I don't own CSI.

I liked writing my first two stories with Greg and Brass, and I wondered about writing a third one. This is the idea I came up with. While I have always liked the friendship between Greg and Sofia, especially in season 7, I wondered what Brass might have thought after Greg's beating in "Fannysmackin'." So I thought of this story.

Also, this is the first time I've ever written anything in first person. So hopefully it won't be too lame.

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Why him?

When Sofia told me about the attack, I couldn't believe it. Why him? Why Greg? To the team, he's their little brother. To me, I'm really proud of the kid. I mean, who would have imagined the goofy lab rat with the even crazier hair and clothes would make a good CSI, right? When I heard he wanted to get out in the field, I thought it would be Holly Gribbs all over again. But he proved me wrong. For every time it seemed he was down, he fought his way back up. He became a CSI and a damn good one.

I underestimated just how good a man he is. Anyone else might have turned a ran away. Not him. He stayed. I regret that he killed someone, but when I think about how that other kid would've killed him, or someone else...Greg didn't deserve any of that. I wish I could say I'm sorry for the family of the kid who died, but he made the decision to be part of a gang that took a life. And for what? For fun? I gotta ask myself, whatever happened to common sense?

I could barely keep my emotions in check when I saw Sanders lying in that hospital bed. After I took Mr. Tanner's statement, I stopped by his room. Poor kid was so bruised...he looked like hell. He tried to do the right thing. I hope someday he will know that he is the good guy. No matter what the damn media and the family of the dead kid will do or say, Greg did the right thing. It may not feel like it, but he is the good guy.

I don't think I've ever been so proud of one of the CSIs as I am of Sanders. That may seem strange to say considering he took a life in self-defense, and that one other person died, but Greg has...he's grown up. The little brother of the CSI team has grown up.

I hope that, when he feels bad about this whole...mess, he remembers that he did the right thing. Those punks who went on a spree thinking beating the shit out of people was fun and show no remorse are going to pay for what they've done. That 'Pig' creep...he may have been the ringleader on the outside, but he's about to find out he's just another shower toy in jail. Whenever I think about what Greg is going through, I think about how that...that monster and his gang are going to find out just how harsh prison life is. Maybe it'll knock some sense into them. I doubt it, but you can always hope, right?

Now, here I am...watching him at the lab as he tries to get back to work. I know from experience that it is not an easy journey. But I have every confidence that he will be okay. He's proven how strong he is before, and he will do it again. I know he will.

I really am proud of that kid.

The End.