Chapter Two

"Who was that?" Evelyn asked

"Greg Sanders, the lab rat" came Nick's reply

"Right if we've all finished wasting time we've got work to do" Grissom interjected, "Evelyn you'll work with Nick. Sara you can work with Catherine. Warrick, you can come with me"

"Is Gil trying to get them to solve a murder or to cause one?" Evelyn asked Nick as they watched Sara and Catherine, who were still glaring, leave the room followed by Grissom and Warrick. Nick laughed. "I don't know but I'm sure he has his reasons". The two followed the rest to their set crime scenes.

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"Look at this," Sara said shoving a photo under Catherine's nose, spraying dusting powder everywhere.

"What is it?" Catherine managed in between sneezes

"God and I thought you were a good CSI" Sara said in an annoyingly superior tone, "It's a photo of his niece. See it says it on the back, 'Evie at work'." Catherine grabbed the photo and gasped. "What is it?" Sara demanded grabbing the photo back.

"No give it to me. I haven't finished with it yet!" Catherine screamed at her snatching the photo back from Sara.

"But it's MY photo!" Sara screamed even louder than Catherine

"No its not" yelled Catherine at Sara.

"Ladies" Detective Jim Brass yelled from the doorway

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 Back at the lab Nick and Evelyn had spread out the evidence gathered from a crime scene of the previous night. "Hey Evelyn. Would you mind going to the DNA lab to get some results?"

"Sure," she disappeared out the door and appeared again a few seconds later, "Where exactly is the DNA lab?"

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"What are you trying to do? Get someone killed!" Warrick exclaimed to Grissom over the seat of a SUV they were fingerprinting.

"Catherine and Sara need to learn to get along," came his response, "The more they work together the more they get to know each other."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth his cell phone rang

"Grissom" he answered

"Grissom, its Brass. We've got a problem. If you don't get down here soon you'll have another crime scene to investigate".

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When Evelyn reached the corridor leading to the DNA lab she was immediately struck by the increase of noise. She soon located the source. Greg the lab tec.  She entered the lab un-noticed and reached an arm out and turned off the CD player.

"Grissom!" the lab tec exclaimed in surprise as he turned around

"Richards, actually," she said coldly, "Do you have my results?"

Wordlessly he handed her the piece of paper, his eyes not once loosing contact with hers.

"See you round Sanders," She called as she left the lab

"God I love that woman." He said out loud before getting back to work.

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When Grissom arrived at the scene he was immediately drawn to where Brass was standing at the door of a warehouse.

"What are they doing?" he asked Brass who was apparently mesmerized by the two women fighting

"Arguing over a photo apparently," Brass said, "I've heard some words tonight that I never knew existed!"

Grissom entered and yelled, "Sara! Catherine! My office as soon as we get back to the lab!"

Both women glared at each other before stalking off, one to each SUV. As Sara started the engine of her car, Catherine smiled to herself. She still had the photo.

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On the way back to the lab, Catherine's cell phone began to ring.

"Willows"

"Mummy?"

"Hi Linds. What do you need?"

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?" the eight year old said sweetly

"That's it Lindsey. What do you want?"

Lindsey sighed. Her mum knew her to well. "Can Uncle Grissom come to my Father/Daughter day at school today?"

"I don't know Linds. You'll have to ask him. Hold on a sec." She handed her phone to Grissom

"Lindsey?" He said almost cautiously

"Hi Uncle Grissom. Can you come to my Father/Daughter day? Please, please, please?"

Grissom thought for a minute. He couldn't remember having anything on. "Sure Lindsey" He heard the little girl shriek at the other end of the phone

"Oh. Thank you so much Uncle Grissom. I love you" Before she hung up the phone

Catherine looked at Grissom's face as he handed back her phone.

"You ok?" she asked

"She just told me that she loves me," he said in shock, "she loves me!"

Catherine leaned back into the seat of Grissom's car smiling to herself.

Grissom had a smile on his face after Lindsey asked him to go to school with her. This was something he had wanted to do with Lindsey for ages.  Go to school with Lindsey like a Father would.

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When they arrived back at the lab, Sara was already in Grissom's office. Grissom entered and sat down looking at the two women in front of him.

"You two need to learn how to get along but for now, Catherine you can work with Warrick, and Sara you can work with Nick. Evelyn will work with me." On her way out the door Sara stopped and asked him, "Are we still on for breakfast today?"

"Oh, no Sara. I'm going to school with Lindsey", came his answer.

"Maybe another time?" she asked him

"Yeah maybe" he called as he followed Catherine to the garage

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Sara arrived at the layout room and saw Evelyn and Nick, each with a cup of coffee and a bag of jellybeans between them, discussing the evidence.

"Ok Evelyn. Your working with Grissom, he's in the garage". Without a word Evelyn picked up her phone, as well as her coffee and bag of jellybeans, and left the room.  Sara sighed and sat down in Evelyn's vacated chair.

"Hey Sara?" Nick asked after a moment, "What's up?"

"Can I ask you a personal question?" Sara asked after a pause

"Shoot"

"Are you attracted to me?"

"What!" Nick stammered choking on his coffee

"I said, are you attracted to me?"

"Why are you asking me?" Nick questioned her

She sighed, "I'm beginning to think this whole thing with Grissom is a mistake. I'm like one of his kids, not his girlfriend"

"What made you think all of that?"

"He's bailing on me again to go out with Lindsey," she told Nick, "They've got the whole little family thing going. Catherine's like his wife!"

Nick smiled to himself. "What are you so happy about?" Sara asked him.

"Nothing. Sorry." They sat in silence for a minute before Nick voiced a question he had wondered about for a while, "Do you want to have dinner with me?"

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"Uncle Grissom!" called the blur of blonde that was Lindsey Willows as she streaked down the corridors leading to the garage, closely followed by the receptionist Judy.

"Miss Willows? Lindsey! Your not allowed down there!"

All of a sudden Lindsey came to an abrupt halt.  "Yuk!" was all she said at the sight that met her eyes. "You are so disgusting!" she said to her Mum and 'Uncle'.

"Hey Lindsey, how about we go and visit Greg?" Warrick asked the excited eight-year-old

"Yeah. Greg!" she said and then began to sing. "Mummy and Grissom sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and with a cry of laughter at the look on everyone's face, took off down the corridor and was once again chased, this time by Warrick and Evelyn. Judy just shook her head and headed back to her desk.  Grissom and Catherine stood at the entrance of the garage, Grissom's arm around Catherine's waist. The moment was broken by Sara yelling down the corridor, "Grissom. We need to talk!"

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A/N: I'm looking  for a beta at the moment for this story so if any one is interested please let me know.