Title: Undecided
Author: Kelly Port
Category: Romance/Humor
Pairing: Grissom and a new character
Spoilers: This story is out of time with that of the show, it runs another path away from the last few episodes of season three with sometime before the arrival of the new character. This is WIP.
Rating: Currently PG –13
Summary: Moving Forwards.
Disclaimer: "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION" and other related entities are owned, (TM) and (c) by ANTHONY E. ZUIKER, JERRY BRUCKHEIMER Television, CBS Worldwide Inc., Alliance Atlantis Corporation, CSI Productions and CBS Productions, All Rights Reserved. I am just a fan, with spare time on her hands and am really not worth perusing for settlement against infringement. However, all other characters are mine, as well as the idea.
Notes: Thanks Rox, you're the best.
Archived: Yes, please!
Feedback is welcomed. No flames please as I don't think my exposed heart could handle it!
Chapter 5 Collision
As she stood in the doorway, unsure of what to do, Grissom looked up from his desk and had called out the name Sara.
He must have mistaken her for someone else, considering all of the shadows, so she walked into his office so that he could see her better.
As she walked closer to his desk, he began to rise unsteadily from his desk and he called out to her again.
"Sara?" Grissom asked again as he rose from his desk and headed towards the figure, tears beginning to form in his eyes.
"Grissom, its Bree," Bree said in an unsure tone as she looked into his eyes now filled with unshed tears.
"Oh, Bree, I'm sorry," Grissom chided himself on being so stupid, of course it wasn't Sara, it couldn't be.
"Don't be, you were obviously expecting someone, I am sorry to have interrupted, I just came to..."
"I wasn't expecting anyone," Grissom interrupted
"But, you called me Sara, who is she? She is obviously someone you care very much about," Bree said.
"It doesn't matter, I was too late..."
"You can never be too late," Bree, said "All you have..."
"No, I was too late and now she is dead!" Grissom blurted.
He couldn't believe that he said that. What was he thinking, wait that was the problem, he wasn't. He felt raw and detached as if he was watching an alter ego of himself talking to Bree.
"Sara was a young CSI, just like you. I had known her for what seemed like an eternity and she..." Grissom paused to draw breath. He couldn't believe he was telling her this.
"She loved you," Bree simply said, "but you never told her how you felt, and by the time you did it was too late."
"How did you know?" Grissom asked.
"I told you that I was beyond my years, and it is plain to see in your eyes and your body the way that you felt, most likely still feel about her. Like I said, it is never too late to tell her how you feel. And when you do, that is when you will be able to heal." On that note Bree turned from Grissom and headed towards the door.
"I'll see you tonight," Bree called over her shoulder as she walked out the door and down the hallway.
He didn't know how long he stood there, looking into the space that only minutes before Bree had occupied and he doesn't remember closing the door to his office, or for that matter the drive home.
Hours later Grissom found himself, sitting on his couch in the living room, replaying all the events that had taken place in the last twenty-four hours.
The newest member of his team had been able to drive him to frustration, he had literally stood head to head with her in front of the rest of the team and almost lost his cool, and she had followed a hunch and used science to prove it. Then she was there in his weakest moment and now knew more then he had ever told anyone, even Catherine. Although he suspected that she knew far more then she ever told him.
He was irritated and intrigued all in the same moment and feeling. Well this was definitely better then how he had been feeling of late or for that matter feeling at all.
The sound of his alarm brought him back from his thoughts; he looked at the clock and decided that he would get ready for work now, as he had something he had to do before the start of shift.
Grissom was the last one to show up for shift, which was unusual, but Bree didn't know that, she was just glad that the first words out of his mouth hadn't been pack your things your out of here.
"Catherine and Warrick you have a DB at the Mirage. Nick and Bree you have a body dump," Grissom said as he started to hand out the assignments.
As Bree was leaving the break room with Nick, she heard Grissom call her name.
"Bree, can I speak with you a minute?" Grissom asked.
Bree looked at Nick and said, "I'll meet you in the parking lot."
"Ok," she replied and turning to face Grissom said, "What can I do for you?"
"About yesterday," Grissom started before he paused and looked down at his feet.
"Which part of yesterday are you referring to? The part where we had a face off in this very spot, not to mention, that I was probably out of line...I am sorry. Or the part where I told you what to feel and most likely would like to pretend that it never happened!" Bree supplied.
"It's you that is owed the apology, I am sorry for doubting you. Your instinct was good. I guess that we are both going to have to learn to work with one another," Grissom replied.
"Good to know that I still have a job," Bree said with a smile as she turned and left the room.
Once again Grissom found himself standing in room by himself watching Bree's retreating form.
A few hours later, Bree and Nick had returned and where in the layout room sorting through the evidence, when Bree asked Nick if he had seen her dog.
"Nick, have you seen Liam?"
"He was laying down by the door, the last time I saw him," Nick answered.
"Oh shit," was all Bree said as she headed out the door in search of Liam.
A few minutes later, Bree heard Nick calling her name...
"Bree, over here, I found him," Nick called with a grin on his face.
As Bree walked briskly towards Nick all she could think was Liam was in big trouble and all she needed was for Grissom to catch them.
As she neared Nick, he pointed in the doorway to Greg's lab. When she looked in the door she couldn't help but laugh although she had wanted to be angry with Liam for not staying when he had been told too.
Earlier...
Greg was walking back to his lab when he noticed Liam lying in the doorway to the layout room, where Nick and Bree had gone to work over their case, when a thought occurred to him.
Greg went into the lab and came out with a dog biscuit that he brought in for Liam, and felt that this was the perfect time to try and make a new friend.
He stood in the hallway and called Liam's name, Liam looked up from where he had been lying and eyed Greg wearily.
Greg then pulled his hand from out behind his back and started to wave the biscuit at Liam and said, "Come on boy."
At first it seemed that Liam was to well trained, but the more Greg coached him and waved the biscuit at him, the more Greg realized that he had found his secret weapon. He could see Liam fighting himself and then very slowly watched as he rose, looked back in the room and then trotted down the hallway towards Greg.
This was priceless and as Bree began to laugh so did Nick, what they were laughing at was Greg and Liam, who were sitting side by side at the microscope that Greg was peering into, but what made this scene even funnier was that Liam had on a lab coat and the top of his head was now spiked in similar fashion to that of Greg's own wild hair.
Greg looked up from the microscope to the sound of laughter and looked over at Bree and Nick standing the door way asked what they thought was so funny.
They were about to respond when Warrick and Catherine came in through the other door, evidence bags in tow.
"What is going on here Greg?" Catherine asked.
"Uh, Cath. Take a look at Greg's new partner?" Warrick replied.
"Greg doesn't have a partner...oh brother," Catherine said as she saw Liam.
"So Bree, you didn't tell us that Liam could also do DNA Analysis," Catherine said.
As Bree was about to reply, a voice from behind her said, "Who can do DNA Analysis?"
"Uh, that would be Greg!" Bree said as she signaled to Liam to get down.
"What is going on in here," Grissom asked as he made his way pass Nick and Bree into the lab to see what exactly was going on.
TBC...