A/N: This is my first CSI fanfic, so don't be mean. The story isn't going to be boring, I'm just setting the story up to be interesting…
Summary: Both Greg and Nick have there sights set on the newest lab rat. Greg has loved her since he first laid eyes on her, Nick has started to ever since he tried to get Greg to ask her out. How far will they let this competition go, before it tears there friendship completely apart and affects the whole lab? What happens when one of the CSI is kidnapped? Will they work together to save their friend and who will end up with Nicole?
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI or its characters, only my OC.
"Hey Grissom, I ran the finger prints and I got a hit. Jack Mare, previously a war veteran" Greg said walking down the hall beside Gil Grissom.
"Thank you, Greg" Grissom said continuing to walk.
"Umm, Grissom wait" Greg shouted.
"Yes Greg?" Grissom said slowly turning around.
Greg stood there with a smile plastered on his face. "I also found a finger print on the blade of the knife…"
"Did it belong to Jack Mare?" Grissom said cocking an eyebrow.
"Nope… but it matches his daughters, Callie" Greg said. He started to walk away but, turned back towards Grissom "Can I have a raise, if I tell you what I think happened and its right?"
"If your prediction is reasonable, I might consider" Gil responded.
"I'm thinking, the daughter Callie is all torn up about her mother walking out on them. She blames her father, for being out all the time" Greg smiles at Grissom and then continues "When her father brings home a new girlfriend, the daughter assumes that he had been seeing her, behind her mothers back and then turns the blame towards the girlfriend" Greg pauses and takes a breath.
"Greg how long is this assumption going to be?" Grissom interrupts.
"As I was saying… Callie has hate for her soon to be step mother and can't stand having her around… Her father calls and says he's going to be late that night so, she decides to get rid of the girlfriend before he gets home. She stabs her father's fiancé once. The father comes home and sees the daughter about to stab her again but, it's to late she's dead. He tries to wrestle the knife out of his daughters hand and that's how his finger prints got on there. He covers up for the daughter and blames himself for his fiancés death" Greg said raising both eyebrows.
"That's a very good scenario Greg" Grissom said nodding.
"Thank you" Greg said walking away.
Catherine stood outside the lab while, she waited for Nick. "Nick, hurry your ass up! We have to interview some person for a position in the lab" Catherine yelled in to Nick. She had been waiting there for about, twenty minutes.
"Oh yeah, sorry Cath… I forgot" Nick said with an innocent smile. "I don't want anyone else to join our team, I am happy with the team the way it is"
"I know Nick but, they could really help in the lab. Especially since Greg is training to be out on the field" Catherine said being reasonable.
"Yeah" Nick said walking to the office. Both Catherine and Nick sat down at the table, awaiting the person applying. Nick was a little impatient but, he tried to keep his cool.
"I'm sorry I kept you waiting, I was stuck in traffic" A young lady said in a joyful voice.
Nick looked at her and suddenly changed his mind about not wanting a new member. "Hi, I'm Nick Stokes and this is Catherine Willows" Nick said sweetly.
"It's nice to meet you Mr. Stokes and Ms. Willows, I'm Nicole Anderson" Nicole said with a nervous smile.
Twenty minutes later
"Can you excuse us for a second sweetie?" Catherine questioned.
"Yes, of course" Nicole replied. Catherine and Nick walked out of the room. They closed the door on the way out.
"So, what do you think? Do we hire her?" Catherine asked while pacing back and forth. She looked at the young ladies application.
"Well she is definitely qualified" Nick implied. He turned around and looked through the glass door. He smiled at her and she smiled back. "I say we hire her"
"I agree… but, you aren't just hiring her because you think she's hot, are you Nick?" Catherine said with a smirk.
"Of course not…" Nick said. Catherine walked past him and back into the office. Nick whispered to himself "Not completely" Nick headed back into the room "Welcome to the team" She walked over to him and gave him a hug. She did the same to Catherine.
"Thank you, I can't wait to get started" Nicole said rejoiced. "Ms. Willows, you wouldn't mind showing me around… would you?"
