Chapter seven up a little earlier than I thought...anyway, this chappie's from Greggo's point of view and you get to find out more of Adri's surprises and how things become a little more difficult yet easier for them...I'll leave it at that...don't want to spoil anything else for the time being. Before I proceed to the chapter I want to thank csi-sam-sanders(I know the cliffy was at a bad time but here's what happens afterwards...), Kate K(Yeah...she maybe perfect but remember...things aren't going to be to good for her now since her house was broken into...) and Shelbers(I decided to put up this chapter for ya so you wouldn't leave for your vacation with the evil cliffy in mind...hope you get to read it...enjoy!) for reviewing.

Okay...I don't own CSI...just Adri...

Chapter 7
Broken In
Greg

"Shit!" Adri cried angrily as she threw the car keyes to the floor.

"You do lock the door after you leave..right?" I asked.

"Yes!" Adri cried angrily. "Do you think I'm stupid?" she spat out. Her features softened as a tear streamed down her cheek. "I'm sorry...I didn't mean it the way it came out..." she said as she breathed in deeply. She unbuckled her seatbelt and got out in a flash.

"Adri!" I called out. "You shouldn't be doing this!"

"This is my house Greg! If it were your apartment...what would you do?" Adri asked. I couldn't let her go in alone...I got out of the car and made my way next to her. Everything was trashed or torn to bits. "Oh God..." she whispered. "Colin!" she cried out as she made her way to the middle of the living room. I picked up my cell phone and dialed Brass's number.

"Brass," he said as he picked up the phone.

"It's Greg," I said as I watched Adri disappear into the hallway. "I've got a break in."

"Where?" Brass asked.

"Adri's house...do you need the address?" I said as Adri came back with a small Black Labrador Retriever pup following her footsteps.

"Wait, Adri's house? What are you doing there?"

"Look, that's not the important thing...send cops here now..."

"Tell Adri not go in..."

"She already did..."

"What is she? Dumb?"

"Brass, she just went in to get her dog..." I said as Adri walked past me, tears falling from her eyes. "She's just stepped outside..."

"Did she touch anything?" Brass asked as I turned to see Adri sit down on the front steps.

"Nope," I said, covering for her. "She just went in, called for her dog, found him and stepped out."

"All right. I'll be right there and don't worry about calling Grissom," Brass said. "I'll do it," he finished saying as he hung up. I walked over to Adri and sat down next to her. I took a deep breath and was about to speak up...

"Save it," she said as the puppy hopped into her lap and fell asleep. "I'm better...but not okay...is that good enough for you?"

"Yeah..." I said as I looked at her closely. "I think we should wait for Brass...but if you're really that tired, you could use me as a pillow," I offered.

"No," Adri said quickly. She wasn't even looking at me when she talked. Her focus was mainly on the puppy on her lap or the landscaping of the front yard from across the street. A small breeze went by and Adri was crying silently. "I don't want to talk about it...I just want to go home..."

"But isn't this your house?" I asked. She looked at me for the first time in a while and smiled slightly.

"You should know me by now...I'm full of surprises..." Adri said as suddenly, two squad cars and Grissom's Tahoe made their appearance. I smiled slightly but hers dimmed at the swarm of officers that entered her house to clear it for the team.

"You ok?" Grissom asked as he made his way over to us. He then noticed her dog and kneeled down. "Adri?" he called out, causing her to look up. "Can I take a look at your dog for a moment? He's our only eyewitness..."

"He's still a pup...he's barely four months old..." Adri corrected him as she rubbed the dog's belly. "Colin...mommy needs you to wake up..." she said sweetly. The puppy sat up on her lap and growled at the sight of all the people crowding his owner, with the exception of me since he licked my face when he saw me before he noticed the others. "Colin, they are my coworkers...they won't hurt you..." Adri said in the same tone as before as she picked up the dog and gave it to Grissom. "Be careful with him..."

"I will," Grissom said as he stood up. "He'll be back in your possesion shortly..." he said as he walked over to another area and opened his kit.

"I didn't see the dog last time I was here..." I said as I turned to her. The licking I didn't mind though...I'm just curious as to why he did it...but I'll ask Adri that later.

"He was asleep in my room..." Adri said as she turned her focus to somewhere else. "Besides, you weren't here long enough..."

"Adri...everything's a mess..." Brass said as he came out of her house and talked to us. "Do you need a place to stay?" he asked. Adri looked up with a smirk and shook her head. "Oh right...just be careful, all right?"

"I will be..." Adri began. "Does this mean I can go now?" she asked.

"I don't see why not...your stories check out without a problem..." Brass said as he straightened up a little. "I'm just going to talk to your neighbors and let Grissom and the others process the scene since there's no DB."

