Chapter 2:

Stokes Family B&B, Dallas, Texas Dec. 2015

Where to go, what to do?

"I'm bored." Nick whined sitting in on the couch in the lounge next to Sofia.

"Boredom is what boredom does" Grissom said looking up from his book.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nick asked resting an arm around Sofia's shoulders; he knew he wasn't going to get an answer.

Catherine laughed leaning her head into Grissom's lap (She was on the floor).

"What's so funny?" Warrick asked coming into the room, with Arabel at he's heels.

"I'm bored and Grissom said some quote and won't tell me what it means." Nick explain without breathing until the end.

"Man I swear ever since Greg left the baby in you has come out, not even Andy can cover it up"

"What ever 'Rick"

"Hey I know a place we can go" Grissom said closing his book. "After a short phone call of course."

He got up and Catherine jumped into the Lazy Boy. A while later he came back and told them to get ready, with no explanation as to where they were going.

DPD, Dallas, Texas Dec. 2015

"WOW! It's huge compared to LVPD." Sofia said as they made it to the CSI floor in the Dallas Police Department.

"Gil Grissom I'm here to see Jason Tanner." Grissom said to the receptionist.

"Dr. Grissom good to see you again." The red head said with a smile.

"As you Helen." He said before going to sit with the team in the waiting room.

After a few moments later a tall, muscular, man in a CSI vest came into the waiting room.

"Gil it's been a while huh?" The man said after a shake and a hug.

"Yeah a long while JT" Grissom turned to his team and the others "This is Jason Tanner, or JT, Days shift supervisor and a great friend of mine. JT this is my wife Catherine, Warrick and Arabel Brown, Nick Stokes, Det. Sofia Curtis, Andy Cortez, Capt. Jim Brass, and Ronnie Lake."

"Well I say we get on with this tour, eh?" JT said walking away so the team followed.

Half an hour later…

"Hey where's Gil?" Catherine asked looking for her husband, she heard JT asked "huh" but was cut off when Junior came out on of the labs with a file in hand, lab coat on, and smile on his face.

"Not you again, you work here?" Nick asked but was cut of by a young female came up to the kid.

"Junior you got those results yet?"

"Yup" He said with a bright smile on his face and gave her the file in his hand.

"God I love you Junior, I'd kiss you but Mia would kill us both." She walked off it was then that they noticed the CSI vest she wore.

Junior just chuckled and looked at Nick. That's when Catherine looked over to find Grissom next to her. She just looked at him surprised.

"How long have you been there?"

"A while now, I was catching up with an old friend."

"Oh"

"Cath Grissom's right there." Warrick said when he looked back, JT was talking with a guy at Trace.

"Yeah I know he just got back though." That's when JT and the group started again, Grissom made sure the team was out of earshot before leaning near Junior and in a whispering voice told him something.

"Good job Junior"

"Thanks Gil, plan in motion." Junior said in the same hushed tone.

"Uh, huh. I'd better catch up with them."

"Good idea."

Stokes B&B, next morning

"Do any of you know were Gil ran off to?" Cath asked entering the kitchen where everyone except Andy, the two young kids, and of course Grissom.

"No"

"I just don't get it anymore…" before she could finish Grissom walked into the kitchen with three bags of food.

"Anyone hungry for the third best place to eat food in Dallas."

"What are first and second, might I ask." Brass said as he smiled in the food.

"Well second is Anna's cooking and first… well you'll see soon."

"That's not fair Gil." Cath said kissing him on the cheek.

"Trust me it's worth not knowing in the end."