Disclaimer: CSI - isn't mine.
Spoilers: none
A/N: Just hope you'd all like it, and if you have some time to spare, please tell me what you think.

Prologue

CSI building lobby ...

"Oh. Hi! I'm looking for Catherine Grissom"

"Catherine Grissom?"

"Uh. Yeah"

"I'm so sorry but there is no Catherine Grissom that works here"

"But this is CSI Las Vegas isn't it?"

"Yea, and the only Catherine that works here is Catherine Willows"

"Are you sure?"

"Ma'am. I have been the receptionist in this building for some time now, and I am definitely sure"

"Okay, so how bout, Gil Grissom?"

"Yes he works here"

"Where can I find him?"

"May I know who you are?"

"I'm an old friend of his"

"Oh I see. Would you like me to call him?"

"No I would like to surprise him."

"Okay. Well he's probably in his office down the hall. Or in the breakroom. Do you want me to accompany you?"

"No thanks, I'll find my way."

"Oh okay"

"Okay, thanks!"

Break room ....

"Who the hell drank all the coffee?!"

"I did" Grissom replied as he appeared on the doorway.

"Gil! That was mine!!"

"Well Catherine, it was still inside the coffee maker, it wasn't on your cup"

"Yea and I said I'd come back for it"

"Well I didn't hear it"

Catherine rolled her eyes. She took the magazine and slumped back to the chair beside Sara. They still have half an hour before shift starts and so all of them took the thirty minutes as an advantage so they could have a little rest preparing for yet another stressful night.

Jim Brass entered the break room and greeted all of them. Grissom started handing out the assignments. Everybody was about to leave the room until ...

"Gil! Cath!!!"

Everybody stared at the woman by the doorway.

Catherine and Grissom stared at the lady.

"Don't you recognize me?" asked the woman

Grissom and Catherine looked at the woman still trying to remember.

"I feel insulted!" she sighed then started singing ... "Cathie and Gil are alone in the lab. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" sang the bubbly woman.

"Oh my god! Mandy??!!!" Catherine concluded with an incredulous tone.

The woman grinned and nodded. Jim stood up and they exchanged hugs.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you. It has been.. What.. um. Seventeen years?" said Catherine.

"Twenty actually" Mandy corrected.

"After twenty years, you finally decided to show up" Grissom teased.

"Cath, do you still work here?" Mandy asked

"Yea. That's why I'm here!"

"How come the receptionist didn't know who you are?"

"What do you mean?"

"I asked for Catherine Grissom she said there's no Catherine Grissom here"

This statement has left Catherine and Grissom speechless. Mandy eyed the two, then she shifted her gaze and found no ring on their fingers.

"Oh man. You guys are divorced already?!" said Mandy sadly. The three younger CSI's in the room became more confused by the minute.

Jim decided to break the silence. "Mandy I would like you to meet the new team. This is Sara Sidle. Warrick Brown and Nick Stokes. Guys this is Mandy, she was part of the old team."

"Hi nice to meet you" they all shook their hands.

"Well. Um, our shift starts already so, we'd catch up with you later, okay?" said Catherine.

"Sure, where's Ecklie?" Mandy asked.

The three younger CSI's quirked their eyebrows. Mandy smirked at them and said, "Every gang has someone they hate the most, in our gang that's Ecklie!"

Catherine and Grissom chuckled. Catherine told her where she could find Ecklie's office. As the whole team left the room.

"Uh. Jim" Mandy called. Jim knew what she was going to ask.

"There was no wedding" he replied before she could even ask

"Wh – "

"Something happened. Some one happened."

= TBC =