CSI Ryan Wolfe was staring out the window of an MDPD interrogation room. Their murderer was spinning them the same old story; " I never meant to hurt him let alone kill him... It was an accident! I loved him..." the victim's lover was saying through tears. " I never thought it could kill him!"

" Then you will have so much time to think things over," Calleigh Duquesne was saying when Ryan pulled himself out of his daze. " 'Cause you're goin' to jail for a long time!" He swung his chair around to look at Calleigh. She looked back and smiled slightly. " Another day... another case closed successfully."

" Another victim... What could possibly possess someone to hurt the person they're supposed to love?" he asked, not looking for an answer.

Calleigh looked at him, her eyes raised. " Are you alright? It's just... You've been so distant today... not yourself." Ryan smiled and nodded.

There was a knock on the door and Eric Delko walked in, wrapping his arms around Calleigh. Ryan looked away. " Not anymore, I think I'm gonna be sick..."

" Oh, you know no meaning of the term romance..." Calleigh replied.

" Ohh, ohh... I have an idea... Drinks?" Delko said.

" Yes, thank you!" Calleigh replied.

" One the condition that it's not just me and you two, I really don't think my stomach could stick it?"

" I will ask Natalia, Horatio and Frank just for you..." Delko said, pulling Calleigh off her seat.

Ryan put on his goofy grin. " That's romantic!"

Calleigh kicked him playfully. " Can I ask you a favour... I'm in court tomorrow and I just want to make sure my casings are in order... Can you do the paperwork for me, kind sir?" She batted her eyes and smiled her sweetest smile.

" How can I refuse THAT?"

Calleigh laughed. " Thanks, babe." She and Delko left, followed by Ryan.

Ryan plonked himself at a table and grabbed a file. He reached for his wallet and counted his notes. His eyes were caught by something caught between some receipts. He took it out and his breath caught. Ryan looked at a much younger him in a white tee-shirt, a black sports jacket and jeans. He had his arms around a pretty brunette wearing a white dress and a flower head band.

Ryan had been with Maggie since he was thirteen. They lived across the street from each other and Ryan could remember so clearly the first day he'd seen her. He had just gotten back from basketball practise and glanced across the street. He saw someone lying on the ground, back against a tree, reading. He could only see one side of her and the glaring sun was making it difficult to make out her face. He knew he wanted to see her. He walked over to her and introduced himself. " I'm Ryan, from across the street."

The girl looked up at him and smiled. She had bright blue eyes and reddish brown hair, clipped back. She was wearing braces and had glasses on. Ryan couldn't help but think she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

" I'm Maggie... We just moved in."

Ryan wasn't very good with girls, not that he'd had much experience. He would watch as his older brothers picked up women and would ask them for advice. He decided to take it. He leaned against a tree and smiled a big goofy smile. " Heaven must have been drowned in tears the day you were born 'cause it lost its most beautiful angel!"

The girl's eyes grew wide and she started looking around. Ryan closed his eyes and vowed never to take advice from his brothers ever again.

When they were seventeen, Maggie would sneak into Ryan's room every night and would leave before sunup. Ryan questioned her on this.

" I just hate not being with you, you know that," she replied as they ate their lunch.

" Well, why don't you wake me up when you come in?"

" 'Cause you're so cute when you sleep," she replied.

A week later, Ryan found out the real reason. He had waited up for her a Friday night. He went to his window and saw that her bedroom light was on. He went downstairs and found his brothers and sister in the kitchen. Their mom and dad were out to dinner with people from his work. " Where you goin'?" his eldest brother, Jack, asked.

" I need to ask Mags a question..." he said, grabbing his shoes.

" And it can't wait?"

" Nope."

Ryan ran outside. He hadn't noticed it was raining. All he needed was to know Maggie was alright. He knock lightly on the door. It was unlocked. He quietly went into the house and made his way up to Maggie's room. The door was open slightly. " Maggie..." he said quietly. He saw something that haunted his nightmares for years...

A man was over her. He could see her legs and hear her barely speak. Then suddenly the man raised his hands and brought it down fast. " Little bitch..." the man said angrily. Ryan recognised the voice. It was her father. Ryan didn't know whether it was disgust at the sight or fear of losing the girl of his dreams but something caused Ryan to leap into the room and jump on her father. Ryan had no idea what had happened. All he knew was that he had been on top of Maggie's father, throwing punches, then suddenly, pulled up by a familiar red haired man. He had never felt so angry before. He put Ryan down and went to Maggie's father. Ryan went as fast as he could to a barely dressed Maggie.

From then on, they spent everyday together. Ryan's dad let Maggie stay with them. They applied to the same college and got an apartment together. Ryan was studying Chemistry, while Maggie's was studying Physics. They would run, swim, bike and climb together and go to all the seminars. One day while they were out running, it started raining so they raced home and she won. Ryan tackled her to the bed and started kissing her. They were kissing quite roughly and Maggie could feel the bulge in Ryan's pants. She reached down, but stopped herself and pulled back from the kissing.

" I can't," she said, sitting up. " I need to wait."

" I know... I'm sorry." He kissed her forehead.

" I really want to..."

Ryan looked at her. " Marry me!" he said.

She wrapped her arms around him and whispered that she would into his ear.

When the rain passed, they found a priest and headed to the beach.

" Happiest day of my life..." he said sadly.

" Everything OK?" he heard Horatio ask.

Ryan put the picture in his pocket. " Yeah," he replied, laughing. " I just have to do the paperwork."

" You comin' out tonight?"

" If I get this done..."

" Ok, well... don't work too hard," he said leaving.

" Never!" Ryan gasped.

When he was left on his own again, he thought, Happiest day of my life... Turned my life into a nightmare!