Authors Note: Sorry about the title, but it was what came to mind when I started to write this and I didn't feel like changing it. Also sorry about posting the chapters rightly after each other, but this was meant to be a no chapter one, just felt it was better to read if I split it up.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own CSI: Crime Scene Investigation or CSI: Miami and I don't make any money from it.
Viva Las Vegas
Chapter 1. The morning after.
Natalia let out a groan slowly opening her hazel eyes. Her head was pounding and she was not alone in bed. Not that it was her bed in the first place, she was at a hotel in Vegas due to Calleigh's bachelorette party.
Ladies weekend in Vegas. Calleigh had invited with her and Valera as those were her closest friends, thinking they and she could have a last weekend of fun before the wedding.
Only Natalia had not returned alone, in fact she had a hard time remembering when she fell asleep at all. Looking over at the younger man in bed next to her was all she could remember more drinks at the room and mind-blowing sex.
She had met him after she had split with the others and they had hit it off. As it turned out he had the night off, although he hadn't told her what he was working with. After talking for about an hour in the bar they had moved up to her room for more privacy and things had developed there.
A shiver of delight ran down Natalia's spine just thinking about it and she could feel she again was getting wet. The brunette was considering whether to wake him in a pleasant way or let him sleep when her phone started to ring.
A bit groggy she answered, "This is Natalia, hello."
"Hey Nat, it's me," she heard Valera in the other end.
"Oh hey, what's up?" Natalia asked.
"I know it's early, but Calleigh is still asleep and I wanted to go out for breakfast, you wanna join?" the other woman asked. She and Calleigh were sharing a room.
"Uhm, I don't know?" said Natalia, looking over at her sleeping companion.
"What do you mean you don't know?" asked Valera confused.
"Well thing is I'm not alone," Natalia answered.
"You hooked up?" Valera wanted to know.
"I did yes, it was…amazing," said Natalia with a sigh of great satisfaction.
"Really, well I'm happy for you, you know you can always bring him down with you," Valera suggested.
"Can I think about it and get back to you?" Natalia asked her.
"You can," said Valera with a giggle.
"I'll call you as soon as I have talked to Greg," said Natalia and hung up. She then turned to Greg saying, "Handsome, it's time to get up."
He let out a grunt, before opening his eyes and saying, "Morning, beautiful, what time is it?"
Natalia blushed saying, "A little over ten, my friend Maxine wondered if we were interested in breakfast."
"I could do for that, will all be there?" he asked as she the reason before told him why she was there in the first place.
"Think the bride-to-be is sleeping in so it will just be me and Valera," Natalia answered.
"Well I would be a fool if I turned down two beautiful ladies so count me in," he said and smiled at her.
"Great, do you wanna join me in the shower before I call her back?" asked Natalia, wiggling her brows.
"Don't mind if I do," he said with a chuckle, not really feeling any desire to stay of this beautiful woman. She just giggled playfully, getting out of the bed and towards the bathroom. He watched her for a moment before he followed her, saluting her in all her glory.
It was a smiling Natalia that meet Valera for breakfast thirty minutes later, after all the older brunette had been satisfied in the shower and was feeling pretty great.
Valera looked around for her mystery man without seeing anyone, so she ended up asking, "Where is he?"
"He had to make a phone call, something about work, but he'll be her in a moment," Natalia answered honestly.
Valera nodded and looked at her friend with curious eyes asking, "So what is he like?"
"Well to be honest he's a lot younger, but he's really smart and really fun. We seemed to have a lot in common movie and music wise and I think he's really handsome," said Natalia with a dreamy sigh.
"But what is it I see, you're head over heels after one night?" Valera said with a giggle.
"Oh shush with you, Greg over here," she called out as she saw him coming into the restaurant.
Valera turned her head and looked at a man with sandy-blonde hair coming towards them. He was dressed in blue jeans, a black T-shirt and a grey suit jacket. She quickly concluded she had to agree with Natalia, he was handsome and had Natalia not meet him first, she could have easily gone for a guy like this.
Greg sat down next to Natalia after shaking hands with Valera, saying, "Have you ordered yet?"
"No, we were waiting for you, so Greg, what do you do for a living?" Valera wanted to know.
"I'm a crime scene investigator, my field is chemistry and I really love it," he said with a polite smile.
"Same as me then," said Valera with a great smile, as the young woman were a true chemist.
"Really cool, I got it right that your field is DNA?" said Greg, turning to face his babe.
"It is yes, I can find anyone and everything almost as once," she said with a nod.
"I have no problem believing that, you did after all find me," he said, just as they all heard Calleigh's voice say, "So it's here you are hiding, you could have woken me before going."
