Last Request
Authors: Brianna (adpi24) and Mel (MellaNella)
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Except Hannah.
Chapter 1 written by Brianna
AN: Okay I replaced the quotation marks with what looks like apostrophes. I'm hoping that this change will allow less of those annoying symbols to occur when posting on ff.net.
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Chapter One
Sara waited impatiently at the airport. She was standing outside security with dozens of other people waiting to pick up family or friends. She looked up over the crowd and saw who she was looking for. It was hard to miss the girl's long blonde hair. She was wearing a red tank top and blue jeans, her normal style. She looked around and spotted Sara.
'Sara!' the girl called out to her.
'Hannah!' Sara yelled back and ran over to her. She had been looking forward to her cousin coming for a while and now she was finally here. Sara was so happy to see Hannah, she ran up to her and embraced her in a warm hug. The two women finally pulled apart and Sara spoke up.
'Did you check your luggage?'
'Yeah, it was easier than lugging it on the plane' Hannah replied.
The two women began walking towards baggage claim.
'So cuz, how have you been?' Hannah asked
Sara rolled her eyes at Hannah's term of 'cuz'. She couldn't see why she couldn't just say 'cousin'. She should be used to it now though, Hannah's language was a part of her personality.
'I've been good. How are your parents? I feel bad because I don't keep in touch with Aunt Theresa and Uncle Jason as often as I should.'
Hannah laughed at Sara's comment.
'What?' Sara asked
'It's just funny hearing you call my parents Aunt Theresa and Uncle Jason.'
'Well Hannah, they are my aunt and uncle' Sara said knowingly
'Yeah, but they're my parents. I call 'em Mom and Dad.'
'Your point being' Sara replied teasingly
The women arrived at baggage claim and by the overhead signs were directed to baggage claim 4, which had just started running. Sara stood back, while Hannah moved her way forward to find her luggage. After a couple of minutes Hannah pushed her way through the group with all of her stuff.
'Ready?' Sara asked
'Ready, let's blow this pop stand!'
Sara rolled her eyes again at Hannah's wording. The women headed to the parking structure and headed out. Hannah would be rooming with Sara for the duration of her vacation.
The two made small talk on the ride to Sara's apartment. It wasn't like the two of them never talked, as they were pretty good friends. It was kind of hard not to notice, Sara noted, as her phone bill was extremely high from the long-distance calls to Hannah. It wasn't often that Hannah could get away, but when she could, she stopped in for a visit, about two times a year.
'Wow, nice complex.' Hannah said as Sara pulled into the apartment complex
'Thanks. It's not bad. Quiet. Decent rent. All utilities covered except electric and phone.'
Sara pulled her CSI assigned Tahoe into her covered parking spot and both women exited the vehicle. Sara popped the trunk and Hannah removed her bags.
'My apartment is just on the other side of the building.' Sara said as she began walking. Hannah followed her.
Sara opened up her apartment door and turned on the lights.
Hannah looked around, surprised. 'Wow, this is really nice Sara.'
'Thanks.'
Hannah took in the apartment. For one thing it was immaculate. The flooring was wood, directly next to the front door was a small table where Sara threw her keys. Next to the table was a closet door, to which Hannah assumed was for coats and storage. To the left of the door was the living room, where there sat a black leather couch. In front of the couch was a beautiful black entertainment center, which held Sara's DVD player, CD player, TV, VCR along with CD's and DVD's. Hannah walked further into the apartment and noticed the hallway to her right, which she assumed led to the master bedroom. Straight in front of her was an extremely small, yet cozy dining area. The kitchen was very big, but by the looks of it, Hannah assumed it was rarely used.
While Hannah was inspecting the apartment Sara checked her answering machine. Three messages. She clicked on the red button and the messages began to play.
'Hi Sara, this is Aunt Theresa. Hannah didn't take her cell phone, so if you could please have her call me as soon as she gets in. You know me, worry wort. Talk to you later sweetheart. Love ya.'
