Thank you to everyone who has stuck with the story. You are awesome! So therefore, I dedicate the story to you!

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Sixth Months Later

(December-ish)

"There isn't much better in this life than finding a way to spend a few hours in conversation with the people you respect and love. You have to carve this time out of your life because you aren't really living without it."

Unknown

It had become their routine. On nights that both Sara and Greg worked, Catherine would drop Lindsey off at Sara's house to join Sara, Sadie, and usually Greg for dinner. Then Sara would bring the girls back to Catherine's place on the way to work so that Lindsey could baby-sit until Catherine got home. Sadie would stay the night and Sara would join them for breakfast at Catherine's. Sara would then drop Lindsey and Sadie off at school, because Lindsey reasoned it was much cooler to have Sara drop her off at school than to have her mom do it.

As cool as Lindsey was, everyone had also noticed a big change in her. Her grades had greatly improved; she gave her mom a lot less attitude, and had only gotten in trouble once for fighting. Even though she was grounded for it, Catherine was secretly pleased with her daughter when she Brandon Fisher's nose for trying to kiss her.

Despite Ecklie's refusal to regroup the swing and graveyard shifts, Sara and Catherine continued their friendship. Catherine was a goldmine of insight as how to raise a daughter, work beyond fulltime, and still have some sanity left.

Sara and Greg's relationship flourished. Most of Greg's belongings had made their way into Sara's house, and he would be moving in with her and Sadie at the end of the year when his lease ran out.

All efforts to find a living relative of Sadie's had failed. Yet, it was positive failures that lead to the adoption paperwork to be drawn up early, which Sara had signed at the first possible moment. Sadie would be staying with her 'forever' and both were happy. Greg had willingly signed at second in custody for Sadie as well.

"Come on kiddo, it's time for bed." Sara said as she carried the little girl upstairs.

"Will you read me another chapter?" Sadie asked expectantly.

"Of course, but you have to remember to tell Mr. Grissom how much you like the book next time you see him. You know he likes he likes spiders a lot, that's why he bought you the book for your birthday."

"He'd weird." Sadie giggled. "Is pooh coming too?" She asked

"I'm here, they party can start!" Greg said as he came bounding into the little girls room. It wasn't often that both him and Sara each had the night off, and when they did, it was something to celebrate. They began their series of good-nights and I love you's, because they all knew too well how Sadie was often asleep before the end of the story. Sadie snuggled into Sara's arms as they listen to Greg read.

"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that."

Charlotte, "Charlotte's Web" By E.B. White

THE END

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