A/N: This is my first CI fic. I am starting a new set of stories linking my favourite shows to my profession, Theatre. I figure that with all the moving around the people in my favourite shows do, they are bound to encounter Theatre one or twice. PLEASE R&R so I can know if this is working or not. Look for other stories in this series to include House MD, NCIS and CSI.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, or these Dramatic Theories... just the situation in which they collide.
"Eye contact is another good way to connect with someone. It can be done in positive or negative ways to achieve positive results either way. I might make eye contact repeatedly for short times with a witness to let them know that what they are telling me is important. I might make long-term, unbroken eye contact with a suspect to unnerve them, get them to start saying things they don't necessarily want to. The truth." Detective Eames shifted in the chair that was placed in the corner of the classroom.
She and her partner were giving a lecture on Psychology at a high school close to Police Plaza. It was supposed to be a joint effort anyway, but Goren was obviously more knowledgeable and therefore doing more of the talking. Eames resisted the urge to ball up paper and throw it at him, but she did look for anything handy in case he never let her speak. She wasn't thrilled with it, but she didn't want to just sit there.
He was engaging the class now, by appearing to read a girl's mind. The poor girl had no clue how many tells she was throwing out. When Goren pointed them all out to her, there was likely going to be a surge of "now try me"s from the sixteen and seventeen year olds. Everyone would try to beat him and everyone would fail. Eames searched a little less subtly for something to read, or throw. Goren was always the fun one; she was always the pragmatist.
She picked up a paper on a shelf next to her. It was a list of questions like a psych evaluation they might receive on a suspect. About thirty questions, she noticed that some of them were very specific. Then she saw the questions always referred to "character" instead of "patient" or "subject". This peaked her interest and she walked the piece of paper over to the teacher.
"What's this?" she asked in a lowered voice, as Goren had started to read the entire class's mind. "I teach last period Drama as well as Psychology. Couple of cutbacks and they got me to teach Intro Psych cause I minored in it. We use those to create our characters from context in a script. It's extremely useful and kind of fun. Where the script provides no clues... you get to make things up. Great tool." The two women stood watching as Goren wrapped up his demonstration. Just as he was finishing up, the bell rang and all the students started filing from the room. Eames hadn't gotten to say a word.
"Damnit Goren." She thought and a slightly devilish look came across her face. "Can I have a copy of this?" she asked the teacher. "Go right ahead and take that one. You two have a nice day."