This is my first fan fiction and I hope you'll like it… The only character I lay claim to is Peyton Laurie… the rest don't belong to me, but to the creators of CSI.

Jim Brass was walking down the hallway past the DNA lab at CSI headquarters, when he noticed the new face in the lab. In the lab was a petite auburn hair beauty that instantly sent a warm feeling to his groin, something he hadn't experienced in quite a while. He wanted to go in and introduce himself to the new DNA lab tech, but he was here to talk with Gil about some evidence on a case they recently solved.

After Gil and Jim went over the evidence on the case, Brass suggested that they both go out for breakfast at the Diner down the street from the lab with the hope that he could ask Gil about the new person in the DNA lab without looking like he was really interested in the new person. Over breakfast the two talked about recent cases, some of the strange cases they've had over the years…. Finally there was a break in the conversation.

Hey Gil, Jim said, I see that there's a new face in the DNA Lab. Gil took a drink of his coffee and then said… Yeah, her name is Peyton Laurie, she's here for a year working and learning how we run our DNA Lab. She's from the U.K., works for the Metropolitan Police in London England. Carr from days went over to work in her place; they did a job & housing swap. She's staying at his place and he's living in her apartment in London. She seems to be pretty smart and catching on to things pretty fast. Jim thought to himself, I'm going to have to stop in and introduce myself to her! Soon after that, Jim and Gil left to go get some well deserved rest before their next shift started.

The next few days were pretty busy with some pretty high profile crimes that were committed around Las Vegas. It wasn't until the next week before Jim finally had a chance to stop by CSI, he was looking forward to introducing himself to Peyton… He had found himself thinking about her and that he found himself daydreaming about her at different times during the day… ok, it really was night dreaming since he worked at night and slept during the day. Jim walked by the DNA lab and was disappointed to see that Peyton wasn't in the Lab, and she wasn't in the break room either.

When Jim walked into the breakroom he saw that Nick was in there drinking coffee, Jim stopped to talk with Nick. After awhile Jim asked Nick where the new DNA person was as he had wanted to introduce himself to her. Nick replied that it was Peyton's night off. Jim's good mood flew out the window as he had been looking forward to meeting Peyton. Jim got up and left the breakroom telling Nick he needed to find Doc. Robbins. Instead Jim left CSI and went back to his office in a bad mood to tackle some paperwork.