Disclaimer: I do NOT own CSI: New York and/or its characters repeat DO NOT own. I do own my character Katherine Booth.

Chapter One - Moving In

"Finally that was the last box!" An ebony haired girl exclaimed and collapsed on a couch.

"Tell me about it! I can't believe everything is unpacked… and that we are in NEW YORK CITY!!" A brunette cried out.

The girls laughed, but were interrupted by a knock on the door.

"I'll go get it." The brunette said.

"Good, because I'm going to have myself a shower," the ebony haired girl said walking to the bathroom.

10 Minutes Later…

"Hey Diane, who was at the do-", but stopped when she noticed a man was sitting in her living room and she had on nothing but a towel…

"Shit, I'm sorry!" The girl ran straight to her bedroom.

"Kate, its okay, he's just my brother!" the girl named Diane banged at the door.

No sound replied. Diane sighed and gave her brother a weak smile.

"That's Katherine, she's my roommate." Diane introduced.

"Uh yeah…," was all her brother could say, he was blushing at the sight of the girl with nothing on but a towel.

"Don…Don…?! Hello earth to Don," Diane said waving a hand in front of his face. No respond, all she could do was smirk.

Diane punched her brother.

"Dee, hey what was that for?" Don asked, rubbing his arm.

"You like my roommate, you like my roommate!" She said in a sing-song voice.

"I do not… I was just shocked that's all." He replied.

"Sure, sure whatever, anyway are you coming for dinner tonight we're having a house warming party?" Diane asked.

"Yeah sure," was all Don responded with before he left the room.

"Is he gone yet?" A yell came from Kate's bedroom.

"Yeah Kate he's gone!"

You could hear a bunch of noises before a red-faced girl, with soaking ebony locks dressed in sweat pants and a white beater came out.

"Finally... why didn't you tell me that your brother was going to drop by?" She yelled at her roommate.

"I thought you knew, I mean the reason we moved in here was so that I could be close to my brother… he lives in the same building." Diane explained rationally.

"You're kidding? Just my luck… the first time I meet my best friend's brother, I'm in a towel dripping wet from head to toe!" Kate exclaimed.

Diane laughed, "Hey it wasn't as if he was complaining… I think he kind of liked the show."

Kate blushed tomato red, "That is so not funny I don't want your brother eyeing me like he can strip me with his eyes…"

Diane showed a face of disgust, "Ew that is disgusting! My brother is not like that! He's a very well known homicide detective, just like my father was and he's a perfect gentleman."

"Yeah sure, let's just forget about it."

"Fine, then let's get ready to party!"

Party Time

Don sighed as he knocked on the door, decked out in nice pair of jeans and a striped button down shirt and a worn leather jacket.

Over the noise Kate heard it and yelled over to Diane, "I got it!"

Kate walked over to the door and opened it. Don stood there with his 100-watt smile that would have melted any other woman, but not this one. All she did was turn around and call out, "Hey Dee your brother's here!"

Then she walked back inside and chatted with some other guests.

Don just rolled his eyes; Diane stepped in front of him and gave him a hug.

"Glad you could make it Don! Sorry about Kate she's still a little flustered from uhm… this afternoon." Diane said.

Don just smirked and said, "That was my bad tell her I'm sorry."

Diane laughed and said as she walked away, "Any way have fun, try not to bring any of my girls home with you, will you?"

Don just winked and said, "I can't make any promises."

Don then walked into the living room and sat on the couch with a bunch of other guys watching the baseball game.

"Hey, I'm Zach Truscott and you are?" A guy sitting beside Don introduced himself.

"The name's Don Flack," he replied.

"Ah, so your Diane's brother, nice to meet you man," Zach said.

This caught his attention… how does he know Diane? His eyes narrowed and he asked him, "How do you know Diane?"

"I'm her uh… boyfriend," Zach now realized that was a big mistake and gulped down his drink… talk about awkward.

Kate saw this… Shit, why now Zach?! She quickly walked over towards them with a tray in her hand.

"Ouderves?" She asked interrupting their conversation.

"Uh no thanks," Zach said.

"Maybe you didn't hear me, I said Ouderves!" Kate said yelling in his ear and hissed more quietly at him, "You better get your ass into the kitchen before he gets a hold of it!"

Zach nodded meekly and rushed into the kitchen. Kate turned to Don pleased to have interfered with the impending fight. She smiled more brightly at him and asked him, "Do you want a drink?"

Don just eyed her mysteriously before nodding. She smiled and swayed into the kitchen and back to him with a drink in hand.

"Here you go, sorry Diane was going to tell you, eventually she was just looking for the right time." Katherine said apologetically.

"So he's really Dee's boyfriend?" Don said with a growl.

"Yeah, but he's a good guy trust me if he wasn't Diane would not be dating him. Besides Zach is my best friend and I've known him forever and he's really a nice guy and a perfect gentleman. So you can chill and know she's in good hands… I mean it in a... oh forget it you know what I mean." Katherine said.

Don just eyed Zach not really trusting but nodded and relaxed back into the sofa. He then began to watch the rest of the game. Katherine just smiled and sat next to him watching the game too. As the game progressed Don's eyelids got heavier and heavier. Katherine just yawned and rested her head on her hands.

Soon the party was over and people were leaving except for two remaining guests.

"Aw look at them they fell asleep," Diane gushed to her boyfriend.

Zach just sighed in relief, "I swear your brother was going to kill me… you could see the anger in his eyes! I thought you told him about us."

"Oh… that's what I forgot… Okay look I'm sorry I just knew he would get all over-protective again… he gets like that whenever it concerns someone he cares for," Diane explained to her boyfriend.

Zach just smiled down at her and kissed her head, "Well its okay, Kate saved me, but I think she's mad at me for opening my mouth in the first place."

Diane smiled and looked at her best friend and brother sleeping on the couch. Kate's head was rested on Don's shoulder and his arm was around her.

"Aren't they so cute together though?" Diane asked.

"Yeah okay…well I better get out of here, good luck trying to wake Katherine up she sleeps like a rock." Zach said.

"Oh I'm not planning to!" Diane laughed and walked Zach out the door as she herself got ready for bed. She took one last glance at them and saw Kate snuggle up more to Don as he tightened his grip around her.

Diane squealed and went to bed.

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