Author Note: I thought I should point out the reason Grissom mom is name Helen and not Betty like in the show in this fan fictions and Catherine Family life and the other fan fiction that goes with this one, the reason for this is I started writing this fan fiction way before the eleventh season of the show, which is the first time season that Gil Grissom mother appear on the show and her name was revealed to be Betty Grissom in the episode Two Mrs. Grissom and I chose to keep the name Helen instead of Betty, because I think Helen's match Mrs. Grissom personal better then Betty.

Chapter Eighteen: Caitlin Ranch-Sidle part one
As Sara is taking her shower she starts to have a flashback of the day that she turned sixteen in 1987, Sara was still a sleep at seven o'clock in the morning on Wednesday the 16 of September, Mrs. Cats who is Sara's very pregnant fostered mom walk into Sara's bedroom and over to her bed. When Mrs. Cat reach Sara bed and she sit down on the edge of Sara's bed. She then Light shakes Sara to wake her up, Sara rolls over and looks at her fostered mom knowing that this is her last week with Beth Cat and Bob Cat. Sara is a little sad to be leaving them and having to go to another home, but she has no choice with the baby due in a few weeks because they want to have a year alone with their first biological baby without worry about a fostered child with a trouble past like Sara past. Sara sat up in bed and looks at the clock on her nightstand and it say 7:06 A.M. She rubs her eyes and then hug Mrs. Cat.

"Happy sixteenth birthday. Mr. Cat is making all of us pancakes for breakfast and then we are all going to the zoo, out for dinner and then to a driver in to see a movie tonight for your birthday seeing that there is no school today because of teachers in service."
"Great and it sound like a lot of fun, but are you up to it Beth?"

"Yes Sara, I am up to it."

"Did you obgyn tell you that it alright for you to be on your feet all day seeing that you are due in a few weeks?"

"Yes my obgyn says it is fine."

"Ok, let go get some breakfast Beth!"

"And open up your Birthday gifts Sara."

I will be in the kitchen in a few minutes, I have to use the bathroom first. "

"That is fine Sara."

Mrs. Cat stand up from Sara's bed and walks out of Sara's bedroom, at the same time Sara gets out of bed. Sara walks out of her bedroom and then heads to the bathroom. Two and half minutes later Sara walks into the kitchen and sit down at the kitchen table and Beth Cat head her the first gift from her and her husband. Sara looks at the first gift that is wrapped in pink wrap paper that says happy sweet sixteenth birthday on it. Sara slowly opens the gift and then takes the lid off of the box the gifts in. Sara is over joy when she looks into the box and sees a real fingerprint kit like the one CSI use. Sara hug Beth then walks over to Bob and gives him a hug. Beth then hands Sara the second and last gift. Then Sara sits back down at the kitchen table and open up the gift and it is a Forensic Science textbook that she was looking at last week when the three of them were at the book store, Sara jumps up and hugs her fostered Mom and Dad again. Mr. Cat start to talk as Sara hug him.

"Go put you gifts in your bedroom, then come back out here, because the pancakes are almost done.

"Ok."

Sara picked up both of her gifts and skipped into her bedroom and set them down on her bed. Sara then skipped back out to the kitchen and she sits down at the table again, right as Bob her fostered dad set a plate in front of her with three pancakes on. Sara and her fostered parents enjoy the breakfast and then go get ready to head to the zoo. The three of them have a great day at the zoo and then have wonderful dinner. But what Sara love the most was watching Young Guns with them at the drive in movie theater and Sara wishes that the day would never end but it does. Sara gets brought back to the present time when she hears the house phone ring, but then remember that Sofia is there. Sara is relieved when she hears Sofia answers the phone. The next thing Sara hears is Sofia knocking on her bedroom door, Sara turns the water off then get out of the shower and dry off, then puts on a gray nightshirt and gray PJ bottom. Sara's open up the bathroom door and then walks out of the bathroom and over to the master bedroom door. Once Sara gets to the bedroom door she open up the door of the master bedroom.

