Lunch

*after graduation*

Mac got us all jobs at the lab, not quite full-fledged CSIs but as close as we could get with the entire team back. It had been about 2 years since I actually met my fatherand I still wasn't completely used to him being around. At least our team gets to work the smaller cases. My team: ( Lex, Donnie, Aaron, Becca and me) Mac is letting me lead the team, even if we have some major bonding to do before we're as tight as Mac, Stella, Lindsey, Danny, Hawkes, Flack, and Jess. Adam's working with both of our teams. Mac wanted to talk to me about a new member coming to our team. His name was Eric; not too much of a stand-out but he would be the detective for our team. Mac was bringing me to have lunch with him to have lunch with Flack and Eric. When we got there, Mac and I discussed a few details about our cases, and we talked about how my team was getting along.

"You'll like Eric.", he reassured me.

Eric

"Don, you better be taking me to one damn good meal if we're gonna drive in this traffic.", groaned Eric.

"Chill kid, it's your new team and Mags and Mac are already there waiting for us." Said Flack

"At least you don't have to wear a freakin' suit everywhere." Flack complained.

"Yeah, you're right. I'm lucky I don't have to wear those fugly ties too!" I teased.

Flack feigned hurt, but he still couldn't grasp the fact: the less serious your case, the less formal your dress. Sadly, it's the same thing the other way around for payroll too.

We finally got there, and Mac waved to us from the back. I had met back before when I first met Don, and he struck me as some kind of ex-military guy. There was a young brunette sitting next to him with her back to us. I texted Don, as to not draw suspicion.

Hoos Mac's hot date? I asked.

He responded, "Ur partner, dumbass. Make sure ur eyeballs stay in ther sockets.

I glared playfully at Flack. He sat down next to Mac, forcing me to sit next to the sexy brunette. I didn't like where they were going with this. I've never seen this girl before, and I decided denial was better until Mac actually told me that she was my partner and not his niece or something like that. Mac crushed my hopes of refraining to look at her when he said,

"Hey guys. Eric, meet Maggie Messer, your partner."

"Oh great. A girl." I said with mock sarcasm.

"Bite me." Was all she said with a crooked grin.

Mac and Flack looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

Maggie

He was gorgeous, with brown hair and blonde highlights, hazel eyes that looked like they were hiding something, a crooked smile and a nice tan. I wrote my number down on a napkin and slid it over to him under the table. He immediately added me to his contacts. Soon after, I got a text.

U wanna get some drinks tonite? I think we're old enuff to go sumwhere w/o chaperones, don't u? he asked

Sure. Pick me an Lex up at 8 at da lab. Make sure u bring Donnie! I replied.

Is tht wat u girls call him? Hes never gonna live this 1 down. He stated.

At this, I accidentally let out a giggle that sounded like a mix of a hiccup and a burp. Immediately I blush and thought to myself,

God Mags, chill. He's just another guy.

I never really got into guys; this was a first. Most of the guys I have known were my teammates or friends. I texted Lexie, hoping for advice.

Hottie alert! Wat do I do?!?! Pickin u me and Donnie up at the lab 8

Girl, I want DETAILS! was her response.

I ignored her, which resulted in my phone vibrating every two seconds and having a highly pissed-off best friend. I continued talking, blushing, and hiding behind my hair for the next hour.

Eric

This girl, Maggie, looked amazing! Long, reddish-brown hair that reached halfway down her back, deep chocolate brown eyes and a sarcastic yet sweet New York personality set her apart from all the other girls I've known. We can't talk too much here because of Flack and Mac…I can't wait until tonight though.

"Eric, you listening?" Flack waved his hand over my face to interrupt my daydream.

"Stop dreaming about whatever date you have tonight and pay attention. You guys have your first case after this. Now you better pay attention cuz I don't feel like telling ya this again." At the mention of date both me and Maggie blushed. Flack nudged Mac, and they rolled their eyes again. I think I might've heard Mac mumble something like "Young people…"

Flack

Oooh yeah! I can't wait to tell Danny who his lil girl has a crush on. Shoulda seen THAT coming.

