Disclaimer: I don't own CSI because if I did, Riley would still be on it.

Info: Set in season 7 or 8 but Sara is there. Hey its fiction right?

Helpless.

4-19

Catherine chuckled to herself as she walked into the break room. Greg was arguing with Nick about stealing his Blue Hawaiian coffee for the third time this week.

"Greg calm down, I'll buy you more." Nick was saying to him.

"Nick, I told you not to take it!" Greg fired back.

Catherine stepped forward a little more, waiting for them to notice her- they didn't.

"Greg! Your overreacting. And Nicky, stop stealing his coffee." She said with a motherly tone. Greg and Nick were like her sons and no matter what happened, she loved them.

They looked up towards her and Nick gave her a sheepish look.

"Cath, I told him not to take it!" Greg continued on his point. His hair was spiked but had lost its blonde highlights a while back. He looked more mature without them but Catherine missed it.

"Okay, Greggo I won't take it again!" Nick told him, rolling his eyes.

Catherine had grabbed her coffee and was leaving the room as they continued. She couldn't help but silently laugh to herself. She was glad they were immature.

She made her way to the layout room, but just as she got there her phone buzzed. Looking at the screen, she read a text from Grissom. She was assigned to a 4-19 twenty minutes away.

She sighed. Already working two other cases, she was running out of energy and had just pulled a double shift.

Catherine walked past Wendy and Hodges in the hallway and smiled. They kept things interesting, alright. She had always known they liked each other and was happy they had admitted it. She continued on down the hall quickly.

Sara was in the lab with Archie going over security tapes and evidence and as Cath walked by, Sara glanced up at her. They had an on again, off again friendship and it had never really been easy.

Catherine forced a smile and Sara returned it. They both were assigned to one of the same cases and she was glad Sara was analyzing the security tapes for her.

As she walked out the doors to the parking lot Cath felt a wave of heat hit her and instantly wished for nothing more than to go straight back inside, to the air conditioned break room. Even with Nick and Greg fighting.

She walked to her car quickly, hoping that it was fairly cool inside it.

Once in her car, she rolled the windows down, turned on the air conditioning full blast and drove onto the highway.

I know its a slow start but tell me what you think! :)