Despite being her daughter, this was the first time Lindsay had been in her mother's office. Catherine had been sure to clearly separate her two lives- Work and Home. Unfortunately for Lindsay, work seemed to be top priority lately. But since she got older, Lindsay began to enjoy the freedom she received from her mother working so much. She regularly stayed out late at parties, got drunk and went out on dates with inappropriate guys. But as a teenager, Lindsay loved it.
So when she decided to turn over a new leaf and show her mother that she was actually appreciated, Lindsay thought her efforts would please Catherine. A posh restaurant was booked, Lindsay's treat, and cute diamante studs were bought as a gift. Instead, Catherine was called in to work before they even finished their appetisers. But of course, as usual, it could not be avoided. A serial killer had claimed another victim, and Ms Willows was leading CSI on the case. So they left the restaurant and rushed over to the lab.
Lindsay was stuck inside the office. There was nothing for her to do, and no where for her to go. Not only that, but because she had missed dinner, her stomach loudly rumbled, indicating the need for food.
The opened the door to the office and was thankful to see the crowd from earlier had dispersed. From memory, she traced her way to the break room in search of any kind of food. At first she thought she was alone in the room and she silently made her way over to the fridge. Before she could even reach the handle, a crunch of paper from behind startled her.
'Hey Lindsay,' It was Sara. She recognised her from the quick introduction her mom had given one day a couple years ago when she had came with her to pick up some files. 'What you doing here on a Sunday night?'
Lindsay groaned irritably. She didn't exactly want to go into the story about how her mom pissed her off. And she knew Sara would just side with Catherine and give her a lecture about how it wasn't her fault.
'I'm waiting for my mom to come back from a scene.'
The woman smiled her usual gap-toothed grin. 'That may take a while. I know on television a whole case can be solved in an hour, but in reality we are stuck at scenes for hours on end.'
Lindsay shrugged in response, attempting to show that it did not bother her. 'Got any decent food in here? I'm starving.' Sara laughed in response and glanced at her watch. 'I'm almost finished shift. How bout I take you to go get some decent food?'
The teenager smiled in response. 'Sounds okay I suppose.'
'I'll just go clear things with Grissom.' With that Sara left, taking the file she was working on with her.