"Not at all Nicole" Catherine walked out the door and Nicole followed.
Nick walked happily down the hallway. When he saw the lab, he ran in to see Greg. Greg was sitting at a table testing blood samples for Grissom."Greg, man you have to see the new girl" Nick exclaimed.
"She's pretty? I bet you, I've seen better" Greg announced. He looked back down at his work.
"No way dude!" Nick said. Suddenly Catherine walked around the corner of the door.
"And this is the DNA lab" Catherine said waiting for Nicole to enter the room. Nicole entered the room and Greg looked up in shock. He was wrong; he had never seen a beauty like this.
She had long blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes. Her skin was like honey milk, fair and perfect. She had a very friendly smile. She was tall, about 5 foot 8 and in very good physical shape. She had long legs, a little waist, had a nice sized chest and butt. Now Greg's eyes were fixed on her eyes. They both stared at each other in awe. Nicole bit her lip, looked down and looked up at him again with a shy smile.
"Um, Greg this is…" Catherine was interrupted before she could finish.
Greg took his gloves off and walked over towards the new girl. "I'm Greg Sanders and you are?" Greg said not loosing eye contact with her.
"Nicole Anderson"
"It's a pleasure to meet you and to be working with you" Greg said shaking her hand gently.
"Thank you and I'm honored to be working with you Mr. Sanders" She spoke gently.
"Please, call me Greg" He exclaimed.
Catherine looked at Nick then smiled "Nicole lets go introduce you to our team's supervisor…Greg get back to work" Catherine signaled for Nick to follow them out the door.
"Okay, Nicole honey, Grissom's office is the first door around the corner, to your left. I'll be right with you in a second" Catherine said with a smile. Nicole nodded and walked toward Grissom's office.
"Cath, did you see what I saw?" Nick questioned.
"Yeah I saw. Greg has the hots for her" Catherine responded with a laugh.
"And she has the hots for him" Nick said.
"Who has the hots for whom?" Greg said standing behind Nick.
"Ugh, no one" Nick said quickly while trying to look innocent.
"Well Nicky, I suppose I should go catch up with Ms. Anderson. See you" Catherine said walking away, leaving Nick to talk to Greg.
"I told you, she's hot" Nick said heading back into Greg's lab. Greg followed, put his gloves back on and sat down.
"Yeah, I was wrong. You know she seemed really nice" Greg replied while picturing the blonde bombshell in his head.
"I know and I also know you have a crush on the new lab rat" Nick whispered to Greg as he walked over to a computer.
"What! No I don't… I mean I don't even know her, all I know is that she's pretty" Greg spat turning to face Nick.
"It's okay if you like her" Nick exclaimed. Nick and Greg continued to argue over the topic for ten minutes, when all of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Greg and Nick both looked up, to see Nicole.
"Hi, I'm sorry if I'm interrupting your conversation, Grissom sent me here to get started" Nicole spoke.
"Um, no you didn't. Nick was just leaving, weren't you?" Greg said giving Nick the 'get out of here now' eyes.
"Yeah, I was" Nick announced while he shot Greg a dirty look. Greg looked at Nicole and smiled. "Good luck with him Nicole"
"Bye Nick" Nicole responded politely "Kay, what would you like me to do?"
Greg looked at her for a second and then gave his response " I could use your help swabbing some beer bottles… well not some beer bottles, more like 300" Greg gave her a smirk.
"Okay" Nicole said. Greg passed Nicole a pair of gloves and a lab coat. They both sat down at the table and started to swab all of the beer bottles.
There was an awkward silence and it remained that way for a few minutes. Greg looked over at Nicole and quickly looked away when she looked up. "So… where are you from?" Greg asked.
"I'm from Sault St. Marie" She replied looking up at him.
"Isn't that like in…Canada?" Greg questioned.
"Yeah." Nicole said pulling her hair back into a pony tail.
"Why'd you travel to Vegas?" Greg continued to ask her questions.
