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A/n: Thank you all for taking the time to review. This should be the last regular chapter, but I am going to write an epilogue and may even do a sequel where Sophia and Greg switch roles, sort of. The story will still be Greg-centric, though and I may include other characters from Close to Home, but I'm not sure yet. It will also focus a little more the case, but will still have lots of good character stuff. Thanks again. On with the story!

And I Guess This Brings Us Back to the Beginning

Where were, again? On my way out of the lab to take a whole week off? Okay. I had just gone into the locker room to my iPod, laptop, and a few other things out of my locker when Nick entered the room, getting ready for his shift.

"What are you doing?" He seemed surprised to see me.

"Just getting a couple of things out of my locker and patching things up with Hodges." Nick nodded.

"Good. Otherwise you'd never get anything processed in the trace lab on time." Nick paused. "Sorry about your shoulder, by the way."

I shrugged. If Nick hadn't been stopped I would've probably strangled Hodges. "Don't worry about it."

"By the way, can you do me a favor?" I looked at him, wondering what he wanted.

"What is it?"

"Talk to somebody before you start hitting people. We care about you, ya know. Nobody can help you if they don't know that something's wrong." He had a point.

"Will do. And thanks." I know keeping things bottled up is not good, but don't really want my friends that worried about me. Then again, not talking to them can make them more worried about me.

As I turn to leave, Mac Taylor and Hawkes enter the room. They both aren't quite sure what happened yesterday, but know I was pulled off the case for some reason. Mac thinks I'm at least a little odd, and Hawkes knows I hadn't been acting quite like myself.

I can't help but wonder what Grissom told them. "Hi, guys." I greeted them. They both looked surprised that I'm here.

"Hi, Greg. I thought you were pulled off the case, and were supposed to be taking some time." Hawkes said. "Something about you being sick?" I certainly looked a bit ill, thanks to the infection.

"Just on my way out. Needed to get a few things out of my locker." They didn't need to hear about me losing it and hitting a coworker. Taylor thinks I'm crazy enough as it is. "Any word on the case?" I'm still curious about what happened to our suspect. Wouldn't be much of a CSI if I wasn't.

"Apparently the hit man still has some friends. Our suspect was murdered and it looks like a mob hit. I'd be surprised if we get anything useful. Whoever killed him was a pro." Mac seemed thoroughly irate about the fact that they were now chasing a ghost.

"Well, good luck." I walk out and leave them to talk about the case with Nick. I go aver to PD to find Sofia. She's at her desk, filling out some papers and talking to Brass about something. They see me, and Sofia says something to Brass, who nods and she walks over to me.

The two of us head home for the rest of the evening. We hang out and have great time, ordering pizza and playing video games. She spends the night at my place again.

Sofia comes over to stay with me every night that week, and helps me work out some of my own issues. I love her more then anything and don't know what I'd do without her. Yeah, a little sappy, but that's how I feel. We soon start looking for a place together.

Which bring me to the meeting with the department shrink. It isn't quite as bad I thought it would be. He comes up the suggestion for keeping a journal, and says almost the same thing Nicky told me in the locker room, that I need to talk to someone before things get out of hand, etc. He is glad when I tell him about Sofia, and says I'm lucky to have her. I tell him I know that, and that's really about all I can say about that.

He tells Grissom that I should be okay to go back to work when the week is up, and after writing this all down, I do feel a lot better. I kind of like this journal thing. It does help me work through some things, and between that and Sofia I almost like myself again.

A/n: This chapter is a little short, but it does sort of wrap this story. Thank you all for reading this and reviewing. I still have a small, but kind of funny thing to put at end of this. It has something to do with Grissom, but I won't give anything else away. I'm probably going to write a sequel, but haven't thought of a title yet, but it should be up soon. Again, it's not pure romance, because I'm not god at that kind thing. It's set a few years later, and does include an OC. Thanks again for reading,

-Lefty