CSI: Make New Friends
First chapter of a new CSI story, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or its characters.
Chapter 1
Sixteen year old Tonya Stokes smiled as stepped out of the hotel with her family. The Stokes family was on vacation in South Padre Beach Resort, Texas, they had been there for almost a week already and they were having a great time. Her sixteen year old twin brother Sam was also cheerful, a year after breaking up with his sex crazed ex-girlfriend Tara Williams, Sam had recovered from the incident of their messy break-up and was hoping to find a better girlfriend. Their parents, Catherine and Nick smiled as they watched their children; it was clear to them despite Sam's hopes to find a new girlfriend he was still reserved, despite the attention he was getting from many of the girls that had seen him. This was especially noticeable on the beach when many girls, quite a few of them dressed in rather skimpy swimsuits that usually made guys wild, asked him to come swim with them or some other activity. He would get nervous, sometimes he would join them, other times he would politely refuse. Tonya on the other hand wasn't actively looking for a boyfriend; She had briefly dated a boy named Michael but dumped after discovering he was extremely racist. Yet like Sam she was drawing a lot of attention from the opposite sex. Again like Sam, most of the time, it was one the beach that she caught boys eyes, despite the fact she never wore a bikini or swimsuit that could be considered revealing. She had politely turned down all invitations from boys to join them and Sam, as usual, had become the protective brother whenever they were around. Tonya sighed as she thought about this, she and her brother kept drawing the attention of boys and girls despite the fact that some of them already had boyfriends or girlfriends.
Together the family left the hotel and headed down the street, heading out for dinner.
"So, where should we eat?" Catherine asked.
Nick smiled, "Let's just take a look around, see what we've got."
They all smiled and began looking around for a restaurant. Just then they heard something, it sounded like laughter, not the joyous laughter usually heard on holidays, but cruel mocking laughter. They soon saw the incident, a young boy, with short black hair and black eyes with dark skin, was currently being pushed around, bullied and making cruel jokes towards him. Their derogatory comments were racially motivated and also derogatory comments about Muslims. Before any of the others could react Tonya stormed forwards towards the group. Sam immediately followed her, ready to protect his sister as their parents immediately followed up.
"Hey!" She yelled out, getting their attention. "Get away from him!"
The boy looked at her, surprised. The leader of the group stood up and smirked.
"This is none of your business girlie, run off now, we're just teaching this piece of crap a lesson."
"The only piece of crap around here is you…you and your pathetic 'friends'" Tonya snapped back, "Now get away from him or I'll call the police."
"Yeah, sure."
"She will." Sam added, as Catherine and Nick came up.
"We work for the police in Vegas; we have friends here in Texas too…So I'm sure the police will respond pretty quickly."
Growling at that the group ran off and Tonya hurried to the boy's side.
Tonya helped the boy up and he brushed off his clothes before turning to her. He shifted nervously.
"I, um…Thanks." He stated, Tonya smiled.
"It's okay; I can't stand creeps like that." She replied, "I'm just glad you're okay. I'm Tonya by the way, Tonya Stokes."
The boy smiled back and replied.
"Kareem Yousuf." He introduced himself before looking over at Tonya's family, Tonya smiled and introduced them.
"This is my brother Sam." Sam smiled and nodded, Tonya then indicated her parents. "This is my mom, Catherine and my dad, Nick."
Kareem smiled at each of them.
"Nice to meet you all."
"So, are you by yourself or…?" Catherine asked, Kareem shook his head.
"No; I'm here with my mom and dad, I got separated from them and those guys jumped me."
Tonya frowned, "I can't believe the crap they were saying about you."
Kareem sighed sadly, "I know, just because I'm black and Muslim, they think it's okay for them to do that, it's not the first time those guys caused me trouble, but never like this before."
Tonya shook her head, indicated her disgust at that, just then voices rang out, calling Kareem's name. They turned and saw an African American couple, Kareem's parents.
"Are you okay?" His mother asked, Kareem nodded.
"I'm fine mom, thanks to these people." He answered.
His father looked at Tonya and then the others. Kareem introduced them before introducing his parents.
"This is my father, Mosab and mother, Aadila."
Tonya smiled.
"Nice to meet you."
Mosab and Aadila smiled.
"Nice to meet you too, thank you for helping our son." Mosab replied.
"It's alright; we all hate racism and bigoted views on religion and other aspects." Catherine explained, "Tonya most of all."
The family thanked the Stokes for their help and the family decided to go out and eat together and get to know each other better.
It soon became clear that the Yousuf's had recently moved to Vegas and that Kareem would be transferring into the same school as Tonya and Sam soon.
"Cool, we'll be able to see you there." Tonya replied, Kareem nodded in agreement.
"Yes, it'll be nice to know someone there on my first day."
Sam also smiled.
"Maybe we could hang out together."
The family continued to talk and it soon became clear that Tonya, Kareem and Sam were more than likely to become very good friends.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.