"I don't know, I just did" Nicole responded. She continued to swab and Greg continued to look at her.
"Oh. That's cool…" Greg said. "So ugh, does your boyfriend live here in Vegas too?"
"No" Nicole looked back up at him "I'm single"
"Really?" Greg said with a smirk. 'Is this destiny or what? A hot girl from a different country applies for a job HERE and ends up working with me…and she's single'
"Yes and why do you sound so surprised?" Nicole said.
"Well, you're attractive, nice and clearly smart" Greg said.
Nicole laughed "Thank you Greg" She smiled at him. Nicole looked at a bottle puzzled. She had noticed a substance on it. "This is the bottle the victim drank from right?"
"Yeah" Greg said still looking up at her.
"It appears that our victim's drink was spiked" Nicole announced. "I'm thinking that whoever spiked her drink could have left their finger-prints on it"
"Well, I think we should find out" Greg replied. He went to pick up a pencil and dropped it. Both of them bent over to pick up the pencil and bumped heads as they did. "Owe" they said in sync "Sorry" They laughed.
Nicole grinned and then started to check for prints. Greg was standing behind her and decided to do the full body check out on her. She bent over to be at eye level with the bottle. Greg stopped once he reached her ass and stared. Just as he did so, Warrick walked in.
"Greg" Warrick said shaking his head at Greg. Greg looked up fast.
"Oh… ughh, hey Warrick" Greg said quickly walking over the other side of the room. He pretended to be busy so that Warrick wouldn't embarrass him.
Warrick laughed and then walked over towards Nicole "And who might this, beautiful young lady be?" Warrick said standing behind Nicole. Nicole looked over her shoulder at him and smiled. She recognized him.
"Ms. Anderson this is" Greg couldn't finish, he was interrupted.
"Warrick!" Nicole said happily while jumping into his arms.
"Nicole baby, I didn't know you were coming here to Vegas" Warrick said with a huge smile while he hugged Nicole.Nicole pulled away and gave him a peck on the lips.
She hugged him one more time and then sat down. "Mr. Brown three years and no phone call? If I didn't know you that well, I'd think you were hiding from me"
"Sorry babe, I've been really busy…but, let me make it up to you, dinner tonight, at my place?" Warrick said.
"Okay… but, only if your cooking skills have improved" Nicole giggled.
"I'll make your favourite" Warrick said he looked at her and smiled. "Kay, well I better go… Catherine will be pissed if I'm late on the scene. I'll pick you up at 7 o'clock, gorgeous" Warrick kissed her on the forehead and walked away.
Envy was written all over Greg's face. "So, you and Warrick go way back, huh?"
"Yup. Is this fate or what?' Nicole said walking over to the computer to look for a finger print match.
Greg sat down beside her "Sure" Greg said he looked at the screen and then walked over to the printer.
"Greg, is something wrong?" Nicole said standing up and walking over to him. She placed her hand on his hand. "If there is, you can tell me"
Greg looked at her hand and looked back up at her "No but, thanks. I'm fine" Greg replied. A sheet popped out of the printer and Greg grabbed it quickly. "Excuse me for a second…"
"Sure" Nicole said walking back over the computer.
Greg walked down the hall and towards Nick's office. Nick was on the phone with his mom when Greg stomped on in.
"Yeah mom, I'll come and visit soon" Nick responded to his mother on the phone.
"Ahemm" Greg said while tapping his foot on the floor. Nick turned around and looked at him.
"Yup… love you to, buh-bye" Nick said turning his cell off "Yes, Greg?"
"Here's your sheet" Greg said with a bit of a snotty tone.
"Whoa, ugh Greg… what's with you?" Nick asked a little shocked that optimistic Greg was being cranky.
"No…does it look like something is wrong?" Greg said sitting down with a frown.
"No but, it sounds like it" Nick responded
Greg was about to speak when Warrick walked in. Greg looked down and huffed. "Nick man, can you cover my shift tonight? I'm kinda busy" Warrick questioned politely.
"Yup" Nick sat down and put his feet up. "So, what's her name?" He knew Warrick was missing work for a girl.
