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Chapter 6

A couple of weeks later Andrew was packing his clothes and his dad had borrowed a bunch of movies to help him burn his energy off, Andrew wasn't sure it was going to work as Vincent and mom chased him around trying to make him burn his energy off."

As they got onto the plane for Las Vegas Andrew was getting excited about it as he is going to see Uncle Jim for the first time in years, even though he didn't remember the last time.

Buffy looked at Horatio and said, "Mr Caine, did he get to sleep last night? He looks kind of hyper."

"I tried to take Vincent's advice but it didn't work," Horatio sighed with some frustration, "He seems to have a near infinite amount of energy when he's excited, next time he's going for a nice long jog with me."

Andrew fell asleep on the plane and Buffy sighed as they both slept next to her and thought, 'Wow, infinite amounts of energy? Glad I'm not the one trying to burn it off.'

As the plane left Buffy thought about what she had discussed with Andrew a couple of weeks ago; about him being a CSI, it did seem to be in his blood and him following in his father's footsteps? It was a cool idea; she knew she couldn't follow in her mom's footsteps as an art gallery manager or dad's footsteps as a lawyer.

She thought about her future as they travelled, Andrew snored comfortably and Buffy thought about asking her dad for advice, she was going to ask Giles too.

An hour later Andrew woke up yawning, "Sorry Buffy, didn't mean to leave you alone, didn't get much sleep last night."

"Yeah, you kept Mr Caine up all night Andrew," Buffy laughed, "It's a good thing he doesn't have work today."

Andrew nodded, "Yeah, I'm excitable. It's a bit of pain sometimes; if I get really excited I can't sleep at all. My standing record is two days."

"No way," Buffy said, "What brought that up?"

"It was Christmas," Andrew said, "And it had been hinted that my mom had gotten me a game system that I had wanted and I was getting really excited. Vincent and mom had done everything to burn my energy away and it hadn't worked and that thing about warm milk? I drank five cups of that."

"Crap," Buffy laughed, "How long did you sleep after that?"

"Umm, a long time," Andrew smiled, "About twelve hours, mom couldn't even wake me up."

"Better not tell your dad about that," Buffy said with a smile, "He might just take you for a nice long run."

"Yeah, I don't want to horrify dad just yet," Andrew said, "I mean it's been a great couple of months for dad."

"So, about you eventually becoming a CSI? Do you think you'd do it?" Buffy asked, "I mean it's in your blood."

Andrew shrugged, "It looks interesting, but don't tell dad this ever, if that happens I wouldn't be working with him like ever."

Buffy looked at him almost shocked, "Why? He's your dad, why wouldn't you want to work with him?"

"Umm this, he's my dad is the reason; how'd I know if he's shielding me from the worst of the job? And if I got a promotion, would it be on my own merits or because dad put in a good word for me?"

"Ohh, never thought about it like that," Buffy sighed, "I guess it'd be hard for you to work with your dad."

Andrew nodded and smiled softly, "And besides I don't want him in that position, he's my dad."

"Yeah, maybe you should tell him if you decide to go in that field," Buffy smiled and looked at Horatio who was still sleeping. "Jeez Andrew, what did you do to him?" Buffy asked, "He told me that he tried to burn your energy out."

"Umm, he borrowed a bunch of movies for me to watch and had me watch them all night," Andrew giggled, "And he stayed up to make sure I fell asleep."

"Burning energy isn't that hard, is it?" Buffy said puzzled.

"Like I said, excitable; I got a lot of energy and I still haven't found a good way to burn it off," Andrew laughed.

"Well I'm sure we could figure out a way for you to burn energy Andrew," Buffy said.

"I've been thinking of asking dad for a dog, we had one Sunnydale and mom made me and Tucker take care of it," Andrew said, "She said it'd build character."

"Hey, that could work," Buffy smiled, "Marlene's been talking about getting a pet but she's been thinking of a cat though."

Andrew smiled, "I like cats but Tucker was allergic, not badly though, I got to take care of Jonathon's kitten last year and he sneezed so much because the kitten kept rubbing his nose.

Buffy laughed, "I love cats and Marlene and me we're going to the SPCA to check out their cats when I get back."

They chatted for a bit and watched the movie that was showing on the plane until Andrew poked Horatio and said, "Dad, we're coming into the airport."

Horatio woke up and said, "Andrew, we aren't getting there for several hours."

"Umm," Buffy smiled, "We're here because they said we're here and also you've been asleep for the whole trip."

"Yes, I believe you," Horatio groaned, "Andrew kept me up for the whole night," and Andrew looked down and Horatio shook his head and said, "I had a good time."