"This belongs to you," Grissom said as he held out her dog in front of him. Adri took him and he licked her face in happiness. "What role did you play?" he asked, curious about the ballet story.

"Sugarplum Fairy," Adri responded. "I also had to do the lead in the Waltz of the flowers since the understudy got sick..."

"Hm...I guess that's where you bumped into Greg?" asked Catherine as she joined us.

"Yeah...just don't tell Nick, Warrick or Sara..." Adri said as she got up.

"Why not?" I asked.

"They didn't know that Greg was at a ballet show...so why should they know I was there too?" Adri said as Grissom and Catherine got the point.

"All right," Catherine said. "I won't say anything..."

"Me either..." Grissom said as he went into her house.

"Do you need a place to stay?" Catherine asked.

"No," Adri said with a smile. "I've got that covered..."

"All right," Catherine said. "Just be careful if you're staying with Greg."

"No worries," Adri said as I got up. "I can handle it..."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked as Catherine went into Adri's house and she made her way to her car. I got into the passenger's side and noticed that Adri was still tense. "Want to talk about it?"

"What's there to talk about? Adri snapped. "My house was broken into, everything inside of it was trashed and thank goodness my dog came out unscathed. You found out my secret life as a dancer and I helped nab the International Killer in a week with your help."

"Adri, there's something you're not telling me..." I began.

"So?" Adri said as she sped up a little. She kept driving, biting her lip and tears in her eyes. I decided to keep quiet since whatever I said wouldn't help her at all...or so she thinks anyway...she pulled over in front of this big, two story house...wait no, a mansion...my eyes widened at the sight of the place and realized that this must've been a present from her father and something kept her from using it. "It was under construction for a while...they finished last week..." Adri explained as she got her pup out of the backseat and opened the front door. I followed and my eyes widened at the size of the place...this is too big for one person. She closed the door and locked it after I came in and she set Colin down. He trotted off to somewhere else, leaving Adri and me alone. "Come with me and I'll show you where you'll be staying tonight..." she said as she began to go upstairs.

"Where did Colin go?" I asked as I caught up to her.

"He's looking for his pet bed..." Adri said softly. "He has one in the kitchen and one up in my room," she finished explaining.

"I'm sorry about your pictures..."

"It's okay...I have copies in the basement...with all the construction, I haven't done much else..."

"I could help you tomorrow..."

"I thought you'd be asking me to take you back to your place first thing."

"About that," I began.

"You can tell me tomorrow okay?" Adri said as she opened a door from one of the many we had passed by in the hallway. "You'll be staying here..." she said softly. "There's a bathroom in here too, it's kind of a second master bedroom," Adri explained. "If you need anything, just holla..." Adri said softly, waiting for me to say something. I reached out to embrace her but she took a step back.

"Why won't you let anyone touch you?" I finally asked. She seemed surprised that I asked.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"At the airport, when I got close to you, you moved away. In the car earlier, you wouldn't let me comfort you and right now, you won't let me show you that I care..." I said, getting irritated.

"Look Greg, it's a long story..." she explained.

"I have the time," I said simply.

"But right now, I don't want to share it..." Adri said as she turned to leave. I grabbed her arm and turned her to face me. The emotion in her eyes was clear. She was afraid...but it made no sense...she was afraid of me? Her breathing was slightly frenzied as she looked around, scared. I hadn't seen her act like this all week..."Just leave me alone...please..." she said weakly. I let go of her and she sighed deeply in relief although fresh tears had formed in her eyes.

"Fine..." I whispered. "Just know that I'm here to listen if you need it..."

"Thanks for the tip..." Adri said as she made her way down the hall and disappeared into another room. The door wasn't fully closed so I could hear her sobs from her room. It worried me plenty that she pulled away from normal signs of affection and the she was afraid of me. I hadn't done anything wrong this week...all I've done is ask her if she's all right when she seemed lost in another world. Something about her changes everytime I try to talk about relationships and such...what did I trigger everytime I mentioned something related to it? I just left it in the back of my mind to deal with later. I walked into the room Adri had allowed me to stay in and I couldn't believe the size of the place...my cell rang and I quickly picked it up.

"Sanders."

"Greg, it's Grissom."

"Hey boss," I began. "What's up?"

"I would like it if you somehow made up an excuse to say with Adri for a while longer..." Grissom began. That wasn't like him...

"Something wrong?" I asked, fearing the answer.

"There was a threat to Adri written with what appears to be red paint on one of her walls," Grissom began. "Since you know her better than any of us, I believe it'd be better if someone she knew was near her at all times..."

"I don't know Griss..." I began. I'm worried about where our friendship would lead from our last arguement...