Sara smiled and deleted the message
'Hannah, call your mom.' Sara yelled.
'Okay.' Hannah yelled back from somewhere in the apartment.
'This message is for Sara Sidle. This is Renee from Discover. We are pleased to inform you that you have been approved for a Discover Platinum-- '
Sara deleted the message before the woman had a chance to continue
'I take it you don't want a Discover Platinum?' Hannah asked, surprising Sara in the process, 'Sorry didn't mean to startle you.'
'It's okay, and no, I don't need a Discover Platinum.'
'Hi Sara, it's Nick. I tried calling your cell, but you have it off and your voicemail doesn't seem to be working. Call me when you get this message, it's important.'
Sara lifted her eyebrows in surprise. She had no idea why Nick was calling her in the first place, but she wasn't unhappy about him calling. A tiny smile formed on her lips which didn't go unnoticed by Hannah.
'So.Who's Nick?' Hannah asked her.
"Um." said Sara, looking for the right words. 'My coworker. Why?'
'Well besides the fact that you have got a cute little smile splaying your face right now and the fact that he sounds hot, intrigues me.'
'Hannah' she said blankly, revealing nothing.
'Sara' Hannah said, just the same. 'Inquiring minds want to know.'
'I am not involved with Nick' Sara said knowing exactly what Hannah was referring to.
'Right' Hannah said, unconvinced.
'I swear. You'll see tonight. I've arranged for you to come in and shadow me so you can get a better idea what the job entails.'
Hannah jumped up from the chair she was sitting in and threw her arms around Sara. She had no idea that Sara was going to take her in to work with her. Sara knew that Hannah envied Sara. Hannah really wanted her job, and just completed her Masters in Forensic Science.
'Thank you so much Sara, this means so much to me. I can't even comprehend how I'm ever going to repay you.'
'Hannah, your family' Sara paused, picked up her cordless phone and handed it to Hannah 'You better call your mom before she has a panic attack and ends up in the hospital.'
Hannah laughed at Sara's extremely accurate account of her mother and grabbed the phone from her. Hannah left the room to call her mother and Sara turned her cell phone on. She decided to give Nick a call and find out what he wanted. She pressed 5 on her cell and Nick's number came up. The phone rang a few times before he answered.
'Stokes'
'Hey Nick, its Sara, I just got your message. What's up?'
'Hey Sara' Nick paused 'I just wanted to be the one to tell you.'
'Tell me what?' Sara asked, somewhat worried
'The Hanson case, remember it?'
"God, how could I forget? It was the double homicide, two children, and the parents were the ones who killed them."
'Yeah, anyways, I received a call from the DA today stating that the case isn't going to trial anymore.'
'What! Why not?' Sara exclaimed
Nick took a deep breath, 'Someone in the DA's office, were not sure who, IA is looking into it, misplaced the warrant we got to obtain items from the home. Without the warrant all the evidence we gathered isn't considered 'legal', so to speak. The judge threw the case out and the Hanson's were released and their remaining 5 children were returned to their custody.'
'Oh my god.' Sara whispered. She didn't even know how to react to such damaging news.
'Sar, I gotta go, I'll see you at the lab. Okay?'
'Yeah.um.I'll see you tonight'
Nick hung up and Sara was left standing next to her fridge staring into space when Hannah came back into the room.
'Sara, are you okay?'
Sara shook herself out of her stupor, 'Yeah, I'm gonna go lie down for awhile. I have to be in at 10.'
Before Hannah could reply, Sara quickly left the kitchen and headed towards her bedroom, closing the door behind her.
Hannah sighed, looking at the clock seeing that it was now 1:45pm.
'I guess I'll go unpack and attempt to get some sleep myself' Hannah said aloud to no one in particular. With that she headed to Sara's guest bedroom/computer room. She unpacked some pajamas, changed and lay down. She was asleep within moments of her head hitting the pillow, looking forward to tonight and working with Sara.
