Disclaimer: I don't own any CSI: NY characters. The original characters are mine including the lab tech.
Summary: There's a new tech in the lab. Can she be resisted by the men in the lab?
Chapter 1
Jenna walked out of the elevator and headed to Mac's office. She knocked lightly on the glass door causing Mac to look of. He motioned her in and she entered the room.
"You're Jenna Landers?" he asked while he made his way around his desk.
"Yes, sir that's me," she replied and smiled.
"How was your trip from Philly?"
"Ah, it was alright. I'm still trying to get settled here."
"Did you find an apartment yet?"
"Yeah, I found one in Brooklyn. It's a cute little place," she answered.
"Well, I'll show you to your station and get you settled in," Mac started out of the office and Jenna followed.
They were in the hallway when Danny came up to them. He started to tell Mac about the case they were working on. They talked without acknowledging Jenna.
While Mac was looking at the paperwork Danny had handed him Danny looked at Jenna. "I'm Jenna, by the way," she told him and held out her hand.
"Oh, sorry," Mac started. "Jenna Landers, Danny Messer."
"Nice to meet you. Are you our new lab tech?" Danny asked her.
"Yeah, I'm the new lab rat," she smiled.
"Welcome to the place that will be your second home," he told her.
"Alright, Danny let me show Jenna where to go then I'll get back to you about this." Mac told the younger man, who walked away. Then they continued to the lab.
Mac showed Jenna her station in the DNA lab. He introduced her to a couple other lab techs in the area. Then she followed him to the locker room where she could put her things.
"Well, I've got some evidence to look at. Again, welcome and let me know if you need anything." Mac walked away, leaving her alone in the locker room.
Jenna put her purse and jacket in a locker. She sat down on the bench for a second and stared at the floor. She had driven almost all day the day before and had tried to unpack some of the things she unloaded into her apartment, she was tired. However, now she had to be on, she was starting her new job.
"Hey," she heard a female voice behind her.
She looked up to her left and saw a girl with short brown hair. "Hey," Jenna replied.
"I'm Lindsay, are you new?"
"Yeah, today's my first day. I'm working DNA. I'm Jenna." She put out her hand and Lindsay took it. "It's nice to meet you," she told her.
"I've got to get to a crime scene. Good luck with your first day."
Jenna closed her locker and made her way out of the locker room and to work. She passed quite a few people who would just look at her and smile. When she returned to her station she was approached by another woman. She gave her some samples to process, and who was on the case. She showed her where everything was in the area and told her if she had any questions she could ask.
After Jenna finished with the samples she had a woman with curly hair approached her.
"Hey, I'm Stella," she told him.
"I'm Jenna, and I have your DNA samples finished," she handed Stella the report. "The first sample is from the bottle of water you found, there were no hits in CODIS but it does have common low-signs with your victim. The other sample is from under your vic's fingernails and it's male, but no hit in CODIS and isn't the same as the water bottle," Jenna told her.
"Well, this is helpful. Thanks Jenna and welcome to the lab."
Jenna smiled. "Thanks."
A couple hours later Jenna was sitting in the break room. She was on the couch with a book in her hands. It was an informational book, however; something she needed to read for research. Danny walked in and there was a tall dark-haired buy with him. She listened as they talked about their case. She was looking over her book at them, but then looked back down when they looked at her.
"Jenna," she heard Danny say.
"Yes," she didn't look up right away.
"Did you work on my DNA samples?" he asked and sat down across from her.
"I did."
"And?"
"I got a hit in CODIS, but I am on a break right now," she looked up. "Can it…" he was giving her a look. "Ok," she put down her back and grabbed the folder next to her. She opened it. "It came back to an Alexandra Badillo. She's got an assault charge and a B and E charge."
"Great," Danny responded.
"Didn't we interview an Alexandra, she's the girlfriend, right?" the other guy asked.
"Yeah, we did," Danny replied and stood up.
"Danny, does your buddy here have a name?" Jenna asked and laughed.
