Roxie was a major help to Ellie in giving her confidence and helping her to go on the right path. Sure Ellie still had problems in her life, but she was better, she had a purpose and a goal.
Within the year she managed to get the credits she needed to help at the clinic, which meant that she could now have that as her full time job. Over time, Roxie and Ellie both could afford to live separately, but they were good friends and they enjoyed the company.
They also were astounded when they learned that they both had connections to the crime lab in Las Vegas. Ellie because of her father and Roxie because of her college roommate and best friend Lydia Michaels, who worked in the lab itself. So when they were invited to the wedding of Catherine and Grissom and then the wedding of Lydia and Greg they went to them both. Of course all of Brass' friends were amazed by how much Ellie had changed, and she was very happy about it.
While at the wedding, they found two guys who were attracted to them as well. Jake Thomas was a very handsome man, and he was not much older than Ellie; after they talked for awhile, they started dating. Roxie found a man named Warrick Brown, and they too hit it off very well. Jake was also the nephew of Catherine Willows, and he was a high school teacher.
After the two couples had dated for awhile, they were married in a double wedding in Las Vegas, where the women had moved the year after they had met their loves. Ellie became a counselor in Vegas, and Roxie went to work at the crimelab.
Of course there were difficulties in their lives, but that's the way life is, but they were happy. The best part though, was that Ellie had found hope.
The End
I know that it's a very quick end to the story, but I didn't know what to do beyond this, so I decided to cross it into my fic. Before Me, which will reach this point shortly, but since I know a couple of you read this and that one as well I figured I may as well do it now...
Thanks for the reviews, and if I had some clue of where else this story could have gone I would have made it better for you guys! CSI Kennedy, csifreak04