A piece of Grissoms past The Dead Return

[Catherine Willows]

TITLE: A piece of Grissoms past The Dead Return
PAIRING: none at first
Genre: Angst at first but that changes
RATING: PG
DISCLAIMER: I don't own them. Wish I did.
Summary: Someone from Grissoms past shows up to work at the Lab.
This was written a long time before Eckley turned into such a jerk.

A piece of Grissoms past The Dead Return

It started out as a normal night in the lab Brass walked in and
introduced the new lab tech "guys this is Kira Grissom, hey Gil you
look like you just seen a ghost?"

" I don't know who or how someone found out but this is a sick joke".
Grissom said .

"Hey Gris what are you talking about" Nick asked Grissom just had a
sad look as he turned toward Nick.

"About 16 years ago before I came to Vegas I was married to a girl
named Kira and I killed her!" everyone looked kinda shocked at that
statement.

Warrick piped up "yo man thats not funny the girls standing there she
says thats her name and she looks very much alive to me. Besides I
cant see you killing anyone! So whats up?"

Grissom just shook his head "We were married about 3 months when I was
going through some papers and found a birth certificate it was Kira's
it said she was only 16 and all that time she'd lead me to believe she
was 22. I was shocked and angry I suddenly felt our marriage was based
on a lie and I began wonder what others she'd told. That and the
thought that I'd been making love to a child who I found out was
expecting a child I felt sick, So we ended up in one hell of a yelling
match I was accusing her of all kinds of stuff guess I was a little
jealous that in itself was a strange feeling for me, but she got very
upset and went running out the door said she was going out in her boat
and that maybe when she got back we could have a normal talk and less
yelling."

"You are being melodramatic Gil besides I'm very much alive and you
had no business going through my papers.and you just assumed that just
because I was taking some classes at the college oh yeah and you saw
me at the campus bar hey what are fake IDs for, besides age was never
brought up in any conversation. Like Gil and his roller coasters when
I was upset or needed to think I went out in my sailboat."

Brass looked at Gil "now you've got my curiosity peeked how do you
feel that you killed her as she says shes very much alive?"

Gil gave everyone a funny look and a sick chuckle and said "then she
looks a lot like her but that can't be her and besides I didn't
actually kill her myself but I was responsible she didn't come home
that night i went to work the next day and left her a note to call me
and we'd talk after work. I never got a call but shortly after I
arrived home there was a knock at the door and I was informed that
they had found the wreckage of my wife's boat but no sign of her body
and that they would continua to search for 3 more days, but they held
out little hope of her body being found. A month later I took the job
here and made my work my life. So miss whatever your name is who are
you and how did you know about Kira."

"Oh Gil with you it always proof do you want personally secrets like
the time we set off the smoke alarm because we ended up making love on
the table an let supper burn, or how being funny I went out and bought
the book on the different sexual positions and we were going to try
them all but we had only ... "Gil got an embarrassed look and stoped
her from saying anymore,

Nick pipes up "aw come on Gris it was just getting interesting."

"Now do you believe I'm who I say I am there's a lot more very
personal stuff I could say that I know would convince you."

Gil gives her a sad look and says "no thats ok I believe you I have
only one question", the look has now changed to anger "what the Hell
happened and where the Hell have you been???"

Kira gave him a small smile and as she walked out the door said: "That
will have to wait I came here to work so I'm going to my lab"
TBC

[Catherine Willows]

CHAPTER 2
Shift was over Kira walked by the break room to say goodnight to
everyone "I have to admit this is a interesting place to work I rather
enjoyed myself, see everyone later." "Kira you haven't answered my
question and I would like the answer now!" Gil told her.

Can't it wait? Never mind from the stubborn look I'd say no, OK short
version. I washed up on Santa Catalina some woman's private estate her
name was Amanda, it seems she had lost her husband and granddaughter
the year before to a boating accident, and she swore I was her
granddaughter come back she had her doctor take care of me I was in a
coma for about 6 weeks. When I woke up I had no idea who I was or
where I was. So I believed what she told me it was about a year later
small bits of memories started coming back just little things it was a
bit confusing remembering things and her telling me different but
after about 5 years I had remember most of my life well at least up to
a certain point. "

"So you just stayed there you didn't try to find out more?" Gil asked

"Gil if you remember I told you I had been living with an elderly aunt
and she had just passed away I had no other family so as far as I had
remembered there was nobody for me to return to in LA.! The Doctor
said the rest might come back or it could be I didn't want to remember"

"So your saying you didn't want to remember you had a husband?" Gil
sounded a little upset

"At the time I didn't know what it was I didn't want to remember, as
soon as I was well enough to travel we went to her home in New York I
went to school got a couple of degrees Started working at a the lab."

