A/N: Again thank you to the reviewers for being so kind. Here it is, my final chapter. I hope you like it.

Chapter 6

Sara's lithe form was draped over Grissom when he woke. His arm was wrapped around her back, holding her to him. He looked down at his wedding ring and pulled it off to read the inscription. To my one and only. Replacing the wedding band, he allowed his eyes wandered over his wife. Her hair was falling messily out of her bun. Her hand was resting on his chest, moving in slow circles. He smiled at the sight of her wedding band sitting on her delicate finger. He took his hand and traced a line up her naked back, admiring the beauty before him. As he skimmed his fingers across her back, the movement of the white gold band sent a shiver up Sara's spine. Slowly, she opened her eyes and looked up at her husband. He had his eyes closed as he continued to reverently glide his hand up and down her back. Sara lifted her hand from his chest and examined her ring finger. Slowly, she removed it from her finger and inspected it. She smiled as she read the engraving. One Love. She placed the ring back on her finger and brought her hand back down to Grissom's chest. She stroked the chest and pulled herself further up onto him. Smiling, he opened his eyes, lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her ring finger. "Good morning."

Sara pushed herself up so that her head rested at the same level as her husband's. She leaned into him and captured his mouth in a deep kiss. His arm came around her shoulder and he pulled her tight to his body. She brought her hand back around his chest and hugged him. "How much time do we have?"

Grissom looked over at the clock. "Not much. My plane leaves in four and a half hours."

"So about two and a half hours?"

"Yeah." He looked at her wistfully.

"And we have to pack in that time?"

"Yeah."

"So we have an hour and a half to lay here?"

Grissom smiled and kissed her. He turned on so he was facing her. His hand came up and stroked her face before it moved around her back and pulled her to him. He closed his eyes as she buried her face in his neck. He held her for that hour and a half, gently stroking her back, breathing in her scent, before reluctantly releasing her. "Sara, it's time."

She looked at him longingly. Disappointment washed over her face as she sighed. "We have to get moving."

"It'll only be for a couple weeks. We both have things we need to finish up." He placed a tender kiss on her forehead.

Sara closed her eyes and brought her head to Grissom's shoulder. Quietly, she whispered, "Yeah."

Grissom held Sara for another fifteen minutes, not wanting to let do. Finally, he realized it was getting late and he had to get up. He kissed the top of her head and rolled away from her. "Sara, we have to get up. I have to go."

"I know." Sara rolled onto her back and climbed out of bed. She exited the room while he began packing.

After he had finished packing, Grissom moved to the kitchen. Sara had made coffee and set out breakfast. He sat down and pulled Sara's plate next to his. When she returned to the dining room, he caught her hand and pulled her to his lap. He held her with one arm, while eating the other. After they had eaten, Sara headed into the bedroom to pack. Grissom cleaned up and packed away the remainder of the food. They met in the entrance way as they both finished at the same time. Grabbing their bags, they loaded Sara's car up with the cloths, food and finally, Sara's flowers.

Neither spoke a word as they drove to the airport. Sara focussed on the road, willing herself not to cry. Grissom started to say something, but quickly closed his mouth. There were no words he could say. Instead, he stole glances at Sara. He reached across the seat and squeezed her shoulder. After parking, she walked with him to security. Before he turned to go, Sara attacked his mouth, leaving him with a passionate kiss. "I'll see you soon." Grissom smiled and made his way through security.

Grissom removed his wedding ring before heading into the lab an hour before shift. He stopped by his locker and pulled out some cloths for work. Opening his bag, he found a note. He sat on the bench as he read it.

Gil,

My darling husband, I miss you already and we haven't even separated yet. By the time you read this note, my heart will be aching for you. Know that these next two weeks will be as painful for me as they are for you. I know you'll be comforted by the fact you can look at our wedding pictures as they were taken with your camera. Email them to me as soon as you can, please.

I love you,

Sara

Grissom smiled as he read the note. He folded it up and placed it in his pocket. Standing, he closed his locker and made his way to his office.

When Grissom reached his office, he closed the door and sat behind his desk. Ignoring the paperwork and mail piled up, he opened up an envelope he had been carrying with him. Reaching inside the envelope, he pulled out a silver frame and held it in his hands. He gazed down at the picture. It was the picture the judge's wife took of his and Sara's first kiss as a married couple. After stepping off the place, he had immediately gone to Walmart, printed the picture, and bought a frame for it. He placed the picture on his desk, opened his lap top and composed an email.

