Disclaimer: I do not own anything from CSI: Miami the only thing I own is the plot and the characters of Stacie and Jessica.

CSI: MIAMI STORY

~CHAPTER 1: FINDING OUT~

Jessica rolled over in her bed only her dark head showing above the blankets. ~What time is it?~ She thought as she looked at her alarm clock. ~Uugghh… its only 7:00 sleep.. I need more sleep~ She knew that she would never fall back asleep so she decided that it would be a good idea to just get out of bed. She got up and walked to her closet. While she was getting dressed she heard her mother, Linda, and her boyfriend of three years Mac Taylor arguing about something. She knew it was wrong but she decided that she was going to find out what they were talking about. ~I'm in so much trouble if I get caught.~ She thought as she pulled on her shirt and crept down the hall way. The voices got louder as she got closer to the kitchen. "She deserves to know Linda she will be turning 21 in two days. You need to tell her." Mac said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "It's not that easy Mac, what am I supposed to tell her 'hey honey, you know your father was never around? Well, that's because he doesn't know about you.' Yeah, that will go over real well. She will hate me for the rest of her life." Linda whispered fiercely back. "Linda, even though you never told him you need to tell her the reason he was never around so she doesn't hate him for that. It's not his fault. I know that you wanted him to have his career and become whatever he wanted to become. Which I know he has. I saw Horatio Caine three weeks ago, when he came up here on a case. He is a CSI down in Miami, he runs the whole Crime team. He is a great man and he cares about people. He deserves to know that he has a daughter. If you don't want to tell him then at least tell her and let her decide what she wants to do. I need to go to work. Just promise you'll think about it." Mac said as he gave Linda a kiss and walked out the door.

Jessica couldn't believe all that she had heard. ~My father doesn't even know about me. At least now I don't have to hate him. Do I want to know him? Maybe I should let mom that I heard them talking and take all the pressure off of her. I need to think.~ her thoughts all rambled together in her head. Jessica turned and walked quietly back down the hall to her room. Linda sat down at the kitchen table and made her decision. ~Mac Is right Jess deserves to know. I'll tell her and she can decide.~ Linda got up and quietly walked down the hall to her daughters room. Stopping in front of the door she quietly knocked. Jessica automatically opened the door. "Jess, honey we need to talk." " I know mom, I heard. I'm sorry I know I shouldn't have eavesdropped but I was walking to the kitchen and I heard you talking…" "It's okay" Linda cutting Jessica off sitting on her bed. "It's really all of my fault. I should have told you when you turned 18 but I thought by not telling you I was doing the right thing."

After a few minutes of silence Jessica looks up, " so he lives in Miami?" Jessica then stood up and walked toward the kitchen. Her mother followed closely talking all the way. "Yeah, he was born and raised in Florida I believe. I met him in college. I guess I thought it was love at first sight. But by the end of college we both realized that it wasn't meant to be. He wanted to stay in Florida and I wanted to come back here, home to New York. We couldn't come to a compromise. When I moved back up here I found out that I was pregnant. I never told your father because I wanted him to become a CSI its what he always wanted to do." Jessica walked over to the table with some milk and a bowl of cereal and sat down at the table. "So it's like your saying that you didn't want to burden him with the responsibility of a child?" she asked. "No, I guess I was more scared then anything and I thought it was better that way. Anyway it's your decision on whether you want to find him or not. Mac says he is still in Miami and runs the crime lab down there. I'll back you up on whatever decision you make." Linda said. Without a moments hesitation Jessica said "I want to meet him and know him, Mac was right this morning I deserve to know but so does he. What is his name by the way?" "Horatio Caine." Linda said. After breakfast Jessica walked to her room to think about how she was going to meet her father.

A few hours later Jessica walked to the kitchen and found Mac home from lunch sitting with her mother at the table. "I'm going to move to Miami, Mom. I know you're not going to like that but I've excepted the offer to go to the University of Miami and now I have a reason to go down there, then there is also the fact that I actually wanted to go to college down there. I mean I love you and you too Mac but I need to do this for me. I'm going to leave after my birthday. Which is tomorrow, so I'm leaving Wednesday. I am gonna pack." Jessica said not letting anyone say anything as she turned and walked down the hall back to her room.

TBC…