"He's got no manners. I'm Detective Don Flack," he reached his hand out to her and she took it. "Welcome to the lab, I'm sorry you have to work with Danny, he's a pain in the ass."
She started to laugh. "I can tell already."
"Hey, I haven't done anything to you," Danny told Jenna.
"I know, but I have a good sense about these kinds of things."
"Oh, I like her," Flack said.
The two guys gave their parting comments and left the room. Jenna picked up her book and her soda can from the table and headed back to the lab. There were already a couple of samples waiting for her when she was putting her lab coat on. She sat down and began to work on the samples.
As it got later and later she was sitting alone in the lab. It was mostly dark in the rooms around her. Jenna looked through the windows and across the hallway where the light was still on in Mac's office.
"You still here," Danny asked as he peeked in the lab.
"Yeah, I'm just getting ready to leave. I was reading up on some stuff. Are you out of here?" she responded.
"Yeah, I'm heading out."
"Hey, does Mac ever leave?"
Danny glanced over at Mac's office. "He's pretty dedicated." Jenna noticed Flack coming toward the room they were in.
"Messer, you don't answer your phone?" he asked Danny more sarcastic than stern.
"It died, what's up?"
"I was just tryin' to get a hold of you. You wanna go grab a drink?"
"Yeah, sounds good." He turned to Jenna. "You up for a drink?"
"You know I have about five piles of boxes in my closet of an apartment. But a drink sounds pretty good." She smiled and stood from the stool. "Let me go get my stuff, I'll meet you by the elevator."
Jenna made her way to the locker room. She took her purse and jacket from her locker. She put her jacket on as she walked and pulled her brown hair out from underneath the collar.
"So," she started as she walked toward the two guys. "You do realize you're taking me to my first New York bar, restaurant, pub, or anything, so you better make it a good one."
"We're going to the regular spot. I think you'll like it." Danny told her as they waited for the elevator.
The three of them walked into the parking garage where Jenna had parked. She offered to drive and the guys accepted. They approached Jenna's truck.
"A truck?" Flack asked her.
"Yeah, all the girls have them back home," she told them and smiled. She pushed the button on the keyless entry.
"Where'd you come from again?"
"I was working for the Philly PD but I was born and raised in the country in PA. What can I say once a country, always a country girl." Jenna got in the driver's seat, Danny in the passenger and Flack in the back.
"Country girl? Like country music and 'hoe downs'?" Danny asked her.
Jenna started to laugh. "Uh, not really. Just an out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere kind of country girl." She asked the guys where they were going and Danny gave her some directions.
When they got to the bar Jenna followed Flack with Danny behind her. They made their way up to the bar and the guys yelled out their orders as they were sitting down. Jenna asked for a beer and sat on a stool next to Flack; Danny on the other side of him.
"So, country girl how do you like the big city?" Flack inquired.
"I've seen the route to my apartment and the route from my apartment to the lab, but I like it so far," she took a sip from the beer set in front of her.
"Well, there's gotta be something to see from there to the lab."
"Oh, yeah I'm sure there's plenty to see. Some day I'll have my apartment in order and I'll be able to see all of it."
"You guys wanna play pool?" Danny asked them.
"Yeah, is there an open table?" Flack replied.
"I think, let me check." Danny got up at went to the back of the bar.
"You play pool?" Flack asked Jenna.
"Yeah my oldest brother and sister-in-law have one, I played quite a bit," she answered and saw Danny motioning to them. They picked up their drinks and went over to him.
They played a game of "cut throat." Jenna won the first game, and the guys were impressed. Danny won the second game and Flack was not taking his multiple defeats well. But the third game was his. By the time the third game was done it was late and the three of them decided it was time to call it a night.
Danny said his goodbyes and made his way to the subway. Jenna looked at her watch while she and Flack stood on the sidewalk.
"Oh, I better get home and feed my guard dog. You need a ride?" she asked him as they started to her truck.
"Where you going?"
"Brooklyn. Are you on the way or close by?"
He laughed. "Brooklyn's not small, you got a specific area?"
She gave him the cross streets and he told her his apartment was close by, so he accepted the ride she had offered.