A/N: Thanks for the kind reviews. I wasn't sure if a Ryan/Calleigh fic would be accepted. I was hoping that there were others out there who wanted to see one. When I get the time, I'll combine all my notes together and post Chapter 3. I hope to have it up in a few days. Here is Chapter 2. Enjoy.

Roger

CHAPTER 2

As all three were walking down the hall towards Horatio's office with Eric and Ryan in front of her, Calleigh could not help but lower her sight down towards Ryan's backside. "He has a cute butt. I wonder what it looks like naked." She said to herself before she realized what she just thought. She felt shocked and a little angry at herself for thinking like a schoolgirl with a crush on a teacher. "Damn. Get your thoughts together girl. This is not the time or place to be thinking of something like that." Calleigh started forcing herself to think of work as the three of them entered Horatio's office and approached him sitting at his desk.

"You wanted to see us H.?" Asked Eric. "Yes, I did. Will you please sit down?" Responded Horatio as he looked over a file. "I want to know what is going on with the lake shooting." "Well, what we have so far is two victims, both shot multiple times. The bullet wounds on both victims are 'Through and Throughs', obviously leaving no bullets behind in either victim." Eric continued as he looked at the file that H. handed over. "The first victim has equal sized entry and exit wounds, while the second victim has the same size entry wounds of the first victim but has two different entry and exit wounds in addition to the other wounds. I'm thinking that there was a second gun that has not been recovered that was involved. Calleigh says that the ballistics test on the gun is inconclusive."

"Inconclusive?" Said Horatio as he looked at Calleigh. "Cal, do you know any reason why?" Calleigh could feel everyone's eyes shift over to her. She could especially feel Ryan looking at her and the thought of him staring right at her make her feel funny inside. "Um, well, I did a ballistics test on the gun yesterday and while some of the shots did match the size of the victims' wounds, the trajectory of the gunshots don't match up with the wounds. My shots fired straight, while the victims had bullet paths that were slightly jagged. It's possible that they fired in that path because the barrel has grooves in it that could have caused the bullets to move in a unusual manner, but my shots would have done the same. And they didn't." As she finished speaking, she sneaked a sideward glance at Ryan, who now had his eyes off of her and was looking at the file.

"But is it possible that the bullet paths are that way from the force of the bullets moving through the body?" Asked Horatio. "No," replied Calleigh. "I fired the gun from the same distance as it was fired at the victims. And the results come up very different. If the shooter used two guns at once, it would have shown in the evidence. And the angles show that it was one shooter. The patterns are too close together to be two shooters. I feel I'm overlooking something. I still feel that it is only one gun. But I can't rule out Eric's theory of having two guns involved."

Horatio looked over at Ryan. "Ryan, what did you get from the toxicology reports?" Horatio asked as Calleigh looked over at Ryan and shifted herself in her seat so she could directly face him. Her change in body language was not lost on Horatio, who watched as she leaned towards Ryan. "The toxicology report showed three different levels of gunpowder residue in the two different sets of gunshot wounds. Six of the wounds that appear to be the same have the same gunpowder residue, while four others have an uneven mixture. The two different gunshot wounds that don't match the other set have the mixture of the two different gunpowders, perfectly blended together." "Any ideals why the residue is unique? Ryan? Eric?" Asked Horatio as he looked back over at Calleigh, who at that point seemed to have the entire world shut out as she looked at Ryan. "Calleigh?" Horatio saying Calleigh's name snapped her to her senses as she slowly looked at Horatio. "Um…I don't really know. Like I said, I have to run another test." Calleigh fumbled with the words as they came out. She quickly realized that she was daydreaming at Ryan and wondered if Horatio and Eric caught on that she was focusing on him too much.

Horatio looked over at all three. "Here's what I would like the three of you to do for me. Eric, you take Ryan and go out to the lake with a crew and see if you can back up your second gun theory. Calleigh, go ahead and run another test with the gun to see if the results are the same with the first test. That is all. Let's get to work." And with that, all four stood up to leave the room. Seeing Eric and Ryan leave the room first gave Horatio the chance to speak directly to Calleigh, who was gathering her paperwork off of Horatio's desk. "You know, Calleigh…if you stare any longer at Wolfe, you'll burn a hole through him with your eyes." With those words, Calleigh froze in her tracks, feeling a chill run through her body. He knew. It was never for Horatio to intrude into her private life, but her behavior in his office left a door wide open for him to walk through. She collapsed down into the chair she just got up in and sighed, looking down at the floor.

"I'm sorry, H. I didn't mean to stare at Ryan. I, I just couldn't help it. It wasn't professional for me to act that way, especially towards a coworker. I don't want to cause any problems-" "Calleigh," interrupted Horatio, "It's ok. Calm down. Just let me ask you one question. For how long have you felt this way towards him?" "A few months now," replied Calleigh. "I don't know why. It's not normal for someone like me to act this way. It's starting to affect my feelings, my decisions. After John, I told myself that mixing romance with work is wrong. But I can't seem to help myself. Haven't you ever felt this way towards someone you've worked with?" The question caught Horatio off guard. He was not going to start talking about his feelings towards Yelina. That was something he was going to keep to himself for the time being. Very slowly, he responded with "I have." The look on his face and the tone of his voice told Calleigh that he was not going to be as open as she was trying to be and she knew not to steer the conversation into that direction. "Calleigh, I can't tell you what to do with your personal life. As your friend, I want you to be careful. I don't want to see you get burned. If you want to persue this, it's all up to you. I want you to be happy. However, as your boss-" "Uh-Oh" thought Calleigh. Here it comes. "-I would be concerned if your feelings would jeopardize any of the cases that we would work on, especially if you work directly with Ryan." "Horatio, you never have to worry about my work. I can keep it together. Personally…I just need to sort things out." And with those words Calleigh felt VERY uncomfortable because she was starting to reveal more of her than she wanted to.

"Cal, you just need to relax and put things in order. I know you can keep it together. I just wanted to hear it from you." Said Horatio, who by now was sitting in the chair Ryan was in. "Do you think he knows that you have feelings for him?" Calleigh looked back down at the floor. "H., I don't know. I think we're from two different worlds. In fact, I know we're from two different worlds. If he does know, he's not letting on or he's being too professional to say anything because of our work relationship. There's so many things I don't know about him. For all I know, he could be seeing somebody." Horatio put his hand on Calleigh's shoulder. "Cal, you'll never know if you don't ask. You can always find a way to ask him anything you want to know at our get-together Friday." "H.- don't play Cupid." Said Calleigh with a smirk that let Horatio know that she was feeling better with their conversation. "Ok, fine." Said Horatio with a slight chuckle and a grin on his face. "Let me play boss instead: get back to work, Bullet Girl." Calleigh reached over and gave him a playful punch on his shoulder, feeling thankful to have Horatio around to confide in her feelings with and to let off a little steam. She got up and headed to the door. "Horatio?" "Yes, Cal?" Horatio said as he got up himself and walked around to his side of the desk. "Thank you for lending me your ear." She replied as she turned and walked away.

"Calleigh, the pleasure is always mine."

to be continued…