YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME

Chapter 5

Author: Sandersgirl

Note: at last here it is, chapter five! I hope you like it. Thank you for all the reviews, and special thanks to Sandra, I owe you one!

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The next day Catherine was at home, in the kitchen, talking to Lindsey her 8 years old daughter.

-"Mommy, Halloween is next week and I need a costume."

-"Next week?? Oh Lindsey...I forgot. What do you want to be?"

-"A princess!", she replied cheerfully.

-"Again?!"

-"Pleeease Mom..."

-"Ok. But, are you sure you don´t want to be a scientist? Because I could borrow a labcoat from the lab and..."

-"Mom!"

Catherine laughed.

-"Just kidding!"

Then the phone rang.

-"Willows."

-"Hi Catherine, this is Greg."

Catherine was surprised. Why would Greg Sanders call her?

-"Greg...hi. What can I do for you?"

-"HI GREG!!"; Lindsey shouted into the phone.

-"Well...you know Kaci, right?"

Catherine smiled.

-"Yeah."

-"Well...she is..."

-"Your daughter? I know."

-"How...?"

-"Grissom."

-"Oh. Well, her babysitter is out of town, I couldn´t find anyone and I was wondering..."

It was obvious that he wasn´t comfortable with the situation.

-"It's ok Greg. Bring her over before work, my sister is coming to spend the night. And Lindsey would love to meet her."

-"Thanks Catherine. See you then."

-"Wait Greg, do you know where I live?"

-"Yeah, of course."

-"How?"

-"Well, I have my sources.."

-"Bye Greg."

-"Bye."

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A few hours later Catherine and Greg were on their way to the CSI building, sitting in her car (Greg's broke the night before). They were silent. Greg was looking at the road in front of them, arms crossed. Catherine was driving, ocassionaly looking at Greg. She broke the silence.

-"Are you going to tell me what happened to your nose or what?"

Greg's nose was swollen and red, dark circles under his eyes and a bandage covering his injured nose.

-"No", he said simply.

-"Come on Greggo, I know you are angry at something or somebody. Tell me, you can trust me."

Greg looked at her for a moment, doubtful.

-" It was Sara", he said in low voice.

-"What?"

-"Sara! IT-WAS-SA-RA! Ok?"

Catherine laughed.

-"Sara HIT you?"

-"Yeah."

-"Oh my God. Let me guess, you were flirting with her, said something obscene and she got mad. Am I right?"

-"No! It wasn´t like that..." He smiled remembering the brief moment they shared the night before.

-"Then what?"

-"Well, we were at my apartment...Kaci was sleeping, and I...tried to kiss her..."

Cath opened her mouth to speak, but Greg interrupted her.

-"...but before you say something, I have to say that she wanted to kiss me too, ok?"

-"If she wanted it...why did she hit you?"

-"I don´t know, I think she got nervous or something."

They then entered into the CSI parking lot.

-"Thanks for the ride Catherine."

-"You're welcome. And, Greg?"

-"Talk to Sara, ok?"

-"Yeah, thanks Catherine."

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After Grissom gave them their assigments, the CSIs started leaving the break room. Grissom was first, followed by Warrick and Nick.

-"Sara, can we talk?", Catherine asked.

-"Sure."

-"I'm going to talk straight. You like Greg, right?"

-"What??...No! Where did you...No!"

-"Sara..."

-"You talked to him."

-"Yes, and he really likes you."

-"I know, and I like him."

-"Then why didn´t you kiss him last night?"

-"Because...it was very sudden, you know? I got nervous. But it doesn´t mean that I don´t like him, it's just that I need more time."

-"Did you tell him all this?"

-"No."

-"Then, what are you waiting for?"

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Greg was working on some DNA samples when he heard a knock on the door and looked up. It was Catherine.

-"Hey Catherine, what's up?"

-"It's Lindsey", she said, indicating the cell phone in her hand. "She wants to know if Kaci can come trick-or-treating with us on Halloween."

-"What?"

-"Halloween. It's next week, remember?"

-"Yeah, sorry. She can go, if you're ok with it."

-"Of course, it'll be fun. One more thing."

-"What?"

-"Sara is in the break room, alone."

And she left the lab, just a few seconds before Greg hurried to the break room.

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When he arrived he stood at the door for a moment, watching Sara. She was sitting at the table, reading a magazine and eating an apple."She is beautiful", he thought. Then he knocked.

-"Sara, we need to talk."

-"I know...Look, I'm sorry, I didn´t mean to hit you. It was an accident." She said, standing up and walking to him.

Greg blushed.

-"It's ok, but I wasn't talking about that. We almost kissed, remember?"

-"I know,I...I was confused, ok?"

-"And you had to hit me?"

-"I already told you it was an accident."

-"Tell that to my nose"; he said in a childish voice.

She approached and kissed his nose.

-"Poor baby. Better?"

