[DISCLAIMER: I don't own CSI Miami or any characters; but I do own the plot and any characters I have made up]

As the CSI Team were about to leave the Lab after a hard day's work, one more job was called in. Ryan Wolfe andEric Delko both Level 3 CSIs' looked at each other; nodding.
"We'll take it" Ryan said as he casually picked up his kit, but little did he know that this case was going to change him forever...

Once the boys arrived at the crime scene it was swarming with police. Ryan and Eric followed the yellow tape up the driveway of an apartment where they found the deceased. After showing the cops on duty their badges, the boys saw the victim was lying on her back with gunshot wounds to her chest. Ryan took out his camera and started taking photos of the victim. As he did this, he noticed that the girl was probably in her mid 20's and by the looks of her apartment, had money. He stood back up, looking around the crime scene
"No gun shell casings" observed Eric and Ryan nodded "Which means that whoever did this has done it before..."
Ryan interrupted Eric "Or that they watch T.V and know not to leave evidence lying around Delko..." Eric lightly laughed.

"Mr Wolfe, Eric" they both turned around at the same time to see Horatio Caine their Lieutenant walking towards them. Once he got to them, he took off his sunglasses and looked down at the victim's body.
"What'd you find?" he asked as he put his hands on his hips.
"10 gunshot wounds to her chest, an obvious overkill with one shot to her head" Eric Delko commented. "By the look of the crime, it could be drug related?" Horatio nodded "The police have just informed me that the person who found the deceased was her best friend"
"I'll go talk to her" said Delko as he began to walk away, but Horatio spoke again "Remember, this young woman has just found her best friends body." Horatio turned to Ryan
"You go speak with Mr Wolfe. Remember she's been through a traumatic experience, be gentle" Ryan nodded at his Lieutenants orders.

Ryan approached a female police officer who was comforting the witness "I've got it from here" he said to her and the police officer walked away. Ryan leant over a little so he could look down at the witness
"I'm Detective Ryan Wolfe of the CSI"
the girl looked up from the ground and asked him
"CSI?"
Ryan looked up from his notepad and stared her. The girl's wavy blonde hair was blowing in the wind and as she pulled her side fringe behind her ear, it revealed her bluey green eyes were red and puffy from crying. Ryan couldn't help but be taken in by this girls presence, he quickly snapped out of it & remembered she had asked him a question.
"Crime Scene Investigator"
the girl wiped her eyes, looking confused.
"We use forensics found at the crime scene as evidence..." He then said.
"Oh, so you're not a cop?" she asked and Ryan shook his head, smiling "Nah, I'm still a Cop".
She smiled back but then it disappeared "First of all I'm sorry about your friend"
the girls nodded & lightly smiled "Can you tell me what happened Miss?"
"Charlie, my names Charlie"
Ryan smilled back at her "Okay, Charlie, can you tell me what happened?"

So as Charlie described the past 2 hours to Ryan & he then asked some questions of his own. "Did your friend associate with drugs?" Charlie was a bit taken back at first but then sighed
"I had been trying to get her help for the past couple of months, but she kept insisting she didn't need it"
"What kind of trouble was she having?" Ryan asked.
"She wouldn't give me the exact details, I just knew something was wrong"
Ryan grabbed his card from inside his jacket "Thanks for your help Charlie, here are my details, we shall talk soon". As Ryan walked back over to Horatio & Eric, he looked back over his shoulder at Charlie who was by herself again.

"Drugs" Ryan said to Horatio and Eric
"Your specialty" Horatio said as he turned towards Eric.
"I'll look into the drug dealers around here, see if there have been any other murders like this one" and he walked off while Ryan turned to Horatio "Looks like these drug dealers have just made their last deal..." He said putting his sunglasses back on.

*YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH* Theme song played

The following day Ryan was in the lab looking through the evidence taken from the crime scene, which wasn't much. He looked up when CSI Natalia Boa Vista walked in holding some photographs of the victims driveway
"We may have found something Ryan" she said showing him the photographs. "These were fresh tyre tracks in her driveway, someone sped out of their fast."
Ryan looked at them closely "by the looks of it, the victim was at her door when somebody drove into her driveway, got out, shot her & then sped off" Natalia nodded "There doesn't seem to be a struggle from the victim, so that must mean it was a sneak attack or she knew the attacker" Natalia put down the photos
"It could be either one" Ryan added.

