CSI: History Repeats Itself

Chapter 1 of my latest CSI story, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or its characters.

Chapter 1

Eighteen year old Holly Grissom sat in the bathroom of her home. She was nervous, awaiting the result of the test she had just taken. Recently she had been experiencing strange symptoms and; out of pure panic, had taken a pregnancy test. Just then she heard the timer and knew it was time. She picked up the test and froze, the pink plus stared back at her, positive. She was pregnant; she only felt secure in the knowledge that she knew who the father was. Everything else was a blind panic.

'Alex, what am I gonna tell him…We had sex on his birthday and now I'm pregnant.' She thought wildly. 'I…What's mom and dad gonna say, what about his parents…oh god, this is…'

She was broken out of her thoughts by the knock at the door.

"Holly, are you okay?" It was her mother, Sara Grissom.

Holly swallowed and forced herself to be calm. "I'm fine mom; I'll be down in a minute."

She heard her mother leave and then looked back at the test. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and hid the test as best she could before heading downstairs. She joined her family, her mother; Sara had already set up her breakfast. Her father, Gilbert Grissom, was reading the newspaper and looked up when she entered, he smiled.

"Morning Holly." He greeted cheerfully she smiled.

"Morning dad."

She ate her breakfast in silence, she wasn't ready yet, she couldn't tell her parents. Not until she had told Alex the truth. Once she was done she left to go to school.

She headed to school, silent, lost in thought. She wished she could come up with some way to easily tell Alex. Nothing came to her; no matter what she thought of, there was nothing that changed the awkwardness she felt. Especially since she couldn't find the courage to tell her parents, how could she find the courage to tell the father of her baby?

"Holly, hey, are you okay?" Holly jumped and then saw the speaker and smiled.

"I'm fine, thanks."
It was her close friend and cousin, Tonya Stokes; sixteen, she was with her boyfriend Kareem Yousuf also sixteen. She was accompanied by her twin brother Sam Stokes and his girlfriend, Rachel Greene, who like the others was also sixteen. The twins were the children of Catherine and Nick. The final member of the group was sixteen year old Susan Kennedy, youngest of the two daughters of Catherine's daughter Lindsey and her husband Ed Kennedy. They were all smiling and laughing, very happy.

"What's up?" She asked, curious. Susan was the one who answered.

"They've got some time off, so Sharon and Yuri will be coming home for a while."

Holly smiled; Sharon Kennedy was the twenty year old older daughter of Ed and Lindsey, Susan's older sister. Yuri Korzhakov was Sharon's twenty year old boyfriend. They were away at college, but whenever they could they came home to be with their families. Despite her gnawing fears Holly accompanied the others as they headed to school.

Finally they arrived at school and headed to their lockers. She smiled as she approached her locker, waiting for her was her boyfriend; eighteen year old Alex Metaxas. As she came close they embraced and kissed.

"Hey beautiful." He greeted. "How are you this morning?"

Holly smiled. "I'm good."
She wanted to tell him the truth, to tell him she was pregnant but the words stuck in her throat and she couldn't.

'Not yet.' She thought to herself.

They headed to their classes. Throughout the day Holly kept experiencing morning sickness and other symptoms. Nobody seemed to realize the truth however, thinking she was just sick. However she saw that Alex was suspicious, she now had no choice. By lunchtime she and Alex left their class and Alex turned to her.

"Holly, what's going on?" He asked, "You're not just sick, it's more than that."

Holly sighed and led Alex into an empty classroom. She rocked on the balls of her feet and breathed heavily for a while before finally she cracked.

"I'm sorry Alex." She burst out, "I'm so sorry."

Alex was shocked as she burst into tears. He hugged her and tried to soothe her.

"Holly, hey, c'mon it's okay. What's wrong, why are you crying?"

She then revealed the truth. "I'm pregnant Alex; your birthday, when we had sex…I'm pregnant."

Stunned silence followed. Alex slowly digested the information and then sighed.

"I…You're sure?" Holly nodded.

"I took a test this morning, it was positive."

Alex nodded. "What are we gonna do?"

"We?"

"It's my baby, I have to take responsibility." Alex declared. "We're in this together. I'm with you; I'll stand by you, no matter what."

Holly cried again, this time in relief as she kissed him.

"Alex, thank you, thank you."

She stepped back, relieved. She had crossed the first difficult hurdle, she had told Alex. Better still he had decided to stick by her and help her raise the baby. Now she had to take on the next difficult hurdle, telling the others.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.