"Hey Sar'," Nick said as he came into the break room.
"
Hey," Sara replied back.

"So ummm...after shift me, Warrick, Catherine, and Greg are going out for breakfast, want to join us?"

"Ummmm...yea sure why not, it's not like I have plans ne way."

"Okay, well I'm gonna go see if Grissom wants to join so I'll see ya later." Nick said as he headed
out of the break room. A few minutes later Sara's cell phone rings.

"Sidle," Sara said as she answered her cell phone.

"Hey Sara, this is David."

"Hey. How are you? The kids?"

"I'm doing ok. But, the kids aren't. Alex is trying to go back to normal. Elizabeth is a ghost anymore. She will barely come out to eat, or to talk. She only comes out of her room to use the bathroom, or to shower, that's it."

"Oh man, I'm sorry Dave. So, I take it she's not going to Chris's?"

"No, she isn't, but I have some, uh, unexpected news for you. When Rachel died, her will stated, that you are to take the kids. I think that she was 110 correct when she made that decision. I don't think I could take care of them. I love them to death, but, I can't raise them."

"Wow," Sara takes a deep breath. "I want to take them. I will do that for Rachel I don't like Chris, and I don't think they should be in foster care. God knows what Rachel and I went through."

"Yeah. I've been suspicious of Chris though. He is NOT suit to be a parent. I know for a fact, how he treated Rachel and Elizabeth both. But, I think he did more when Rachel wasn't home. They both need to get as far as they can from here, start new."

"Yeah. I agree. I have always suspected that more was going on. But, you're right, they need to start new. A clean slate."

"Well, I guess I should get the girls to pack, and all that. I can ship the rest of their stuff later on. Rachel left the uh… the bank account to you and the kids for anything. And they can get social security till they're 18, unless they go to college then its 19."

"I'm sure we will figure something out. We'll be ok. Just let me know when their flight is."

"I will. I'm going to have to have a long talk with them. They may hate me after this."

"David, you're doing the best thing. I will take good care of them. I promise."

I know. Well, I'll let you go back to work. I'll let you know the flight. Bye Sara. Take care."

"You too, Bye." they both hung up, Sara went and told Grissom that she would be hearing from her brother-in-law later in the next couple hours or so to find out when her niece's will be flying in. After she told Grissom she went to search for nick to tell him that she might not make it to breakfast after shift. A couple hours later David calls Sara back with the information and what time they should be flying in. "Sidle," Sara said as she answered her cell.

"Hey, Sar' its me, The kids will be leaving in the next few hours so they should be over there about 5:30 maybe 6 a.m. Again thanks for doing this for me especially for Rachel."

"Its no problem ok, I'll be there about 5:30 well a lil' bit before then that way I don't miss them or whatever. Do you want me to have them call you when the get off the plane?"

"Yeah, that would be great if their not too mad at me. Well I'll let you go and I need to get to the airport early so we're not stuck in traffic and what not."

"Okay, well I'll talk to you later I'll make sure the kids call you after they get off if not then I'll
give you a call to tell you they made it ok."

"Thanks again well I'll talk to you later."

"See ya."

They both hung up and Sara went and told Grissom that she would be leaving about 5am to go pick up the girls from the airport. When 5pm rolled around she left to go the airport to pick up the girls. A few minutes later Sara heard her name being called by her nieces.

"Aunt Sara, Aunt Sara," The girls said as they ran up to Sara to give her a hug.

"Hey, guys so what's going?" Sara asked her nieces after giving them each a hug.

"Nothing much, but Liz got a boyfriend about less then a month ago." Alex told her aunt.

"Really, well who is it? Sara asked Liz.

"Alex, I told you a million times we broke up last week, so just drop it." Liz told her sister angrily.

"Okay guys, let's not fight about it. Why don't you guys call your dad and tell him you guys made it. He wanted me to have you guys call him after you got off the plane."

"Do we have to call him? I don't feel like talking to him." Liz said as they made their way to the vehicle.

"I don't want to talk to him either." Alex said.

"You guys have to talk to him at some point so why don't you just call him up."

"I don't want to, and I'm not going to call him especially what happened in the last couple weeks, so no I'm not going to talk to him." Liz said.

