Disclaimer: I am not Anthony Zuiker, Ann Donahue or Carol Mendelsohn. All the characters of CSI: NY are not mine…I'm just borrowing them for a little bit. I promise that I will put them back, exactly the way I found them when I'm done….Oh, Cory Reid is mine and I will take credit for anything she does. :)

A/N: Ok. Here's some more fluff, with a sorta cliffhanger at the end…please don't kill me or my muse! Please, please, please R&R!!

Chapter 17.

Trance

Friday night found both Cory and Lindsey in the lab. Cory was working on trying to trace back unusual deposits that were found on one of the computers during the raid at the warehouse.

"I can't figure this out," Cory said frustration etching her voice.

"You'll find it Cory. If anyone can, you will," said Lindsey.

"I know. It's just frustrating. I know, I'm just overlooking something. I just want to nail this bastard!"

"Ease up. You've done all you can tonight. Let's get ready to go out."

"Okay. By the way, how was your date?" Cory had a twinkle in her eye as she noticed that Lindsay started to blush.

"It was amazing. We had our first kiss. All I can say is…Wow."

As Lindsay and Cory walked back to the locker room to take showers and get ready they continued to talk about Lindsay's date the previous night. After a quick shower, Cory went to a locker where she had put her clothes. She got dressed in a white halter top that tied in the back--leaving most of her back bare, low-rise jeans with a rock-star belt and a pair of platform sandals. She let her hair down and it fell halfway down her back in curls. With her hair down, the bright red streaks that she had in her hair were evident.

Lindsay was dressed in low-rise jeans, an emerald green camisole and high heeled boots. Her hair was half-pulled back and wavy.

They turned and looked at each other simultaneously.

"Wow, Cory. You look hot!! You have a tattoo?" Lindsay point to her chest were part of a fairy was visible.

"You, too. I can't wait for Flack to see you. His jaw is going to drop! And actually I have a couple of tattoos." Cory turned so that Lindsay could see the twin dragons tattooed across her back at the base of her spine.

They turned as they heard the door open and Stella walked in. She was dressed in jeans, a low cut black top and high-heeled sandals. The three women looked at each other and grinned.

"Hey. I just saw the guys hanging around outside trying to look inconspicuous," Stella said with a smile.

"I knew that they just couldn't resist!" Cory giggled. She put her cell phone, credit card and driver's license in her jeans pockets. She grabbed her purse, put her weapon in it and snapped in shut. "I'm ready. How 'bout y'all?"

Both Lindsay and Stella followed her lead. "We're ready to."

Outside, Danny and Flack were talking.

"What do you thing they'll be wearing?" Danny questioned.

"Dude, I don't know, but with Stella, you know she'll look hot! And Lindsay…" Flack trailed off remembering their date.

"I know. I want to see what Lindsay and Cory look like. Lindsay doesn't strike me as a techno chick and I just can't see Cory in anything but a business suit. She's pretty and all, but she's such a…" Danny trailed off as he saw the women walk out of the locker room.

"Um…Damn!!" Danny could only stare at the three beauties with their backs to them, completely ignoring him. He saw the tattoo on Cory's lower back and bit back a groan of pure lust. Woman with tattoos completely turned him on.

"What?" Flack said. He watched as Danny seemed unable to form any words. He turned around and his jaw literally dropped. "Wow."

"Bye guys!!" The three women called as they walked out of the lab.

"Gawd!! Was that Cory? She has a tattoo!" Danny asked. Not waiting for Flack to respond his question he continued, "She looks like walking sex…"

At this Flack looked over at his friend. "Yeah. She looks amazing but, Lindsay looked just as good. What do you say about going out to the club, tonight? I heard Trance is a good spot to look at hot babes."

"Yeah. Let's get ready. We'll go to my place first."

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The three women walked up to the line at Trance. With a little smile, Cory said, "Follow me."

She led the two women past the long line and up to the velvet rope. "Hey Bobby!! Can we go in?"

"Sure," the bouncer said, unhooking the rope. Amid protests from the other people in line, he let the three women in.

When the they walked in, Cory directed them to a little room. "Here's the office. Jerry will let us put our purses in the safe, so that way the guns will be safe."

She smiled and walked over to a distinguished looking man. "Hey Jerry! How's the IRS treating you?"

"Hey, Cor. They're treating me just fine after you helped me out. Who's this with you?"

