Disclaimer: I am NOT the proud of owner of CSI: Miami. Oh well.
A/N: I forgot how I came up with this, I just remember it semi-sparked while talking with floofymiko. Thank you! XD. The pairings will be NED, MarisH, CaPe, and RaVe. This is completely AU and crack and will span from their toddler age (well depends on the character) to present time. I'll try to keep it in chronological order, but no promises! XD. Oh yeah, it's basically a bunch of drabbles that are connected together by Time.
Introductions:
She had been teaching preschoolers, pre-kindergarteners, and kindergarteners for several years now, but little did she know, that this year, as well as the following two, would be the class that would change her view of little kids forever.
"Hello, my name is Miss Violet!" The young woman cheerily greeted the sea of little three-year old toddlers; they were all sitting around a circular world map rug. "And welcome to your first year at Sunset Academy!"
Clapping her hands together in anticipation, she cheerfully said, "Introduction time! We'll go around this circle this way." She made a wide counter-clockwise motion with her hand. "Let's start with you dear." She faced the little tomboy in overalls sitting next to her.
"Me? I'm Valera." The little girl with messy boy-short hair waved ecstatically to everybody.
"Sweetie," the young educator was holding the class roster, "you can tell everyone your first name."
The tomboy gave her teacher a wide-eyed, confused look. "But… my name's Valera."
"Oh. Okay. That's fine." She made a mental note to call her that. "What's your name, honey?"
The little brown-haired boy looked around the circle. "The name's Speed. Yo."
It was Miss Violet's turn to become wide-eyed. Who taught him his vocabulary? She didn't even bother to tell that that was part of his last name and dryly asked for the next person.
The tiny mocha-colored boy with chubby cheeks didn't respond. At all.
Figuring it was due to shyness or fear of the first day of school, she asked him again. "Honey, what's your name?"
He just looked down at his lap.
The boy named 'Speed,' spoke up. "My brothers have a name for people who can't talk." He slapped his pudgy hand in the shape of an 'L' on his forehead. The silent boy just drew his folded legs closer and hugged them against his chest.
Mrs. Violet's lips grew taut, "Mr. Speed. That's not a very nice thing to say. I want you to apologize to him right now."
"Sorry, ma'am." He peered at the boy next to him. "I'm Speed. Wanna be friends?"
The other boy said nothing, but only buried his head further into his knees.
Speed shrugged. He could never back away from a challenge. He'd try again later.
Miss Violet sighed and continued. I hope that little boy is okay. She decided that she would use the process of elimination to figure his name out. "Who's next?"
"My name is Alexx!" She smiled warmly. "I like dolls."
"Hi! My name is Calleigh!" The little girl's eyes shone as brightly as her smile and blonde hair. "I like guns. Daddy's got one… it's shiny…" Miss Violet's eyebrow twitched at her confession.
"My name is…" the neat brown-haired boy shrugged. He didn't know. "Am I in twouble?"
"No, of course not!" His instructor quickly reassured him. "We'll figure that out later. Okay?" She shot him a wide smile that instantly quelled his inner worry. "Next?"
By the time the introductions were over, Miss Violet was almost completely frazzled. What did I get myself into this year? She had checked off every name on the roster save two masculine names. "Eric Delko?" No one responded and so called out the other name. "Ryan Wolfe?"
There was a hesitation, but then a shout. The forgetful little brown-haired boy shot his hand up into the air. "OOH OOH! That's me! I'm Ryan Wolfe!"
The young woman was amused by the small child's enthusiasm. "See, you remembered. Very good!" Ryan beamed at the compliment. "So, if you're Ryan, then you're Eric Delko?"
The little mocha cream-colored boy moved his head up in recognition, but still didn't utter a single syllable. The miniscule movement was enough for Miss Violet to check him off her roster. Okay, then.
"Now, say hi to one another!" She refused to lose her optimism for another good year. A scream put a large dent in this dream.
It was Valera… and Speed.
"What happened?"
"He said that I looked funny!" Valera was infuriated.
"She punched me in the tummy!" Speed was equally angered.
"Well that's cuz-"
A sharp whistle silenced the two and deepened the quiet in the rest of the room. "There will be no name-calling or physical violence in this room! That goes for all of you!" She was growing anxious; the whistle never came out unless absolutely necessary. This was the first time it had to be used… and it was only the first day.
The toddlers blinked up in awe at their instructor and nodded in unison.
One Week Later:
"Everybody gather around the circle!"
There was a chorus of 'Yes, Miss Violet!'
When everything and everyone was settled, their teacher spoke up excitedly. "We have a new student! Her name is Natalia Boa Vista. Sweetheart, why don't you say hi?"
"Hi! I'm Natalia! I just moved to Floreedah a few days ago!" She grinned widely and waved, her little poofy pigtails bouncing on the sides of her head.
When nobody asked any further questions, the young teacher said, "Okay, does everyone know what they want to do during recess?" After she received a positive response, she let them play with what they wanted to. In half an hour would be naptime.
The exuberant little girl ran over to find herself a friend. She easily spotted the quiet dark skinned boy sitting in the corner playing with some blocks. He looked so lonely; she'd put an end to that.
She ran up to him from behind and plopped beside him. "Hi!" Peering up at his face curiously, she giggled. "I'm Natalia! What's your name?" They little boy gazed at her with the same amount of intense curiosity, but didn't open his mouth.
The little girl shrugged. "It's okay. We don't have to talk. We can play in mute today!" She giggled again as she began to make a block house next to his block castle.