"I'm not talking to him either, I mean 2 weeks after our mom dies he decides to ship us off somewhere else, he probly doesn't even care about us. Couldn't he have just waited at least a while longer and not 2 weeks later?"

"You guys I no your mad at your dad but don't blame him its not is fault. Your mom decided to give you guys to me because she thought you guys would do better here, your dad would take care of you but he can't and he wants to give your mom her wishes that she put in her will. He loves you guys very much this is hurting him more then you guys can imagine. I'll give him a call and we'll stop at my place so you guys can get settled in. You can use my room for right now while I set up the guest bedroom."

"What about our stuff is he going to send our things or are we going to have to get new stuff?" Asked Liz.

"Yeah, your dad will be sending your guys' stuff over here it should be here sometime this week."

After they all got settled in, Sara went and called David to tell him that the girls made it ok. When Sara got off the phone she helped the girls finish getting settled and told them that they could use her bed while she cleans out the guest bedroom for them. A half hour later they all got ready and got in bed from a really long day and from the long flight to Vegas. A couple hours later Liz woke up and snuck into the kitchen to find something to eat since she hadn't eaten anything since lunch the previous day. Alex woke up a half hour later to find her sister in the kitchen making pancakes, "Hey, Liz."

"Oh, hey Alex, I'm making some pancakes do you want some?" Liz asked her sister.

"Yeah sure. Hey Liz I was thinking, maybe we should call dad and apologize to him for treating him badly."

"I don't know Lex, I mean he told us that we weren't going to be living with him the last minute. Why couldn't he tell us a head of time?"

"I don't know, I'm mad at him also for telling us at the last minute, but I really think we should call him up and apologize."

"Fine, I agree with you, how 'bout we call him up later, we could ask Aunt Sara if we could use her phone."
"Okay? You know Alex, I'm kinda glad that we found each other, I don't know what I would have done with out you, and I'm glad we're in this together." Elizabeth said.

"Yeah, me to, I'm glad we met up also Liz." Alex said as she walked towards her sister to give her a hug.

Liz turned around to face her sister to give her a hug back, "Come on lets eat some pancakes I'm starving."

"Yeah me to."

A few minutes later while they were eating Sara woke up to the smell of pancakes coming from the kitchen. She walked towards the girls at the table and sat down.

"Hey guys, did you sleep ok?" Sara asked.

"Yeah, I slept fine, hope you didn't mind me making some pancakes I kinda got hungry, I didn't eat since lunch yesterday." Elizabeth stated.

"Yeah that's fine. What about you Alex did you sleep ok?"

"Yeah, I slept fine, I have a question though." Alex said.

"Okay, what's your question?"

"Do you mind if we use your phone?" Alex asked.

"No, I don't mind."

"Would it be ok if we used your bedroom or is the guest bedroom ready?" Liz asked.

"Yeah you guys could use my room, also before I forget you guys will be going with me to work."

"Ummm...okay." Liz said as she and Alex started walking towards their Aunts bedroom. When they got there they shut the door and Liz started dialing their dad's phone number. On the second ring she heard her dad pick up. "Hello?"

"Daddy?" Liz asked.

"Liz, sweetheart is that you?" David asked his daughter.

"Yeah daddy, it's me. Alex and I decided to call to apologize for our behavior the past few weeks."

"Sweetheart, I know you guys were mad, I understand you missed your mom, and it felt like I was trying to get rid of you guys right?"

"Yeah, it did feel like that, I know you weren't trying to but it felt like you were. I just met you like last year or whatever, and I didn't want to lose you either, I love you daddy."

"I love you to hun, let me talk to your sister 'cause I have to go soon, just remember you can always call me or write to me or even email me if you want ok?"

"Okay, here's Alex."

Liz handed Alex the phone and Alex took the phone and answered it, "Hello, daddy?"

"Hey, Lex, how's my girl?"

"I'm fine, I'm sorry daddy, I shouldn't have behaved like that, I thought you didn't want me any more, like Kelly didn't want me, I'm sorry daddy, I am really. Please believe me when I say I'm sorry."

"Princess, listen, its ok, I do want you and your sister, but I just can't take care of you I don't have enough money to take care of you girls. Just listen to your Aunt Sara ok?"

"Yes, daddy, we will, daddy will you come visit us?"

"I'll try but I can't promise anything ok?"

