CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
"All I Need"
Chapter 1:DNA At First Tech
A young woman with long brown hair walked into the Las Vegas Crime Lab, walking up to the receptionist at the front desk.
"Excuse me but I'm looking for the office of D.B. Russell. He called me about a job." said the young lady.
"Ah yes, you must be Leila. I'll show you where Mr. Russell's office is." said Judy.
"Thank you." said Leila.
Judy walked out from behind her desk and led Leila down the halls of the lab to Russell's office. Judy knocked politely.
"Mr. Russell, Leila Grissom is here about the position." said Judy.
"Oh thank you Judy." said Russell, waving Leila in. "Ms. Grissom, it's nice to meet you. You come very highly recommended and this lab could really use someone like you."
"Thank you Mr. Russell, it's pleasure to be here." said Leila.
"Please, call me Russell, no Mr. please. It makes me feel old." said Russell with a smile. "Anyway let me introduce you to everyone and then I'll take you to your lab."
Leila followed Russell as he led her back out of the office and through the halls to the break room where there were several people sitting around the table in there.
"Alright guys, I have someone to introduce you all to. This is our new DNA tech, Leila Grissom." said Russell, getting everyone's attention.
"Leila, as is Gil's daughter?" asked a brunette.
"Adopted, but yes. You must be Sara, his wife that he is always telling meabout." said Leila.
"Wait, Gil Grissom has a daughter?" asked a young man with short brown hair.
"Yes. I know it's hard to believe but yes, he adopted me when I was little.." said Leila.
The weeks passed by and Leila was already fitting in. She was making friends with everyone in the lab, but the person everyone noticed she was growing the closest to was Greg. They just seemed to click together in more ways than one. It was almost like they had known each other their whole lives. It was actually cute. At least, to everyone but one person.
"I swear, if Hodges tries to flirt with me or ask me on one more date, I swear he is gonna end up on Doc Robbins' slab." said Leila as she walked into the locker room with Greg and Nick after their shift.
"I will pretend I didn't hear that." said Nick as he grabbed his stuff and left.
"Thanks Nickie." said Leila to Nick's retreating back. "Come on Greg, you gotta help me. I can't take this guy anymore and I'm running out of excuses. I mean you've worked with guy for like 9 years."
"And you think that qualifies me to be able to help you with Hodges?" said Greg.
"Come on Greg, please. I'll owe you one, just name your price. Don't make me beg anymore." said Leila.
"Alright." said Greg thoughtfully. "You, me, drinks after shift tomorrow."
"Deal!" said Leila without hesitation and she sounded excited.
"Okay, well, you may not like what I have in mind but just play along." saidGreg.
"Alright." said Leila, feeling slightly scared but she ask for Greg's help.
Right then, as if on cue, Hodges walked in. Well, more like he strutted in.
"Hello Greg." said Hodges plainly. "Hello Leila." he added with a flirtatious tone.
Leila felt like she was suddenly ill. She looked at Greg pleadingly.
Greg smiled back at her, letting her know that he was there to help.
"So Leila, about our date tomorrow night, is there anywhere in particular you would like to go for dinner?" he said and this grabbed Hodges' attention quickly as his head snapped up.
"No, not really. Figured I would let you just surprise me." said Leila with a grin.
"Then how will you know what to wear?" asked Greg.
Hodges turned around to look at the two of them.
"I figured I would surprise you." said Leila with a smirk and a wink.
"Ooh, I love surprises, especially when they come from you." said Greg flirtatiously with a smile.
Leila pretended to just notice that Hodges was watching them.
"Problem Hodges?" she asked.
"Oh no, no problem. No problem at all." said Hodges as he turned back to his locker.
"Great, I will see you tomorrow after shift." Greg told Leila, walking over, leaning down and giving Leila a kiss on her cheek than walking out.
"So that's why you've been making excuses and not accepting any of my date requests. You've fallen for Sanders." said Hodges.
"Sorry Hodges. I know I should've told you, but I wasn't sure how you'd react and I didn't wanna hurt your feelings. It's just...I really like Greg. He's a great guy. I hope you understand." said Leila.
"Oh yeah, sure, I completely understand. It's fine. I hope you two have a wonderful time." said Hodges than he turned and walked out.
Leila leaned back against the lockers and sighed. She could already tell this was going to be really hard.
The next day, Leila walked into work and was determined to get through her shift as though nothing at all was going on. She was just going to act natural, even though with Hodges in the lab across from her that was going to prove difficult.
For the good first part of her shift, he kept looking over at her lab with a sad look on his face. He even glared when Greg dropped off some evidence from his current case to her.
A few hours later, Leila had just finished processing his evidence and the results were printing when Greg walked in.
"Hey, good timing I was just printing out your results. The blood does match your vic, but the saliva you collected does not match your suspect." said Leila, taking the printed sheets off the printer, handing Greg the first one.
