When Two Worlds Collide Chapter 1

Title: When Two Worlds Collide, part 1
Pairing: Greg/OC
Rating: K+

Spoilers: none
Disclaimer: None of this is true. And I own none of the characters. Not one of them.


The Announcement

It was the start of another evening on the graveyard shift for the CSIs of Las Vegas. Most of the shift were sat around waiting for their assignments for the evening. Greg Sanders was preening his hair in his reflection on the toaster, adding extra spikes to his already spiky hair. Catherine Willows stood in the corner of the room, pacing up and down as she tried to placate her protesting daughter over the telephone. Sara Sidle sat idly flicking through the channels on the television, repeatedly looking at her watch and growing increasingly impatient. Nick Stokes finally broke the near silence as Catherine hung up her phone with a sigh. "What's keeping 'Rick and Grissom man? Shift started 20 minutes ago."

"Do you think he's forgotten about us? It wouldn't be the first time he got too involved with stuff and forgot us." Sara stated as she thumbed the off switch on the remote control.

At that moment shift supervisor Gil Grissom blustered into the room in a flurry of apologies, closely followed by Warrick Brown, the final member of the graveyard team. Grissom dropped his armful of folders on the table as he spoke. "Sorry for the delay folks, but if Greg could stop playing with his hair and join the rest of us then I have some important news for you all."
Greg apologised as he sheepishly took a seat in between Sara and Nick around the table. "Thank you Greg, maybe we can continue now. You may remember a few months back I told you about a possible exchange between us and our counterparts in New York. Well, it's all been organised now and we'll be getting a new addition to our team for three months."

A sudden murmur rippled around the room, interrupting Grissom as the group contemplated the prospect if a new addition to their numbers. "Hang on," said Catherine. "If it's an exchange, which one of us is going to New York?" Grissom raised an eyebrow and looked over to Warrick. "That would be me." He admitted.

Another murmur rippled around the group, louder this time. "Wow Rick, what does Tina think of all this? You're gonna be away for three months man!" exclaimed Nick. Warrick nervously looked down at the table, playing with his watch strap as he spoke. "Er, well. Me and Tina…me and Tina are kinda having a break at the moment, so I decided to do the exchange so we could have some time apart y'know, then try and work things out." Nick patted Warrick's shoulder in a conciliatory way. "Man, I'm sorry. But why didn't you tell me Rick? I thought we were tight bro?"
"I'm sorry man, it just kind happened and I needed to kinda get my head around it first."
"Ok," interrupted Grissom. "This is how it will work. Warrick flies up to New York in four days, and at the same time his swap partner will fly down to us. They will, in effect, be Warrick while they're here. Any questions or can we get onto what we're paid to do?"