"Okay daddy, well I guess I'll let you go, I love you daddy."

"I love you to sweetie, I want you and Liz to listen to your Aunt ok?"

"Okay daddy, we will."

"Listen I have to go now I'll call you guys back later ok?"

"Alright, yeah well I'll talk to you later daddy."

"See ya later hun, bye."

"Bye."

They both hung up, Alex turned to her sister with tears running down her face. Liz walked up to her sister and asked her what was wrong. "Lex, what's wrong?"

"I just miss daddy thats all, I know we seen him yesturday before we left, but I just miss him Liz, I miss daddy really bad." Alex said as she sat down on the bed sobbing harder this time. Liz sat down and wrapped her arms around her sister and just held her close to her.

"Everything will be ok Lex, I miss daddy to, but everything will be ok."

Wondering what was taking so long Sara got up and went to her bedroom to see what the girls were doing. "Girls are you ok?"

"Yeah, Aunt Sara, we're doing ok." Liz answered her Aunt.

"Can I come in?"

"Yeah, you can."

"You guys doing ok?"

"I am, but I don't know about Alex here." Liz said hugging her sister.

"I'll be fine, I just miss my dad thats all." Alex said hugging Liz back.

"Sweetheart everything will be fine, I promise." Sara told Alex.

"Yeah, I know, I'm going to go get in the shower." Alex said as she got up go get in the shower.

A couple hours later after the girls took their showers they waited till their Aunt got done getting ready before they had to go with their aunt to her work. When Sara was done getting ready they all left the apartment and went to the lab a half hour early. When they got there all three of them walked into the Crime Lab building and went to the break room, and Sara introduced the girls to her co-workers. "Hey guys," Sara said as she walked into the breakroom with the girls behind her.

"Hey Sar'," Nick said then he saw the girls then asked who they were.

"You guys, I want you to meet my neices Elizabeth and Alexandra." Sara said as she pointed to the two girls as she said their names. "Girls I would like you to meet my co-workers Catherine, Nick, and Warrick."

"Hi," the girls said shyly.

"Hi, nice to meet you guys." Warrick said.

A few minutes later Grissom came into the breakroom. when he entered Catherine told him who the girls were as if she was reading his mind. "Hey Grissom, this is Alexandra and Elizabeth. Their Sara's neices."

"HI, nice to meet you guys." Grissom said.

"Nice to meet you to Mr. Grissom." the girls said.

"You guys can call me Gris, or Grissome like everyone else does." Grissom told them.

"Well then you can call us Liz and Alex." Liz said.

After a couple minutes of silence someones cell phone rang.

"Sorry, its my cell," Liz said as she got up to go out in the hallway she grabbed Alex on the way out.

" Brandon , I told you I wouldn't got to the police if you stopped calling me. You violated me; Look, if you don't want me to tell them what you did, stop calling me, and leave me alone!!" Liz told her ex-boyfriend.

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Alex asked her sister.

"No, that's okay I got." Liz told her.

" Brandon , just leave me the hell alone. Don't make me turn the evidence in. Yes, I had it collected, and I still have it. Now Stop calling me." Liz said as she hung up on him.

"Liz, you have to tell someone what he did. If you don't then he'll just keep calling you back." Alex told her.

"Alex, I don't want to. I mean if I do then he could try something and I dont want him to do any thing."

"Oh my gosh Liz! He freakin raped you for crying out loud. You should at least tell Aunt Sara if your not going to tell any one."

"NO! I don't want any one to know not even Aunt Sara."

"Okay you know what fine you don't want to tell any one then fine! I'm just trying to help out my sister here." Alex said as she walked away from her sister.

Mean while in the break room...

"What the hell? Well, it sounds like she's holding something back." Catherine said.

"Somebody did something, and she is holding back?" Nick asked. "Someone needs to talk to her. Catherine?"

"Well, I could. You don't mind do you Sara?" Catherine asked her.

"Ahead. You will probably get more out of her than I can. Plus, you have Lindsey, so you'll know what to do." Sara said.

"I'll try my best." Catherine told her.

"Sorry about that." Liz said as she came back in with Alex right behind her.

"It's ok Grissom? You were saying."

"Warrick and Cath, you have a DB on Water St. Sara and Nick, you have a B&E in Henderson . I have my paperwork to do."

