It had been a long night, but Erzsébet had learned the processing procedure quickly from one of the other lab techs, and was unusually meticulous about doing it. It was probably was what separated her from the other techs at VCTF, Grissom had decided and told the rest as they were coming back from the scene for the last time, There had been very little groaning from Erzsébet in fact, when they had brought back more fingerprints.
Now they were all at breakfast, and everyone looked exhausted. Catherine and Grissom had gotten a period of leave for forty-eight hours so they could regroup, while Sara was let off coming in the next swing shift, as were the rest. Erzsébet had volunteered to come in and finish the results, but Ecklie still hadn't been taking it well that a night shift's sibling was prospering, and wanted to limit Erzsébet's time in the lab.
"So," Greg asked Erzsébet as she sipped on a cup of tea, "what brings you to the grand ol' city of Las Vegas?"
Erzsébet shrugged. "I don't' know exactly," she responded, "all I know is that Matt's mom was making me INSANE – and SHE isn't the one getting married…"
"Wow, you married…"
Sara looked over at Catherine; she didn't confide in many people, and it wasn't that she was going to start now, but Grissom knew what had happened in her past. He just wouldn't understand, though, about Erzsébet. "She was sent to live with our grandparents in San Gabriel when she was almost five," Sara explained, "it was too much for everyone to handle."
"She seems to have prospered," Catherine responded, "even if she did know Greg in high school…"
"Hey!"
Nick laughed. "I'm sure it wasn't meant THAT way, Greggo," he said, "but… you gotta admit, it's kind of strange."
"I'll have you know, she's the reason I have such great coffee."
"Your first tryst was in Hawaii then." He looked at Sara, smirking. "Interesting how you're so different…" When Erzsébet gave him a confused stare, Nick cleared his throat. "Greg's asked Sara out a few times…"
It was a surprise to everyone, even Sara, when Erzsébet started to choke on her tea after Nick's comment. "You asked Sara OUT?" Her tone was incredulous, and she grabbed all her things. "You're only a few blocks away, right Sara?"
Sara nodded, and held out her house keys to Erzsébet; she wasn't fully getting why her sister was so upset over Greg asking her out, not until Erzsébet was already out the door. "Oh my GOD," she said, and Sara didn't exclaim things very often.
"It looks like you missed something in all those years you've known her, Greg," Grissom said, giving his own little smirk over his coffee as the food came. "The girl with the pink streak will have her food to go. She just found out that her juvenile love interest asked her sister out."
"She was NOT interested in me," Greg protested, scowling a bit as everyone ignored his comment and dug into his food, "we were just close, that's ALL."
Warrick was the only one to say something. "If you were just close, tell me why she got so upset right now," he said, before going back to his breakfast.
