Hi, you guys remember me? It's been…um…a while? Totally sorry it took this long to update this story. I could shower you with all the excuses I have but I figure I shouldn't waste any more time and just post this thing. So here we are!

Brief recap: The second day of the trial has taken place already. Horatio has new video evidence of Hennesey doing the shooting in the warehouse. Gerard told Ryan that he thinks he is hallucinating and getting his story wrong.

Unanswered Questions

Ryan sat on the couch and looked out the window. It had started to rain, so there was nothing to do outside. He and Calleigh had decided to stay in and watch some movies to calm themselves down. He glanced into the kitchen to find her making some popcorn. He was thinking back to what his father had said to him in court, about how his mind isn't working right and he was hallucinating. That's not true, I know what happened. How can he tell me it didn't! He sighed when Calleigh walked into the room.

"Is something wrong, sweetie?" Calleigh asked, setting the bowl of popcorn on the table.

Ryan swallowed and looked at her. "Cal…if I, if my memory goes…or if I start hallucinating or whatever the doctor said…will you still love me?"

Calleigh frowned at the look in Ryan's eyes. It was a look of desperation and sadness. She gently took his face in her hands. "Ryan, I am always going to love you, no matter what. I'm going to stick by you for as long as you want me to." She hugged him close to her. "Which I hope is a very long time."

"Well…I was kind of hoping it would be forever," Ryan said quietly, hugging her back.

Calleigh smiled to herself. She pulled back and kissed Ryan. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"So…what would you like to watch first?" Calleigh asked, swiping some dvds off the table in front of them.

"Something funny, I need to cheer up a little bit," Ryan said with a smile. He watched Calleigh pick one of the comedies and go to put it in the dvd player.

She was about to start when there was a knock at the door. "Who could that be?"

"I'll check," Ryan said. He got up and walked into the kitchen. Before he even got to the door, he knew it was David. He could see his silhouette through the window on the door. I hope nothing is wrong. He opened the door and smiled at David. "Hey, Dave."

"Hey," David said. He was standing with his hands in his pockets, and he seemed kind of anxious about something. "Can I, um, can I talk to you for a minute? In private?"

Ryan was a little confused, but he nodded. "Um, yeah. Just let me go tell Calleigh real quick." He stepped into the living room for a second and spotted Calleigh. "Hey, Dave needs me for something really quick, I'll be right back."

"Ok, take your time," Calleigh said. "For some reason the dvd player is acting strange, so it might take a few minutes anyway."

Ryan walked back into the kitchen. "Where do you want to go?"

"We can go over to my house," David said. "G took the kids to the grocery store with her."

"Ok," Ryan said as he followed David. Strange, I wonder what could be so important that he needs to talk to me alone. "Is something wrong, Dave?"

"You could say that," David said nervously.

"Is it about the case?" Ryan asked, a little scared.

"No. Actually it doesn't have anything to do with the case, really." They stepped into David's kitchen and sat down at the table. "Ry, I have to ask you something. It's kind of personal, but I want you to be completely honest with me, ok?"

"Yeah," Ryan said in confusion.

"When you were in the hospital, your doctor said he had treated you there before," David started, looking at Ryan. "He said that a few years back, you were shot in the eye with a nail gun. Why didn't you tell me?"

Ryan froze up at the mention of his previous accident. He didn't tell David because he didn't want to scare him. "I didn't think you needed to know," he said.

"Of course I needed to know, Ryan," David said, getting a little louder. "What if it had killed you, would anyone have even bothered to call and tell me?" He put his face in his hands. "I can't believe I just found this out."

"It's a thing of the past, Dave, can we just forget about it?" Ryan snapped. He really didn't want to be on this topic of conversation.

"No, Ryan, we can't just forget about it. I feel like you can't trust me enough to tell me these things!" David yelled.

"Don't yell at me."

"I have to! It's the only way to get through to you!" David stood up. "How many other things haven't you told me, huh?"

"Nothing."

"Really?"

"I said nothing!"

"I don't believe you."

"No surprise there." Ryan was startled when a hand suddenly reached out and slapped him across the face, nearly knocking him out of his seat. He wasn't expecting the sudden pain that shot through his cheek. He looked up at David, a panicked expression on his face.

"Oh my god, Ryan, I'm so sorry," David quickly apologized. "I didn't mean to hit you, I swear!" He reached out for Ryan, frowning when he backed away from him. "Ryan-"

"Stay away from me!" Ryan squeaked. He stood and rushed out the door, leaving a very sad David in his dust. He rushed across the yard through the rain until he was on Calleigh's front porch again. He opened the door to the kitchen. He slumped down on the closest chair and suddenly began to cry. He was startled when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see a very worried looking Calleigh looking at him. "Cal."

"What happened?" Calleigh asked in concern. She lightly touched the red spot on his cheek where David had slapped him. "Did you to have a fight?"

"He…he got mad and hit me," Ryan said through his tears. "He asked me about my eye. I didn't want to talk about it."

Calleigh frowned. "You never told him about that, did you?"

Ryan shook his head and wiped away some tears. "He got so mad."

"I'm sure he didn't mean to, babe," Calleigh said. She hugged Ryan and kissed him on the cheek. "How about we watch that movie now? It will cheer you up a little."

Ryan nodded and stood up to follow her. He noticed a new band-aid wrapped around one of her fingers. "What happened?"

Calleigh frowned. "The dvd player bit me."

Ryan smiled at that. "I'll have to have a talk with it."

Calleigh grinned; glad Ryan seemed to be calming down. "Well, it gets jealous when I have company sometimes." Her smiled widened when Ryan laughed. They sat down on the couch together to watch the movie, cuddling close next to each other.

*** In lock-up ***

Gerard glared at his client, who was slumped in a chair in his jail cell. "Video footage? Were you even thinking when you were in that warehouse? Did you check for that stuff beforehand?"

"Obviously not!" Richard snapped back at Gerard.

Gerard was seething. "What's going to be on that video, Richard?"

"Everything," Richard said. He looked off to the side. "It's going to show the women and the kids, and me shooting Ryan just like he said."

"I don't like losing cases, Richard, I really don't," Gerard said. "I'm too damn good of a lawyer for that."

"It's a pity I didn't kill him, I could have taken off and not been in this mess," Richard grumbled.

"Yeah, it's too bad you didn't."

Richard looked up at Gerard in mild surprise. He had never heard a man talk about his own son like he wanted him dead. "What are you going to do about it?"

Gerard sighed angrily. "There is nothing to do," he said. He left the lock-up, leaving Richard to his thoughts.

TBC

Ok, so I'm thinking the next chapter is going to be the last one. I have it planned out. Let's see what happens to Richard!

Thanks to everyone that is still following this story even through my lack of updates. Love you guys! Reviews?