"Warrick, Catherine, Sara and Nick stand up and start filing out of the break room after receiving their assignment slips.

"Bye guys." Liz and Alex said at the same time.

"See ya guys later." Catherine said.

"Try to have fun." Nick told them.

"We'll find something. Bye Aunt Sara bye Warrick" Liz said.
"See ya guys." Warrick said.

"Yeah, I'll see you guys later…don't get into much trouble ok?" Sara told her nieces.

"Okay we won't.

When Elizabeth and Alexandra thinks everyone is gone, Liz lets out a sigh and puts her head on the table.

"Are you ok?" Grissom asks her.

Elizabeth bolts up "Sorry, I didn't know you were still here. Yea, I'm ok."

"Sure? You can talk to me if you want."

"I'm fine. Thanks though."

"Ok, I'll be in my office if you guys need any thing." Grissom said as he walked out of the break room to his office.

"Liz, you have to tell some one about what happened, I mean what if Brandon does that to someone else like he did to you. Do you want another girl to get raped by him?"

"Alex, I can't, I want to but I can't."

"Why can't you? I mean what could happen?"

"Because, he could get mad and I don't know. I'm going to go see of Grissom knows where a library is thats close by, if you want to come you can." Liz told her sister.

"No that's ok, I'll just stay here." Alex told her sister.

Liz got up and left the break room and went to Grissom's office to see if he knew where the closest library is. When she got to his office she knocked on his office door then heard him say 'come in'.

"I have a question for you Grissom." LiZ told him.

"Go ahead and ask." Grissom said.

"Do you by any chance know where the library is?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"I figured I would take a walk there."

"You want me to drive you out there? You can't really trust anything in Vegas."

"It doesn't matter, but if you need to report to a scene..."

"Its no problem."

"Thank you Mr. Grissom. Well, I should say Dr. Grissom. Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it. You can just call me Grissom. Everyone else does. Or Gil, it doesn't matter. Either way."

"I just didn't want to offend you. I sometimes do that."

"It wouldn't offend me any."

"Ok."

Grissom takes Elizabeth over to the Library.

"Well, this is it." Grissom said as he pulled up to the library.

"Thanks for driving me here." Liz said with a bit of hesitation in her voice.

"Are you ok?"

"huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. You can go ahead. I'll be here for a while. You know, look around."

"You sure you want to be here alone?"

"Yeah. I'm sure. I have my cell phone on."

"Ok, call if you need anyone."

"I will. See ya."

"Bye." Grissom said as he watched her go in making sure she would be okay, then he leaves.

2 hours later at the lab...

Elizabeth is walking the halls, and spots Grissom, "Hey, is anyone back yet?"

"No, not yet." Grissom told her.

"Ok. Oh, thanks for taking me to the Library. I appreciate it. Also do you know where my sister is?"

"The pleasure was mine, last time I saw her she was in the breakroom watching tv."

"Okay, thanks Grissom, I'll just go see what my sister's upto."

"No promblem, I guess I'll see ya later." Grissom said as he turned to head to his office.

1 hour and half later, Sara, Nick, Warrick and Catherine are back from their crime scenes.

"Hey Grissom? Have you seen Elizabeth and Alexandra anywhere?" Sara asked Grissom.

"Yeah. Break room. Alex is watching tv and Liz was reading a book." Grissom told her.

"Ok. Thanks." Sara said as she headed to the break room to find Cath, Nick and Warrick already there.

"Shh." Catherine said as she puts her fingers to her lips, "Their asleep, they look peaceful, kinda like when Lindsey sleeps."

Greg comes in, "Hey Sara, I got some results for you." Then he walks out.

"I'll be back." Sara said as she headed out of the break room. Alex then woke up and asked them where the bathroom was.

"Do you guys know where the bathroom is?" Alex asked them.

"Yeah, its down down the hall take a right and its the second door on the right." Catherine told her.

"Thanks." Alex said as she got up to go to the bathroom. After Alex left a few minutes later Elizabeth starts having a nightmare and talks in her sleep.

"No! Leave me alone!" Liz said in her sleep as she rolls off the break room couch. "Ow! Damn it!" Liz said as she looke up and saw Catherine and the others. "Uh, sorry. I fell asleep earlier."