"You're kidding right? Did you at least run the saliva in CODIAS?" asked Greg.
"Give me some credit Greg." said Leila, handing him the second sheet. "I did find a match. It belongs to a Mr. Johnny Elksen. He doesn't have a violent record."
"Until now. Thanks." said Greg than he turned to walk out but Hodges walked in the door Greg was getting ready to walk out of.
"You've got some nerve Sanders." said Hodges.
"What?" asked Greg, clearly confused.
"You stole her from me. You know that I have flirting with her and trying to get her to go on a date with me." said Hodges.
"What are you talking about Hodges? I didn't steal anyone from you." said Greg.
"Yes you did. You stole Leila from me. I was this close to getting her to go on a date with me than here you come, Mr. Greg 'I'm so hot I can get any woman' Sanders and you take her." said Hodges.
"Alright, first of all, I'm standing right here. Second, I am not just some property you can claim Hodges. I can go on a date whenever and with whomever I chose. If I wanna go out with Greg, I will because as far as I can see, he's a much better man than you are. He has never pestered me by flirting me like you have. I am not the kind of woman that is easy and if you think that than you are lower than I thought." said Leila as she stormed out of the DNA lab. She had never felt so mad. She walked into the empty locker room and walked over to her locker, hitting it as hard as she could with both of her fists.
"Whoa, what's got you all upset?"
Leila turned to see Nick. She hadn't even heard him walk in.
"Hodges." she told him, sitting down on the bench.
"Ah, yeah Greg told me about that and that you asked for him help. Well, don't let him get to you is all I can tell you. He's flirted with just about every pretty girl we've had here." said Nick.
"It's not that. He just came into my lab and belittled Greg because he thinks Greg stole me from him. I couldn't help it, I snapped." said Leila.
"Wow. I don't know what to tell about that but I think that you needed to stand up to him. He needs taken down a peg or two. And I think you may have done just that if you said anything close to what I think you did." said Nick. "So are you and Greg really going out on a date tonight?"
"No, that's just what we told Hodges. We're just..going out for drinks tonight." said Leila, sounding disappointed.
"You're wishing it was more." said Nick.
"Well, yeah. I mean, Greg is a great guy. He's smart, he's funny, sweet, kind and caring. Doesn't hurt that's also handsome." said Leila.
"Does he know that you like him?" asked Nick.
"No. I haven't had the guts to tell him." said Leila.
"You should tell him. That's my opinion anyway. If you haven't told because you're afraid of getting hurt, you should know that Greg is that kind of guy that would never intentionally hurt you and knows how to treat a woman. I know I wouldn't have said that like 10 years ago but I can say it now. Greg'll be the man to sweep you off your feet." said Nick. With that, he turned and left Leila alone to process her thoughts.
After their shift was over, Greg and Leila headed off on their 'date night'. They drove their own vehicles. Leila even changed in the back of her car quickly than met Greg inside.
"Wow, you look great." said Greg.
"Thanks." said Leila with a smile.
They got their first drink than found a good place to enjoy them. They talked for a while than after a few drinks, they decided to go on the dance floor and dance together.
Toward the end of the night when they decided to head home, they caught a cab since they had been drinking. They were just glad they had tomorrow off.
Greg was dropped off first, but he didn't immediately get out of the cab. He turned to Leila.
"Would you like to come up for a while? Your welcome to stay if you'd like." he told Leila.
"Sure." said Leila, letting Greg get out first than he helped her out.
Both of them split the cab bill than Greg led Leila up to his apartment. He unlocked the door and escorted Leila in, shutting the door behind her. When he turned around, he saw her sitting on the couch with her heels off, rubbing her feet.
"Man, my feet are killing me. I'm actually glad that you invited me up 'cause I don't know if I could have dealt with these heels the whole way to my apartment." said Leila.
"Well I'm glad I invited you up too just because I am having a really fun time with you and I don't want the night to end." said Greg as he joined on the couch.
"So am I." said Leila with a smile.
"Lei, I need to ask you something and I need you to be honest with me." said Greg.
"Okay." said Leila, a bit nervous.
"I overheard what you told Nick in the locker room yesterday. Was any of it true?" asked Greg.
Leila was stunned. She hadn't been expecting this. She hadn't even known that Greg had heard. She wasn't sure what to say. On one hand she wanted to tell the truth but on the other, she wanted to lie because she was afraid to admit the truth. She wasn't sure how Greg would react. Then she remembered what Nick told her.
Greg watched Leila as he waited for her answer. She seemed to struggling and he wasn't sure why. He didn't think she needed to be because he really liked her, he just wasn't sure if she felt the same. He decided to do something to help her out and let her know how he felt.
Leila grew more nervous when Greg suddenly moved closer to her, but she was even more shocked when he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. She almost went to push him away but decided not to and kissed him back.
Suddenly, their simple fun night out turned into a great night in.