"It sound as if you didn't even try to remember the missing time? Gil
asked

"Amanda had done so much for us that I couldn't just leave her not
when she begged me to stay"

"So what happened then I mean you did leave? Nick asked

"Yes I did, Amanda died , She left me some money,and a large apartment
in New York."

"It sounds like you made out OK from the woman!" Sara said

"After she died I took leave from the New York crime lab where I
worked and we headed for LA it had always bothered me that a part of
my past stayed hidden. I just drove around till something would catch
my attention. There was a park I stopped at it made me feel happy and
sad at the same time."

"The park where we use to meet and take walks? I remember that you
enjoyed dragging me off the paths to go exploring always looking for
new and different insects especially Butterfly's".

"Ah come on Kira don't tell us your a bug nut like Grissom." Nick said

Warrick said "If she is don't get her started ones bad enough we don't
need lectures from both of them!"

"I'll be nice and not lecture about how useful they are" ever body
looked relived at that they heard enough about bugs from Grissom.

"It was when I went by the crime lab that I realized that I wasn't
Kira Walker but Kira Grissom, I went by our apartment nothing went
back to the lab but they didn't believe me and they had no idea where
you were. I didn't know where else to look then I though about it and
I quit looking"

Gil looked so sad when he asked "Why! Didn't you want to find me?"

"Yes and no, I wasn't sure if you were glad that I was gone,"

"Why would you ever think a thing like that I loved you ?"

"The night of the fight you said you wish you'd never met me and just
some of the other stuff you said made me think you'd be glad I was gone."

"Kira I said a lot that I shouldn't have I was upset I never really
meant any of it, I know I shouldn't have said things I didn't mean it
I guess I was hurt and wanted to hurt you back, looking at it now it
was childish. Is that the only reason you stopped looking?"

"No, Gil it had been a long time I figured you'd moved on with your
life that you were Happy, that maybe you had a new wife, kids and the
last thing you needed or would want was for us to show up on your
doorstep. I loved you to much to mess up your life. There is one thing
that bothered me my bank account was still there I had no trouble
proving who I was and I alway though when you had a person declared
legally dead everything was closed?

Gil gave her a sheepish look "I never had you declared legally dead
there was no body so I couldn't bring myself to do it. I always felt
you were still out there somewhere. So I left every thing alone. You
guys may laugh at this but, all her stuff except the clothes is
sitting in a small storage unit here.

Nick gave a laugh "That doesn't sound like the Grissom we know, Whoa
do you realize this means you two are still married? "

Cathrine looked surprised "Now thats weird I mean never though of
Grissom ever being married in the first place. Kira who's the we you
keep mentioning?"

"Kira looked at Gil "our son" Gil just stared and tried to say
something but he just couldn't find the words to ask. Kira saw the
look on his face. "Yes Gil you have a son it was touch and go but the
baby survived."

Gil still looked shocked " I would have though...but it...I have a
son? Suddenly he got a big smile on his face "I have a son!"
Kira laughed "Yes you do now I've answered your questions now I'm
going home I'm tired and I want some sleep, so goodnight!"
"Wait you can't just tell me I have a son and walk out!" Whats his
name and when do I get to meet him?"

Kira gave him a smile and as she walked out the door "His name is
Troy, and we'll talk about that at some other time."

"Kira" Gil started laughing "well that's one way she hasn't changed,
make a statement leave you wondering and walks away!"

TBC

[Catherine Willows]

CHAPTER 3
Grissom looked in the break room "Catherine I need to see you in my
office."

"Hey Cath what'd you do wrong now? He doesn't look to happy." Nick
asked but Catherine just shrugged and followed Grissom down the hall.
Once she entered his office "Catherine close the door and have a seat,
I need to talk to someone. For three days she's be avoiding me"

She sat down and said "I had a feeling it was about Kira? Have you
thought about the two of you picking up where you left off, or trying
to make a go of it?"

