Author's note: Hi, this is my first CSI:NY story, the first chapter is pretty basic but it get's better. The italic is what they are thinking and the new character from Danny's past will join in one of the next couple of chapters.I hope you like it. Please reveiw.

Detective Lindsay Monroe walked into her new office building

Detective Lindsay Monroe walked into her new office building. After being given directions she made her way to the correct floor. Then across to a Detective Taylor's office across the other side of the floor. She peered through the glass wall and saw no one inside. She looked around and caught the first person that passed her.

"Excuse me, Hi, I was wondering if you knew where Detective Taylor was?" she asked politely.

The man she was asking wore a white lab coat and had a scruffy brown beard and hair, above the lab coat pocket read Adam Ross. "Yeh, there was a body found down at the Zoo, he's there now. You new?"

"Yeh, I'm detective Taylor's new crime scene investigator" She smiled.

"Well then you should probably make your way down to the Zoo, your first case is with him"

"Great thanks" She replied and he turned away but she needed to ask him one more thing "You couldn't tell me where the zoo is could you?"

Lindsay approached the Tiger cage, through the bars she could see a man in a blue shirt examining a tiger, there were a couple of other police officers around the area and a man in a Navy jacket photographing the scene. She presumed the man with the Tiger was Mac Taylor.

"Detective Taylor?" she asked

He looked up to see a light brunette looking at him "Yeh?"

"Lindsay Monroe" She smiled brightly hoping to make a good impression.

"My new investigator from Bozeman" he concluded.

"Your office said you wanted me to come down as soon as I arrived" she said

"Yeh, glove up" he instructed.

"Now?" Dumb question Lindsay, or course he means now.

"You here to watch or to work?" He replied sarcastically but in a nice way.

"You want me to start processing?" She asked trying to recover from the stupid question.

"Nah Danny's got that covered"

The man in the dark blue jacket came up from behind her "That'd be me Danny Messer, How you doin?" He said quickly looking her up and down, Pretty good, for a country girl.

"Hi" She replied smiling at him brightly. Everyone seems nice so far.

She turned back to Mac who continued to talk "I need you to hold the tiger's jaws so I can get the dental impression."

Then Danny whispered to her from behind "Just take a deep breath, don't let him know that you're afraid, 'cause he can sense when you're nervous."

Lindsay nodded trying to seem confident in front of her new team mate "The tiger's been tranquilized. I think I can handle it."

"I was talking about Mac, and make sure you call him sir." Danny said before walking away. I'll see what you're made of, replacing Aiden. Aiden had been one of Danny's best friends for a long time and the fact that a new country girl was here to replace her didn't please him.

Lindsay took a deep breath as advised and entered the Tiger cage.


Lindsay walked down the corridor on her way to her office, which she just happened to have to share with Danny.

"Make sure you call him sir", she had ran those words over in her head ever since she left the zoo. She couldn't believe Danny had told her to say that she must have looked like a complete fool in front of her new boss. Obviously he's one that takes getting used to. I hope everyone else is nicer.


Lindsay searched through cupboards in the lab looking for what she needed. Danny was standing at the table dealing with his own piece of evidence and glanced up every now and then to see if she had found what she was looking for and soon the knocking of doors started to annoy him so he gave up and decided to offer her help.

"Can I help?"

She stopped and glanced at him "No thank you, you helped already enough this morning" she said slightly sarcastically. You're not making a fool out of me twice.

"Ooh, Okay" he said quietly turning back to his evidence, he found something and turned around to grab something blocking her path. She stood back to let him pass, she looked annoyed, probably at him. He smiled to himself "No, after you" he insisted.

She passed and stood at the centre table.

Danny grabbed what he wanted and turned back to the table, he glanced up and saw her watching him, she instantly looked back down and continued what she was doing. He looked up again and she was still working. A smile grew across his face. This is going to be fun!


Danny and Lindsay walked down through the police station corridors, side by side. They decided to come down to the station and see where Mac was getting with Antonio Vanetti, the victims uncle. They hadn't said a word to each other since leaving the crime unit building. It seemed to a few others they weren't getting off to the best start. Stella had noticed some tension behind the two when she had entered the lab earlier to check out the back of the debutants dress.

Mac slammed the door of the interrogation room and made his way down the hall where Flack joined him from the room behind the mirror.

"Not going too well hey?" He stated the obvious.

"You think?" Mac replied dryly.

They saw an approaching Danny and Lindsay.

"Hey Mac you get anything from him?" Danny asked shoving his hands in his pockets.

"Not yet, give it some more time. I know he did something to Felix we just have nothing to prove it"

"I processed Felix's apartment a couple of times like you said. I got nothing, no prints, DNA, blood. Whoever did this knew what they were doing" Lindsay concluded.

"Well then there is nothing else we can do, for now this case is done" Mac said continuing to walk away from the other three. He was pissed off, he hated loosing on a case.

The three watched him walk away.

Lindsay turned to face the two men "I'm gonna go back to the lab and finished off categorizing the evidence."

"Alright" Danny replied and with that she turned and walked away.

He eyed her up from behind, watched the way she walked, moved, swung her arms by her side.

Flack noticed something between them, he wasn't sure if it was good or not "You two alright?"

Danny nodded "Just seeing what the new girl's made of, seeing if she's tough enough to cope with New York"

"How's she doing so far?" Flack asked

"Not bad, room for improvement" he stated.

"You mean she's not Aiden?" He knew how close the two of them were

Danny looked away, he didn't want to admit he was treating Lindsay the way he was because he missed Aiden.

Flack knew exactly what Danny was thinking "You just gotta give her time Messer, she's new, she's nervous"

"I know, but I can't help it. She's just so polite and neat and smiles a lot. I mean with Aiden we argued and teased"

"Yeh but she's not Aiden, you've just gotta get used to change, maybe a bright new face is what we need around here"

"Maybe" Danny nodded agreeing

Flack's pager went off. "Alright I gotta go, and remember be nice"

Flack patted Danny's back and walked off.

"I am nice" Danny shouted after him. He heard Flack laugh as he walked away.

I am nice and I'm gonna prove it, Montana beware, you're about to meet the nicest guy.