Summary: Even away from the lab, it still follows her. Aiden's thoughts as she shares the labs triumphs and crashes, from "Zoo York" up until that fateful "Heroes."
Dedication: To all M&Ms members, there is too many of you to name but you know who you are. And especially to Pixie for her beta.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from CSI:NY. If I did, D/L would be canon.
A year in the Lab through Aiden's eyes.
Chapter 1: Zoo York.
I flipped my long, dark hair over my shoulders. He was late. Typical Danny, although it could be Mac… I still can't believe the SOB fired me. So I tampered with evidence, oh no sorry, broke the seal, to get a guy we both know is guilty and then he goes and fires me just because I'm a risk to the integrity of the lab? Just then, Danny came in and sat down holding his head.
"Bad day?" I asked.
"Brutal" Danny replied.
"How's my replacement?"
"Who, Lindsay? Just some girl from Montana. She's a good criminalist, she's just not you." Wow. And Stella and I reckoned he was going to be absolutely horrible to the new girl. "I have it on good authority that you have been flirting with this 'Montana'"
"Bullshit. Ya now I flirt with anyone, and where did ya hear that, and I'm the only one allowed to call her Montana."
"Heard it from Stella of course, the world's biggest gossip. Besides, you've just admitted to It."
"Did not," I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Did too, 'I'm the only one allowed to call her Montana'?" Danny stuck his tongue back out at me. Typical immature Danny.
I asked "Did you tell her to call Mac sir?" Our long-running joke on the newbies in our department. "How didya know?" Danny acting dumb. Although, he doesn't really need to act like that. "Cause you've done it to everyone newbie in the department since me. What was this 'Brutal' case then?"
"A body dump."
"Aww, that's bad. No primary crime scene?"
"Oh, I forgot to mention," Danny was dragging this out. It had better be something real good. "A body dump in a tiger enclosure in the New York Zoo." There was something about the way Messer said that that made me hysterical. "What's so funny?" he asked, trying to sound cross. I know Danny, and he doesn't do cross. "Noth…nothing." I said, in between laughs. I noticed a few girls eyeing Danny up. "Hey. Danny. Some girls over there, they want a drink." Our sign for 'She's looking at you.'
"OK. Aiden, want me to go up to a counter and pick up a girl?"
"Not scared of that, are we, Casanova?"
"No way, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to do this." I watched as Danny walked up to counter and offered a drink to one of the girls. She looked like a bimbo. Huge blond (so obviously dyed) hair, brown eyes and a laugh I could here from halfway across the room. Unfortunately that's Danny's type. I rolled my eyes when she accepted the drink. If it had been anyone but Danny, they could've spiked the drink.
He came back to his seat. "Got a number off one called Cindy. She assumed ya were my girlfriend."
"No. Way. That is just too weird."
"Might be because I'm way out of your league, Aiden."
"Dream on, Messer."
"I told her ya were my sister."
"Well, we know each other well enough."
Cindy came over and interrupted our conversation. "Danny, I really must pay you back for that drink, but I don't have any money on me, so why don't you come with me and we'll get some from my apartment."
I smirked "Bye Bro, I'll speak to you soon."
Danny smirked as well. "Bye Sis."