Enjoy!
"Robbie!" called Stephanie as she spotted her boyfriend coming out of his Advanced Chem class.
"Yea?"
"Um…could we go somewhere and talk?" she asked looking at the floor.
"Um, right now I've got a class, but I'll see you tonight. Remember? We're going out to dinner. OH, by the way, I have to push the time to 9:30 if that's ok with you, I really have to go though, I'll explain it all later. I Love you, bye" with a quick kiss, he disappeared into the sea of students leaving Stephanie standing there wondering exactly what was going through his mind now, and what would be going through his mind later on.
"Sara!" called Grissom as he saw his wife enter the lab.
"Oh, hey"
"Where've you been? Shift's been over for an hour…"
"Yea, um, that B & E wasn't as simple as you'd expect. We finally got the teenager to confess, but it took a while"
"Oh, ok, well are you done now? I though we could go home and pick the kids up later on, maybe take them out somewhere. What do you think?"
Having lived with this man for 8 years, known him for 16 and been in love with him for as much, Sara could tell when he needed some comforting from a particularly nasty case.
"That bad, huh?" she asked touching his face in the same manner she had once at a suspect's house.
Grissom hung his head and sighed "These cases just get to me…" he said
"They get to all of us, honey. Come on, I'll drive you home" again she made sure she alluded to a particularly meaningful moment from when they weren't together; it always made Gil see just how far they'd come and how much happier they'd become.
"Daddy!" shouted Colin as he spotted his father waiting for him outside the school.
"Hey son!" said Grissom picking him up and holding him high in the air suddenly being filled with incredible happiness.
"I thought Robbie was going to pick us up" said Charlie joining them smiling up at her mom.
Smiling back, Sara replied "He was, but mommy and daddy got off work a little earlier and decided to pick you up and take you for ice cream. How does that sound?"
"Yea!" shouted both children sprinting for the car.
Smiling at her now fully recovered husband, Sara let him take her hand and they followed the two kids into the car.
"Um…" said Robbie as he entered the locker room and remembered he didn't have a locker yet. Figuring the best thing to do would be to find someone he knew, he headed for Jim Brass' office and knocked on the open door.
"Oh, Robbie, come on in…"
"Er…I wasn't sure where to go to…"
"Oh, yea, sorry I forgot to tell you. You have to report to Ecklie who, for some reason, is the lab director…Come with me" he added as he stood up and led the way to the bald man's office.
"Come in…" his annoying called after two knocks.
"Conrad, this is the new lab-tech for swing, Robbie"
"Ah, yes" he said checking the boy's file "Robert Rhett Copper is it?"
"Um…I haven't gotten my new ID yet, it's actually Robert Rhett Grissom…" added the boy looking at Brass who, for some reason had a very smug look on his face.
"Grissom?"
"Um…yea, my father is Gil Grissom, the grave shift supervisor…"
"I know who Grissom is! Jim, is this some kind of a joke? You're hiring friend's kids now?"
"Actually no, Conrad, if you took the time to read all the paper work I sent you, you'd know that he is at the top of his second year, Pre Med Advanced Chemistry class and that he graduated high school with a 5.0 GPA. I guess genius really does run in the Grissom family" said Jim beaming at Ecklie's stunned and obviously angry face.
"Are you saying that you didn't hire him just because he's Gil's son?"
"I'm saying that I hired him because he's an excellent scientist, which, by the way, is what you wanted me to get, and because I know he can do the job."
Sighing, Conrad seemed defeated "Fine…you can get your locker key and badge from my secretary"
"Thank you Mr. Ecklie, I won't let you down…" said Robbie before leaving the room to start his new job.
Turning to Brass, Ecklie spoke "You did that just to piss me off, didn't you?"
Smiling, Jim replied "Send my regards to your girlfriend or is it Mrs. Jameson? I never know which she goes by; maybe I should ask her husband…"
Fuming, Ecklie turned in his chair to face the window behind his desk and Brass, grinning, left to show Robbie around.
