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Chapter Three
Dim sunlight streamed through the windows into the break room of the CSI forensics lab. Lilly sat sipping a cup of coffee and reading the newspaper, oblivious to the world.
"Don't you have some evidence to go over or something?" Lilly looked up startled, Grissom grinned down at her.
"Yeah, but I just needed to take a break. This case is really getting to my head. I mean Nick and I have been working on it for nearly a week and we still haven't come up with anything." Lilly shook her head as she sighed.
"I can help you if you need it," Grissom said kindly, "I just finished up on my case."
"I might just take you up on that offer." Lilly said with a relieved smile.
"So you and Nick are getting along I suppose."
"If you mean are we about to kill each other, the answer's no. We just had some small differences to get over then we were fine."
"That's good to hear. So we're still on for dinner Saturday night?"
"Sure, I'll tell you if something comes up though."
"Good. Well I'll let you get back to your work."
"Thanks. And Uncle Gil, thanks for giving me this job, I really needed it."
"No problem."
~*~*~
Greg glanced up from his computer and spotted Lilly walking down the hall. She had a soft smile on her face that made her eyes light up. Greg sighed heavily. Why did he feel like this? Every time Lilly's name was even mentioned, his pulse sped up and his palms began to sweat. Greg Sanders had never reacted that way to a woman.
Outside the lab, Nick joined Lilly and the two talked and laughed together. A sharp sting of jealousy flooded Greg but he couldn't look away no matter how much he wanted to. Greg was a "player," he couldn't have these feelings he was having, but as he looked at Lilly, her eyes shining and her tempting lips upturned, he knew that he couldn't make his feelings go away.
"Troubles Greg?" Catherine stood above him, an evidence bag in her hand.
"Nope no troubles, I am trouble free." He said quickly, too quickly.
"Sure," Catherine replied disbelievingly, "Can you process this for me?"
"Sure thing." Greg took the bag from the CSI's hand and turned away, afraid to make eye contact in case Catherine should read what was going on inside his head, and his heart.
~*~*~
The black SUV pulled up outside the Tiller home and Nick and Lilly disembarked.
"Alright we're looking for something that could have made this wound." Nick said handing a photo from Monica Tiller's autopsy to Lilly who studied it.
"Let's get going then." The young woman replied heading for the house.
~*~*~
A few hours passed and Lilly slumped down on the bottom of the stairs. Nothing had turned up and she was beginning to believe that nothing was. This case had been a complete failure. Who ever had killed Monica Tiller had done a good job covering their tracks. Not good enough Lilly thought looking through the doorway that led into the dining room. She stood up and walked over to the china cupboard. Hidden behind the solid oak piece was a porcelain figurine that was missing its head. Now what do we have here, a piece of evidence perhaps?
"Nick I think I found something!" Lilly called out into the hallway. The CSI 3 came running into the room.
"What is it?" he asked.'' Lilly held the figurine out to him.
"Do you think this could have been used to knock our vic out?" she asked.
"Certainly could have." He replied. Nick reached back into his forensics' bag and pulled out a squeezy bottle of clear liquid and a Q-Tip. He let a couple of drops fall from the bottle onto the figurine and then swabbed it with the Q-Tip. When he pulled it away the swab was covered with blood. He quickly bagged it.
"Well I think we just found the piece that made that wound. Good job Lilly." Nick congratulated the young CSI.
"Thanks Nick." Lilly beamed at his praise.
"Now what do you say we look for more evidence."
"Let's do it."
~*~*~
Nick watched Lilly as she jumped into action, eager to get to work. Her eyes shone with the pride that comes with finding important evidence. Nick could remember when he was as excited as Lilly was now. It was an overwhelming feeling, like a kid in a candy store with more money than he knows what to do with. At that moment something happened to Nick. His eyes seemed to open up to something that wasn't there before.
Lilly's beauty shone brighter than ever and she seemed to mature before his very eyes. She didn't seem like the pesky kid he once that she was, she seemed now a young woman both mature and beautiful beyond contestation. Her smile, her eagerness for the job, and her laugh, they captured Nick and wouldn't release him. He shook his head to clear it of such thoughts, but a part of them still lingered as he began, once again, to search the house.
~*~*~
"I'll run these prints we got and you can take these to Greg." Nick said once the pair returned to the forensics lab.
"Cool," Lilly said taking the swabs from Nick, "I'll see ya in a few minutes." Lilly walked down the hall to the trace lab.
The room was empty when she arrived and Lilly felt the silence crashing down on her.
"Greg are you here?" She called questioningly, "Greg?"
"Right behind you sweetness." Warm breath tickled Lilly's ear as Greg's voice resounded huskily in her mind. She screamed and jumped back, right into his arms.
"You JERK!" she cried freeing herself from his warm grasp.
"What?" Greg fiend innocence.
"You are insufferable, you know that." Lilly said seething. Greg only laughed.
