Disclaimer: I am not connected in any way with the creators of any of the CSI shows. (I wish I was though, so Danny and Lindsay would get together already.) These are just my mind's version of the events that transpire on the show.

'Raising Shane' was a great episode. However, it poses a problem cause I can't seem to work it into my story. Argh:D Although in general, I have a hard time incorporating what happens in the show to what happens in my story. Anyhoo, please don't forget to review after you read this one. :D

The sun was just peeking over the horizon when Hawkes awakened the next morning to the unfamiliar feeling of being watched. He had opened his eyes to see Cassie smiling at him. He blinked his eyes several times, wondering if he was hallucinating. Nope, she's still there. The events of the previous night came back to him in a rush.

They smiled at each other.

Cassie spoke first, "Morning, Doc."

Hawkes leaned down to brush his lips against hers. "Good morning to you, too." He looked around him. "Wow. I can't believe we fell asleep here."

Cassie laughed softly. "Yeah, we were up pretty late last night." She tightened her arms around him and leaned her head back down on his chest. They sat quietly there for a few more minutes, watching the sun rise above the buildings of the city.

For the two of them, it was easy to pretend that they were the only two people left in the world. Isolated on a rooftop, under a warm blanket, wrapped in each other's arms, neither Hawkes nor Cassie wanted reality to intrude just yet.

Unfortunately, Hawkes' phone didn't seem to grasp the significance of the moment and rudely interrupted the idyllic scene.

Hawkes shook his head ruefully and switched off the alarm. Cassie had pulled back in surprise when the damned thing started beeping and now, he smiled reassuringly at her and said, "Don't worry. It's just the alarm. It's programmed to go off every morning at 6:30 so I can get ready for work."

Cassie sighed and said, "Guess that's our cue, then." She cast one more wistful glance around them and kissed Hawkes again. "Thanks for last night, Doc. I had a great time."

Hawkes grinned at her. "Me too." He rose reluctantly, reaching out his hand to her. "Is it okay if you give me about twenty minutes to shower and change? I want to walk you to your apartment so you can change and we can walk to the lab together."

Cassie let him pull her to her feet and answered, "No, don't worry about me. I can go home by myself and I'll see you at the lab later."

Hawkes shook his head firmly and said, "There's no way I'm letting you go home by yourself. Technically, our date isn't finished and I want to walk you home." He smiled cajolingly at her, "Let me?"

Cassie felt herself weakening. In this day and age, who knew such chivalry still existed? That, combined with the endearing grin Hawkes was casting her way, was really wreaking havoc on her resolve. She felt the corners of her mouth curl up and she said, "Okay. But you can't take too long in the shower."

Hawkes took her hand and they got into the elevator. In a few minutes, they were at his apartment. He fished his keys out of his pocket and opened the door. He motioned for Cassie to enter and locked the door behind them.

"Feel at home. If you need anything, the kitchen's there and you just go ahead and grab whatever you want. I don't have any brewed coffee, but I have instant in the cabinet if you need some caffeine. There's a bathroom there if you need it," Hawkes said, pointing the various areas of the apartment to Cassie. "I promise I'll be out in twenty minutes."

Cassie nodded and walked over to him. She gave him a light kiss. "Go right ahead, Doc. I'll be fine." Hawkes smiled at her and returned the gesture, then stepped back to enter his bedroom.

When he went inside, Cassie wandered around the apartment. She walked closer to a shelf, where his photos stood. Several of them had Hawkes with his family. He was the only boy, with two sisters. A bunch of other photos were of the Crime Lab people. There was one with the entire group, raising beer mugs in a toast. Another had Marty, Sid and Hawkes grinning widely at the camera, with their arms around each other. Another picture was of the guys of the CSI team: Mac, Danny, Hawkes and Flack. Damn, Cassie thought. I probably work with some of the most attractive men in New York City.

As she took a closer look at the jumble of books, videos and CDs that were crammed into his shelves, she noted that he had a wide variety of interests. She pretty much expected that he'd have various medical books at home, but she was surprised to find a complete set of Dan Brown novels, as well as a neat stack of comic books in one corner.