There precious silence was broken by a mischievous little boy. "Hey, Boa Vista!" She turned at the sound of her name.
"Yep?"
"You're late. School started a while ago."
"I know…I just moveded." She looked up at him in wonder. "Who are you?"
"Like I'm gonna tell the late girl!"
"That's mean." Anyone could hear the trembling in her voice.
"I'm just telling you-"
There was a quick, sudden movement to his right. The quiet boy now stood with a brooding expression meant only for his fellow classmate.
"Whoa. Dood. Chill." Speed took a step back with his hands raised in defense. He's weird… He went back to the other side of the room to play with his friends.
Natalia chewed on her lip and looked at the boy intriguingly. "You're nice!" She quickly pecked him on the cheek.
A shade of rose spread from his cheeks to the tips of his ears. Before he knew it, blood was coming out of his nose.
Her eyes grew larger. "TEACHIE!"
The walk over to the nurse's office was a long one. Little Natalia insisted that she should accompany her new friend and so Miss Violet had them both hold hands while she led the way. She couldn't believe so much could happen in one week. A bloody nose. What could have been the cause?
The two toddlers peered into every room they passed, little Eric not so much, since he had to squeeze his nose and tilt his head back. Both were fascinated that the 'older' kids were in the other classrooms. There wasn't much going and some of the doors were closed, except for one room.
Mrs. Dubinhok, the fourth grade teacher, was shouting up a storm. "Mr. Caine, as I told you on the first day of school, take those sunglasses OFF! Must I remind you that we're inside a building!" The response was unheard, but the elderly teacher continued her tangent. "Mr. Elliot, put away that money!" They quickly scurried past that room. The shouting scared them.
The school nurse, Mr. Karson, was an elderly man who always had cakes, cookies, and tea ready for his little visitors so that they felt a bit more comfortable.
That's what the two children's chubby fingers grabbed at upon seeing. Today, there was a tray of large pomegranate cookies. Eric dropped his hand and started munching on one, the little girl following suit.
As the nurse came out of his office, the young preschool teacher explained the situation briefly and then apologized before leaving for her class. She was beginning to grow wary and a bit suspicious of them. What are they doing in my absence?
"Eric Delko?" The little boy turned at the sound of his name. His bleeding nose had stopped. "It says here in your medical record that," he lifted the child onto a clean-sheeted stretcher, "that you get bloody noses when you're under a lot of stress."
Eric just blinked. I wanna go home…
Natalia stood happily eating her cookie and waved wildly to her friend, who turned away in embarrassment.
Mr. Karson wiped up Eric's nose and told him with a warm smile, "Have fun! Make friends!" A sure way of getting rid of stress…
The tiny child's moist mocha-brown eyes curiously looked around the room. He pointed to jar full of lollipops. The elderly man chuckled, "You're an observant little fellow aren't you? Not many children see this." He brought down the jar and asked both children what flavor they wanted.
"Blooberry!" Natalia giggled; she loved how the blue color would stain her tongue. Eric just pointed to the purple one, grape.
They, once again, were told to hold hands and together they scampered past Mrs. Dubinhok's room ("Mr. Caine! What did I JUST tell you about those sunglasses!") and returned back to Miss Violet's where they were told to go grab their 'blankies' and find a corner.
It was nap time… but no one was really napping.
Poke.
"OW!" Ryan cried out in a sharp whisper as he rubbed his forehead.
"I didn't poke you that hard." Still, the little tomboy was grinning. "I'm Valera!"
"You're a meany-poo."
"Am not!" She stuck out her tongue. "I told you my name. What's yours?"
"Ryan."
"Hi!"
He pouted. He didn't know how long he had to spend with the crazy girl, but there was a red mark forming on his forehead where she had poked him.
On the other side of the room, near where Eric and Natalia were lying, were two girls who, to Miss Violet's dismay, would not stop their chattering.
"I'm Calleigh!"
"I'm Alexx!"
"Do you like dolls?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Me too!"
"Yay!"
"Let's be friends!"
"Okie!"
"You two," their teacher made her way over, "please be quiet. It's nap time."
"Sorry!"
Eric and Natalia were still sucking on their lollipops. The little girl stuck out her tongue and although the lights were out, she could still discern that her tongue was blue. The corners of her sticky mouth curved up. "My tongue is bloo! What about yours?" She stuck out her tongue again to show him the blue color.
He looked at her oddly, but did the same. It was purple. She released a bout of giggles. "Heehee. Yours is bloo too!" Her silliness rubbed off on him as he broke into a wide grin, which made her all the more happy.
A/N: So random! I love it… do you? Let me know! ;DD
Oh yeah, as for Delko… his preliminary attitude is based off of my baby cousin's actions. He (my cousin) has been exposed to a bunch of languages (English, Moroccan, Spanish… I think even some Korean…) and so when he finally began school (nursery school), he wouldn't speak to anyone (at first) because he wasn't sure how to form sentences… like when he spoke, he would be taking words from each language and therefore forming his own sentences and all… it was kind of funky/cool. When he was home though, he would speak naturally and his first word ever, was actually a full sentence (in English), which was cool. So, I decided to incorporate that into Delko's character because he was exposed to three languages growing up. He'll get out of his nutshell…with a lil' help/encouragement… XDD
The bloody nose was from a random fact I read somewhere about Delko's character. (Apparently somewhere in the first or second season, it's mentioned that under stress he gets nosebleeds…)
Oh, and I assumed that lil' Nat just saw all those dark colors as blue… like it all looked the same… LOL… since she's a tot and all… XDD
Stay tuned! XD