"What did you need?" he asked.
"I need you to run these swabs for me." She said holding out the two swabs.
"After you called me insufferable, sorry babe, but you're gonna have to apologize first." Greg smirked at Lilly's glaring look at being called 'babe.'
"You can't be serious." She said condescendingly.
"Oh contraire my dear, I am quite serious."
"Well then I'll just have to do it myself." Lilly brushed past him, but Greg quickly grabbed her arm. Lilly inhaled sharply at the contact and she shut her eyes for a second to gain control of her overwhelmed senses.
"Actually," Greg said, "you can't. You see I'm the only one who can operate these temperamental machines. So now you know that you have to stay on my good side or bye-bye evidence."
"Fine, if that's the way you want to play it, Greg I am sorry that I called you insufferable now would you please be so kind as to run these swabs for me." She said in a sarcastically sweet tone.
"Now that wasn't so hard." Greg said taking the swabs from Lilly's hand, their hands brushing ever so slightly. Lilly tried to control the heady feeling that she was experiencing. She quickly clasped her trembling hands together and waited for Greg to finish.
~*~*~
It was hard for Greg to act as if Lilly's barbs didn't hurt, but they did, they stung him deep down inside his heart where no one could see his scars. When he had grabbed her arm he hadn't been thinking and he had gone light headed at the contact. But while he hid it well, he could clearly see the effect it had on Lilly and the lab tech reveled in the fact that his touch affected her the way hers affected him. He made sure as he took the swabs from her to lightly brush up against her hand, just to make sure he hadn't imagined her first reaction, and was delighted to see he hadn't been seeing things.
"Here you go." Greg said picking up the sheet of paper that came through the printer. Lilly took it from him carefully, it seemed to Greg as if she was trying not to touch him, and read it over.
"Thanks Greg." Lilly said with the small traces of a smile, "Now if you'll excuse me, Nick will want to see this." With that she turned and left. Greg stood there, his heart still hammering from their two brief touches, and watched her walk away. Why did she have this affect on him? The one thing Greg knew for sure, he liked the feeling and didn't want it to ever go away.
~*~*~
Well I have finally updated and I hope that you all like this chapter and think that it was worth the wait. I must apologize for how long it took me to get this chapter out. My computer was on the fritz and we JUST got it fixed, so thank you for being patient with me. Don't forget to review and tell me who you want Lilly to end up with. The count now stands at Nick-0, Greg-4, so keep those votes, and reviews, coming. Thanks.
Chapter Three
Dim sunlight streamed through the windows into the break room of the CSI forensics lab. Lilly sat sipping a cup of coffee and reading the newspaper, oblivious to the world.
"Don't you have some evidence to go over or something?" Lilly looked up startled, Grissom grinned down at her.
"Yeah, but I just needed to take a break. This case is really getting to my head. I mean Nick and I have been working on it for nearly a week and we still haven't come up with anything." Lilly shook her head as she sighed.
"I can help you if you need it," Grissom said kindly, "I just finished up on my case."
"I might just take you up on that offer." Lilly said with a relieved smile.
"So you and Nick are getting along I suppose."
"If you mean are we about to kill each other, the answer's no. We just had some small differences to get over then we were fine."
"That's good to hear. So we're still on for dinner Saturday night?"
"Sure, I'll tell you if something comes up though."
"Good. Well I'll let you get back to your work."
"Thanks. And Uncle Gil, thanks for giving me this job, I really needed it."
"No problem."
~*~*~
Greg glanced up from his computer and spotted Lilly walking down the hall. She had a soft smile on her face that made her eyes light up. Greg sighed heavily. Why did he feel like this? Every time Lilly's name was even mentioned, his pulse sped up and his palms began to sweat. Greg Sanders had never reacted that way to a woman.
Outside the lab, Nick joined Lilly and the two talked and laughed together. A sharp sting of jealousy flooded Greg but he couldn't look away no matter how much he wanted to. Greg was a "player," he couldn't have these feelings he was having, but as he looked at Lilly, her eyes shining and her tempting lips upturned, he knew that he couldn't make his feelings go away.
"Troubles Greg?" Catherine stood above him, an evidence bag in her hand.
"Nope no troubles, I am trouble free." He said quickly, too quickly.
"Sure," Catherine replied disbelievingly, "Can you process this for me?"
"Sure thing." Greg took the bag from the CSI's hand and turned away, afraid to make eye contact in case Catherine should read what was going on inside his head, and his heart.
~*~*~
The black SUV pulled up outside the Tiller home and Nick and Lilly disembarked.
"Alright we're looking for something that could have made this wound." Nick said handing a photo from Monica Tiller's autopsy to Lilly who studied it.
"Let's get going then." The young woman replied heading for the house.
