(Hey this is the improved chapter 1 nothing new just laid out better)
A/N- this is a first try at writing anything for me so constructive criticism is welcome, my writing skills aren't the best so I'm willing to take any good suggestions on how to make this story better. Also I'm only really comfortable at writing in the girls Pov's so most of this will be in Bella's pov with a little of some of the others. Reviews are nice but I will still post as long as I know at least somebody is reading this, now on to the story hope you enjoy
Disclaimer: everything but the plot line belongs to their rightful owners I own non of it, I just wanted a chance to play with the characters a little.
Ch 1 (B pov)
I have been working here at NCIS for almost three years now Some would say how have you been working there for so long already, well to answer that question, I graduated early in only 3 ½ years, when you really don't have anything else to live for and want to remain distracted with the least amount of down time you just pile that much more work on yourself , and taking as many classes as you can at a time, that includes day and night classes, and going to school through the summer. All of that equals graduating fast and getting into the working world very fast.
NCIS was the first to offer me a job when I graduated, and I thought it would be an interesting job, and has it been very interesting. I have had the chance to work with what I consider the greatest team ever.
There is Gibbs the leader of our team he can say more than anybody I know yet he hardly needs to say much. Then there is Tony he is shameless flirt but underneath that he is a very caring person with a big heart. Next would be McGee he is kind of computer geek like me, and he is very quite but he can dish back what Tony gives him when he least expects it. The next on our team is Ziva she is Israeli and a former soldier of some kind, she is still struggling to understand all of our American ways, and to some comes of as a stiff and rude, but she also has big heart, plus she sure can kick ass and is good to have around when you are in danger.
The last two on our team are Ducky and his assistant Palmer. They are our medical examiners, Ducky is English and is quite proper you can say but has a great sense of humor, you can go to him with any question and he will help you, I guess he is like Gibbs in that way he just seems a lot softer, he is also always worth a good cup of tea. Then there is his assistant Palmer, he is a medical examiner in training, also kind of a geek but a great guy, he just needs to put himself out there more.
Not many people would really recognize me if they saw me today, I have myself changed quite a bit, well more on the outside than the inside on the inside I'm still the same Bella, I just made myself become more outgoing and almost more hyper caffeine will do that to you I guess, sometimes almost remind myself of Alice, but I try not to think of the Cullens to often because if I think about one of them then I will wind up starting to think about him, and that is still very painful for me I still can't say his name without feeling that hole in my chest reopen.
The biggest changes I made on the outside where I decided to help me get over my fear of needles was to get a tattoo, I know weird way but I did it any ways and you know what it became sort of a new addiction to me, when I get a new tattoo I can almost hear his voice and the disapproval in it, I guess it is just on way to keep him close and to help remind me of him even when I can't even say his name still, I currently have 4 tattoos and am trying to decide on a fifth at this time, the four I have are a spider-web on the back of my neck, I think its pretty cool looking, my next tattoo is a large gothic like cross in the middle of my back, it reminds me of that first visit to their house a place I thought of as my second home at one time, my third tattoo is the word forever below the cross in fancy writing so it kind of goes along with that one, my fourth and last one is a black and blood red rose on my left side it goes from my ribs all the way down to my hip bone I think it one of my best ones yet, I was going to get a different flower but the rose seemed more fitting.
I have also changed the way I dress, just not exactly in a way that Alice may have approved of, I do match things better but like my tattoos I also dress a little more gothic and a little darker I think it goes with my pale complexion rather well, but I still won't wear heals for the fact is I'm still almost as clumsy as I once was maybe not quite as much, I don't always trip over thin air anymore so that a plus I guess you can say for me and for those around me.
I currently live in a nice 1 bedroom apartment by myself, it had a doorman and everything, my dad always being the chief of police would not hear of me having in any other way if I was going to be stubborn and insist on living on my own after college.