As they got ready Buffy looked down and said, "The desert is lovely, I bet there's nothing more beautiful than the desert," and shook her head, "Other than the beach."

Andrew nodded, "I can't swim, and it's awful because Sunnydale has a beach and so does Miami."

Buffy grinned, "I'll teach you how to swim if you want?"

Andrew shrugged, "I might take you up on that offer sometime, if it's still valid."

She nodded as they got off the plane; Andrew looked around for his uncle who said he'd meet them there. Andrew looked at Horatio and said, "Dad, do you know what he looks like?"

Jim walked over to the small group and he recognized Horatio from Catherine's description, he walked over and said, "Detective Caine?"

Horatio nodded and said, "Hello, it's good to meet you Captain Brass."

Andrew wondered if they were just being polite by calling each other those names and thought it was a bit odd but it must be their version of being polite.

Jim looked at Andrew and said, "Hey, you've grown up since I've seen you."

Andrew nodded and said, "How old was I the last time you saw me?"

"You were four," Jim chuckled, "And you hid from me half the time."

"Oh, umm, sorry," Andrew muttered, "I'm sometimes shy around strangers."

Jim laughed, "Yeah, you know you're still bigger than you were when you were born and yeah I had to be here for you when you was born, even got pictures of you just afterwards."

Andrew looked up and said, "Really? I thought she had brought all of the pictures with her to Sunnydale?"

"Yeah, Melody didn't know about the pictures I took of you when you're little," Jim said, "And she didn't tell me that your father was another cop, I'd have informed him if I knew."

"We'll get our suitcases," Andrew said, "And we can meet you in the front I guess."

Jim nodded and walked to the entrance while they got their suitcases, he shook his head, he should've tried to get Melody to give more information.

As they followed him out Andrew looked at Las Vegas and muttered, "It's bright, isn't it Buffy?"

"Yeah, it is," she replied, "But I like it, we're just going to avoid the casinos, dad told me a bunch of horror stories about them."

"Your father is smart," Jim frowned, "Some of the officers who work here sometimes get into trouble with gambling."

They drove along and Andrew listened to Horatio and Jim talk about things, about very old cases and the one where they sent some of their team to Miami to help catch that guy.,

Jim nodded, "Yeah, Catherine speaks very highly of your team down there."

"She and Mr Brown were a great deal of help when they came down," Horatio nodded, "And how are they doing lately?"

"They're fine," he suddenly looked at Buffy, "Sorry ma'am, didn't introduce myself; I'm Jim Brass and you are?"

"Buffy Summers, I'm one of Andrew's friends, we met in Sunnydale and I moved to Miami."

Jim nodded, "Well welcome to Las Vegas, it's nice to meet you."

"Same," Buffy said with a large smile, "So where are we going first?"

"I gotta pick up some stuff from work first," Jim said, "You guys can wait in the car or in the lobby?"

"Lobby," Andrew said, "I've been in a plane for several hours so I don't mind waiting in a lobby."

"Yeah," Buffy said, "I gotta stretch my legs out too, if that's alright with you Mr Brass?"

He nodded as they stopped; Andrew got out and stretched out as they walked into the lobby. Andrew noted it looked different from the one in Miami but it still looked cool, he decided that he would ask his dad about his idea about going into forensics.

Buffy looked around and thought, 'Well, blue seems to be the prominent colour here,' as she looked at some of the cold blue-white lights.

As they waited with for Uncle Jim a blonde woman came up and said, "Detective Caine? What brings you up here? I don't think there are any Miami cases here."

"Ah, hello Ms Willows," Horatio said, "This isn't business, it's a vacation; I'm bring my son up here to meet his Uncle," as he pointed at Andrew.

Andrew waved hello to her while he sat staring at the people coming and going into the lab.

Catherine smiled, "Hi, welcome to Vegas, is this your first time here?"

"No, I was born here apparently, Andrew said, "But I moved to Sunnydale soon afterwards."

"Ooh, I've heard stories about Sunnydale," Catherine muttered as she shook her head.

"All good stories I'm sure?" Buffy said laughing as Andrew started to laugh with her.

Catherine shook her head and said, "So, who's your Uncle?"

"Umm, Jim Brass," Andrew said, "We didn't see each other that much when I was in Sunnydale."

"Alright," Catherine said, "But wouldn't your father want to be in contact with Jim? He's a great guy if you stay on his good side."

Andrew nodded as Jim came back out and said, "Alright kids I'm free for a week, and we'll decide what to do tomorrow as you all gotta be tired."

Catherine whispered something into Jim's ear and he nodded, "Sure, if I need help to plan where we can go we'll tell you."

TBC

A/N: What should Buffy and Andrew do while in Las Vegas? Faith will be going to Miami next chapter.

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