Title: Our past, Our present, Our future.

Disclaimer: I don't own, you don't own em yada yada yada yada ya.
(No seriously I don't anything..)

Summary: A flashback in time.. to when Gil and Catherine first met,
and the events that led them to where they are today.

It's be done before..but I'm doing it again! (heheh)

chapter 2


"That's not how it happened, I didn't just get up and run off!"" Gil protested.

Catherine looked up from the yearbook " You did to." he paused " We had a moment and then you got all weird and ran off."

Gil shook his head " Did not!" he murmered

Catherine giggled " You know you did." she playfully punched him " And that had never happened to me before."

"What?" Gil was confused

"Scaring a guy away, I have never done that."

Gil shrugged " You didn't scare me" he smirked " You captivated me."

Catherine chuckled " Right!" she scoffed " You running from me wouldn't have been that bad if you hadn't avoided me for almost the full month of September, It was like you were running from me and you didn't want to be caught."

"What?" Gil replied " You knew I wasn't very talkative."

Catherine nodded " Bull! do you remember when I asked you to be my lab partner?"

Gil furrowed his brow

" You yelled at me, told me to leave you alone!"

Gil was taken aback " I did not!" he lied

Catherine shook her head " Yes it was like this..."

FLASHBACK

The first month of school whipped by and if Gil Grissom wasn't in Catherine's biology class she would have never known he was still enrolled in school.

Catherine was standing outside the classroom just before the bell with her friend.

"So, Cathy what are you and Eddie doing later?"

Catherine shurgged " Probably nothing I have to study, and I know I'll have biology homework."

Stephanie raised her eyebrow " Biology? Study?" she felt her forehead " Are you sick?"

Catherine slapped her hand away " Cut it out!"

Stephanie shook her head " Cath baby, I love you to death your my best friend but your scaring me,and I.." Stephanie trailed off when Gil walked past them and into the class.

"Whoa, what's with the weirdo?"

Catherine turned to see who she was talking about.

"Don't be so mean" she snapped at her friend

"Well" Stephanie looked at her strange " Look at him!"

Gil had seated him self at the front of the class and was secretly watching Catherine out of the corner of his eye.

Catherine glanced back at Gil just in time to see him shoot his head around.

"Hey Stephanie, I'm going to go now,I'll see you later k?"

Stephanie nodded " Yeah, if you get board with being smart come see me in the bathroom,we can split a butt."

Catherine nodded and waved goodbye and headed into the class.

She was ready to take her normal seat near the back when she remembered the teacher had told them to choose lab partners. She looked around the room at everyone trying to make her decision.

"Gil" she thought. Catherine took a deep breath and headed to the front and sat beside him.

"Hi!" she smiled plopping down her books.

Gil didn't look up.

"So, I haven't really talked to you or seen you around much, how's life treating you?"

Gil glanced at her

"You don't remember me?"

"I remember you." Gil replied " he looked to the back of the room. " Where's your friend."

Catherine looked to see what he was seeing " Who Stephanie?"

Gil nodded " If that's her name."

Catherine nodded " Why?"

"How come none of your friends are in this class?"

"What do you mean?" Catherine replied

Gil slammed his book shut " What do you want?"

Catherine looked up at him a look of shock in her eyes " I was.."

"You can't talk to me,your friends and your boyfriend and your status at this school wouldn't allow it so what do you need?"

Catherine looked around her. People in the class were getting quiet as Gil flipped out.

"What? did your friend get you to do some kind of stupid dare, you know get to know me , use me for my work and then humiliate me ?"

Catherine shook her head " ARE YOU DONE?" she screamed back " All I wanted to know was I you wanted to be my lab partner."

Gil shook his head " You can't talk to me, your the popular girl and I'm the weirdo.." he paused " Yeah, I think that is what Stephanie called me! So why don't you just stay away from me!"

Catherine grabbed her books. No one had ever talked to her like that before.

"Stephanie was right!" she screamed " You are weird!" she snapped and ran out of the classroom.


END OF FLASHBACK

"Wow, was I that mean?"

Catherine nodded "You were SO mean, You made me cry!"

Gil looked over at her a little stunned " I made you cry?"

Catherine nodded " Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, I barley knew you but I liked you, you were different from everyone else."

