Later that afternoon, Lydia was making something to eat when Catherine and Grissom came in. Liddy looked at them curiously, and she figured out fairly quickly what they had been up to. She gave them both a scolding glance and she said, "And what were you two up to while the rest of the night shift was sleeping?"

Catherine said simply, "We slept after we talked a bit."

"Right," she replied sarcastically. "You guys know that I don't care what you do together, you are my parents after all, and if you want to have sex you can, it doesn't matter to me in any way."

They both smiled at her bluntness. Grissom asked, "How long did the party at Greg's house last?"

"For a couple hours when we all decided that we were tired so we all went home. I'm getting ready for work, I don't know what you two are planning on doing now."

"Well, I have to get back home, but it was nice seeing my daughter again."

"Thanks, well I'll see you later at work then if you really want to leave mom and I"

They all smiled and then he hugged her goodbye, and he gave Catherine a goodbye kiss, and then he left.

"I was making a sandwich, do you want one mom?"

"No, thank you, I'm good."

Catherine and Lydia took seats at the dining room table, where Liddy said, "I'm glad that you and Gil are together mom, it makes our family feel even more complete."

Catherine sighed. "Yeah, it really does. He completes me more than anyone else I've ever been with, I really do love him."

"Good, I'm glad. Both of you deserve to be happy, and you really make one another happy, I could see that even today at work you both smiled brighter."

"We also have you to thank for that."

"Thanks mom." Lydia said, but she was kind of looking off into space as she spoke.

"You seem a little preoccupied, what's up?"

"Oh, nothing, I just have some things on my mind, that's all."

Catherine raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"

"Well, I'm not really sure how to talk about it, I never told you everything about my past, and even though I should have because you're my mom."

"Don't worry about it, you can tell me anything, for goodness sake, I was a stripper I think I can handle your life's troubles."

"Thanks. Well you see Greg is an amazing guy, and even though we only started dating yesterday, we've been talking for over a year so we're good friends. Well after everyone left we both wanted to make the day a little more special and we thought about having sex, but I turned him down."

"Was he upset?"

"Kinda, I told him that it was some things from my past, and it really was, but I didn't tell him about it, I said that I needed my time. Plus we just started dating so it's rather soon for that sort of thing you know? He was very understanding though."

"Well that's good."

"You see when I first went out to 'Frisco I met this guy who was sweet at first but after we dated for awhile he wasn't nice anymore, he started to become abusive. I never had sex with him, which made him mad, and then he started to become more violent towards me. After we had dated for about five months he tried to rape me, I managed to escape by screaming loud enough that people came to see what was wrong, we were in the dorm, and he was arrested. I'm not afraid of seeing this guy again, but the memories of it still bother me, and I'm afraid of relationships. My other problem is that I've never actually had sex before, I'm a virgin and I'm afraid of my first time."

"Oh, sweetheart, I'm so sorry that you had to go through that. Don't worry about Greg though, he's a gentleman, even though he doesn't act like it at times, and he'll be very understanding of you. When you think you're ready you'll know it, don't rush into having sex with him, when it happens it happens, and he isn't the type who will force the issue ok sweetie?"

"Yeah, thanks mom, you're a real help."

"That's what I'm here for." Catherine then hugged Liddy tightly, and even though they were both tearing up, Lydia managed to laugh and say, "Just wait until you have to go through the same things with Lindsey."

"Oh, please don't go there, one of you is bad enough right now."

"She needs you though, she needs all of us. At least she's used to the bigger family now, it was really hard for her at first."

"I know. Well, I need to get a little more sleep before I go to work."

"Ok mom, have a good nap."

"Thanks," Catherine said as she got up and went over to the doorway out of the dining room, then she turned to look at Lydia again. "Where is Lindsey anyway?"

"Oh, she called and said that she'll be at Tara's house tonight, and that I should pick her up from her last day of school tomorrow."

"Thanks, you really are a help."

"You're welcome, and I really do enjoy having a family, I can't believe how little we argue it's great."

Catherine smiled and then she went off to bed. Lydia sat there thinking for awhile and then she finished her sandwich.

That night they were all a little tired, but they managed to have a very good shift at the lab, there were very few cases that were being handled so everyone's workload was lighter. At the end of the shift Catherine and Grissom decided to go out again. Greg wanted to go out with Lydia, but she said that she needed to get some sleep before hanging out with Lindsey the rest of the afternoon. He told her that it was all right, but he was still a little hurt; they kissed goodbye, and then they went off to their homes.

My last day of eighth grade Liddy came to pick me up from school. She greeted me with one of her amazing smiles and then she drove me to a park where we got some ice cream and walked around. She told me all about what had been going on the past couple days, that she had gotten the job with mom and Gil, and that she had started dating Greg. I was very happy for her; after all, Greg was a very cool guy.

It was really amazing how the two of us got along, no siblings get along as well as the two of us, but that was probably because we had only know one another for a little over a year. I loved how we had identical necklaces, it made us closer I think, and I really liked that. For my thirteenth birthday a week earlier she had given me a charm bracelet that jingled when it moved, it was fun to wear, so I was wearing it then.

After we had walked for awhile we sat down under a tree and relaxed. We talked about the movies we were planning on seeing and just everything imaginable. I started to realize that she was preoccupied, and after we hadn't talked for a few minutes I decided to ask about it.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing."

"Right, I don't believe you what's wrong."

"Fine, I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone anything ok."

"Sure, I won't say anything."

"I told mom most of it, but not everything. One of my ex's was abusive, and he was released from prison the other week, I'm afraid that he'll come and track me down. I saw someone who looked like him the other day, and I'm afraid that it was him."

"That's not good, why don't you tell mom or Gil, they can help."

"I know they can babe, but I don't want him to know who my family is, I want to protect you guys from him."

"I see, well I won't say anything, but you should tell them, otherwise they might worry more."

She smiled at me and nodded. She then changed the subject. "So, you're a freshman now, very cool you only have four years left."

"I know, it's kind of scary."

"Don't worry about it."

"I won't."

"Good."

Then we left and went back home, where mom and Gil were already sitting in the living room, it looked like they were waiting for us. So we sat down too. They had that sort of look that people get when they want to tell you something but they don't know how to say it, it made me nervous, but I hadn't done anything wrong, so I waited.

"Lindsey," mom began. "Gil and I wanted to tell you, well you see..."

By that point I had figured out that they were together, but I waited to hear them say it. Finally Gil spoke, "What your mother is trying to say is that she and I have started dating, we were wondering if you were ok with that Lindsey."

I thought about it and said, "Yeah, I'm ok with it. Have fun."

"Thank you," Gil replied. I was amused, so was Liddy.

We hung out for a little bit, and then they all left to go to work so I had the house to myself again, but that was ok by me. What nobody had realized though was that Lydia's ex was in the area, and he had already found her. The other problem was that he knew where she lived.

When they left for work I sat down in front of the television to watch a show. A few minutes later I heard a crash, and then I saw a dark figure coming at me. I was hit in the head, and everything went black.

TBC...

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