~*~*~
A few hours passed and Lilly slumped down on the bottom of the stairs. Nothing had turned up and she was beginning to believe that nothing was. This case had been a complete failure. Who ever had killed Monica Tiller had done a good job covering their tracks. Not good enough Lilly thought looking through the doorway that led into the dining room. She stood up and walked over to the china cupboard. Hidden behind the solid oak piece was a porcelain figurine that was missing its head. Now what do we have here, a piece of evidence perhaps?
"Nick I think I found something!" Lilly called out into the hallway. The CSI 3 came running into the room.
"What is it?" he asked.'' Lilly held the figurine out to him.
"Do you think this could have been used to knock our vic out?" she asked.
"Certainly could have." He replied. Nick reached back into his forensics' bag and pulled out a squeezy bottle of clear liquid and a Q-Tip. He let a couple of drops fall from the bottle onto the figurine and then swabbed it with the Q-Tip. When he pulled it away the swab was covered with blood. He quickly bagged it.
"Well I think we just found the piece that made that wound. Good job Lilly." Nick congratulated the young CSI.
"Thanks Nick." Lilly beamed at his praise.
"Now what do you say we look for more evidence."
"Let's do it."
~*~*~
Nick watched Lilly as she jumped into action, eager to get to work. Her eyes shone with the pride that comes with finding important evidence. Nick could remember when he was as excited as Lilly was now. It was an overwhelming feeling, like a kid in a candy store with more money than he knows what to do with. At that moment something happened to Nick. His eyes seemed to open up to something that wasn't there before.
Lilly's beauty shone brighter than ever and she seemed to mature before his very eyes. She didn't seem like the pesky kid he once that she was, she seemed now a young woman both mature and beautiful beyond contestation. Her smile, her eagerness for the job, and her laugh, they captured Nick and wouldn't release him. He shook his head to clear it of such thoughts, but a part of them still lingered as he began, once again, to search the house.
~*~*~
"I'll run these prints we got and you can take these to Greg." Nick said once the pair returned to the forensics lab.
"Cool," Lilly said taking the swabs from Nick, "I'll see ya in a few minutes." Lilly walked down the hall to the trace lab.
The room was empty when she arrived and Lilly felt the silence crashing down on her.
"Greg are you here?" She called questioningly, "Greg?"
"Right behind you sweetness." Warm breath tickled Lilly's ear as Greg's voice resounded huskily in her mind. She screamed and jumped back, right into his arms.
"You JERK!" she cried freeing herself from his warm grasp.
"What?" Greg fiend innocence.
"You are insufferable, you know that." Lilly said seething. Greg only laughed.
"What did you need?" he asked.
"I need you to run these swabs for me." She said holding out the two swabs.
"After you called me insufferable, sorry babe, but you're gonna have to apologize first." Greg smirked at Lilly's glaring look at being called 'babe.'
"You can't be serious." She said condescendingly.
"Oh contraire my dear, I am quite serious."
"Well then I'll just have to do it myself." Lilly brushed past him, but Greg quickly grabbed her arm. Lilly inhaled sharply at the contact and she shut her eyes for a second to gain control of her overwhelmed senses.
"Actually," Greg said, "you can't. You see I'm the only one who can operate these temperamental machines. So now you know that you have to stay on my good side or bye-bye evidence."
"Fine, if that's the way you want to play it, Greg I am sorry that I called you insufferable now would you please be so kind as to run these swabs for me." She said in a sarcastically sweet tone.
"Now that wasn't so hard." Greg said taking the swabs from Lilly's hand, their hands brushing ever so slightly. Lilly tried to control the heady feeling that she was experiencing. She quickly clasped her trembling hands together and waited for Greg to finish.
~*~*~
It was hard for Greg to act as if Lilly's barbs didn't hurt, but they did, they stung him deep down inside his heart where no one could see his scars. When he had grabbed her arm he hadn't been thinking and he had gone light headed at the contact. But while he hid it well, he could clearly see the effect it had on Lilly and the lab tech reveled in the fact that his touch affected her the way hers affected him. He made sure as he took the swabs from her to lightly brush up against her hand, just to make sure he hadn't imagined her first reaction, and was delighted to see he hadn't been seeing things.
"Here you go." Greg said picking up the sheet of paper that came through the printer. Lilly took it from him carefully, it seemed to Greg as if she was trying not to touch him, and read it over.
"Thanks Greg." Lilly said with the small traces of a smile, "Now if you'll excuse me, Nick will want to see this." With that she turned and left. Greg stood there, his heart still hammering from their two brief touches, and watched her walk away. Why did she have this affect on him? The one thing Greg knew for sure, he liked the feeling and didn't want it to ever go away.
~*~*~
Well I have finally updated and I hope that you all like this chapter and think that it was worth the wait. I must apologize for how long it took me to get this chapter out. My computer was on the fritz and we JUST got it fixed, so thank you for being patient with me. Don't forget to review and tell me who you want Lilly to end up with. The count now stands at Nick-0, Greg-4, so keep those votes, and reviews, coming. Thanks.