Oh my god. I am so insanely sorry for the long wait. My Internet has been
down for the past week and a half, and I have been so incredibly busy.
But, now the end of the excuses, I hope that my faithful readers will
continue to faithfully read, and I thank you all from the bottom of my
heart for enjoying the things that I write and thinking that I am
worthwhile.
New addition. This is still a Greg and Anna story, but it will contain a very strong Nick and Anna friendship. Also, I will be using some CSI storylines that I will tweak at my own discretion to how I like them so that Anna fits in, sorry if you don't like it. The storylines do still belong to the writers and creators of CSI. The rest of the storylines will be my own.
All the normal disclaimers apply, the rating still doesn't, but patience is a virtue.
On with the story...Enjoy!
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The whole team had assembled themselves in the breakroom and was talking quietly amongst themselves.
"Hey Rick, what do you thing of Texas' chance at the championship this year?"
"Nick, I honestly have no idea, do you think that I would pay that much attention to Texas basketball? I am more of a Duke man myself."
"Cath, how's Lindsay doing? I know that she just had a birthday and everything."
"She's doing just fine Sarah, thanks for asking. She really loved the Barbie that you got her."
During all of the conversations Greg had gone to the coffee pot to pour himself a cup of his beloved Blue Hawaiian and think. ~Okay, there was THE girl in the lab with Grissom. I am getting a new partner. My partner is a boy. Why was the girl there, and why did Grissom want us all to meet her?~ (I know, he is being completely oblivious and stupid, but oh well)
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Grissom was getting ready to take Anna to the break room, he looked her over one last time and opened the door.
...Everyone stopped their conversations and stared straight at Anna. ~Holy shit, did I do something wrong? Is there toothpaste on my shirt, stains on my skirt, lettuce in my teeth, did I step in dog poop? Can't they just stop staring?!?~ So, she came up with the best response to the stares that she could, "Umm...Hi."
Grissom saw that this was a disaster in the making so he did what he does best, he took charge of the situation. "Everyone, this is our new team member, Anna. She is a forensic biologist, so she will be working with all of the plant and animal matter that comes through the lab, she will also help Greg with his extra assignments. Anna can also do some fieldwork due to the fact that in Kansas she did some fieldwork during her internship, and I have figured that a Kansas Level 1 works out to approximately a Las Vegas Level ½."
The team still had moderately blank looks on their faces, and Anna was starting to regain her pinkish tinge when Greg spoke up, "I thought that you said that my partner was going to be a guy?"
Grissom nodded, "I did say that, it's because the office forgot to put Anna's first name on the on her papers."
This time it was Sarah who spoke up, her tone had gotten a bit rude now that she had found out that a new woman would be on the team, "Are you telling us that her middle name is Christopher?"
Anna finally decided that this would be as good a time as any to pipe up, "Yeah, it is." Now the fading stares came back full force, and Anna looked down to the floor to try and hide the pink tinge that was now turning a full on red. It had been a long time since she had dealt with a group of people on the name subject, there was normally just one or two people to explain it to. She could feel their eyes boring into her, and it almost burned. "Well...uhhh...you see...my parents..." She couldn't even get the explanation out of her mouth. Grissom's confused and questioning stare was hard enough, but now there were five pairs of eyes staring at her.
Grissom could see that the embarrassment was taking its toll on Anna, so he was going to tell everyone her explanation, but she stopped him at his "Well..." The look in her eyes said that she had to tell these people by herself, because she didn't want to look weak in front of them.
"Well, yeah, my middle name is Christopher. My parents wanted a boy, but they got me instead, so in memory of the boy they never got they named me Anna Christopher Spiegel. Has a nice ring to it doesn't."
