Sorry doesn't take away fear

A/N: I don't own CSI. Just borrowing with intent to return. R&R please!


Lindsey and her class were headed to a field trip down town Las Vegas. Even though Catherine was reluctant to let her go, since she know what happens to little girls if they're not careful. After a reassuring from Lindsey, and her teacher, she gave in and signed the permission form.

The field trip was an overnight thing hunt. They were staying in a hotel, and it was a two day endeavor. On Friday, they would leave school at 9 a.m. and drive to the hotel. They had 7 chaperones for 15 kids, unfortunately, since Catherine had to work, she couldn't come along.

At 6 a.m. the morning of the trip, Catherine saw Lindsey off to school, and drove to work. Her stomach was in knots, and she couldn't help worrying. Lindsey knew the rules (Catherine had had a 20 minute discussion with her). When she walked into the lab, she didn't have time to fret.

"Cath, you're with Greg at a double homicide. Here's the address," Gil Grissom walked up, handing her a paper with the address. "Greg is getting coffee in the break room; you can go get him there.

"Okay." She walked towards the smell of Greg's Blue Hawaiian coffee. At least Greg might distract her enough not to worry about Lindsey. As if on cue, Greg skipped out the door, almost running into Catherine in the hallway.

"Sorry. Want some coffee? I'll share." He asked.

"No thanks. Thanks though. You want to drive?" She asked, throwing him the keys.

"Yeah! Sara never lets me drive." He started walking towards the door. Catherine laughed quietly and followed.

Once they were in the car, Greg immediately turned on the radio. Nirvana, just what he wanted to hear. Unfortunately, Catherine turned it to something quieter. Greg didn't argue, afraid of losing his driving privileges.

"You're quiet today. Is everything okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm just worried about Lindsey. She's going on a field trip. It's an overnight thing, and they are going to be walking around down town Las Vegas studying other cultures found there. I just don't want her to get hurt." She explained.

"Oh. After we're done here, we could go check up on her if you want. I'm sure Grissom won't mind." He offered.

"That's okay. She has a cell phone. I'll just call her later." They arrived at the crime scene just then, so Catherine had other things on her mind to distract her.

"Double homicide. The bodies were found this early this morning by a co-worker who was picking the husband up for car-pool. There was no answer at the door, so he walked around to look in the back door. They were dead in the kitchen when the paramedics arrived."

"Okay. Thanks" They walked in the door, looking around.

"Nice house" Greg pointed out.

"Yeah." They began processing the scene, and by the time they were done, it had been 3 hours.

They headed back to the lab to scan the prints, and run DNA samples they got.