A/N Still don't own anything. Also there are a few spoilers. Some from the first few episodes of season one and some of the episodes with Hank from season three. As soon as my computer starts working again, I'll put more up if any one cares to read it.
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Megan got settled in at Sara's apartment. They spent a few hours catching up and then finally went to sleep. That evening they got ready and left for the lab. Megan looked a little nervous.
"Uh, Sara?"
"What's up?"
"Do you think that Grissom will let me intern at the lab?"
"I don't see why not. I mean, you have field training, great recommendations and lets not forget the fact that you are a certified smarty pants." Megan laughed, a little more at ease.
"Just relax ok? If you want, I can ask him for you."
"No, no. I want to ask. But...could you be there with me when I do?"
Sara turned to look at Megan.
"What are sister's for?"
They arrived at the lab about an hour early. The two walked to Grissom's office. Sara knocked.
"Come in."
Sara went first, followed by Megan. Grissom looked up. He acknowledged their presence and nodded for them to sit.
"Um, I hate to bother you Mr. Grissom, but I was wondering if it would be possible for me to intern here at the lab." Grissom looked up at this but stayed silent. "I would do whatever is asked of me. Here are my references and resume. I meet the necessary requirements and the experience would be quite beneficial for my education and possible future career." Megan handed Grissom her papers and sat there nervously as Grissom looked over them.
"Okay. I don't see why you can't work here. I'll run it by the others. You can start as soon as possible. We are always in need of people."
"Thank you so much." Megan was beaming. Not only was she going to be able to spend time with her sister but she gets to intern at number two lab in the country. Megan and Sara left Grissom's office and headed for the break room. They were the only people there, probably because there was still plenty of time before shift started.
As it got closer to the beginning of shirt, the rest of the crew arrived. And as if Grissom had been waiting outside the door, he came in right as shift started.
"Ok guys. Not much tonight. But I do have some news." At this everyone became almost deathly silent. "Relax. Its good news." Everyone let out a breath they didn't know they were holding. "Starting tonight, Megan will be an intern here." Everyone turned towards her, realizing she was there for the first time.
"That's great! Who will she be working with?"
"Glad you asked Nick. You and Sara can take her with you on your case."
"And what is our assignment?" Sara asked because Grissom still hadn't told them.
"Robbery at a jewelry store and don't give me that look Nick. That was the only thing we got tonight. The rest of us are stuck here with paperwork. Now go."
Nick and Sara headed towards the locker room and Megan followed. This night was going to be perfect. She was going to her first real crime scene is Las Vegas and she would get to work on the next phase of her Nick/Sara plan.
At the scene, Megan mostly observed and gave Nick and Sara the equipment they needed, but it was still a great learning experience. Megan watched as Nick and Sara worked together. It was amazing really. Each one seemed to know what the other was thinking and they worked together seamlessly. They finished processing the scene rather quickly and decided to wait in the break room until Greg and trace got the results back to them.
Sara remembered she had some paperwork to do, so she left Nick and Megan in the break room and went to one of the layout rooms to work.
'Perfect.' Megan thought. "So. Nick."
"Yea?"
"What's it like working here?"
"I don't know. Its hard to explain. The job is a challenge sometimes. Sometimes a case can really get to you. You have to try really hard not to get emotionally attached and keep your personal stuff out of the way. But its not so bad working here because we are all like on big family. Everyone is here to help each other. Its great."
"Wow. I love how well you guys all get along. Could you tell me about the friendships here? I could use a good story."
Nick chuckled.
"Sure. Why not? Where do you want me to start?"
"Um, how about when Sara came? She never really told me much about how everyone reacted and what happened when she first came here."
"All right... Well...Lets see that was what about four years ago. Well, Sara was called in because we were short handed and one of our own had been shot at a scene and eventually died. Her name was Holly Gribbs. It was a sad time but Grissom knew Sara and asked her to come work with us. At that time I was working on a case with Grissom and I had to throw simulation dummies off of a hotel roof. It was fun but I got Meyers roof dust all over my clothes and ruined them. That stuff is a real pain in the ass. Never comes out."
Megan just listened intently, taking everything in, imagining what Nick said.
"After I finished, I went down to see what Grissom concluded from the test and then I met Sara. There was something about her that I could tell we would be good friends. We kind of just clicked. I introduced myself and then she had to leave. Grissom had assigned her to find something out on Warrick. That didn't help her too much with Warrick. The two off them got off on a rocky start but it's kind of smoothed over and now they are great friends. Then Sara had to work with Cath. Haha. Cath... well lets say she wasn't too warm to the idea of someone new coming and sniffing around in our business. She was a little rude but they had to work together and they did a great job. They caught the guy who had killed Holly. They still weren't on the best of terms as the year went on but now they are fine. And well ...lets see. Greg has a huge crush on Sara. And I believe a few other lab techs do also. Apparently Sara is very desirable here."
Megan laughed.
"So... any one else I need to know about who desires my sister?" Megan looked directly at Nick when she said this.
'Why in the hell did she look me straight in the eye when she said that? She cant possible know... can she?' "Hm.. not to my knowledge."
Megan looked at him skeptically.
"Ok. Tell me stuff about my sister. What has she done while she was here in Vegas? I've missed out on so much."
"Well basically she has worked her ass off for the past four years. She maxes out on overtime and doesn't go out much. That's all I really know. I mean she dated Hank for a little while." Nick said Hank's name with distinct disgust in his voice. He hated that man for what he did to Sara.
"Hank? Who's Hank?"
"Some asshole, pardon my language. They met when Sara and I were working a decomp. Liquid man in a bag. Really nasty. Any way they flirted over the db and then eventually went out for a while. Then Sara found out that he was cheating on his girlfriend with her. Hank is just a miserable piece of shit. I really don't want to talk about that guy."
"Sure. Sorry I asked. Hey, if I ever see him, would you mind pointing him out? You know, so I can kick him in the nuts."
Nick smiled.
"Sure. It'll be my pleasure."
"All of you have such a history. Its unbelievable." Megan got up and walked around a little. "I think I'm going to go check up on Sara." Megan headed for the door and turned around before she left. "You know Nick... I think I see now what Sara sees." She smiled and left Nick to sit there and try to figure out what the hell she had meant.