"Nicole Anderson" Warrick said.
"No way man, you got her to do on a date, with you?" Nick asked astonished.
"Yeah, man. Tonight at 7" Warrick said with a wink. Greg had a jealous look plastered on his face as he looked away from Warrick. Warrick made his way out of the room and turned the corner.
"So Greggo, that's why you're pissed, huh?" Nick said cocking an eyebrow.
"No… but, did you know that they knew each other?" Greg asked.
"Nope… but, if you like her, ask her on a date" Nick said looking at the sheet Greg handed him.
"Whatever Nick" Greg said stomping off.
Later that Night
"What time is it?" Nicole said undoing her lab coat.
Greg looked at the clock "Ten to six"
"Shit, I have to go" Nicole said taking the gloves off and laying them down on the table.
Nicole walked up towards Greg and leaned on the table beside him. He stood up got a sheet of paper out of the printer and placed it write next to Nicole. He stood in front of her and smiled. Nicole kissed Greg on the cheek and then started to speak "Thank you Greg, for putting up with me today. I understand it was probably hard but, it was my first time working in this lab and I enjoyed it" She turned around and started to walk away.
She walked around the corner and Greg ran out of the lab after her "Wait!" He shouted!
She turned towards him slightly confused but, still smiling "Mhmm?"
"Can I have your phone number?" Greg questioned slightly nervous. He had a nervous smile spread across his face.
"Yeah" Nicole said. She grabbed a piece of paper and pulled a pen out of her purse. She wrote it out and handed it to him. "I gave you my cell and my home phone"
"Thanks, have a good night and say hi to Warrick for me" Greg said looking at the paper.
"Night hun" She said while walking away.
Greg walked back into the lab and sat down on the chair. He looked at the number and took a deep breath. He touched his cheek, where she had kissed and sighed.
"Hey Romeo, did you ask her?" Nick said walking in the room.
"Ask who what?" Greg asked sitting up.
"Nicole, did you ask her out?" Nick raised his voice.
"Why would I do that? I don't like her… like that" Greg responded defensively.
"You're such a wimp" Nick said grabbing the piece of paper and making his way out of the lab.
"Yeah well… At least if I were to ask her out, if I did like her, she would say yes. Could you say the same" Greg spat. Nick laughed and then walked back into the room.
"Yeah actually I could… I'm good with the ladies and I'm not scared to ask them out. You're on bud" Nick said as if Greg was challenging him. Greg just gave a snotty look and got back to work.
The Next Day
"Warrick man, how was your date with Nicole?" Nick said loudly so that Greg could hear.
"It wasn't really a date man; she's like a little sister to me…" Warrick said giggling.
"Oh I see" Nick said. He took a drink of his water as he walked into the lab.
Nick and Greg started to argue about Greg liking Nicole, when Nicole walked in. Greg and Nick looked up and checked her out. She was wearing black skinny jeans, a white low cut tank top, with red high heals and a red and black necklace. He hair was straight with spiral curls on the ends, her make up was simple; Smokey eyes, glossy lips and a little blush.
"Hey boys" Nicole said putting her purse down. Nick nudged Greg to go and ask her out, Greg shook it off and didn't take his eyes off her. Nick stood up and walked over to Nicole, Greg's eyes followed him.
"Good mornin' beautiful" Nick said with a small grin. He looked back at Greg.
Nicole smiled "Good morning to both of you handsome men" She started to look for her lab coat.
Greg jumped up and grabbed it for her "Here doll" He put it on her.
She replied thanks and walked over to the printer. Nick followed; he stood next to her again. "Umm, listen I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies with me sometime?"
"On a date?" She asked slightly confused.
"Yeah a date" He said.
"I'd love to" Nicole said. "But when? And what are we seeing?"
"I was thinking maybe tomorrow night and we can see whatever you'd like"
"Sounds good. You can pick me up at 8:30, we'll go to the late show" Nicole said as she sat down beside Greg. Nick smiled and walked out of the room.