A/N: I don't own CSI, CBS, or any other known entity. My beta, lostladyknight, is absolutely amazing and has my utmost thanks and praise. This is it, guys. It's been fun. Check out the end for a preview/summary of the stories in the pipes. As always, I hope you enjoy the end.

Brenna and Ryan Webster, Mandy’s parents, greet Cath and I at the door. “Welcome,” Brenna says, smiling.

“Thanks, Mrs. Webster,” I reply, shifting Tatyana’s weight slightly.

“Who’s this little angel?” Tatyana smiles, but says nothing.

“My daughter. She’s a little shy sometimes.” Brenna smiles.

“How old is she?”

“Just shy of three.” Catherine smiles, and Brenna lets us go so she can mingle with some other guests. We reach our table, sitting down as Jillian Stokes walk up to us.

“Thanks for coming,” she says sweetly. Catherine and I smile.

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world,” Catherine says.

“Yeah,” I add. “It’s not every day we get to come to things like this.” Jillian smiles.

“Yeah,” she says. “Took a while, but I think he’s got a good one.”

“Trust me,” Catherine says. “He has a great one.”

“As a mother, I can rest assured.” Her and Catherine share a laugh before Jillian moves on to the next table. Grissom and Heather sit with us, putting Allison next to Tatyana. The six of us talk as the guests all settle in around us. The table next to us seats Greg, Sara, Emily, Hodges, Wendy, and Vanessa, with all four of the girls near each other. Henry, in from Hawaii for the shower, sits at another table with Bobby Dawson, Archie, and their dates. Nick and Mandy sit with their parents at a table not far away from us, and families and other friends are all around the room.

“Packed house, huh?” Greg whispers to me. I chuckle.

“Yeah,” I reply. Nick stands up, taking the microphone.

“Hey, ya’ll,” he starts. “Thanks for comin’ today to be with us as we get ready for the baby and the weddin’. I’d like to thank mine and Mandy’s parents for puttin’ this together, along with Catherine and Sara.” We all applaud, and Catherine blushes. “And, most importantly, thank ya’ll for the weddin’ and baby presents.” We all laugh. As Nick continues his speech, I look around.

Heather and Grissom hold hands under the table, thinking no one notices as they steal glances at one another. Grissom talks softly to Catherine, best friends standing the tests of time and odd relationships. Greg and Sara sit together, though not actually dating fully, but feeling things out between themselves. Nick and Mandy, the center of today’s attention, flirt and kiss while everyone ‘ooos’ and ‘ahhs’ at it. As we all sit together in our little corner of the world, I can’t help but think about everything.

Life’s thrown our team some curves. We’ve been stalked, kidnapped, and had many events threaten to tear us apart. But in the end, the six of us have persevered through everything, and made it out better friends and a tighter family than most of us have ever known. We even lost a member of our squad, and when he returned three years later, it almost was like he never left.

That’s love. That’s family. And that’s what we’ve got.

The End

A/N: So, what'd ya'll think? Please let me know.

As for stories in the pipeline, the first one up is going to be "The Savior for the Broken." It's turning out to be a rather Greg-centric piece, and is a post-Living Doll fic, which you can expect to see either later today or early tomorrow. And, here's a minor snippet of what you can expect.

He felt a hand on his shoulder, and the former DNA tech turned to face Brass. “Hey, kid,” the older detective said.

“Hey,” Greg replied quietly.

“How you holdin’ up?” The younger man shrugged, looking back at the casket.

“I keep thinking this is just a really bad nightmare that I’ll wake up from. Or, at least, I keep hoping that.” Brass nodded his understanding.

“It’s tough.”

“She didn’t deserve this.”

“No one does.” Greg sighed, his heart heavy with regret and words left unspoken.

That's the major one at the moment that's coming up. The next planned one (for now, anyway) is "The Ghost of You," which will be a sort of short CSI/CSI: Miami crossover that takes place within seasons 7 (Vegas) and 5 (Miami). I don't want to give too much away just yet, though, since there is still some time before that pops up, but know that it's on the horizon.

That's all, everyone! Please leave a review for this story. :D