"Its ok. Are you ok?" Catherine asks her.

"Yeah. When did you guys get back, and where'd my sister go?"

"A little bit ago. She went to the bathroom not to long ago." Nick told her.

"Oh. -half asleep again- Your boss is really nice." when she finishes saying it, she immediately falls back asleep.

Warrick chuckles, "Well, she's out of it."

"I wonder what she was reading." Nick said as he picked up the book off the floor.

"What is it?" Catherine asked him.

Nick shows Catherine the book cover, "Title says 'How to cope with Sexual Assault'."

"Well, now we know how she's taking it."

"What the hell did this girl go through?" Warrick said.

"Ever since that phone call, she's been depressed. I wonder if Alex knows about any of this." Catherine said.

"Yeah. I'm guessing that Grissom and Elizabeth already talked some." Warrick said.

"I'm gonna go talk to Grissom. You guys, I guess, go do something." Catherine said.

"Right on it." Nick said. Catherine goes to see Grissom in his office.

"Hey." Catherine said as she went into Grissom's office.

"Hi." Grissom said.

"Can I talk to you about something?" Catherine asked as she sat down in the chair across from him.

"Sure. Is everything ok?"

"Its Sara's niece."

"Is it Alex or Liz?"

"Its Liz, she's not taking this whole thing good. We found her asleep in the break room, and she started having a nightmare. Next thing you know, she falls off the couch. Oh, and before she fell asleep again, she said you were very nice. Then, she fell asleep again."

"She wanted to know how to get to the library. I had some time so I took her over there."

"Nick found her library book."

"What was she reading?" Grissom asked concerned.

"She was reading, 'How to cope with Sexual Assault'. And someone with the name Brandon is the main problem."

"She did seem really down today after the phone call."

"You guys actually talked?"

"Yeah. She kept saying she was fine though. But I could see something was bothering her."

"Well, it seems to me, she is warming up to you. Maybe you guys can talk more."

"Yeah."

Catherines beeper goes off, "Well, that's Warrick. I better go."

"Bye Cath."

Catherine leaves and meets Warrick in the DNA lab.

"Well, we haven't found out that much. He knocked her out, raped her, then killed her." Warrick told her as she came in.

"The guy must've used a condom." Greg said.

Elizabeth comes in a few minutes later.

"Sorry to interrupt, but do you know where my aunt is?" Liz asked them.

"Um, she might be in Ballistics with Nick." Warrick told her.

"Thanks."

"Hey Elizabeth, this is our Greg Sanders, our lab tech." Catherine said before Liz had a chance to go find her aunt.

Elizabeths shakes hands with Greg. "Nice to meet you Mr. Sanders. My Name is Elizabeth."

"Just call me Greg. And, nice to meet you."

"Well, I got to go see Sara. Bye guys."

"Bye." They all said as Liz left.

"Wait a minute. She was looking for her aunt. Sara is her aunt?" Greg asked them.

"Yeah, she's also got a twin sister to she's here also probly in the break room. Just so you know their identical twins." Catherine told him.

"She's nice. I like her. She has a twin? Man what are they doing here?"

"She's way too young for you Greggo. And your gonna have to ask Sara why their here." Warrick said.

Ballistics...

"Um, sorry to interrupt, but do you know where I can find Sara Sidle?" Elizabeth asked.

"Uh, Sara and Nick went up to autopsy not too long ago." The labtech told her.

"Do you know what floor that is?"

"Yeah. 2nd floor, and 3rd room on the right."

"Thank you."

"No problem."

Elizabeth makes her way to autopsy, then she stands to where Nick and Sara can't see her.

"I did a kit. It's positive. She was raped, then killed." Doc Robbins told Nick and Sara.

"Yeah." Doc Robbins answered.

"Ok, I'll have Greg run it." Sara said as she left the morgue.

"Hey Doc, if you have some time later, may I talk to you?" Nick asked Doc Robbins.

"Sure. Anytime."

On Nicks way out he spots Liz hiding and walks over to her.

"Hey." Nick said.

"Hi. Did you find a break in your case yet?"

"Not really. You hungry? I brought some food."

"No thanks. I don't have much of an appetite."

"Well, the offer still stands." Nick told Elizabeth.

"Thanks." Liz said with a sigh.

