Disclaimer- I own again nothing but Piper, but if I did there would be a shirtless Ryan in are mist! ;) Woohoo!

Just a heads up this chapter is a flashback about how Ryan and Piper met at the Northlands Hotel and Resort ;) and you just might find put a little of Piper's past and what she looks like.

Gold Bands, Bets, Calls, and Flashbacks

Ryan had just checked in to the hotel (and Resort) and was already bored out of his mind.

'I only took this vacation because H told me to. I shouldn't even be here.'

The past few months had been hell for Ryan Wolfe. He had been threw excruciating pain when he was shot in the eye with a nail gun, double vision, meds, and finally surgery. His eyes were doing fine it was the memories he couldn't get away from. He really had not talked about it with anyone. It wasn't that his coworkers didn't know, they did, they just didn't know the inside affects.

Ryan stepped on to the elevator pressing the fourth button. Just as the elevator, doors were closing a woman shouted.

Piper's day wasn't going at all well. The plane had lost her luggage; the hotel didn't have her reservation, she was tried from the plane ride, the plane turbulence had caused her to dump coffee all over her blouse, she got coach instead of her scheduled first class, and the guy next to her was way to flirty for her liking.

"Hold the doors please!"

Ryan held out his hands to keep the doors from closing.

'Finally a decent moment of my day.'

She walked into the elevator to see a 28ish, dark haired, good-looking male.

"Thanks" With a quick glance. 'Two good things about my day.'

"No Problem."

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"Hold the doors please!"

'Now what?'

He stuck his hand out, the doors reopened to a gorgeous 5'7 woman. She had shoulder length wavy dark brown hair with piercing dark brown eyes carrying a laptop bag.

'Whoa.'

"Achem"Ryan was trying to get her attention he had noticed that she hadn't pressed a button.

"Excuse me?"

"Ah what floor?"

"Oh, I'm going to four too."

Ding! The elevator opened its doors to a beautifully decorated hallway. They both stepped out and turned right. She smiled at him and he returned it. They kept walking past more and more doors in till they both reached the same door.

"Well looks like there was a mix up at the front desk." He was irritated, he wasn't even supposed to be here and yet this happens.

"I don't want to sound accusing but do you have the keys to prove they gave you this room?" She was being cautious but it was hard not to after what had happened to her a year and a half ago.

"What!" He held up the keycard and looked at her as if she was crazy.

"Right. I'll call the front desk."

She unlocked the door with her key card and walked in. He didn't know what to do so he stayed outside the door. She laid her lap top case down on the bed and turned to look at the man she had just met in the elevator and saw him standing in the doorway looking around the room.

"You can come in you know." She didn't have a bad feeling about him. This was strange, because she always had a bad feeling when it came to men. She didn't understand them; but they didn't understand her either. She was never good in relationships and it only made it harder when she was used.

"Thanks."

She picked up the room's phone and dialed the front desk.

"Northlands Hotel and Resort how may I help you?"

"Hi, I'm in room 439 and there has been some mix up because there is a guy who kind of got the same room as me."

"What's your name and his?"

"My name is Piper Amery and his is…." She looked at him.

Ryan took this has his cue, "Ryan Wolfe." They exchanged smiles and Piper continued with the conversation on the other line whilst he continued to look around the room. The clerk responded.

"Hold on please…..yes I see the trainee must have given him the wrong key. He can come to the front and get the right key he should be in room 416."

"Okay, thank you."

She laughed.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, it's just that today my day was horrible, but it's you who has to move."

"Figures something like this would happen to me."

"Any way, you're in room 416 and your key is at the front desk."

"Great. See ya around."

"I bet." He smiled.

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Ryan woke up exhausted, he didn't get any sleep. It didn't matter where he went, however the excluded it was he still couldn't get the nightmares to stop. He got out of bed, took a shower, got dressed, and wandered outside. He did not have any interest in any winter activities; it is as if he was there for only one reason as Horatio put it so delicately:

"Wolfe, your colleagues and I believe this trip will do well for you and improve you work in the long run."

Wolfe walked outside in to the cold Vermont air. He didn't predict the weather to be this cold today. He wrapped his arms around his leather jacket and continued ahead. After awhile his thoughts drifted to the girl, he met yesterday.

