A/N: Hey everyone! It's time to speed up. So I skipped ahead, time wise. Anywhoo, I hope you like it! Enjoy!

The Next Thursday...(Hannah's Birthday)

Hannah walked into the lab and was headed to the locker room when she ran into Grissom.

"Hi Grissom." She said to him smiling.

"Hello. Happy Birthday." Grissom said smiling. "We only have a small case today if you wanted to do something for your birthday."

"Thanks. But I wanted to come in."

"What, no plans with dad?"

"No sir. He has plans with some friends of his."

"Oh. Well, I don't know if Greg is here yet, but shift starts in a half an hour."

"Okay. Thanks. I'll see you later." Hannah said turning to walk away.

"Okay, see you later Hannah." Grissom said walking toward his office with a grin on his face.

"Uncle Grissom you look really happy. What happened?" Lindsey said as Grissom entered his office.

"Nothing."

"Uncle Grissom...tell me! Please?"

"Nope."

"Fine. Be that way." Lindsey said reaching into her back pack. "Look, I made this for Hannah." She said pulling out card made out of construction paper. Grissom looked at the drawing of two girls doing something, but he couldn't make out what it was.

"That is beautiful sweetheart. I think that will be her favorite." Grissom said smiling. He hugged Lindsey and took her to see if Greg had arrived yet.

Meanwhile...

Hannah walked up and down the hallway looking for someone to talk to. She stopped at one of the layout rooms and saw Nick.

"Hey Nick."

"Hey Birthday Girl." Nick said walking to her. He hugged her and they both smiled. "Happy Birthday."

"Thanks Nick. What are you doing?"

"I am just going through some evidence on the West case. Court date is in a few days."

"Oh. I wonder if the pictures have been developed yet." Hannah said as Sara walked in.

"Well, we can find that out after shift starts." Sara said smiling. "For now Hannah, Grissom says he wanted to see you in the break room. It sounded pretty important." Sara said smiling to Nick.

"Oh...okay." Hannah shrugged as she walked out. Unknowingly followed by Nick and Sara. Hannah walked into the break room and noticed the light was off. "Hello? Grissom?"

"SURPRISE!" Everyone yelled as she turned on the light.

"Oh my God!" Hannah said putting a hand on her mouth. She spotted Greg and pointed at him. "You!"

"Not it wasn't me I swear!" Greg said innocently. "It's all Catherine. Blame her."

"What? Catherine?" Hannah said turning around and came face to face with her. Catherine noticed she had tears in her eyes.

"Happy Birthday Hannah." Catherine said hugging her.

"Thank you. So much." Hannah said hugging her tighter.

"Hannah!" Lindsey yelled running to her. "Happy Birthday." Lindsey said handing her the card.

"Thanks shortie." She said smiling as everyone took a seat. She opened the card and began to read it out loud. "Happy Birthday Hannah. I love spending time with you. You are very fun to hang out with and you are very cool. Love Lindsey." Hannah read turning to Lindsey. "Thanks Linds."

"You're welcome." Lindsey said returning the hug.

"So, what is this a picture of Linds?" Greg asked staring at the card.

"It is when Hannah came over and we popped the bubble wrap." Lindsey said smiling.

"Ah. Okay." Greg said placing the card on the table.

"Okay Hannah. Nobody except for Greg really knew what to get for you. But something else came in just in time and I figured it would make a good gift." Grissom said pick up a large box from the floor.

There was an envelope taped to the side that was about to fall off. Hannah picked up the envelope and opened it. There was no card inside, so she turned it upside down on the table. Five tickets to a Shania Twain concert fell out.

"Oh my God!" Hannah screamed as Lindsey's eyes widened. Hannah turned to Catherine and Grissom. "Thank you so much." She said hugging Grissom.

"Thank everyone. Everybody chipped in."

"Thank you. So much." Hannah said looking down again. "But why are there five of them?"

"You can take four other people with you. I think I already know one of them." Grissom said as he watched Lindsey cling to Hannah's side.

"Don't worry Linds. You coming with me is a given. That is, if it is alright with your mom."

"Hmm, well..." Catherine said smiling.

"Mommy please? Please!"

"Okay alright, I don't see why not." Catherine said smiling at Hannah.

"Hey Hannah, why don't you tell us who the other lucky people are?" Greg said with his arm around Sara.

"Well, let's see. I could take David, or Archie. I know Nick would like to go." Hannah said smiling at Greg.

