Hey guys i'm sorry this has taken so long to come around i've just been super busy and then I wrote the chapter and then I lost it uhh hate computers sometimes. Anyway this chapter is just to start the case and to kick things off, not much Danny and Sophie in this but it's on it's way don't worry and review

Also, you guys in the UK with me did you see the final episodes of the last season, literally wanted to cry because it's never coming back and because they've left so many new stories wide open. Uhh fustrating they need to be allowed to do another season or a couple of episodes to round things off, I don't know maybe even just one episode set in the future, Lindsay's had her kid, Mac's now married and the fate of Sid's cancer is shown. It's so sad they've just cancelled such a great show

Stepping into her apartment Sophie was welcomed by the sight of yet more unpacked boxes. Side stepping them she threw her keys on the kitchen table and made her way into her bedroom, dropping onto the bed and trying hard not to pass out from tiredness. She wasn't use to the early mornings and unpacking boxes and moving furniture the previous days had caused her muscles to ache.

Her day finished with a quick closing of a case with Mac, a woman was found dead outside her apartment after falling from the fourth floor. After Mac questioned everyone in the apartment building and Sophie swept the rooms for evidence it was concluded she had slipped and fallen when trying to water her hanging baskets. Clumsy but at least her first case was minor and closed. Mac decided Sophie could go home early and he'd see her in the morning.

'Come on you piece of shit' Sophie hit the side of her computer as it froze for the second time that morning.

'You know maybe if you didn't hit it so hard it might not run so badly'

Sophie spun round in her chair to find Danny leant against the doorframe with two coffees in his hand 'maybe this will soften the blow' Danny handed Sophie a cup and sat himself down on a stool 'what you working on?'

'Just trying to get a fingerprint match from the rape case Jess brought in this morning, but as you can see the computer doesn't want to play nice' Sophie gave the computer one last hit and the screen went black 'oh come on!'

'I'll text Adam he'll know what to do, you fancy helping out on the murder case we've got, Lindsay's called in sick and between this, Jess's case and that hit and run Mac's reopened we're running short.'

'Yeah' Sophie smirked 'Mac's got me on that case too; we gave Tommy Neville a visit yesterday.'

'Yeah how did that got?' Danny slid his phone back in his pocket.

'Mac told him that although he's just served 18 months in prison, he doesn't think that Tommy did it and told him he was gonna go over the evidence again and prove his innocence, surprisingly he didn't take it well, told us that it was him and he deserved to serve that 18 months.'

'Sounds like there's something to dig up'

'Hey' Jess knocked on the labs door 'did you get a match to those prints?'

'You'd have better luck doing it manually, computers crashed and we're waiting on Adam to come fix it.'

'No worries, I'm heading out to question the landlord of the apartment building, we'll take another look when I'm back. Mac's gone out with Stella for lunch and said that he's left this case file for you and that if you need anything Flack is downstairs. You busy Danny or you wanna run out with me?'

Danny stood up and waved his case file in front of Jess 'got a murder to solve.'

Jess moved aside to let Danny pass 'hey you heard from your girlfriend, calling in sick today was the worst idea she could have had, what's up with her anyway?'

'You think I know, Jess you know I've been sleeping on Flacks sofa for the last few weeks, me and her are just co-workers now.'

'You best tell her that, she told me to send some case files home with you to drop off.'

Danny sighed and rubbed his face he and Lindsay had broken up over a month ago yet it had taken him at least 3 weeks to move out, he couldn't afford his own place and Flack offered his sofa as long as he promised to look for somewhere else to stay at the end of the month, that wasn't going so well and Flack's sofa seemed a permanent place for Danny. 'We're over Jess, the sooner she gets that in her head the better it'll be for all of us.'

'You're telling me, I can't stand the way she stares at you, or that baby tone she uses when you two speak.'

'Yeah, yeah I got it.' Danny waved Jess away as he headed off to the DNA lab passing Adam as he went.

