A/N Well here's the second instalment, thanks to anyone who reviewed the first chapter and sorry it's taken a few days to update. Anyway here's hoping it lives up to expectations.
Chapter 2
"Thanks Griss, I really appreciate this."
"It's fine Lexxi." Gil Grissom was the only person that knew almost everything about her. He'd been like a father to her since the day she'd joined the crime lab, he'd been the only father like figure she'd ever known; her own father had left her and her mum when she was five months old so she'd never known him. "How did everyone react when you told them about Tizminda?"
"Better than I thought, she's talking to Warrick in the break room." It was true, she had expected them to be mad at her when they found out that she had a daughter but hadn't told any of them. They hadn't though; they had all made a fuss of Tizzy and told her that if she ever needed any help then she knew where to find them.
There was however one person that she needed to break the news to…Greg Sanders. She'd never really spoken to Greg before but he'd tried so many times to get to know her, to get her to open up to him and she'd pushed him away; afraid to let herself get too close to anybody because she knew that good things never lasted. Grissom broke her out of her trance, "Well don't worry she'll be fine here, here's your case." He handed her a piece of paper with all the details scribbled down on it. "You're working with nick, 419 on 'The Strip'."
"Ok, I'll go say bye to Tizzy then I'll find him." Grissom nodded and Dana left his office and headed for the break room. She walked in and knelt down in front of the little girl. "Hey sweetheart, mommy has to go and catch some bad guys but Uncle Grissom's gonna look after you so be a good girl, ok?"
Tizzy nodded and wrapped her arms around her mother's neck in a tight hug. "I will mommy, love you."
"I love you too sweetie." She untangled herself from her daughter's arms and kissed her on the forehead then stood up and looked at Warrick. "Warrick is it ok if she stays in here until Griss comes and gets her?"
"Yeah, fine by me." He looked at Tizzy and winked at her. "Do you wanna stay with Uncle Warrick while mommy goes and saves the world?" The little girl nodded and jumped up and down excitedly. Lexxi ruffled her youngster's hair and thanked Warrick then left the room and went to find Nick.
An hour later Warrick had gone working a case with Catherine and Tizzy was sitting in Grissom's office colouring in a picture of a butterfly. Grissom had only known the little girl for a few hours but he'd already taken on the role of grandfather to her. He was sitting going through paperwork when Sara walked in and told Grissom they had another double homicide and she needed him to go with her. He looked over at Tizzy who was still engrossed in her colouring book and back to Sara. "Is Sofia on a case?"
"No, she's in Greg's lab, pestering him for some DNA results she needs for court tomorrow."
"Go and get all the stuff together and I'll take Tizminda to Sofia." Sara nodded and left the office and Grissom walked over to Tizminda and told her that she'd have to stay with Sofia. "Is that ok with you?"
Tizminda nodded and stood up then followed Grissom down the corridor. He walked in first and Tizminda followed him in, standing shyly behind him. "Sofia can I ask you a favour?"
Sofia turned around and looked at him, smiling. "Sure Griss, what's up?"
He walked out into the corridor and Sofia and the little girl followed. They stopped outside the lab and Sofia noticed the little girl and crouched down in front of her. "Hey, what's your name?"
Tizminda shuffled back and hid behind Grissom's leg, Sofia stood up again and looked at Grissom questioningly. "What was it you wanted me for?"
"I was just wondering if you'd look after Tizminda, Lexxi's daughter, for me." Before she had time to answer he looked at Tizzy, told her to be a good girl and promised he'd see her later then walked off down the corridor.
"But Grissom, I'm no good with kids!" Sofia was shouting at an empty corridor. She looked down at the little girl and smiled. "I'm Sofia, what's your name?"
A/N Well another chapter complete, sorry it's so short but keep reviewing and I promise to update soon.
