New story for you guys, just to count down the days till the next CSI episode! Can't believe we have to go another week without a new one...
A multiple chapter story again this time and completely spoiler free! Hope you guys enjoy and of course if you do: reviews always make me happy! :)

Chapter 1

A day like any other.

That's how Greg decided to describe his day off so far. After he had gotten home from work, he had gotten a few hours of sleep, after which he had made himself a nice breakfast. He had taken a shower, cleaned up a little and now he was surfing the internet like he always did on his days off. He just quickly checked his favorite sites before he logged in at the forum he was a member of. The forum belonged to the website of his old high school – students, past and present, could register and then talk about classes, teachers, ask for help with their homework, ask for advice or plan reunions. A lot of topics had a subject title 'Class of ..., where are you now?' Greg always checked the topic for his class – he liked reading what his old classmates were up to, even though he hardly wrote anything about himself.

Today's last post had been made by his old lab partner. The guy currently lived in LA with his beautiful girlfriend, an actress who had played small parts in several movies already. Greg didn't really like either of them: he had seen pictures of the girlfriend and he could clearly see she thought way too highly about herself and all his old lab partner did was go on about how great his girlfriend was doing.

Today's post was no exception: he had written his girlfriend had met up with Johnny Depp, who was in LA to promote his new movie. Johnny of course remembered her as she previously starred in a movie with him, his old lab partner had written. Greg shook his head as he read the words. He had seen the Johnny Depp movie with the girlfriend in it: the girl had just been standing in the background without doing anything. If he hadn't known the girl would be in the scene, he wouldn't even have noticed her.

Just as Greg was about to log out, he saw a new reply had been posted to his class topic. A girl he vaguely knew from English and who was living in Las Vegas as well now had written more about the Johnny Depp movie. It would premiere in a few weeks, but before the actual premiere there would be a special sneak premiere in Las Vegas. She had included a link to win tickets for the sneak premiere.

Greg realized he had been staring at the girl's post for nearly five minutes. Why did the post interest him so much? He had never been a huge fan of Johnny Depp or his movies, even though he had enjoyed the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Morgan loved his work, he knew. She wasn't an obsessed fan or anything, he knew she just enjoyed watching his movies and never missed one when a new one hit the cinemas.

To his own surprise Greg noticed he had clicked the link the girl had posted. Win two tickets to the special sneak premiere, the title of the page read. All you had to do, was answer a very simple question (the answer was on the page itself), fill out your details and then wait. Greg hesitated. He would love to win the tickets and then take Morgan to the sneak premiere with him. There were only two problems: he never won anything and he would never have the courage to ask her out.

Okay, he suddenly decided. If I win those tickets, I'll finally ask Morgan out! He sat up behind his computer and started filling out the form.

Two weeks later…

Greg had to re-read the email twice. No, this was unbelievable! He had really won the tickets! He started reading the email for the third time: Congratulations, Greg Sanders, you are one of the lucky winners of two tickets to the special sneak premiere of Alice in Wonderland 2! It was really true, because the tickets had been attached to the email. All he had to do, was print them and bring them. And ask Morgan to come with him of course…

After taking several deep breaths, he printed the tickets and started looking for Morgan. Of course she was nowhere to be found, so he asked Russell if she had been sent to a crime scene.

"No, she's off today," Russell said to his surprise. He frowned. How could it be her day off today? He had memorized her schedule: this week she had Friday and Saturday off, just like he had. And in this case it worked out perfectly, because the movie premiere was on Saturday.

"Oh, I didn't know that," Greg said, trying to sound as normal as possible.

"Yeah, turned out I made a mistake when I planned your days off – I gave you, Nick and Morgan Friday off, but I can't have three people off at the same time," Russell explained. "Morgan was the first one I saw after I realized it, so I asked her if she'd mind taking today off instead of Friday. She didn't mind."

"Right. Yeah, sure, that's fine," Greg nodded. "I, eh, had to ask her something about a case, but I'll, eh, call her instead."

He quickly rushed out of Russell's office, afraid of what his supervisor might say. No one needed to know yet he was planning to finally ask Morgan out!

While Greg was at work trying to avoid questions from Russell, Morgan was at home, watching a movie and eating chocolate. The movie she was watching, was called 'Chocolat', so of course she had to eat chocolate while watching it. Or maybe it was just a silly excuse to eat chocolate, she thought as she took another bite. She shrugged her shoulders. Who cared anyway? It was her day off and she didn't want to ruin it by thinking about what was good for her and what not.

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the doorbell. She groaned, who dared to bother her on her day off? Annoyed, she paused the movie, got up from the couch and moved slowly towards the front door. If it was anything but important, she'd give whoever it was a piece of her mind! When she saw who had rang the doorbell, her annoyance immediately disappeared, though.

"Greg!" she said with a smile. "What are you doing here?"

"I, eh, wanted to ask you something, but you weren't at work and you didn't pick up your phone," he explained his presence.

