(A/N: hey guys! new chapter, thanks to everyone who has reviewed since i didnt mention it before! hope you enjoy this chapter, i mean this story is just starting to write itself and i hope thats a good thing! now onto the story!)
Warrick walked into the break room finding his family made up of his coworkers: Catherine, his wife, Grissom, the man who is like a father to him, and Greg and Nick, who were the brothers he never had. They were all watching and listening to Sara read a section of one of Grissom's forensics journals as she sat comfortably on Nick's lap. The four of them were impressed with the six year olds knowledge, as was Warrick. "Wow, Sara, you even got the big words!" Nick awed. "Yea, when Daddy wasn't around, Mommy would teach me to read, because she said if I ever got away from him and his beatings, she wanted me to have a chance. I didn't go to school, so I had no kids' books so I just read whatever was lying around and I used the dictionary for hard words," Sara stated matter-of-factly. As they all nodded at the brilliant brunette, Warrick noticed Catherine looked different, at first he couldn't figure out why, then he saw the amazing ring he gave her sitting on her finger instead of on a string hanging under her shirt. Trying to stifle his gasp, Warrick interrupted the magnificent scene, "Uh, hi, guys! Uh, Cath, can I talk to you for a sec? I think there might be something wrong with your car or something." Catherine smiled at his secret way of saying, "We need to talk as a husband to wife, and they don't know." Catherine got up and walked over to him and whispered, "I want to tell Greg and Nick, I told Grissom and he has known since Linds' third birthday. And he's ok with it." "Are you sure?" "Yes, and I wanted to wait till you were here," Catherine said as she shut the break room door. "Guys, there is something, Warrick and I have to tell you," Catherine began as she twisted her rings around her finger before holding them up, "We're married." They sat in silence for a moment as Grissom and Sara just smiled at the news they already knew. "Ok," Nick began, "Good! Because if you weren't together at all, Greggo and I were this close to setting you up!" "Yea, we have seen the way you guys look at each other, like last night at S-,"Greg paused at the still touchy subject for Sara, "I mean, the social services call." Chuckling Warrick let out the breath he was holding, "Well, I'm glad you guys approve! So, you know, I also adopted Linds, three years ago on her birthday, the day after I married Cath!" "Does this mean I still have to keep your secret, Warrick?" asked Sara as she walked to him. Bending down to her level, Warrick answered her, "Nope, my secrets out, Kiddo! Well, if you can please don't tell anyone not in this room, ok?" She nodded as everyone laughed. Warrick whispered in her ear, "But, I will keep your secret, so you can tell who you want, ok, kiddo." "Yea," was all she said as she hugged him and he picked her up. Clearing her throat, Catherine got everyone's attention again, "Uh, I have one more announcement, only Grissom knows though," she turned to Warrick, "Baby, please don't get mad at me for not telling you first, I had to figure out what I was going to do." Warrick, Sara, Nick, and Greg stared at her and nodded. "Well," Catherine began, "I'm pregnant, I just found out today." They looked at her with grins spreading across their faces and they all congratulated her and Warrick.
"Ok," Grissom said breaking up the hugs that were going around, "We need to get to work now. Sara, can you help me here in the lab tonight?" "Ok, Grissom!" she squealed as Warrick set her down. "Ok, for the happy couple," Grissom grinned at Warrick and Catherine holding a paper towards them, "put your strengths together for this double 419 in Henderson." "Later, guys!" they called back as they opened the door and walked out. "Oh, by the way, Cath I haven't had a chance to tell you. They found Sara's mom. She had the gun with her and everything, and she was muttering different things. They have her in a psychiatric prison, till we finish and there is a trial. Oh, and Griss only left Nick on the case to process the evidence."
Back in the lab, Grissom was still passing out assignments. "For our new level two CSI," Grissom said turning to Greg, "you get to go solo on a B and E." "Oh," Greg said as he took the paper. "Oh, Greg, did I mention it's at WLVU girls' dorm?" "No way!" Greg said excitedly as he started to walk fast to the door. "Behave yourself!" Grissom called down the hall after him. "What do ya got for me?" Nick asked. "Aren't you still working on a case?" Grissom asked as he glanced to Sara. "Oh, yea, I can't believe I almost forgot! I gotta go see if Mandy has my results yet, it should break the case," Nick said as he placed a kiss on top of Sara's head causing her to giggle. "And when you solve your case, get in touch with Greg and help him, just let him be lead," Grissom called after Nick. "You got it!" Nick called back.
