A Criminal Minds / Demily Fanfiction: Blast From The Past

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Derek's pov

   The crime scene was brutal. A young couple; no older than 25. Both were shot; the woman in the head and the man in the stomach. The man had also been stabbed more than sixteen times to the face and genitals. Major overkill.

   "Any id?" Reid was heading towards me followed by Blake and Rossi.

   "Yeah. The female victim is Courtney Daniels; she was 22 and the male is Jonathan Richards. He was 24 and appears to be Courtney's boyfriend." I tried to focus on the case, but I couldn't stop thinking about Lauren.

   I made my way to the other side of the bodies in time to see Sheriff Rosen making his way over to us. "This is CSI Stone and she will be your liason for this case. If you need anything, just ask her." It wasn't until the sheriff stepped aside and I saw the brunette hair, those sparkling blue eyes and that irresistible smile that I started paying attention. The liason, CSI Stone; it was Lauren. They were the same person.

   I was so busy watching Lauren that I didn't realise Blake had started talking. "Agent Alex Blake. These are agents Rossi and Morgan, and this is Dr. Reid." Lauren went along the line, smiling at each of us until she got to me. There was that flash of recognition in her eyes, but also a dash of fear as she hoped no one else had seen it.

   "Lauren Stone. As Sheriff Rosen said, I am available to your team anytime, whatever you need." She was talking to all of us, but avoiding eye contact with me. I couldn't help but wonder if anyone had picked up on the tension between Lauren and I.

   "Lauren, is it?" I tried to act relaxed and normal. "Can I have a word?" She seemed taken aback by this suggestion.

   "Of course." The two of us moved away from the others. I could see that they kept looking over at us, but I didn't really care as long as they couldn't hear us.

   "Well this is a surprise!" State the obvious why don't you?

   "You're telling me! So you're FBI?" I'm guessing that was a rhetorical question, but I nodded anyway.

   "And you're with the Crime Lab?" Of course I knew the answer already. 

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JJ's pov

   Hotch and I had just arrived back from the first crime scene. It was the home of Rachel Lee and Michael Spencer. Both were 23 years old; the female had one gunshot wound to the head, whilst the male had been shot in the abdomen and stabbed multiple times.

   I was inputting data into the system when Rossi, Blake and Reid came into the conference room. Morgan was a little further behind; he was talking to someone. A woman. "Who's that with Derek?" I asked Reid.

   "That's CSI erm... Lauren Stone." By now everyone was watching Derek and Lauren through the window. "I think they know each other." Well, there was definitely something going on.

   They started for the conference room, so everyone rushed from the window and pretended to be doing something. "Okay, so you've already met most of the team. This is Jennifer Jareau and Aaron Hotchner." We both smiled and nodded. The two of them looked a little too cosy, if you ask me.