Sara,

I would email you pictures, but I made a cd of wedding pictures for you on the plane. I mailed it express as soon as I got to Las Vegas. You should get it by tomorrow.

I miss you.

He closed his lap top and continued to stare at his framed picture. His thumb gently ran over Sara. He sat, holding the frame for over an hour before heading to the break room to start shift.

When Grissom entered the break room to hand out assignments, nobody asked him about his days off. Catherine has told them that Grissom made it clear he wasn't about to chase after Sara and the team was weary of prying. They hoped, whatever he did, helped to clear his head. They were relieved when he entered the break room looking well rested. He offered them no information, but resumed his business as usual work mode. A week after his return, Grissom was startled by Catherine bursting into his office. "Cath, what…?"

"What's the meaning of this?"

Grissom took the piece of paper Catherine was waving in front of his face. He read it and smiled. "It looks like a promotion. You'll be a supervisor again. Congratulations Catherine."

"It's for grave. Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving."

"I'm taking over in six days. Six days Grissom! So you come back from your days off, and hand in your notice, just like that?" She sat down in the seat across from his and narrowed her eyes.

"Yes."

"And you are just going to leave. Were you even going to tell any of us or were you just going to leave like Sara did and just drop us a note." Tears began to spill from Catherine's eyes.

Grissom looked across the desk then dropped his head. "I was going to tell you in a few days. I didn't want any awkward goodbyes. Please don't mention the way Sara left. You don't understand."

"Why? Why are you leaving. If you are going after Sara, that's one thing, but I think we both know you aren't. Now you can't be here either?"

"It's time Catherine. I need to move on." He looked back up at her. His mouth turned up into a half smile.

Catherine wiped the tears from her eyes. "You can't just run away Gil."

"I'm not. This is what I want."

Catherine regarded him carefully. She leaned across the desk and grasped his hand. "I'll miss you."

Grissom squeezed Catherine's hand. "You've been a great friend Cath. I'll miss you too."

"Are you going to tell the team?"

"Eventually."

Catherine nodded. "I still think you should go after Sara." She pulled her hand back from his and accidentally knocked over the picture frame. She picked it up and examined it. "What's this?"

Grissom tried to hold back his grin. "A picture."

Catherine gave him a pointed look. "I see that. It's a picture of you and Sara kissing. She's wearing a white dress and a veil and if I'm not mistaken, that's a ring on your finger. When?"

"Nine days ago."

"So you did go after her?" Catherine smirked at him and placed the picture back on his desk. She folded her arms over her chest.

Grissom picked up the picture and studied it. "She called and said she wanted to meet. We met in Tahoe. We got married our last night there."

Catherine smiled as Grissom continued to gaze down at the picture. "And now you are leaving to be with her?"

He looked up at Catherine. "Yes."

Catherine reached across the desk and squeezed his forearm. "Gil, I am so happy for you." She stood up and walked around the desk, pulling Grissom up for a hug.

Grissom hugged his friend then stepped back from the embrace, looking Catherine in the eye. "Cath, please don't tell anyone yet. I want to announce it with Sara."

"So, she's coming here?"

"Yeah, in five days. She's going to help me finish packing the townhouse, then we are leaving together."

"Okay, I won't say anything, provided you let me do one thing."

Grissom looked at her and narrowed her eyes. "Catherine."

"Relax Grissom, I just want to give you guys a small reception. Just the team, Brass, just dinner, maybe out at The Grill by Colville Marina? Dinner on the Lake; you could have calamari?"

A warm smile made it's way across Grissom's face. "We'd like that."

Sara entered the lab and stopped by the reception desk. Judy's eyes bulged. "Miss Sidle?" Sara chuckled.

"Hey Judy. Any chance you'd let me in without announcing me? I want to surprise everyone."

Judy smiled. "Go right ahead."

Sara made her way through the halls, ducking her head to avoid being seen. Unfortunately, all the lab techs seemed to have noticed her, peeking out of their labs as she walked by. Sara stopped by the break room and looked in. Catherine and Warrick were sitting on the sofa drinking coffee. Greg and Nick were dancing in front of the T.V. Sara cleared her throat and entered. "DDR, when did you guys get that in the break room?" Both Nick and Greg spun to look at her. Catherine smiled from the couch while Warrick gawked.

