Chapter 6 A/N: Thanks to Anne!!!!!!!!!!! We totally dedicated this one to you, gurl ;)

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"Okay guys, we're here." Grissom pulled the car over, turned around in his seat and looked at Alexis and Reese, who sat in the back of the car and looked slightly nervous.

"It's alright, really, you'll be fine in there." Catherine tried to sound convincing, even though she wasn't too sure about this either.

"Will there be needles and stuff?" Alexis suddenly asked.

"Nope, nothing that even looks like a needle." Catherine said.

"But you said it was a doctor, and why aren't we at the hospital then?" Alexis began to sound slightly panicked.

"Shut up, Lex," Reese grumbled and opened the door.

"I don't want to! Where are we?!"

"Sisters." Reese rolled her eyes, slamming the car door.

"Yeah, well, why don't we go in." Grissom cut in, as he stood next to her. "We wouldn't want to be late now would we?"

"Guess not." Reese shrugged and walked to the entrance of the building.

Gil was glad they left earlier than necessary because he had expected a 'situation' like this would occur.

"You coming?" he called back to Catherine who was still standing near the car with a crying Alexis.

"You two just go ahead, we'll be right there!" She called back, stroking Alexis's hair soothingly.

Catherine turned back to Alexis who still didn't want to leave the car and was desperately clutching her seatbelt. "Believe me Lexi, there is nothing to be afraid of. And you are right, she is a doctor. Just not the kind that you see in a hospital. This is a doctor that talks to you, and you can tell her whatever you like."

"No needles?"

"Nope! I promise you there won't be any needles."

"Are you also going to be there?"

"Well, I think so, but maybe she'll also want to talk to you alone for a while."

Alexis considered that for a second. "Okay....." she finally said, letting go of her seatbelt.

"Good, but we better get in now, because otherwise Reese and Gil will be wondering what's been keeping us." Catherine smiled, took Alexis's hand and locked the car.

"Yeah, they'll think we got lost in the parking lot," Alexis giggled. She was relieved now that she knew that there wouldn't be any needles.

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"Reese and Alexis Byrne, there should be an appointment at 3 if I'm correct." Gil said to the receptionist behind the impressive white desk.

"Let me check that for you sir." She looked at her computer. "Ah yes, here I have it, just walk straight ahead and then the second door to your right. Dr. Winston is already expecting you."

"Ok thanks," Gil nodded at the receptionist.

"Hey Reese look." He pointed outside "There are Alexis and Catherine already."

"Oh ok." Reese was browsing through a magazine that she found on a table in waiting room.

"Ok. We're here." Catherine said when she opened the door, Alexis clinging on to her hand.

"Good." Gil smiled at her. "Let's go then."

As they walked along the hallway, a tall blonde woman walked around the corner.

"Dr. Grissom." She smiled. "How nice to see you again."

Grissom sheepishly smiled back at her, until Catherine cleared her throat.

"Ah. This is my colleague Catherine Willows. Catherine, this is Laura Winston."

Catherine shook hands with the woman.

"And you two must be Reese and Alexis," the blonde said cheerfully, and looked at the girls. "I'm Dr. Laura Winston, but you can call me Laura. Now you just need to tell me who of you is Reese and who is Alexis and we can go to my office."

"She's Alexis." Reese pointed at her younger sister. "And I am Reese."

"Doctor? Can Catherine come with us?" Alexis asked shyly.

Dr Winston glanced at Catherine, who nodded. "It's Laura. And of course Catherine can join us."

The room they entered looked really homey; there was a big creamy white desk with a computer and a couple of big dark green chairs and a couch. Reese plopped down one the couch and looked around the room. There were a few pictures on the yellowish walls as well as two little landscape paintings.

Suddenly they heard a noise coming from behind the couch that startled Alexis.

"Oh look at that, I think Noodles just woke up, she's such a sleepyhead." Laura grinned at Alexis and Reese, who were both very curious. Reese was the first to speak up though.

"Noodles? What kind of a stupid name is that?"

"Noodles is my dog." Laura replied, ignoring the 'stupid' part. "But she's getting kind of old so she sleeps a lot during the day."

Alexis suddenly cheered up. "I love dogs!"

"Really? That's good, Noodles likes kids a lot. Noodles c'mere girl."

An old looking dog appeared from behind the couch, yawned and stretched its body.

"Hello Noodles!" Alexis said softly and stroked the dog's head.

Reese let out a loud sigh. "Can we just start?" she asked no one in particular.

Catherine and Grissom who were both standing in the doorway both looked at Dr. Winston.

"Do you still want me to stay, Alexis?" Catherine asked the little girl, who was sitting on the floor, next to the dog.

"No, I think I'll be ok," she replied cheerfully.

Catherine nodded, a little disappointed.

Grissom brushed his fingers against her arm and she looked at him in surprise. "They'll be fine, Cath. Let's go wait out in the hallway," he whispered.

She took one last glance at the girls before closing the door behind her.

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"So." Dr. Winston sat down on the couch next to Reese. "Since you're the oldest, I thought I'd start with you."

"Fine with me," Reese shrugged, shifting uncomfortably on the couch.

"How old are you, exactly?"

"Nine." She hesitated for a second. "...and a half."

Dr. Winston smiled. "And your name? Or names, if you have a second?"

"Reese Anne Byrne."

Dr. Winston jotted down a few things then looked up from her clipboard. "So, where you born in Vegas?"

Reese blinked nervously. "I'm....no."

"Okay." Dr Winston nodded. "So, what were you and your little sister doing in Vegas?"

Reese glanced at her younger sister, who seemed oblivious to all the questions and was still playing with the dog. "We were in a hotel."

"Do you know which Hotel?"

She moved her hand up and down the couch, following it with her eyes. "Gold something."