"Hannah!"

"Okay, seriously. You and Sara can come. And maybe Aaron too."

"Yeah, I thought so." Greg said smiling at her playfully.

"Okay Hannah. Open the box next." Grissom said getting excited.

"Okay. Man this is heavy." She said moving it in front of her seat.

She tore the paper and cut the tape around the box. She reached in and pulled out a vest. On the back it said 'LVPD Crime Scene Investigation' and on the front right pocket it said 'CARSON'. She placed the vest on the table and pulled out a hat that had the police department's symbol on the front and said 'H.Carson' on the back brim. The last thing she pulled out of the box was her own field kit. It was in a silver case like everyone else had, and it had 'Hannah Carson' inscribed on the front.

"Oh, wow. I- I don't know what to say. I mean this- This is awesome. Thank you." Hannah said turning to Grissom and Catherine. Grissom parted from Catherine and walked closer to Hannah.

"You are very welcome." He said reaching into his pocket. "You know, the set isn't complete without one of these." He said pulling out her ID. The chain ran down his finger and Hannah watched it dangle for a moment. She took it from his hand and stared at it for a few seconds.

Name: Hannah Carson

CSI Level: Trainee

D.O.B.: 7/22/88

Height: 5'4

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

"So? Do you want to try everything on?" Catherine asked smiling.

"Yes. Absolutely." Hannah said as Greg handed her the vest. Hannah put on the vest and hat as Catherine helped her slip the chain for her ID over her head. "Wow."

"You look great. Congratulations Hannah." Greg said hugging her tightly.

"How does everything feel?" Sara asked from behind Greg.

"Oh it feels great!" Hannah said unable to stop smiling. "Thank you all so much."

"No problem." Everyone said their congratulations and happy birthdays and took their seats.

"Okay Hannah. We have about fifteen minutes, what do you say we have your cake?" Grissom said looking at the clock.

"What cake?"

"This one." Said a tall boy about Hannah's age carrying a cake.

"Aaron! What are you- How did you know about this?" She said hugging her friend.

"Well, I got a call from someone from the LVPD and I got nervous. Don't ask me why, I haven't done anything, it just made me nervous. It turns out it was...who was it? Oh yeah, Sara Sidle." Aaron said turning to wave to Sara.

"Thank you for coming Aaron." Sara said shaking his hand.

"No problem. Ask Hannah, with me here, now it's a real party." He said smiling. "Of course, I thought Captain Genius over there would have been the first to call me about this."

"Well I would have but- Hey! Enough with the Captain Genius thing already." Greg said trying not to laugh. "Anyway, I would have but I didn't know about it until this morning. It was all the work of this talented lady here." Greg said putting an arm around Sara. "And those two over there, Catherine and Grissom."

"Hello, Hannah has told me a lot about you guys. She says that Mr. Grissom has a nice office." Aaron said smiling. As he shook their hands.

"Okay, that makes two people who like it. Catherine, cancel the decorators." Grissom joked as Lindsey walked over to him.

"I like your office uncle Grissom."

"Okay. Three." He said hugging her.

"And who is this pretty little girl?" Aaron said as he and Hannah walked over to Lindsey.

"I'm Lindsey Willows. I'm seven and a half and you're cute. Are you Hannah's boyfriend?" Lindsey said as everyone started to laugh.

"Wow, that is the best compliment I have ever received. No Lindsey, I'm not Hannah's boyfriend."

"Oh, okay. I still think you're cute though."

"Well, thank you." Aaron said as Catherine and Sara passed out the cake. Everyone ate their cake and talked about past experiences...especially Greg. Everyone joked around about his ever popular nickname.

"Yeah, it was hilarious. Really, you should have been there." Hannah said as Greg pouted.

"Oh come on Greg. Lighten up. Laugh a little. You know it's funny." Aaron said as Greg smiled.

"Yeah. Okay, I guess it was funny. But let's talk about something else."

"Uh, no time. Shift starts in a few minutes." Grissom said as everyone tossed their plates in the trash.

"Well, I guess I should get going." Aaron said standing up.

"Aaron, you are welcome to stay here for a while if you'd like." Grissom offered as Aaron looked to Greg and Hannah.

"Um, sure. Okay. I guess that could be educational. But I have to be home by 11:30." He said smiling.

"You mom upped your curfew?" Hannah asked looking at him.

"Only for tonight because of your schedule."

