Dear Readers,

Yes, I reviewed my own story. Not out of being serious, but because I was tired and I wanted to amuse myself for ten minutes while I wasn't working. I thought it was funny and it stopped me from throwing a fit at the moment. I am very tired, although I love to write. If I was seriously reviewing my work, I wouldn't do it under my own username. Enjoy this chapter and review. :)

~8~

When Catherine was told that Gil was there, she was confused. He hadn't told her that he was coming, but that's Grissom for you — he rarely told anyone his plans. Nick was standing with her, and they faced each other and exchanged looks.

"Tell them I'll be right there," she told the receptionist. "Show him into my office."

"Them," the receptionist asked. "It's a family. There is a little girl and a baby too."

Nick gapped at Catherine. "I guess we're all here now," he said.

~8~

"What is this place?" Emily asked as they were led into Catherine's office.

"This used to be your daddy's office," Sara said as she sat down on the couch — that she was surprised was still there.

"You worked here, Daddy?" Emily asked as she sat down beside her mother.

Gil nodded. "Yes I did," he said. "And Mom worked with me."

"Wow!" Emily gasped as she looked back and forth between her smiling parents. "Was Mommy your boss?"

Gil chuckled at her question. "Sometimes," he answered.

Emily was confused. "What?" she asked.

"No," Sara answered. "He was my boss."

"And then you got married?" Emily asked.

Sara rocked Ethan and kissed his head. "Well… no we got married after a few years," she said. "It took time."

"Didn't you love Daddy?" Emily asked Sara.

"Of course," she said. "I've always loved Daddy."

"Then it doesn't make sense," Emily said as she tried to wrap her small mind around the complexities of an adult relationship. "If you love someone then you marry them and have babies."

Sara changed the topic quickly. "Do you know what we did here?" she asked, and when Emily shook her head she continued. "We solved crimes."

Emily's eyes lit up. "Like a policeman?" she asked.

Sara and Gil loved their daughter's curiosity. It reminded them of what it was like to learn and be humbled by knowledge. She was mirroring the same enthusiasm for life that they both had had as children, and they wanted to protect that part of her.

"Yep," Gil said as he put his arm around Sara. "like a policeman."

"Gil?" they heard Catherine say from the doorway.

Emily grew quiet as Gil stood and walked over to his old coworker. Nick was with her, and when he saw Sara, he made a bee-line for her.

"You look different now?" Nick said as he pulled her into a hug. "And look at this little one! I can't really wrap my mind around the fact that you have children."

Emily had pulled her feet up onto the couch and was successful in hiding herself from view. Nick moved to look around Sara and saw Emily's brown eyes examining him. She looked just like Sara, he thought. She had an oval face and freckles peppered her cheeks.

"Hi there," he said to her. "I'm Nick. What's your name?"

"It's okay," Sara said. "This is our friend. You can say 'hello'."

"Hello," Emily whispered to him. "I'm Emily."

Nick smiled at her. "Oh, that's a very pretty name," he patted Ethan on the head. "Is this your sister?"

Emily wrinkled her nose. "No way!" she giggled. "Ethan is a boy!"

Nick looked surprised. "A boy!" he smiled as he held out his arms. "Can I?"

Sara nodded and passed Ethan to him gently. He looked down at Emily and grinned at her. She was beginning to like this man who had no hair and talked funny. As he talked with her mother, she wondered if she should show him her binoculars.

~8~

"I had no idea you were coming down," Catherine said as she walked with Gil towards the layout room. "Is everything alright? What made you change your mind?"

"Someone broke into our home," Gil answered. "They lined the photos — the photos Nick sent — out on the coffee table. Somebody wants me here, and they proved that it doesn't matter where we are."

Catherine looked sympathetic. "I'm sorry," she said. "If there is anything I can do for you and your family while you're here, let me know. How old are your children?"

"Emmy is five, and Ethan is two weeks," Gil said.

"Where are you staying?" she asked. "I can have the lab comp your room for you. It's the least I can do."

"Thanks," he replied as they entered the room.

Greg was standing at the table and looking over a piece of evidence for an unrelated case. When he saw Gil he looked surprised.

"Grissom," he said putting down his magnifying glass and stepping towards him.

"Hey Greg," he said, taking the man's outstretched hand. "What do you have there?"

Greg waved it off. "Oh, just a piece of evidence for a robbery case. It's not interesting."

Gil stepped toward the wall where the Copycat Killer photos had been placed alongside the original cases' photos. He took off his glasses and chewed on the ear piece, a habit that Sara had tried to break him of. The resemblances were uncanny and Gil felt a shiver travel up his backbone.

At that moment, Music began to flood through the lab. Gil quickly looked back at Catherine, but she looked just as puzzled as she did. She quickly left the room and quickly jogged towards the noise; the music was coming from the AV lab.

"What is going on in here?" Catherine asked.

"I don't know," Morgan said as she tried to turn off the sound.

Each computer, and everyone throughout the entire lab, was doing the same thing. They were playing the chorus of Dropkick Murphys' 'The Gang's all Here'.

~8~

A/M: :). Well, I am taking a few days off to rest.