"No, I always turn my phone off now on my days off after Russell called me in five times in a row a while ago," she told him. "But come on in, I didn't mean to shut you out! Unless you came here to ask me to help you with a case…"

She gave him a frowning look. He smiled at her. "No, don't worry, this isn't work related!"

"Alright, then you can come in! Want some chocolate? I was just watching a movie!" She sat back down on the couch and took another piece of chocolate, offering Greg the rest of the candy bar. He politely took one small piece.

"What were you watching?" he asked her.

"Chocolat, it's a movie with Johnny Depp," she confessed with a shy smile.

"Oh, I think I know it, it's about the single mother and her daughter in France, right?"

She looked at him in surprise. "Yeah, it is! How did you know?"

"My Mum loves the movie," he admitted. "She kept going on about how great she thought it was and that I had to watch it too, so I did."

"What did you think?" she asked him. He blushed a little. "I fell asleep before the end and woke up during the credits…"

"And of course you didn't tell your Mum," she understood. "Alright, Sanders, that leaves me no choice but to blackmail you! You can either watch this movie with me… or I'll tell your Mum you never watched the whole thing!"

"Only if I can have another piece of chocolate!" he said to her relief with a smile. She smiled back at him, holding up the candy bar. "Eat as much as you like!"

Still smiling, she pushed the play button on her remote. She could understand why a guy might fall asleep during the movie – it really wasn't a movie for guys to watch – but she didn't want Greg to leave just yet. She loved having him around, just to talk to, have a laugh with or joke around with. Plus, he was great to look at of course. Okay, focus on the movie, Brody, she warned herself. You know everyone around you says he likes you, but unless he says it to you himself, you won't say a word!

After the movie, during which Greg had stayed awake the entire time, Morgan smiled at him. "What did you think?"

"Cute," he said. "Not my kinda thing, but I can see why women like it. Although that end was so predictable!"

"Of course it is, it's supposed to be like that!" Morgan called out with a smile. "Don't you know anything about romance?"

"Hey, for your information: I got my very first girlfriend flowers every single day!"

She narrowed her eyes. "How old were you?"

He blushed. "Seven… I picked the flowers for her on my way to school…"

Morgan couldn't help but grin. "Ah, that is cute! And romantic too… Okay, I take back what I said, you do know something about romance! Seven… That must have been so sweet to watch!"

She noticed her words made him shy, but the only reason she wanted to keep going on about it was to see if he'd finally say something about his feelings for her.

Greg shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know… But I guess she liked it, because we were boyfriend and girlfriend the entire school year. I even sat front row when she played Alice in Wonderland in our class play!"

He looked up at her. "Speaking of Alice in Wonderland, did you know there's going to be a sequel to the Johnny Depp movie of Alice in Wonderland?"

"Yeah, I read about it," Morgan nodded. "Apparently there's a special sneak premiere here in Vegas this Saturday. I wished I had tickets, I'd love to go!"

To her surprise Greg got two printed tickets from his pockets.

"I won them in an online contest," he confessed. "I was hoping… you'd want to go with me…"

Okay, was she dreaming or was this real? Had he really – finally – just asked her out?

"Yes, I'd love to go with you!" she said, trying not to sound too overexcited. He immediately started smiling. "Really? Great! So, eh, I'll pick you up around seven then, is that okay?"

"Yeah, that's great!" she nodded. She kept smiling as she walked to the front door with him.

"Well, great, I'll see you here Saturday then," he said.

"Yeah, see you here Saturday!" she smiled. After she had closed the door, she let out an excited "Yes!" Greg had finally asked her out!

On the other side of the door Greg had a huge smile on his face. Yes, he had finally asked Morgan out!

Saturday…

Whistling happily Greg checked one last time if he hadn't forgotten anything. Wallet, car keys, the tickets… Yes, that was everything he needed! He hesitated while he looked at his phone. Bring it or not? If he brought it, there was a chance of Russell ruining their date by calling one of them in for work. But of course if he didn't bring it and something happened, he wouldn't be able to call anyone… He was still doubting about bringing it or not when the screen lit up and told him he had received a text message from Morgan. The message she had sent it, made him freeze up inside: Greg, I am so, so sorry, but I have to cancel our date… I feel awful, I'm really sorry!

Greg stared at the message for what seemed like hours. How could Morgan do this to him? He had wanted to ask her out for such a long time and when he finally had found the courage to do it, she broke the date… No, he thought, shaking his head. He wasn't just going to let her break the date! He grabbed his car keys and left for her house. Almost impatiently he rang the doorbell. He had seen her car, so that had to mean she was home. Why wasn't she answering the door? He ran the doorbell again. Yes, finally, footsteps coming from inside! The door slowly opened. Suddenly he felt horrible about ringing the doorbell so impatiently. He also suddenly understood what Morgan had meant when she had written 'I feel awful'. She hadn't been talking about the date, she had been talking about herself: Greg could clearly see she was sick.