She wanted to tease him, she didn’t know if it was a good idea. It was hard enough now to be working around him; he’d made it clear that despite what had happened between them at the conference, they were friends and friends only. And in theory, she was fine with that. It was only when she was around him that the theory fell apart. The evidence just didn’t support the conclusion – and she knew full well he had the same problems she did. She could pull out the equipment and measure his heart rate (or hers for that matter) when they were around each other, monitor the stolen glances, and even interview his co-workers – and all the evidence would go right back to the conclusion that being friends just wasn’t an option.
Into the Looking Glass Chapter One: An Introduction, Of Sorts RATING: Adult
Not since that day fifteen years ago, when he’d first looked into Desrea’s eyes, had Gil Grissom’s heart actually skipped a beat. He swallowed, hard, felt the blush of surprise – he could tell that she now knew he’d been watching her – and looked down, suddenly focused on the handouts of maggot infestation in urban areas. Without looking up, he could tell that Sidle, Sara A. was also blushing.
Into the Looking Glass Chapter Two: What the Butterfly Saw RATING: Adult
With you I quote Shakespeare and dream in Neruda. I see the beauty of a sunset and the sensuality of a rainstorm. You taught me bravery and compassion – and even stupidity. There are days when I look at you and I wonder why you stayed for so long in that place and that situation, but I also understand, somehow, why you couldn’t go. We understand each other, we are good together, and that frightens me.
Into the Looking Glass Chapter Three: Damaged, Not Broken RATING: Adult
Step one: Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
Into the Looking Glass Chapter Four: Selective Deafness RATING: Mature Coming May 2007
Gil stared at his mother's retreating form, knowing that his eyes were boring holes in her back and knowing, that somehow, she could hear every word he was muttering in her direction. There were days when he could swear that her hearing loss extended to everyone but him.
Into the Looking Glass: Lily Briscoe and Laura Sidle RATING: Older Teen
To anyone else, it would have been a scene from a movie – the daughter of the broken family returning to the place of so much pain. She would throw rocks at the building, it would fall, she would walk away triumphant. She wanted it to be that way. She wanted nothing more than for the ending to be drafted by a screenwriter and for a beautiful actress to work out the emotional solace that she wanted so desperately to find by standing here.
The Gods of Lesser Things RATING: Mature
Gil Grissom was the master of control. He knew this; the people who spent their time with him knew this. He could put his work ahead of his life, his life ahead of his heart, his heart ahead of his soul. He could have gone through life and been happy, alone, perfectly in control, but no. She had shown up in that seminar ten years ago. And now, on nights such as this, he thanked God that she had accepted that dinner invitation.
He wasn’t Catholic anymore. The reason for being here was borne of ritual, not a belief in the ever-loving forgiveness of Christ coupled with the vengeance of the judgmental God who tested the people of the world by sending his only son to die for their sins. He still wondered what would have happened if people hadn’t believed Mary’s story.
Into the Looking Glass: What She Knew RATING: Older Teen
Part of him felt slightly liberated to know that he was, in fact, just as much of an asshole as other men.
“They named her Elise.”
Into the Looking Glass: Finding Happy Rating: MATURE
“Our lives together have always been based on the here and now, Sara. We work and read forensic journals and watch movies together. We used to exchange e-mails about the growth rate of the blowfly and the validity of life on other planets but now you just fill up my inbox with reports I’d rather not read.”
Into the Looking Glass: Trying Harder Rating: MATURE
He hadn’t spoken to her since she’d walked out of the layout room; the last time he’d heard her voice had been when he’d called her phone, only to get the professional tone of her voicemail.
Into the Looking Glass: Fantasy? Rating: MATURE
Sighing, he closed it before finishing it. He couldn’t reply to this one. It was her most honest and open letter since leaving, but he couldn’t hit reply. He couldn’t tell her that he would forever feel guilty for breaking her heart over and over again. And now, he felt guilty that he couldn’t reply to the email.
