Hope you all enjoy reading. Here's a short little chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own CSI NY
Chapter 24
Lorelei leaned against the counter resting in between her shifts. As she waited for the coffee to finish brewing Lorelei put her head on the counter. Lorelei groaned as she heard someone enter the break room and come to stand next to her. Lorelei looked up to see Danny looking at her while grabbing a mug from the cupboard.
"What are you doing here? I thought you just pulled a double?" Lorelei groaned and poured the fresh liquid into her mug
"I'm working a triple again."
Before Lorelei could leave Danny pulled her to sit next to him at the table. He set his mug down on the table and took her hands into his
"Lore what's going on?" He asked worried for his friend. Lorelei smiled tiredly
"Well since Don is off sick for two weeks I've had to work overtime so we can pay the bills."
"Where is he anyway?" Danny asked sipping his coffee
"I just told you he's off sick. He'll be coming back next week." Lorelei took her coffee and went off to the DNA lab.
When she walked in Adam had just put his long, white lab jacket over his punky attire. Lorelei looked at the pile of samples that sat still waiting to be processed and groaned. Taking Adam's chair Lorelei just sat silently, drinking her coffee. Adam watched her curiously.
"Umm Lore can I help you with something?" Lorelei shook her head while she swallowed her mouthful of hot liquid.
"You can do your work and get those done." She pointed to the huge pile. Adam looked at the pile shocked
"What happened last night? Why didn't Jones do all of these?" Lorelei shrugged
"Can't do them if you're not here. Please just hurry through them and get my sample done." Adam nodded his head and went to work while Lorelei sat watching his every move. The longer she stared the more jittery it made Adam. He turned around and looked at her with pleading eyes
"Lore don't you have something to do?" Lorelei shook her head
"Nope. All evidence is processed, we have the guy, the DA just wanted the DNA to back the confession up. He's weird like that. Once I have the DNA I can move on to my next case. So please continue." Adam crossed his arms
"I can't while you're staring at me. It's kinda creepy." Lorelei sighed loudly
"Fine. I'll go find Mac and get another case. Adam you really know how to make a girl feel wanted."
Lorelei wandered around the halls looking for Mac who had been called out to a scene. She tripped over her feet as a strong hand pulled her into the break room. Lorelei looked up to see Angell holding her arms tightly. Lorelei yanked her arm out of the woman's grasp.
"Where's Don?" Angell asked in a stern voice. Lorelei looked around the room to find it empty
"Well hello to you to. I'm doing great thanks for asking." Angell looked as unimpressed as Lorelei did
"Where's Don?"
"He's at home."
"Why? Why hasn't he been coming in?"
'Because our illegitimate son needed bone marrow and Don was the only match' Lorelei thought. She began to chuckle at the thought of Angell's face if she told her the truth. Angel stood with her hands on her hips trying to intimidate Lorelei
"What's so funny." Lorelei stopped laughing and looked at the woman then held in another laugh.
"Don. He has….Mono. Yup that's it mono. You should call him." Lorelei hit Angell's arm softly then left the room chuckling to herself.
"Lorelei!" She turned around to see Sean Hubbins running up to her.
Sean Hubbins was the other ballistics/weaponry expert. He stayed in the lab as Lorelei went out into the field. He was tall and lean with facial hair covering the lower half of his face in a neat, tiny beard.
"Hey Lorelei. I need a favour." Lorelei smiled up at the man
"I told you to call me Lore. What is it?"
"My girlfriend thinks she's going into labour. Can you take over for me?" He asked anxiously
"Uh yeah. Go, go now." He nodded and ran towards the elevator leaving Lorelei standing in the hall stunned.
"Well that's a bummer. He was cute." She muttered to herself.
Lorelei walked into the ballistics lab to find it tidy and organized. She walked over to the desk to find two boxes filled with a gun in each and a small pile of evidence envelopes containing bullets. Lorelei prepared the report papers then took the gun out of the first box. Putting on her protective glasses and earmuffs Lorelei started testing the gun.
An hour later, Lorelei returned the gun to it's box and sat down to finish filling out the report. As she sat down at the desk Lorelei noticed her phone which she had left there blinking.
"14 missed calls? Damn someone needed to talk."
When she went to check who had called her, Lorelei's phone began to ring. Hitting the talk button Lorelei carefully put the phone up to her ear
"Hello?"
"Mono?" Lorelei began to laugh as she heard Don's angered voice on the other end.
"It was all I could think of. Be thankful I didn't say Herpes or Syphilis." She said between laughs.
"Why couldn't you say the flu? What was wrong with the flu?" Don asked irritated
"Because I was put on the spot, I'm over tired and I needed to laugh. How are you feeling?"
"I'm tired and a little pissed off at you. Angell called me and ripped me a new one."
"Oh come on. She just pulled me in an empty room. I thought she was finally going to kill me. Just date her already so I don't have to keep looking over my shoulder. She is scary, in her own little way."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm working on it." Lorelei sighed and took out new, report papers then took the other gun in her hand.
"Don I have to go, I'm working the ballistics lab. Do you need anything when I finally come home tonight?"
"No just wanted to chew you out for getting me in trouble."
"Alright take it easy."