The very next week, Sara was walking into the break room. She had a feeling that the baby was coming early and had told Grissom as much. He didn't believe her only because the doctor had told her at least one more week. She kept up her argument in the hallway.
"I'm telling you Gil, it's going to be any time now."
"Honey, your doctor, a guy trained in this specific area, says at least one more week."
"No doctor can compete with mother's intuition. I have a feeling the baby will be here by the end of the week."
"I smell a bet." Greg said.
"Five dollars. Pick the date and the time. The mother may go first. If there is no winner, then the money goes to the baby. Who's in?" Sara turned around.
"My pants don't have any pockets. May I have five dollars please?" She held out her hand expectantly. Grissom went ahead and took ten dollars out of his wallet while Greg supplied the calendar. Nick was on the phone calling Sophia to come in and bring Brass. Sara had picked out that the baby would be here by tomorrow night. Grissom picked the same day one week later. Catherine was comical and put her hands and ear to Sara's belly.
"What did you say; you're coming on Friday morning? Ok, then, that's where I will put my money." Sara laughed and was forced to wait while Nick, Greg, and Warrick copied Catherine's idea. Greg took off with the calendar to collect more money and Grissom allowed it because there was only one assignment that night. He put himself on it against Sara's wishes.
"I'm telling you Gil, this baby is coming soon. I want you accessible."
"I have my cell and I don't agree with you." She walked in the hallway with him.
"If I am right, then you have to kiss the ground I walk on in the lab for the first week I am back to work."
"And if I am right then…" He whispered the last part in her ear and by the way she was blushing, it was something dirty.
"Deal." They shook hands on it and parted ways. Sophia and Brass came in and found Sara. Both of them gave her a belly rub.
"So who do I give my money to?" Brass asked.
"It's five dollars to pick the date and time. You need to find Greg. He's around here somewhere." Nick told them and looked at Sophia affectionately. Only Sara and Gil knew of their relationship and it would stay that way until Nick and Sophia told everybody.
The very next day, Sara proved herself right. She woke up only an hour after going to bed. She breathed through the contraction and when it passed, she turned to Gil.
"Gil, wake up." He simply rolled over and another contraction hit her.
"Oww." She breathed through it again.
"Gil, wake up." She shook him harder this time.
"What; we just went to bed." She didn't answer him because her contractions were coming quickly.
"Gil, now!" He finally rolled over to see her breathing long and slow.
"What do you need?"
"A ride to the hospital. My water just broke." They both looked under the covers to see them all wet. Gil was wide awake now. He got up and changed his boxers before getting dressed. He had her bag by the front door ready to go. Sara got up to change her pants.
"They're all wet and I don't want to get the car all smelly." She bent over in pain and forced herself to breathe through it. He helped her out to the car which was good because she was having trouble standing up straight. He called Catherine on his way to the hospital.
"What?" She answered the phone and it was obvious that she had been sleeping.
"It's Gil. I'm just letting you know that we won't be in tonight. We are on our way to the hospital. Sara's water broke."
"Really? That's so exciting. I will call the gang and we'll see you later." She hung up the phone before he could say good bye.
"Call Nick to warn him. We don't want Sophia to answer again." Sara suggested. He nodded and passed the message along. He turned off his phone and parked the car in the lot. Once they were in the room, Grissom called the lab to let Ecklie know what was happening.
Every member of the team had come in for a short visit before heading into work. Nick was the last one to see them. The doctor came in to check Sara's progress and told her it was almost time to push.
"Call us when the baby is here." Nick said after and left with Sophia. He went into work and relayed Sara's progress. Greg happened to see the calendar he made on the wall.
"Hey look. If the baby is here in the next four hours, then Sara wins the pool."
"Well at least Gil won't argue with mother's intuition again." Catherine said as Ecklie joined the team assembled in the room.
"Since we are down two CSI's and could not find a decent replacement, I will be working in the field again until Gil returns and filling in for Sara when I am needed. Catherine, you will be acting supervisor because you know the team and how they work best." Catherine was floored by this revelation. She never in a million years thought that he would be so generous as to help them. She handed out assignments and made sure Ecklie knew that he was not the lead on the case that he was assigned to. She figured it was a good opportunity for him to see just how efficient this team was.
In the hospital room, Sara was sweating profusely and working very hard to get the baby out of her body. The pain was an equal rival to the urge to push and she was getting nowhere fast. She had been working for an hour.
"Sara, honey, you need to push him out. The sooner you do, the sooner it will all be over."
"You try it. It hurts, dammit!" She snapped at him.
"He's right Sara. I want three good, hard, strong pushes right now." The doctor told her. She obeyed and let Gil help her sit up a little. After the third one the doctor told her to take a breath and do it again.