"Oh. Nice." She said smiling.

"I can give you a ride home when I go on break." Greg said from the corner of the room.

"Okay. Thanks."

"Great. A few things first though. You can follow Hannah and who ever she is with but you can't touch any evidence. And if Hannah has to go into the field or do through an interrogation, you are going to have to hang out with Greg. Okay?" Grissom said as everyone sat down to wait for assignments.

"Yes sir." Aaron said sitting next to Hannah. Lindsey ran up and took the chair next to Aaron.

"Okay people. New shift, new case. Nick and Warrick you have a robbery to work on for now. Catherine, Sara, and Hannah you are going to help me review the evidence for court on the West case. Nick, Warrick, if you guys need help then Hannah can go with you. But for now she is with me."

"Okay. We will let you know once we get to the scene." Nick said as Grissom handed him the assignment slip. Nick and Warrick left for the locker room as Grissom finished.

"Sara and Catherine, I want you to see if those pictures from the autopsy have been developed. If not, tell the tech to have them rushed. We need those photos for court." Grissom said as Catherine and Sara left. "Lindsey, you're with Greg. And Hannah you are with me. Put all of this stuff in your locker first, and meet me in the layout room."

"My locker? Grissom I don't have one."

"Oh. Shoot. I knew I forgot to put something in that box." Grissom said smiling and handing her a set of keys. "Here, it's the one between Greg and Sara's lockers."

"Cool. Thanks." She said as she started to leave the room followed by Aaron.

"Hannah, can I come with you? Please?" Linsdey begged.

"Uh, sure. I don't have a problem with it. But you have to go to Greg's lab after we leave the locker room okay?"

"Okay. Cool!" Lindsey said walking out between Hannah and Aaron. Hannah put her things in her locker and stopped at the vending machine to get Lindsey a snack. Lindsey rejoined them and took Aaron's hand as the walked to the lab. They dropped her off with Greg and headed to the layout room.

"Aaron, I think you have a new friend." Hannah said once they were walking alone.

"Really? Do ya think?"

"Umm, nope. No I don't." Hannah answered as they laughed. They reached the layout room where Grissom was already waiting.

"Hey guys, did you get lost?" Grissom asked smiling.

"No, we had a ghost." Hannah said smiling.

"Oh. I see." He said holding up one of the pictures taken from the victims bedroom. "This is the only wound that is in the pictures and that is still visible on her body."

"So that means that she received it at least twenty four hours before she was killed."

"How do you figure that?" Aaron asked obviously interested.

"Well, it's a basic time line. Her father hits her, it takes a few hours minimum for the bruises to show up. Then she has to take the pictures and find the time to get them developed without getting caught."

"Oh. I get it now."

"Very good." Grissom said smiling at them.

"Grissom, did you get anything useful from the diary?"

"Actually I did. Not only did she write down personal thoughts, like how much she wanted to go to the police for example, but she also recorded the dates that she had been beaten. Also, under all of the pictures in the box, I found doctors notes and hospital bills for various dates."

"Well, if the guy kept bringing her into the hospital don't you think they would have gotten suspicious?"

"Well, it seems that it wasn't her father bringing her there. She must've had a friend help her after the fact. The bills aren't even addressed to their house. I think she kept them as more evidence against her father."

"Yeah, I guess so." Hannah said as Nick walked in to the room.

"Hey guys. What's up?"

"Hey Nick. How is your case?"

"Good. Hey Grissom, I think we might need Hannah after all. Do you need her at the moment?"

"Uh, no. Not now. Hannah, do you mind going with Nick?"

"Of course not. If you guys need my help, I'm all for it."

"Well, somebody likes their job." Aaron said smiling. "I guess I'll go hang out with Greg. He should be taking me home soon anyway."

"You can come with me to my locker first."

"Okay."

"I'm going to go tell Greg that you're coming Aaron." Nick said leaving.

"Thanks." Aaron called after him as he and Hannah headed to the locker room. Hannah put on her vest and hat before shutting her locker and going to find Nick.

"So? How do I look?" Hannah asked Aaron as they walked through the hallway.

"I don't like it. It looks horrible." He said smiling jokingly at her.

"Hey! No, come on seriously."

"No seriously. It is the worst thing I have ever seen." He said as Hannah punched his arm. "Okay. Actually I like it. You look like a real CSI."

