DISCALIMER: I don't own CSI: Crime scene investigation and i don't make any money from it
SORROW
It was midnight in Vegas and in a crib a little butterfly was crying sadly, she needed to change her nappy as it was wet, but no one was listening.
Her parents were again busy arguing as he father didn't want her mother to work so much and her mother didn't want her father to go out, but be with her.
"Fine, I'll take her with me to work then," she heard her mother say as he father replied that there was not a place for children and her mother said that she couldn't be home alone.
The little butterfly cried harder for the attention of her parents really wanting to be changed.
Her mother came into the room, lovingly lifted her up and said, "I'm sorry little one, we'll change at once."
Lindsey gurgled happily as her mother took her into the bathroom and the main door slammed hardly. Daddy was again gone, that much she knew spite her young age.
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A couple of moments after that Catherine came into the crime lab with the baby seat in one hand and her purse in the other. She sat both down in the changing room before sinking down on the bench, head in her hands crying.
This was not what she wanted or planned when it came to raising a baby. She was suppose to have a loving husband that helped her out, but Eddie was as she feared not settling into the father role as planned or rather he did do it at day, but at night he wanted to do as he pleased as always.
And Catherine was sick of it, not to mention tired off taking care of her little girl and working as much as she did, the day didn't have enough hours.
So at the moment the young ladybug was sitting in the changing room crying next to her little butterfly that had started to cry now as well.
So there they were two weeping Willows, the youngling was too young to understand everything, she only at the moment got that her mommy was sad which made her sad too.
Nick that had gotten into work early to try to get ahead was heading for the wardrobe that was unisex when he heard the crying and raised his brows a little by this wondering who was crying and if it was safe to enter or if he should let it be.
Grissom that came walking down hallway saw his confused look and asked: "What are you looking so confused about?"
"Someone is crying in the changing room, and I need to dispose of my things before work," he said.
"Give me a moment to check it out," Grissom said in a calm tone.
"OK," he said and walked to the break room instead as Grissom went inside to find his two favorite girls crying sadly. He sat down next to Catherine and let her cry onto him as he held her.
"Shhhh, it's OK," he said and gently stroked her to calm her down.
"It's, it's not. This is not how I planned…" she cried sadly.
"I know ladybug, but he can still come around you know," he said in a soft tone.
"How?" she asked him.
"I don't know, why don't you dry your tears and freshen up a bit as I take care of the little butterfly in the mean time," he said.
She nodded and said, "I'll be right out."
"Take your time, there is now hurry, come on little butterfly you are going to have some fun with your uncle Grissom," he said and lifted up the baby seat and walked out of there. It was like magic as once he did that the baby stopped crying. Catherine shook her head as she went into the bathroom and started to freshen up.
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It was about two years later that the little girl was playing with Grissom's spider as her mother were out on a scene and her father was at a gig. Grissom kept a watchful eye on the two of them and enjoyed the sight of the young girl that now was almost two babbling and playing with his spider that didn't seem to mind all too much with this.
He had been right as Eddie had came around and became a better father for Lindsey, but he and Catherine still fought as cat and dog. He found it a tad ironic that they both adored their little girl, yet they couldn't see eye to eye in anything.
The young girl giggled as the spider crawled up on her head before looking at Grissom and say, "Mo?"
"What was that little one?" he asked as he had never before heard her trying to pronounce a real word.
Lindsey focused hard and said, "Mommy?"
"That's my big girl, I'm so proud of you and mommy will be too, she should be here soon," he answered her as he lifted her up and hugged her.
"Bug," she said and pinched his nose gently.
"Good girl," he said and smiled at her.
"What did she do?" he heard Catherine say from behind.
"She's talking, isn't that right little one?" he asked her.
"Mommy," Lindsey yelled happily and held out her arms for her mother to take her.
"That's right, what a good girl you are," she said proudly hugging her.
"Bug," she said and looked at Grissom which made her giggle and say, "That's right he's a big bug."
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But the joy of this didn't last for long as when Catherine came home and told Eddie the glories news he got angry because apparently his daughter knew Grissom more than him and she could not yet say anything close to daddy.
That night he told Catherine that he didn't want his daughter anywhere near the crime lab and in the end Catherine had no choice but to agree with her angry husband.
In the next room Lindsey were crying sadly holding onto a teddy bear not knowing what she did wrong and why her daddy was upset, she only understood from the words that she had something to do with it.
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Six year old Lindsey Willows was her mother's love and her father's joy. She was had grown to be a lively little girl that at times could be quite a rebellion, if she didn't get what she wanted that is.