She let out a laugh as she surveyed the videos he owned. Who would have thought that Sheldon Hawkes, child prodigy, loved stupid high school movies? His collection included the entire American Pie series, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, and the entire Scary Movie collection, among other things.

She was still chuckling to herself when Hawkes walked out of the shower, crisply dressed in dark slacks and a light blue shirt. "What's so funny?" he asked.

Cassie turned back to him, her eyes dancing with mirth. She tilted her head teasingly, "Who'd have thought that one of the smartest people in the New York liked the Scary Movie series?"

Hawkes grinned and shrugged his shoulders. "Well, sometimes, I like to watch movies that don't require much thought. We do too much thinking in at work as it is."

Cassie laughed again. She glanced at her watch and said, "Wow! Twenty minutes it is. You gotta appreciate a man who keeps his promises."

Hawkes chuckled as he walked over and slipped his arms around her. He pressed a kiss on her lips and he said, "I always keep my promises, Cassie."

Cassie looked up at him and grinned, "Glad to know, Doc." She reached for his hand and tugged. "Let's go. I'm way slower than you when I get ready in the morning."

The two grabbed their coats as they left the apartment.

Twenty minutes before nine, Hawkes and Cassie stepped through the glass doors of the New York Crime Lab. After leaving Hawkes' apartment, they went back to Cassie's place, where she showered and changed in a record time of forty minutes. Afterwards, they stopped by a nearby diner for a cup of coffee and walked to the lab.

They entered the building hand-in-hand, laughing at a joke that they heard that morning in the diner.

Before Hawkes went to his office, he dropped Cassie off at the Trace Lab. They were still laughing over the same joke when they pushed open the glass doors of the Trace Lab.

Hawkes walked Cassie inside and she dumped her things on her table. They stood close together and flirted for a moment longer before they kissed each other goodbye.

Hawkes asked her, "We on for dinner tonight?"

Cassie smiled as she answered, "Yep." She fiddled with his collar for a while and asked, "You wanna stay in tonight? We can call for pizza."

Hawkes replied, "Sound good. Do you want to stay at your apartment or mine?"

Cassie thought about it for a while. "Mine's still a bit messy, but if you don't mind, we can stay there." She grinned at him and teased, "If you want, we can stop by your apartment and pick up one of your stupid movies. You might find my collection too intellectual."

Hawkes chuckled and said, "Sure." They kissed each other goodbye before he headed out of the lab, waving to Adam along the way.

Cassie watched him walk out and then turned back to the table. She found Adam grinning mischievously and said, "What?"

Adam teased, "So… You and Hawkes, huh?"

Cassie blushed. "Umm… Yeah." She busied herself by sorting the lab results that littered her desk.

Adam observed his co-worker silently, gauging whether he could get information from her or not. As the days had passed, they had gotten to know each other pretty well, and he had gotten over his initial fear of her. Despite the tough exterior, she really was a nice person.

Glancing out of the corner of his eye, "So… What did you do last night?"

Cassie sighed. Did he really think he was being so subtle? She smirked at him, "What is it that you really want to know Adam?"

Adam flushed. How did she know that?

"Come on, Adam," Cassie prodded impatiently. "If you have something to ask, spit it out, so we can get back to work." She made a sweeping motion with her hand to indicate the variety of items that had been dropped off for them to work on.

Adam laughed, "Alright, since you appreciate directness, did you and Hawkes have a good time last night?"

Cassie blushed again, "Yeah, we did."

Adam prodded, "So are you two an item now or what?"

Cassie blinked. "Y'know, I don't really know." She shuffled some papers together. "I guess we're trying to get to know each other right now."

Adam teased, "Does that mean you're still available if I ask you out?"

Cassie smirked and answered, "I'm flattered, Adam. But if you want an answer to that question, you're going to have to ask Hawkes." She waved a file folder at him. "I'm just going to go drop these off at the M.E.'s office, okay?"

She hurriedly left the Trace Lab and headed to the M.E.'s office, breathing a sigh of relief. She wasn't that ready to answer questions about her and Hawkes right now, especially since they were just starting to go out.

