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Welcome to the Family
Chapter 2
"I cannot believe you stole Sara's cell phone!" Reggie grinned, sprawled across Sara's couch with her own cell phone pressed to her ear.
"Ah, She'll live," Greg shrugged with a grin, leaning casually against the CSI building wall, Sara's phone in hand.
"Yes, but will you when she finds out you took it?" Reggie laughed.
"Ah, but that's only if she finds out!" Greg pointed out.
"And what makes you think I won't tell her?" Reggie teases, a large grin on her face.
"You wouldn't!" Greg gasped, eyes wide as he imagined all the horrors Sara could put him through.
"Hm, why shouldn't I?' Reggie returned, her eyes dancing.
"Well-because I'm too young to die?" Greg suggested.
"Nah," she refuted with a grin, "everybody dies eventually and it would be a funny sight!"
"Ah! Demon-woman!" Greg cried dramatically. He paused, then asked, "Alright, then, how about I take you out tomorrow?"
Reggie grinned, "Well, I dunno…you are a perfect stranger after all."
"No, no, my dear, you've got it all wrong." Greg corrected with a wild grin, "I'm not a perfect stranger, I am perfectly strange!"
Reggie laughed, before a sudden thought occurred to her and she asked, "Hey, Greg, how would we explain this to Sara?"
"We can make something up," Greg shrugged nonchalantly.
"Gre-g!" Reggie whined in protest, "I don't want to lie to my sister! What is she's got one of those older sibling lie-radar things? My older brother Nathan had one of those-he knew when I was lying every time!"
"But Reggie you can't tell her I took her phone!" Greg protested, "She'll kill me! And then you won't have a date for tomorrow!"
Reggie laughed and then got an idea, "Hey! Since I was going to drop off something to eat for Sara anyway, why don't I just 'happen' to run into you?"
"Regina Sidle, I do believe I love you," Greg said with a devilish grin.
Reggie laughed again, shaking her head as she pulled herself off the couch to pad into the kitchen, "You're such a goof, Greggy. Sara's a vegetarian, right?"
"I'm proud of my goofiness, thank you. And yes, she is." Greg answered, pausing then asking incredulously, "Greggy?"
"Sure, what's wrong with Greggy?" Regina grinned, using one shoulder to hold the phone while she looked through the fridge, "My God, my sister doesn't have enough food in here to feed a mouse!"
"Everything is wrong with Greggy!" Greg spluttered, adding, "She doesn't eat enough to feed a mouse!"
"Aw, but I think Greggy is cute!" Reggie cooed teasingly, turning her attention to the cupboards, "I'll have to teach that woman to eat better, maybe fatten her up a bit."
"Call me Greggy again and I'll…well I don't know what I'll do, but it'll be bad," Greg warned jokingly, laughing suddenly at the image of Reggie trying to force feed Sara, "I don't think Sara's going to agree to your fattening plans there, Reg."
"You don't scare me, Greggy. And that's tough-she's way too skinny." Reggie replied before asking, "Do you have any ideas at all?"
"Don't call me that, Regina Sidle," Greg scolded before adding suggestively, "Yea, I've got a lot of ideas."
"About what to make for Sara!" Reggie laughingly protested, "Get your mind out of the gutter!"
Greg laughed before suggesting, "Why don't you just stop someplace and buy her something?"
"Good idea!" she paused, shutting the cupboard doors, "But what should I get her?"
Greg laughed, "How am I supposed to know?"
"Well, you've known her for years!" Reggie pointed out, stuffing her feet into her shoes as she grabbed her purse and opened the door.
"Doesn't mean I watch what she eats!" Greg replied simply.
"What use are you then, hm?" Reggie teased, closing and re-locking the apartment door before walking down the hall.
"I'm just for decoration," Greg confided with a grin, delighting in he laugh he received from Reggie.
Reggie laughed, shaking her head at him as she ran lightly down the stairs, "You're incorrigible…Greggy."
"GAH!" Greg yelled in frustration, causing a large grin to spread across Reggie's face as she exited the building and headed towards Sara's Denali, "Regina I-don't-know-your-middle-name-but-I-will-find-out Sidle!"
Reggie laughed, shaking her head again with a grin, answering, "Lauren."
"Who's Lauren?" Greg asked in confusion, pulling himself up short before he could begin a rant at her.
"No," Reggie giggled, starting up the car, "That's my middle name."
"Regina Lauren Sidle," Greg tested it out thoughtfully, before grinning, "I like it!"
"Oh, good! I wouldn't have to change my name because you didn't like it," Reggie returned sarcastically, searching absently for a place to stop and get something for Sara.
"Aw, you'd do that for me?" Greg teased before his pager suddenly went off. Glancing down at it, he sighed, "Sorry, Reg, I've got to go. Duty calls."
"Okay, I'll be at the lab in like an hour."
"An hour? It only takes Sara 15 minutes!"
"Well, I'm slower than Sara-and you're procrastinating." Reggie returned, adding, "I'll ask for you when I get there, kay Greggy?"
Greg just shook his head with a grin, "Goodbye, Regina Sidle."
Reggie grinned, "Buh bye…Greggy."
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Reggie yawned as she hopped out of Sara's truck. With a groan, she stretched her arms up above her head, hearing a satisfactory pop. Loosely shaking her shoulders, she turned back to the Denali, opening the back door.
