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"So how did that go?" Sara asked me once I got out of Gil's office.

"Okay," I said. "Gil was surprisingly understanding."

"Gil? Everyone-"

"Calls him Grissom, I know, Nick told me."

She smirked. "So what exactly happened between you two?"

"I'd rather save that story for later when I can tell everyone at the same time." I said. "I mean it's a really long story, it would take forever to explain."

"Alright but tell me one thing." I stopped suddenly in the middle of the hall and eyed her. "I just want to know how long you've known him for." She put her hands up, as if to surrender.

"Freshman year of college." I said, "I was born and raised in Columbus."

"Ohio?"

"That's where Columbus is."

"You were born in Columbus?" Warrick asked, coming up suddenly.

"Yes." I said a little annoyed with all the repeated questions. I walked out of the room and to the garage to get my car. But instead I ran into a strawberry blonde woman, literally. "I'm so sorry, wasn't paying attention."

"Whatever," She said as she continued down the hall. She looked and sounded mad but I thought nothing of it and kept walking.

"Katie!" Someone called behind me. I spun around quickly, annoyed. I just wanted to get out of here but I could tell that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. "The team's going out to breakfast. We'd love to have you there."

"Look, Nick, I don't know," I started.

"It'll be fun, plus you haven't even met Catherine yet, I'm sure you'll love her."

"Alright, but you're paying for me." I said, giving in. I turned around and walked back to the locker room with Nick. "Look who's joining us for breakfast." I rolled my eyes as the others exchanged smiles and excited looks. Soon enough all of our cars were on the road heading to a small diner a little ways off the strip.

I was on the phone with Nick. "Okay, I'm going to get lost so I'm staying behind you."

"During the time you work here you will become very familiar with this place, we're here all the time.

"The food better be good." Finally he drove into a small parking lot and there I saw a little worn down diner, whose windows looked like they hadn't been cleaned in ages. "Nick, is this place sanitary?" I said disgusted. I wasn't normally one for fanciness but this was just gross.

"I've been here a million times and I've never gotten sick, Katie. Trust me it's good."

I got out of the car and saw the same strawberry blonde pissed off lady that I ran into earlier at the lab waiting for us. "I reserved a table for six, like always, so we'll be in soon enough." She said all smiles now.

"Catherine you better make that seven, Katie's here." Warrick said coming up behind me. Her smiling face disappeared and quickly the pissed off face returned.

I waved, "We haven't actually met yet." I extended a hand to which she looked at and simply she her head and turned around.

"I'll go tell them we have one more."

I frowned. "It's nothing personal, Katie. She just gets a little defensive. Don't let her get to you."

"Wasn't planning on it, Greg," I said.

"She was like that to me when I first arrived too." Sara said, "I came from San Francisco not that long ago."

"At least you didn't have a past with anyone."

"True. Come on, everyone's waiting inside."

I walked into the diner and saw the team sitting by one of the dirty windows all smiles. We walked over to them and took our seats. "So what's good here?" I asked.

"Almost everything," Nick said. "I'd get the omelet."

"Nick, you know I don't like omelets."

He simply smiled, "The pancakes are good too."

"You remember." I smiled amazed he still remembered my favorite food. Then I realized everyone was staring at us with weird looks on their faces. I could feel my face heating and I covered it with my hands.

"Of course I remember, you asked for them every morning." Him saying that only made me blush an even deeper red.

"I guess I'm getting pancakes." I said. "Grissom you've been really quiet."

"She called him Grissom!" Nick exclaimed sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes.

"I've just been thinking." He said, "I'm trying to figure out what to do about you two's situation."

"You don't have to do anything; we already told you work would not be affected by this." Nick said.

"But I can already tell that it will be, look at you two."

I frowned but decided to drop it when the waitress came and took our orders. Too bad Nick had other ideas. "Look, Grissom, there's no way this could become a conflict."

"I still don't know the whole story," Sara pushed, wanting to know.

"I don't either." Warrick agreed.

"I didn't even know you two new each other before this." Catherine spoke for the first time. It seemed to me that they wanted the whole story. I looked at Nick who gave me a nod giving me the go ahead.

I sighed, "Alright. Umm, where do I start?"

"The beginning would be nice." Greg said.

"Well me and Nick met in college in Texas. He was in my Chem. class. We dated for the majority of college, broke up a couple times but we always got back together. After college we both went to work for the Dallas crime lab. Of course when the supervisor found out he wasn't too happy, he made us switch shifts. But that didn't stop us. He finally proposed to me after three years. I was happy. But then about six months into the engagement he left, obviously he came here. I didn't know that at the time."

"She's making me look like the bad guy here." Nick said.

I laughed, "Nick, you left without telling me goodbye. You left a note on our fridge for me to find when I got back from work." I paused, "I think it's safe to say I'm sugar-coating it actually."

"And there is the reason I don't know what to do with the two of them." Grissom said.