Nick walked over, lifted her and spun her. "Sara, it's great to see you." He put her down as Greg moved in to hug her.

"Sara, we've missed you. How are you doing? Are you doing all right?" Sara smiled at Greg and nodded. "So, you back?"

"No, just stopped by for a visit. You seen Grissom?" Greg narrowed his eyes.

Catherine stood up and walked over to Sara. "He'll be here shortly." As she hugged Sara, she whispered, "Congratulations," in her ear. Sara's eyes grew wide, then she smiled.

Warrick was the last one to make it over to Sara. He looked at her. "Sara…"

"I know, Rick." He hugged her tightly. She buried her face in his shoulder and squeezed back.

"You okay?"

Sara nodded. "You?"

Warrick smiled. "Yeah." He released her.

Sara turned back towards Nick and Greg. "So, you never answered my question, when did you get Dance Dance Revolution?"

Nick grinned. "Christmas. You wanna try?"

"I could show you some moves." Greg spun in front of Sara.

Nick, Catherine and Warrick all laughed. "Dream on Greggo." Nick looked over at Sara. "Greg is, well, Greg. Warrick's not bad, Cath still has the moves, but you're looking at the champ." Warrick scoffed. Nick shot him a look, then tugged at Sara's hand and grinned. "Let's see what you got."

Sara moved to the pad before returning his grin and raising her eyebrows. "You're on champ." She scrolled through the music and selected her song.

Grissom entered the break room to find Sara and Nick laughing away while trying to keep up with the steps on the DDR. The rest of the team were on the sofa, looking on and chuckling. Grissom stood in the doorway and continued to watch. When the song ended, Nick spun for a big finish. Sara followed the move and came face to face with her husband. They smiled at each other. Grissom cleared his throat. "Well, everyone is here I see." He continued to stare at Sara.

The team watched the couple stare back and forth. A grin broke out on both their faces. Grissom stepped inside and pulled Sara into his embrace. She rested in his arms for a minute, looked up at him, then moved over to the chair to sit down. She pulled her legs up and flipped open a magazine. Grissom turned to the team. "Okay, assignments."

The team continued to look between Sara and Grissom. Catherine narrowed her gaze on Grissom. "Wait a minute Grissom, you can't just start with assignments."

"We have work to do Catherine."

Catherine scoffed. "Are you going to tell us anything, or should I make my own announcement?"

Grissom leveled a look a Catherine. "Okay, a few announcements. Tonight is my last night in the field. Catherine will be taking over as supervisor. As soon as I finish up all of my cases, I am leaving the lab and taking off with my wife." Sara slipped her wedding band on her finger and held her hand up above the magazine. She peeked her head above her magazine and watched as the team looked around at each other, gauging the reaction on each of their faces. Shock was the dominant expression.

"Which brings us to another of Grissom's announcements," Catherine cut in, "tomorrow, before shift, we are going to be having a little wedding reception for these two out at The Grill, by Colville Marina. Just a small dinner. If you already have plans for tomorrow night, change them. Reservations are for five o'clock."

The team stared at Catherine as she made the announcement. Warrick chuckled as Nick gasped, "You knew. You led us on when you said he wouldn't go after her."

"Nicky, I didn't know. I only found out a few days ago. I went to his office to confront him about why I was getting promoted to Grave Supervisor, and I saw their wedding picture. Grissom wanted to announce it with Sara, so I kept it quiet." She crossed her finger over her heart. "I swear."

Warrick grinned. "There's pictures? These I've got to see."

The guys all looked at Grissom. He shrugged. "Okay, we'll talk about this later. Right now, work." He ushered them out of the break room, leaving Sara and him alone. "I've got to get to work. I'll see you later?"

"Yeah. I'll head back to the house, do some more packing."

He smiled and pulled her up from the chair. "I'll walk you out."

In the hall, a group of lab rats had been watching the entire scene. When Grissom led Sara out of the break room by the small of her back, they tried to sneak back to their labs. Unfortunately for them, they were caught.

"What's going on?"

"Oh, hey Sara, good to see you."

Sara crossed her arms. "Yeah, you too Hodges. Now, what's going on?"

Wendy sighed. "We're really sorry. We were curious when we saw you walk down the hall. So you two got married?"

