-1Disclaimer: I only own Noah, Mrs. Wood, and Dr. Stevenson. I do not own CSI: MIAMI. Don't sue me.

1. Drinks

It was a hot, sunny day in Miami. The air temperature was 99 degrees F. Perfect for a day at the beach. Also a day for a seemingly perfect murder.

Around 9 AM, Horatio and a few of his team pulled into the driveway of Monica Wood, the stab victim. Horatio got out of the Hummer, followed by Caleigh Duquesne and Ryan Wolfe in a second one. The three went to the front door where Detective Tripp was waiting for them.

"Frank," Horatio said, greeting his friend.

"Horatio," Frank answered, nodding his head. He looked to Caleigh and Ryan, who seemed to be in a discussion about something off topic. "Hello, you two," he said as they snapped to attention.

"Morning, Frank," Caleigh said with a smile. She looked to Ryan who smiled as well. Caleigh blushed slightly.

"Ok, let's head inside then," Horatio said as he entered the house. "Frank, where is the body?"

"In her backyard," he answered as he led the three to the backyard. Alexx was already outside examining the body. She looked up from the girl and smiled sadly.

"Alexx, what do we have?" Horatio kneeled down beside her and adjusted his sunglasses.

"Her name is Monica Wood," Alexx said. "TOD, about 5:30 this morning. Her mother called it in. Said she came downstairs this morning to find her daughter. She went out on the back porch and found her laying face down in the garden. Poor lady was scared senseless when I got here with Frank."

"I see," Horatio said, looking at the girl. She was laying on her stomach, her back was covered in blood. She was wearing a floral print nightgown. "She was stabbed to death?" Horatio looked at the stab marks on her back.

"Yep," Alexx replied sadly. "She was only 21 years old. Her mother was living with her while she was moving into a smaller apartment."

"Ok, well I'll have Caleigh and Ryan process," Horatio said as the body was loaded into an ambulance to be taken to the morgue. He turned to Caleigh and Ryan. He was a little surprised to see them standing really close, obviously trying to hide the fact that they were holding hands. "Are you two ready to process?"

"Huh? Yeah," Caleigh said, letting go of Ryan's hand. Horatio nodded and left the two in the backyard. "Ok, I'll search for DNA and you take pictures." She looked at Ryan who was standing where she had left him. He nodded and took out his camera.

The two processed the scene for about 15 minutes when Ryan stopped. "I found something," he called to Caleigh. She looked over as he photographed something shiny on the ground. He set the camera down and picked up a bloody knife. "Must be the murder weapon."

"I'll have it sent to lab so they can see if the DNA matches our vic," Caleigh said as she bagged the knife.

After processing the scene for a couple more minutes, Caleigh and Ryan packed up their kits and headed out to their hummer. Ryan took the drivers seat and Caleigh the passenger seat. The ride back to lab was spent in discussion between the two about the case. The topic eventually veered to other things. As Ryan drove, he could feel Caleigh's eyes watching him. He liked it.

When they got back to the lab, they went separate ways. Ryan took the bloody knife to DNA and Caleigh went to trace where she found Eric. He looked up from his work and smiled at her. "Hey, Cal," he said. The tone in his voice sounded different.

"What?" Caleigh looked at Eric, who looked slightly amused.

"So what's going on with you and Wolfe?" Eric looked back down at his work and smiled. Caleigh froze for a second before responding.

"Nothing, we're just friends," she said, turning away. She could feel herself blushing, and she didn't want Eric to see.

"Hmm, sure," Eric replied. He looked at Caleigh. She flashed him a sarcastic smile and left.

The rest of the day went rather smoothly. The DNA from the knife matched the vic, and fingerprints were pulled from it too. Caleigh was on her way to find Horatio with the results when she bumped into Ryan along the way.

"Hey," he said, smiling at her.

"Hi," she said, blushing. "I got the print results from the knife," she said.

"And?"

"They match her mother," Caleigh said, slightly surprised. She looked at Ryan who seemed even more surprised.

"Didn't her mother call it in though?" Ryan crossed his arms and looked at Caleigh.

"Yeah, anyway I'm taking the results to Horatio." She began walking away when she felt an arm around her shoulder. She stopped and looked up into Ryan's brown eyes.

"Um, you wanna go out later? You know, for drinks or something?" Ryan looked at Caleigh with a smile. He was pleased when she smiled back at him.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world," she said. She surprised him slightly went she reached up and kissed him lightly on the cheek. She blushed, and made her way to Horatio's office. Ryan watched her go, he liked watching her. Sighing happily, Ryan made his way to the break room.

Ok, slightly corny so far, but stay with me, I'm sleepy. I suggest you read a little more before you review. Thanks for reading!