"Well then it was a good thing I apologized to you then."

"Yeah like two weeks later!"

Gil rolled his eyes " It wasn't that long! Why do you exaggerate?"

"I didn't! I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the last week of October and It was the night of schools first foot ball game.I had a fight with Eddie and it was raining."


FLASHBACK

" I can't believe it!" Catherine exclaimed climbing into Eddie's mustang. " That was such a great game!"

Eddie had scored the winning touch down but he wasn't showing any excitement.

Eddie threw his equipment in the back seat.

"Could you pass me my bag?" Catherine smiled tossing her pompoms in the back and adjusting her cheerleading skirt.

Eddie climbed in the front seat and threw it at her.

Catherine didn't know what was wrong " Eddie what's wrong?"

Eddie started the car. " When did you plan on telling me that you wanted to go to university?"

Catherine glanced at him. " What?"

"Your books !" he snapped " Your forms for university!"

"You went through my bag?" Catherine snapped " what the hell!"

Eddie ignored her " What the hell is wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" she snapped back still upset that he invaded her privacy

"The books! The studying! The papers for college or university?"

"Is it so hard to think that I don't want to grow up to be a loser? Maybe I want to make something about of my life. I want be to somebody, I want to make a difference and help people."

Eddie snorted " Cathy, sweetie , I love you and I think that if you care about someone like I care for you then I have to stop you from making this mistake!"

Catherine glared at him " What mistake?"

"Come on" Eddie began " You're good for one thing, you're not that smart and University? Come on baby you're not cut out for it. You could be come a dancer or a model, but other then that" he paused " I just don't want you to get upset when they reject your application."

Catherine's heart was racing and her eyes were flooding with tears. " Stop the car." she whispered

Eddie shook his head " There is no need for that baby." he caressed her cheek.

Catherine jerked away " Don't touch me, stop the car!"

Eddie kept driving

Catherine grabbed the wheel " I want out!" she screamed " Stop the damn car!"

He pushed her back and Eddie regained control of the car. " What the hell is wrong with you? You could have killed us!"

Good!" she snapped "I hate you!"

As Eddie was pulling up to a stop sign. Catherine swung open the door and jumped out.

"Cath, Baby, it's raining, you'll get sick and you won't be able to cheer next week."

Catherine spun around " You're a jerk Eddie."

"Fine. Whatever" Eddie reached over and closed the door. He revved his engine before speeding off.

Catherine walked down the side walked, the rain beat down on her . Her uniform was soaked and sticking to her body, she was cold and she was crying.

She was passing the library when she spotted him.

Gil was coming out , a bag full of books in his hand and was getting ready to jump into his station wagon when he saw her.

Catherine ran across the street trying to avoid him after he yelled at her and after Eddie's insults she didn't want to deal with anything or anyone.

Gil watched her as she rounded the corner and then he started his vehicle.

He drove slowly behind her until he had the courage to make his move. He then honked his horn and pulled up a few feet in front of her.

"Hey!" he called opening the passenger side door from inside "Get in!"

Catherine kept walking

Gil pulled up further to keep up with her.

"Catherine, come one, you'll get sick and you won't be able to cheer!"

Catherine stopped, she spun around angrily like she had with Eddie. " Is that all you think I care about?"

Gil got out and headed toward her

"God, guy's are so stupid! You think that my life is all about being the popular girl and cheerleading and prom?"

Gil didn't reply

"Because it's not! I have goals and morals and dreams, just like you. Did you ever stop to think of why I was taking the same biology course with you? NO you didn't because your self absorbed.But not me, I care about others. I want get out of this town and go to university and someday I am going to end up with a great job in a forensic lab and where will everyone else be? I don't care if no one believes in me, I'm used to it. But you don't even know me, so how dare you make any judgements or comments as to what I am about!"

Gil felt so guilty. " Catherine" he began as he too was soaked by the rain. " I'm sorry, your right I shouldn't have snapped at you that day and I shouldn't have said the things I did ..I was wrong. Please get in the car let me take you home, I know how hard it is to study for a test when you have a cold." he paused waiting for her to decide " Please" he took her bag from her " Let me take you home.

Catherine climbed in the car. The entire ride to her home was silent. Catherine thanked him and ran to her house not looking back once.

TBC