Chapter 2 – team player

Jo shows Quinn Shelby around in the lab while they are small talking. Well… it is mostly Jo who is talking. They walk by the AV-lab where Adam is very on some surveillance form a rubbery.

"so Adam is CSI level 1 in training. he is our former AV-tech. he is a little wired but he is really good when he stays focused. He need a little help to that sometimes. But you will get use to that."

Quinn is listening very observant to Jo while they are walking around in the lab. They come in to the tracelab where Lindsay is working.

"and this is Lindsay. Lindsay this is…"

"is the lab being inspected again?" Lindsay interrupts Jo. Jo look confused.

"no. this is detective Quinn Shelby. Our new entomologist." Jo introduce with a smile. Lindsay doesn't seem happy about the news.

"welcome" Lindsay says but doesn't sound very convincing and then walks away with the processed evidence.

"she is normally in a better mood." Jo try to make the situation better.

About 10 am Mac is sitting in his office and doing the stak of paperwork he did get to do yesterday, when jo comes in to his office.

"Mac." Jo sit down infront of his desk. "what is going on?" Mac look up at her with a confused look. Jo clarifies. "i have never seen Danny, Lindsay, Adam or Hawkes behaive like the way they did when I introdused them to detectiv Quinn. It was very uncomfortable situation, Mac."

Mac nodds. He kind exspected that would happen.

"Quinn worked here in the lab 15 years ago. She quit after I choose another one to become my assistend supervisor." Jo look surprised.

"so why did you hire her now?"

Mac look down. He hate this situation. "because the chief demanded it."

Jo nods in understanding. She stands up and is about to leave the office. She turns around and look at Mac.

"she is nice, Mac. I like her."

Then Jo leaves the office.

At lunch Jo invites Quinn for lunch to make a peach offering. They meet at a diner near the lab. Jo is already there when Quinn arrives. Quinn takes a seat across from Jo.

"thanks for coming." Jo says with a smile.

"thanks for the invitation. Is anyone else going to join us?"

"no it is just the two of us. I thought I would give you a little nicer welcome then you got from the rest of the team." Jo gives her an apologizing smile.

The servant comes and they both order. There is silence until there drinks arrive. Jo has water with ice and Quinn has water with lemon and ice. Jo takes a sip of her water before she starts talking.

"this team is like a very close family. They don't strangers to come in. It takes some time to get invited in to the family, but when you are in. They never leave you behind. Mac still follows "never leave a man behind." And he never does."

Quinn nods and take a sip of her water.

"I was an inspector before I joined the FBI. Six years ago I was inspecting this lab. By nature, people doesn't like to be inspected so I wasn't exactly wanted in the lab." Quinn takes a sip of her water before she continues. "when I discovered detective Monroe leave evidence unprotected after a personal conversation with detective Messer, I could have got her fired. But I didn't."

Jo smiles. "properly married problems." Jo says with a smile Quinn look confused. "married?" jo nods. "detective Monroe and detective Messer was married?"

"are Married." Jo corrects with a smile. "they have a daughter too. And a son too."

Quinn doesn't say anything. She is very quieted while they are having their lunch.

Back in the lab Quinn comes in to the locker room where Danny is changing after a shower. He is closing his pants when Quinn walks in.

"oh I'm sorry, detective Messer." Danny turns around and hurry to close his pants. The hi turns around to face Quinn again. he isn't wearing a t-shirt.

"you want to say something?" Danny asks when he realize that Quinn is staring at him.

"yes. hmm… would you mind putting un a shirt?" she asks. clearly unconfutable about shirtless Danny.

"sure." He looks in his locker for a shirt. "you are not used to sharing locker-room?" Danny asks to try easy up the situation a little. Quinn has turned around and has her back to him.

"hm… no. no I'm not. In the FBI we had separate locker rooms."

"I apologize that we are not as privileged as the great federal bureau." Danny says and walks over to the mirror. Quinn walks over to her locker. She opens her locker and put in her bag.

"detective Messer. Can I ask you something?" Danny turns around to face her.

"sure." Danny says in a tone that sound like he is open for a friendly conversation but he puts his arms crossed that clearly tells Quinn he is not open for her attempt for a friendly conversation.

"how long have you and detective Monroe been married?"

Danny look down for a moment.

"to be honest, detective. I don't feel like I know you well enough to discuss my married or my wife with you. No offends." Then he leaves the locker room in a hurry. Quinn look after him and then she shuts her locker and leave the locker room.

Quinn comes in to the DNA-lab where Lindsay is analyzing some blood samples. Lindsay look over at her.

"hey. I'm not quite done with the samples from are vic yet. Sid gave me some more samples to analyze from the victim."

Quinn walks over to Lindsay and look at Lindsay's work.

"I would like to speak with you personally."

Lindsay walk over to get a new box with latex gloves. She doesn't look at Quinn for a second.

"I prefer to not have personal conversations when I'm working." Lindsay says and rip of her gloves and put om some new before she comes back beside Quinn. She is still not looking at Quinn.

"okay I understand. So your conversation with dr. Hawkes on the crime scene about his new girlfriend was case related? I didn't get. Witch division does she work in?"

Lindsay stop working and sign loudly before she looks at Quinn.

"okay. What do you want to know?"

"how long have you and detective Messer been married and is Mac informed about it?"

Lindsay shakes her head.