'If you've broken that computer then I…' Adam looked at the computer sat in front of Sophie and began pressing buttons and adjusting cables.

'You'll what Adam'

'I, you know, something I'll something. What did you do it?'

'Well you know, it didn't work so I hit it'

'You hit it how many times?'

'Three or four'

'You don't hit a computer Sophie, you need to handle it kindly and treat it the way you want to be treated.'

Sophie caught Jess laughing behind Adam and struggled to contain her giggles 'Adam it's a computer, you know cables and electricity and microchips or whatever they are' she stood up and Adam quickly scooted her into her seat. 'Just fix it please, I need to get these fingerprints analysed.'

'I'll do them, I don't want you breaking my baby anymore' Sophie handed Adam one of her case files as the computer flicked back on.

'Are you heading out now?' Sophie turned to Jess who nodded 'I'll walk down with you I need to see Flack.

The two of them left Adam examining his computer for any damage from Sophie's beating.

Sophie sat in the chair next to Flack as they sat in front of his laptop.

'Tommy Neville's parole officer is Jerome Addison and the condition of his parole is that he checks in within four hours of his release and here's an address 712 east, 59th Street.' Sophie jotted down the address as Flack read it out. 'So Mac's left you with this reopened case, you need any help with it?'

'I think I'm okay just got the paperwork and evidence to go over first which would be easier if I had my own desk.'

Flack cocked his head like a confused puppy.

'You know looks like one of these' Sophie tapped on Flacks desk 'and should be around here somewhere.'

Finally understanding Flack laughed 'yeah I'll get onto that one for you, anyway this case I thought it was cut and dry, wasn't he texting when he hit the young girl?'

'Well that's what they thought but apparently the evidence collected at the scene didn't get properly analysed because Tommy Neville took full responsibility at the time'

'Which he would do if he was driving'

'Here's the thing, I was looking through the photos and look at this' Sophie pulled out a picture of Tommy Neville taken at the scene, his shirt was off and a bruise sat across his chest from his shoulder. 'Okay so once I was driving through Brooklyn and I had to slam my breaks on because the driver in front was a jerk and my seat belt dug into me and for days after my left shoulder hurt like crazy but look where Tommy Neville's shoulder is bruised, it's his right shoulder.'

'Meaning he was in the passenger seat.'

'Exactly, so someone else was driving.'

'Let me guess you were the kid at school who did all the extra credit projects weren't you, making us all look bad.'

Sophie smirked and snatched the photograph out of Flacks hand 'oh ha-ha Detective' she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and held her hand up at Flack as she answered it causing him to snatch it and pull it back down 'yeah Maxwell, hey Sheldon' she answered with a grin as Flack watched her 'okay one second' looking down at her phone she pressed the speaker button and placed her phone on the desk.

'So we recovered the car from the impound and then recreated the crash with the reported speed of the car and not once did the cell phone land in the front passenger side where it was recovered originally. Also the power adjustment gears under the seats are too bulky to allow an object to slide forward but that doesn't eliminate the possibility that the driver was holding the phone.'

Sophie took notes as Sheldon went over his findings 'okay but it does make it more plausible that someone in the passenger seat was.'

'Which brings us to the prints, Neville's thumb print was on both the driver and passenger seat release button but obviously he could have been a passenger in his own car prior to the crash. However the apex and delta points shows that he pressed the drivers release button from the passenger side and there is no way you can reach across your body and turn your thumb 180 degrees it's just too unnatural.'

'But easily accomplished from the passenger seat' Flack spoke up as he listened to Sheldon

'Oh hey Flack, but yeah this proves that he let someone else out of the driver's seat.'

Sophie raised her hands up and punched the air 'Sheldon you are amazing, thank you so much!'

Ending the call Sophie collected her papers and got up 'I'm gonna go pick up Tommy Neville, whilst I'm out find me a desk please.' Sophie walked out of the precinct without looking back but she could still feel Flack's eyes watching her go.