"The head is almost out. If you stop now then he will go back in and you will have to start all over again. Push now." The doctor ordered her and it seemed to be working because she was working through the pain.
"AAAHHHRRRRGGHH!!!" She was grunting and gasping for breath.
"Whoa." Sara's eyes were bugging out of her head.
"The head is out. It's all down hill from here. One big push and he will be born. Gil, sit her up a little more so you both can see." Gil did as he was told. He and Sara watched their son enter the world through her hard work. Gil caught her as she fell back panting and crying. Grissom let a few tears shed once he heard his son cry for the first time. He took his camera out and captured his first few minutes of life on film. The doctor was still busy with Sara, so he watched two nurses fuss over his son. They brought him over so that Sara could hold him and the nurse took pictures of the new family. He leaned over to kiss her and unknowingly the nurse captured the moment on film, then set the camera down.
"We need to call the team." He whispered.
"Go ahead. I'm too tired." She fell back once her son was taken from her to go be cleaned up.
"Willows."
"Are you busy?"
"Not at all. How is Sara doing?"
"She's sleeping. The baby arrived at eleven fifty p.m. Eight pounds, seven ounces and twenty inches long."
"What's the name? Since you still haven't told us if the baby is a boy or girl."
"We have a boy. His name is Gil Jr." He had to hold the phone away from his ear when she squealed.
"I am so happy for you two. We will be there after shift. Bye." He turned to Sara.
"She hung up on me. She got what she wanted and hung up. I feel so used." He joked and she laughed tiredly before dozing off.
Sara heard the sound of her door opening. She was pleasantly surprised to see the nurse push the bassinet in.
"Someone is hungry. After we massage you, then you can feed him. Are you planning to breast feed?"
"I'd like to try." Sara answered and reached for Grissom's hand. He was there in an instant and then the doctor walked in for her half hourly uterine massage. The doctor had been performing these on her since Jr. had been born several hours previous.
"He's definitely more handsome now that he isn't covered in blood. Ready Sara?"
"No."
"Too bad. Brace yourself." He opened her legs and observed all the gushing that still occurred. Sara tried not to cry out in pain this time because she didn't want to scare the baby.
"It's getting better, but still not where I would feel comfortable letting you leave this room yet. I will be back in another thirty minutes." He covered her up and handed her Gil Jr. The nurse came in to show Sara how to breastfeed and Sara was disappointed when he wouldn't latch on.
"Gil Sr. likes to latch on, why not you little one?" Sara cooed to the baby and Gil flushed with embarrassment thankful that nobody else was around to hear it. The nurse brought in some soy formula and a breast pump. Sara learned how to use the pump and Gil got to feed his son. Sara took a picture to put in the baby book that Catherine had given to them.
An hour later, the bottles from the breast pump were collected on saved for when Jr. needed to eat next and the doctor returned. Gil put the baby down in the bassinet and did his job of holding her hand. The doctor was pleased that the gushing was indeed getting better. Sara only moaned in pain and there were no tears. Her grip told him that she was still in a lot of pain.
"It's working. If you are like this or better in another hour, then I will send you off to recovery." They nodded and Sara began to doze off again. He kissed her temple and watched them both sleep. He refused to let himself sleep until he knew for sure that she was going to be alright. He used this time to call Ecklie.
"Ecklie speaking."
"Hi Conrad, its Gil. Just letting you know that our son has arrived and I will be using one week of vacation time. Sara is officially on maternity leave."
"I know. Catherine told everybody after you called her. You sound tired, get some rest. Congratulations." Ecklie hung up and left a thoroughly confused Gil standing there with the phone still in his hand. The doctor's arrival reminded him of where he was and he took residence at Sara's side.
"Sara, honey, the doctor is here. Wake up." The doctor was uncovering her legs as Gil woke her up.
"Not you again." Sara moaned.
"Yes, me again and hopefully for the last time. Here I go." He pressed and Sara tightened her grip.
"Much better. I like what I'm not seeing. The shots and the massages are working. I feel I can release you from here to go to recovery. The nurses will still do this from time to time and if it becomes a problem, they will contact me. Congratulations." He left the room and they waited for the nurses to come transport her to her new room. Once they were settled, Grissom took a nap and Sara fed Jr. She tried to breast feed a second time, but he didn't want to latch on. He drank the fluid Sara had pumped earlier and when he was done, she pumped again.
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A/N: Some of you may feel I was a little too detailed, and I apologize for that. I actually went through something very similar with my second pregnancy. I had to have the shots and the massages, which are very painful. Hopefully this time around, it will be better. Have a great day everyone! Kelly