From the backseat she pulled out two pizza boxes. On top of said boxes was a bag of cookies, Carefully balancing her packages, she went to shut the door, but a tanned semi-muscular arm did it for her.
Reggie turned, offering the cute blonde that accompanied said arm a grin, to which he replied, "Hello Regina Lauren Sidle."
"Oh! Greggy!" Reggie exclaimed, her eyes lighting up attractively.
"No! It's Greg!" he stressed, shaking a finger in her face, despite the large grin spreading across his own.
"Whatever you say…Greggy," Reggie returned, eyes dancing with mischief.
Greg childishly stuck his tongue out at her, taking the boxes out of her arms while joking, "Wow, you really weren't kidding about fattening Sara up."
"Thanks," Reggie said in reference to him taking the boxes, before slapping his arm lightly, answering, "I brought some for everyone. Figured it would be my excuse to get to meet everyone."
"Ooh, devilish mind. I like it," Greg grinned cheekily, waggling his eyebrows as he switched the boxes to one hand, placing the other hand on her back to lead her gently into the lab.
"Yea right, you'd like anything as long a s it atleast looked human," Reggie teased, leaning slightly into the warm hand on her back as the entered the building.
"Hey!" Greg protested, pouting cutely at her, "This is what I get for being gentlemanly and not making you carry all this stuff to the break room yourself?"
Reggie laughed, "So sorry, Greggy. I didn't really mean it." She turned her own pout on him, batting her eyelashes exaggeratedly, "Forgive me?"
Greg grinned, resisting the temptation to lean in and kiss her pouting lips, instead leaning her to the sign-in sheet, "Well, I don't know, Ms. Regina. You really hurt my feelings."
Reggie laughed, signing her name with a flourish. Leaning back up, she stood straight before going on her tiptoes and softly pressing a light kiss to Greg's cheek.
"Thanks Greggy, you're a very sweet gentleman." She said softly as she went back to standing flat footed, grinning up at his stunned face. Tilting her head slightly, she gave him a devilish grin as she added, "Lead the way Greggy."
"I don't know why it is you Sidle women are so damn difficult!" Greg complained, nevertheless replacing the hand on the small of her back as he began leading her through the hallways.
"We were just born that way, Greggy dear." Regina confided with a grin.
Greg just laughed, shaking his head at her as he began pointing out various rooms in the lab. The two fell into easy conversation, joking and laughing as the made their way to the break room.
"Looks like they're having a party," Reggie said with a curious upraised eyebrow as they came up along the room where the other nightshift members seemed to be celebrating.
"Looks like it," Greg agreed with a furrowed brow as the two stepped into the room, "Er, hey guys?"
The five turned their attention to the door and Reggie couldn't help but grin at the sight. An older gentleman was leaning against the table, his lined face filled with amusement, the strawberry-blonde at his side wiping away her laughter-induced tears. Sara was standing in the middle of the room with a grin on her face, two men-a muscular, black-haired white man and an even more muscular, brown-haired black man-had their arms wrapped around her from either side.
"Reggie?" Sara asked, confusion scrawled across her face.
"I brought you food since you didn't bring anything with you this morning, and then decided I didn't want everyone else to waste away. Reggie grinned, running her eyes over all the room's occupants as she gestured to the pizza and cookies, "Greg here offered to help as consolation for waking me up at 10:30."
"I said I was sorry about that!" Greg protested, the two having had this conversation on the phone earlier.
"I know, but it's fun to get under your skin," Reggie teased, stealing eh boxes out of his hand and dancing out of reach as he swiped for her. Placing the boxes on the table, she said, "I got two large pizzas; 1 half-vegetarian, half cheese and pepperoni and 1 half extra cheese, pepperoni and bacon and half Hawaiian."
"What's in the bag?" Sara asked curiously, disentangling herself from the two men to peer curiously inside said bag.
"Cookies!" Reggie answered, her eyes dancing as she giggled.
Sara laughed, shaking her head at her little sister before saying, "Everyone, this is my sister, Regina Sidle. Reggie, this is my boss, Dr. Gilbert Grissom and my co-workers; Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown ad Nick Stokes."
"Hi!" Reggie waved before saying, "Dig in!"
"It's a pleasure to meet you Regina," Nick grinned, smiling widely at the sister of the woman he loved.
"Ick, call me Reggie," she returned shaking the proffered hand, "Only my mom still calls me Regina."
"Reggie it is then," he smiled boyishly, turning to go eat.
But Reggie pulled him back, leaning close so only he could hear her murmur, "Treat her right huh?"
Nick gaped stupidly at her but she's already turned her attention to Warrick. Sara tilted her head slightly coming to his side to ask him if he was alright.
"You didn't tell your sister about earlier, did you?" Nick asked curiously, watching the younger Sidle with interest.
"No, why?" Sara asked, giving him an odd look.
Nick frowned, turning to Sara as he answered amusedly, "She just told me to treat you right."
Sara looked shocked a moment before looking over at her sister curiously. Said woman was talking to Catherine, but, feeling Sara's gaze, Reggie turned to her sister, giving her a devilish grin and a wink. Sara laughed, shaking her head as she turned back to Nick.
But Nick shook his head, chuckling softly as he said, "It was hard enough with one Sidle, but now I've got two!"
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A/N I know it's kind of short but I have to go get ready for work so it was either this or nothing. I'll post review-thanks next chapt. I'm too busy right now, but thanks anyway everyone!
'Luv ya
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