Disclaimers: The show and its characters are NOT mine.
Spoilers: None
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ROBERT
"Whoa! What are you doing?" Catherine asked with
wide eyes.
"He just wants to say hi." Grissom said calmly, not quite understanding
the extent of Catherine's panic.
"Ok...stop right there, Grissom. I'm serious!" She held up a finger as
if she was sure that would be enough to stop Grissom from
continuing to advance towards her.
"Stop yelling, Catherine. You're scaring him." He paused briefly to peek
at the still creature on his palm.
"And you're scaring me!" She hissed, a
little bewildered at how Grissom seemed to care more about the spider than her.
"He just wants to say hi." He shrugged.
"Can't he do that from over there?" She pointed at the far corner of the
office.
"You're hurting his feelings."
"Grissom!"
"Fine." He sighed before gently letting the creature back into
his glass cage on his shelf, "I don't understand why you couldn't just
say hi." Grissom shook his head with a boyish look of disappointment on
his face.
"In all the years that you have known me, what made you think that I would
want it...*him*," She corrected herself before Grissom
could, "...to say hi to me?"
"He's new here. I just wanted him to feel
welcome, that's all." He pouted slightly.
Catherine smiled, forever amazed at how much Grissom
could care about his spiders, "Is it really that important for me to say
hi to him?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because I know all about his world but he knows nothing about mine. You're part of my world and that's why I
wanted to introduce you to
him."
Catherine wasn't sure if she should laugh at or be
touched by Grissom's innocent logic, "Alright, but I'm only saying hi if
he
stays in his cage."
Grissom grinned as he picked up the cage carefully and stuck it in front of
Catherine, "Ok, say hi."
She kept a safe distance away from the glass as if she was afraid the spider
could still get to her through it, "Hi."
"Robert." He peeked his head out from behind
the glass cage. "His name's Robert."
She looked up at him with new bewilderment, "You name your spiders?"
Placing the cage back on the shelf, he said mockingly, "In all the years
that you've known me, what made you think I didn't name my
spiders?"
She rolled her eyes, "You're so funny."
He smirked, checking on his other pets, "I know. I learn from the best."
The End