A/N: Hey y'all! In case anyone hasn't noticed, I have been and will be a lot and I repeat A LOT of updates. And it just wouldn't be right if I didn't update this story too. I have a lot to put in all of my stories. I will most likely do one or two chapters a day. Man I tell ya...never get grounded for three weeks, it throws off your whole schedule and puts you weeks behind on you updates. Anywhoo enjoy!

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"Hey Warrick, have you seen Greg or Hannah?" Sara called to her friend as he walked toward her.

"No not yet. Sorry Sara."

"Oh, it's okay. What about Catherine and Grissom?"

"Oh yeah. They came in with Lindsey a little while ago. I think they're in Griss' office."

"Great. Thanks!" She called back after she had started walking away.

Sara walked to Grissom's office and was about to knock when she heard something inside. She smiled to herself. It was Grissom laughing and playing with Lindsey. After so many years of knowing him, she was glad to know that he was finally happy. As much as she hated to break up the moment, she knock on the door and frowned when she heard the laughter stop.

"Come in."

"Hey guys." Sara said smiling as she stuck her head in.

"Oh hey Sara." Grissom said arranging some papers on his desk. Catherine just looked at the floor, never saying a word. Somehow Lindsey picked up on the tension and spoke.

"Hi Sara! Are you still sad?"

"No, I feel better sweetie thanks." She said hugging her and standing up again. "Catherine, Grissom, can I talk to you guys for a minute? Please?" Sara said as Catherine looked up, her eyes filled with anger.

"Um Lindsey, why don't you go see if Greg is here." Grissom said to Lindsey so they could be alone.

"Okay. Bye mommy."

"Bye baby." Catherine said watching Sara walk toward her after closing the door.

"I, uh, I just wanted to apologize for my behavior yesterday. I know there is no excuse for it so I won't try to come up with one. And Catherine I am so sorry about what I said to you. You are my friend, and it killed me when I realized what I said. And I'm sorry if I hurt you." Sara was so nervous, she practically let it all out in one breath. Grissom sighed and took off his glasses.

"Sara, I'm glad you came to us to apologize. I can see that you did a lot of thinking about what happened." Grissom said as he looked at Catherine.

"Catherine? Please say something." Sara begged as she watched Grissom gesture toward her.

"I only want to say that it's good that you apologized to us, but I know two other people who need to hear it a little more." Catherine said sternly finally looking at Sara.

"Oh yeah, I know, I tried to find them when I got here but Warrick said they hadn't shown up yet. I'm going to talk to them next though. Catherine you have no idea how bad I feel about all of this. You are one of my best friends, I can't bear to have you mad at me."

"I know. I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have gotten so, worked up. I know you didn't mean how it sounded. And I..."

"No Catherine. I should've kept my mouth shut." Sara said taking a step toward her.

"So does this mean you two are friends again?" Grissom said smiling.

"Yes. Definitely." Catherine said finally smiling. She got up and hugged her friend.

"Well, I uh hate to break up this little 'moment' but shift started five minutes ago."

"Oh wait, I need to talk to Hannah and Greg."

"You can deal with that after I hand out assignments."

"Alright." Sara sighed as they headed toward the break room where everyone was waiting. They all looked up as the three filed in. All eyes went to Sara as she sat next to Greg. "Hey Greg." She said smiling, trying to lighten the mood.

"Hey." He said simply, his eyes never leaving the floor. He sounded so sad. It made her feel so guilty.

"Okay first I want to say thank you to everyone for coming in a few hours earlier on short notice, I know a few of you pulled a double last night so I'm grateful. Also I'd like to say nice work everyone on your cases last night. And I also would like to compliment Hannah for doing so well on her first case. Anyway, we have only one case to work tonight, so everyone can work together. Hannah, I want you to stick with Sara. And starting tonight you can collect evidence, perform tests, the whole nine yards. Sara will show you how do everything okay."

"Yes sir."

"Great. Okay, officers found the body of a teenage girl on the side of a highway just outside of Vegas. I'll go into more detail at the scene. I know you are all grown ups and you don't need me to say this but it is part of the job, we are going to be outside for a few hours and the sun is still out so make sure you use common sense and use sun screen and wear a hat or something. Catherine and Nick you're with me. Warrick go and wait with Doc Robbins until the body arrives. Sara and Hannah, we will meet you there."

