Disclaimer: I do not own the CSI people, or any real actors, or any songs named in this story.
If anyone mentioned wishes for their name to removed... let me know, I so don't want to be sued, not that I have much to take...
The O.C's are mine, whether or not they sound like anyone else...
The One And Only.
Although singing wasn't his forte, Ryan loved to belt one out while he was showering. The songs he sang depended on his mood, and right now 'Don't want to miss a thing' by Aerosmith was very apt. Things with Sam were getting pretty serious. It had been a blessing the day he'd walked into the a/v lab and seen her there. It took him three weeks, but eventually he'd gotten to asking her on a date. She hadn't even hesitated to say yes. The memory still made him smile. He switched off the hot water spray, and reached for his towel, humming the end of the power ballad. He hadn't brought the towel in with him. He sighed to himself and stepped out of the shower. That was when one of the most awkward moments of his life so far occurred. There, now open mouthed, stood Calleigh!
"Ryan, um, uh..." she turned her back.
Ryan grabbed for his towel, flushing red, in fact pretty much his whole body had flushed red. 'I wonder if she noticed?' He thought to himself, then shook his head, a weird thought to have in the current situation.
He looked up as he wrapped his towel, just in time to see the back of Sam leaving the doorway.
"Sam!" He called out to her. He ran to the door, holding tightly to the towel around his waist. He saw her disappear around the corner. "Dammit!"
"Sorry Ryan," Calleigh started, "I would say go after her, but right now, you're needed for a case."
Ryan nodded, "sure Calleigh, what do we have?"
"The MDPD have been investigating a stalking incident. Jonathan Togo has what they're calling a cyber-stalker. Well, had. She's been murdered and the case has been handed over to us. I think Sam may have been coming to tell what she found on the a/v side. She's been given all of the internet content to search through. Oh, and WE don't have it, you do. It's a solo case. There's so much on right now."
Ryan looked at her glumly, a solo case was fine, but now he had some smoothing over to do with Sam. Why did she have to walk in right then. What were the chances of Calleigh even being there as he stepped naked out of the shower? He took a deep breath, "I think I should get dressed."
Calleigh nodded, then coloured herself as she realised that was her cue to leave.
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After Ryan was fully clothed he went to find Horatio. He kept an eye open for Sam, he didn't see her anywhere. He found Horatio waiting for him, Horatio looked at him in a slightly odd manner. Ryan was puzzled, "H?" He enquired.
"It seems Mr. Wolfe, that your shirt is on back to front!"
Ryan switched his t-shirt the right way, and started to explain, but his supervisor held his hand up to hush him. Ryan nodded.
"It seems Jonathan Togo's stalker had a website, totally dedicated to him. That doesn't sound too bad, plenty of fans make fan sites. This one however just seems to go just that little bit further."
"Further how?"
"Well, I'll show you. Plus Sam said she can trace the origin of the website and that we may find more information that way."
They walked to the lab, Sam was nowhere to be seen. Horatio looked around bewildered, She didn't normally leave the a/v lab unattended.
"Maybe she just popped out," Ryan offered, "it's possible I can find the information." He didn't want to tell Horatio that he thought Sam had abandoned her post because of him. He headed for the terminal and started pressing buttons. He couldn't find anything. Sam had password controlled the work she had done. Horatio asked around to see if anyone had seen Sam, no one had. Ryan felt guilty, he hoped that she didn't get into trouble due to the unfortunate misunderstanding.
Horatio sighed, "I suppose we can continue, come back later to take a look at what Sam has discovered." He didn't look too pleased.
"H, what did you mean when you said this website took it a little further?"
"The girl who ran the website, Stacey, who is now our victim, basically seemed to have a twenty four hour watch on Mr. Togo. She had a blog that was updated frequently, sometimes up to every five minutes. She inundated him with photo and autograph requests. I don't think he was in any immediate danger. His people dealt with her, rather than him doing so."
"Sounds like it could've been quite flattering."
"At first I should think it was. But after six months I presume it became very tiresome, and probably threatening."
Ryan agreed, Horatio had a point. Incessant badgering would become annoying. The poor guy had a right to a life as stress free as possible, well as far as it was possible for a superstar to have a 'stress free' life.
"Mr. Wolfe." Horatio pulled Ryan out of his own thoughts.
Ryan looked at him.
"Mr. Togo is filming right here in Miami, a movie. I'd like you to go and visit him. Interview him, and his co-stars. Especially Kat Kingston. The rumour is that they are dating. Jealousy could be a factor."
"There's clearance for me to get on set?" Ryan asked, a little excited. He was a closet Togo fan, and a not so closet Kat Kingston fan.
"There sure is Mr. Wolfe, there sure is."
Well, it's a start... I don't think this will be a REALLY long one. I haven't got any more prepared, so I'll update as soon as possible...
Would love reviews.
Sarry xx