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Greg was paying attention the whole time, mostly, well kind of, ok so he heard a word here and there. The only time he really listened was the beginning and when Anna spoke. He could repeat everything that she said. This fact was accentuated by the fact that he continually looked her up and down. ~Wow, she looks really cool. I mean what other girl wears stuff like that. Her outfit just screams punk, from the Chucks to the black wristband to the black tux shirt. AMAZING!!! Could my day get any better?~
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Anna had just finished her little speech, and was trying to gauge everyone's reaction to the story that they just had to take in. Most of the team just looked stunned and were looking down at the floor, but there was one guy who was looking intently at her, and when she looked at him their eyes locked for a split second before he turned away. ~That's the guy that popped into the lab when I was putting on that wonderful PLM show. What was his name? G..G..Greg? Yeah, Greg. He looks like an interesting guy. I like the hair.~
Grissom looked approvingly over at Anna and decided to continue on with the introductions. "Anna, this is the night shift. We work from 6 o'clock every evening until 7 in the morning. Well, that's when shift ends. Most of us do some extra work during the day, help day shift, or work multiple shifts in a row. Nick here has just worked a 20-hour shift. So, now you know what you're getting into. Now, come on guys, come and be social." Grissom waved the team over to meet Anna.
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The first person to make it over to Anna was Catherine. "Hi my name is Catherine Willows," she reached out to shake Anna's hand, "but everyone just calls me Cath. I'm a CSI level 3, so I usually visit the lab quite often to drop things off and pick things up. It's very nice to have you on the team."
Anna smiled, the warm welcome was extremely nice after all of the surprised stares. "Thank you Catherine, it's nice to meet you."
The next person over was Sara, "Sara Sidle, CSI level 3. Welcome to the team." Sara wasn't very enthused to have Anna on the team, and her little greeting was said in a quick monotone.
The monotone didn't deter Anna, she was getting happier to have people accept her, "It's very nice to meet you Miss Sidle." Sara nodded and walked off. ~Wow, frosty exterior. Maybe she's just very protective of her job?~
As Anna was lost in thought Warrick walked up, "Hi, Warrick Brown, some people just call me Rick, whatever you want to call me, it doesn't matter. I'm a CSI level 3 as well. Thanks for joining the team, Greggo needs all the help he can get."
"Thanks Warrick, that's why I'm here, to help people." Warrick and Anna shared a mutual grin and then he moved on to go talk to Catherine.
Just then Nick came up, "Hi, name's Nick Stokes, CSI level 3. Nice to meet ya."
Anna looked at him with a thoughtful look on her face, "Anna, nice to meet you as well. You're from Texas aren't you."
Nick looked at the girl in front of him. What she had said wasn't a question, it was a statement. She had figured out that he was from Texas and he had only said two sentences to her. "Whoa, how did you figure that out so fast?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you, but I used to act, and I was always the one who was good with accents. I could pick out the idiosyncrasies in the way that you talk and I figured southern, and then I narrowed it to Texas. I couldn't tell you which part of Texas though." "Wow, well I can tell that it's going to fun working with you Kansas." Nick chuckled and gave that boyish grin as her mouth opened in an unbelieving smile.
"I've only been here for thirty minutes, and I already have a nickname! Does this mean that you are going to be calling me Kansas all of the time?"
Nick got a sly look on his face, "Maybe, maybe not. Ha ha!" Nick laughed as she shoved him off toward Warrick and Cath. ~I can tell that she is going to be a fun one to work with. She's really easy to talk to, we need that around here.~
The last person to get to Anna was Greg. He looked down at the floor, fidgeted, and then straightened his lab coat. "Hi, I'm Greg. We'll be partners from now on." With that he flashed his goofy grin and plopped his hand out for her to shake.
Anna couldn't help but smile, "Hi Greg, I'm Anna. I don't think that I will have any problems adjusting with you and Nick around."
"How so?"
"Well, you both look like fun easygoing guys that are just easy to hang out and talk with. One thing we might have a problem with though. What kind of music do you listen to?"
"Oh, I was thinking the same thing. I like rock, metal, punk, alternative, classic rock, anything like that."
Anna smiled in relief, "Great, I listen to the same thing, except for metal, but we can work past that. Do you like any classical?"
With that the two of them started to walk out of the break room and toward the lab. Grissom had to lean out the door to tell Greg to make sure that Anna could find everything and that there wouldn't be any problems, and to make sure that Anna could get her id badge.
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Well there you go, one extremely belated chapter. That was longer than I thought it would be. Well, I hope you like it, and I am going to load this at school, so I hope it works. I hope that my Internet starts to work soon so that I can post new chapters faster. In the next chapter Anna finds out about her first case, and her and Nick will bond. Oh, and there will of course be plenty of Greg. Be patient my friends, the lovin' will come soon.