Ryan went to tell Horatio what Natalia had discovered, so he walked to his office. Inside there stood Eric and CSI Calliegh Duquesne who were discussing the case.
"Hey Ryan" Calleigh said with her southern belle accent "We found out more about your victim"
"I'm listening" Ryan said as he looked around for Horatio
"Nikki was a 25 year old socialite who was originally from Malibu. She moved out her with a friend Charlie Mills"
"The girl who found her" Eric added
"There isn't really much to say about Nikki, she obviously had money from her parents & had the odd job here & there as beauty therapists. Maybe you should go see Charlie again, to find out more on Nikki?" Calleigh said.

Half an hour later Ryan Wolfe and Eric Delko arrived at the apartment of Charlie Mills. It was only a couple of streets away from her friend Nikki's apartment where she had been murdered. Once they had been invited into the house, they sat down in her lounge room.
"Nice place you got here" Eric complimented and Charlie nodded as she looked around
"It's a bit more lonely now though"
"What do you mean?" asked Ryan.
Charlie brought over some coffee for the boys and sat them down on the coffee table "Well since Nikki's not coming in and out of here"
Ryan and Eric looked at eachother with confused faces "Did Nikki live here with you?"
"Only some days in the week and weekends but other than that she went back to her apartment. We'd usually organise to have dinner at my house because I was the one who knew how to cook…" Charlie said smiling.
"Did she have her own room?" Eric asked, Charlie nodded and pointed in a direction
"Do you mind if I go have a look?" she shook her head & then Eric left. Ryan continued to look around Charlie's impressive apartment
"You probably think I'm some rich brat don't you?" she asked him. Ryan shook his head "No, of course not"
"My parents died in a car crash when I was 18, and I got given their estate. So after I turned 21 Nikki & I moved here to start a new life."
"It sounds like you & Nikki were very close"
Charlie smiled, as she looked down at her hands.
"I knew Nikki since kindergarten & we've been best friends since, we were completely different to each other which is why I think we got along so well." Ryan was intrigued by Charlie but kept reminding himself that he was on a case & that she was a witness.
"Can you tell me about Nikki and the drugs?"
"She started taking them about 3 months ago, I didn't approve of it so I stayed out of it. I'm sorry but that's all I really know".
Charlie got up from off the lounge, walked & picked up a photo frame & showed Ryan "Our high school graduation" she said "7 years have gone so fast" she said to herself as she put the frame back down.
Ryan looked at all the other numerous photo frames around the house & they all showed Charlie with Nikki and by the looks of it they were at Charity Events.
"Is there anyone you think would want to hurt Nikki? Anyone been bothering her lately? Maybe at one of these events?" he said holding a photo frame. Charlie looked at the photo "There's a guy named Rob Longan who's one of the main contributors to Feed the children charity who got upset with Nikki at the last event" Ryan nodded "But he's not the type of guy who would be involved in something like this... he's always giving money away... could he be involved?"
"Well that's for me to find out" Ryan said as he put down the photo frame of the two happy friends.

Back at the Lab Ryan was with his other team members discussing the case.
"Apparently she had an altercation with a Rob Longan. He's a multi millionaire who likes to buy expensive women for the night & give money to Charity. But there are some dodgy findings in his accounting that I noticed." Calleigh said to Horatio and then Natalia walked through the door holding up the photographs of the tyre tracks "I analysed the tracks & it came from a four wheel drive"
"Thanks Natalia, now we just have to find this four wheel drive" Horatio said & then Ryan pipped up "Why don't we tail this Rob guy? And see if he drives one?"
"Good idea Mr Wolfe, but I have a better one" Horatio said & walked out of the office, leaving Ryan, Calleigh & Natalia clueless.

Later that evening Ryan Wolfe just got home to his own apartment when he heard his phone ringing "I hope you own a tux Mr Wolf" Horatio greeted him "Why do I need a tux H?" Ryan asked "Because you have a date for the ball".

Next thing he knew he was at Charlie Mill's house, picking her up for a Charity Event. He remembered what Horatio had said to him on the phone
"It was really your idea to have Mr Longan tailed, but wouldn't this be a better cover?"
What had he gotten himself into? Ryan thought. A charity event? What was he meant to do? Make small chat with the rich & famous?
"And Eric said you'd be up for the challenge as posing as Miss Mills date"
and then he remembered hearing Eric in the background "I saw the way you looked at her Wolfe, don't deny it!" Ryan couldn't help but feel an attraction towards Charlie, but obviously nothing could happen.

