The day was so hectic that the CSI's had to pull a double shift. Tawny had nothing else to do so she got a key from Nick and decided to head back to their apartment. She drove to the apartment building and was about to park her car when she saw a familiar RV following her. She stopped her car and saw Robbie climb out of the RV. He went around the car looking in the driver's side window. Tawny rolled down the window just a centimeter.

"What do you want?" She asked coolly. Inside, she was trembling. She didn't know what Robbie would do.

"Tawny, baby, I'm sorry." Robbie said. Tawny glared at him. "Look, I didn't mean what I said earlier. I didn't think about it."

"You really think I'm going to believe that?" Tawny said coldly. "I heard what I heard, Robbie."

"Look, I was jealous of what you said about that British dude—"

"That's BULLCRAP! You were going on about Paris Hilton being the hottest girl in Hollywood and I didn't give a rip!" Tawny yelled. Robbie cursed and smacked the hood of her car in frustration.

"I'm sorry, okay? It slipped out. I was mad. I wasn't thinking." Robbie said. Tawny sat back in her seat and crossed her arms. He sighed.

"You're supposed to be heading back home now. Why aren't you?" Tawny asked.

"I couldn't leave without making up with you." Robbie said, looking hopeful.

"What you said to me went way over the line, Robbie. And you never respect my values. You're always trying to get me to do what I'm not ready to do. I don't think you actually like me as ME…I never feel secure around you." Tawny said quietly. There was a long silence as Robbie just stood there staring at her, and then finally he turned and walked back towards his RV. "No! Robbie, wait. Don't go."

"You wanted me to go, Tawny. I'll go." He mumbled as he walked away. Tawny sighed and got out. She put a hand on his shoulder to stop him and turned him around. He looked at her wearily. "I don't want it to end like this, Tawny."

"It doesn't have to end like this. We can still make this work." Tawny said, reassuringly, although she herself was uncertain about this. "Just look at today as one of those off days and start over." Robbie stared at the ground. She took his hand. "Robbie?"

"I really am sorry for what I said earlier, Tawn." He said seriously. "I felt like a jerk when you ran off all pissed." He scuffed a shoe on the ground. Tawny hugged him.

"It's okay, Robbie." She whispered. He hugged her back and they stood there for a moment. He bent his head and kissed her slowly and soon she had her arms around his neck and was kissing him back. She broke the kiss and smiled up at him. "Let's go for coffee somewhere."

"Sounds good to me. Lemme park my RV."

"So, do you have any idea what type of job you're gonna get?" Robbie asked, kicking her shoe lightly under the table. Tawny twirled her spoon thoughtfully.

"Not really." She said. "I'm just trying to raise enough money for college."

"I thought you had a scholarship." He said.

"I do, but a scholarship's not gonna pay for everything. I still need stuff for me, ya know? Now that I'm on my own…" She took a sip of her coffee, barely believing that the conversation was about her for once.

"What about that cousin of yours?" Robbie asked.

"I don't want him worrying about me too much. I mean, sheesh, ever since I've gotten here he's been working double shifts with his crime lab work." Tawny said. Robbie leaned forwards, looking interested.

"Yeah, I was wondering, what kind of stuff do they do there? I never knew they had scientists and crap there. I thought it was just police." He said. Tawny shrugged.

"M…Mom told me one time that Nick used to be on the Dallas police force, and then switched to what he does now. I dunno, I'm sort of in the dark with all that, even though I was there for, like, a day." She said.

"Hey, doesn't that guy work with your cousin?" Robbie asked suddenly. Tawny turned around to see who he was talking about and saw Greg Sanders take a seat at a booth near them. Tawny turned around abruptly before he could spot her.

"Yeah...stop staring." Tawny said. They sat in silence for a while until they both finished their coffee.

"So, what's up with the red face, Tawn?" Robbie said, studying her face silently. She looked up when she sensed the slight jealousy and suspicion in his tone.

"What?" She asked.

"Macho scientist guy comes in. You immediately go all red…" He let it hang there. Tawny exhaled a puff of air and took Robbie's hand in hers.

"Robbie…if we're going to do this long distance relationship thing, we have to trust each other for it to work." She looked at him determining her words. He nodded after a while. She smiled.

"You're right. I'm sorry." Robbie said. He leaned in and kissed her on the nose. She giggled softly and kissed him on the lips in return…

A certain man in his late twenties tried his best not to notice the couple.