"Hey Greg, do you mind?" Catherine said pointing to Lindsey.

"Of course not. Come on shortie."

"Uh, Greg. Can I talk to you and Hannah for a second?" Sara asked as Greg slowly nodded as he turned to Lindsey.

"Hey Linds, can you go to the lab and wait for me? I think I have some juice in the fridge for you." Greg said kneeling down.

"Okay. Bye Hannah, bye Sara." Lindsey said running down the hall.

"What's up Sara?" Greg said turning to her.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for what I said yesterday. Hannah, I didn't realize how it actually sounded until last night. It probably sounded like I didn't want you here, but I'm glad you are. And Greg, I didn't mean to be so disrespectful to you. You have been so nice to me, and when I realized how I sounded, I felt terrible. I'm so sorry."

"Sara, it's okay. Really."

"No, it's not okay. Ever since I came here I have been so mean to you and sure you can be silly at times, but you are also nice to me. And I'm sorry. And I want to make it up to you. If you don't have plans tomorrow night, I would like to go out to dinner with you, my treat." She said smiling to him as he looked at her in surprise.

"Wait a minute, did Sara 'I'd never go out with Greg in a million years' Sidle just ask me out to dinner?" Greg said looking at Hannah.

"I believe she did." Hannah said smiling.

"Okay, but I've heard that on a date, the guy is supposed to pay. So don't bring your wallet."

"But Greg I already said that it was my treat."

"Wow, isn't it amazing how stubborn she is? I knew you would be stubborn. I've been wanting to have dinner with you for a long time, and I'm going to pay for it." Greg said smiling matter-of-factly.

"Okay. How is seven? I looked at the schedule and we both have tomorrow night off."

"Sure. Well, I have to get to the lab before Lindsey gets bored and starts mixing chemicals again. I'll see you guys later."

"See ya Greg."

"Bye Captain Genius." Hannah said smiling at Greg as he turned around.

"Hannah! I said not at work!"

"He he sorry Greggo." She said as Sara started laughing.

"Captain Genius huh? I bet there is a good story around that one." Sara said smiling at Hannah.

"Hannah don't you dare!" Greg said blushing.

"Don't worry Greg. You can tell me all about it at dinner tomorrow night." Sara said smiling as Greg walked off to his lab. "Hey Hannah, I just want you to know how sorry I am about yesterday. I usually am not like that. And since we got off on the wrong foot, I would like to start over." Sara said as Hannah smiled, extending her hand.

"Hi, I'm Hannah Carson." She said smiling.

"Hi Hannah, I'm Sara Sidle. It's nice to meet you." She said smiling as she shook Hannah's hand.

"Yes, Greg has told me about you."

"I'm sure he has. Anyway, I think we had better get going before the team gets worried."

"Okay." Hannah said walking to the door and stopping for Sara to catch up. "I guess I should follow you because I don't know which car is yours."

"Well, I can't blame you for that since we all have the same kind. But first I need to stop in the locker room to grab my hat. I have an extra you can use."

"Cool, thanks." Hannah said following her to her locker.

They got their hats and headed to Sara's car. They drove to the crime scene as Sara explained collecting evidence to Hannah. When they arrived, David was already putting the body in the Coroner's van. They quickly went to Grissom so he could give them instructions and they could get to work.

"Grissom! Hey Grissom!" Sara called as she and Hannah walked over to him.

"It's about time. I was wondering what happened to you."

"Oh yeah, sorry about that. We would've been here a little earlier but I had to talk to Greg and then we hit traffic on the way here." Sara said defending herself.

"Okay then, just get started. Hannah, you can use the spare kit in the back of my Tahoe until I can put one together for you. Sara do you have a spare vest?"

"I think so, I'll check when I get my kit."

"Okay. If not, Catherine's spare vest is in my truck as well. Any questions?" Grissom asked anxious to get back to work.

"No sir." Hannah said looking at Sara.

"Okay, get going. Nick is on the other side of the scene, he found evidence from a possible transport vehicle. You can help him."

"Okay. Hannah, are you ready?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright. You get the kit from Grissom's truck. I'll call over to you if I can't find my other vest." Sara said as they went their separate ways. They got their things and met with Nick.

"Hey guys." Nick greeted as they approached him.

"Hi Nick. Are you behaving over here all by yourself?" Sara teased putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Always. Hey Hannah, how are you doing?"

"I'm good. You?"

