Geek to Chic

Rating: It's safe.

Disclaimer: I don't own Greg or Sara or Catherine or Gil... need me to keep going?

Summary: Greg Sanders, geeks of all geeks, desperately needs help getting someone's attention at the lab.

A/N: Kay. 4th chapter. It's gettin' pretty good. Sorry if I haven't been updating much. School and band and homework and BLAH. It's stressful. LOL. Its a good thing writing keeps me calm. (:

---- The next night ----

Everyone was busy with something. Catherine and Grissom were wrapping up their case, Nick and Warrick were getting results back from their evidence while Sara and Greg sat in the break room and looked over the evidence they had found at the jewelry store.

"Someone broke the window from the inside." He looked up from the papers and stared at her. 'God, she's beautiful.'

"How do you know?" She pointed to a picture that was blown up in a bigger size.

"The marks on the glass indicate someone must have used a door to get in and broke that window to get out."

"Why not just use the door to go back out?"

"I don't know. Maybe someone caught him... maybe the alarm went off. We'll have to-"

"Get the surveillance cameras." She smiled and nodded her head.

"Exactly."

"Well um... you probably don't need me to go get them, so... I'll see you around?" He stood up from the table and began walking for the doors when she stopped him.

"Wait. You know, there's a lot of cameras in the store. I'd have to finger print them all. Take pictures. The whole scene. Maybe you'd like to help me?"

"A CSI with your kind of talent needs help bagging surveillance cameras?" She smiled sweetly and nodded her head yes. He shrugged his shoulders and grabbed his jacket. "Let's go then."

When they arrived at the store, they put on their white gloves and began bagging the cameras.

"You know, you didn't have to ask me to come. You could've finished this in five minutes easy."

"I know, but... look at it this way. At least you aren't back at the lab running boring tests for Warrick or Nick."

"Ah see, but that's my job. I'm a technician. My job is to... run boring tests for Warrick and Nick." She laughed and finished up with the cameras. They loaded them back into the car when something caught Greg's eye. He slowly walked back to the store and pointed to the window. "Sara? Come here for a second..." She walked over to the window and looked over his shoulder. He could smell her soap, the shampoo she used, the perfume she put on this morning, and feel her body heat. He blinked a good dozen times before he realized what he wanted to show her. He pointed to a piece of black cloth on the window and smirked. "Think it belongs to your guy?"

"Only one way to find out." She bagged the cloth and took out the keys to the Denali. Before she could start the car, Greg walked up to the window and looked down at his feet.

"Um... Sara?" She looked up at him and rested her hands on the steering wheel.

"What's wrong, Greg? Don't you wanna go back to the lab so you can 'run your boring tests for Nick and Warrick?'" She said giggling. He let out a nervous laugh and shook his head no.

"Um... actually, I was kind of wondering." He took a deep breath and tried to stop himself from shaking. "I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me sometime this week, maybe?" She sat there for a few minutes and blinked.

"Go out with you? As in a date?" He nodded his head and bit his lip. He let out a breath he didn't even realize he was holding and threw his hands up in the air.

"You know, I don't even know why I asked. I'm sorr-"

"Well, no. I'd love to go but..."

"Ah, the painful, 'but'..." She frowned.

"No. That's not it at all. It's just... kind of sudden. That's all."

"It's okay. Really. I understand."

"Maybe another time, though."

"Yeah. Oh yeah, sure." He nodded and got back in the car with her. The ride back to the lab was awkward. When she parked the car, they both got out at the same time and walked to the back of the Denali to get the evidence out. They both reached for the same bag and ended up touching. Their hands stayed touching for a few seconds before she blushed and pulled her hand away.

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"Lindsey's homework just... doesn't make sense. Read that to me and tell me if you understand it."

"Read what?"

"The first line of that book." Gil looked up at Catherine and gave her a look.

"Who's homework is more important? Yours or Lindsey's?"

"Well both are important... but..."

"What are you doing with her homework anyways?"

"She's having trouble in Reading and she figured, 'Duh. Dad's a genius in this stuff. Give Mom the homework and let them figure it out for me!' She's too smart for her age." Catherine looked down at the reading book and snorted. "See? This crap doesn't make sense! 'I was there, but I was not there.' What the hell kind of book is this?" Gil looked at the cover of the book and smirked.

"A Lesson Before Dying That's a little too advanced for her, don't you think?"

"It is?"

"Cath, this is a book for a Sophomore in high school." They stopped and watched as Greg walked into the break room. He leaned over Catherine's chair and read the first line of the book out loud.

"'I was there, but I was not there.' Hey. That's from, A Lesson Before Dying. Awesome book."

"You've read it?" Her eye's lit up and she sat up in her chair. He nodded his head and took a seat at the end of the table, away from everyone else. "So you know what the first line of the book means."

"Of course. It's basically how you are all day, Catherine. You're here... but you're not... here." He pointed to the room and then to his head. She rolled her eyes and giggled. Nick and Warrick soon joined them and noticed Greg's face.

"Hey buddy. What's with the sadness?"

"Huh? Oh. I'm just tired."

"If you were tired, you'd be sleeping."

"Well I don't like to sleep on the job." Nick snorted.

"Oh don't give me that! We all love to sleep on the jo-" Gil raised his eyes off of the paperwork and looked up at Nick who smiled innocently and quickly took a seat next to Greg.

"So how's your first week on the job?"

"It's okay. It's way better than what I expected."

"What? You were expecting mean co-workers and a maniac for a boss?" Warrick asked.

"Well you've got the boss part, but... we're not mean!" Catherine exclaimed.

"Well no. I was expecting it to be... boring. It's far from boring." Sara walked through the doors and everyone got quiet. Greg looked down at his hands and tried not to look up at her. Nick and Warrick noticed this and looked back at each other.

"So what's everyone up to?" She leaned against the counter and held a bottle of water in her hand.

"Nothing. Just talking about how Greg likes his new job," Catherine said happily. Gil leaned over and pinched her thigh. She jumped and stared at him. He signaled for her to stop talking about it.

"And how does Greg like his new job?"

"He said he likes it," Warrick tried to keep it simple, but Sara wanted more. She looked down at Greg and sat down at the table.

"Do you like it, Greg?" He nodded and looked up at her.

"I love it." They stared at each other for a few minutes before she shook her head and got up from the table.

"I've... got to go see... Brass about something. I'll see you guys later." Her voice faded down the hallway as she took off running for his office. They all looked back at Greg when she was gone and frowned.

"What happened, dude?"

"Nothing..."

"Something must have happened!"

"I'm serious."

"You know, we are CSIs. We can find anything."

"Would you stop it!" Everyone leaned back in their chairs and looked back at one another. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... yell or anything."

"Just tell us what happened. Maybe we can fix it." He threw his hands up into the air and sighed.

"I asked Sara out. She said no. End of story." It was quiet before Catherine smirked and shook her head.

"Well we just have to get her to say yes, now don't we?"

A/N: So... tell me what you think, please? XD