:) Reviews are love. I think I might actually write another fic. LOL when I started this I had no idea it would get this far….But this isn't the last chapter!!

"What's going to happen?" Ryan asked Horatio in a weak voice after his boss returned from the jail an hour later. They were standing in his office.

Horatio's eyes darted around to make sure no one was listening. "I already told him, it was self-defense. He doesn't need anything like that hanging over him."

"Will they buy it?"

"There's no telling at this point, but I managed to convince the warden."

Ryan sank to a chair and put his head in his hands. "What if they don't believe him?"

Horatio figured Ryan was nearly on the breaking point, so he awkwardly put his hand on the man's shoulder. "Let's….let's not worry about that right now, alright?"

"How is Amy going to react to having a father who's a murderer?"

"I know someone like that who turned out fine."

Ryan looked up at him. "Who?"

Horatio stared at him. Sometimes he could be a little out of the loop. Horatio blamed it on stress. "You, for starters."

Ryan looked down. "Sure, now everyone thinks I'm a jerk, I have OCD, and I can't ever sleep at night. I turned out great."

"Mr. Wolfe….I mean Ryan….Don't beat yourself up. You're a better person than you think you are. And I'm sure your niece would agree."

"So….what kind of cell phone do you have?" Kyle asked Amy. Horatio had him sent to the lab and now he was sitting next to Amy.

"What?"

"I don't know. The silence felt awkward."

"Ok." Amy was barely paying attention to him.

"So…are you the girl my dad helped rescue last night?"

"Yep."

"Cool."

"Not really."

"Right….." Kyle felt painfully awkward. He was never the one that had to keep conversations going, let alone talk at all. Most of the time people were barking orders at him. "Um…" He struggled to continue, "Do you go to my school?"

She looked at him and almost squinted. "Maybe…I think I've seen you before."

"Mr. Collins' class? You and that Ashley girl escaped the other day?"

"You're in that class?"

"Yeah. You wouldn't know that though, since you and her are constantly talking or falling asleep!"

Amy laughed out loud and said, "Ha….yeah…."

"He was pretty pissed when you guys didn't come back. Let alone not go where you were supposed to."

"We escaped through the air vent." Amy said, smiling.

Kyle's eyes widened. "What? For real?"

"We wound up in a boy's bathroom, but we got out ok."

"All that to avoid detention?"

Amy's smile faded. "Not exactly…there were some guys after us and we had to leave the building undetected."

"Oh…Like a spy movie or something!"

Her smile returned and she said, "Something like that."

"Ms. Hackysack came in the room and flipped out since you guys didn't show."

"Really?"

Kyle laughed. "Yeah, I think she came close to breaking up with Collins, but they went out in the hallway and had a 'talk' for the rest of the period!"

"That's awesome…"

"Everyone was pretty happy you two caused a commotion. He forgot to give us homework."

"We ought to do that more often…"

"How do you get such good grades when I never see you paying attention?"

"I just… study at home. I don't like taking notes."

"And you just remember it all?"

"I come from a family of nerds…" She smiled. She hoped Ryan wasn't within earshot.

"Isn't your uncle one of my dad's CSIs?"

"Yeah."

"Cool."

"Yep."

They looked away from each other. Things became awkward again.

Ryan stood from a few feet away, having a hard time not bursting out in laughter. He almost said something when Amy basically called him a nerd, but he wanted to see how the rest of the scene played out. Just as Amy's face was getting red, Eric came up to him.

"Hey, I heard you saved Calleigh today."

Ryan turned to him and said, "Nah, that bullet wouldn't have gotten her."

"She said it went right past her ear as you pushed her down."

Ryan didn't say anything. He didn't want to look like some hero. It was his fault he was too stubborn to go inside with her anyway.

"I just…wanted to thank you." Eric continued.

"Thank my reflexes. I didn't realize I pushed her down until I saw her on the ground."

"Well…thanks. I don't know what I would've done…"

"Yeah, yeah."

"I also heard what happened at the jail. Sounds like your brother got Sarris to call off the hit before he...you know."

Ryan eyes darkened. "That was nice of him."

"Well at least you and your niece are going to be safe from now on."

"I hope so."

"Mr. Wol….RYAN!" Came an exasperated voice.

Both of them jumped and Ryan said, "What's wrong?"

"I need to get used to saying your name…."

"Ok…"

"I came to tell you that it's safe to go home now."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." Horatio said with his 'end of the day, and I saved the world' smile.

"Good."

"You are such a…UGH!" Amy yelled in the car. Ryan had been teasing her the entire time about Kyle.

"You didn't even know he was in your class…how sad."

She slapped him on the arm, but he didn't quit. "Or maybe you already had this big crush on him and didn't want to admit it!"

"I don't see why you think this is so funny!"

That only made him laugh even more. "Because it's just so cute!" He said in a mock voice.

"You have problems…"

He stopped laughing for a second, but couldn't help it so he laughed some more.

"Can two people the same age have a conversation without it being romantic? Good GOSH!"

"I saw you blush."

She gave up. She sighed and crossed her arms. "I give up on you."

As they pulled into the parking spot, Ryan noticed a woman standing at his door. "Who's that?" He asked, his tone completely different.

Amy gasped. She could not believe this was happening! "Oh no…."

"Who is that?" He asked again. Ryan was worried the person had something to do with Sarris.

"Oh no…."

He wasn't going to get an answer out of her, so he got out of the car and walked up to the woman. Amy paused for a moment and flew out of the car. "WAAAAIT!" She yelled, but her uncle ignored her.

"Do I know you?" He asked when he approached her.

The startled woman looked at her watch. "Oh …I thought you'd be at work…"

"Were you planning on breaking in?"

"I was here to see Amy…" She said.

Ryan noticed the odd look in her eyes. They looked regretful; almost apologetic. "What for?"

"I really…didn't want to do it this way…"

He looked at Amy. Her eyes were as wide as they would stretch. "Can someone tell me what's going on?"

Amy opened her mouth, but no words would come out.

He looked back at the woman and she spoke. "Ryan…"

"How do you know my name?"

She sighed and looked like she was about to cry. "I'm Cindy."

Amy winced, but noticed Ryan's expression was unchanged. "And?"

"I…don't think he knows your name." Amy said quietly.

Cindy looked back at Ryan. "I'm your mother's sister."

WAAAAA! Were you expecting that? Muahahaha! Next chapter soonish!