Telling off.

BPOV
I knocked on the door. No reply.

I knocked harder. Still no reply.

"Dammit James, where are you?" I muttered to myself.

"Talking to yourself, Bella?"

The voice behind me made me jump. I turned to see James sipping from a cup of coffee, with several files tucked under his arm.

"Oh James, you made me jump. I need to speak with you about the conduct of a fellow CSI." I bit my lip. I didn't like getting co-workers in trouble but this needed to be done.

"What did Edward do now?" James opened his office door and ushered me inside.

"How did you know it was about Edward?" I took the seat in front of his desk.

"You were working with him this evening. Plus, I've never had a complaint about any other CSI." James was flicking through the top file he had placed on the desk. "So what did he do? Grab your ass? Make a pass at you?" He glanced at me over the top of the file.

"It wasn't anything like that, Sir. He nearly caused the death of a small child."

I had his full attention now.

"What happened Bella?"

"The RTA we were called out to, there was a small boy in the trunk of the overturned chevy. I heard him crying and Edward didn't believe me. He undermined my authority and told the pick up crew to carry on moving the vehicle without a proper investigation." God I sound like such a whiny bitch.

"What happened to the boy?"

"I got him out Sir. He is at the hospital at the moment. Doctor Gerandy said he would be fine. He wasn't injured badly and the psychologist from child services was with him when I left. I think this case has something to do with the case you gave to Jasper."

"How so?" James was relaxed back in his chair, jotting things down in his note pad. I felt like I was back in my psychiatrists office.

"The little boy, Danny is his name, he told me that the bad man yelled at his mom and she was hiding. I think something might of happened to her."

"So why do you think that your case is related to Jaspers?"

"I asked him." I straight out lied and hoped to talk to Jasper before James did. "Look, I need to go and process my evidence. Will you tell me what happens with Edward?"

"Yes Bella. Go do your job." James dismissed me and I went to find Alice in the lab.

It wasn't difficult to find her. She was singing along to herself while looking at slides under a microscope.

"I have died everyday waiting for you.
Darling don't be afraid, I have loved you;
For a thous..."

"Alice?" I interrupted her little sing along. She looked up in surprise at the fact she had been caught singing to herself.

"Oh, hi Bella. What can I do for you?"

"I need you to process these for me. Run them against one another for familials. I will be in the garage if you need me." I turned to leave, but Alice called me back.

"Bella, wait a moment. Could you just have a look at these for me?" She pushed the microscope towards me.

"What am I meant to be looking at Alice?" I asked, my eye pressed against the lens.

"Compare the two." She replied impatiently.

I flicked the slides back and forth a couple of times before I finally realised the difference.

"This one is crystalized. Like it's been mixed with liquid nitrogen."

"Yes!" She whooped. "I knew it!"

"If you knew already then why ask my opinion?"

"i always have my work double checked. I like to be thorough."

I rolled my eyes at her. "Okay. Please can you get to work on my samples now?"

"Will do."

"Thanks. Oh and Alice? You're a great singer."

"Thanks chicken! I'll page you when I'm done." Shaking my head at her antics, I chuckled to myself as I walked away.

The car Danny was found in had been deposited in the labs garage and was ready for processing. I was sitting in the drivers seat collecting finger prints when Edward finally walked in. He looked sullen and moody. Must of just come from James' office. Serves him right the arrogant prick.

"Where do you want me Bella?"

"Process the trunk please. I want to know what happened to Danny while he was in there." I said, not looking up from my work.

He slumped off to the back of the vehicle and began taking photos.

EPOV
As soon as I entered the building it was like James knew I was there.

"Cullen!" He barked, appearing out of nowhere. "My office, now!" I rolled my eyes but followed him anyway. "Sit." He demanded as soon as I entered the small room.

I took the chair and waited in silence.

"Edward, this is the first time I have had to call you in here on something other than a sexual harrassment complaint."

"James, come on. You're making it sound like I'm some sort of sexual predator. So I've hit on a few women. It's not the end of the world." I defended.

"Edward," James sighed, "what went down tonight?"

I knew this was coming. Swan lived up to her word. "Bella has been to see you then."

"Of course she's been to see me. What were you thinking? She is your superior. You don't just dismiss everything she says. You endangered the life of a child tonight. Is your ego really that big that you can't listen to what another member of this team has to say?"

"The attending police crew told me that all the vehicles had already been checked. All Bella said was that she heard a child crying. We were in the middle of a neighbourhood. She could of heard that cry from anyone of those buildings. So I didn't believe her. I went by what the police told me. I just assumed she was making things up."

"Yet you still refused to help her when she told you otherwise."

"Look, I'm sorry okay. I messed up." I hung my head. I knew I had done wrong as soon as Bella had emerged from the side of the truck with that little boy.

"I accept your apology and it's a good job the child is fine. This could have been a lot more serious for you Edward. Marcus will hear about his officers role in this too. Listen to her next time. I didn't bring her here for nothing. She is the best at what she does. You're meant to be learning from her. Your punishment for your cock-up is lab duty for a week. Don't give me that look." He said pointedly, noticing the disgusted look on my face.

James knew I hated working in the lab. Mike was always trying to be my new best buddy and Alice never shuts up.

"Go and help Bella in the garage. We need all the evidence we can get from that chevy." James didn't say any more, so I took it that I was dismissed.

I stopped by the locker rooms to pull on my coveralls and went to the garage.

I stood and watched Bella from the window for a while. She worked silently and swiftly, not missing a thing. She was quite beautiful with her hair piled on top of her head and a smudge of printing powder streaked across her left cheek. She was in her element.

We would actually make a great couple, if she wasn't such a bitch.

There we go my lovelies, another chapter for you to sink your teeth into.

Not a lot was said over Edwards pov. I will be adding more chapters in his perspective, so I hope that won't put you off.

Much love x