Authors: Brianna (adpi24) and Mel (MellaNella)
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Except Hannah.
Chapter 1 written by Brianna
AN: Okay I replaced the quotation marks with what looks like apostrophes. I'm hoping that this change will allow less of those annoying symbols to occur when posting on ff.net.
*~*~*
Chapter One
Sara waited impatiently at the airport. She was standing outside security with dozens of other people waiting to pick up family or friends. She looked up over the crowd and saw who she was looking for. It was hard to miss the girl's long blonde hair. She was wearing a red tank top and blue jeans, her normal style. She looked around and spotted Sara.
'Sara!' the girl called out to her.
'Hannah!' Sara yelled back and ran over to her. She had been looking forward to her cousin coming for a while and now she was finally here. Sara was so happy to see Hannah, she ran up to her and embraced her in a warm hug. The two women finally pulled apart and Sara spoke up.
'Did you check your luggage?'
'Yeah, it was easier than lugging it on the plane' Hannah replied.
The two women began walking towards baggage claim.
'So cuz, how have you been?' Hannah asked
Sara rolled her eyes at Hannah's term of 'cuz'. She couldn't see why she couldn't just say 'cousin'. She should be used to it now though, Hannah's language was a part of her personality.
'I've been good. How are your parents? I feel bad because I don't keep in touch with Aunt Theresa and Uncle Jason as often as I should.'
Hannah laughed at Sara's comment.
'What?' Sara asked
'It's just funny hearing you call my parents Aunt Theresa and Uncle Jason.'
'Well Hannah, they are my aunt and uncle' Sara said knowingly
'Yeah, but they're my parents. I call 'em Mom and Dad.'
'Your point being' Sara replied teasingly
The women arrived at baggage claim and by the overhead signs were directed to baggage claim 4, which had just started running. Sara stood back, while Hannah moved her way forward to find her luggage. After a couple of minutes Hannah pushed her way through the group with all of her stuff.
'Ready?' Sara asked
'Ready, let's blow this pop stand!'
Sara rolled her eyes again at Hannah's wording. The women headed to the parking structure and headed out. Hannah would be rooming with Sara for the duration of her vacation.
The two made small talk on the ride to Sara's apartment. It wasn't like the two of them never talked, as they were pretty good friends. It was kind of hard not to notice, Sara noted, as her phone bill was extremely high from the long-distance calls to Hannah. It wasn't often that Hannah could get away, but when she could, she stopped in for a visit, about two times a year.
'Wow, nice complex.' Hannah said as Sara pulled into the apartment complex
'Thanks. It's not bad. Quiet. Decent rent. All utilities covered except electric and phone.'
Sara pulled her CSI assigned Tahoe into her covered parking spot and both women exited the vehicle. Sara popped the trunk and Hannah removed her bags.
'My apartment is just on the other side of the building.' Sara said as she began walking. Hannah followed her.
Sara opened up her apartment door and turned on the lights.
Hannah looked around, surprised. 'Wow, this is really nice Sara.'
'Thanks.'
Hannah took in the apartment. For one thing it was immaculate. The flooring was wood, directly next to the front door was a small table where Sara threw her keys. Next to the table was a closet door, to which Hannah assumed was for coats and storage. To the left of the door was the living room, where there sat a black leather couch. In front of the couch was a beautiful black entertainment center, which held Sara's DVD player, CD player, TV, VCR along with CD's and DVD's. Hannah walked further into the apartment and noticed the hallway to her right, which she assumed led to the master bedroom. Straight in front of her was an extremely small, yet cozy dining area. The kitchen was very big, but by the looks of it, Hannah assumed it was rarely used.
While Hannah was inspecting the apartment Sara checked her answering machine. Three messages. She clicked on the red button and the messages began to play.
'Hi Sara, this is Aunt Theresa. Hannah didn't take her cell phone, so if you could please have her call me as soon as she gets in. You know me, worry wort. Talk to you later sweetheart. Love ya.'