"What is up Sofia?"

"That was Catherine that was on the phone, She want you to call her back."

"Did she say what she was calling for?"

"Not sure, I ask if it was about the case and she said no."

"She probably just want to check to see if I am hold up ok, the case Nick, Catherine and I are working on deal with five fostered children and one of the girls in the case was find dead. You know how I get on case deal with fostered children."

"Yeah that probably it."

"I will call her back in a few minutes, but first how are you feeling today and how did you doctor appointment go this morning?"

"Good the doctor said I could go back to work on Saturday, I am happy about that. I felt well enough the last couple days to even start looking for a new place to live, but I have not found one yet."

"Take your time, you do not need to been in a rush to find a new place."

"I stop by the lab early to drop Greg off some dinner and to pick up by check for my pay sick leave and see Hodges, he was acted really out of shorts. I saw him run to the guys' restroom ten times doing the hour and half that I was at the lab."

"You notice that to I thought it was just me, He was really rude to me tonight too and holding he stomach and look a little green to and when he handed me a printout his hand felt hot, like he was running a fever."

"I need too answers my cellphone it Greg calling me."

"Go on I will call Catherine back."

Sofia walks into the bedroom that she is staying in and takes her call from Greg and Sara picks up the cordless phone in the master bedroom and dial Catherine's cellphone number. Catherine picks up after two rings.

"Willows speaking."

"Hi Catherine, it Sara what did you want when you called?"

"I need to tell you something, you know the teenage girl Caitlin Ranch from our cast tonight, Ranch was the girl birth mother last name, did you read Caitlin Ranch case file yet?"

"I start from the case history that was from when she was sent to her first forester home, I skip pass by the birth family history, why?"

"Caitlin birth Father is a Saturn Sidle; Which is your brother, her mother Kate Ranch dead when she was three years old, She want and live with Saturn until she was six-year-old, then he was arrested for sale drugs and for killing three police officers. He got life in jail, the social worker is bringing Caitlin to Grissom and your house because you are her only live family members, beside for her grandmother Laura Sidle, but the social worker say your mom can't take her granddaughter and the social worker also tell me why your mom could not take Caitlin Sara. In addition Mrs. Hope was sitting in the lazy boy watching Caitlin sleep and doing case work on her laptop, when Caitlin wakes up and looks at her and asks Mrs. Hope if you were relation to her birth father Saturn Sidle. Seeing that you look a lot like he did, so Mrs. Hope put your name into her database and pull up your file up and see that Saturn Sidle was your older brother."

"Thank you for letting me know Cath."

"Are you ok with this or do you want me to tell them to put her in another fostered home?"

"No, have Mrs. Hope, bring Caitlin here, I did not want her to have to be put into any more fostered home. I am going to call Gil and talk to him about legal adoption Caitlin, and get a hold of my bother and get him to sign his parental right away."

"Ok and I think you are doing the right thing."

"I know I am, I need to go now."

Sara hit the off button on the cordless phone and then set the cordless phone in the holder on the nightstand. Sara the walks over to the dresser and grab her cellphone off the top of the dresser and dial Gil Grissom cellphone number. Gil picks up after three rings.

"Hi Sarah what is going on?"

"Gil, I just found out that my older brother has a sixteen-year-old daughter name Caitlin and that my brother is in jail for sale drug and kill three police officers and in jail for the rest of his life and her mother dead when she was six-years-old. I want to adoption Caitlin and give her a better life, are you ok with adoption my niece with me?"

"Sure, baby, if that what you want to do?"

"If I have Mrs. Hope. The social worker fax you the forms for my bother to sign away his parental right away will you go and talk and get him to fill out the paperwork?"

"Sure Sara, call me back as soon as you talk to the social worker and let me know what she said. He might have already singed the forms have you looked to see if there is a copy of that form already signed in her case file?"

"No, I will flip through the case file right now, give me a few minutes."

"Sure."

