Disclaimer: Nothing's mine, never have been, never will be. Just borrowing CSI: NY and its characters to play with…
I have just read through my first chapter and I noticed quite a few mistakes, spelling ect. So, my apologies, and hopefully this chapter will be a little better…
A big shout out to warrior of the shadow, candice and esther, thanks for the kind words, hope you guys like this chapter!
In the Interrogation Room, Chapter 2.
Mac stared at Flack in shock, "Danny and Aiden?"
Flack merely shrugged sheepishly.
Stella, however, crossed her arms with a smirk, "Not much of a surprise, really… they've had it coming on for years,"
Mac walked to the door, "I'm going to have a word with them,"
Flack and Stella exchanged amused looks and followed Mac.
Danny and Aiden were still embracing when the door opened and in strutted Mac, followed by Flack and Stella, the latter two with bemused expressions on their faces.
The couple broke apart quickly and Mac said, "Well?"
Danny gave Mac a what he hoped was a clueless expression, "Uh, well what?"
"Save it, Danny. We saw the whole thing," grinned Stella, nudging her head towards the two-way mirror. The two immediately blushed crimson.
Flack laughed, "You gotta pick your proposing places better, Messer…"
Danny rubbed the back of his neck nervously, Stella and Flack were really enjoying this 'find'. Mac's expression, however, was expressionless and unreadable.
Aiden mumbled, "Mac?"
She wanted him to just say what he wanted to say. This tensed silence was seriously nerve wrecking.
Slowly, Mac said, "You know there is an unwritten rule discouraging office relationships,"
This triggered an immediate outburst from Danny and Aiden.
"Yeah, Mac, but that's such a ridiculous rule!"
"As long as we remain professional during work-"
Mac cut in, "Not to mention you didn't tell us about this until we found out ourselves,"
"We wanted to-"
"Just that-"
Mac raised his voice, "Quiet! I make the rules here, and if this gets out to Hillborn, I take the hit and it'll be worse for you two and your jobs,"
"But-"
Mac put one dangerous finger up, "I just have one thing to say…"
Silence…
Then, Mac's face suddenly broke into a gentle smile, 'No hanky-panky on the job, ok?"
"What?" Aiden asked, quite shocked.
Mac smiled and headed out the door.
After a moment, Danny fell into a chair by the table and let out a long sigh, "The man's funny that way,"
Flack grinned, "He's all heart…"
Stella made a lunge for Aiden's hand, "C'mon girl, don't keep me waiting!"
She stared at the glittering rock on Aiden's finger, "Oh… it's beautiful! Wanna get me one, Danny?"
Danny smirked, "Sure… I'll pick, you pay. I'm a good 'ring-picker',"
The others started laughing as well.
Suddenly, Mac popped his head back into the room, "You lot wanna stay in here all day or are you gonna help me solve murders?"
Danny grinned, "We had a choice all along?"
Stella said dryly, "Too bad we're stupid enough to pick the latter,"
Exchanging light smiles, the team headed off to work.
Aiden walked down one of New York City's busy streets. She felt good, in fact, she felt great. She felt like she was glowing, or maybe floating down the street. She felt like she could smile to anyone, even that grumpy street vendor she just past.
Yes indeed, Aiden Burn was a happy camper. She was seriously, majorly, extremely, super-duper, on top of the worldhappy.
She was headed towards a nice small café at the end of the road, where she will be having lunch with the source of her happiness. She was going to have lunch with Danny Messer, her soon-to-be-husband.
They had both gotten different cases so Danny suggested spending the lunch hour together.
Aiden sighed in content, she looked at the beautiful ring on her finger, she loved it SO much, (almost as much as Danny himself) she must have glanced at it more than a thousand times since Danny gave it to her, which was two days ago.
Aiden soon arrived at the café Danny suggested, 'Typical male, so graciously lets you pick where to eat and ends up picking instead,' thought Aiden with a grin. She glanced around the moderately packed café for Danny.
There he was, reading a copy of the day's New York Times while sipping coffee.
Smiling, Aiden walked towards him…
Only to stop-short when a too thin, too young, too blonde (in Aiden's opinion) female came up behind Danny and mischievously covered his eyes, (or glasses, if you like) and said, "Guess who-oo?" in a sing-song voice.
Aiden saw Danny grin as he replied, "Let's see, could she be successful, beautiful and a pain in the ass?"
The girl removed her hands and gave a pout when Danny turned around, "Really?" she asked in a whine-like way.
Danny smirked and said, "Of course not, love!" and he pulled her into a hug, giving her a kiss as well.
Aiden had seen enough. With one last look at Danny, she walked briskly out of the café, every ounce of happiness drained out of her.
TBC
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