"That's right, Reese. Gold Coast Hotel."

Reese shrugged.

"Why were you there?"

Reese sighed and looked away.

"Ok. I'll stop asking difficult questions." Dr. Winston smiled. "Do you remember what the room looks like?"

"What room?"

"The room you were staying in." Dr. Winston was reluctant to mention their parents and their murders.

"Probably."

"Do you think you could draw it for me?"

"DRAW it?" Reese repeated, incredulously.

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Catherine and Grissom had been sitting in the waiting-room in silence for almost 5 minutes now. She was slowly turning the pages of a fashion magazine, while glancing at Grissom every now and then. He was too busy studying his surroundings to notice.

"So....." Catherine began, wanting to ask the question that had been plaguing her ever since she met the elusive doctor. "When did you meet Dr. Winston?"

Grissom snapped out of his reverie. "Hm? Laura? We've worked on cases before."

"Really?" Catherine shook her head. "I don't remember ever seeing her."

He shrugged. "I'm not sure... is that a question?"

"Just...never mind." she sighed.

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Dr. Laura Winston looked at the drawing that Reese just handed her. Grissom had given her some pictures of the hotel room and descriptions of the crime- scene.

The drawing Reese had made was more than accurate.

"So, I heard that Gil found you in a closet?"

Reese nodded, glancing around nervously.

"Could you maybe point out which closet?"

"No. I didn't draw the bedroom. I was in the bedroom. You didn't tell me to draw the bedroom."

Laura smiled at her reassuringly, then considered her next question and the smile quickly faded. "Why?"

"What?"

"Why were you in a closet in the bedroom?"

Alexis suddenly looked up from playing with the dog and looked at Reese anxiously. Reese glanced back at her.

"I don't want to talk anymore." She decided and started to turn away.

"You don't want to talk about the closet?"

"It's not ABOUT the closet!" Reese was trying to calm herself down. "Just stop talking."

"What were you doing in the closet?" Dr. Winston knew she hit a nerve. Reese was losing her calm.

"Nothing. I...I wasn't even there!"

"You were not in the closet? But that's where Grissom found you."

Reese looked around the room in a panic. "STOP it! I mean it!!" Her green eyes were blazing with fire and she inched closer. "STOP that! Stop writing down lies about me."

"I'm not doing anything." Dr. Winston soothed, putting down her pen.

"YES you are!! You're lying......I don't want to know!"

"Know what?"

"STOP it or else!!"

Alexis was still sitting on the floor, with watery blue eyes and a trembling bottom lip. "Reesie.."

Dr. Winston glanced at the little girl sitting on the floor and smiled at her reassuringly. "It will be ok."

"NO, it won't be, stop talking to me, stop talking to my little sister!" Reese hissed. It infuriated her even more that Dr. Winston was staying so calm. "STOP writing!!" She yelled, reached out, grasped the clipboard from the doctors' hands and threw it across the room. "JUST STOP IT!!"

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After reading the magazine about three times Catherine looked at her watch and sighed. The longer they were sitting here, the less convinced she felt that they were actually doing the right thing. "Gil?"

"Yeah....?"

"Why did you want them to see a shrink?"

"She's not a shrink, she's a psychiatrist and I believe that this will help them."

"YOU believe that." Catherine couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Yes I do. Does that bother you?" he asked, not knowing where she was heading with this.

"Well, maybe it's just me, but I really thought that we were in this together...so you could've at least asked me about that shrink."

"Cath, look..." he began.

"No, you look!" she interrupted him. "I couldn't believe what I was hearing when you said that we were going to be there for them. I mean, that was so great. But that also means that you'll have to keep me posted about where you're dragging them off to!"

"Now wait a second," he retorted, "are you saying that I have to ask your permission for every move I make that involves those two girls in there?" He pointed at the door to Dr. Winston's office.

She sighed. "No I didn't mean it like that, ....Gil..I just.." Catherine hated fighting with him and it bothered her that they did that more these days. "It's just that...." She suddenly spun around. "What was that?"

"What was what?" was Grissom's confused reply.

"That noise, in the office...are they...yelling...?" she wanted to get up and find out what was going on in there but Grissom held her back.

"No, Cath. Don't go in there, it's probably some kind of therapy...thing.."

"No. No, Gil. I..don't think..so....." Catherine glanced from Grissom to the door and at that same moment it was violently thrown open and Reese stormed out, crying.

Catherine jumped up as Reese ran passed her to Grissom. The girl grabbed his sleeve. "I want to go home! We're leaving! We have to go.." she whimpered.

Alexis also came out of the room and was crying too. Reese kept screaming and trying to get Gil to come with her. "Reese...." he began and tried to hold her down a bit.

"I want to go home!" she cried, still violently pulling at his sleeve.

He looked down, utterly confused. "Are...are you done with Dr. Winston then?"

"I don't care. I don't want to talk about it! Make her stop!" she sobbed.

"Look." Grissom sighed, clearly uncomfortable. Scientifically speaking, this could very well be a break-through. But when he glanced down and saw the terror in the girls' eyes.....

Dr. Winston walked into the hallway and shook her head at Grissom apologetically. He looked at Catherine who glanced back at him.

This wasn't what he had meant to do.

Why didn't everything go as planned?

All he needed was a statement, an eye witness report.

He looked down at Reese again, his thoughts and emotions thoroughly confusing him.

Catherine recognised the pained look on his face. "Gil? ....Gil?"

"Cath, I uh....have to go." He mumbled and let go of Reese who just stood there, trembling and sobbing.

"What? What do you mean go?! Go where!?"

"The lab....I have to go...." he said vaguely and walked away.

Catherine didn't even know what to say. "The Lab? Gil? Gil!?"

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