First day on a new job is the day that you make your first impression and they decide whether you are a keeper or not. First days make me nervous, more nervous than I am on first dates. If you screw up on a first date you can just move on to the next guy, but to screw up on your first day at a new job means you have to start the terrible search for a new one all over again. The mere thought made my stomach turn.
I walked through the front doors and showed security my identification. I then made it upstairs to the crime lab where I was to locate Detective Mac Taylor. Lucky for me he was sitting in his office, however he was on the phone and it was a rather heated conversation to say the least.
I stood there awkwardly until he hung up the phone and addressed me, "Can I help you miss?"
Miss. It wasn't the first time someone had called me that and I suspect it is because of how young I look. Oh hell I am young. Only twenty-six and to him I probably seem like a child. "Yes, I'm the new lab tech, Silvana Lynn Roberts."
"Right, yes, I've been expecting you Miss Roberts."
"Oh you can call me Silver, everyone does."
"Ok, Silver, you will be working under the careful eye of one of our other lab techs for the first two weeks. It's just a formality to make sure you know your way around the equipment and stuff. From your resume, however, I can see that you are very good at what you do. May I ask why you chose to start working at our lab?"
"Well, Detective Taylor, your lab has an excellent reputation and I've always wanted to live in New York. I needed a change of scenery."
"Call me Mac. I'm very glad you are a part of our team now and very sorry for the people that lost you."
"They aren't so sorry."
"Did you leave on bad terms? Your former boss gave me a very good recommendation for you when I called."
"Oh no it's nothing like that. I just have an unusual way of doing things."
"Well then you and Adam are going to make a great team. I will take you to him now and he can show you around."
"Excellent." Wow way to go Silver, you already told him you're a lunatic basically! I've ruined my chances of working here and now my palms are all sweaty and I'm going to make a terrible impression with this Adam guy.
Mac led me to a room with glass walls that was filled with computers. All of the latest technology from what I could tell. Inside was an average height man with brown hair. His back was to us as he was dancing around in front of his computer screen. It was hilarious and I couldn't help but laugh. Mac opened the door and cleared his throat.
Adam spun around and instantly turned bright red when he saw that his boss was standing there with me. He stammered out, "Boss, um…I was just…the trace you gave me was acrylic blue paint."
"So that is the reason for your celebratory dance?"
"Yes, sir. Um…who is this?" He was obviously a very unique man.
"This is the new lab tech I told you about last week. You're going to be showing her how things run around here for the next two weeks."
"Right…remember now…you said it was very important."
He was still embarrassed that we caught him dancing and so was stuttering and sort of rambling on. I interrupted, "I'm Silvana Roberts. You must be Adam." I stuck out my hand.
"Yes, Adam Ross. Nice to meet you, um, Silvana."
"Call me Silver." I flashed him a winning charm smile.
Adam's POV
Oh no this hot girl walked in on me dancing! I am such an idiot! Now she isn't going to want to work with me. She must think I'm a freak! Now I'm all nervous and stuttering and that's making it much worse.
Silver is extremely attractive though. As she stood next to Mac I noticed that she has dirty blonde hair with just a strand of pink in it. She has the prettiest brown eyes with flakes of gold in them that made them sparkle. Her wardrobe of the day consists of dark flare jeans and a deep purple short sleeve button up shirt with those ruffle things. She also had a black thick wristband which was slightly twisted and I can see a little bit of script on the inside. I wonder what that's all about.
Silver's POV
This Adam has been staring at me with his clear blue eyes for the longest time. Is he even listening to Mac? I must admit he is attractive though and that blue shirt he is wearing really brings out his eyes. Too bad I have a boyfriend though.
"So Adam can you show Silver around?" asked Mac.
"Er…yeah I would…like that." He is still stammering.
Mac left and I addressed Adam, "Are you usually this nervous around women? Or is it just the fact that your boss walked in on you doing your happy dance?" I laughed.
"Oh it's just…no…you must think…I'm not usually like this."
"Well once we are more acquainted with each other it will probably stop. It happens to me sometimes too and I find that only time helps."
"How are you so calm around Mac then?"
"Honestly I was faking the whole thing. He makes me nervous with how serious he is all the time. Is he always like that?"
"Yeah, um…it's scary how serious he is sometimes."
"Yeah, he erm…seems like he can be that way."
"Nice guy though…and real good at his job."
"I've heard good things about him." Moving on from the awkwardness now. "So how about that tour I was promised?"
"Right. Follow me." He walked out of the computer room and down the hall. We walked into another room with a lot of equipment that I recognized. There was a short, blonde, woman in here with a blonde, man who was only slightly taller than her.
"Hey Adam! Oh and Adam's friend," said the man.
"Hey Danny, Lindsey, this is Silver. She's the new lab tech."
"Oh well nice to meet you, Silver. I'm Lindsey and this is my husband, Danny."
"It's nice to meet you both too. So you're married and you work in the lab together? That's so sweet." I've never met two CSI's who were married and worked together before.
Danny laughed, "Yeah, we met through work. Didn't we, Montana?" He put an arm around Lindsey.
"You haven't called me that in a long time, Messer, but yes we did." Lindsey had a huge smile on her face and it was obvious how happy she was with the arrangement.
"That's sweet. Any kids?"
"We have one daughter, Lucy." Danny got a picture out of his wallet. The little girl had blonde hair and her daddy's blue eyes and she was adorable.
"She is so cute and looks a lot like her daddy. You must be proud of her."
"She's our pride and joy," said Lindsey. "Definitely a daddy's girl though."
"Oh no doubt about it. It was nice meeting you Silver, but we really must get back to this mystery trace. Maybe we'll get together for lunch though."
"That would be nice. Good luck with the mystery trace guys."
Adam and I went out into the hall and continued to the next room in the tour. On the way there he said, "Well they sure seemed to like you."
"Yeah I guess and they were just so cute. Lucy looked absolutely adorable."
"You weren't nervous around them?"
"Surprisingly not. Something about them made it easy to talk to them."
The next room held a woman with very large, curly, brown hair in it. She was looking through a microscope at who knows what. She looked up at us and smiled.
"Hi Adam and you must be Silvana."
"Call me Silver." I shook her hand.
"I'm Stella Bonasera, another CSI among the many around here."
"Yeah there are a few running around I suppose." I laughed.
"So is Adam giving you a good tour of the place?"
"Yes he is doing a very good job."
"I'm glad to hear that. If you will excuse me though, I must get back to this evidence."
"Nice to meet you," I said as we walked out the door.
Next stop is the morgue. I don't mind morgues oddly enough and I feel just as comfortable in them as I do in any other room. That's not saying much.
"Hey Sid, Hawkes."
"Hi Adam. Who is your friend?" asked the older of the two medical examiners.
"This is Silver, she's the new lab tech. I'm giving her a tour of the place."
"Well it's nice to meet you, Silver. I would shake your hand, but mine are covered in blood. I just finished an autopsy."
"Mine however are perfectly clean. I'm Sid by the way and that's Hawkes." He shook my hand and Hawkes offered a smile.
"Nice to meet you. I find your job fascinating, though I would never be able to do it myself."
"Oh well thank you. Some people are utterly disgusted with what I do and it is refreshing to meet someone who is not repulsed by the mere idea."
I laughed.
"Speaking of your job, Sid, you really should get back to it."
"Right you are Hawkes. We shall speak again sometime soon though Silver."
"Ok, nice to meet you guys!"