Hey, thanks for the reviews guys! Here's the next chapter. BTW, did any of you catch Thursday night episode? I can't believe that Grissom is really gone; he won't be there to help Greg through his civil suit, which is so bogus, by the way.
Chapter 2
"Oh my God, Greg, I would have never guessed. I'm really sorry to hear about your parents."
"Its okay man, it's not like you did it." There was a long pause. Greg looked at Nick while he was still driving back to the lab. "So, I guess I'm being taken off this case, huh?"
"I don't see why you have to. None of the evidence says that it was the same guy," replies Nick.
"But…it could be him and it's personal which makes the evidence contaminated or Grissom could find out and…"
"Don't sweat it Greg, if Grissom finds out, I'll take the fall, alright? I got it G."
Greg smiled at Nick. It was true; Nick always had Greg's back on things…not exactly like this, but did watch out for Greg. Nick was like an older brother to Greg, and Greg was proud of that since he had no other siblings of his own. When they arrived at the lab, Greg headed to Trace as Nick went to the fingerprint lab. "I'll try and see if any of the prints are in AFIS. I'll meet you in Trace later. Good luck with Hodges," yells Nick as he smiles and waves.
Greg returns the smile and waves back, only to get rid of the smile quickly and walk sulkily over to Trace. Everyone in the lab hated Hodges because he was a teacher's pet and sucked up to the big boys, namely Grissom and Ecklie. Other than that, he gave everyone a hard time, but Greg the most since Greg was a former lab rat and techie. Just as he thought, Greg found Hodges sitting at the microscope looking at Grissom's evidence. "Hey Hodges, can you run this stuff for me. I need it ASAP."
"I'll try, but I'm kind of busy with Ecklie's and Grissom's cases."
Greg looks at the table, which is all clear except for all the evidence with results already pending for Grissom's return. "You don't look back-logged to me."
Hodges sighs and looks at the bags in Greg's hands. "Alright, set them down right there and I'll get to them. Oh, and if you see Grissom, let him know I got his results."
"Hey Hodges, it's this new technology they came out with, paging on your cellphone. You should try it," said Greg sarcastically.
But as Greg laughed, Hodges looked at him with big eyes. Greg then heard someone clearing his throat from behind him. Slowly, he turned around and saw Grissom standing right behind him. "Hi Grissom, I was just…" started Greg as he ran out of the room. As soon as he was clear, Greg sat down in the break room and relaxed in the chair. Just then, Nick walked in. "Hey Greggo, what's up?"
"Not much, just waiting on Hodges to page me with the results."
They both sit in silence for a while. "Yeah, it's going to be a while," said Greg as he leaned back in his chair. But, unfortunately, he leaned too far back and fell backwards in his chair. Nick laughed and helped Greg up as Sara, Warrick and Catherine walked in with a smile on their face. "Smooth Greg," laughed Warrick.
"Yeah, well…" started Greg, but Nick quickly cut him off. "So, how are your cases?"
"We hit the jackpot; Griss and me. A murdered waitress in the Tanjiers," shouted Warrick.
"Yeah, well a home-invasion-turned-homicide is much more appealing, what do you guys got?" asked Sara.
"We got a double with a missing sixteen year old girl," bragged Nick.
"Oh, now I definitely got the short end of the staff. How did you two able to score a case like that?" asked Warrick.
Nick was just about to continue bragging when he remembered what Greg told him in the car. "Just blind dumb luck, I guess."
Just then, Greg's phone went off. Greg looked at the message and read:
Hodges in Trace
"It's Hodges, I'll meet up with you guys later," yelled Greg as he ran out of the room, followed closely behind by Nick. "Aren't you suppose to be in the fingerprint lab?" asked Greg.
"Look man, I'm sorry I bragged about the case, it just…slipped my mind."
"It's cool, I just want to know that this has absolutely nothing to do with me."
"What has nothing to do with you Greg?"
Nick and Greg stop and turn around to find Grissom. "This is just not my day today, is it?" asked Greg.
"Apparently not, you want to fill me in on what has to do with Greg?" asked Grissom.
Nick and Greg sigh and look at Grissom as Grissom stares them down with his what's-going-on look. "We may want to head to your office Grissom, it might take a while to explain," stated Greg.
TBC…
Okay, I'm sorry I didn't get this up sooner. I'm having a serious case of damn writer's block. Please R&R and I'll try to get the next chapter up sooner.
