"I'm sorry what?"

"You're pregnant, Catherine"

"Pr...Pregnant....she's pregnant?"

"6 weeks." Catherine's doctor, Casey, sits down on her stool again going over Catherine's chart.

"You would have conceived on the 12th of February."

"Cath....what the hell is Casey talking about? We didn't make love on the 12th. Hell I was gone at work the entire day."

"I'm sorry Gil I.......I don't know what I was thinking......we were drunk...."

"Catherine, how could you?"

"I didn't mean to." Catherine looks down at the floor.

"We barely even did anything......and by the time I realized what happened I didn't have time to tell him I was married"

"Cath......I can't believe you." Gil gets up and walks out of the room then Catherine looks up at Casey.

"Can I just get out of here?"

"Do you want the baby?"

"I don't know."

"Here." Casey hands Catherine a bottle.

"Take 2 a morning and give me a call if you don't want the baby."

"Okay."

"Set an appt. for the 8th okay?"

"Okay....is it possible that I conceived on Valentines Day?"

"I can double check but yeah it is I think." Casey goes over the numbers on Catherine's chart again.

"I'd say yeah you could have."

"Can we do a paternity?"

"Before the baby's born it can pose a danger to its health."

"I....I need to go find Gil."

"Okay."

Catherine jumps up and runs outside noticing Gil walking in the rain.

"Gil....GIL!!!"

"What?" Gil stops and looks at Catherine.

"What could you possibly tell me now?"

"The baby's yours."

"What?"

"Gil, he used protection. Casey said it's possible that I had conceived on the 14th....I'm sorry about what happened..."

"How...how in the world could you cheat on me?"

"I was drunk and I had done a line......we were dancing and things got carried away, but we used protection I know that. I'm sorry.....Gil I love you and you know that."

"I know." Gil kisses the palm of Catherine's hand and looks into her eyes.

"Why don't we go home and tell the kids? I'm sure they'll want to know that they have a new baby brother or sister on the way."

"Okay." Catherine smiles leaning up and kisses Gil softly.

"You're not mad at me?"

"No, but I think you might be mad at me."

"Why?"

"I've accepted a 1 year professorship at Berkeley."

"Gil, that's great where in San Francisco are we staying?"

"By Fort Mason....You're not mad?"

"No, as a matter of fact we have a house by there, I think."

"Okay." Gil grabs Catherine's hand and squeezes it softly before taking his other hand and wiping some water off of her face.

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"So when do we leave for San Francisco?"

"They want me there at the beginning of July so I'd say we leave around the beginning of June."

"I talked to my dad we have a house there so all we really need to pack is clothes and stuff like that."

"Okay you sure your okay with this, being pregnant and all?"

"I'm fine with it really. I think we could use a change of scenery."

"You'll be what 4 months?"

"Give or take a week." Catherine turns around from the sink drying her hands and smiles at Gil.

"Gil we'll be fine the schools out there are great, and we need to get away from Vegas."

"I guess you're right. I mean even the kids were bouncing off the walls about it." Catherine starts rubbing Gil's neck after kissing his forehead.

"We're only going to be there for a year and we're going to have a baby. You'll be teaching we can sleep normal hours again"

"Yeah."

"It'll be nice. Dad's at the school teaching, kids are at school then home, mom's popping out another one in a few more months." Catherine sits on Gil's lap and pulls his hands around her waist to rest on her stomach.

"How do you feel about having another baby?"

"It feels good in some way and bad in others."

"It does?"

"It's scary. It's one more baby we can screw up, it's being scared if the baby's even going to survive, and it's scary because I don't want to lose you."

"You won't honey."

"I never understood the All American family where dad works and mom stays home with the kids. In the past 8 years we've been together we have been that All American family at times and it's been nice."

"Yeah it has, but guess what?"

"What?"

"I like dumping the kids on your dad and fooling around with you at work."

"Me too baby that's probably why we're here."

"Love you."

"Love you back." The 3 kids come walking in and Catherine smiles at them. Mia's 8 in August, Andrew is 7, and Maddie is 2 in October.

"You guys ready?"

"Yeah."

"Okay Mia go grab my keys out of my purse and go get in the Bentley we'll be out in a second."

"Sure mom." They run off and Catherine looks at Gil.

"We do have a tendency to make some cute kids though so does that ward of some of your anxiety?"

"No, because if it's a girl it'll get worse."

"Come on we need to tell the kids and then we need to worry about a car." They walk out to the car where the kids are getting in.

"Mommy?"

"Yeah Maddie?"

"Papa pony?"