"Wouldn't say hide, and you were sleeping so peacefully I found it rude to disturb," said Valera, looking at her with innocent eyes.
"Hmmm, and this is?" said Calleigh, sitting down next to Valera, looking over at Greg with curious eyes.
"Natalia's boy toy," said Valera with a giggle, but quickly stopped getting a warning look from the other woman.
"And here I thought you were my sex kitten," said Greg in a jokey tone.
Natalia become flushing red and Calleigh and Valera burst into laughter. He bent over whispering, "It's okay babe, I don't mind it, although I do hope I am more than just that."
"You are, or rather I hope you will be, all things considered we are leaving on Sunday, so if we are going to continue this it has to be long distance," she whispered back, biting her lower lip.
"I would like that as I have started to take a liking to you, plus you're the hottest woman I have been with," he said with a smile.
Natalia blushed even more, making the two other women go, "Awwwwe."
Greg turned his attention to them asking, "So which one of you is getting married?"
"That would be me," said Calleigh with a sigh.
"You don't sound too excited about it, not the right guy?" asked Greg, looking at her with wondering eyes.
"He is, he's great in every way, I have no complains," said Calleigh honestly. She couldn't find one thing to complain about when it came to her Eric, he was the perfect boyfriend in every way.
"He's not challenging enough?" Greg asked.
"I don't know, can't put my finger on…"Calleigh stopped, her eyes going towards a woman walking towards their table, a woman she had met before. The woman that was the leader of the Las Vegas Crime Lab.
Greg looked to where Calleigh's eyes were going, seeing his boss walking towards them thinking, 'Oh great I can't even date without being discovered."
"Catherine," he said, nodding for her to sit down, but she shook her head saying, "I'm in a bit of a hurry, do you have a second?"
"Can't it wait until the shift starts?" he asked with a sigh.
"I'm afraid not and hello Calleigh," she said, nodding polite to Horatio's second in command.
"Hey, how are you?" asked Calleigh polite back.
"Busy as always, and you?" asked Catherine, wondering what the blonde was doing there.
"Bachelorette party in Vegas seems we now have one thing in common, Greg," said Calleigh with a smile.
"So it will seem…it won't take long, dinner?" she asked, nodding at Calleigh.
"Yes, call regarding time and place," said Calleigh, nodding back.
"Will do," said Catherine, taking Greg with her a few steps away, as they were talking Calleigh's eyes never left Catherine, not even for a second, making Valera raise her eyes at Calleigh to Natalia. Natalia frowned, but shrugged then let her eyes slide to her Greg, he seemed frustrated.
They finished up and Catherine left as he came back to the table saying, "I have to come in to work earlier than planned as there is something that need my attention, when are you leaving tomorrow?"
"Around three or so, do you have to go at once?" Natalia asked, she wanted more time with him.
"No, not before ten tonight," he said, his eyes went to Calleigh that suddenly seemed very puzzled.
"I have to go and call Eric," she said and got up a bit too sudden, hurrying out of there.
"I somehow doubt she is going to call him," said Greg with a light chuckle. Neither of the two ladies replied to this even if they had their own thoughts regarding the matter.
"So you're getting married," Catherine said, taking a bite of her steak, the same afternoon.
"I am yes," said Calleigh with a little smile.
"So who's the lucky man?" asked Catherine, smiling back.
Calleigh swallowed some of her vegetables before saying, "Eric."
"Eric, really?" said Catherine rather surprised.
"Yeah, we've been going steady for almost two years, why?" asked Calleigh with a frown.
"Just always figured if you married someone from work it would be something equal to you like Horatio, or someone that made you laugh like Ryan or maybe even Natalia, but not Eric, I honestly don't see him as a match for you in any way," said Catherine.
"Na…Na…Natalia," Calleigh stuttered, looking at Catherine with shocked eyes, for some reason not objecting to what she had just said about Eric.
"Yes, the way you talk about her when you do makes me think that she could be a possible match for you," said Catherine. The two ladies had chatted and online and on the phone for some years now, it all had started with Calleigh calling the LV crime lab for some info regarding a case.
"Don't be absurd, she's a woman," said Calleigh, rolling her eyes, her green eyes meeting Catherine's blue on the other side of the table. She wanted to add something, but her words got lost. Catherine smiled warmly at her as if she wanted to prove her point. Before Calleigh could even think it through she leaned over the table and kissed Catherine. Catherine returned it, deepening it, letting her tongue slip into the blonde's mouth.
When they stopped looking at each other, a panting Calleigh whispered, "Can we go home to your place, please."
Catherine nodded as she lay down enough money to pay their bill before she dragged the blonde towards the exit, knowing that the wedding after this most likely would be off.
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