Just a quick little disclaimer, and this goes for all my stories: I own nothing, all is owned by CBS(damn) and if anything looks familiar it is just a coincidence. Thats it.

Calleigh pulled into the visitors parking spot outside the condo and took a deep breath, this was not a conversation she was looking forward to but it was inevitable and she owed him at least that. He was her friend and she let him down. Calleigh leaned over to the passenger seat and grabbed the case of beer and the pizza and exited her car. She made her way to the 3rd floor of the apartment complex and stood in front of his apartment door. Well this is it she thought to herself. She knocked on the door and waited. A few minutes later the door opened.

' Hey" he looked at her kind of shocked, Calleigh here at his apartment? This was new.

' Hey Ry can we talk?" she smiled shyly at him and held out the beer

Ryan grabbed it from her and motioned for her to come in

" I brought pizza as well" she made her way to the small kitchen and set the pizza on the table while Ryan put the beer in the fridge, extracting two bottles from the box, and motioned to her

Calleigh took the beer and smiled, while Ryan grabbed some plates and the two of them sat at the kitchen table.

" well your place its nice" Calleigh looked around the apartment it was small but nicely furnished and very neat. But knowing Ryan being OCD and all that was not surprisingly

Ryan smiled at Calleigh

"come on Cal you didn't come her to see my apartment so what up?"

Calleigh sighed " look Ryan about today the case with Billy, I really feel bad for the way Eric and I were towards you and I think we should talk about it"

Ryan nodded, they did need to talk, he didn't want to bring the team down because of his mistake, and he didn't want to lose their trust

" I am so sorry Cal, I know I screwed up"

" you should of came to me. You always can talk to me I thought you knew that."

Ryan shifted uncomfortably in his chair and set his pizza down he looked at Calleigh and took a deep breath.

" I don't really feel lately that I could talk to you." He looked down

Calleigh reached out and took his hand

"hey come on Ry, why would you feel that way, we have always been able to talk"

"Come on Cal its different know, you know you Delko"

Calleigh pulled her hand away from Ryans in shock, how did he know?

"Delko?"

"Come on Cal" Ryan smiled at her " its pretty obvious you say we can talk, then that goes both ways"

Calleigh took a swig of her beer, thinking for a minute, there was no getting out of this he knew which means most of the lab probably knew. She set her beer down and nervously pulled at the hem of her shirt. Here goes

" look Ryan I don't know what you want me to say, but I love him. And he loves me, I have never been happier. I know it makes things difficult for the team, but I can't run away from my feelings forever, I have wasted so much time trying to run, and I am tired. I think Eric and I both deserve some happiness. Don't you?"

Ryan was shocked he didn't expect her to cave so easily he had been subtly at both of them for months and so far he got nothing.

" Cal I am happy for you guys its just that with you and Delko together it makes it kinda akward talking to you about stuff, I feel like its wrong, like us hanging out like this is wrong, I mean what would Eric say about his girlfriend sitting with another guy having pizza and beer?"

" He knows I'm here" Calleigh answered simply " look Ryan I know things are different know, so since everything is out of the closet, lets promise not to let anything come in the way of the team again allright?" Calleigh smiled sweetly

" Allright, but if he hurts you…"

Calleigh laughed at Ryan, and then finished their pizza and made small talk about work and the lab for about another hour.

Calleigh left Ryans feeling really good, not only because their relationship was on the mend, But it felt good that someone else knew about them, maybe they should go public, Calleigh sighed as she drove home. If only it were that easy…..