"Hey Robbie! Wait up!" said Brass quickening his pace to reach the kid "Let me give you a tour and introduce you to people"
"Ok"
"So, this way…" as they passed each lab, Brass told him what it was and who worked there "DNA lab, if you have any questions just ask Wendy, next you have Trace, that's where you'll be spending most of your time, the guy who works there, Hodges can be a right pain in the ass so steer clear, then fingerprints is with Mandy, A/V with Archie and Ballistics with Bobby. Got it?"
"Um…DNA Wendy, Trace Hodges, Fingerprints Mandy, AV Archie and Ballistics Bobby…right?"
"You got it. Since they aren't around here, chances are they're probably taking a break, lets go meet them, shall we"
Like Brass had expected, all the techs were there as well as Greg.
"Hey, Greggo, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, heya Brass. I'm doing some over time in the lab, I need some more cash for a wedding ring…"
"You're proposing to Erica?" asked Robbie
"Heya, Robbie yea, I am"
"My sister's not going to like that…" said Robbie as Greg laughed lightly.
"She's young, she'll get over it. What are you doing here anyway? Your dad and Sara are at home"
"Oh, I know…um…"
"Robbie is coming in to replace John since he moved to days to replace Stevens"
"Really? Welcome to the team, buddy!" said Greg shaking Robbie's hand.
Since the barbeque, Robbie and Greg had gotten to know each other and had become surprisingly close friends. Being a geek, Greg had very few friends outside of the lab and, being so into his studies, Robbie had very few friends dot.
"Just what we need! A new guy…" said Hodges from his place by the coffee machine.
Turning to Brass, Robbie whispered "Hodges?"
Nodding, the cop replied "Hodges"
"Don't be an ass, David!" said a skinny brunette who was sitting at the table "Welcome, I'm Wendy, if you need anything, just ask"
"Thanks"
"Same here. I'm Mandy by the way"
"Nice to meet you" said Robbie shaking the other brunette's hand.
"Yea, ignore him, he's always like that. I'm Archie"
"Hey"
"And I'm Bobby, welcome aboard, kid" said the Ballistics specialist.
"Thank you. Um, I look forwards to working with all of you"
All of a sudden, there seemed to be a wave of realisation. Something about his smile was awfly familiar and five light bulbs seemed to suddenly go on in the room
"Wait…your dad and Sara? You're Grissom's son?" asked Hodges
"Um…yea…"
"I heard something about that…" said Archie as he took in the obvious similarities.
"Too bad we didn't know Grissom when he was younger. If he looked anything like you, Sara would have had some serious competition…" said Mandy smiling at the boy while looking at Wendy who smiled and nodded in agreement. When she did, Robbie noticed out of the corner of his eye, Hodges looking angry and leaving the break room fuming almost as much as the cup of coffee he was carrying.
"Er…"
"Ok, ok… stop embarrassing the kid" said Brass giving him a slight push towards the group "since Greg is here, I'll leave you in his capable hands and go back to my office, Greg, don't go easy on him. He's a Grissom, he'd probably resent you for it and Robbie, if you have any questions, just call me"
"Ok, thanks Jim!"
"So…Robbie, what's your full name?" asked Mandy
"Robert Rhett Grissom…why?"
"'Coz 'Robbie' is too much like 'Bobby'. It could get confusing" explained Wendy.
"Oh...um, ok"
Looking at him, Mandy asked "Rhett like Rhett Butler in 'Gone with the Wind'?"
"Er, yea"
Smiling at Wendy, Mandy stood up and Wendy quickly followed.
"See 'ya around, Rhett" said Wendy as they left the room and Robbie blushed.
"Hem… Well, now that awquardness is over with, how's about we get to work? I don't think your father would approve of slacking off on the job…" said Greg leading his new colleague towards the trace lab where Hodges was working in a corner.
"No, he wouldn't" said Robbie following him happy to be getting down to work.
TBC
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