Like this chapter and the previous chapter, all chapters will start with a flashback. This chapter is a CSI crossover.

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**flashback**

Rachel had permanently moved in with Elizabeth and Ella after her mother died. She went to Las Vegas to identify the body, Elizabeth went with her because Rachel was afraid and she didn't want to go alone. Rachel went into the room where her mother's body was stored. They rolled a gurney out of a "closet", as Rachel calls it, and Rachel had to identify Jennifer. They had planned to arrange the funeral after the identification, but there was no way they could do it. A woman named Catherine Willows, wanted to talk to Rachel before she left. Catherine Willows was a Crime Scene Investigator. She wanted to talk to Rachel in private and Elizabeth had to wait on the hall. Rachel came out of the room, upset and crying. She sat down next to Elizabeth and hugged her. Elizabeth comforted her. Catherine came out of the room a few minutes after Rachel.

Elizabeth took Rachel to their hotel room in Las Vegas, where they were staying. Elizabeth asked what had happened and Rachel told her that Catherine was insinuating that someone had killed Jennifer.

"Can you understand I got upset?" Rachel cried. "What if they had told you that dad was murdered? What would you do?"

"You mother had an accident, right?"

"Yes, but they found a drug in her blood. She was sedated before she crashed into a tree."

"I can see why this Catherine person thinks your mother was murdered. Can't you?" Elizabeth said. "And I can also see that you got upset. I would too."

"I understand." Rachel said. "But I can't believe it." She started crying again.

"Rach? I think we should help Catherine. I won't let her send me away again. We need to help her. Don't you want to know whether it really was an accident or a murder?"

"I guess I do.." Rachel hugged Elizabeth. "Let's go."

**end flashback**
Rachel and Elizabeth loved talking about the past. Rachel loved hearing stories about Elizabeth and her dad and Elizabeth loved it when Rachel wanted to hear stories. Rachel didn't tell many stories about Mark, simply because she couldn't remember much. Elizabeth worked much and Rachel went to school, but they made time to talk about the past or other things. They had two evenings in the week scheduled for a "meeting". Rachel put her homework beside her and Elizabeth would stop thinking about work.

"I'm thinking about dropping out." Rachel started the meeting. "What?" Elizabeth said. "You fought so hard to get in to med school! You can't give up."

"I'm not sure whether I want to do this. I think law school is cool too."

"Swapping from dad to mum?" Elizabeth said.

"No! Not at all. I just don't know whether I want to be a doctor."

"You can be a surgeon." Elizabeth smiled.

"I don't picture myself as a surgeon either. I think I want to be an investigator!" Rachel said. "This whole thing with my mom.it made me realize that saving people isn't all there is. There's also the investigation, so you can tell the people who are left behind what happened."

"Or not."

"Or not, yes. I think I want to become a Catherine.."

"Are you sure, Rach? You pretty much hated this woman."

"I appreciate what she has done."

"I guess you don't have to drop out than."

"Why not?"

Elizabeth started smiling.

"You need medicine to be a crime scene investigator, sweetie. Don't you think it would be easy to know what a coroner is talking about when he tells you what the person has died of?"

"Are you sure you need medicine to be an investigator?"

"Yes, 100%. Willows and I went to medical school together. She moved to the US after the 2nd year, so I never saw her afterwards. She told me from the beginning she wanted to be a crime scene investigator."

"You never told me." Rachel said, stunned.

"Not such a big deal." Elizabeth said. "But if it keeps you from dropping out.."

"I guess it does. Did you always know you wanted to become a surgeon?"

"I went to medical school to bug my mom. My daddy was a surgeon too; I guess following him was the right thing to do. I haven't even considered doing something else. Talking about determined, huh?"

"Determined alright." Rachel smiled. "Shall we continue this meeting upstairs? I want to lay down."

"Sure."

Elizabeth turned off the lights and locked the doors. Rachel went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. As said, the two met in bed. Rachel was almost sleeping when Elizabeth came in.

"Hey, you!" Elizabeth yelled. "Don't you dare sleeping!"

"Sorry. I guess I'm just tired." Rachel replied.

"Where were we?" Elizabeth asked.

"We'd finished my subject. Do you want to talk about something? Otherwise I'll just ask about the past."

"No, I don't have anything I want to talk about. Go ahead. Ask."

"Alright. You knew my dad about 2 years before you guys started dating, did you like him already the first time you 2 met?"

"To be honest; no. I dated Peter Benton before I started dating Mark, your dad and Peter are totally different. From all the boyfriends I had, not one had been like your dad. Not one came even close. And I've had lots. I don't know when exactly I fell for you dad, but I know that I didn't want to let him go after I had him. I still miss him sometimes. But no, I wasn't attracted to him at all when I first met him."

"Dad was to you. You knew that?"

"No." Elizabeth said. "We never talked about it."

"I did. When I first heard about you, he told me."

"What?"

"That he was so glad he finally got you."

"Did he really?"

"Yes. I think I still have the letter he wrote to me." Rachel said. "I'll find it for you first thing tomorrow, okay? I'm too tired now."

"Okay. Goodnight." Elizabeth said.

"Night." Rachel replied.

Elizabeth couldn't believe what Rachel had just told her. Sometimes, not very often, Rachel would tell something that meant a lot to Elizabeth. Rachel doesn't even realise that small things, can mean so much to others. Elizabeth loved her for that. She decided to get a good night rest, because she had to work early the next day.