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Spoilers: Zoo York

Summary: Lindsay Monroe meets her match with Mac Taylor and sparks fly!

When Montana met the Marine

Chapter 1: The Meeting

Lindsay Monroe stepped out of her Chev Avalanche into the sunlight. She looked up at the sky and smiled. "Well here goes nothing." Lindsay thought. If you told Lindsay that reason she was in New York was because she was running away, she would have laughed at you. Lindsay liked to think of it as a fresh start.

She left Bozeman because of her past. Her grandfather used to say if you run from your past it would come back and bite you in the ass. Lindsay didn't look at it that way. She thought it was just a fresh start. Her father agreed with her and gave her his blessing. Her mother was a different story as well as her brothers. They honestly thought she was running away.

Lindsay didn't really speak to her mother and brothers when she left. They called her a coward for going to New York, when all she wanted was a change of scenary. Lindsay tried to explain that to her mother, but she wouldn't hear of it.

"Lindsay Beth Monroe, I can't believe that my own daughter would even consider going to New York. You have a good job. If you ask me, I'd say you are running away." Meredith Monroe said to her youngest daughter with anger in her eyes.

"Mama, I'm not running but I can't stay here. There are to many memories here. I can't even sleep because of the nightmares and I can't concentrate on my work as a detective because of a lack of sleep. I need to go to New York." Lindsay stated firmly at her mother.

"Fine go, but you just remember that we are your family and we love you no matter where you go so you don't ever forget us," Meredith shouted back at her daughter, then left the room.

Lindsay drifted back to the present as she took a deep breath and walked towards the crime scene. She never met Mac Taylor personally but he sounded like decent man to work with. He cared about the victim as well as the science. As she walked towards the crime scene she saw a tall, dark haired detective with blue eyes sneezing.

"ACHOO! Ah I hate cats!" He muttered as he went to talk to one of the uniforms.

Lindsay grinned as she went by. She shook her head as she continued towards the tiger cages. When she arrived at the lab, she couldn't believe she was going to have her first case and she was the new girl. The dispatcher told her that Mac Taylor wanted Lindsay to start at the New York Zoo, her first crime scene in New York.

When Lindsay entered the Tiger cages, she noticed a lot of blood. She looked around unable to find the supervisor of lab. She continued to look and came to conclusion that she had the wrong Zoo. She turned to leave when she heard voices coming in behind the rock face.

She followed the voices until she was where the Tiger was resting. She looked around and saw a man with sandy blond hair, blue eyes and glasses looking around the outside of the cage. Lindsay then turned towards the cage when she saw the gorgeous, sexy male she had ever seen. He was about six feet with dark brown hair, and the most striking blue eyes, eyes that took her breath away. Lindsay squared her shoulders and walked towards the tiger cage, straight towards the man kneeling over the tiger.

"Detective Taylor?" Lindsay asked as she looked at Mac.

Mac looked up from examining the tiger to look at the source of the question. His eyes caught sight of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, since Claire of course. "This must be my new CSI!" Mac thought to himself. He looked her up and down. She had a beautiful long light brown hair, gorgeous chocolate brown eyes, she had a nice figure and was about 5' 4."

"Yeah?" Mac asked the beautiful woman standing in front of him.

"Lindsay Monroe." Lindsay said with a smile.

"Ah my CSI from Bozeman. Glove up and give me a hand." Mac said as he looked back at the tiger.

Lindsay started to glove up and looked at Mac. He seemed to hold himself with strength and power, obviously trying to prove that he was the alpha male. The light blue shirt he wore was doing a poor job at hiding his muscular frame.

Mac looked up her as she came into the cage. Mac tried not to laugh as he listened to Lindsay rattle on and on. He thought he babbling was kind of cute, but then he had to keep from laughing when heard Lindsay call him "Sir" not once but twice. Mac knew that Danny had put Lindsay up to say that but he wouldn't say anything.

"I'm sorry sir, I guess I didn't look." Lindsay said. She felt so embarrassed.

"No problem. And don't call me sir." Mac said as he stood up and walked out of the tiger cage.

Mac laughed silently as he watched Lindsay give Danny a death glare. He knew he shouldn't laugh but seeing the way she glared at Danny for almost getting her in trouble, was rather funny. But not really. Mac took one last glance at Lindsay with a smile that he hadn't displayed since Claire died.

TBC…