"yes Mac knows Danny and I are married. He was there when we got married actually. Danny and I have been married for 5 years now."

"so you were married to detective Messer 5 years ago when I was her to inspect the lab?"

Lindsay continues working on the DNA samples to control her irritation.

"no. we were dating on off. Why?"

"was your supervisor informed about your relationship to detective Messer when he gave you that reprimand around the handling of evidence 5 years ago?"

Lindsay is getting more and more annoyed by the questions, but she is trying not to show it to Quinn. "no Mac didn't know at that time. but I told him when he gave me that reprimand that I had ended the relationship."

Lindsay take the DNA samples and storage them in the refrigerator and take of her gloves.

"if you don't have any more questions, I would like to get back to work." Lindsay leave fast without any word from Quinn.

Mac is sitting in his office. He is texting with Christine about dinner plans for the night, when Lindsay and Danny comes in to the office, without knocking first.

"I'm getting nuts." Lindsay says. She is clearly upset. Mac look up with a smile.

"it was you how choose to married him."

Lindsay look at Danny and can't help smiling. "not my married. Not this time…"

Mac stands up and walk to the front of his desk.

"okay what is it?" he says in a more serious tone.

"Quinn Shelby."

Mac nods. "okay. What is it?"

"is she her as an inspector or interrogator? Or what the hell is she doing her?" Danny asks.

"she is a detective just like you two."

"so why is she asking questions about our married and about the reprimand that you gave me 5 years ago doing the Cabbie killer case?"

Mac look confused.

"I have no idea. I didn't ask her to do that. I didn't even know that she knew about your married."

"well she clearly does." Danny says very offensive.

"okay I will have with her and tell her to stay out of your personal business." Danny and Lindsay nods.

"thanks buddy." Danny says. Gives Mac a tap on the shoulder before he opens the door for Lindsay.

"but…" mac says. Danny and Lindsay stops in the door and look at him.

"I heard your guys didn't exactly give a warm welcome." Danny and Lindsay look at each other with a little guilty smile.

"be nice, guys."

"yes dad." Danny says with a smile and then they both leave the office. Mac look after them with a smile. Then he stands up and walks back to his desk. He takes his phone and see there is a new text from Christine. It says: are you going to tell me the other reasons that you love me, to night?

Christine always know how to get him to smile, even when he has a bad day.

At around 6.

Pm mac is ready to go home. He walks into his office to get his coat. When he comes in to his office Quinn is sitting in his chair.

"what are you doing in her?" he asks.

She is looking at the picture of him and Christine on his desk.

"she looks nice. Girlfriend?"

Mac walks over at take the picture from Quinn and put it back on the desk.

"my fiancée. What are you doing in here?"

Quinn look at his picture of him and Lucy he also has on the desk. She takes de picture up.

"I didn't know you had a daughter. What's her name?"

Mac takes the picture away from her.

"she is my goddaughter. Could you please stay away from my desk?"

Quin stands up from his chair and walks around him.

"how long have you been engaged?"
mac look over at her with a look that clearly tells her that it is none of her business. She nods in acceptances.

"listen Mac. I know you and your team is like a family. Jo told me that. She also told me that your guys are like a family and you don't like new people on in your family."

Mac put on his jacket.

"so it was Jo how told you about Danny and Lindsay is married?"

Quinn nods. "okay. They told you that."

"they told me that you were asking a little too many questions that make you sound like an inspector."

Quinn nods with a smile.

"I sense that my presents on your team isn't exactly wanted either from you or from your team members."

"if you stop acting like an inspector and start being a team player, then I'm pretty sure my team will play with you. Good night Quinn."

Mac leaves the office and heads to the elevator.

Christine and Mac is sitting on the couch and watching a movie together. Christine is leaning in to Mac and resting her head on his chest. She looks up at him. He is a sleep.

"Mac, is it a good movie?"

Mac make some noise.

"you are a sleep sweetie. You should go to sleep." She turns of the TV. Mac wakes up.

"hmm… is the movie over?"

"yes. Did you like it?"

She looks at him with a teasing smile.

"do you always have to tease me when I'm tired?"

"hmm... I thought that was one of the things you love about me." She says and takes the bowl the chips were in and walk to the kitchen. Shortly after she comes back.

"I'm going to go take a shower. Go to sleep." She leans over a kisses him before she heads to the bedroom.

Mac is getting ready to bed and he has put on his sweatpants. Christine is taking a shower, when Mac hear a loud scream from the bathroom. He runs out there.

"what is going on?" he asks. she is standing with a towel around her.

"in there." She points at the shower. Mac looks in the shower.

"what?" he asks confused.

"there is a spider up there." She points to the corner of the shower. Mac starts laughing.

"yeah I think if I had my microscope I might be able to actually see it." he walks over and take a peace of toilet paper and removes the tiny spider. Christine takes a step away from Mac when he flushes out the paper.

"is there any other dangerous animals out her?" he teases.

"no only a jerk of a boyfriend." She says a little annoyed by his teasing of her fear of spiders. He looks at her with a smile. She just shakes her head.

"you are such a jerk."

She gets ready to go back I to the shower. He is standing in the door. she looks over at him.

"leave." She orders. "or do you want to join?"

"okay." He says and joins her in the shower.

"this is the thing I love the most about you." He says and lean over to kiss her.