Emily in LA chapter 2

Emily was nervous, to say the least, as she walked through the front doors of the massive LA FBI offices.

Horatio had made the necessary calls and she had relatives that she was able to stay with in LA. Her Aunt Janie and Uncle Matthew had received her kindly, and she was sure she would be content staying with them when she wasn't working with the FBI agents. She was more worried about being accepted by the FBI team than anything else. She was a kid, and people tended to not take her seriously. Also she was working out her jurisdiction, and feds were known to be testy about their turf.

She shifted the heavy bag of files on her shoulder, and made her way to the reception desk. She was directed to the elevators. She pressed the button for the fifth floor.

She stepped out of the elevator into an office space, separated by many cubicles. She could hear phones ringing. People were talking to each other, answering phones in cubicles, and writing things down. She walked a little further towards a desk at the forefront of the office.

"How can I help you?" A smiling secretary greeted her.

"I'm looking for Don Eppes. I'm the CSI from Miami." Emily answered, shifting her bag again.

"That's me."

Emily looked up. A tall, rather handsome agent, with dark hair and brown eyes was standing just behind the Secretary's desk.

"Agent Eppes. You are?" He said as he offered his hand

"Emily Taylor. I'm with Miami Dade PD." She said taking his hand and shaking it.

"You can't be more than sixteen." He said softly, looking her over.

Emily blushed. "You guessed right."

Don looked at her in slight disbelief.

"If you need to see my credentials…"Emily started putting her bag down and opening it.

"No, no, that's alright. I just…wow…you'll have to talk with my brother. I'm sure you two will get along just great. Come with me." He said.

He turned and weaved his way through the cubicles, Emily following close behind. They came to a larger cubicle near the back of the office.

"Megan, Sinclair, Colby, and Charlie, I would like you to meet Dr. Emily Taylor, the CSI sent to us from Miami."

The four of them faced her.

"Emily, this is Megan." Don said, motioning to a pretty woman with reddish hair and brown eyes. Emily shook hands with the woman, smiling.

Emily was introduced to Sinclair, a taller black agent, who greeted her kindly. Colby, a handsome agent with dark brown hair, shook her hand, but looked slightly disbelieving of her.

"And this is my brother," Don said motioning to a younger man, with curly locks of dark hair and intelligent eyes. "Charlie."

Charlie reached forward to shake her hand. "Nice to meet you, Dr. Taylor."

Emily smiled. "It really is an honor to meet you Dr. Eppes. I've read quite a few of your papers. Your applications of equations and algorithms to crime are genius."

Charlie smiled. Don looked at the girl in surprise. She was smart. She had gotten on Charlie's good side right away.

"So we have two prodigies. Unbelievable." Said Colby, shaking his head.

"Have you brought the data from the Miami case?" Asked Charlie.

"It's all right here." Emily said, opening her bag and removing several files.

"Good," said Charlie. "I was going to meet Amita and Larry at the house to work on the algorithm later." He took the folders from Emily and began gathering other files on the FBI agents murdered in LA that Don had given him.

Emily watched Charlie bustle around for a moment, then turned to Don. "What should I do?"

Don looked at his brother and then back at the girl in front of him. He smiled.

"There's not much to do here right now, at least not until Charlie finishes his stuff. Why don't you go help him?"

Charlie smiled. "Sounds good to me."

Emily smiled and followed Charlie out the door.

"She looks excited." Megan observed as she watched Emily and Charlie walk out already holding an animated conversation.

"Why wouldn't she be?" Said Colby. "She's going to a little genius get-together."

"Charlie seems to like her." Said Sinclair.

"She was smart enough to get on Charlie's good side right away," Don said. "And he loves getting new students. I can see he's just as excited as she is. This little genius get-together could solve the case."