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Chapter3:

After: Greg's POV

Oh man, I'm glad I didn't blow up the lab. Not that I have been thinking much today, I'm far too whacked on whatever painkiller they gave me, but it occurred to me that I might have blown up the lab. I was really afraid of that. I love my job, even if I'm cooped up in the lab all day.

When Catherine was there when I woke up, I felt that something was up. I knew that she had a story to tell, if she waited so long for me to wake up. A bad story. It was either her or me on this. But if it had been me, it would probably been Grissom to fire my ass. I knew it was her before she told me. If I had been in her position, I don't know if I could have done the same. It must have taken a hell of a lot of courage to come here tonight.

If I blame her? Honestly I don't know. I don't think so at least. Maybe I will later. Right now, it's all to much, I don't really understand what went on this morning. I mean, of course I know that the lab blew up. But that's about it. Memory wise, it's pretty poor. Smelling the smouldering plastic, turning, nothing. I think I remember something else, firemen in their yellow suits, checking the building. That must have been after the blast. Was I even conscious then? Hell, I don't know. There is so much I don't know, and that freak me out to be honest. Was anyone else hurt, what's with all the cases? I should have asked Catherine about that. Or did she tell me, it was getting kinda hard to follow in the end. I'm someone who wants to know. That's what I do at the lab. Getting to the bottom of things, picking them apart, in the chemical sense. Down the to elements. You can't strip human emotion down to the elements. There're no predictable reactions, so maybe I'll blame her one day, but I hope, right now no, I don't blame her or anyone else for that matter.

This day, one hell of a day. A real bad day? A lucky day? Questions. And there are more where those came from. What if I hadn't turned around to check for the smell? What about all the cases, the bad guys that'll get away now?

That's a lot of could haves and should haves. It went how it went.

It's been a long day, I need to sleep now. Life goes on tomorrow.