So Ryan fixed his tux and braced himself for one hell of a night as he knocked on Charlie's door. Charlie opened the door in a royal blue dress, which was tight around her upper body & flowed out when it reached her hips. Her hair was pulled back into a messy bun & her eye makeup was dark & shadowy. "Wow" he said without realising & Charlie smiled brightly
"Oh this? Just something I threw together, but you, looking sharp Detective Wolfe"
"Oh this? Just something I threw together" he teased
"So tonight you're under cover as my date?" she said as she shut the door behind her and walked towards his car "I'm all yours" he smiled.

At the Charity event, Charlie was greeted by many other socialites from the Miami area, a lot of them talking about Nikki. Ryan was watching all the guests, trying to see if any of them looked dodgy but of course they didn't. He looked around and saw a few of his fellow team members trying to blend in while they kept an eye on Charlie. Ryan smiled & shook hands with whoever Charlie introduced him too, he knew he wouldn't remember anyone's names but was being polite & charming. As the night went on, it was obvious to Ryan that Charlie wasn't enjoying the attention of being "the best friend of the dead girl" so he decided to take her away from the madness for a couple of minutes.
"Thanks for getting me out of there" she said once they were out on a balcony which overlooked the water.
"It looked as though you needed to escape" Ryan added but turned around as he heard someone call out Charlie's name "Charlie, beautiful" the guy said walking towards them.
Charlie tried to smile but slightly moved towards Ryan & whispered
"That's Rob Longan" Ryan looked up as the man got nearer, he could sense Charlie was getting nervous "Just be yourself, relax" he said & put his hand on her lower back. Rob looked like any other millionaire who was there at that event, nothing too special about him, but you could sense the arrogance in every step he took.
"I'm so sorry to hear about Nikki's death" he said to Charlie "Any leads?"
"Nope, not yet" she replied & looked down at her feet, unsure of how to act.
Rob looked from her to Ryan "I'm Rob Longan, who might you be?" he asked putting out his hand "Ryan" he simply said & shook his hand "New boyfriend?" Rob asked but Charlie shook her head
"Just friends" she said smiling at Ryan.
"Say Rob, you look like a man of taste, what type of car you driving tonight?" Ryan asked casually as they all walked back inside "
it's a Lamborghini Ryan" Rob answered back with his hands in his pockets. Then all of a sudden the lights went down & someone pulled down a TV screen which started showing photos of Nikki with a voice over saying "Nikki was a beautiful young woman who was taken before her time" Ryan watched on as Charlie started getting teary & once the slideshow was over Rob turned to her "Something I did in her memory" he smiled & casually walked off. Ryan turned towards her & she was shaking "I want to go home".

As Ryan held open Charlie's front door, he finished speaking on the phone to Horatio "He said he was driving a Lamborghini tonight, but tail him anyway".

Charlie was sitting on her lounge, with tears running down her face "How could he do that?" she asked Ryan as he came & sat next to her
"By the looks of it, he's trying to make it look like he's a good guy & has nothing to do with it, but don't worry we'll find something on him" Ryan said as he wiped a tear off her face.
By now they were both facing each other, so Charlie moved in closer to Ryan & leant her head on his shoulder & he oput his arm around her, trying to comfort her.
"How come when I finally find a nice guy in Miami, it has to be when my best friend is murdered?" she said in a joking way.
Ryan blushed "Charlie, you're the most gorgeous woman I have ever met, your an amazing person."
Charlie looked at Ryan & lightly kissed his lips. They both broke apart & looked at each other for a second then they passionately kissed more. They quickly made their way up her staircase, taking off numerous bits of clothing but it wasn't until Charlie was only in her bra & underwear & Ryan only with his long pants on that he pulled away from her, trying to catch his breath
"Wait...we can't do this... your a witness to my case..." Charlie looked at him for a second "I don't care" and she threw herself at him again and then they were kissing like there was no tomorrow.

Is Wolfe making a devasting mistake by getting involved with a witness?

Stayed tuned...

[AUTHORS NOTE: I really hope you liked my first attempt at a fanfic story and I would love to hear what you thought, so leave me a comment]