Chapter 4
Greg sat waiting at a table inside Café Lago. He was surprised he got there before Eve had. He was not sure what to expect when he saw her this time. The only time he had seen her was after the concert, where she was wearing jeans and a well-worn Metallica t-shirt. He was assuming since she was coming from work she would be dressed professionally. He was getting anxious for her to show up.
On her drive over to meet Greg for lunch, Eve found herself thinking about that morning after the concert and having witnessed the two men gunned down. Since her mother had been a lieutenant with the Chicago PD she was no stranger to what kind of violence can take place in the world. Still, she was bothered that it happened so close to where she was.
When the police and their investigators had arrived on the scene, she knew they would all end up being questioned about what went down. She saw a group of 3 male investigators and two female ones. The witnesses were divided into even groups between the five CSI's to be questioned. Eve was the last one in her group.
She watched an older male and a strawberry blonde female CSI continue combing over the scene as the other ones began the questioning process. She took notice that all three male CSI's were very handsome, but took special notice of the CSI who would be questioning her. He seemed younger then the others. She watched him and he seemed to be very serious about what he was doing, but every once in awhile he broke into a great smile.
As it came to her turn to be questioned, she had noticed him taking a double glance at her before asking her name and some other personal information. She told him exactly what she saw happen, all the while casting flirtatious glances at him and smiling a lot. She noticed him becoming a bit embarrassed, having to clear his throat a lot and started looking down at his notebook more often.
When he confirmed with her if that was all she saw, she said yes, but just as he was about to let her go, she mentioned she had one more thing to add.
"I need to give you my phone number, so if you want to go out on a date with me sometime, you can just call," she said quietly enough so only he could hear her. She could feel his eyes on her, even though his sunglasses hid them. He took a few seconds before he said okay and wrote it down.
"So I'll be hearing from you soon then," she slyly asked. He had grinned. "Perhaps." She knew she made an impression on him. She let him get back to his job and left to get ready for her own job.
As she approached the parking lot, she realized just how little she knew about this Greg Sanders, besides him being a Crime Scene Investigator. She didn't even know what his eye color was. She wondered if he had researched her background, not that there was anything to find. She pushed those stupid worries out of her mind as she got out of her car. She walked up to the café entrance and saw him sitting at a table. He looked even cuter than she remembered.
He glanced up as he saw the door open. She wore brown slacks and pink blouse. Her hair was down and waving over her shoulders. She smiled at him as she approached the table. He got up like a perfect gentleman and pulled out her seat for her, then proceeded to take his own again.
"Hi, sorry I am late. I had a guest issue to deal with before I would leave." She opened up the menu in front of her.
"That's okay. I got the rest of today off anyway." Greg felt slightly awkward, but did not show it. He admired her more in her business attire. She still looked younger than her 29 years of age she had told him during his questioning process at the crime scene. Her eyes were still intoxicating to look into.
"So," turning her attention away from the menu and back to Greg. "Did you all find that guy who shot the two in the parking lot, yet?" She was use to asking her mom about her cases and the question just came out as an old habit.
Greg really could not divulge much information on it. "Well we have a suspect in custody right now. Hopefully he is our guy, then it will be all wrapped up." The waitress came and briefly interrupted them to get their orders.
After she left, there was a moment of awkward silence between them. They both ended up speaking at the same time only to both end up laughing.
Greg loved her laugh and how happy she seemed when she did. He was just starting to realize he had never really felt like this over anyone this early before.
"So Greg Sanders, tell me a little about yourself. All I know about you right now is that you work for LVPD and are really cute," she smirked.
"You are forward, aren't you," he chuckled. "Well I am a people person, what can I say." She could not take her eyes off him. She had no idea what expressive, big brown eyes he had hid behind his sunglasses when she first saw him. Between his great smile, beautiful eyes, and his gorgeous wavy hair, she was happy she made the move on him. She had only hoped she would not blow it this time.
