Title: A Familiar Face
Author: Mariedex
Spoilers: Season 4
Disclaimer: The characters in the story are the sole property of, Jerry Bruckheimer, and CBS. No copyright infringement is intended.
Rating: PG
Summary: A woman from Grissom's past comes home.
She was standing in front of a place that she barely remembered; yet it still felt familiar. She half expected him to walk outside and find her here, pacing. But she knew he wouldn't. She knew that he was probably inside working on some experiment, concentrating intently on his work without any thought that she was outside waiting. Why didn't she just go in? Would he be happy to see her again? Or would he feel like she was disrupting his life? She had come straight from the airport. She had been so excited, so determined to see him before her life got complicated again. She only had a couple of moments until she received a call wondering where she was. They probably would freak out and think that she ran off the road.
So why didn't she go in? Instead she stood in front of the door frozen. People kept walking around her. She knew that she was in the way and a frustration for them, but for some reason she couldn't move. Only one woman asked her if she was okay. A tall woman, who seemed fairly confident in herself yet awkward. Something in her said this woman was Sara; this was the woman she had read about.
"No, I'm fine." I answer. At that moment I am trapped and my cell phone goes off. I back up and the woman enters the building, stopping to look at me once again. I wonder if she knows who I am. I wonder if he even told her about me.
"Peta, where are you?" I hear the familiar voice on the other end.
"I stopped for a moment, why?"
"Because you need to be back at the hotel to try to get some sleep. I am not going to be the one to explain to Mina why you have black circles under your eyes and she has to slab the makeup on to cover them."
"You know there is a bloody thing called jet lag. And after flying for 20 hours, I think that I am bloody well entitled to it."
"Where are you really?" Jared asked, but this time in his quite voice. He knows exactly where I am. "Did you talk to him?"
"No."
"Did you go in the building at least?"
"No."
"For 20 hours all you have talked about is being back in the states and being able to see him again and you haven't gone in."
"No."
"He is going to be happy to see you."
"I wonder."
"Wonder what? That you will be disrupting his life, that he would actually have rathered that you stayed in Sydney and never saw him again?"
"What if he does?"
"Sweetheart, he is your father of course he is going to be excited to see you again, of course he going to be happy that you came home."
"I know, I just."
"Okay, here's a deal. After the shoot tomorrow, you and I will walk in there together and we will see him together. That way if he isn't excited, I can knock him out.'
"Violence." I snap.
"You sound like Christina."
"And you sound like Kevin."
"What a coincidence. Now come back to the hotel and try to get some sleep."
"Okay."
Inside, Sara walks straight out of the locker room to the meeting.
"Nice of you to join us." Grissom adds as she walks in and takes her seat.
"Catherine, you and I have the skeleton case. Warrick, Nick and Sara, you have a fresh one, body by the airport and that's all we know.
The team gets up and walks out. Sara stares at Grissom for a moment. She hadn't worked with him in months and she wonders if she actually misses it. She knows she misses him, but doesn't know if she could actually deal with actually being around him. Things between them have been awkward and she has decided not change it at this moment. Her thoughts return to the girl standing outside the office, she wonders if she will still be there when they leave. She wonders why she was standing there at all.
Spoilers: Season 4
Disclaimer: The characters in the story are the sole property of, Jerry Bruckheimer, and CBS. No copyright infringement is intended.
Rating: PG
Summary: A woman from Grissom's past comes home.
She was standing in front of a place that she barely remembered; yet it still felt familiar. She half expected him to walk outside and find her here, pacing. But she knew he wouldn't. She knew that he was probably inside working on some experiment, concentrating intently on his work without any thought that she was outside waiting. Why didn't she just go in? Would he be happy to see her again? Or would he feel like she was disrupting his life? She had come straight from the airport. She had been so excited, so determined to see him before her life got complicated again. She only had a couple of moments until she received a call wondering where she was. They probably would freak out and think that she ran off the road.
So why didn't she go in? Instead she stood in front of the door frozen. People kept walking around her. She knew that she was in the way and a frustration for them, but for some reason she couldn't move. Only one woman asked her if she was okay. A tall woman, who seemed fairly confident in herself yet awkward. Something in her said this woman was Sara; this was the woman she had read about.
"No, I'm fine." I answer. At that moment I am trapped and my cell phone goes off. I back up and the woman enters the building, stopping to look at me once again. I wonder if she knows who I am. I wonder if he even told her about me.
"Peta, where are you?" I hear the familiar voice on the other end.
"I stopped for a moment, why?"
"Because you need to be back at the hotel to try to get some sleep. I am not going to be the one to explain to Mina why you have black circles under your eyes and she has to slab the makeup on to cover them."
"You know there is a bloody thing called jet lag. And after flying for 20 hours, I think that I am bloody well entitled to it."
"Where are you really?" Jared asked, but this time in his quite voice. He knows exactly where I am. "Did you talk to him?"
"No."
"Did you go in the building at least?"
"No."
"For 20 hours all you have talked about is being back in the states and being able to see him again and you haven't gone in."
"No."
"He is going to be happy to see you."
"I wonder."
"Wonder what? That you will be disrupting his life, that he would actually have rathered that you stayed in Sydney and never saw him again?"
"What if he does?"
"Sweetheart, he is your father of course he is going to be excited to see you again, of course he going to be happy that you came home."
"I know, I just."
"Okay, here's a deal. After the shoot tomorrow, you and I will walk in there together and we will see him together. That way if he isn't excited, I can knock him out.'
"Violence." I snap.
"You sound like Christina."
"And you sound like Kevin."
"What a coincidence. Now come back to the hotel and try to get some sleep."
"Okay."
Inside, Sara walks straight out of the locker room to the meeting.
"Nice of you to join us." Grissom adds as she walks in and takes her seat.
"Catherine, you and I have the skeleton case. Warrick, Nick and Sara, you have a fresh one, body by the airport and that's all we know.
The team gets up and walks out. Sara stares at Grissom for a moment. She hadn't worked with him in months and she wonders if she actually misses it. She knows she misses him, but doesn't know if she could actually deal with actually being around him. Things between them have been awkward and she has decided not change it at this moment. Her thoughts return to the girl standing outside the office, she wonders if she will still be there when they leave. She wonders why she was standing there at all.