Bright Starts and Dark Motives

Chapter 1

Greg Sanders walked into the lab on a very odd mood. He walked right pass Sara Sidle with out even as much as a hello. This was not like Greg, but then again most of the things that Greg did, did not make sense, but he had been in this mood for a few days now. He walked into the locker room and slammed open his locker. Not caring who was there. He took off his jacket and placed it into his locker and took his nametag and placed it around his neck. He had been a CSI not for almost a year. He had tried so hard to become one and now that he was, he would no longer be known as the lab rat, that he had been for so many years. He was not apart of the CSI night shift. He was apart of a team. Not that being a lab technician was not cool and all, but this way he got to be out on the field with the others and not just stuck behind a computer all day.

"Hey Grego!" Nick Stocks had entered the locker room. Nick always seemed to have a smile on his face. Maybe that is why he and Greg got along so well. They were both funny guys, who liked to have a good time. "What's been up with you for the last couple of days? I talked to Sara on my way in here and she said that you walked right by her without even saying a word to her. Man that is not like you. I know that if you have a chance to talk to her you will take it. So spill what's up?"

But before Greg could even answer, Catherine Willows stuck her head in through the door. "Grissom want to have a staff meeting with us before we get started tonight. Well in his words he said to tell you two to get you asses into the staff room now."

The two men closed their lockers and walked to the staff room together. "I wonder what this is all about? The only time that Grissom wants to have a staff meeting is when we did something wrong, or when there is some big news." Nicked opened the door waiting for Greg to say something, but no answer came.

Greg knew all too well what this meeting was about. He had taken so much in since the phone call that he had gotten only a couple of days ago. He still could not make up his mind is this was a good thing or a horrible idea. The rest of the team was about to find out the thing that has been on his mind and he was not all to ready for what they would think or say.

Gil Grissom walked through the doors only seconds after Greg and Nick had entered. The whole team was there now and on time for once. Grissom was the head of the night shift. He had been working with this group for some time now, almost five years. They had been through some tough times and a lot of good times. They had become a family over the years. And changes where always hard to adjust to at first, but in the back of his mind he knew that they would get through anything together.

"Ok so yeah I am just going to get to it then so that we can get to our work. We have been getting a lot of work here and well they think that we could use an extra hand. So we are getting a new CSI on our night shift." Grissom could see a mix of reactions on the their faces, but Warrick was the first one to speak up.

"Please tell me we are not getting some fresh meat right out of the academy. " Warrick's face looked grim. The last time they had someone right out of the academy, she had gotten killed on her first assignment. Warrick still blames himself for what happened and it is a sad reminder of a time in his life that he just sooner wants to forget.

"No no, she has been a CSI for about five years. She is coming to us form LA. And what I have heard, she is on the top of her game and will make a great addition to our group." Grissom was not looking at Greg. He knew that this addition was going to be the hardest on him.

"Well it is about time that we have another girl on our team. You know what it is like to be over run with guys for as long as we have. It's about time we even out the numbers here. " Sara said with a joyful sound in her voice. She needed to have another girl around and hopefully someone around her age. "So what is her name?"

Before Grissom could answer Sara question, Greg spoke for the first time since the meeting had started. "Her name is Jennifer." Everyone just looked at him. Greg shifted in his chair. He felt like he was one of the people that they would interrogate and all eyes were on him.

"How do you know this Greg? Have you been looking at Grissom's notes again?" Nick teased Greg.

"Oh I only wish. No I got a call from her the other day and she told me that she had gotten the job here." Greg smiled as he though about it. He did not know if this was going to be a nightmare or maybe a good thing. All he knew was that he had to face it that she was on her way and nothing was going to change that.

"So you know this girl then Greg? Did you go to school with her or what?" Catherine asked and all eyes we once again on Greg. Or had they not moved since he first spoke?

"Well yeah I know her. We did go to school together for a wile before I moved out here to finish up school. But I knew her long before then. You could say you get to know a person when you share space in your mother's belly with them." All eyes went wide as Greg said this. Well all expect Grissom's, but then again he knew all this already. "Yeah Jennifer is my twin sister. Jennifer Sanders."

TBC

A/N: So what do you think so far? I know it is not the best, but please remember that this is my first solo fan fiction of any kind. So go easy on me. Please let me know what you think and I will try to post the next chapter soon! Thanks for just reading it in the first place!

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