"Never better." He said smiling.

"So what have you got?" Sara said kneeling next to him.

"I found these tire tracks and they looked fresh, so I figured I should look around a bit. It could just be nothing though."

"You could be right. I mean why would the guy stop all the way over here if he was carting a dead body?" Sara said pointing to the other end of the scene. "What do you think Hannah?"

"Well, if these tracks are relevant, maybe the guy thought the same thing Sara did. That his tracks are too far from the body so he wouldn't be a suspect."

"Nice. You could have a point there." Nick said as Hannah slowly walked along the side of the road. "What's up? Did you find something?"

"Maybe. Did you see the victim?"

"Yeah, why?"

"What kind of shoes was she wearing?"

"Uh, some type of boots. Why?"

"I think I know why the tire tracks are here instead of where we found her. Look, these footprints look like she was running. And here, she was either tackled by the killer or she tripped. It isn't easy to run in boots, so it could have been either way." Hannah said pointing to the ground.

"Yeah, but she wasn't killed here. There is no blood here. But I think I'll call Catherine over here, she can help us photograph everything." Sara said walking over next to Nick. She picked up her radio to call her over. "Catherine this is Sara, can you hear me?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

"We found something interesting over here. Can you help us photograph and collect everything?"

"Uh, sure. Give me a minute, over."

"Ten four." Sara said placing the clip back on her belt as Catherine made her way to them.

"Hey guys. What did you find?"

"Hannah found some footprints and possible drag marks that could be from our vic." Nick explained as Sara showed Hannah how to use the plaster and casting tools.

"Okay then, let's get this done so we can get back to the lab and log everything." Catherine said walking next to Hannah. "God Hannah, aren't you hot in that shirt?" Catherine said looking at Hannah's zip up hoodie.

"Not really, it's lighter than it looks."

"Still, it's almost 100 degrees, even Grissom is wearing short sleeves." Catherine said as Nick started laughing.

"Well, I guess I could roll up my sleeves a little bit." Hannah said pushing her sleeves up to her elbows. "Is that okay?"

"For now it is. But I don't want you to be out here too long, you could get sick if you get too hot. I'll talk to Grissom about you and Sara taking some of the evidence back ahead of us okay?"

"Yes ma'am." Hannah said as she began to cast one of the boot prints. After about a half an hour, Grissom came to them to see what they were up to.

"Hey, I was wondering where you went to." He said walking up behind Catherine.

"What the? Grissom don't do that! You scared me!" Catherine scolded as everyone started to laugh.

"I'm sorry dear." He said mockingly, smiling sheepishly.

"Funny, you just wait Gil Grissom. You'll get yours. Just wait."

"Yeah okay. What have you guys found over here?"

"Bootprints that could belong to the victim." Sara said smiling.

"Good work. At least now we know why the tracks were found over here." Grissom said kneeling down do examine one of the tracks. "Do you guys have any full rolls of film that need to be developed or anything that you want me to take back with me?"

"Uh, yeah. We have two rolls of film and molds of the prints." Nick said handing him the film.

"Oh, Gil. Would you mind if Hannah and Sara followed you back?" Catherine asked smiling at him, and he couldn't resist.

"Sure why not. You and Nick can wrap up here and I could use the help logging everything in. That is after I see Doc Robbins and David about the body." Grissom sighed.

"Oh, poor Grissom. You have it so hard." Catherine said smiling playfully.

"Okay, I'm leaving now. Are you and Hannah ready to leave now or are you going to follow me?" Grissom said turning to Sara.

"Um, unless you guys need us here, I think we can go."

"We can handle it. Go ahead." Nick said standing up and walking to Sara. "Hey, you can take this roll too. Wait, there is one left. Smile." He said snapping a picture of Sara. He popped out the roll and handed it to Hannah who was waiting with an open bag.

"Hey Sara, I'm going to have Hannah ride with me. I have some things I have to ask her. Okay?"

"Sure. I'll see you later."

"Okay Sara. Bye." Hannah said walking away with Grissom. "Oh Sara, your vest."

"You can hold on to it for now."

"Okay. Thanks." Hannah said catching up with Grissom.

"So what do you think about everything so far?" Grissom asked once they were on the road.

"I think it's amazing! I love being able to take photos and collect evidence. It's like I get to do my dream job before I even graduate." She said smiling.