Her parents were now on the edge of divorcing and she felt like she lived more with her hardworking mother than her deadbeat father. At least that was what her mother called him when she yelled at him when he once in a while was around.
She was already now a smart girl that got praised by her teachers and she also had a lot of friends that she played with every now and again.
She was as happy and healthy as any other kid her age, that was more than what could be said about her parents.
They fought every time they were in the same room together which wasn't all that often but still and her mother was both sad and frustrated which Lindsey didn't like all too much.
She did however notice that every time she was around bugman she seemed to lighten up and it was like they had something really special.
The young girl liked the bugman, but she loved her father more and it was him she looked up to as he was always fun. Yesterday he had made her skip her homework and watched movies with her instead which her mother had yelled at him for later.
Lindsey sighed wondering if they would ever change and be nice to each other, but she doubted it as she looked over at the bugman and her mother having one of their private conversations.
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"Grissom, I don't know how much longer I can take this, he's being you know Ed," Catherine said.
"Have you tried talking to him about it?" asked Grissom.
"You know that talking to Ed doesn't work, besides…." She stopped.
"Yes?" he asked looking deeply into her ocean blue eyes.
"I think he's seeing someone else," she answered with a sigh.
"What makes you think that?" he asked.
"One I'm a CSI and two I'm not stupid," she said looking at him before adding, "You know already don't you?"
"Of course not," he protested.
"How long have you known? What does she look like?" she asked aggressively.
"Catherine will you relax, for about a month, I saw him with this woman outside a club when we were working a case and I didn't know if it was an one time thing or not so I didn't tell you, I didn't want you to get hurt," he said.
"You didn't want me to get hurt, you didn't want me to get hurt, and this is clearly much better, you know I thought I could trust you, but now…."she stopped, turned and walked away from him as angry tears fell from her eyes and he stood sadly watching her.
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"Bugman," he heard Lindsey say a few moments later as she looked up at him from the couch.
"Yes," he answered.
"Why do mommy and daddy fight so much while you and mommy don't?" she asked.
"I just argued with your mother as well," he said.
"Yes, but that was one time, they argue all the time," she said with a sigh.
He nodded looking at the little sad butterfly and was about to say something when she said, "It's all about the right bugs isn't it?"
"It is," he agreed and smiled a little as she took his spider out of the box to play with him.
From the door the ladybug was watching the two of them a bit amused by her daughter's words.
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In time the ladybug divorced her husband and the fighting became even worse when it come to each other and how to raise their butterfly.
What annoyed the ladybug the most was that their daughter seemed to like Eddie more than her as he was the fun parent and not the one that sat down any rules or their daughter while she on the other hand did. She felt frustrated and alone and it seemed like she was loosing Grissom a bit as well as he had fund Heather or had he, Catherine wasn't sure of that fact.
All she knew was that she was alone, she could of course go to Ed for a little cuddle, but she wanted more and that he would not give her. There was a reason as to why the parted ways.
She sighed as she looked at a picture of herself and the little butterfly on her desk. She was with him now as she had chosen him over her after the wrecked school play. That had truly been a disaster. Why did men always have to wreck everything she wondered before heading to the lab as the best way to keep her mind occupied was to work.
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That night it all would come to an end. When a scared butterfly called her mother for help, her father was gone. Just how gone he in fact was she didn't know, just that she was alone in a sinking car. She was scared. So scared as she was fighting for her life, hoping her mother would get there in time.
Desperate tears were falling from her eyes as she struggled to keep above water when he mother suddenly appeared to get her out.
Clinging to each other in the cold water before getting on shore the young butterfly found that mommy wasn't that bad after all.
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A moment later Catherine was upset, no that was an understatement as she was furious, how could he leave their daughter behind like tat. How dared he to do so, she cursed as she heard Lindsey explain, but by the time she got the call she already knew and she knew the butterfly knew as well. She was fatherless thanks to his reckless behavior.
"Damn you Eddie," she thought angrily looking at her little girl trying to keep a straight face not to show that she in fact now was what she for a long time had known she were, alone.
Completely alone, well not completely she figured as she still had their butterfly.
That night she cried, she couldn't stop, not even when she heard Lindsey's reassuring words.
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It wasn't until a few hours later when she was woken by a knock on the door she knew she in time would be. Because there was no other than her bugman, he had came to be there for her in the hour of darkness, when she needed her the most. And perhaps he needed her too. She gladly let him in and as the door closed behind them their eyes meet and they knew that this was the start of better times. Things would turn from sorrow to happiness.
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