Sara set the cellphone down on the bed and then pick up Caitlin case file and start to flip through the file and the four page into the file is the form that Sara is looking for and she is happy to see that her brother say his right away.

"My brother already signed a form to sign his parental right away, but he also write on the form that he want them to try and find me first before a family adoption her!"

"What bedroom is she going to sleep in?"

"How about the bedroom Sofia staying in, Sofia can move her into the apartment that is over the detached two car's garage in the back yard."

"That would work, I need to get going but I love you and really miss you Sara."

"Me too and I can't wait until you get home, bye."

"Bye Sara."

Sara flips her cellphone close then walks down the hallway to the bedroom Sofia has being staying in. She stops at the open door and knock on the door frame of the bed. Sofia has just flips her cellphone close and she looks up to see Sara standing at the bedroom.

"Hi Sarah do you need something?"

"Yes, Caitlin Ranch from the case I am working on with Nick and Catherine is my brother daughter. He in Jail and signed her parental rights away, but put on the form that the social workers had to find me before someone adoption her. The social work is bringing Caitlin over here and Gil and I are going to adoption her."

"You want me to move into the apartment above the detached two car's garage in the back yard right, so she can have this room?"

"If you don't mind?"

"It is fine Sara and it will give me more personal space until I find a place of my own."

"It has two bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and a living room."

"That is fine Sara, way more space then I need."

Sara help Sofia gathers her clothing and other items and then helps Sofia move them up to the clothing and items out of the main house, the two of them walk into the back yard carrying the few bags and box Sofia has. When the two of them reach the light tan stucco-detached garage with an apartment above, the color of the garage matching the house. Sofia and Sara walk up the staircase that is on the outside and on the left-hand side of the garage. Once at the top of the staircase Sara unlocks the apartment door and then hand Sofia the key. The two of them walk into the apartment and Sofia sees the two of them are in the living room, there is a light blue couch in the center of the room with maple side tables on each end of the couch, the back of the couch is to the kitchen with is on the right-hand wall of the apartment if standing outside looking at the garage and is on the right end of the apartment if standing in the door of the apartment. To the left-hand side and in the center of the apartment if standing in the apartment door is a small hallway that leads to the two bedrooms, there is one door on the right that is bedroom number two and one door on the left-hand side that is bedroom number one. The bathroom is between bedroom number two and the kitchen. Sara and Sofia carry Sofia's few bags and box into bedroom number one that have cream colored wall. The headboard of the full sized maple bed is up against the center of the wall across from the bedroom door, Sofia sees the closet is on the right-hand side of the bedroom door if standing in the bedroom door and the maple dress is up against the wall on the left side of the bedroom door, if standing in the bedroom. Sofia notice that there are maple nightstand on each side of the bed, as the two of them set the bags and the box down on the floor. Sofia's make up the bed with the peach colored fitted and unfitted sheets, pillow cases and quilt that has peach, ivory and tan patches that Sara's had grabs from the hallway closet on their way to the apartment that is over the garage.

"The second bedroom has a bed, nightstand and dresser in the room two, if you have family that want to visit you and stay over night, let me know and I will giver you sheets, blanket and pillow cases for the bed."

"Thanks for letting me know Sara."

"You are welcome and there are glasses, mug, plates, et cetera in the upper cabinets and silverware in the drawers of the lower base cabinets. I will go put the bath towels, hair towels, hand towels and washcloth in the bathroom for you and then I will leave so you can get settle in."

"Thank you."

"You are welcome."

Sara welcome out of the bedroom with bath towels, hair towels, hand towels and washcloth and then walks into the bathroom. A few minutes later Sofia is sitting in the living room of the apartment and watching tv. The tv is up against the wall across from the couch and to the left-hand side of the apartment door if sitting on the couch looking at the tv and apartment door. Sara is in her and Gil's house and is upstair in the bedroom that going to be Caitlin and she changing the sheets, pillows cases and putting a clean bedspread on the bed. Sara had just finishes remaking the bed when the door bell rings. Sara heads downstairs. Once downstair Sara open up the front door of the house and lets Mrs. Hope and Caitlin into the house.

