Disclaimer: i do not own CSI or the characters :(
note: i made this story up 100% by myself.. it doesn't have anything to do with any past episodes except the characters (and Grissom and Sara being married). the first chapter doesn't have all the CSI's in it because i wanted to lay the foundation, ya know? ;) Gil never left, Warrick never died.

Jassie's (JAY-SEE) thoughts are in italic by the way. She's a 16 y/o girl. Charles is her horse.

I hate getting car sick. Jassie thought as her dad pulled around the corner onto the grass and parked behind their new Exodus horse trailer. She stepped out of the car, shut the door lightly, and took a deep breath.

"You okay?" Roger stepped around the car and stood in front of her.

"Yeah dad, I'm fine. Just a little nervous. Help me open the windows so Charles can get a little fresh air in there?" Jassie stepped over the puddle near her feet and went to unlatch the windows of the horse trailer.

Jassie called her father Roger while at home, but never to his face. She lived with her mother after her parents got divorced. Never fully forgiving her mother for divorcing her father, she gets through it by spending days at her friends' houses and nights in her bedroom with the door shut. Her mom's new boyfriend just moved in and she hated being around him.

"Good boy," Jassie crooned to Charles, gently rubbing his soft chestnut fur on his neck. She loved her horse. Whenever things were bad at her house, if she didn't feel good, or even if she had to get away for a few hours she would walk to the barn to ride her horse. Although it was a 3 mile walk, and about a 25 minute run, she liked the alone time.

A man spotted Jassie talking to her horse and walked over.

"Nick! You made it!" Jassie went over to Nick and gave him a hug. Nick was Roger's brother and supported Jassie by coming to almost all of her Dressage shows.

"Of course I did, I wouldn't miss it even for work! I called in sick by the way so if I get caught…" Jassie laughed and playfully elbowed him in his side.

"We wouldn't want your boss getting mad. What's his name, Bill or something?"

"Gil."

"Oh, yeah," Jassie laughed. "I knew it was something like that."

"Dad?" Jassie looked inside the trailer. He wasn't in the kitchen or on the bed sleeping. Even though the trailer had a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping quarters, which they could've relaxed in on the long drive up, Roger insisted the take the car to 'bond'. Hell, the trailer even had a microwave and dining room table.

"Be right out. You forgot to lock the cabinet door and the splint boots and wraps fell out," he called from the tack room.

"Oh, I'll get them. Come out here for a second."

Roger came out of the trailer, he saw Nick and a huge grin appeared on his face.

"Nick, bro! You came, after not getting a text or call or anything I suspected you weren't coming. How've you been?"

Jassie walked to the trailed, opened the back trailer hatch and untied Charles. The lead rope had fallen to the floor and was covered in hay and shavings.

Thanks Charles, she thought.

She snapped the lead on Charles and turned him around leading him out of the trailer. Jassie tied Charles' lead to the side of the trailer allowing enough slack so he could eat grass. Charles always got nervous while traveling long distances, and Jassie was use to cleaning up after it. The shavings were covered in urine and there had to be at least 5 small piles of manure.

Roger was still talking to Nick, but they were trying to figure out how to open the side of the trailer to release the awning.

"Dad, I have to clean up after Charles. Do you know where the wheel barrels are?"

"Over by where you register." He looked at Jassie then back to the awning.

Jassie followed his stare and went over to where Nick stood. She noticed a panel on the side of the trailer and walked over to it and noticed small grey letters that read 'push'.

"I need a soda." Roger was obviously annoyed and agitated by the awning. Turning away, he froze mid-step when he heard a faint noise. Jassie had opened the awning by pressing the 'open' button inside the panel on the trailer.

"How the hell…" he looked at Jassie then Nick and just grunted. Nick laughed and patted Jassie on the shoulder. "Did I bring any beer?" he joked and proceeded to walk to the cooler.

"Smooth, kid." Nick said and nudged Jassie. "Now go clean your horse's shit before your father puts me to work."

"Heh." Jassie said as she turned away and headed to the registry. There was a wooden door on the side of the building with pitchforks and wheel barrels inside. She took a wheel barrel and went back to the trailer to clean the manure.

"Hey dad…where do I dump this…"

"God, Jassie, you've been here a couple times. You don't remember where? Go to the end of the trailers and you'll see a ramp, go up it then turn left and dump it below into the pile."

There was a little attitude in Rogers answer and she decided it was best to just not answer. Or as he would call it 'back-talk'.

The ramp seemed steep for the purpose of emptying wheel barrels but she didn't care. Turning left, she dumped the manure into the already existing pile. Jassie was about to turn around when something caught her eye on the floor next to the manure pile.

A ring?

To get down near the manure pile meant she would have to jump down 6 feet then some how climb back up. It was worth the risk, she wasn't that short, and she was strong enough to hoist herself back up if she had to.

While jumping down she kept her eyes on the ring. She carefully walked around the manure careful not to step in it. She picked up the ring.

It was…plastic. A shiny plastic… wow…okay.

Jassie turned around, put the ring in her pocket because why the hell not and was about to step back around the pile when she saw something at the bottom of the manure.

Jassie gasped. Her heart started racing and her pulse was going so fast she could feel it throughout her body.

Under all the manure… a finger was sticking out of the pile.

How'd i do? First fanfic i've ever written. it's been on my computer for a while but i never published it. It will get more interesting.. i promise :)
Review pleaseee.

N/A if you don't know what dressage is you should google it or youtube it or you wont understand what Jassie does :D