This is a story idea that popped in my head and I can't get it out. The prologue starts right after Too Tough To Die and then I pick up in season 2.
Disclaimer: If CSI were mine I wouldn't be working 7 days a week at $6.50 an hour, worrying about how to replace my stolen laptop, or about my financial aid for college. The title I borrowed from a song by Jimmy Wayne; the title and the lyrics just fit so well, I'll post the lyrics at the end of this chapter. Also, I don't know if someone else is doing something similar to this but if they are I want them to know that I am not trying to copy their idea, this just got in my head and won't leave me alone. So if you want to bug me about using your idea go ahead, but please don't cry plagiarism, that was not my intent.
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Prologue
Sara Sidle entered her apartment on autopilot.
Close door behind you.
Toss keys on table.
Drop bag on kitchen counter.
Open fridge.
Get a bottle of water.
Close fridge.
Open bottle of water.
Take a drink.
Slowly make way over to couch.
Collapse on couch.
Stare at opposite wall.
Listen to the absolute silence.
The truth was the silence had never really bothered her this much before. But now it was ringing, deafeningly, in her ears. The utter loneliness and emptiness of not just her apartment, but her whole life, glaring at her from the bare wall across from her.
Grissom's words to her about needing a diversion ran in circles around her head. She felt so bad about what she had said to him, because it wasn't true and she knew it, but at the time, sitting there, with her heart still bleeding over the victim, it had just come out. She wanted to apologize but knew that most likely he would smile and thank her, but it wouldn't mean that much to him.
No, she decided, the best way to "tell" him that she was sorry was to take his advice and try to find a "diversion".
There was something that had been nagging at the back of her mind for months, something she wanted to do, but hadn't for a multitude of reasons, including work-related ones.
She gnawed on her lip before digging out the phonebook, flipping it open to a number that she had sat and stared at many times before slamming the book closed once more. This time she didn't slam it closed. This time she took a deep breath, picked up her phone and quickly punched in the number before she could change her mind.
"Child Services," a voice on the other end calmly toned.
"Um. . .yes, I was wondering if I could inquire after a child?"
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Paper Angels
By: Jimmy Wayne
After every
day-after-Thanksgiving sale the malls just ain't complete
Without
a bunch of decorations and a paper angel tree
There's artificial
smiles on artificial tree limbs
Saying what she'd love to have and
what to buy for him
Well I hope Maggie likes her new winter
clothes and her buggy with a baby doll
And maybe Tom'll smile with
his new Nike shoes when he shoots that basketball
I can't help but
wishing that I could do more
But not just while I'm shopping in
the department store
Chorus:
Paper angels you're
in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are right now
remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help take
care
Of his paper angels everywhere
Going through the mail
almost every afternoon I see a Mom and Dad's
Worst dream
There
on the back of a money-saving ad to get my carpet cleaned
Height,
weight, hair, eyes, date missing, and DOB
A child's name, a
picture, and the words 'have you seen me?'
Chorus:
Paper
angels you're in my thoughts and prayers
No matter where you are
right now remember God's right there
He's asking all of us to help
take care
Of his paper angels everywhere
His documented
bruises fill a folder file
She's a second grade self-portrait
drawn without a smile
And every town is littered with this kind of
debris
We've got to stop this madness and it's up to you and
me
Chorus:
Paper angels you're in my thoughts and
prayers
No matter where you are right now remember God's right
there
He's asking all of us to help take care
Of his paper
angels everywhere
Paper angels everywhere
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Ok, there's the prologue. Please let me know what you think! I should have chapter 1 up very soon!