Sara smiled and deleted the message
'Hannah, call your mom.' Sara yelled.
'Okay.' Hannah yelled back from somewhere in the apartment.
'This message is for Sara Sidle. This is Renee from Discover. We are pleased to inform you that you have been approved for a Discover Platinum-- '
Sara deleted the message before the woman had a chance to continue
'I take it you don't want a Discover Platinum?' Hannah asked, surprising Sara in the process, 'Sorry didn't mean to startle you.'
'It's okay, and no, I don't need a Discover Platinum.'
'Hi Sara, it's Nick. I tried calling your cell, but you have it off and your voicemail doesn't seem to be working. Call me when you get this message, it's important.'
Sara lifted her eyebrows in surprise. She had no idea why Nick was calling her in the first place, but she wasn't unhappy about him calling. A tiny smile formed on her lips which didn't go unnoticed by Hannah.
'So.Who's Nick?' Hannah asked her.
"Um." said Sara, looking for the right words. 'My coworker. Why?'
'Well besides the fact that you have got a cute little smile splaying your face right now and the fact that he sounds hot, intrigues me.'
'Hannah' she said blankly, revealing nothing.
'Sara' Hannah said, just the same. 'Inquiring minds want to know.'
'I am not involved with Nick' Sara said knowing exactly what Hannah was referring to.
'Right' Hannah said, unconvinced.
'I swear. You'll see tonight. I've arranged for you to come in and shadow me so you can get a better idea what the job entails.'
Hannah jumped up from the chair she was sitting in and threw her arms around Sara. She had no idea that Sara was going to take her in to work with her. Sara knew that Hannah envied Sara. Hannah really wanted her job, and just completed her Masters in Forensic Science.
'Thank you so much Sara, this means so much to me. I can't even comprehend how I'm ever going to repay you.'
'Hannah, your family' Sara paused, picked up her cordless phone and handed it to Hannah 'You better call your mom before she has a panic attack and ends up in the hospital.'
Hannah laughed at Sara's extremely accurate account of her mother and grabbed the phone from her. Hannah left the room to call her mother and Sara turned her cell phone on. She decided to give Nick a call and find out what he wanted. She pressed 5 on her cell and Nick's number came up. The phone rang a few times before he answered.
'Stokes'
'Hey Nick, its Sara, I just got your message. What's up?'
'Hey Sara' Nick paused 'I just wanted to be the one to tell you.'
'Tell me what?' Sara asked, somewhat worried
'The Hanson case, remember it?'
"God, how could I forget? It was the double homicide, two children, and the parents were the ones who killed them."
'Yeah, anyways, I received a call from the DA today stating that the case isn't going to trial anymore.'
'What! Why not?' Sara exclaimed
Nick took a deep breath, 'Someone in the DA's office, were not sure who, IA is looking into it, misplaced the warrant we got to obtain items from the home. Without the warrant all the evidence we gathered isn't considered 'legal', so to speak. The judge threw the case out and the Hanson's were released and their remaining 5 children were returned to their custody.'
'Oh my god.' Sara whispered. She didn't even know how to react to such damaging news.
'Sar, I gotta go, I'll see you at the lab. Okay?'
'Yeah.um.I'll see you tonight'
Nick hung up and Sara was left standing next to her fridge staring into space when Hannah came back into the room.
'Sara, are you okay?'
Sara shook herself out of her stupor, 'Yeah, I'm gonna go lie down for awhile. I have to be in at 10.'
Before Hannah could reply, Sara quickly left the kitchen and headed towards her bedroom, closing the door behind her.
Hannah sighed, looking at the clock seeing that it was now 1:45pm.
'I guess I'll go unpack and attempt to get some sleep myself' Hannah said aloud to no one in particular. With that she headed to Sara's guest bedroom/computer room. She unpacked some pajamas, changed and lay down. She was asleep within moments of her head hitting the pillow, looking forward to tonight and working with Sara.