Hey everyone! I am SO sorry I haven't updated my other story yet. I'm having the worst writers block that you could ever imagine for chapter three. Please don't hate me! I have a cool new story to make up for it though. Well at least I think it's cool. You can let me know by reviewing PLEASE! I live and survive off of reviews!...and sugar. LOL Anywhoo!! I hope you like it!

Summary: Greg brings in a teenage friend to be mentored by the team. Will she be able to change Sara's view on our favorite lab tech? Gr/S Little C/G

Disclaimers: Don't own 'em. Never will... and all that fun stuff. ;D

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In Another's Eyes *~*~*~*~*~*~

Greg was standing outside Grissom's office looking very obvious to the fact that he wanted to come in.

"You can come in now Greg." Grissom said smiling as Greg walked in and sat across from him. "What do you need?"

"I need to talk to you about something."

"Let me guess. You cracked the case?"

"Um, no. Well not yet anyway."

"You ran my samples and got a match?"

"Yes but that isn't why I'm here."

"Okay. What are you here for?"

"I wanted to ask you something."

"Okay Greg, what s it?" Grissom asked expecting the usual 'Can I get a raise?'

"Okay. I have this friend, she is very smart and she loves science, especially forensics."

"This isn't your latest girlfriend is it?" Grissom said cutting him off. "No! She is way too young. Anyway, she wants to know if she can be mentored by the team for a while."

"I don't know Greg. I need more information about her first. You said she was 'way too young' to be your girlfriend, exactly how old is she?"

"She is fifteen." He answered now expecting Grissom to say no based on her age.

"Okay. I will set up an interview if the rest of the team approves. But you understand that there is a lot of risk here right?"

"I know. I discussed everything with her and she still wanted to try it."

"Did you tell her we are graveyard-shift?" Grissom asked suddenly confused.

"Yeah, she told me she had her schedule worked out so she could come in."

"Okay, we can discuss it with everyone when we go on break."

"Okay. Thank you sir." Greg said walking back to his lab, almost knocking Catherine over on his way out.

"Excuse you." She called to him as she walked into the office. "What was that about?" She asked sitting across for Grissom.

"I think I may have just had an actual, mature, human conversation with Greg Sanders that had absolutely nothing to do with him getting a raise." He answered making them both laugh.

"What about?" Catherine asked curiously.

"We can talk about it on break. Right now we have a case to finish." He said as they both got up and headed for the door. "After you." He said letting her pass first.

*~*~*~*~*~*~

It was almost break time when Nick and Sara came in looking for their test results.

"Hey Einstein, did you get a match on our DNA yet?" Nick said as Sara walked up next to him.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't." He said smiling mischievously at them.

"Come on Greg. We need something good to show Grissom on break." Sara said getting annoyed.

"Well, alright. Maybe for one special lady, I can find something." He said smiling at her.

"Very funny Greg." Sara said getting even more annoyed.

"I wasn't trying to be funny Sara." He said looking hurt. He wanted nothing more than to be able to tell her how he really felt without her laughing at him.

He smiled at her blank expression and turned around to get their results from the printer. He handed it to her and watched as she smiled. He was glad he could bring that beautiful smile to her face that he had been deprived of all day.

"What? Did the results pan out?" Nick said trying to look over her shoulder.

"Yes! We nailed him!" She said in a cheerier tone.

"Alright! I'll call Brass to make the arrest." Nick said leaving Sara in the lab with Greg.

"Thanks Greg. We have been working this case for weeks, and you just made my day." She said still smiling at him.

"Glad I could help." He said smiling back. "So what do you say you pay me back by going out for coffee with me after shift." He said hopefully.

"Not a chance." She said watching his grin fade.

"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying right?" He said regaining his now false smile.

"Right Greg. Hey, I'll catch you later okay." Sara said leaving him in the lab.

"Yeah. See ya later Sara." He said as his smile faded agin as he watched her walk away.

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In the break room, Catherine was talking to Warrick about her daughter Lindsey.

"Yeah, she was so happy when Grissom gave her a few of his framed butterflies for her birthday."

"Yeah, I'll bet. Those things are like his most prized possessions. Well I mean aside from you guys of course." He said smiling. Catherine gave him a friendly sarcastic grin and started laughing as Sara walked in followed closely by Nick.

"Hey guys. How's your case going?" Catherine asked greeting her friends.

"Oh not too bad. We only just caught our guy." Nick said sarcastically receiving a glare from Catherine.

"Are you looking for trouble Nicky?" She said as Sara poured herself a cup of coffee.

She took a sip of the tasteless liquid and looked disgusted as Greg walked in.

"Hey Sara. This is for you." He said offering her a new cup.

"Thank Greggo, but I already have my own."

"Ah, but is it my special Hawaiian Blend?" He asked with a smile as she took the cup and started drinking.

"Thanks Greg. Now what do I have to do for you?" She asked skeptically.

"Nothing. You won't let me take you out for a good cup of coffee so I thought I would bring you some. And apparently you needed it." He said as she threw away the empty cup.

"Yeah I guess so." She said receiving strange looks from her coworkers.

"So uh Greg, what about us?" Catherine said acting hurt.

"Well when it's your birthday, you can have some too." He said as everyone looked at Sara who was staring at Greg open-mouthed.

"Wait a minute. It's not Sara's birthday, she would have told us. Well at least me since I am one of her best friends." Nick said proudly as Sara stared at Greg.

"How did you...? Where did you hear that?" She said shocked.

"Wait. Today is your birthday and you didn't tell me?" Nick said sadly.

"How did you know that Greg? Who told you?" Sara said feeling bad for scolding him since the gesture was actually really sweet and more appreciated than he knew.

"Grissom told me."

"I told you what?" Grissom said walking in reading a file.

