**Author's notes: This is my first CSI fic so please be kind :) Having watched the series for some time, this fic has kinda been going around in my head for a while and my muse finally allowed me to begin writing it. The R rating is in place as it will later become this, though at present it is only a PG/PG-13 rating. Oh yeah, and just remember... Evil plot bunnies are hidding everywhere LOL**

DISCLAIMER: I don't own them, I just take them out for a spin once in a while :)

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PROLOGUE

Sitting at his desk, reading a letter from overseas, Gil Grissom didn't at first notice Jim standing in the doorway. Suddenly sensing the presence of another person, Grissom looked up and smiled, motioning his collegue to take a seat.

"So, what's so interesting?" the policeman, and former head of CSI, asked his friend.

"Hah! I wish it was good news but we don't ever seem to get that lucky do we?" Grissom retorted, seeing the smile his friend tried to hide and rolling his eyes in exasperation.

"Why? What's up?" came the polite enquiry, though Jim's voice was laden with humour.

"This stupid 'exchange program', that's what! I can't believe I agreed to this! Jason from the day shift is heading over to sunny ol' England for six months as we get lumbered with some wet-behind-the-ears rookie who's just going to get in the way and probably make my life hell!" the CSI head man snarled, causing Jim's smile to widen further.

"So, we get a new kid on the block then?" he laughed, the venomous look Grissom cast him just increasing the hilarity of the situation.

"What the hell am I going to tell the rest of my team?" Gil wondered out loud, smiling as he slowly began to see the funny side, shaking his head in bemusement at the sight of his former boss doubled up in helpless laughter.

"Glad you find it so amusing," he snapped over his shoulder as he left his office, his mind going over exactly what to say to his team.


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"Well, well. A foreign CSI coming over eh? And a chick… err, a lady, to boot," Nick commented after Grissom had left, a predatory smile pulling at the corners of his mouth.

"Nick, she's a visiting CSI and that means you've gotta be professional!" Sara piped up, playfully slapping her friend's arm in mock reprimand.

"What was it Gris called her? A 'wet-behind-the-ears rookie'? Man, this is gonna be fun," laughed Warrick, sending the rest of the team into fits of laughter.

They all knew their boss well enough to know he wasn't happy about this woman coming into what he considered 'his' domain and they were all looking forward to what they foresaw as an interesting couple of months….