"Sara can you show me where I will be sleep?"

"Sure."

Sara takes Caitlin two bags, one large purple bag and a purple gym bag and then take Caitlin right hand and the two of them walk upstairs and Sara's lead her to her bedroom. Mrs. Hope follows them upstairs. One standing in Caitlin's bedroom Sara looks at Caitlin and then Sara looks at Mrs. Hope. At the same time Caitlin is looking around the bedroom and sees that the headboard of the full sized maple bed is up against the center of the wall across from the bedroom door and there is maple nightstand on each side of the bedroom. There is also a maple dresser up against the center of the far right-hand wall if standing in the bedroom door. Sara looks at the alarm clock that is on the right-hand nightstand if standing in the bedroom door to see what the time is.

"Caitlin's I know we just meet last night, but I am you only family around that not in jail or mental health residential treatment center, but if you want you and my soon to be husband will adoption you and you can live here for now on?"

Caitlin stop looking around the bedroom and runs up to her aunt and gives Sara a hug bear hug. Then Caitlin step back and give Sara a huge smile and Sara smile back at Caitlin.

"I love it if you and Gil Grissom adoption me, thank you I have been looking for you for so long and I am so happy that I finally find you Sara."

"I am sorry about that when I move away from San Franciscan I forget to update my address with the mental health residential treatment center that your grandmother is in, but I did update my address with social service there."

"That would be my fault that I or my co-workers did not find Sara sooner, seeing that you had your mother last name, I keep forgetting to look for family members on your father side; which is why I never connect you and Sara Sidle to be relation to each other until you ask me in the hospital and remind me that your father last name is Sidle and wasn't his sister name Sara Sidle?"

"That is ok, you find her now Mrs. Hope."

"I will go back to the office and started get the paperwork for you to adaption Caitlin together."

"For me and Gil Grissom to adaption her. He is my fiancé, we are get marry on April 7 2007."

"So you getting marry in three weeks and 12 days?"

"Yes"

"Congratulate Miss. Sidle, I will get the paperwork together for Gil Grissom and you to adaption Caitlin Ranch."

A Sara and Caitlin walk back downstairs and see Mrs. Hope out. Then the two of them go back upstairs. Once in Caitlin's bedroom, Caitlin sit down on her bed the left-hand side if standing in the bedroom door. Then Caitlin lay her head onto the pillows and Sara pulls the cover up for Caitlin and then kiss Caitlin on the forehead.

"I am going to get the thermometer and then I going to check your temperature, it feels like your fever gone up since you get here."

"Ok, coughing I am starting to feel all oogy again."

Sara walks out of her nieces' bedroom and then walks to her and Gil bedroom. Once Sara is in her and Gil bedroom Sara's walk into the master bathroom and takes the thermometer out of the medicine cabinet. She then walks out of the master bathroom, then walk out of the master bedroom and down the hallway. Sara then walks into Caitlin's bedroom and walks over to the bed. Caitlin slides over on the bed so Sara can sit down on it with her. Sara sits down on the bed and turn the digital thermometer on. Caitlin takes the thermometer from Sara put the thermometer into her mouth and the two of them waits for the thermometer to beep. While the two of them wait for the thermometer to beep Sara walks into the bathroom that has a door connect to Caitlin room and get a washcloth then wet the washcloth down with cool water. Then Sara brings the wet washcloth out to Caitlin, right as the thermometer start to beep. Caitlin takes the thermometer out of her mouth and hands the thermometer to Sara. Sara looks at the digital display on the thermometer, then set the thermometer down on the nightstand. Sara then wipes Caitlin face off with the wet washcloth then fold the washcloth in half and has Caitlin hold the washcloth on her forehead.

"How high is my fever now, Sara?"
"You are running a fever of 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit."

