DISCLAIMER: Sadly I do not own CSI NY or any of the characters, no matter how much I wish that Danny Messer was mine.
A/N: Thanks to everyone that has read the first chapter and is following the story and umm…here's the next chapter, enjoy.
Again, the bit in italics is the flashbacks.
SUMMARY: Stella, Mac, Lindsay, Danny, Flack, Adam, Aiden, Sid, Hawkes and some of the other kids at Staten Island Academy are on a summer vacation with a few of the teachers but little did they know, the teachers had really gained permission from their parents and had actually taken them to Florida to work in a hotel for six weeks. With arguments over who has which jobs and relationship rivalry, can their friendships survive?
TITLE: Summer Friendships and Rivalry – Chapter 2
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"Everyone before you start your shift tonight, I have an announcement." The hotel manager stood before the restaurant staff, smiling. "I have decided that it would be good for you to have a sense of responsibility so I am giving the position of 'restaurant manager' and 'assistant, restaurant manager' to two people." Everyone looked at each other but said nothing. "I'm giving the manager's position to Miss Monroe and the assistant manager's job to Mr Taylor."
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When he had given the news to the restaurant staff he went and gave the news to the other members off staff. Flack was to be the head of the bar and Sid was given the job of kitchen supervisor, much to the disappointment of Aiden, Brent and Brad; two of 'the Jocks', who also worked in the kitchen at night.
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One hour later, Lindsay was sitting at the bar with a calculator and a notepad; working out the bill for 'table twenty four'. "I'm takin' a break." Danny called over to her and she looked up at him.
"No you aren't." He walked over to her with raised eyebrows and a smirk on his face.
"I think I am." She said nothing, just glared at him and shook her head. "Ok, here's how it works; I'm more popular than you so what I say goes."
She stood up and looked up at him, Danny was significantly taller than her; tall enough to intimidate her but she wasn't standing down. "Mr Messer, you are under my authority now and what I say goes. You are not going for a break, you are going to walk over to table seven and ask them if they would like anything else to drink." He looked down at her with cold eyes and raised eyebrows. "Ok fine but I want you back in ten minutes." He smirked at her then walked over to a table in the corner of the room and pulled up a chair.
"Babe, it is so good to see you; I have missed you so much today." Danny leaned over and kissed Clara as Aimee looked out into the distance, feeling very awkward.
"Yeah, I missed you too Dan'." She smiled at him and he started to discuss his day.
Ten minutes later, Lindsay tried to get him to work by walking over to the table and tapping him on the shoulder. "Mr Messer, table twelve needs serving."
"Really, that's nice." He looked back at Clara and Aimee and continued talking to them as Clara threw a dirty look at Lindsay.
Lindsay sighed and stormed back over to the counter, asking Sheldon to serve the customers instead. Daniel Messer was really starting to bug her, he was a complete asshole but at the end of the day, she was too scared to tell him because he was a 'Jock' and she was a 'Geek' and 'Jocks' and 'Geeks' didn't mix.
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The next three nights went by the same as the first, Danny would turn up for work and then go and sit and talk to Clara and Aimee. One night however, Clara wasn't there; Aimee was sitting on her own. "Yo Aimee, where's Clara?"
"Umm…well she's…umm…" Aimee was panicking, trying to find a way to hide where Clara really was.
Danny put her out of her misery and interrupted her. "In the hotel room?"
"Yeah…yeah she's finishing getting ready. She told me not to tell you, said she didn't want you to think she was obsessed with her appearance." Aimee smiled a nervous smile and Danny grinned back at her, having fallen for the obvious lies that she had just told him.
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"Oh, Brent…I have waited…so long for this." She sighed in between kisses. He agreed and moved them over to the bed, eager to take things further. She kissed him back, feeling slightly guilty over her betrayal and knowing that one day Danny would find out what she had done. The truth was that Danny wasn't the boy she wanted, wasn't the boy she dreamt about in her sleep. She couldn't leave him though, Danny was her ticket to being prom queen and she wasn't willing to give that up; even if she did want Brent.
His hands slid down her arms and moved to the buttons on her blouse. "You would not believe how much I have wanted this since the day I met you."
She suddenly pushed him away, knowing that if he was missing from work someone would come looking for him. "You should get to work." He ignored her and kissed her neck. "Brent they'll come looking for you…I haven't…"
"I don't care about work, let them fire me but this is too good an opportunity to let slip." He assaulted her neck with kisses again but she shoved him away and stood up.