"No."

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Catherine smiles at Gil from the couch as he walks into the house.

"Hey how was your day?"

"Good yours?"

"I took the kids down to the beach and shopping for their uniforms."

"They have to wear uniforms?"

"If you would have come to the meeting like I told you too....."

"I know I know. You guys get out here and show me your uniforms!" The 3 kids come out and Maddie runs over to Gil jumping into his arms. Andrew is sporting tan suit pants, a white shirt, and a navy blazer with the schools emblem on it.

"And he wears a navy tie." Gil smiles and looks at his daughter. She's wearing knee high navy socks, a tan pleated skirt, a white shirt, and the same navy blazer with the schools emblem.

"And why are we sending our children here?"

"Because they teach the same curriculum as Butterfield and then they won't fall behind." Catherine smiles and Gil tells the kids to go change into normal clothes. Catherine sits up and looks at him smiling at Maddie fast asleep against him.

"You okay?"

"Yeah I stopped by a few stores at lunch for baby stuff found some nice ideas for the nursery."

"You did?"

"Yeah.....why?

"You aren't going to start crying are you?"

"Shut up." Catherine hits Gil playfully and wipes some tears out of her eyes.

"It's just I normally have to drag you to the shops and you went willingly."

"I had nothing to do. And it's been a while since we've done anything like that. I figured why not go.

"I love you"

"I love you too."

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Catherine opens the door after someone knocks a couple times and Kix starts barking loudly.

"Kix down boy." Outside is a woman a couple inches taller than Catherine with brown hair, chocolate colored eyes, wearing a white tank top and beige capris, and has a black bag slung over her shoulder.

"Can I help you?"

"I'm looking for Dr. Grissom. He gave me this address."

"Come on in and let me go get Gil." Catherine shuts the door behind her smiling as she rests one of her hands on her barely swollen stomach holding her other hand out letting the woman accept it.

"Catherine Grissom, I'm Gil's wife."

"Sara Sidle, a student."

"Make yourself comfortable and I'm going to go find Gil for you."

"Kay." Catherine goes downstairs to Gil's basement office.

"Hey there's a Sara Sidle here for you."

"Tell her I'll be up in a second kay?"

"Mmhm." Catherine turns to go back to the living room when Gil calls out her name and she looks back at him.

"Yeah?"

"You feeling okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Catherine goes back upstairs meeting the kids as they walk through the door.

"Hey guys.

"How was school?"

"Same as everyday." They set their backpacks on the ground and Mia starts scratching Kix ears.

"Guys this is Sara Sidle she's a student of your dad's.

"Sara, our children Mia and Andrew, and Maddie's...."

"MOOMMMY"

"Just waking up excuse me." Catherine goes upstairs and soon comes back down holding a little girl, sporting dark brown curly pigtails and her father's bright blue eyes matching her baby blue shirt and jeans, on her hip.

"Can you say hi to Sara?"

"Hi Sawa." Sara smiles and the kids go upstairs with their back packs. Catherine goes into the kitchen and sets Maddie on the island as Sara sits on a bar stool.

"Do you want a cup of coffee?"

"That sounds great if you don't mind." Catherine pours her a cup of coffee.

"I keep telling Gil to stop making it, but every morning he makes it." Catherine sits in front of Maddie who's happily munching on a cookie.

"Did you have a good nap?" Maddie nods and jumps down from the island.

"O'side?"

"Go get Mia." Maddie runs off and Catherine smiles at Sara.

"So 3 kids?"

"4."

"4?"

"I had Mia in '84, and then in '85 I gave birth to Andrew and his twin brother Adam…Ad died 3 years ago. When I was about 5 months with Maddie they were kidnapped from preschool and Adam had gone into anaphylactic shock after the kidnapper fed them fish before we got in there and had a chance to get them out safely, I'm due in November with this one."

"Boy or Girl?"

"It's a girl. Lindsey's as far as we've gotten for a name"

"How old are you? If you don't mind me asking." Catherine smiles.

"29"

"You're 29 and you have 3...4 kids and one more on the way?"

"Gil and I just can't keep our hands off of each other."

"What couldn't we do?" Gil walks into the kitchen and smiles at Catherine and Sara.

"Keep our hands off of each other."

"No wonder my students never stay you scare them away." Gil wraps his arms around Catherine's waist.

"Don't think so high of yourself Mrs. Grissom." He leans down and kisses her deeply his hand absent mindingly stroking her stomach. He pulls back and she smiles out of breath.

"After 8 years you still got it."

"Obviously.

"Sara why don't we get started?"

