Calleigh's POV
'Oh, god that was so bad. I can't even work around him anymore. I thought my crush on Tim was bad, but this, this is BAD. What am I talking about? Ryan doesn't love me, why should he, why should anyone love me.'
I started to feel hot tears running down my cheeks 'no, not here, oh please not here'
Just then I heard the door open, I dashed into the nearest stall
"Calleigh?" 'Oh crap its Alexx'
"What's up Alexx?" I say, trying to sound as normal as possible
"Honey, what's the matter? Why are you crying? Come on baby, talk to me" she says, coming to stand in front of my stall
"nothing, family issues" which wasn't exactly far from the truth, my father had just been in yet ANOTHER drinking and driving accident and gotten ANOTHER night in jail, thank god he wasn't hurt too badly this time
"What happened sugar, come on, come out of there, talk to me sweetie" I couldn't help but smile at her pet names, they always make me feel better, and I think she knows that too
I unlocked the door and stepped out
"My dad was in another DWI accident" I told her
"Oh baby, is he ok?" she asked me
"Yea he's fine; he just sprained his wrist, and spent another night in jail. But that's not the problem. He's being sued for just about everything he has because a 5 year old girl was hit, and broke her legs. I can't say that I blame them, but I'm going to have to lend them a lot of money for it." 'And I really, really want to ask Ryan to dinner!' but I couldn't say that
"I think that's part of it sugar, but I know there's something your not telling me. I won't tell anyone, you know that."
"Well..." I start
"Oh, I think I know what this is about, this is about Ryan isn't it?" she said
"How did you know?" I said
"Oh, baby, he likes you" she told me
I just stood there, shocked at what she had just said
"Are you serious!" I say, with more excitement then I had meant for
She just chuckled and said, "Yea sugar, he told me yesterday, when he broke the beaker. He told me he was thinking about you, baby."
"Oh my god" I say
"Oh and just so you know, the reason you have been working more cases with him, is because Eric, and I have been telling Horatio to put you two together." she said
She just winked at me, and walked out, leaving me to contemplate what she had just said
'He does love me?'
Ryan's POV
'Great i'm stuck in traffic, with one very annoying Dan Cooper, this is, just what I need today. What the hell was that conversation with Calleigh about? Why did she space and then run out of the break room? There are days that I don't understand her, maybe that's what makes her so attractive'
"Hey Ryan?"
"What DC?" I say, huffing a sigh
"Can I just ask you why Cal came running out of the break room after you went in?" he asked
"Honestly, I have no clue, why?" I return, 'maybe he isn't so bad'
"I think I know why" he says 'oh great, another one of his big ridiculous schemes about her that make no sense what-so-ever'
"Oh yea, and what would that be...finally, we're moving!" I say, just as traffic starts to move
"She loves you"
I just stare at him shocked, not being able to find my voice, my jaw dropped
"You know dude, I don't think she would like the taste of fly's ya know what I mean, and you might wanna close your mouth." he says hitting my chin so my jaw snaps closed
"Are you serious?" I say, finally being able to use my voice, "or are you trying to hook us up for your benefit"
"How would it benefit me?"
"Never mind" I say, realizing that a lot of what you say to Dan Cooper fly's right over his head
"Well, just so you know, it's not only me" he says, trying to shrink into his seat
"Huh? What do you mean?" I say, now totally confused
"I mean, Alexx, Eric, and Val are helping too" he says, getting about a fraction of and inch smaller
"Why?" I say, flabbergasted
"Because, the reason she runs away from you is that she loves you. You know that whatever people do on the work computers is monitored by mine, right?" he says
"Well yea, you're the head of AV" I return
"Well, I had to go through the databases to find a report that Eric had lost, and somewhere I made a wrong turn"
"Ok, what does this have to do with me, or Cal?"
"Well, an IM popped up, and it turned out to be Calleigh talking to her 16 year old niece"
"Again, relevance?"
"She was talking to her about you"
"Really?"
"Yea, and besides that, in the way a teenage girl talks about her crushes to her best friends" he states
"Calleigh, act like a teenager? Wow." I say, trying to picture Calleigh, sitting on her bed, feet up in the air, with a phone, and little cotton balls between her toes, acting like a teenage girl.
I started to laugh
"Hey, dude, what's so funny" he asks, quirking an eyebrow
"Imagine Calleigh, poised and proper Calleigh Duquesne, sitting on her bed, with a phone, doing what teenage girls do, and then tell me that that's not funny"
"ok, yea I get what your saying." he started to chuckle, "so where are you going to take her?" he sudenly asked
"Huh?"
"You are going to ask her out right?"
"Ummm, I don't know"
"Dude, you do realize that if you don't your chance will be gone too soon, and she could be gone, or you could be gone"
"Yea, but, both of us get too nervous around each other." I say
"I don't care, you do realize that, Eric, Val, Alexx, and I are going to MAKE you do this" he says emphasizing MAKE
"Fine, ill ask her out to dinner when we get back" I say
"Promise?"
"Ummm..."
"Ryan, PROMISE?"
"Fine I promise"
"Good, oh look we're here"
'Yea, how the hell am I going to track her down now?'