"Yeah." Grissom smiled.

"Congratulations."

"Thank you." Sara smiled warmly.

"Why Sara Sidle…" Bobby looked at the couple and grinned.

Sara returned the grin. "Actually, it's Grissom now." Bobby stepped forward and gave Sara a hug.

"So, Grissom, I just wanted to let you know, it's been a pleasure working with you. I've learned a lot. You were truly an inspiration."

"Why thank you Hodges." Grissom smirked.

Hodges was about to say more when Catherine interrupted. "He's leaving Hodges, you don't have to suck up to him any more." Sara, Wendy and Mandy all stifled a giggle. "Sorry, Archie, can I borrow you for a minute?"

"Yeah." He turned to Sara and Grissom. "We're really happy for you. Goodbye."

Sara smiled at Archie as he walked away with Catherine. "Bye."

Grissom led Sara through the crowd of lab techs and down the hall. "You changed your name?"

"Yeah."

"I never expected you to do that. I thought you'd find it a little patriarchal."

Sara smiled. When they reached the exit, she turned to him. "The way I see it, either name I use, I still took it from a man. I mean the concept of taking my father's name is patriarchal too. I figured if I could choose which name to take, I would want to take the name of man I'm in love with." She gave him a soft kiss and exited the building.

Grissom maneuvered himself through the boxes cluttering up his former office. He sat down on the sofa and took a deep breath. He was tired. Half the lab had been in to say goodbye that night. Even Doc Robbins made a special trip up from the morgue. Between the visits and the packing, Grissom needed a few moments rest. From his seat, he scanned the room, saddened to be leaving a lab that was like a home and a team that was like family. Catherine was right all those years ago when she had said that everyone was building a family around him. He realized that it went both ways. They were a family to him too. He picked up his and Sara's wedding picture. He thought about the life waiting for him and excitement replaced sorrow. He would be with Sara. He smiled and put down the photo.

A sigh escaped his lips as he sat back into the sofa. He closed his eyes as he thought back to the previous night. Catherine had put on a fantastic reception at the marina. The team had the balcony to themselves and were served a seafood buffet. Grissom and Sara were joined by Catherine and Lindsay, Brass, Warrick, Nick and Greg. Sara spent the night laughing as the boys showered all of their attention on her. He had been embarrassed by all the stories Brass and Catherine were telling. Whenever the stories got really embarrassing, Sara would look over at him, snuggle closer and give him a wide smile. He would smile back and his arm would tighten around her. When the team asked where they were going and they replied that they were starting with Brazil, the shocked looks rivaled the ones from the day before. Many photos of their last night together were taken as Catherine had given Lindsay her camera and Lindsay went crazy with pictures. After finishing the dessert Catherine arranged (a nice little wedding cake), Catherine had surprised the couple by bringing out Archie, who set up a slide show. The show started with pictures of Grissom, Sara, and the team at crime scenes over the years. It ended with a caption that simply read "The Las Vegas Crime Lab wishes you a fond farewell." The slide show then morphed into wedding pictures that Catherine had gotten a hold of. After the slide show was finished, the music to "Harvest Moon" began to play. Catherine had coerced the name of the song for their first dance out of Sara. He had stood up and took Sara's hand in his and led her to an open spot on the balcony, reenacting their first dance, swaying her as the sun began to set. When the song had finished, the boys took turns cutting in and dancing with Sara and Catherine until they had to leave for shift. When everybody had left, wishing them goodbye and best wishes, he and Sara had strolled along the lake, hand in hand.

Grissom opened his eyes and stood up, examining his office. He packed away the remainder of his things and began carrying boxes to his car. He made his way back to the office to grab one final box. As he picked it up, he saw Sara's figure leaning against the door frame. "Hey."

Grissom put down the box. "Hey, where did you go?"

"I went down to the morgue to say goodbye to Doc and David." Grissom smiled. Sara scanned the empty office. "Gil, are you sure about this?"

He walked over to Sara, put his arm around her and looked at the office. "A fresh start Sara, remember?"

Sara sighed and looked at him. "A fresh start." Her arm came around his waist. She leaned against his shoulder. "Are you ready?"

Placing a kiss on the her part, Grissom looked at the office. He walked over to the box and picked it up. "Yeah, I'm ready."

The End