At work

Greg woke up really early that day ; he didn't even sleep well because of his concern for Shannon . He went to her door , which wasn't open , so he didn't go further . He entered the kitchen to make a coffee , because this was the single thing which made him feel better .

Shannon haven't slept at all ; all the night she thought , too afraid to fell asleep , she imagined that the guy will come and … and do that to her again . And this thing scared her more than anything . But Greg was there to take care of her ; this guy will give his life to save hers , this was for sure . She smiled at the memories they had from high-school , there everybody liked her , but she liked Greg … okay , she liked him now too , after so many years the love in her heart was still the same . But she didn't want him to find out about her feelings , she didn't considered herself good for him ; not good enough for a sweet guy like Greg . She felt dirty .

Hearing her friend walking on the hall made her get out of the room . She slowly opened the door and stepped out , entering the little kitchen and sitting on a chair .

"Good morning " she spoke , looking at Greg .

"Good morning , sweetheart , how are you feeling ? How did you sleep ?" he asked her taking the little white hand in his own .

"Good , both question . You are making coffee ?"

"Yeah …"

"I felt the smell… I want some !" she ordered , smiling .

"Yes , mistress , your wish is my command " he handed her a coup of his Blue Hawaiian .

"So , what are you doing tonight ?"

"Working , of course ."

"And you'll let me alone , here ?"

"Well , where do you want to go ?" he asked her , taking a seat .

"I wondered … can I come with you ?"

"With me ? At work ? Are you sure ?I mean , you haven't seen dead peoples and …"

She looked at him with puppy dog eyes . He couldn't resist .

"Okay . But … you are going to stay in the break room and be quiet , alright ?"

"Yeah , I really don't want to stay alone ."

"Well , we have some time on our hands , what do you want to do ?"

Eight hours later

"So , you ready to go ?" he asked her .

"Yeah ."

She wore a pair of blue jeans and a red T-shirt .

"How do I look ? "

"Fine , let's go , we'll be late !"

They hurried to the lab and arrived there in a matter of minutes . Greg opened the door for her and led her in the locker , where he put their jackets . Then they entered the break room.

"Hey , Greg" Warrick greeted .

"Hey guys , let me present you Shannon , my best friend " he motioned for Sara , Warrick and Grissom not to speak about her .

"Nice to meet , you Shannon"

Everybody presented himself and after that they went back to work .

Greg had to interrogate Carl Moray , because he found this guys blood on her top. Greg entered the room where Brass was and sat on a chair .

"So Mr. Moray , where have you been Monday night at ten o'clock ?" Brass asked .

"I was at a walk through town , why ?"

"Mr. Moray " Greg asked "do you know a Shannon Christina Hudson ?"

"H\Hudson…let me think … this name sounds familiar but I don't know anyone with this name .No."

"So …"

The interrogation continued an hour , while Shannon was at the lab , walking on the hallway . She waited for Greg to came back . He told her to stay into the break room , but she was bored so she decided to find anything to do ; she was a lab tech in a crime lab , so this was her world . She entered the room Hodges was working .

"What are doing here ?" he asked , almost yelling at her .

"I … I am sorry ….I … I was looking for Greg …"

"Sanders ?" she nodded "he's at the police station . Who are you ?"

She looked at him , at his eyes . She remembered those eyes , shining in the night , the pain … the fear . She ran out , back to the break room .

On the way there she hit some techs and ran into Nick .

"Hey , are you alright ?" he asked her , touching her hand . Feeling the warm touch , she pulled away and wanted to start running , but her legs gave up and she collapsed on the floor .

Nick picked the young woman in his arms and putted her on the couch .

Catherine entered the room and saw the scene .

"What happened ?" she asked , looking at the poor girl whose face was really white and full of fear .

"I have no idea , she just fainted when I was trying to talk to her " Nick answered .

"Poor girl…."

"Shall we call Greg ? Maybe she has a disease or something ."

"I don't know ."

Sara opened the door and saw Shannon on the bed . She fall to her knees beside her and tried to wake her up .

"What happened ?" she asked .

"I don't know , she just fainted in my arms ."

"You touched her ?"

"Yeah . her arm … why ?"

"This is the reason she passed out …"

"Because I touched her , Sara ? Come on , be serious , how could someone faint because is touched ?"

"But what id this 'someone' had been assaulted before by a man ?" Sara looked into Nick's eyes .

"She is … she is the girl in your case ?"

"Yeah . " she turned around when she heard a loud moan from Shannon . The young woman opened her eyes , looked at Nick with fear and started to tremble .

"Shhh , it's okay baby , no one is going to hurt you . I promise" Sara hugged her .

In the next chapter you are going to read about the real attacker . hope you liked !

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