Disclaimer: I do not own CSI or any of its characters. The only characters I own are Caleb and Cassidy Grissom.
Catching Bad Guys
Grissom sat in his home office, patiently waiting for his 7 year old son to come in. He was finishing up some paperwork when he heard the door creak open. Caleb stuck his head round the door and looked at his dad anxiously.
"Come in, sit down." Grissom instructed, gesturing the boy towards the desk.
Caleb stood by the door for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and walking into the office. Grissom's office was Caleb's favourite room in the whole house. He loved looking at all the bugs and the weird creatures in jars, but right now, he would've given anything to be anywhere else.
"So, do you want to tell me what happened at school?" Grissom asked, setting his glasses down on the desk.
"Um..." Caleb chewed on his lip nervously. "I hit Freddie and then he hit me."
"Why did you hit him?" Grissom saw the guilt flash across the boy's face.
"Well...He killed 2 spiders." Tears welled up in Caleb's eyes. "And you said spiders are good and you and mommy catch all the killers because killing is wrong. I didn't want him killing no more spiders."
Grissom took a moment to consider his response. He could see that his son's heart was in the right place, and that he didn't hurt his classmate in a malicious manner, but he had to understand that hitting is also wrong.
"Caleb, you're right, killing people is wrong, and spiders are special but you can't go around hitting people, because that's wrong too."
"I just wanted to catch the bad guys like you and mommy do." He sniffed, shrugging his shoulders.
"I know you do, but it's mine and mommy's job to catch bad guys. It's what we're trained to do. You leave the bad guys to us and at school you telly our teacher. Okay?"
"Okay, dad." Caleb nodded sadly.
He stood up off of the chair and walked round to the other side of the desk and hugged Grissom before running out of the room. Grissom smiled and turned back to his work. He knew that he shouldn't feel slightly proud that his son wanted to catch bad guys and protect innocent creatures, but he was. Caleb was only trying to do right.