Thanks again for being patient Hoogs
New addition. This is still a Greg and Anna story, but it will contain a very strong Nick and Anna friendship. Also, I will be using some CSI storylines that I will tweak at my own discretion to how I like them so that Anna fits in, sorry if you don't like it. The storylines do still belong to the writers and creators of CSI. The rest of the storylines will be my own.
All the normal disclaimers apply, the rating still doesn't, but patience is a virtue.
On with the story...Enjoy!
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The whole team had assembled themselves in the breakroom and was talking quietly amongst themselves.
"Hey Rick, what do you thing of Texas' chance at the championship this year?"
"Nick, I honestly have no idea, do you think that I would pay that much attention to Texas basketball? I am more of a Duke man myself."
"Cath, how's Lindsay doing? I know that she just had a birthday and everything."
"She's doing just fine Sarah, thanks for asking. She really loved the Barbie that you got her."
During all of the conversations Greg had gone to the coffee pot to pour himself a cup of his beloved Blue Hawaiian and think. ~Okay, there was THE girl in the lab with Grissom. I am getting a new partner. My partner is a boy. Why was the girl there, and why did Grissom want us all to meet her?~ (I know, he is being completely oblivious and stupid, but oh well)
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Grissom was getting ready to take Anna to the break room, he looked her over one last time and opened the door.
...Everyone stopped their conversations and stared straight at Anna. ~Holy shit, did I do something wrong? Is there toothpaste on my shirt, stains on my skirt, lettuce in my teeth, did I step in dog poop? Can't they just stop staring?!?~ So, she came up with the best response to the stares that she could, "Umm...Hi."
Grissom saw that this was a disaster in the making so he did what he does best, he took charge of the situation. "Everyone, this is our new team member, Anna. She is a forensic biologist, so she will be working with all of the plant and animal matter that comes through the lab, she will also help Greg with his extra assignments. Anna can also do some fieldwork due to the fact that in Kansas she did some fieldwork during her internship, and I have figured that a Kansas Level 1 works out to approximately a Las Vegas Level ½."
The team still had moderately blank looks on their faces, and Anna was starting to regain her pinkish tinge when Greg spoke up, "I thought that you said that my partner was going to be a guy?"
Grissom nodded, "I did say that, it's because the office forgot to put Anna's first name on the on her papers."
This time it was Sarah who spoke up, her tone had gotten a bit rude now that she had found out that a new woman would be on the team, "Are you telling us that her middle name is Christopher?"
Anna finally decided that this would be as good a time as any to pipe up, "Yeah, it is." Now the fading stares came back full force, and Anna looked down to the floor to try and hide the pink tinge that was now turning a full on red. It had been a long time since she had dealt with a group of people on the name subject, there was normally just one or two people to explain it to. She could feel their eyes boring into her, and it almost burned. "Well...uhhh...you see...my parents..." She couldn't even get the explanation out of her mouth. Grissom's confused and questioning stare was hard enough, but now there were five pairs of eyes staring at her.
Grissom could see that the embarrassment was taking its toll on Anna, so he was going to tell everyone her explanation, but she stopped him at his "Well..." The look in her eyes said that she had to tell these people by herself, because she didn't want to look weak in front of them.
"Well, yeah, my middle name is Christopher. My parents wanted a boy, but they got me instead, so in memory of the boy they never got they named me Anna Christopher Spiegel. Has a nice ring to it doesn't."
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Greg was paying attention the whole time, mostly, well kind of, ok so he heard a word here and there. The only time he really listened was the beginning and when Anna spoke. He could repeat everything that she said. This fact was accentuated by the fact that he continually looked her up and down. ~Wow, she looks really cool. I mean what other girl wears stuff like that. Her outfit just screams punk, from the Chucks to the black wristband to the black tux shirt. AMAZING!!! Could my day get any better?~
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Anna had just finished her little speech, and was trying to gauge everyone's reaction to the story that they just had to take in. Most of the team just looked stunned and were looking down at the floor, but there was one guy who was looking intently at her, and when she looked at him their eyes locked for a split second before he turned away. ~That's the guy that popped into the lab when I was putting on that wonderful PLM show. What was his name? G..G..Greg? Yeah, Greg. He looks like an interesting guy. I like the hair.~
Grissom looked approvingly over at Anna and decided to continue on with the introductions. "Anna, this is the night shift. We work from 6 o'clock every evening until 7 in the morning. Well, that's when shift ends. Most of us do some extra work during the day, help day shift, or work multiple shifts in a row. Nick here has just worked a 20-hour shift. So, now you know what you're getting into. Now, come on guys, come and be social." Grissom waved the team over to meet Anna.