"If I were you I'd split them up. Talk to Ecklie and put Katie on day shift." Catherine offered. I frowned, she really didn't like me.

"Well you're making her feel welcome aren't you?" Nick said.

"The case last night really struck a nerve for her I think." Grissom figured, "Tomorrow, I'm sure she'll be better."

"I can answer for myself." She said in a cold voice. Grissom gave me a pointed look. Finally the food arrived and, just like Nick had said, it tasted great. Hopefully it wouldn't come back to bite me later.

"So Nick, got a girlfriend?" I asked.

Sara laughed and out of the corner of my eye I could see Grissom roll his eyes.

Nick cleared his throat embarrassed, "Actually Katie I don't. At least not right now."

"Whoa! Calm it Mr. Big Shot." Warrick said to Nick. Then he looked at me. "He hasn't actually had a girlfriend in six months."

"That is not true, do you remember Joelle?" Nick asked him.

"She doesn't count," Sara said. "Didn't you pick her up at some bar one night or something and then you saw her, what, once after that?" Everyone at the table laughed.

I could tell that this forensics team had tight bonds, which is definitely a change. In Dallas no one knew anything about the others unless it was work related. One of the members on my team didn't even know I was pregnant until two months in, and I started telling people the day I found out. And I'm sure that none of them knew who the father was. Then again, no one on this team did either, well except Nick.

"See Katie, food isn't so bad right?" Nick said.

"It's delicious." I smiled.

"You heard the rule right?" Warrick asked. "New girl pays."

My mouth dropped open. "Are you sure that's the impression you want to make on me Warrick?"

He shrugged, "We've had this rule for awhile. Greg, remember your first breakfast?"

"Oh yeah, consider yourself lucky. You should have seen the stuff they ordered that day."

I laughed. "Okay, I'll pay. But I really need to get going, I am beat."

"What? Baby keeping you up during the day?" Warrick teased. Nick visibly slumped.

"Not yet," I said. "But I will be on maternity leave for as long as I can be when that happens."

I heard the door click as I walked into my new apartment. It was a simple two bedroom. One for me and one for the new baby of course. I sighed and plopped down on the couch. The first day was definitely a tough one. Right now I was seriously considering what I was going to do.

A knock came to the door. Puzzled, I got up and answered it. Too my surprise it was Catherine. What she was doing at my doorstep is something the world may never know but I was prepared to find out when I opened the door.

"Hello Catherine." I said.

"I came to apologize for the way I've acted since you got here." This confused me. Nick told me earlier that she wasn't one to apologize, not often anyways.

I nodded, "Would you like to come in?" She stepped inside and looked around at all of the boxes that lined the walls. "I'm sorry about the mess. I haven't really had a chance to unpack yet."

"I could help if you'd like."

I frowned but nodded, "Okay. That would be nice."

She grabbed a box off the top of one of the piles and opened it and began taking things out. "So how far along are you?"

"About three months." I said. "Do you have kids?"

"A daughter. I never get to see her because of the job." Her face saddened. "Hopefully you don't get so wrapped up in work that your relationship ends up like ours.

"How old?"

"About to turn seven." She said. "I feel like I've missed so much because I'm never there to see her. I have to give her my parents, well my mom, all the time."

"Where's your dad?"

"Who knows?"

"I'm sorry." And I honestly was. No matter how mean she was to me no one deserved to fall out with their parents. Even though I had too.

I started to open another box, it looked old. The outside had dust on it, dust that had survived a trip in a moving van. I barely survived that trip. I cut the tape on the box and took out the thing on top. It was a picture frame, face down, but I didn't remember it. In the frame was a picture of Nick and Me in the backyard with the sun shining on our faces. We were smiling and he had his arms wrapped around me. I remembered it now. We had it professionally done right after our engagement.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Catherine asked when she realized I hadn't been listening to her. I didn't even know she was still talking I was so wrapped up in this box. She walked over and took the frame from me. "Oh." Her tone wasn't mean or upset, in fact there was no emotion that could be used to describe how she said that. "How about I get that box for you." Now she sounded compassionate and caring.

"I think I should open it." I knew what was in the box now. This photograph had been on Nick's bedside ever since we had it taken. This box was filled with Nick's things. I found multiple Texas A&M sweatshirts, some more photographs of him and his frat brothers and some of me, and his letterman's jacket, which I bet he missed. "He wore this thing everywhere." I chuckled. "I had to hide it from him so he'd wear something else for a change. I bet he'd want it back." I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was Catherine's.

"You miss him, don't you?"

"I have missed him since the day he left me." A tear slid down my cheek slowly.

Suddenly her phone started to ring, both of us jumped. "It's my daughter, I gotta answer this, sorry." She threw me an apologetic smile.

I kept unpacking, finding my clothes and my kitchen supplies. I don't know why I needed those, it's not like I ever cooked anyways.

"I have to go. Lindsay needs me at home to deal with something." She came behind me and squeezed my shoulders. "You hang in there kiddo."

"Will do." I said, nodding absently.

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