Its painted all in nice pale neutral colors like white and tan but my furniture is a little more eclectic you can say my sofa is made with some kind of soft black cloth and the comfy chair I found to go with it is a dark blue in color it may not match but hey it was cheap and very comfy might I add, I have a coffee table made of an old steamer trunk I found at a garage sale a while back, my one splurge was a nice 17 inch LCD screen television with a blue-ray DVD player along with my top of the line gaming system, I also have two large book shelves crammed in their that does it for my living room.
My kitchen and dining room are connected and are small but big enough for a small table that seats three, again an old table but one that my mom gave me when she sold our house in Phoenix two years ago, until then I had just an old card table I had picked up at a garage sale, while my kitchen may be small like I said it suits me very well and hey at least everything is in easy reach therefore making cooking and baking easy on me make that less dangerous for me not as much space to trip over things in. I have a normal run of the mill bathroom not much to say there.
My bedroom has a large queen sized bed in that it very soft, I have dark yellow sheets almost gold in color, with a huge black comforter that has these really neat sliver swirls all over it, with a couple very nice pillows on, I also have another large bookshelf in there as well that is stuffed with books, I don't listen to much music any more it tends to remind me of him, sometimes I will play some at work when I'm busy I don't listen to the lyrics as close as I would at home, all in all I would say that I love my apartment and that it makes the perfect statement about who I'am with a little of the old Bella as well as all of the elements of the new Bella that I'am today.
So on the what its going on today, well lets just say that today has been a very interesting day so far, the best way to tell you about it is to start at the beginning.
When I first got up this morning I had a feeling that something stranger than normal was going happen, this feeling kept with me as a picked out my clothes, black cargo pants with a skull on the back pocket and chains hanging from the belt loops with combat style boots, I was also wearing a white tank top with a transparent black short sleeved top over it that hung a little off one shoulder, I also had on a silver necklace that had a silver cross on it, as for my hair I actually had time to blow dry it straight this morning and put it into pigtails with my bangs hanging a little in my face, by the way my hair is still the same dark brown its always been its just a little shorter now I keep it just above my shoulder now, after that I did my makeup lightly, it a little on the gothic side just not as heavy as most wear it, but hey wouldn't Alice be glad that I can finally do my makeup.
Anyways back on track, so like I said I just had this strange feeling that something big was going to happen today, and what would you know right as I had finished getting ready my phone range it was Gibbs telling me to get into work right away they had a new case to work on and this one was odd, so I jumped into my old rusty 53 Chevy truck (yes I still have it), and got to work as fast I could.
I headed for my lab where when I got there Gibbs called and told me get down to Ducky's office in the morgue. When I got down there everybody was down there and he had two bodies laid out on the tables both covered for the moment, "So what up boss" I said to Gibbs.
Him and Duck then went on to tell me that we had a very odd case on our hands, they had found these two dead marines earlier this morning in an abandoned building with their throats slit, "but what is so odd about that" as far as I can tell nothing too not normal for us around here let me tell you, then Ducky told me that on further examination he had discovered that both men had been totally drained of all their blood it would seem.
At the mention of that I got this really sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, but there is no way that this is what I thought it could be there just was no way right?, Gibbs was then snapping his fingers in my face asking if I was ok, "yeah just fine, just checked out for a second I guess, that tends to happen when I don't get my caffeine in the mornings".
So back to the matter at hand, Ducky then told me that he had some tissue samples he wanted me to look at and see if I could come up with anything, but hold a minute it still gets weirder here, Ducky also wanted me to run some tests on a knife found on the scene that had blood all over it but also some hair on that did not seem to belong to either of the victims, also to see if I could lift some prints off of the knife, "sure thing" I told Ducky.
I did not need Gibbs to tell me that he wanted the results yesterday, so I head off to my lab with the samples, Time to get work I guess.
A/N- I already have the second chapter ready to go, and will update as often as possible hopefully every 2 or 3 days but at the least once a week.