3) The Thing About Luminol and First Impressions…
The lesson had been a harsh and swift one that had cost him respect. He'd wanted to impress the reporter because, well, she was cute, and he'd hoped for a date. He did get the date, but at the cost of some respect. He hadn't known that too much luminol on blood would ruin it, because he'd never wanted it to glow bright before that day. It had gotten him in trouble with pretty much everyone in the lab – save the lab rats. Even Bobby had heard what he'd done, and he just told him it was something he'd never forget. Got that right! Grissom wasn't prone to yelling and he didn't ever want Grissom yelling at him again.
Greg stared at the writing on the walls as he contemplated that. He had lost his appetite for lunch and decided hiding was safer than being where people would see him. His eyes were drawn to a wide bare spot half way up the wall. Greg hopped off the table and grabbed a chair. He sat it next to the wall and climbed onto it. At the top of the wall he wrote in capital letters:
THINGS LAB RATS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DO
Underneath it he wrote:
1. While pretty glowing blood trace is pretty and glowing, there is such a thing as too much luminol.
2. If you want pretty glowing blood trace, don't make it pretty and glowing in a lab full of people.
3. And if you really want to make pretty glowing blood trace, don't be stupid enough to admit you made it pretty and glowing with too much luminol.
Greg stepped off the chair, reading his writing. Strangely, putting it on the wall, made him feel better. Usually it did. He put the chair back and slipped out of the room.