Shaking his head and chuckling, Grissom took Sara's hand to lead her to his office, "Can you keep a secret, Sara?" "Yes," Sara said ready for another secret. "They think I can't tell, but I can, I knew Cath and Warrick were together. And I have a pretty big hunch that Nick and Mandy are together as well," he told her chuckling as he shut his door behind them. Sara giggled, then stopped and stared at him, "Can you teach me?" Her question caught him off guard, "T-teach you? Teach you what?" "Everything," she said flatly. It was strange; she felt this pull towards him, almost like the universe was telling her she was going to spend more time with him than the rest of his team, or Lindsey even. "I want you to teach me everything," Sara repeated. "Ok," was all he could say, he realized he was starting to care for this young girl, he knew he wanted to be there for her whenever she needed him. But how was that going to happen? "Ok, how bout we start with a tour of the lab? That way you can meet all the lab techs," Grissom asked as he knelt to her level. "Yes!" Sara said wrapping her arms around his neck and he picked her up. "Can we go see Nick and Mandy first?" Sara said with bright eyes. "We sure can. Hey, I have a plan!" Grissom said before whispering his plan in her ear.
Sara knocked on the door to the fingerprint lab, and looked over at Grissom around the corner just in earshot. Nick opened the door, "Hey, Sara, come meet my friend, Mandy!" "Hi," Sara said shyly from behind Nick. "Hi, Sara, Nick has been telling me how smart you are! Did you really finish that crossword puzzle in seven minutes and twenty five seconds and get them all, right?" Mandy asked her. "Yea! I do them all the time at home! I mean I did…" Sara looked down sadly. "Oh, Sara, I'm so sorry!" Mandy said wrapping her in a tight hug. Nick went over to them and put one arm around Mandy's shoulder and started rubbing Sara's back with the other. Nick saw a tear escape Mandy's eye and gently kissed it away and spoke softly to her, "It's ok, honey. She's safe now." Walking in the door, Grissom interrupted the sweet scene, "I saw that." "Oh, uh, Griss, uh, hi, didn't see you come in!" Nick stuttered as he backed up slightly. Chuckling Grissom spoke again, "Easy, Nick, you just confirmed my suspicions, I won't do anything I just wanted to be sure, that's why I sent Sara in by herself." Grinning slightly, Nick looked at Sara, who still had a few tears in her eyes, "You played us?" Shaking her head, Sara responded, "Not really, it really did make me sad thinking of doing crossword puzzles for Mommy to check. It just happened to work that way. I mean, I was just supposed to get you guys to admit you were together, with Grissom just outside the door." "Well, I'm glad you know, Grissom. But what now?" Mandy asked, still holding Sara. "Sara and I will keep your secret," Grissom stated, "but you do know you will have to tell, them eventually, Nick." "Yea, hey, I've got an idea! You guys can all come over to our house for a cookout Saturday! What do you think, hun?" Nick said turning to Mandy. "I think it's a great idea! Now, shoo, Nick. I do have work to do you know!" Mandy said pushing him out the door. "Ok, I'll go over some evidence in the layout room then, bye guys!" "So, Mandy, what do you do?" Sara asked the lab tech. "Well, I'm glad you asked, Sara, dear! Come here!" she pulled Sara up to see a print, "See this print?" Sara nodded. "Ok, now push that button. And then if this print is in any database my computer will tell me. And if it is, it will tell me who it is." "Cool!" Sara said. "Ready for our next stop, Sara?" Grissom asked. "Ok! Thanks, Mandy!" Sara said as she ran to grab Grissom's hand.
After Sara met all the lab techs and learning their jobs, Catherine and Warrick had returned with their evidence and had it in the layout room. "And this is the layout room, Sara, we spread out all the evidence we have here so we can get an overview of what happened," Grissom explained. Nodding Sara turned to look in the room, "Catherine! Warrick!" She ran to them. "Hey, Sara, girl!" Warrick greeted her. As they talked, Nick came in to see Grissom. "Oh, hey Griss! I'm heading over to see if Greg needs any help. Evidence proves that Sara's mother did in fact kill her father, so in case she wouldn't be able to testify the evidence does for her," Nick informed him. "Thanks Nick. Oh, and do me a favor, well two actually, make sure Greg understands I did make him lead, but subtly make sure he behaves himself," Grissom asked worried about the complaints he might get about his playboy like CSI. Walking down the hall, Nick chuckled, "You got it, Griss!"
(A/N: So, was it good? was it bad? please tell me! and come back to see what secret will be reaveled next as a result of Sara entering their lives!)
