Hey guys!

I hope you're still interested in my stories! This one's gonna be a little bit lighter than the previous one. But there's enough Drama going on to keep you interested, I hope! :)

Enjoy!

Big Love,

pikapikatchu

Charlotte Knotts, the new ballistics expert in the lab, had a big crush on Greg Sanders. She wasn't one to be all shy about this. She was a pretty straightforward person who didn't really care what other people thought about her. She made some pretty obvious remarks towards Greg, but he didn't take the hints. She was a beautiful woman, 5'8'', shoulder length blonde hair, gorgeous hazel eyes, slender, but rather muscular built with a cute smile. She knew she was beautiful and wasn't too shy to show off her good looks, fact that Greg didn't seem all too interested in her only made it more interesting. She enjoyed flirting with him and thought the challenge was quite exciting. Usually if she liked a guy, she would flirt a few times and then simply ask him out for a date. But this time, she decided the bluntness could wait a little while. "Hey Greg," she said with a playful smile as she sat down next to him in the break room. "How's it going?"

"Hey Charlotte..." he said without looking up. He was just going through some case files. "Good, you?"

She sighed a bit. "I'm good. So..." She gently put his files down to make him look at her. "I'm having a party next Saturday. You wanna come?"

He looked a bit surprised. While she thought they already had several conversations and started to build some kind of friendship, he felt he didn't know her at all. "Uh... Sure, I think I have the night off... What kind of party is it?"

"Ah well you know, I'm just inviting a few friends over to my place. It's been three months since I moved here, it's time for a house warming party!" She laughed.

"Well then, I'll be there. Is anyone else from the lab coming?"

"Uh, sure... I invited... Hodges and Nick... and Sara's coming, too."

"Cool, I'm sure it's gonna be fun," he said smiling before turning his head to the files again.

Friday arrived. Greg was working a case with Nick and walking with him into the trace lab. "So..." Greg said, "Do you guys want to share a cab to Charlotte's party?"

"Oh I'm not going..." Nick said while briefly looking up from the microscope.

"Yeah me neither." Hodges grabbed a book from a shelf.

"...Why not?"

" 'Cause we need to work tomorrow."

"Oh okay... Maybe Sara will join me then..."

"Sara's working, too."

"What?! Ah great... Now I have to go to that party all by myself. I don't know any of Charlotte's friends. And I don't really know Charlotte, either..."

"She seems nice," Nick said while patting Greg on the back. He shared a look with Hodges. Both men knew that Charlotte was into Greg. After all, she didn't make it a secret. They thought it was hilarious Greg didn't know, though. "I'm sure you're gonna have a blast."

Sunday, the day after the party, Greg was back to work. He walked into the break room, where Hodges, Henry and Nick were already chatting. "Hey, there he is! How was the party?"

"It was fun. Charlotte has some really great friends," he replied while walking towards the coffee machine. "...but..."

Nick turned around to him. "But what?"

"Ah nothing." He shook his head as he poured coffee into his cup.

Nick, Henry and Hodges all shared a grin. "Come on, what is it? You can tell us."

"Well, at the party Charlotte introduced me to everybody, you know?" He sat down at the table. He noticed the guys trying to hold back their laughs, but didn't mind them at first. "I felt like they were trying to set me up with one of them..."

All three of them looked rather surprised. They all expected a fun story about how Charlotte came onto him. "Why would you think that?"

"Well, Charlotte kind of ignored me. At least it felt that way... And had me stuck with..." He stopped talking as he poured some milk into his cup and sat down again sighing. "...A guy named Marvin..." For a short second, the guys managed to hold back their laughter, but then couldn't help themselves. They bursted out in laughter. Greg waited for them to calm down a bit as he rolled his eyes. "You done?"

"Sorry..." Nick giggled. "Why do you think they tried to hook you up with him? Are you even sure he's gay?"

"I'm pretty sure he is. And everyone kept on telling me how great he was."

"And you didn't mention 'Hey, by the way. Not gay!' ?" Hodges asked laughing.

"I... uh... didn't really get a chance to smooth this into any conversation. Would've been weird to just burst it out, don't you think?"

"Yeah well isn't it weirder that this guy might get his hopes up and ask Charlotte for your number?"

"Then I'll get a chance to clear things up. No big deal." Greg shrugged as he sipped from his coffee.

"Hey, party poopers!" Charlotte walked in grinning, winking at Greg. "Hey gorgeous!"

"So we heard your party was a big success," Henry said smiling.

"At least for some..." Hodges whispered to a giggling Nick.

"It was amazing!" she started to tell some stories from the party. "Did you enjoy yourself, too, Greg?"

He nodded. "Yeah, it was fun." He wanted to go on, but Charlotte interrupted him.

"So Nick, you're still seeing that girl... what's her name, Joan?"

Nick shook his head. "Nah, it didn't work out. We're too different."

"Well that's a shame! But I have just the right girl for you! Emily, beautiful smile, dark brown eyes, shiny blonde hair. You've met her Greg, wouldn't she be perfect for Nick?"

"Well, I..."

Again, she didn't let him finish. "How about I give her your number?"

Nick looked a bit baffled. "Well... What do you think of her, Greg? You think she might be my type?"

"She seemed nice."

"You're quite the matchmaker, huh, Charlotte?" Hodges grinned. "Have any friend you could hook me up with?"

"Hm..." she thought about it for a while. "Oh, sure! There's Kay for you and... Henry, how about my friend Megan?"

All two of them looked at Greg, waiting to approve. When he nodded with a slight shoulder shrug, they smiled excited. "Great! Set us up!"

"You know guys, that's really fun! I'm getting all of you girlfriends!" She laughed, patting Greg's shoulder and walking out.

Greg raised an eyebrow as he watched her walk away. "...What the hell just happened?!"

"What do you mean?" Nick asked.

"She hooked you all up with one of her girl friends and I get stuck with Marvin?!"

Nick laughed. "Then go and say something. Clear it up."

"No... I..."

"Yeah Nick, maybe he and Marvin are meant to be together, who are we to meddle?" Hodges grinned devilish.