CSI: Break Away
Chapter 2 of my CSI story.
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Chapter 2
Throughout the rest of the school day, Holly remained secretive, she consistently denied anything was wrong when asked and yet she was clearly afraid of something. Finally school had ended and Holly met with the others.
"So, what do you guys say?" Sharon asked, "Wanna go take a walk in the park."
Yuri smiled, "Sure, why not." Tonya also agreed and turned to Sam. "C'mon Sam, you can bring Tara."
Sam sighed, "Okay, okay, just stop teasing me."
Tonya laughed, "Sorry Sam, you're my brother, it's my job to tease you."
Sam merely grunted at that, Susan also agreed to come along. Finally they turned to Holly.
"Well, Holly, what about you and Mark?" Susan asked. Holly took a moment to answer, "Oh, um, no sorry. I can't come and Mark is busy."
"Are you sure?" Holly nodded, "Yeah, sorry."
Holly was about to head off home when suddenly Sharon stopped her.
"Holly, wait. What is wrong with you?" She asked, "You've been acting weird all day, scratch that, you've been acting like this for the past month."
Holly shook her head in vehement denial. "Nothing's wrong Sharon okay, just leave me alone, I just don't feel like it!"
Sharon and the others were shocked at this outburst.
"Holly?" Holly however began to walk off, "I'm going home."
With that she hurried off home as the others watched her sadly.
They soon headed off to the park, somewhat reluctantly.
"What is going on with Holly?" Susan asked, "She's never been like this before."
Sharon nodded. "Yeah, something's got to her, something bad…But she won't let us help, won't let us do anything about it."
The others were silent, none of them could think of any way to help Holly, especially since they didn't know what her problem was. Meanwhile Holly was on her way home when her phone rang, it was a text message, she read it and cringed.
'Another one.' She thought dejected as she read the text, it was threatening in nature, warning her not to tell anyone or she would be hurt worse.
She headed inside and found her mother was already home from work. Sara Grissom looked up and smiled when she saw her daughter. That smile faded however when she saw the look on Holly's face.
"Holly?" Holly looked towards her mother and managed a small smile. "Hey mom."
Sara noted the forced smile, "Are you okay?" Holly sighed, "Yes, I'm fine."
"I was only asking." Holly nodded, "So where the others."
That caught Sara's attention the others were concerned about Holly.
"Okay, Holly what's going on?" Holly shook her head, "Nothing…I'll, I'll be in my room."
Before Sara could say anymore Holly left and headed up to her room. Sara was certain of it now, Holly was hiding something, but she had no idea how to find out, all she could do was wait for her husband to come home.
Holly was up in her room, staring at her reflection in the mirror, she had wiped all the make-up off and sighed.
'Just great, I'm either gonna have to hide or find some way of explaining this.'
Shaking her head she turned away from her mirror and threw herself onto the bed, lying on her stomach, she began to read the entomology textbook she had pulled out, trying to take her mind off her problems. Meanwhile, downstairs, Sara was sitting; worried when finally she heard the front door open. Grissom was home. Grissom came into the living room and saw Sara; he noticed the worry in her face and immediately sat down next to her.
"Sara, what's wrong?" He asked, "Are you okay?"
Sara turned to him and sighed.
"It's Holly, Gil, I…something's wrong with her and she won't say what. I've noticed, Sharon and the others have noticed…But she refuses to say anything, I think she's scared but I don't know why."
Grissom nodded slowly, taking in the information, finally he sighed.
"I see, well, I'll see if I can talk to her." He stated, "Hopefully she'll talk."
Sara nodded but it was clear she had doubts. Grissom doubted that it would work himself. Still, he wasn't going to give up without trying, he hated the thought of his daughter being like this. He hurried upstairs to Holly's room.
Holly was still reading when she heard a knock at the door, she tensed,
"Y-yeah?" She called out, the person on the other side replied. "Can I come in?"
She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sure dad, come on in."
Grissom walked in and saw Holly lying on her bed, reading a book.
"So…" He began awkwardly, "How was school?"
Holly shrugged but didn't look up.
"It was fine."
Grissom pondered for a moment, asking a few other questions, about Mark, about the others, Holly answered them all quite clearly but still didn't look up from the book.
"Your mother's worried Holly, your friends are worried, I'm worried." He finally said, "You're not acting like yourself. You're usually much more cheerful, happy."
"Dad, I'm fine, really." She replied, but Grissom heard her voice crack.
Finally he couldn't take it anymore.
"Holly, please; look at me."
Holly immediately tensed, then her shoulders shook and Grissom heard a sob escape her throat as she turned to face him, her eyes filling up with tears. But that wasn't what horrified Grissom, what horrified him was large, distinctive bruising around her left eye. Someone had clearly struck her hard and gave her one hell of a shiner. It was clear now that Holly had been attacked.
End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.