CSI

Trust

Salt'N'Peppers

Summary: Revealing pasts to each other. Greg/Sara. Part two to the series, 'The Love Life of Greg and Sara'.

Chapter 1: Beginning

Greg walked down the hallway feeling a bit out of place. He was heading to the break room where he could visibly see Sara, Nick, Warrick, and Catherine already there. He wondered if Grissom was going to walk in like he usually did, and start handing out case files. He speed up a little, just in case. He didn't see Grissom coming, so he slowed down when he reached the break room, turned, and smacked right into Sara who was coming out of it.

He fell to the floor, and heard Sara say, "Oof!" Then, appearently she managed to regain herself. Greg just laid on the floor for another instant, remembering stuff from the past. He suddenly noticed Sara and Nick standing over him.

"You okay, G-man?" Nick asked in concern. Greg slowly pulled himself up, inwardly wincing at the pain in his head. He nodded.

"Yea. I'm fine. Sorry, Sara. I didn't see you coming." He apologized. She shook her head.

"Nope, it's my fault. I saw you coming, and started to leave. I forgot about the blind corner of the door." She stated, smiling at him. He frowned slightly, a little annoyed. He was hoping to have everyone in the break room when he went, but it appeared that only Catherine and Warrick were going to be in there...and maybe Nick, if he was just coming out to see if he was okay. Nick must've caught his mood, because he chuckled and said lightly,

"Sorry, Greggo. Grissom already came and went. He sent me and Sara off to a case, and Warrick and Catherine off to another. He's expecting you in his office right now...once we inform you that is. And so now that I've informed you, you're expected in his office." Greg tried not to be worried about that. He was really getting everything done. In fact, he had everything done. Wondering why he felt a brief sense of panic, he just shrugged, and said,

"All right. I guess I can get into my coffee later...unless you guys have all found it and drank it before I can get any." He mockingly glared at them. Nick pretended to look injured.

"Come on, man. Would I steal your coffee?" He asked. Greg smirked.

"If I wasn't anywhere around, then yes." Greg noted. Nick laughed with him. Sara just shook her head and walked off.

"Come on, Nick! We're running late. See you later, Greg." Sara was already halfway down the hall as Nick ran after her.

"Hey! Wait up!" He shouted. She just laughed. Catherine and Warrick came out, and they watched Nick run after Sara. Then, Catherine turned and asked,

"Are you sure you're alright?" Greg nodded. He felt a little uneasy about everyone asking him that all of a sudden, but he knew that it was just their concern for his wellbeing. He gave them a grin.

"Going to bet with Catherine on the case, Warrick?" He asked.

"No. Catherine always manages to beat me." Warrick said, grinning. "So I'll just stick with you and Nick on betting on cases." Greg frowned.

"I didn't know that Catherine beat you at beating on cases." He said. "Since when?"

"On the last case, the Montgomery case, Catherine guessed right that it was the housekeeper who killed the master at the house." Warrick told him, as the two followed the same path that Nick and Sara had left. Greg nodded, and called to them,

"See you guys at supper!" Meaning the supper date that the team had set up. Catherine was taking Lindsey with her, because she was starting to feel left out again-or so she had said. They were all planning on going to a really expensive restraunt and a movie together. Greg couldn't wait. Mostly, because he had nothing much to do at home. He did sometimes invite his neighbor, Tomas Richard over to have a beer or two and chat, but that was about it. Absorbed in his thoughts about the night, he headed towards Grissom's office with a grin on his face.

He made there about a minute or so later, seeing as it wasn't very far from the break room. He knocked on the door, seeing that Grissom was busy with some files, and came in. Grissom looked up briefly to see Greg, gave the slightest indication of a smile, and stated,

"Sit down, Greg." Greg did as he was told, and twideled with his thumbs. He hoped that whatever Grissom had to say would be good and quick because he had to hurry to get back to a case that he was working on. The case that was the last one that had to get done. Grissom studied Greg over the desk. Finally, he spoke in a solemn tone.

"Greg, I think that I have a few questions to ask you." He said it slowly, as though he thought-or perhaps knew-that Greg wouldn't like what he would be asking. Greg frowned ever-so-slightly.

"Like?" Greg prompted, not sure if he wanted to be asked. Grissom sighed.

"Like...how are you getting on at your apartment?" Greg was slightly surprised, but not at all worried. He knew that Grissom was probably just curious about what he did out of the lab.

"Fine. Just paid my rent two days ago." Greg stated. He wondered if Grissom was going to get to the point. He shifted in his chair, and asked, "Why the sudden curiosity?"

"Because...as your supervisor, I'm supposed to check and make sure that my team is doing okay. The rest of the crew have noticed that you've been more quiet than usual, and that you haven't talked as much as you've used to. You also don't play your music as loud as you've used to, and people in the lab are starting to wonder. Hodges mainly, but other people are also worried." Greg scowled. Hodges would be the one to wonder.

"I'm fine. I've just been thinking about the past-" That hadn't meant to slip out. He continued as though nothing was wrong. "And I've been...I've been..." He frowned. "Just thinking really." He knew that this would set Grissom wondering about his past, and silently wondered if that would be a good thing if his own boss started to investigate it. He inwardly shuddered, and told himself no. It wouldn't be at all a good thing.

Grissom stared at him for a while. A long while. Then finally, he said,

"All right." He shuffled some of his papers, and said, "That's all then." Greg opened his mouth to say something, closed it, and nodded. He wasn't sure why Grissom was suddenly so interested...except for the fact that everyone was appearently worrying over him. Scowling slightly, he said,

"That's all?" Greg saw the supervisor's face change to one of puzzlement.

"That's all, Greg. You can go now." Greg nodded again, and stood up. He slowly exited out of Grissom's office, thinking.

If the team figured out how awful his past had been, if they figured out what had actually happened to him and why he had considered taking a job here in science to stop bad guys...he wondered how everyone would react to him then. They would certainly know that they would react differently than they do now. But he wondered if it would be a good different or a bad different. Still...

No, it was probably best if he didn't tell them anything. Anything at all about his past.

End Chapter 1

Okay. That was chapter one, guys. (Please read and review!) More's coming on the way! Thanks for reading!

Salt'N'Peppers