"Coughing it went back up, since the nurse took it at the hospital before she releases me to come here."

"How high was it then Caitlin?"

"The fever had went down to 99.9 degrees Fahrenheit."

"Do you think you could keep some Tylenol down?"

"No, I am still really nauseous."

"Ok, I just keep cooling you down with cool washcloth. Do you want me to leave so you can get some sleep?"

"No, stay I want to talk some more."

At the same time Sofia walks up to the bedroom door and knock on the door frame, Sara and Caitlin both look at Sofia who has the cordless phone up to her left ear as she looks into the bedroom.

"Come in and who is on the phone?

Sofia walks into the bedroom and walks up to the end of the bed and notice that Caitlin has a wet washcloth on her forehead and that the sixteen-year-old look pale.

"Catherine, she wants to know if you can come back into work?"
"Sara please don't leave me coughing!"

"I won't Caitlin."

"Cath, Sara need to stay home with her niece Caitlin because she still sick."

"Can I talk to sure?"

"Sure"

Sofia walks up beside Sara and hold the cordless phone out and Sara takes the phone from Sofia and put the phone up to her right ear, then start to talk to Catherine, as Sofia and Caitlin watching Sara.

"What do you want Cath, because I really need to stay home with Caitlin!"

"She is sixteen-years-old, she able to stay home by herself Sara!"

"Cath, she does not want me to leave and she still running a fever of 102.8 degrees Fahrenheit and is still really nauseous!"

"Ok, stay home with your niece, Nick and I can interview the fostered parents without you."

"thank you Cath."

Sarah hangs up the cordless phone and then set the phone on the nightstand, at the same time Caitlin looks at Sofia who is leaning on the wall that is on the right-hand side of the bedroom door, if standing in the bedroom door.

"Who is the lady lean against the wall across from me?"

"Caitlin this Is Sofia, Sofia this is my niece Caitlin."

"But why is she here?"

"The apartment building I was living in burned down last week, I am staying in the apartment above the garage until I can find a new place to live. Do you mind if I sit down on the end of your bed?"

"No, just don't bounce the bed."

"I won't."

Sofia walks over to the end of the bed and careful sit down on the bed without bounce the bed and Caitlin give Sofia and smile. Caitlin also notices that Sofia looks a little pale and tired.

"Sofia are you alright you look a little pale and tired?"

"I am fine."

"She just get over having the flu and stomach flu at the same time."

"How long did it take before you could keep any food down Sofia?"

"I could not keep food down for eight days, I was able to keep water down on the six days, but if I tried eating any food, the food just come back up."

"She starting to getting tired of stay home and resting."

"I so am, but my doctor will not let me go back to work until Saturday."

"Sara's cans the two of us redecorate my bedroom to make the bedroom look more like a teenage bedroom?"

"Caitlin right Sara's the bedroom looks like my grandmas' bedroom and not a teenage bedroom."

"Sure Caitlin. What color would you like your room to be?"

"Light purple for the base color with pink, dark purple and red rose paint along the top and bottom of the walls."

"(Sofia and Sara) That sound really cool Caitlin."

"And want a light purple bedspread and matches sheets and pillow cases, it that all right Sara?"

"Yes we can do that Caitlin."

"Thank you Sara, I am getting tired. I am going to lay down and go to sleep now."

"That is fine Caitlin."

Sofia stands up from the end of Caitlin bed without making the bed bounce and walks out of Caitlin Bedroom. At the same time Sara takes the washcloth of her nieces' forehead then kiss Caitlin on the forehead, as Caitlin falls to sleep. Sara's pick up the thermometer and the cordless phone off of the nightstand then walks out of her niece's bedroom and then walks into her and Gil bedroom. Sara put the phone back onto the cordless phone base that on the nightstand that is on the right-hand side if standing at the end of the bed. Sara then walks into the master bathroom and lays the wet washcloth out on the edge of the bathtub. Sara walks back into Gil and her bedroom and lay down on her bed to get some rest herself.