"Greg, it'd be better this way than having cops behind her everywhere she goes..."

"I actually did think about it earlier...but I'll do it just so they don't have Brass or any of his men following her," I said as I looked at the closed door of the guest room I was in.

"Good," Grissom said. "Good night," he said as he hung up. I was basically pushed to stay with Adri although I did want to anyway to make sure that she'd be all right. I stepped out of the room briefly and I could still hear sobs coming from another room in the house. Adri was crying and she refueses to let me in on whatever her problem is...things were going to be rather tense between us if I didn't get to the bottom of what bothers her or makes her snap at me soon...

The next morning
Greg

I woke up at around ten and got up hesitantly. My door opened, revealing a clamer Adri. Her hair was wet and down, revealing it's length to me yet again. Her eyes were clean of tears and she had half a smile decorating her lips. She was wearing yellow stripped pj bottoms with a blue and pink polka dot pattern top.

"You want anything?" she asked. "I just woke up and showered."

"What are you planning on making?" I asked.

"A little something my dad used to cook for me. Would you like to try it?"

"Sure, why not? As long as it's not instant pancakes or waffels...it's fine with me..." Adri laughed lightly at my comment and shook her head.

"You'll like it..." she said with a smile and left. She seemed to change personalities quickly...but it couldn't be that she has some sort of mental unstableness because if she did, she wouldn't have been hired by Grissom. It must be the talk of relationships that triggers it...but what do I trigger when I say it? Failiures? Rejections? Abuse? The last one certainly explains the black eye and the bruise in her arm but why would someone hurt her like that? I showered and dressed in some of the extra clothes she had and couldn't believe that they fit me perfectly. I slowly made my way downstairs and found the kitchen due to the scent of Adri's cooking. I noticed that Colin was in his pet bed, sound asleep. "How'd you sleep?" she asked, breaking the silence.

"Incredible...that bed must be the most comfortable one I've ever slept on...even better than mine..." I responded, causing her to smile. "Look, I'm really sorry about last night. I said some things that were out of line and I tried to cross a line that you'd set on your own for some reason or another. I just want you to know that I'm here to listen and if you ever need my help with anything, I'll be glad to do so..." I glanced at her and she turned away but I was able to see the color her cheeks had begun to take and the big smile that was forming in her lips.

"Thanks Greg...that's real sweet of you..." Adri said as she set a plate before me. "It's an inside out sandwich. The egg's scrambeled and on top instead of inside," she explained as she handed me a fork and a knife. "Want some bacon?" she asked as she headed over to the stove to cook her own breakfast.

"I don't want to force you to do any extra work..." I began.

"You dunce!" she cried. "I'm going to make myself some and I just asked so I can put in a few extra pieces if you wanted."

"Oh..." I said, slightly embarrassed. "Then, in that case, sure..."

"All right then," Adri said as she pulled out another frying pan and I took a bite out of my breakfast. It wasn't that bad...it was really good. "What would you like to drink?"

"Milk would be fine," I said in between mouthfulls. Adri placed a glass with said drink before me and I nearly finished it in one swallow. She then sat across from me and began to eat her food, passing me the bacon that was in another plate. "You're a good cook," I complimented with a smile.

"Thanks," she said after swallowing. "So, you want me to drive you back to your place now?" she asked. "Or do you want the grand tour before you leave?"

"Actually..." I began. "Grissom called last night...he said that there was a threat written on one of the walls in your place and he wants you stay with someone..."

"And you want to be that person?" she said in a tone I couldn't identify.

"Look, I find it better than Nick, Warrick, Sara or Cath...we've gotten to know each other over the past week...and this house is just too big for you alone so...think about it..."

"I wouldn't want to go against Grissom's orders and you do have a point...this house is too big for me to stay solo at a time like this..."

"So..."

"You can stay Greg...just be careful with what you say or try to do..." she whispered. I couldn't keep my eyes off her for that moment.

"No prob," I said with reasurance.

"We'll swing by your place and pick up some of your stuff whenever you feel like it..." Adri said as she finished her breakfast.

"I'll clean up..." I said as I began to pick up the dirty dishes. She shook her head and got up to help. "No, I'll do it...I want to help..."

"Fine, you win," Adri said simply. She left the kitchen and I could hear her fading footsteps as she made her way upstairs. I loaded the dishes into the dishwasher and made my way to the guest room I was satying in. I looked around and smiled at the sight of how big the place was. I was glad that she agreed to my stay in here...the place really is too big for her...

Okay...there it is...Chapter seven...hope you liked...next one should be up by next week...depending on my mood and the response I get...(I start school next week...I can't believe it...I'm a senior...) Until next chappie readers!

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