Cory made the introductions as the women put their purses in the safe. "How's the crowd tonight?"

"The usual. Chad's here, by the way. He told me that if you show up tonight that you are his for at least one dance." Jerry's eyes twinkled at that. "You ever going to take him up on his offer?"

Cory snorted in laughter. "Now why would I do that? Chad's great and all, but he is so not my type!" She flipped her hair behind her back as she turned to walk out of the room.

Lindsay looked at Cory, a little surprised at how different she was acting. "Who's Chad?"

Cory looked at her. "Chad is a twenty-one year old playboy who keeps asking me out. Way to young for me. He's looks like a Greek god and is fun and all to hang out with, but he can kinda get on my nerves."

All of them looked around as the reentered the main part of the club. Neither Stella nor Lindsay had been here before, so she decided to show them around and the first stop was the bar. "First round's on me." Cory led the women to the bar and caught the attention of the red-headed bartender. "Hey, Arianna!! Can we get three Cosmos?"

The bartender looked up and noticed the women there. "Hey. It's my favorite FBI agent!! Who's this with you?" Cory made the introductions as Arianna made the drinks, flipping the bottles like something out of the movie, Coyote Ugly. Quickly she served the women the drinks. "These are on the house, hun. You know that Jerry would fire me if he found me charging you for drinks!"

Cory just smiled and sipped at her drink.

The women found a table and began to talk. Stella looked at Cory with a question in her eyes. "Do you come here often?"

Cory laughed. "Yeah. About once a month. This was the first place that Liz…" Cory trailed off for a second, remembering her fallen friend. "Anyway, this was the first place that Liz brought me to. I loved the scene so I kept coming back. Once the owner, Jerry, found out that I was an accountant, he asked me to look over some things for him. It turns out that the IRS was claiming that he did not report all of his income and was trying to take the club away."

"So what happened?" Lindsay asked.

"Oh, I saw where the mistake was made and helped him out of the situation. Since then he refuses to let me pay for anything here. Says that if it wasn't for me the club would have been closed, so he owes me."

Stella looked impressed. "Wow. I guess all that time in college paid off!"

"Yeah. It was good for something." Cory turned as one of the waitress came up with three new drinks for them.

Lindsay looked on in awe. "I could get used to this!"

Cory glanced over at the DJ booth and realized that her favorite DJ was on tonight. She caught his eye and gave him a little wave. He responded back with grin and a thumb's up and Cory knew that he would play some music especially for her. Quickly she finished her drink and got up to go to the dance floor. "Come on y'all! The night is young and we have so many dances to dance!"

Cory grabbed both of their hands and practically dragged them onto the floor. The current song was ending and it transitioned into Firestarter by The Prodigy. Cory sang along to the song as she started dancing, wiggling her hips and moving her arms in time to the music.

Lindsay just stopped for a second. She wasn't exactly sure how to dance to this music, so she took her cue from Cory. To her amazement she saw Stella grinding against some random guy, having the time of her life.

The beat of the music changed a little, getting a little faster paced. Cory let out a small 'Whoo Hoo' as she realized that the Mortal Kombat theme was coming on. It was one of her favorite songs to dance to.

She looked over at Stella and Lindsay and realized that both woman were really good dancers. Already, Stella had a man practically drooling over her as she danced with him. Lindsay just looked to be completely into the music.

Cory felt someone come behind her and that person starting dancing with her. She looked over her shoulder and saw it was Chad. She stopped dancing long enough to give him a hug hello and then went back to her dancing.

Chad put his hands on her hips and began to dance in unison with her. By the time the song was over she also had another guy dancing in front of her. Finally when the music changed she turned to Chad and mimed that she was going to get a drink. She did the same thing to Stella and Lindsay to see if they wanted to come with her. Both women followed her off the dance floor.

When they got to the bar, Arianna had the water waiting for them, well aware of Cory's routine. Cory laughed at the sight. "Am I that predictable?"

Arianna grinned. "Yup. Besides with as much as you're sweating right now, you need to replace the water. I just wish more people were like you. Then there'd be less drunks!"

Cory, Stella and Lindsay quickly swallowed half of the water, dabbing some off it on their faces to try to cool off.

"So, Cory," Stella began. "Who was that drop dead gorgeous guy you were dancing with?"

"Yeah, Cor. Spill!"