"I'm glad you're enjoying it. But of course it isn't always fun. Sometimes we get a case that effects us. I just want you to be aware of that."

"Yes sir."

"You know Hannah, you don't have to call me sir. I appreciate the respect, but you can just call me Grissom, okay?"

"Yes sir." She said smiling. "Sorry. Habit."

"It's okay. It's how you were raised. Nick was the same way his first few weeks, and now look at him." Grissom said smiling. "Oh, you don't mind if we stop at McDonalds for a minute do you? Catherine asked me to pick up some dinner for Lindsey."

"It's okay."

"Do you want anything? You don't have to pay me back."

"No thank you. Greg has my dinner at the lab."

"Okay." He said pulling up to make his order. He got the food and headed for the lab. "Hannah, for future reference, and I should have asked you this yesterday, can you handle the sight of blood or a dead body?"

"Yes. I was actually the only girl in my biology class who didn't get sick or grossed out when we had to dissect a pig."

"You had to do that as a freshmen?"

"Well, I am ahead in my science class by one year. People think it's weird that a girl my age isn't disturbed by things like that."

"Well, weird is good. What do your friends think? I mean aside from Greg." He said smiling.

"Well, I have one friend besides Greg. Aaron is like me. He loves science and he took biology with me too."

"Is Aaron your boyfriend or something?"

"No. We have been friends since we were little. He is more like a brother to me."

"Well that's nice. Anyway, once we get back to the lab, I want you and Sara to start logging in evidence with me and if you want, you can watch and take notes during the autopsy."

"Sure. That would be great."

"Okay. Well let's get started. There is Sara." He said pointing to her as they pulled into a parking space.

They went to the break room so Sara and Grissom could get coffee and then to the locker room to drop off a few things. Grissom went to give Lindsey her dinner and then headed off to the evidence locker where they would spend the next hour and a half logging in evidence.

"Finally, everything is logged in, tagged, and listed." Sara said closing the last box. "I thought I was going to go blind."

"Okay, I'm going to call Robbins to see if he has finished his preliminary autopsy." Grissom said dialing the number. After confirming that everything was complete, the three made their way to the morgue. They walked in and Doc Robbins looked at Hannah, confused.

"Hey Doc. What do you have for us?" Grissom asked noticing that he was staring at Hannah. "Oh sorry, this is Hannah Carson. She is being mentored by the team for a while."

"Oh, okay. Hello Hannah, I'm Al Robbins. Welcome aboard."

"Thank you." She said shaking his hand.

"Okay Doc, what do you have?"

"Anna West, 15 years old, died from blunt force trauma to the head. I was able to ID her through AFIS. Her prints were on file from her high school."

"Okay, what are your findings?"

"I noticed bruising on various areas of her body, so I took x-rays. Some of the bruises are old, some are fresh. The x-rays revealed facial fractures, some old, some fresh. She also has a broken right arm, and a healed fracture on her left that probably occurred a few months ago."

"Are you thinking long term abuse?" Sara asked looking at the x-rays.

"Possibly. Maybe who ever has been doing this to her went too far. I knew you would probably ask, yes I did a rape kit. No physical findings. I think to find out approximately how long she has been abused, you should take some ultraviolet photos later when you search her for evidence, to see the overall extent of the bruising. Who knows, you might find something I missed."

"Okay. Sara, would you and Hannah mind taking the pictures?"

"It's fine with me. Hannah?"

"Sure."

"Good. Take Polaroids and ultraviolet photos. Anything else?"

"Not at the moment. Doc if you're finished, we can start processing her now."

"Okay, I'm done with her now." Doc said closing his notes. "I have another case that carried over from day shift to work on."

"Okay, I'm going to go back to the scene and help Nick and Catherine. Sara, you guys can stay here and process her." Grissom said looking back and forth between Sara and Hannah.

"Alright. Are you ready?"

"Yes ma'am." Hannah said nodding.

"Alright then, let's get to work." Sara said grabbing two lab coats and some gloves and handing them to Hannah as Grissom and Doc Robbins left them alone to work.

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A/N: I know this is a really sucky place to stop, and I went really far on my details, and there are a million other things that I over did, but there is a method to my madness. HEHEHE Sorry this chapter was so long...and boring...and well you can fill in the blanks. I would go farther, but one: I don't want to make it too dreadfully long, and two: It's late and I need to go to bed. LOL More to come soon! Check for updates!

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