AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is my first fic I ever posted here..haha. I dedicate this to all Catherine/Marg fans out there most specially to:

~the AAM ladies: Suzanne, Nadia, Andry, Honor, Heidi and Sharon

~MaMa girl: Erica

~and of course to my new found friend/sister/soul mate (Yieeee..lol) Ghie.

Hope you'll like this. Reviews are all welcome, it'll be appreciated..haha.

SUMMARY: It's Christmas time and if you're gonna ask Catherine what she wants for Christmas, she only wants him back, her Lou. Will her wishes come true?

One week before Christmas:

You can feel the Christmas season in CSI lab with all those decorations, the big Christmas tree, the gifts underneath, the Christmas lights and the different decorations all around the corner of the lab. Almost every day the news that you will hear from everyone on the lab are about the activities and plans they will have for Christmas, even the Jews are also butting in. Everyone is excited, everyone is happy except for one person.

Catherine is on her way to the lab and passes by some shopping store where a lot of people are doing their Christmas shopping, she saw a kid who's very happy because her mom bought the gift that she wants. She remembers the day when Lindsey was also that age ranting about the doll that she wants for Christmas.

"Oh those days" she said, and realized that time runs fast because now she can no longer buy her only daughter a doll, because she's all grown to a beautiful young lady. Then she remembers the argument they had just last week about the gift that Lindsey wants, an iPad, which she said no that made Lindsey upset and told her "I wish grandpa is still alive, so he can buy me an iPad for Christmas" and walks out on her. Catherine rolled her eyes and shakes her head. Christmas is her favorite holiday because it's the time where she can be with her family and cook for them and also she can wrap gifts as many as she wants (she loves wrapping gifts and she don't know why, it makes her happy) with no excuses because its Christmas. But this year things had been different, and it's all because of Lou.

While parking her car at the lab, the utility men are adding more Christmas lights and decorations, which made the whole lab so bright. All because of the new mayor, because he's fond of Christmas so he wants every government facility to be as bright as the stars especially during the night.

"We're living in Vegas..the City of Lights!" he said in one of his interview on a morning show.

"It's the season to be jolly, Falalalala lalalala" is playing on her car before she turns off the radio. She entered the lab and saw the big Christmas tree that welcomes her view and walks "Good evening, Ms. Willows" Jody greeted her with a big smile and wearing a Santa hat. "Good evening" she answered and slightly smiled. She headed directly to her office and to her chair, when suddenly Nick, Sara, Greg and Ray entered her room.

"Hi there boss" Nick greeted her, holding a box and the three sits down on the couch. With a surprised reaction "Ok…so what's up?" she asked. The four just stayed quiet, "Well I haven't look at the cases for tonight" she grabbed a pile of papers on her table "Ok so there's a 419 at the Fremont St, who wants the case?". The four looked at each other wondering, "We're not exactly here for the cases" Nick said.

"Ok…so why you all here then?"

The four got surprised by her answer especially because it's very obvious by the box that Nick is holding. "Have you forgotten, Cath?" Greg asked. "Forgotten about what?" she answered. "This" Nick shaking the box that he's holding, Catherine still didn't get it and just look at him.

"You know that it's been a tradition to us CSI to have an exchange of gifts even before Grissom was the boss, remember?" Sara said. That's when the time the idea sinked in her mind

"Oh…yeah, yeah, I know…I'm sorry…yeah the exchange gift, right" she replied.

Ever since it's been a tradition to them to have an exchange of gifts for Christmas, they will write their name on a piece of paper and they will put it in a box and they will draw a name to which they will give their gifts to. "Ok, so who wants to draw first?" asked Nick. "Me" Ray said. "Ok Doc" Nick brought the box to him. Sara was next and then Greg, "Ok boss there's only two names left" Nick said. "I think you should…you know…here" Nick handed her the box and she pick a paper. "So it's my turn now" Nick gets the last piece of paper and read the name on it, he smile and immediately put it in his pocket.

"Ok, so we're done…is there anything else?" asked Catherine. Everyone shook their heads, "Ok then, back to work" she said and assigned them their cases.