He looked at her surprised. Suddenly he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer, and gave her a passionate kiss.

-"Better", he said, breaking the kiss.

She was shocked for a second. Then she grabbed the collar of his shirt and spoke in his ear.

-"Let's go to somewhere more private."

Greg grinned.

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-"Cath, Kyle Morris is in the interrogation room." Grissom said, approaching her.

-"Ok, let's go."

When both CSIs entered the room, Kyle was sitting at the table.

-"Mr Morris, do you remember me? Catherine Willows, we talked at the hospital."

The CSIs sat in front of the suspect. He nodded.

-"You told me that you didn't have a rifle, but we checked the registration and it says that you have owned a 22 caliber rifle since 1999."

Then Grissom spoke.

-"We found your rifle near the railway tracks, a couple of miles from the hospital. It matches the shell casing found at the scene, and it has been used recently. What do you have to say?"

Kyle was silent for a moment, absorbing the information.

-"Ok", he said at last, "I lied."

-"Of course you did", Cath said.

-"The rifle is mine, but I didn´t kill her, I loved her. It dissapeared from my house a few days ago."

-"Why didn´t you tell us?"

-"Because I didn´t do it."

-"Mr Morris", Grissom said quietly, "did you report the disappearance of your gun?"

-"Yes, I did."

Brass then walked into the room.

-"He's telling the truth", he said, handing a paper to Gil.

-"Can I go home now?"

-"Yes, you can", Brass said.

Grissom looked at Catherine.

-"We have nothing."

-"I know."

-"Go to Ally´s apartment. You might find something useful there. And take Greg with you." -"Greg? Why Greg? " -"Greg told me he's interested in getting out in the field. I've thought for some time he'd make a good CSI. I think it's time he got his feet wet."

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Grissom was walking down one of the corridors of the CSI when he heard voices and muffled sounds coming from the janitor's closet. He stopped, trying to listen.

"Calm down..."

"I'm sorry, but we don't have much time... my break ends in fifteen minutes"

"Ok, go on... hey! Is that a tattoo?"

"Maybe... ouch!"

"Are you ok?"

"Yes... what is this? A broom?"

Then Grissom heard giggles. He opened the door,and the two people that were inside the closet fell to the floor.

-"Greg?? Sara??", he said shocked.

They quickly stood up. Sara was trying nervously to button up her blouse and fix her hair. Greg's hair was messier than ever (if that's possible), lipstick all over his face, his hawaiian shirt partially open. He spoke first.

-"If you excuse me Grissom, I have some tests to run. Sara.", and he left.

-"Wait Greg, Catherine is looking for you."

Grissom looked then at Sara.

-"I...did you hear that? I'm coming Nick!", and she hurriedly left.

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Later, at Ally's apartment...

-"And she kissed you back?"

Greg and Cathering were looking for evidence and talking at the same time.

-"Yes, I can´t believe it."

-"Wow, I'm happy for you."

-"Yeah, me too. Hey Catherine, come here."

-"What have you got?"

-"Look at this", he said, holding a blue sweater.

-"It's a sweater, what?"

-"Look closer."

-"Is that a hair?"

-"Not just a hair, it's a red hair dear Catherine. And if I remember correctly the victim was blonde."

-"Red? That's interesting. I found this picture in the garbage can."

In the picture Kyle was holding hands with a woman. They couldn´t see her face because the picture had been burned, but part of her hair was still visible. And it was red.

-"Do you know any red heads Catherine?"

-"Yes, Amy Logan, Ally's best friend. I'm going to talk to Ally´s neighbors, maybe they heard something the night she died."

-"Passionate crime?"

-"Maybe.

Then Greg laughed, Catherine looked at him quizzically.

-"what's so funny?"

-"Nothing, it's just that I can´t believe you take me out in the field. It's pretty exciting, you know."

Catherine smiled.

-"Stay here and see if there's anything left."

Catherine left the apartment and walked across the corridor to the door in front of Allyson's apartment. She knocked.

An old woman opened the door.

-"Hi, I'm Catherine Willows from the Crime Lab. Can I ask you a few questions?"

-"Is it about Ally?"

-"Yes."

-"Come in."

She led Catherine inside and closed the door behind them.

-"Poor Ally, she was such a nice girl..."

-"Sorry, your name is..."

-"Spencer, Ruth Spencer."

-"Ok, Mrs Spencer, did you see or hear anything unusual the night she died?"

-"Well, that friend of hers...Amy, I think that's her name. Well, they weren´t friends anymore, not since Kyle broke up with Amy and started dating Ally. You know, he really loved her, but Amy didn´t understand that, she was jealous. Then that evening she came and they had a big fight. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I'm pretty sure it was about Kyle."

-"Ok. Thank you Mrs Spencer."

They then heard a loud noise that made them jump. It came from Ally´s apartement.

BANG!!

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