Eric's POV

"Dudes guess what!" DC says running into the DNA lab

"What?" Val and I say together

"I convinced Ryan to ask Calliegh out!"

"How did you do that?"

"Well I kinda accidentally spilled the beans...don't hit me!" he said, making us both laugh

"Don't feel bad" I say "alexx told calleigh in the bathroom this morning"

"Really, why?"

"Calleigh was in there crying" Val says

"Really?" he and I say in unison

"Yea, her father was in another DWI accident, and she has to loan him a whole bunch of money because he's being sued. And since I know your going to ask, he's being sued for a bunch of hospital fees for a five year old who had both of her legs broken because he hit her"

"Wow" I breathe

"Yea. That's enough to make me cry" dc says

"Ok, you know what, we don't need to know what makes you cry dc" Val says walking out of the room

"That could be a good thing though" I think out loud

"Why?"

"Because, that means that not only does she know how he feels, she needs someone to lean on, and he could be the one to be there for her"

"Oh, right, I knew that"

"Suuure you did"

Ryan's POV

"Hey Cal" I say

"Oh, uh, hi" she says

"Hey do you have plans after work?" I say. As soon as I say it, I want to take it back because of my lack of self confidence

"Uh, no, why?"

"Well, I was thinking, maybe we could go see a movie, or grab something to eat?"

She looks up at me, and for the first time I see a light in her eyes that probably hasn't been there since Speed was killed

"Yea, Ryan, I would like that"

"Uh, cool" I say

"Pick me up at seven, my place?" she asks

"Yea"

'Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes; yes! The two sides of my brain went to work as soon a she walked away. One side is saying "dude! Your lame! That was so bad, how could she have agreed! you should have done that differently!" and the other side piped up for the first time in a while with a nice big "shut the fuck up!" and it feels good'

Calleigh's POV

'Ok, now I just have to figure out what I'm going to wear. Wait, there are three other females in this lab, ill go get them'

'Haha, yes'

"Hey Val, natalia, are you guys doing anything right after work?"

When they both said no I said "good because I need your help"

Ryan's POV

I look at my watch...6:30...damn. Could time go any slower?

I find myself thinking about Calliegh. Her slim figure, her beautiful, long, blonde hair, about how I've always wanted to touch that hair, about her voice, her sexy southern accent that creeps up sometimes, her eyes. I have no clue as to what happened in her eyes when I talked to her this afternoon, but something changed, it was like a reflection of something, but I just can't place it, and I've never felt that before. It's odd.

6:45, id better get ready to go

Ok, watch, wallet, money, driver's license?

Check, check, check, check

Let's go!

Calleigh's POV

"Girl, you look great. I'm so glad you two are finally going out!" Val says to me

"Thanks Val." id never thought of myself in a red dress

It's actually not mine, well it sort of is. I saw Natalia wear it when she went out with some one; I had run into her at the restaurant. She said it was too small, but it turned out to fit me. It's beautiful. Nothing special though, just plain red satin and a little bit of black lace at the collar and hem. For the first time in a while I felt beautiful, and I like this feeling.

"Oh my God, Val its 6:45, we have to go." Natalia interrupted my thoughts

"Have fun, you look great!" Val called to me

"And keep the dress; it looks better on you than it ever did on me!" Natalia yelled from her car window

"Thank You Both!" I yell. I'm so thankful that they have such good tastes. Although I never thought that Val could do such good make-up, because she hardly wears any at work, just some eye-liner, and a nude lip-stick, but wow, she did a great job on my face.

knock knock

Oh God here we go

I open the door, and he's standing there and I notice how his dark eyes travel over my body, and how he says "wow Cal you look great tonight"

"Thank you Ryan. Umm, come on in" I say, and I can't help but blush, because of the way he's looking at me.

"I like your place." he says as I lead him around my flat

"Thank you. Hey I was wondering, if we could maybe see the movie another time?" I ask him

"Yea, sure, what else did you have in mind?"

"Well I know that there's a new jazz club a few blocks away, wanna check it out?"

"I'd love that, thank you Calleigh"

And I've come to find that whenever he says my name, my full name, not just Cal that my stomach does a back flip and my heart skips a few beats. But I've found that I like it, a lot