his eyes questioning before he managed to find his voice. His desire for her was lessened only by his desire not to injure her healing body more.
"Sara?"
Her only response was a nod and her mouth found his again, this time the kiss was harder and full of passion and they both allowed the desire they felt for each other to finally break through.
It had been a long time coming and though they both felt the need for one another rapidly rising within, both knew that they didn't want this first time to be just a frantic release of years of built up tension.
With more control than either of them thought they possessed they broke apart again and rested foreheads together as they tried to regain their breath.
"Bedroom."
It was Sara that finally managed to speak and taking his hand she pulled him up and they made their way down the short hallway.
Between kisses they undressed one another, marvelling in the feel of newly exposed skin until finally they lay naked on the bed, hands moving in a gentle rhythm of exploration and adoration.
The coupling itself was as frantic as they had anticipated despite trying to slow down. They fell into a frenzy of kisses and touches until they found a rhythm that quickly sped them towards a climax that sent them both over the edge and into oblivion.
Once their breathing returned to normal Grissom pulled Sara to him and wrapped both arms around her as she nestled her head into the crook of his neck. It was a long time before any words were spoken, but there was not really any need, everything had been said in the physical expression of their love.
Pulling away a little Sara caught and held his gaze.
"Are you ok honey, I didn't hurt you" he ran his hand gently over her shoulder.
"No, I'm fine….I love you Gil, so much…. that was amazing" she kissed him gently.
"Good because I don't ever want to hurt you again. I love you Sara. I agree….that was amazing."
Returning her kiss with one of his own, he pulled her back to nestle against him again and as Sara contentedly listened to his heartbeat she drifted off to sleep. Grissom watched her sleep as he had done most nights since they began sleeping together and he couldn't help the smile that graced his features as he too succumbed to sleep.
A/N: Well finally, I hope you liked that, I know it was brief, but I didn't feel I could do them justice by going into more detail. Thanks for all the lovely reviews for this and my other story, it makes me feel great.
