Natural Progressions

Disclaimer: Mine no! CBS, Anthony Zuiker et al Yes! Pity :o(  "If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!" belongs to Shania Twain.
Author's Note: Still not exactly sure where this series is going but here's another one.
Dedication: To Aby as always and you certainly know why girl! To VividlyBlue for Reading all my crap no matter how bad or sick! LOL


Chapter 6: If You Wanna Touch Her, Ask!

The younger man entered the room startling it's only occupant.

"Oh, hi," the older man said looking up from his work, "I'll be with you shortly. Just have to put the finishing touches to this." And he pointed at the case before him.

"That's fine," the younger man nodded nonchalantly, "I'm early."

Once the older man was ready they studied the case in question and finished their business in a short space of time, but the younger man didn't seem ready to leave just yet.

"How are you and..." the older man began

Looking startled and a little uncomfortable the younger man answered, "Good...fine... really."

"You don't sound too sure about that, is there something wrong?" The older man asked him genuinely curious but not really expecting an answer.

The younger man hesitated, clearly thinking things through. Finally he looked the older man straight in the eye and said, "Can I ask you a question?"

Let me let you in on a secret
How to treat a woman right
If you're lookin' for a place in her heart
It ain't gonna happen overnight
First you gotta learn to listen
To understand her deepest thoughts
She needs to know you can be friends
Before she'll give you all she's got.

Surprised by the course this discussion was taking the older man had answered the question the best he could. "But you know all this so, why the doubts?"

"I guess I'm just a little insecure about it," the younger man admitted, a wry smile on his face which was turning a slightly red hue. "It's been a while since I was in this position and I don't want to blow it."

The older man chuckled, from what he had been hearing lately he didn't really think that there was much chance of that happening any time soon. "Just relax, you're doing fine from what I've heard."

A little physical attraction
Romantic old-fashioned charm
And a lot of love and tenderness
Is gonna get you into her arms.

This seemed to take the edge off of the younger man's anxiety and he was glad. They really did make a nice couple and they both deserved some happiness.

"Well, thanks for your advice, Doc, it's nice to have someone to bounce problems off of," the younger man said as he headed for the door.

"No problem, Gil," Al Robbins replied, "any time."

He shook his head a smile appearing on his face as the door of the autopsy room closed behind the night shift supervisor. Gil Grissom was the last person on earth he had expected to talk to him about his personal life but he was glad he had been able to help. It must be hard only having the youngsters on the team. They seemed to spend all their time giving the older members a hard time for how long it had taken them to get together, so they'd be no help. Only Catherine was any where near his age and she was the last person Grissom would have exposed his fears to about this.

'Well,' he thought turning to the phone to call for his next autopsy victim, 'I guess it pays to be the wise old married guy sometimes.'