"You told him today was my birthday." Sara said giving him a death glare.

"Yeah, and you didn't tell me! Is that what you guys were talking about earlier?" Catherine said giving him the 'you are SO busted' look.

"No, that is a totally different matter. Sara I'm sorry I told Greg, he asked me a while back and now it is today. And Catherine I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I should have and I'm sorry." He said giving her his innocent puppy-dog look.

"Oh no you don't Gil Grissom! Don't you even dare give me the 'puppy dog' routine." She said looking the other way to try to resist. "You get three guesses who's sleeping on the couch tonight." She said making Nick, Warrick and Greg laugh hysterically.

"Oh man Grissom. Should we just tell her our birthdays now to save you from more couch time?" Greg said still laughing.

"Very funny Greg. We can change the subject now please."

"No! I'm not done with you guys yet." Catherine said determined to get to the bottom of it. "Sara how come you never told us it was your birthday?" She said moving her glare to Sara.

"Because I didn't want everyone to make a big deal about it. But I guess that isn't happening. Could we please change the subject now?"

"Let's" Grissom said sitting next to Catherine who scooted away.

Everyone moved to the center table to eat lunch. Catherine between Warrick and Grissom and Sara between Nick and a hyper-active Greg that couldn't stop looking at her.

"Okay on to that other matter I mentioned before, Greg have you contacted your friend yet?"

"No sir. I need to wait until this afternoon."

"Oh right. It's still morning. I forgot what time it was." He said staring at the table.

"Okay, can one of you guys please tell us what you are talking about?" Catherine said finally.

"Greg has a friend that wants to be mentored by the team for a while." Grissom said as everyone suddenly had a look of interest.

"Okay, well why do you need to tell us about it? You could easily handle it yourself." Catherine said taking a bite of the over-stuffed Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich Lindsey had made for her.

"Well, I wanted to ask you guys first. Greg can tell you more about her. I can tell you her age."

"So, what does her age have to do with anything?" Nick asked.

"That is why I wanted to talk to you guys first. She is fifteen."

"Fifteen? You're gonna let a kid run around here? Do you know what could happen?" Sara said suddenly uninterested.

"She has a point Gil. Have you talked to the sheriff about this?" Catherine asked wiping jelly off the table.

"If the sheriff had discouraged it, do you think I would even ask you?"

"Wait a minute. The sheriff is allowing this?" Sara asked angrily.

"Yeah, he said that teen mentoring would make the department look good or something." Grissom said mockingly.

"Okay Greg, now it's your turn. Tell us about your friend." Catherine said making Greg move his gaze from Sara.

"Oh, uh her name is Hannah Carson. She is going to be a sophomore after the summer break. But she is way more mature then you might think. She never gets into trouble or fools around or anything like that. And she loves science more than anything. She is actually a big fan of the team." "Well, it's nice to know we are appreciated." Warrick chimed in.

"So how has she worked this into her schedule? I mean she can't just stay up 24-7 to come in a be mentored by a night shift team of CSI's." Catherine asked confused.

"Greg said she had it worked out." Grissom said as Greg continued.

"After today her schedule will be a little easier to handle."

"Oh yeah, last day before summer vacation." Catherine said remembering how excited Lindsey was that morning.

"Yeah she is excited from the lack of homework." Greg said laughing with Catherine.

"Okay is everyone agreed about trying it at least?" Grissom asked anxious to get back to work.

"I'm in." Warrick said.

"It sounds cool to me." Nick added.

"I'm all for it. I think it will do us all a little good." Catherine said looking at Sara who stayed silent.

"Sara?"

She looked at Greg then back at Grissom who looked at her expectantly.

"Fine. What ever you say."

"Alright. Now let's get back to work." As everyone but Sara and himself filed out.

"Sara?"

"Yeah." She said angrily as she took another bite of her salad.

"Do you have to finish working on anything with Nick?"

"We already arrested our guy. I just wanted to finish my lunch."

"Okay." He said about to walk to the door when something told him to turn around. "Sara?" "What?"

"I know you are uncomfortable around kids, but I have a good feeling about this. Who knows you might actually like it."

"I doubt that." She said still not looking at him.

"Why not?"

"Because there is just so much that could go wrong. She could contaminate evidence or disturb a crime scene."

"That's why I want to interview her, to get a feel for her personality. Then we can go from there."

"Whatever. I think you're only doing this because Catherine thinks it's 'good for the team'."

"Excuse me? I made my decision before she even said anything. But she is right. And you know what? You may not believe it right now, but I think you will get the most out of this experience." He said angrily as he walked out.

Sara just stared at her full plate and decided that she couldn't eat anymore. She threw it out and went to the locker room where she ran onto Nick.

"Hey birthday girl. You look like you just lost your best friend. What happened?" Nick asked charmingly.

"Grissom and I just don't see eye to eye on this mentoring thing." She said closing her locker.

"Don't worry, you guys will get through it. You always do eventually. You wanna know how I know that?" Sara nodded "Because you have been friends for so long." Nick said buttoning his shirt.

"Thanks Nick." Sara said as a little smile formed on her face. She walked out thinking about what Nick said. She loved getting advice from him. He was like her older brother. She could always count on him to make her feel better. Even now when she was this mad at Grissom. She went home to get some much needed sleep, hoping that things would be better between her and Grissom by next shift. *~*~*~*~*~*~

A/N: So? What do you think? It gets better. Just let me know if I should keep going or if I should quit while I'm behind okay. It's no fun being behind, nobody telling you , and getting even further back ya know what I mean? LOL So ANYWHOO!! Please r&r. I need to live to write more. And I live off of reviews. Yes even criticism is accepted so I know what I need to change. Thanks for reading my LONG boring note.

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