For a small woman, she had a pretty quick stride and in less than 5 minutes, she was in the morgue. This time, Marty was the one performing the autopsy.

"Hey Pino!" Cassie called out as she breezed into the morgue.

Marty didn't even look up. She looked closer and saw that he was bopping his head along with the music from his iPod. She sighed and stepped behind him and yanked the earphones from his head.

Marty jumped and looked behind him. "Jesus, Cass! You scared me!" Marty exclaimed, glaring at her. "Can't you just say hello like a normal person?"

Cassie rolled her eyes, "I did call out, Marty, but you were lost in your own world," she answered, pointing her finger accusingly at the iPod.

Marty heaved a long-suffering sigh and turned his focus back to the body on the table. "You're lucky that I think you're hot, Simmons. What can I do for you today?"

Cassie tapped the folder against the palm of her hand, unsure of where to begin.

Marty glanced up when Cassie remained silent. His eyes darkened with concern as he inquired again, "Cass? What's up?"

Cassie took in a deep breath and let the words tumble out, "Hawkes-and-I-went-on-a-date-last-night."

Marty blinked in confusion, "Okay, run that by me one more time, and this time, pause between the words, got it?"

Cassie nodded and repeated, much slower this time, "Hawkes took me out to dinner last night."

Marty smiled in obvious delight. "That's great, Cass. How did it go?" He raised his eyebrows at her, "This was your first date, right?"

Cassie nodded again, her eyes taking on a suspiciously dreamy expression as she recounted the previous night. "We had dinner on the rooftop of his apartment building. He set everything up and it was beautiful."

Marty asked, "He set what up?"

Cassie answered with a smile, "Candles, rose petals, dinner, everything. We talked all night until we fell asleep."

Marty was amazed. "Wow. I never knew Hawkes was such a romantic."

Cassie blushed and said, "Neither did I."

Marty chuckled, "I'm glad you had a great night." His tone turned serious, "So what's the deal with you two anyways?"

Cassie looked down and sighed, "You know, Adam asked me the exact same thing this morning."

Marty prompted, "So…"

Cassie smiled softly as she answered, "Well… We decided that we'd try to get to know each other first, but we're not seeing other people."

Marty nodded. "Not a bad set-up if you ask me. Are you two seeing each other again tonight?"

Cassie answered, "Yeah, we're just staying in tonight." She glanced at her watch. "Thanks for being a pal, Marty. You're the best." She hurried over and dropped a kiss on his cheek. "I gotta go, okay? I gotta get back to work."

Marty smiled, "Nothing to it, Cass. Just drop by if you need to talk okay?" He waved his hand to indicate the other occupants of the room. "It gets awfully quiet in here."

Cassie laughed again and called out, "Will do, dude. See you around!" She waltzed out of the morgue and back to the Trace Lab.

Mac was handing out assignments to the team.

"I'm glad we all closed cases yesterday. Here's what we've got for today," Mac glanced down at the papers in front of him. "Hawkes and Lindsay, you've got a scene in HS188. A bunch of masked kids went in the cafeteria and fired shots. Five kids were shot, but luckily, no one died. Mostly flesh wounds."

Mac then turned to Danny and said, "Danny, you're with me on a scene in Queens. Apparent suicide, but they called us in to be sure."

Danny nodded and said, "I'll grab our kits and meet you in the car."

Mac dismissed the rest of the team. "Stella, you're lead on this one. Call me with updates okay?"

Stella answered, "Got it, Mac. We'll check back after we take a look at the scene."

The team then went their separate ways. As they walked out, Lindsay's phone beeped. She checked it and found a message from Danny. Stay safe, Montana. I love you.

Smiling, she tapped out a quick reply. I love you too, Danny. Chinese or Italian later?

That's all for this chapter. I'm sorry that I can't make this chapter completely about Cassie and Hawkes. I just need to insert a little D/L:D

I hope you guys enjoyed this one. Danny and Lindsay's moving day should be coming up soon, so wait for that. :D Don't forget to review:D