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The first person to make it over to Anna was Catherine. "Hi my name is Catherine Willows," she reached out to shake Anna's hand, "but everyone just calls me Cath. I'm a CSI level 3, so I usually visit the lab quite often to drop things off and pick things up. It's very nice to have you on the team."
Anna smiled, the warm welcome was extremely nice after all of the surprised stares. "Thank you Catherine, it's nice to meet you."
The next person over was Sara, "Sara Sidle, CSI level 3. Welcome to the team." Sara wasn't very enthused to have Anna on the team, and her little greeting was said in a quick monotone.
The monotone didn't deter Anna, she was getting happier to have people accept her, "It's very nice to meet you Miss Sidle." Sara nodded and walked off. ~Wow, frosty exterior. Maybe she's just very protective of her job?~
As Anna was lost in thought Warrick walked up, "Hi, Warrick Brown, some people just call me Rick, whatever you want to call me, it doesn't matter. I'm a CSI level 3 as well. Thanks for joining the team, Greggo needs all the help he can get."
"Thanks Warrick, that's why I'm here, to help people." Warrick and Anna shared a mutual grin and then he moved on to go talk to Catherine.
Just then Nick came up, "Hi, name's Nick Stokes, CSI level 3. Nice to meet ya."
Anna looked at him with a thoughtful look on her face, "Anna, nice to meet you as well. You're from Texas aren't you."
Nick looked at the girl in front of him. What she had said wasn't a question, it was a statement. She had figured out that he was from Texas and he had only said two sentences to her. "Whoa, how did you figure that out so fast?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you, but I used to act, and I was always the one who was good with accents. I could pick out the idiosyncrasies in the way that you talk and I figured southern, and then I narrowed it to Texas. I couldn't tell you which part of Texas though." "Wow, well I can tell that it's going to fun working with you Kansas." Nick chuckled and gave that boyish grin as her mouth opened in an unbelieving smile.
"I've only been here for thirty minutes, and I already have a nickname! Does this mean that you are going to be calling me Kansas all of the time?"
Nick got a sly look on his face, "Maybe, maybe not. Ha ha!" Nick laughed as she shoved him off toward Warrick and Cath. ~I can tell that she is going to be a fun one to work with. She's really easy to talk to, we need that around here.~
The last person to get to Anna was Greg. He looked down at the floor, fidgeted, and then straightened his lab coat. "Hi, I'm Greg. We'll be partners from now on." With that he flashed his goofy grin and plopped his hand out for her to shake.
Anna couldn't help but smile, "Hi Greg, I'm Anna. I don't think that I will have any problems adjusting with you and Nick around."
"How so?"
"Well, you both look like fun easygoing guys that are just easy to hang out and talk with. One thing we might have a problem with though. What kind of music do you listen to?"
"Oh, I was thinking the same thing. I like rock, metal, punk, alternative, classic rock, anything like that."
Anna smiled in relief, "Great, I listen to the same thing, except for metal, but we can work past that. Do you like any classical?"
With that the two of them started to walk out of the break room and toward the lab. Grissom had to lean out the door to tell Greg to make sure that Anna could find everything and that there wouldn't be any problems, and to make sure that Anna could get her id badge.
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Well there you go, one extremely belated chapter. That was longer than I thought it would be. Well, I hope you like it, and I am going to load this at school, so I hope it works. I hope that my Internet starts to work soon so that I can post new chapters faster. In the next chapter Anna finds out about her first case, and her and Nick will bond. Oh, and there will of course be plenty of Greg. Be patient my friends, the lovin' will come soon.
Thanks again for being patient Hoogs