Maggie

Our first case was a series of break-ins in a Brooklyn apartment building. Fairly easy, because the perp left all kinds of evidence. He even peed in someone's toilet and forgot to flush. The case would've easy, but I kept running into Eric.

If he wasn't so damn gorgeous I would hate him. I thought.

Apparently, Eric is a good detective. He practically got the super to admit to helping pee-pee boy get into the apartments by just looking for witnesses. Stella came by as a chaperone for my team's first crime scene. It wasn't very necessary; we were capable enough. I secretly thought Stella was there to keep an eye on Donnie and Lex; they usually couldn't keep their hands to themselves, but they actually pulled it together. I was quite surprised by this. Anyways, Lex had to help process with me while Eric and Donnie talked to witnesses. They also seemed to be becoming friends fast. The whole time I was trying to collect evidence, Lexie was trying to squeeze information about Eric out of me. I ignored her; I'd talk to her later. I left her there and went to check on how the rest of the team was doing. After I checked on them I went over to the detectives.

"Looks like we're just about done." Eric said. "How are you guys doing?"

"We're umm almost umm done too." I stuttered.

"Okay, then 8, right?" he asked with those goddamn sparkly eyes

"Whaa- oh yeah 8." I said as I tripped over the yellow tape and banged my knee with my kit.

Geez, Mags, I thought while walking back to the car and cursing obcenities at the birds who seemed to be heckling me, you aren't THIS much of a klutz.

We got back to the car and left about 5 minutes after the boys. Just as I got into the car,right before I got bombarded with questions from Lexie, my phone went off. I looked at the caller ID twice, hoping my heart rate would slow down, which to my dismay it didn't. I resigned to letting out a squeal before answering.

"Messer." I answered in a hopefully normal voice.

"Hey Mags its Eric. We just picked the suspect up from behind a bush taking a whiz. Geez…what's happened to self-respecting people? I don't go aroung pissing on innocent landscaping." Eric ranted.

At about the part where Eric told me about the suspect lettin' it all hang out behing a bush, I put it on speaker for Lex. Between giggles I managed to say,

"Nice work guys. Try to get a DNA sample from both to confirm if we need to."

"Will do." He responded.

"Okay. See you at 8."

I hung up and Lex and I burst out in laughter, reminiscing to all of our bladder memories and drama, including the time I took a bathroom break while running the mile during a middle-school track meet. Not my finest moment, I must admit.

Eric

Apparently I couldn't control my happiness and Don caught on.

"Where we going tonight?" he asked.

"Sullivan's. You and Lex are coming right?" I said, making yet another attempt to contain my happiness.

"Yeah. You wanna head over to the lab right after our shift?"

"Sure." I said.

The super started to talk to himself. Don told him to shut it. Soon after, Max, AKA pee-pee boy, says he has to pee AGAIN!

"Can you hold it for 15 more minutes?" I asked.

"No." he said meekly like a 5 year old.

Don and I grinned at each other and I decided to stop the car and let the good man out to piss. Sadly, he was handcuffed and needed a chaperone. After many hard-fought games of rock, paper, scissors, Max started to groan and I was loosing 5-8. Shit. I got out and opened the door for Max. Walking over to the resident bush, I tried to overlook the minor detail of our friend Max here wearing police department issued bracelets. I glanced around to see if anyone was coming, then bent down to loosen his belt and unzip his fly. The whole time, Don is laughing like a hysterical person, and honking at me. Thank God Maggie didn't ride with us, was all I could think about while gritting my teeth. I swear, if Don wasn't a detective, he could be a rapper. That boy's got rhythm!

After I zipped his fly back up and brought him back to the car and got in myself. Don was still laughing. "Shut up and Drive." Was all I could say.

A/N: Eric doesn't know this, but Don was taping him…..u know u want to press that little green button at the bottom of the page…u know it