Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CSI characters, except for the characters i made up
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Greg/Sara, Nick/OC, Warrick/Mia, Grissom/Lady Heather, and Catherine/OC
A/N: I know you weren't nagging applelori, i was getting ready to update soon anywayz
Home Economics for Dummies (2?)
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Chapter 2: I'm in what class?
Greg Sanders stared at his schedule in awe. He knew he transfered half way through the year and there probably wasn't a lot of class available, but Home Ec? He did not come all the way to California to take a girls class. He was hoping to take a shop or P.E class, not Home Economics. If the rest of the soccer team got word, he would be laughed off the team.
He hesitated in front of the doorway, pausing to think if he should just ditch or not. It probably wasn't wise to ditch on his second day, so he let out a breath and walked inside. Just like he anticipated, there was a bunch of girl bunched around the tables, talking and laughing. Some of them looked up when he walked in and immediately scooted their stuff over so he could sit beside him. He glanced around the room and noticed the brown haired girl that was in his biology class. He walked over to the table and said, "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
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Sara Sidle glanced up and saw Greg Sanders walk through the door to her Home Ec class. He looked just as good as he did yesterday, and all the girls were giggling and pointing at him. She shook her head and returned to her book. She heard a cough coming from beside her and glanced up to see him standing there.
"Excuse me?" She said
"I said, is this seat taken" He asked
"Of, no go ahead" She said, moving some of her stuff so he could sit down. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye and couldn't believe that he chose to sit next to her out of all the other girls.
"So why are you taking Home Ec?" She asked
He looked around the room and said, "The girls". Sara rolled her eyes and shifted her eyes back to her book. He was just like all the other guys in her grade, always after one thing.
"So, what's going on with you and that guy with the dreads?" He said, taking the book from her
"What are you talking about?" She said, snatching the book back from his hands
"The guy that you were sitting next to in Bio yesterday. You guys hooking up?"
Her face flushed pink, and she couldn't believe that she was letting him get to her like that. "No, Warrick happens to be my best friend"
"Guys and girls can never be just friends" He stated
"Yea, and why is that?"
"The sex thing always gets in the way" (A/N: Got those lines from the movie, When Harry met Sally)
"Well, I don't know what kind of friends you had wherever you came from, but here when someone says they are just friends, they really are" She said, angrily. There was no need to tell him that her and Warrick had tried going out but it got to weird.
"New York"
"Excuse me?"
"I came from New York. Trust me, every place is the same"
"Whatever"
They sat in silence for awhile until the teacher came in and the class went quiet. Mrs. Goldstand glanced around the room, her eyes coming to rest on Greg.
"Well class, it looks like we have a new student joining us. Why don't you stand up and introduce yourself?"
Greg rolled his eyes and stood up. "Name's Greg Sanders. Transfered here from New York and I love liquid latex" he said, smirking.
He sat back down and he could feel all the stares on him. Mrs. Goldstand cleared her throat and said, "Okay, thank you Mr. Sanders for that lovely introduction. Ladies and um Mr. Sanders, we are about to start our next project"
She held a bunch of papers in her hand and proceeded to pass them out.
"So Sidle, do you want to be friends with me?"
"I thought you said guys and girls can never be friends" She said, mocking him
"I didn't mean those kind of friends" He said, wiggling is eyebrows
"You are such a jerk" She whispered loudly
"Ah Ms. Sidle and Mr. Sanders. Thank you for volunteering to be our first couple" Mrs. Goldstand said
They looked up at her, panic in their eyes, and then back at the paper in front of them.
"Um Mrs. Goldstand. What exactly did we volunteer for?" Sara asked
"Well as I said earlier, my guess is that you weren't paying attention, is that for your midterm you will be dividing up into pair and I will be assigning you a project. Now since you two volunteered first you are our only boy-girl couple. Each couple will going through married life. You will have a budget about how much you are allowed to spend and with that money you will need to buy things. You need to buy a decent apartment or house, and keep your job. Each week you will be given situations that you must deal with. Now please sit quietly while I pass out your job titles.
Sara glanced at Greg and could tell he didn't like the project at all. Even though he was being a jerk to her earlier, she couldn't help but still feel a little attracted to him. Finally Mrs. Goldstand got to them and handed them an envelope.
Sara took it from his hands and opened it.
Chemistry Professor over at the University of San Francisco and Crime Scene Investigator at the Crime Lab.
"I call the CSI job" Sara told him.
He shrugged and once again took the paper out of her hands. He glanced over it and smiled.
"Looks like we're hitting the big money" He said
"Well we still need to find a place to live and learn how to budget wisely"
"Whatever. I'll meet you in the library after soccer practice. Okay?" He said
She nodded and watched him gather all his stuff up and leave. If she didn't know any better, she could've sworn there was something wrong with him. She shouldn't care anyways, he was a jerk. He's a cute jerk though, she thought.