Title: 'Initiation'
A/N: Just a little fic I wrote for fun - enjoy - this one's for the
Graveyard shift groupies, of course!
"No, Gil. I'm serious. Get away from me!" Catherine was slowly backing away from him, pointing her finger at him as a warning. "Don't get any closer or I'll..!"
"Or you'll what, Catherine?" Grissom replied amused, taking a step closer, his blue eyes sparkling at his new colleague's obvious fear.
"This is my last warning. NOT ANOTHER STEP, GIL GRISSOM"
He chuckled, looking at her innocently. "Oh come on, Cath. Don't be afraid. Just relax"
"That's easy for you to say! 'just relax' " Catherine huffed. "No, you stay there. I'm not kidding!"
He shrugged. "I know you're not kidding. And I understand your fear but you're going to have to face it if you want to keep working with me. Consider it.your initiation."
"Crime Scene Investigators don't have initiations!"
"Las Vegas CSI's do"
"This is just crazy" Catherine sighed, relaxing just a little bit while keeping her eyes on Grissom, following his every movement.
Grissom smiled. "Oh come on Cath. Deep down inside, you know you want to"
"I don't! I really really don't want to" Catherine said raising her voice although she suddenly found herself suppressing a smile. This was just too weird for her.
"Hey, I could ask you to cluck like a chicken, run through the Lab mooing or seduce Brass as your initiation, but I thought this would be less...embarrassing"
"No"
"But Cath."
"NO,Gil"
"You're afraid?"
"Yes!"
"Well....why? I don't understand. It's really innocent"
"Because.!"
"Because what"
"I'm just not going to do that"
Grissom sighed in disappointment. "I thought you were gutsy, a woman who liked to take a chance"
"I am" Catherine said defensively, hands on her hips. "All of the above but I'm NOT going to do it"
"Please?"
"Read my lips: NO!"
"Come on, just this one time"
"No"
"I'll never ask you to do it again..?"
"You never give up, do you?"
"Catherine?"
She narrowed her eyes and frowned, considering whether she should do it or not. He had a good point there. Besides he was standing there, looking all innocent with his sweet bright blue eyes, casually leaning against his desk.
"Just trust me" He said taking a step closer.
Catherine grimaced, her heart racing as he approached her. She shivered slightly and felt the little hairs on her arms rise, "I can't believe I'm letting you talk me into this"
"Come on, you can do it" He whispered.
She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, he was only inches away from her. Her pale blue eyes widened in fear.
"Oh God, Grissom! I can't.. I just can't"
"What?"
"....I just CAN'T touch that huge, black awful looking spider!" She shrieked before leaning back, opening the door and running out of his office.
Grissom stayed behind in his office, gently stroking his favorite Tarantula.
"It's okay" he whispered to the dark, 8 legged creature in his hands. "This is just her first day, she'll come to appreciate you, don't you worry"
* ~The End~ *
- - - - ( A/N part 2: Yeah, I'm very afraid of spiders myself )
"No, Gil. I'm serious. Get away from me!" Catherine was slowly backing away from him, pointing her finger at him as a warning. "Don't get any closer or I'll..!"
"Or you'll what, Catherine?" Grissom replied amused, taking a step closer, his blue eyes sparkling at his new colleague's obvious fear.
"This is my last warning. NOT ANOTHER STEP, GIL GRISSOM"
He chuckled, looking at her innocently. "Oh come on, Cath. Don't be afraid. Just relax"
"That's easy for you to say! 'just relax' " Catherine huffed. "No, you stay there. I'm not kidding!"
He shrugged. "I know you're not kidding. And I understand your fear but you're going to have to face it if you want to keep working with me. Consider it.your initiation."
"Crime Scene Investigators don't have initiations!"
"Las Vegas CSI's do"
"This is just crazy" Catherine sighed, relaxing just a little bit while keeping her eyes on Grissom, following his every movement.
Grissom smiled. "Oh come on Cath. Deep down inside, you know you want to"
"I don't! I really really don't want to" Catherine said raising her voice although she suddenly found herself suppressing a smile. This was just too weird for her.
"Hey, I could ask you to cluck like a chicken, run through the Lab mooing or seduce Brass as your initiation, but I thought this would be less...embarrassing"
"No"
"But Cath."
"NO,Gil"
"You're afraid?"
"Yes!"
"Well....why? I don't understand. It's really innocent"
"Because.!"
"Because what"
"I'm just not going to do that"
Grissom sighed in disappointment. "I thought you were gutsy, a woman who liked to take a chance"
"I am" Catherine said defensively, hands on her hips. "All of the above but I'm NOT going to do it"
"Please?"
"Read my lips: NO!"
"Come on, just this one time"
"No"
"I'll never ask you to do it again..?"
"You never give up, do you?"
"Catherine?"
She narrowed her eyes and frowned, considering whether she should do it or not. He had a good point there. Besides he was standing there, looking all innocent with his sweet bright blue eyes, casually leaning against his desk.
"Just trust me" He said taking a step closer.
Catherine grimaced, her heart racing as he approached her. She shivered slightly and felt the little hairs on her arms rise, "I can't believe I'm letting you talk me into this"
"Come on, you can do it" He whispered.
She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, he was only inches away from her. Her pale blue eyes widened in fear.
"Oh God, Grissom! I can't.. I just can't"
"What?"
"....I just CAN'T touch that huge, black awful looking spider!" She shrieked before leaning back, opening the door and running out of his office.
Grissom stayed behind in his office, gently stroking his favorite Tarantula.
"It's okay" he whispered to the dark, 8 legged creature in his hands. "This is just her first day, she'll come to appreciate you, don't you worry"
* ~The End~ *
- - - - ( A/N part 2: Yeah, I'm very afraid of spiders myself )