The plan

She knew it for sure. It just couldn't be wrong: Warrick loved her mom.

Lindsey stepped back from the window. When she had heard her mom's car pull up the drive way, she had felt deep inside of her she had to watch the scene from the window. And it turned out that it was the right thing to do: she had just seen how Warrick had walked her mom to the door to make sure she got home safely. Lindsey felt excited: was she going to get a new dad? She surely hoped so!

A few minutes later, Lindsey heard her mom come upstairs. She pretended to be asleep when her mom entered. "Lindsey, sweetie, are you awake? It's time to get up. You have to go to school." Lindsey sat up. "Hi, mom. How was work?" "You don't want to know, darling," her mom smiled. "Come on, you have to get up."

"Mom?"

"Yes, sweetie?"

"Can I come with you tonight?"

Surprised, her mom turned around. "But why, Lindsey?"

"I want to ask Sara something."

"Oh."

She saw her mom was still surprised. "Please, mom?"

"Oh, well, okay then," her mom gave in. "But just to ask Sara something, deal?" "Deal," Lindsey smiled.

That evening her mom took her to the lab. "Let's find Sara right away." The young woman was in the break room with Greg. "Hey, Linds," Greg said. "Hi, Cath, good to see you, I need your help with something." "Let's do it right away," Catherine said. "Honey, I want you to stay right here with Sara, Sara, you'll watch her, won't you?" She left the break room with Greg. "Sara, I need to talk to you," Lindsey immediately blurted out. "Sure, Linds, what is it?" Sara asked.

"What do you do when you know two people love each other, but won't tell each other?"

Sara was shocked by her question. "I… Um…"

"Good evening." Grissom entered the break room.

"Hi, Uncle Gris!" Lindsey quickly got up to hug him.

"Hi, Lindsey, good to see you," he smiled. "Hi, Sara. You look nice tonight."

"Oh, thanks."

Lindsey saw Sara blush after Grissoms compliment. Suddenly it hit her: Sara loved Grissom! No wonder she was so shocked after the question, she of course thought the question was about her and Grissom! Lindsey quickly hid a giggle. This was great! She wanted uncle Grissom to be happy and she wanted her mom to be happy. She knew what she had to do: she was going to get her mom together with Warrick and Sara together with Grissom!

As soon as Lindsey got home, she started to think about her plan. Working on her mom and Warrick should be easy enough, but how was she going to get Sara and uncle Grissom together? To do that, she had to be there where they were: the lab. That meant she had to get rid of her babysitter first. She knew exactly how.

She called up the girl who always watched her and told her that her mom didn't want her as a babysitter anymore. "She hated the way you looked after me," she told the older girl.

Of course, her mom was furious when the girl didn't show up that evening. "It's okay, mom, I'll go with you," Lindsey said. "Well, looks like I don't have a choice," her mom sighed. "Let's go!"

After her mom had started to work, Lindsey went to the locker room. She quickly slipped a note into Sara's locker and one into Grissom's. This had to work!

When she had taken care of the notes, she hid. The first one to enter the locker room was Sara. She opened her locker and the note fell out. "What the…" She picked up the note.

"Dear Sara, I can't bear to be without you for another minute. Please meet me outside at the parking lot at seven thirty. Signed, the man of your dreams."

Lindsey saw the woman's cheeks blush just before she rushed outside. A huge smile appeared on her face. Part one complete!

Grissom entered five minutes later. He too found the note. It was the same as Sara had found, only 'man' had been changed into 'woman' and 'Sara' into 'Gil'. Intently, Lindsey waited what he'd do. Yes, he rushed outside. Part two had succeeded as well!

Part three involved her mom and Warrick. Just before she planned to go outside, she went to the break room and asked: "Mom, can Warrick come to dinner with us?" Her mom nearly chocked on her coffee. "Please, mom, can he?" she begged. "Please, Warrick?" "I don't mind coming to dinner, Linds, if it's okay with your mom," Warrick said. "Cath?" "Yeah, why not?" Catherine quickly said. "How about tomorrow then? We both have a night off." "Excellent," Warrick nodded. "I'll look forward to it."