"I can't do this Brent, not yet." She looked away from him, feeling ever so slightly ashamed at what she had just done.
"Why, you want this as much as I do; I can tell you do." He looked into her eyes and she closed them, sighing.
"I do, I do want this but I'm with Danny; I can't mess things up until that crown is mine. Being the prom queen means so much to me, I am not going to risk it all; people think I'm ditzy but I have a plan and I intend on sticking to it." Brent merely nodded and told her that he was going to go to work, leaving her stood by the window, thinking about the boy that she was about to give up. Danny was the hottest guy in school but when she was with Brent, she felt special. Everyone thought that Clara was an airhead and most of the time she acted like one but she had more intelligence than everyone gave her credit for.
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"Mr Messer, would you please get back to work." Mac tapped his shoulder and Danny turned around.
"I'm talkin' to Aimee, you'll have to wait." Danny smirked and turned around, once again facing Aimee and asking her if she was going to the prom with Brad.
"Yeah, well I think so…someone said he was gonna ask me but he hasn't said anything." Danny smiled and told her that he was almost certain that Brad would ask her, he then went on to tell her that they should double date, him with Clara and her with Brad. All the time, blissfully unaware of what Clara was really doing and who she was with.
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That night after work, all the staff had left and Lindsay and Mac were cleaning up. "Mind if I head off Linds', I need to find Adam?"
She smiled at him and nodded. "Yeah go on, I'll be fine; there are only a couple of tables left to clear. See you in the morning Mac."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow." He turned and was about to leave the restaurant when she called him back.
"Hey, Mac?" He turned and faced her, his eyebrows raised. "Thanks for before…trying to get Danny to help out."
"No problem and if he gives you any trouble, let me know…I know that we can't do much but us 'Geeks' gotta sick together." She smiled at him and he turned and left the restaurant.
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Danny walked to Clara's room, intending on surprising her but it was him that got the surprise. He opened the door and walked in to find Clara and Brent in bed together.
No matter how hard she had tried, she hadn't been able to keep her feelings for Brent hidden and her needs, as usual, had come before anyone else's.
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"Brent I need to speak to you, I'm in my room." With that she had hung up and he had come running back to her room.
He knocked and she opened the door, letting him in. He walked in and sat down on Clara's bed, looking up at her expectantly. "You wanted me?"
"I can't take it anymore, yeah I do want you." She closed the door then walked over to him and pushed him back onto the mattress. He looked up at her wide eyed as she leant down and kissed him.
He managed to push her off him long enough to ask, "What about Danny?"
"I don't want Danny, I want you." She captured his lips once again and he kissed her back, knowing that what they were doing was wrong.
When she finally released his lips, he realised that she was not only giving up Danny but giving up her chance to become prom queen. "What about the prom, you need Danny."
"Yes I do, so we can't tell him about tonight." She tried to kiss him again but he turned his head and she sat up, startled at his sudden rejection. "What's the matter?"
"I'm not going to be your 'one night stand' Clara, I deserve better than that and I can't cheat on Danny like that; he's my best friend and you're his girl." He looked up at her; the lust in his eyes was evident.
"What are you saying?" He was beginning to confuse her, one minute he wanted her and the next he was saying it was wrong.
"As long as you're with Danny, we can't be together; it ain't fair on him." He was fighting a losing battle though and as she forced their lips together, his arms wrapped around her waist and he pulled on top of him.
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"Clara what are you…?" He was horrified but his horror turned to disgust as Brent rolled off her and looked up at his best friend. "Brent?"
"Danny, baby I can explain. It isn't what it looks like, he seduced me." Brent's expression turned from worry to plain fear as anger flared in Danny's hazel eyes. Clara wrapped the sheet tighter around her naked body and closed her eyes; she couldn't bear to see the look in Danny's eyes.
Brent looked down at the duvet, unable to look him in the eyes. "Danny I swear I didn't…" He was cut off as Danny stalked across the room and grabbed his hair, forcing him to look up at him and knowing what was coming next.
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A/N: Sorry guys, you'll have to wait until next time to see what happens but I promise I'll try my hardest to get the next chapter up in the next few days. Thanks for reading and please, please, please review.
Thanks, love you all.
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