Cory realized that they were talking about Chad. "Oh. That was Chad."

Both women's eyes got big at that. Lindsay was the first to attempt to speak. "That was your twenty-one year old playboy that wants to go out with you? Why did you turn him down? Girl, he's hot!"

Cory shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah. He's hot, but he still acts like a freshman in college. I'm so over those types of guys. Come on let's dance some more."

The three women went back out on the dance floor.

It was almost an hour before they took another break. Laughing and feeling about ready to collapse, they made there way back to the bar.

When Arianna came to take their orders, all three ordered more water and a Cosmo. As Cory was sipping her Cosmo, a man came up behind her and said, "Baby. Did it hurt when you fell?"

Stunned, Cory burst out laughing and turned to face the man. "Ya gotta be kiddin' me. You really think that will work with me?" She turned and looked at Stella and Lindsay who both were laughing so hard that they couldn't breathe. Luckily the man took the hint and walked away.

"Oh, my God. I can not believe someone actually tried that line!" Cory rolled her eyes and took another sip of her drink. She was still giggling when she felt someone tap her shoulder. It was Chad.

"Cor. How 'bout another dance?"

Cory thought about it and said, "Sure. Why not? I'll be back in a couple of minutes." She left the two women standing at the bar and went to dance with Chad.

Stella and Lindsay were still sitting at the bar when Arianna got a slight break. Arianna came over to them. "Wow. It's been a crazy night. How are you guys doing? Need more water. Another Cosmo?" Both declined, but decided that they wanted to know more about the bartender.

"So, Arianna. How long have you worked here?" Stella began.

"A couple of years. Jerry's a great boss and as you can tell, the club is a success. I like the scene. I was so glad to meet Cory. Most people who frequent the clubs are like Chad, club rats. It's rare to get a regular like Cory. I'm going to miss her when she goes back to Dallas."

The three women continued talking as Cory's one dance with Chad turned into two.

All of the sudden, Arianna looked up. "Well, hello hotties! I've never seen those two in here before and boy, are they fine." Both Stella and Lindsay turned around to look where Arianna had pointed.

Both gasped in surprise and looked at each other. It was Danny and Flack.

Arianna caught the look of recognition on both of their faces and casually said, "Ya know those guys?"

Stella was able to respond first. "Yeah. We work with them. The tall one is Flack and the other one is Danny."

Lindsay found her voice then. "What the hell are they doing here? Danny knows that this was supposed to be a girl's night out!"

Flack, being taller, was the one that spotted Stella and Lindsay at the bar and he pointed them out to Danny. The two men made there way to the bar. Once there, Flack went over to Lindsay and gave her a kiss.

Danny leaned in and ordered two beers. He turned and found Flack and Lindsay occupied, so he turned back to Stella, who was glaring at him. "What?"

"Don't give me the innocent look, Danny. I know for a fact that you were told this was a girl's night out. Why are you here?"

Danny was scanning the dance floor as Stella was talking to him. He didn't even hear her ask the question. He had just spotted Cory, dancing very suggestively with a good-looking guy.

pnkrckprncss- don't worry, therewill be some Danny/Cory fluff and angst in the next chappie! then after that y'all will find out why Cory doesn't trust anyone! after that, it's just a matter of time before we get some serious Danny/Cory interaction!

chili-peppers-i was afraid that having them kiss so soon was going to be weird, but then my muse slapped me upside the head and told me to trust her (she was right, of course) since Flack/Lindsay have actually been dating for close to or a little over 2 months at this point! thank you! maybe we can start a campaign to add her to the show :) lol

kasmith101-glad you like fluffy endings! my muse doesn't let me write them too often b/c she's all about the angst! but every once and a while i get my way :)

tylerhiltongroupie53 - of course he showed up! he's just that way! he brought Flack, but no Mac... :( (i personally can't see Mac in a techno club!)

bluenose- he's knows a little about them (he's really trying to figure Danny out!) but they're not important to him right now...he's arrogant enough to believe that he is uncatchable!

axellia-i'm glad i got you going aw! that was the whole point of the kiss...as per danny, i know...just take a deep breath and repeat after me...danny, just do it! seriously, danny just needs to throw caution to the wind! don't worry, it's soon that everything will at least be out in the open! of course he turns up at the club...i mean, come on! he's totally into her... :)