I felt like I was swimming through the Clark County Aquarium instead of walking through the halls of CSI.
The walls of the lab were painted a deep Aquamarine, and were set off by the dim lights set in the ceiling above. Apparently this setting was supposed to make visitors feel relaxed and calm.
"Tessa, hurry up. We cant be late!" Sara's voice jarred me out of my reverie
And I realized she was halfway down the hall. I hurried to catch up with her.
"Geeze, Sar, what's your hurry?" I gasped. "Shift doesn't start for another 5 minutes"
"Well, I wanna get the introductions out of the way before Grissom starts handing out our assignments."
She pushed open the door o the break room. The first person my eyes lit on was my old childhood friend. "Greg Sanders" I said. He must have recognized my voice because he whipped around so fast I thought he would give himself whiplash.
"Tessa!" He came over and wrapped me in a hug.
"God you look great. How have ya been?"
"So I am going to guess you two know each other? I'm Catherine, by the way."
" It's nice to meet you Catherine."
"Hey Tessa, I'm Warrick, it's nice to finally meet you."
"Likewise" I replied.
Ahhh, good I see Tessa is getting settled in." Grissom came into the room and poured himself some coffee.
"Where is Nick? No wait let me guess. He overslept." Sara's impatient tone made me want to laugh. "His alarm clock is probably shot" I said.
"Yeah, well if he's not here soon he'll be shot."
We didn't have to wait long for him to come "Hey all. Sorry I'm late my alarm clock's shot."
"Nice job" Greg commented.
"Tessa, this is Nick Stokes. Nick this is Tessa Matthews." Sara introduced us
"Nice to meet you Nick." I said, holding out my hand
He took my hand in his and smiled. "Nice to meet you too Tessa."
"What is Tessa short for?" Warrick asked.
"Theresa. It's short for Theresa." I replied. "But NEVER call me Theresa."