"You ok?"

"Yeah. Anyways, your boss is pretty nice. He's also easy going."

"Yeah, I know. But, I'm used to things like this at home. Its not really different here."

"Just no matter what, be careful out there. Don't let your guard down at anytime."

"I know that for sure. Well, I'm going to go back to reading, and let you get back to work."

"Ok. I'll see you around."

"Bye." Elizabeth said then walks back to the break room to read her book. Nick spots Sara in the hallway. "Hey Sar."

"Hey." Sara said.

"I heard Elizabeth was looking for you."

"Oh."

"I offered her something to eat, but she declined."

"She has a good apatite before we left."

"Well, maybe she's just overwhelmed with what happened earlier. It's evident when we saw her library book."

"Library book?"

"Uh, yeah. Grissom took her to the library. And she fell asleep on the break room couch, and well, had one of her nightmares. She had been reading a book called, 'How to cope with Sexual Assault and Rape'."

"Damn. I wish she'd talk to someone."

"She's just scared. She's still young."

"Yeah, like she said he violated her. Nick, she's just starting out in High School."

"I know. Catherine said she's actually warming up to Grissom."

"Wow. Well, I kind of figured she would. Well, I'm going to go check on her."

"Ok."

In The Break Room…

Elizabeth is sleeping on the couch, and Sara comes in to see her asleep, Sara smiles and goes to see Greg.

"Hey Sara. I met your nieces. Their cool. How old are they?" Greg asked.

"14. She'll be 15 next week, and so will Alex." Sara told Greg.

"Cool. Anyways, AFIS, didn't come up with anything, sorry."

"Ok. Thanks Greg." Sara said as she left.

Meanwhile, Grissom goes to the break room for coffee, and sees Elizabeth asleep. Elizabeth

suddenly falls off the couch.

"Damn it!" Elizabeth said as she got up, she saw Grissom, "Um, I didn't hear you come in. Sorry about that."

"Interesting choice of words don't you think?" Grissom asked her.

"Uh, I just uh, picked up the habit." Liz told Grissom.

"Well, lets skip that discussion. Now, are you ok? You hit the floor pretty hard."

"Yeah. That's nothing. When I was little, I fell off the shed roof when I was helping my dad put the shingles on."

"Did you break anything?" Grissom asked with a surprise look on his face.

"Luckily, no. I ended up getting a scuffed knee, and I kept picking the scabs, and got a scar."

"Well, I would say that's pretty lucky."

"Well, I did sprang each ankle at least twice in 6th grade. All I've got is 2 weird looking feet, and weak ankles. I cant even wear high heals now."

"I'd say." Grissom said as his beep goes off. "Well, I have to go."

"Hey the case needs to be solved. Why not be solved by you?" Elizabeth asked as she smiled at him.

"Bye." Smiled Grissom as he left. Grissom leaves and Elizabeth goes to leave a message for Sara.

"May I help you miss?" Judy asked at the desk.

"Yes, can you leave a message for Sara Sidle, that her niece Elizabeth went home?" Elizabeth asked.

"Sure."

"Thanks."

"No problem."

Elizabeth leaves, Meanwhile, Grissom meets up with Sara and Nick.

"You paged?" Grissom asked.

"Yeah. We have insects." Nick said.

"I can help with that." Grissom said then looked at Sara, "Oh, by the way, your niece Elizabeth fell off the couch."

"Well, she does move a lot in her sleep. Probably nightmares. I'm going to see if she's hungry." Sara said as she Goes to the break room to find Elizabeth not there, then she
goes to see Greg.

"Greg have you seen Elizabeth?" Sara asked him.

"Thanks." Sara said as she walked out and see's Grissom and Nick. "Hey guys, have you seen Elizabeth?"

"No. Not since autopsy." Nick told her.

"She was in the break room when I left." Grissom said.

"She's not there, and Greg hasn't seen her." Sara said as she checks her cell. "She hasn't left any messages." Then she walked up to the front desk.

"Oh, Sara, your niece Elizabeth told me to tell you, that she was going home." Judy told her.

"Thanks Judy."

"You're welcome."

Sara catches up with Grissom and Nick, "You wouldn't believe this. She went home."

"What the hell? At this time at night?" Nick asked.

