It was eerily silent as the crime scene as the four figures worked in
perfect synchronization to process the scene. At what seemed like an
eternity, Warrick voiced what seemed to be a preoccupation in all of their
minds, "She seemed fine earlier tonight."
The others nodded. The work day, or rather work evening had started out perfectly normal with Catherine and Nick going to process a homicide with a suspect already in custody. Warrick had joined Nick at the scene while Catherine returned to the lab to deliver some DNA evidence to Greg for processing and safekeeping until the suspect's trial. They were all going to join Grissom on a more unusual case involving an overturned truck as soon as the first scene was done as it was Sara's night off. However things didn't work out as planned.
"Who even found her? I mean Gris was already here and we were at the other scene." Nick wondered.
"She was making me coffee," Greg said softly. He went on, "We were waiting for the DNA results from the other scene, and she said she was going to go grab a cup of coffee. For some reason, she looked really lonely and since Grissom had just rushed off to come here, I offered to join her. So we sit and the break room and Catherine proceeds to launch into this whole thing about how I shouldn't let Grissom get to me because he's been like that to everyone recently."
Everyone nodded their agreement. Grissom had been unusually quiet and rather unfeeling for the last few months, and while they all had noticed it, he seemed to take it out on Greg and Catherine the most.
Greg continued, "Well, I realized that the print out was probably ready so I went to go grab it while Catherine got us each another cup of coffee. And when I came back, there she was on the floor."
"So did you end up having to call Grissom?" Sara asked quietly. Telling Grissom about this was not something you could have paid any of them to do, no matter what the price. "Yeah," Greg sighed. "I didn't know how to tell him so I was just kind of blathering away for a while. Then after he snapped at me to get to the point, I told him and he got really quiet and then told me to come out here."
"He sounded like he could barely keep his composure when he called me," Sara said. "But I guess that's to be expected, since this is Catherine we're talking about."
Nick shook his head, "Sometimes I wonder if even he realizes how much he cares about her."
**Why has Grissom been in such a bad mood recently and will this incident with Catherine help change that or push him further into this dark mood? This and more in Chapter 3, so stay tuned!
The others nodded. The work day, or rather work evening had started out perfectly normal with Catherine and Nick going to process a homicide with a suspect already in custody. Warrick had joined Nick at the scene while Catherine returned to the lab to deliver some DNA evidence to Greg for processing and safekeeping until the suspect's trial. They were all going to join Grissom on a more unusual case involving an overturned truck as soon as the first scene was done as it was Sara's night off. However things didn't work out as planned.
"Who even found her? I mean Gris was already here and we were at the other scene." Nick wondered.
"She was making me coffee," Greg said softly. He went on, "We were waiting for the DNA results from the other scene, and she said she was going to go grab a cup of coffee. For some reason, she looked really lonely and since Grissom had just rushed off to come here, I offered to join her. So we sit and the break room and Catherine proceeds to launch into this whole thing about how I shouldn't let Grissom get to me because he's been like that to everyone recently."
Everyone nodded their agreement. Grissom had been unusually quiet and rather unfeeling for the last few months, and while they all had noticed it, he seemed to take it out on Greg and Catherine the most.
Greg continued, "Well, I realized that the print out was probably ready so I went to go grab it while Catherine got us each another cup of coffee. And when I came back, there she was on the floor."
"So did you end up having to call Grissom?" Sara asked quietly. Telling Grissom about this was not something you could have paid any of them to do, no matter what the price. "Yeah," Greg sighed. "I didn't know how to tell him so I was just kind of blathering away for a while. Then after he snapped at me to get to the point, I told him and he got really quiet and then told me to come out here."
"He sounded like he could barely keep his composure when he called me," Sara said. "But I guess that's to be expected, since this is Catherine we're talking about."
Nick shook his head, "Sometimes I wonder if even he realizes how much he cares about her."
**Why has Grissom been in such a bad mood recently and will this incident with Catherine help change that or push him further into this dark mood? This and more in Chapter 3, so stay tuned!