"If you're busy...."

"Not any more than we usually are." Catherine smiles at Sara.

"Would you like to stay for dinner?"

"I'd love too if it's not too much trouble."

"None." Catherine kisses Gil again and he groans grabbing her butt and pulling her closer. He pulls back and she smiles at him seductively.

"We've got to...."

"Study?"

"Yeah." Catherine laughs sending Gil a wicked smile and he smiles back at her as he guides Sara downstairs.

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"I like you Sara. You're not like the other people mom and dad work with."

"That's because death, rape, and domestic disturbance haven gotten to her yet like everybody else."

"You don't really like me do you Mia?"

"I don't like any woman that spends time alone with my father just like I don't like any man who spends time alone with my mother." Mia's blue eyes burn into Sara's brown ones.

"It takes a lot to earn my trust. You'll realize that if you keep coming around here."

"I'll keep that in mind."

"My therapist says it's an emotional problem from my childhood. Maybe an emotional barrier that I have, because I don't want my parents to divorce and when they fought when I was younger it made me mentally unstable...partially." Mia smiles evilly at Sara and takes a bite of her steak smiling mischievously at Andrew.

"He also says that my brother and I have emotional problems starting from the womb. Those 9 months were very loud and emotional."

"1st you weren't the one who had to worry about being a single mother. 2nd you were 7 months."

"That's exactly why you pay for my therapy." Mia pushes her plate away and wipes her mouth off.

"May I be excused? Uncle Tony wants me to call him."

"Sure." Mia stands up and smiles at Sara.

"It was nice meeting you today Sara."

"Same here." Mia leaves and Catherine looks across the table at Gil smiling. Gil nods his head up and Catherine laughs slightly.

"You'll have to excuse our sister she's very out spoken."

"Obviously.

"Gil, Catherine, I had a lovely dinner, but I've got to get going. Hopefully I'll see you guys soon."

"You sure you need to go?"

"Yeah." Catherine and Gil walk Sara to the door and she smiles at them.

"I really did have a great time."

"I'm glad." They say their goodbyes and once Sara's gone Gil pulls Catherine to him and kisses her passionately.

"I wanna make love to you all night. I wanna make you breathless."

"You already make me breathless and I'm certainly not going to object making love with you all night." Both of them go back into the dining room where Andrew's sitting at the table with Maddie on his lap telling her a story.

"We got lucky Gil."

"Yeah we did."

"Hey Drew why don't you go pull your sister off the phone your dad and I have some things we need to talk about and I'm gonna run you over to your great grandmas okay?"

"Come on Maddie let's go get the drama queen." Andrew puts Maddie on his shoulders and disappears upstairs.

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"Hello....

"Gil stop it!"

"Catherine you need to get here now."

"Grandma what's wrong?" Catherine sits up and Gil looks at her.

"What?"

"I don't know.

"Grandma what is it? Is it one of the kids?"

"Mia won't come out of her room. She won't let anybody, but Andrew in there and even then she won't let him out. Something's wrong and you need to get here."

"We'll be there in 20 minutes. Just make sure she doesn't do anything."

"Okay." Catherine hangs up the phone and jumps off the bed pulling on her panties. She grabs a pair of jeans and slides them on before putting on a bra and the first shirt she lays her hands on. Gil looks at her oddly as she pulls on all of the clothes in a hurry.

"Cath what's going on with the kids?"

"Something's wrong with Mia." Gil jumps out of bed and has his clothes on in a flash. Both run out the door and jump in the first car they are next to. Catherine starts it and peels out of the driveway burning rubber. When they pull up to her Grandmother's house both get out and run inside. Catherine knocks on Mia's bedroom door before softly speaking.

"Mia…Drew..." Drew opens the door and Catherine goes in finding Mia hugging her knees while she rocks back and forth muttering.

"Mom she keeps talking about voices…"

"Go out in the hall. I've got her." Drew walks out into the hall and shuts the door behind him as his mother goes over to his sister.

"Mia baby…"

"The voices won't stop and it hurts." Tears spill down Mia's face before she looks at her mother.

"Make them stop mommy. Just make them shut up." Catherine's heart breaks as she hears her daughter use a word she hadn't used since she was 4. Mia picks up the glass of water next to her and throws it at the wall shattering it before screaming 3 words to her mother.

"MAKE THEM STOP!!" Catherine holds Mia close as she sobs.

"Gil start the car we need to get her to the hospital now."

"Cath you can't ca…"

"Do it!" Catherine lifts Mia into her arms and carries her out of the room to her and Gil's car after hearing the horn sound. She sets her in the back seat as Gil leans back from the driver's position stroking Mia's forehead softly.