"I guess she told Judy to tell me she went home. I'm gonna call her." Sara said as she started to call her apartment

"What are you doing home? You went by yourself? At night? Do you even know how dangerous this city is, not only during the day, but at night? Well, we're gonna talk when I get home. Bye." Sara said as she hung up with Liz

"So she just up and left?" Nick asked.

"Yes Nick, she did." Sara said with a sigh.

"Who left?" Catherine asked as she picks up on the conversation, with Alex trudging up behind her.

"Elizabeth, she went home by herself in the dark." Nick told her.

"What?! You're kidding! Why'd she leave?" Catherine asked with a shocked look on her face.

"She didn't want to be in the way of the cases." Sara said.

"She wasn't in the way. Man, if that boy hadn't called, she wouldn't feel this way." Catherine said.

"I don't even know what to say to make her give him up. She doesn't know we know." Said Sara.

"Grissom, she seems closer to you. What do you think?" Catherine asked Grissom.

"I wouldn't know what to say. I'm not a parent, or involved in kids on a regular basis. Catherine, you're the parent in this team." Grissom told her.

"Yeah. To an 11-year old. Not a 14 year old. Besides, I haven't got to talk to her that much."

"Alex do you know what's wrong with Liz?" Sara asked her niece.

"Ummm….no." Alex said to her aunt.

"Alex you can tell us you know?" Catherine told her.

"I know that, but I promised her I wouldn't tell." Alex said with tears in her eyes.

"Okay, you don't have to tell us but can you tell us who she went out with?" Sara asked her.

"Yeah, ummm…his name was Brandon. Your not going to tell her I told you are you?" Alex asked as she was her tears off her face.

"No sweetheart I won't tell her, I promise ok?" Sara told her as she was trying to calm Alex down.

"Well, how about later on, we have dinner before next shift begins to get to know Alex and Liz better." Nick suggested. "What do you think Alex?"

"Yea, that's a good idea." Alex said drying her face off with her sweatshirt.

"That sounds good to me. Grissom?" Catherine said.

"I'm there." Grissom said."

A few minutes later Warrick comes in. "Yo, where's Elizabeth?"

"She went home alone, without me knowing."

"At night?!" Warrick asked.

"Yeah. She felt like she was in the way of the cases." Catherine told Warrick.

"I feel bad. Man." Warrick said as he shook his head.

"We're all going out to eat before next shift." Catherine told him.

"Count me in. I think it'll make her more comfortable and get to know us more." Warrick said.

"I think it would too." Said Sara.

Coming down the hall Greg asks, "Hey guys, shift ended 15 minutes ago. Why you all still here?"

"We're thinking how to get Elizabeth more comfortable being here." Catherine said.

"Well, I wish you luck. I'm pooped. Sara, tell Elizabeth I said goodnight, goodnight Alex." Greg said.

"Goodnight Greg," Alex said while she was yawning.

"I will, goodnight Greg." Sara said as she watched Greg leave, "Well, does anyone know where a good place is?"

"Well, they have that new Chinese place. Does she like Chinese?" Nick asked.

"She LOVES it." Sara replied.

"Sounds like a spitting image I know of." Nick said as he flashes his Texan smile.

"5:30 sound good?" Grissom asked.

"Perfect." Sara said.

"Sounds good to me." Warrick said.

"Yup." Catherine said.

"Ok then. That's settled. Well, I'm tired and I can imagine how the rest of you feel. Get some rest, and I'll see you at 5:30pm tomorrow evening at the restaurant." Grissom said then he left.

"Yeah. I'm beat. And, I've got to get ready to talk to Elizabeth about leaving. Also I have to take this one here home." Sara said referring to Alex.

"Yeah." Said Warrick.

"Well, I'm out of here." Catherine said as she shut her locker then left.

"Night guys." Nick said.

"Night Nicky." Warrick said then left.

"Hey Sar?" Nick asked.

"Yeah?" Sara answered.

"Go a little lighter on her. She'll adapt sometime."

"I will. Night Nicky."

"Night Sar'"

Sara and leave. Nick stays in the locker room to think for a few moments. "Why?" Nick asked himself, into reference to Elizabeth, "She didn't deserve it!" He said as he Punches
his locker, "Damn it." He said as he Shakes his head and leaves.