Author's note: Welcome to my first FF! I was never really into fanfiction until this summer. So now I thought; why not try to write one myself. My apologies in advance for all the grammar mistakes. When writing this story, I came to the understanding that English is definitely not my first language… and it never will be. Nevertheless I hope you will enjoy this chapter and comments, hints, ideas or other remarks are always highly appreciated!

Summary: His colleagues never knew much about Ryan and Ryan liked it that why. But there comes a point in your life you can't hide all your secrets anymore. And that's exactly what happened to Ryan when he got fired. Now he just wished they had ever asked about his life, instead of judge him for his actions without knowing why he did it.

Disclaimer: I do not own CSI:Miami or the characters. I do own Rowan though.

Ryan sighed. He had hoped that at least he could work with Alexx, until he was reinstated. But it looked like not even she really bothered to help him with his money problems. Ryan knew it was his own fault that he was fired in the first place, but nobody knew why he started gambling… nobody asked why he started gambling.
The reason he did start gambling was right in front of him, with a big smile on his face.

'Ryan!' He yelled happily, whilst he hugged Ryan.

'Hey buddy, how was your day?' Ryan asked his mentally handicapped brother. He immediately saw that his brother grimaced. 'What is wrong, Rowan?'

'Someone moved into Jennifer's room today.'

Rowan lived in an institution with other handicapped people. The room next to his, had been Jennifer's. Rowan had had a crush on her since the day he came living in the institution, but two weeks ago, Jennifer had died of complications from pneumonia. Rowan hadn't been the same since that day. Or at least, Ryan hoped that was the only reason his brother wasn't his happy self lately.

'Have you already met your new neighbor?' Ryan asked.

'No, I haven't. And why should I when I will have to move out of here shortly. There is no point in making new friends, is there? At least Jennifer was willing to visit me, when I had a new place to stay.'

Ryan sighed. 'Come sit at the table for a moment Rowan, please.'

Rowan did as he was told and he and Ryan both sat down at the table.

'I know you like it here buddy,' Ryan said. 'So I promise you I will pay your rent in time, this time.'

'DON'T LIE TO ME RYAN! YOU SAID THAT LAST TIME AND THEN YOU GOT YOURSELF FIRED! I'M NOT CRAZY!'

Ryan gazed at his knees. 'I know you're not crazy Rowan,' he said softly, more to his knees than to his brother. 'However I will promise you that I will do everything in my power to let you live here.'

'I know you will Ryan, I'm sorry I got angry.'

'That's all right, buddy.'

Rowan hugged Ryan again. 'As long as we stay together I am all right with everything, Ry.'

'Oh, you know that is a promise I will never break.'

'That's all that really matters,' Rowan said.

'That's all that really matters,' Ryan affirmed whilst he stood up. 'See you tomorrow, all right?'

Rowan nodded. 'All right, bye.'

Apologies for this first chapter, it might be a bit short and boring, but I promise you it will get better.