"Sometime I think you read me to well, its scary. As to Kira and I its
been a long time people change, I've changed, I loved her at one time
but not like I love....I mean how can I even think of being with her
when its you" He ran his hands through his hair and then looked
up"Catherine what are you laughing about? This isn't funny!

"Your right its not, but are your trying to say you love me? I hope so
or I'll feel like a fool for saying this, I love you"

"You do?" Grissom got up and walked around the desk and took
Catherines hands in his. "I've wanted to tell you for a long time now
but I was afraid you would'nt feel the same and I didn't want to put a
strain on our friendship, I value that to much."

"Gil have you though about Kira and how she might feel? What if she
wants to try and make a go of it what then?"

"That's another thing I'm afraid of, If I tried it would be from guilt
not love, I'll alway care what happens to her. But I love you and I
don't want to lose you not now. Not when I've waited so long to hear
you say that you love me. I'll just have to find some way to make her
understand."

There was a knock at the door and Kira poked her head in the door "Gil
I need to talk to you" Grissom motioned for her to come in and
Catherine stood up to leave. "Catherine you can stay I think this may
interest you at least I hope I didnt read things wrong, one reason my
bosses liked me around during interrogation I read people real well."
Grissom and Catherine gave her a strange look "I know I getting off
track, OK here goes. Gil I love you Don't look so worried not in that
way, You were my first love and your the father of my son, but I'm not
in love with you." Gil started to say something "Wait please let me
finish Troy knows your here we had a long talk and he's eager to meet
you. We got here about two months ago so we'd have time to settle in
and I came down to the lab to have a look around, the person who
showed me around was very nice and we talked, then we started going
out to dinner"

Grissom started smiling "Are you trying to tell me your in love with
some one else? If you are thats OK, I want you to be happy."

"Yes I am, and he loves me. He knows about you, he was a little
worried that when I saw you again that I might still be in love with
you, I admit I was too but, it was like seeing a long lost friend
again, that's all. I hope we can be friends again I do miss the
debates we had over bugs."

"I remember some of those debates got a little heated, you even threw
a pillow at me, at least I found out why they were called throw
pillows. What does Troy think, do they get along.?"

"Yes they like each other and they do get along. Conrad says he's a
great kid even if he is related to you." Catherine and Grissom both
look shocked "Yes I know you two don't get along he is a bit of an ass
when hes at work but away from here its like two different people, he
is the sweetest person. Oh don't give me that look he is I know what
I'm talking about, just as I know that your in love with Catherine.
I've seen the way you watch her and I know she's in love with you
because she watches you in the same way." They really looked surprised
over that "I told you I was good how the others never notices is whats
strange. Besides I heard what you were like Gil and what Catherine
life was like I think you'll be good for each other. I've talked to a
lawyer and everything can be taken care of in just a matter of a
week." Kira walked over and hugged Grissom and Catherine she then put
Catherine's hand in Grissoms "Now get your acts together and do
something right" and with that she walked out the door

Gil looked at Catherine and put his arms around her "I've wanted to do
this for a very long time" and proceeded to kiss her he lifted his
head and gave her a long look " I like kissing you, and I like having
you in my arms."

Catherine steps away "Shifts over I think its time we got out of here.
and just see where the next kiss takes us"

"Just as long as its to another and another now that I know you feel
the same I don't want it to ever end"

"Gil I think this is just the beginning of a very long and very
pleasurable relationship." and with that they walk out hand in hand.

still an extra chapter to go

[Catherine Willows]

Chapter 4

It was near the end of shift when Nick came running into the break
room "Guys you have got to come and see this kid down in interrogation
you'd swear they cloned Grissom

Grissoms head came up "Nick what are you talking about they banned
cloning, or have you been drinking on duty?"

Nick looked at everyone "No I swear its true this kid is about 14 or
15 and he looks just like Grissom at least the way he looked some
years ago."

With that Grissom got up and went down to interrogation with everyone
right behind when he looked in he was shocked it did look like a
younger version of himself. Brass was in trying to talk to the kid

"Come on kid at least tell us you name so we can contact your folk"
Brass asked but all the kid would say was "I tell you and you call my
mom I'm dead she finds out I wasn't at the mall I'm dead anyway so
I'll repeat myself I didn't do anything wrong I was trying to help"

"See what I mean Grissom he looks like you" Nick told him

"Nick if this is who I think it is you'd better get Kira, he's the
right age and as you said he does look like me, I'm going in and see
if I can find out what's going on here." with that Grissom entered the
room "Jim you mind if I try and talk to him ?"