"'I bet' what did that girl mean by it? Why is it bothering me so much?"

Just as if he had rung a bell, Piper came up behind him.

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Piper loved to do anything worthwhile so it cam natural to her to snowboard. She had never tried before but she liked a challenge, and it was only minutes before she had mastered it. She kept thinking back to yesterday to the guy she had met in the elevator.

"Ryan Wolfe, Hmm what a funny name. Why am I thinking about him?"

Then, she saw him walking down the mountain and she took this as her chance. She walked half ran up behind him and called his name, "Hey, Ryan!"

He heard name and turned to face the culprit. Its like his thoughts had come alive and she was standing right in front of him.

"Hey. I thought I'd see you around." He smiled at her after he spoke.

"Yes, well you owe me dinner."

"Excuse me, I've spoken to you twice and exchanged no more than 20 words with you, and I owe you dinner?"

"I did bet you that we'd meet again, and you accepted."

"How did I accept? Because I don't remember."

"When you smiled, I saw that as accepting the deal. So you owe me dinner."

"I barely no you."

"All the more reason to take me to dinner."

She stopped and stared at him.

"Just keep in mind that if you say no we are staying at the same hotel and I know what room you're in."

She smiled and he gave in.

"Fine. I'll pick you up at eight."

They separated both with huge smiles on there faces.

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Piper stirred in her bed. She opened her eyes that met the open blinds and the sunlight streaming threw them. She was experiencing one of the worst hangovers she ever had. She covered her eyes and she felt a cold piece of metal touch her face. She sat up straight and let out a shriek. For on her finger was gold band and she knew who she had married. She got dressed hoping to god noting happened farther than the ring.

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She ran all the way down the hall to 439 and pounded on the door. Her knocking woke up the guy next to Ryan's room, "He's not there, now can I go back to sleep?"

"Sorry." She ran down the flight of stairs and ran up to the clerk at the front desk.

"Can I help you madam?"

"Yea hi I need to know if a Ryan Wolfe has checked out."

The clerk typed on the keyboard, "Yes he has anything else?"

"How long ago?"

"About a little over an hour ago."

Piper was about to either pass out, cry or both.

"Does he have a cell phone number?"

"Yes, 555-129-2345"

"Thank you." She thanked him while she wrote the last digit on the post-it she got her desk. She picked up her cell from her belt and dialed his number. BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP She was getting a busy signal; she continued to dial the number while going back to her room.

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(A/N just a heads up this is back a while ago when Ryan wakes up.)

Ryan woke up earlier than usual, and turned over to come face to face with Piper. Biting back the urge to scream, he got out of her bed, found his clothes, got dressed, left, went to his room, packed, left, checked out, got in his car and drove all the while freaking out and his head throbbing.

'FUCK! Shit what did I just do?'

He slammed his fist down on the dash at the same time he swerved back on to the road. Then, he saw the hardware (hahaha) on his ring finger. He slammed on the brakes and drove as fast as he could back to the hotel. 'This has got to be the worst possible thing that I have ever did.'

He picked up his cell and called the hotel.

"Northlands Hotel and Resort…"

"I need to you to put me threw to room 416."

RINGRINGRING

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Piper walked down the hall to her room still dialing Wolfe's number. BEEPBEEP All she was getting was a busy signal. Looked like she was going to Miami. 'I don't need this right now.'

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Ryan gave up and continued to drive back to the hotel.

(Sometime later) Ryan got out of the car and ran into the hotel up to the clerk.

"Can I help you sir?"

"Yea I need to know of Piper Amery has checked out?"

"Yes she did a little over 30 minutes ago."

"Thanks."

Knowing his best chance of finding her was to go back to Miami and use his resources to his exposal there. Ryan got back in to his car and drove to the nearest airport.

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Okay that last part sucked but I hope you all caught on to the fact that they were both calling at the same time and quit at the same. NEWAY REVIEW tell me if it SUCKED or ROCKED what I need to IMPROVE or LOSE! LOVEYOU GUYS NEWAY! SMILES Sorry it took long to update blame it writers block, school, colds, and grades! SUZANNE! insert heart