"It'll be okay." Andrew gets in next to his sister and mother letting Catherine close the door and the 4 of them speed off.

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"Mr. & Mrs. Grissom?"

"How's Mia?"

"Has she been seeing a psychiatrist?"

"She and Andrew both see one. They go four times a week."

"Taking any meds?"

"No. The only thing she takes is allergy pills. What is wrong with my daughter?"

"Your daughter's going to be fine. She's in our psych ward right now and we're going to monitor her for the next 48 hours have her on a suicide watch…"

"You're putting my 8 year old daughter on a suicide watch?"

"Under the circumstances of her mental state we believe that it's best."

"What is her mental state?"

"She said that she's hearing voices…voices telling her to do things…"

"Minor psychosis?"

"Mental breakdown…we did head CT's and it showed an abnormal amount of activity, but there was no tumor. Basically your daughter needs to slow her brain down or it will just stop…we will have to run more tests, but after a preliminary exam that's what it's looking like."

"Is she going to be okay?"

"We'll be able to tell you in 2 days Mrs. Grissom."

"Can I see her?"

"I'm sorry no…"

"Why can't I see my goddamn daughter?"

"Psyches ward rules. No contact with patients on suicide watch."

"I just need to see my daughter…please?"

"I'm sorry Mrs. Grissom I can't allow that at this time." The doctor walks off and Catherine buries herself in Gil's arms sobbing. Gil strokes her back and kisses her forehead.

"She's gonna be okay Cath…"

"I just need to see her."

"I know honey and you'll see her when they take her off the watch. Come on you need to get some dinner and sleep it's not good for the baby when you do this." Catherine nods against Gil's chest tears still falling out of her eyes. Gil kisses her forehead and tilts her chin so he's looking in her eyes.

"Come on we need to go get Maddie from your grandmothers and go back to the house."

"Okay." Gil wraps his arm around her waist and lifts Drew up from the chair.

"Mia'll be okay."

"Yeah she will."

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Catherine wraps her arms around her knees as she sits in bed next to Gil.

"I wanna take the kids home…"

"What?"

"I know that I thought we needed a change, but with everything going on with Mia, and the baby coming soon…I wanna go back to Vegas."

"Cath…"

"Please just let me take them home. Mia needs to be somewhere she feels safe and so do I…"

"You don't feel safe here?"

"Not really…I didn't wanna tell you because I knew the teaching job meant a lot to you." Gil swipes Catherine's bangs out of her face and she looks at him with tears in her eyes.

"So…"

"So what?"

"What are we gonna do?"

"What do you wanna do?"

"I wanna go home…back to Vegas."

"Okay we can do that…we can get everything set up so when Mia gets out of the hospital you and the kids can go home."

"What about you?"

"I…I'll stick out the rest of September and be in Vegas in October." Catherine nods and lies down next to Gil resting her head on his chest.

"Gil…"

"Yeah?"

"Mia…everything going on with her isn't our fault is it?"

"No. It's not." Gil kisses Catherine's forehead and strokes her bangs out of her face.

"It's not your fault." Catherine nods and her breathing evens out as she falls into a deep sleep.

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Gil walks out of the OR and pulls off everything except for his scrubs. He goes into the waiting room smiling at everybody who stands up.

"How's Catherine?"

"She and Lindsey are fine. They're moving Cath to a private room and finishing up with Lindsey."

"Thank god."

"Linds is gonna be okay right?"

"She's gonna be fine. They're gonna take her into the room in a bit."

"Can we see mom?"

"Yeah, just for a bit though." Gil takes the kids back to Catherine's room and she smiles at them.

"Hey guys." All the kids hug her and she kisses their foreheads.

"Linds is gonna be okay right? No long lasting effects?"

"Yeah she's gonna be fine." A nurse comes in with a pink bundle in her arms and walks over to Catherine handing Lindsey over to her. Catherine looks down at Lindsey who's fast asleep with a pink cap on her head and smiles tearfully.

"She's perfect."

"Yeah she is." Gil kisses Catherine's forehead as Sam comes in taking the kids and leaving them alone. Catherine strokes Lindsey's cheek enticing the newborn out of her light sleep.

"Hey pretty girl."

"She looks like you." Catherine pulls the side of her gown down and nestles Lindsey against her breast letting her quench her hunger.

"Aren't you glad we had her?"

"Yeah. Definitely glad…definitely." Catherine kisses Gil and lays her head on his shoulder quietly watching Lindsey nurse.

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