"Hey Gil this is'nt one of your cases, but go ahead you won't get
anywhere.

Grissom walked over "Troy you want to tell me what happened?"

Troy looked at him "How...How'd you know my name I never told anyone?
Besides you can't ask me any questions without a parent or some such
here!"

Grissom smiled "This is'nt how I planned our first meeting. perhaps I
should introduce myself first, Gil Grissom so you see there is a
parent here. So would you please answer the question?"

Troy looked at him "Your my dad? Well at least things are looking
up, I've been wanting to meet you. ...But as you say not like this. OK
heres what happened short version.... I went to the mall with Brad ran
into a couple of guys from school, Carl and Tim they offered to show
us the sights just a quick tour about half and hour and back to the
mall... We got downtown they stopped said they seen someone they knew
and would be right back Brad and I got out and was looking in a
bookstore window when we heard some yelling and Carl and Tim came
running out of the alley jumped in the car and took off. ...I thought
I heard someone call for help so went into the alley there was a guy
there holding his stomach as he collapsed I ran over he was bleeding
bad so had Brad call 911 found some newspaper and used it to try and
stop the bleeding a few min later the police showed up when I looked
around Brad had taken off got scared I guess anyway thats how I ended
up here..... Makes ya not wanna help if this how your treated." Troy
looked up at the door "Ok now I'm dead!"

"Not dead but grounded, you told me what trouble makers those boy were
at school what where you thinking getting into a car with them? If you
wanted to see the sights that much you should have said something and
I would have taken you or waited till this weekend I was planning on
having your dad come over then?"

"Mom I'm sorry it was a dumb thing to do. Its a mistake that I won't
make again."

Brass came back into the room, no one had even seen him leave. "I just
spoke to Brad and he confirmed your story and supplied me with the
last name of the other two boys. You do realize that you will have to
testify against these boys? Other that that your free to go."

As the three started to walk out Troy turned to Grissom "Hey dad do
you think since I'm here I could have a tour and meet Catherine?"

Grissom turned and looked at Kira and she smiled "We talked I did'nt
see any reason to keep anything from him and so I told him about
Catherine."

Grissom looked at Troy but before he could say anything Troy told him
"Look dad I'd just as soon you and mom were together but since thats
not going to happen, I'd like to see you both happy and if that means
not with each other but with someone else I can deal with it,
especially if she's as nice as mom says."

"Grissom we have a result on the finger prints on the knife and they
don't match Troy's" Catherine told Grissom as she handed him the results.

"Thanks Cath, I'd like you to meet my son Troy, Troy this is Catherine.

Catherine looked at Troy and Grissom and smiled "I knew who he was as
soon as I saw him, he looks a lot like you Gil maybe a little better
looking."

"Thanks a lot Catherine, but you just may be right a combination of
both makes for a very handsome young man."

"Your prettier than mom said, so are you and dad going to get married?"

Catherine smiled "That's hard to say he hasn't asked me yet?"

Troy turned and looked at Gil "Dad at your age you shouldn't be to
slow about this kind of thing?"

Gil looked at Kira and mouthed at my age everyone started laughing "I
think we'll start that tour now and leave the that for another time.
Ladies we will see you later." and the two walked off

Just before they got out of earshot Catherine heard Troy "Hey dad I
just picked up Entomology and Death, they say its a Manual of Forensic
Entomology and I was thinking about picking up A Fly for the
Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes, I was wondering
if you've read them?"

Catherine looked at Kira "He's a Grissom, right off he starts talking
bugs."

Kira started laughing "Your right, I mean I'm into entomology but the
two of them, the only problem we'll have now is to stop them talking.

Catherine smiled "At least they'll always have something to talk about
so maybe its not such a bad thing. But I don't know about you but I
could go for some coffee, shifts over so lets get out of here."

"That sounds like a good idea." they spotted Gil and Troy "Hey Gil
when you two finish would you mind dropping Troy off home Catherine
and I are out of here." Gil just waved his hand and the two women left
father and son to get to know each other.

The End