"Thank you. Technically I'm not that far from it." Hannah said smiling. She stopped as she saw her father walking down the hallway toward her.

"Daddy? What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see where you worked. Wow, I like the vest. When did you get that?" He asked smiling and looking at Aaron. "Hi Aaron." He said as Aaron nodded respectfully.

"My boss got it for me. It was a birthday gift from the whole team."

"Wow, it's nice." He said as Nick walked up to them.

"Hey Hannah, are you ready to go?" Nick said looking at her dad. "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt."

"Not at all. Dad, this is one of the guys I work with. This is Nick Stokes." Hannah said as the two men shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Stokes. I hope you don't mind my asking, but are you related to the former DA of Dallas?"

"Yes sir, he is my father."

"Oh. Well Hannah, I'm sorry for keeping you from work Hannah, I just-" He stopped as Greg walked toward them.

"Hey Aaron, what happened? I was waiting for you and you never came outside." Greg said seeing Hannah's dad. Nick noticed Hannah's eyes grow wide.

"Oh, hello Mr. Carson. It's been a while."

"Yes. It has." He said simply as he looked at Hannah. "We can finish talking at home." He said leaving. Hannah hugged Aaron and thanked him for coming before he left with Greg. She then followed Nick outside to his truck.

"Hannah, what just happened in there?" Nick asked as Hannah strapped her seat belt.

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I'm talking about. Between your dad and Greg."

"Oh that. My dad just doesn't like Greg that much."

"Does that have anything to do with what happened to your brother?"

"Yes. My dad blames Greg. Probably as much as Greg blames himself."

"Man. What about Aaron? Does your dad like him?"

"Well, let's just say that he likes Aaron more than Greg. But he doesn't like it that my only friend in school is a guy."

"I can see where he would have a problem with that. But it is his nature probably."

"Yeah. I guess you're right." Hannah said as they rode the rest of the way on silence.

Later that shift...

"Hey Greg, I need to talk to you for a minute please." Ecklie said angrily walking into the lab.

"Okay. But whatever it is I didn't do it." Greg said giving Lindsey a coloring book.

"Alone please." Ecklie said looking at Lindsey.

"Oh. Okay." Greg said crouching down. "Hey Linds, here is a dollar. Why don't you get some M&M's from the machine down the hall."

"But mommy says I can't have anymore sweets."

"I won't tell if you won't." Greg said offering his hand for their secret hand shake. Lindsey left the room and Greg stood up again. "Okay Ecklie. What is this about?"

"You had better let your little friend know that she won't be around here much longer."

"What are you talking about?"

"She contaminated two of my experiments in the lab today. When I tell the sheriff, he will see that this whole thing was a big mistake."

"I'm sure she didn't mean to."

"Well, still, it is risky to have her around here. I'm surprised Grissom didn't say the same thing when you first handed him the idea."

"Look Ecklie, I'm sure you can conduct your experiment again. It's a lab, accidents happen."

"All the same, I'm still going to the sheriff. And I can guarantee you that she will be out of here within the next few days." He said turning to leave.

"Ecklie, please, you can't do this." Greg said as Ecklie just walked out.

Meanwhile......

"Hey Grissom it's Sara, yeah we got the pictures. Catherine and I are going to go over them now."

"Okay. Get back to me if anything interesting pops up."

"Okay. Talk to you later. Bye." Sara said hanging up her phone and sitting next to Catherine in the layout room.

"Alright, are you ready?" Catherine asked Sara as she took her seat.

"Yep. Let's crack it open." Sara said as Catherine tore the seal on the envelope.

"Oh man, this girl was beaten pretty hard."

"Yeah, it looks like over a year based on the overlapping bruises." Sara said as she got up to get a pen form the corner table.

"Oh my God." Catherine said as she flipped through the pictures.

"What?"

"Sara, who took these pictures?"

"I took one, then Hannah did the rest why?"

"Who is holding the marker in this one?" Catherine said holding up the picture of the victim's chest.

"Which one?" Sara said not turning around to face her.

"Anna West's chest."

"Uh, that was the picture I shot so Hannah was holding the ruler, why?" Sara asked, puzzled at Catherine's unusual question. She walked over and looked at the picture.

"Oh God." Sara said taking the picture from Catherine.

A/N: AH! hehehe. So? Don't worry, I won't leave anyone hanging too long. Just keep reading! LOL You look for updates, I'll go look for my sanity. I hope you liked it!

Sweet Jorja