Authors Note: Happy Back Friday, did any of you brave the crowds and do some shopping? I hope so, then you won't realize that I'm updating this almost at Saturday. I'm typing this up at 11:41, while working on a college level class presentation.. I really love writing this, no joke! I've also made a twitter account, if anyone wants to follow it. It's xoMacie, and I'll link it to on my profile, along with my tumblr(xo-Macie).

Also, I want your opinions: i'm deciding how long I want this fic to be, because a few days ago, I pictured a scene where Alexis and Ryan are in the hospital with their new baby, and Jenny walking into their room instead of her cousins or something and yeah. Should I make this go that long, it will be at least two years into the future, if I do end up doing that, it would have to be after they date for at LEAST six months, and then the 40 week pregnancy, ect. ect. You know? If I do end up making this story go that far, i am going to have some timeskips, some might be a month long..

Oh, oh, oh, don't hate me because I skipped the dinner scene, I just really want to get this story off the ground. If you guys really wanna read it, I'll write it as a oneshot.
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
Summary: One night of helping a red-headed girl with her portfolio changes a lot about Kevin Ryan. Especially his views on the young twenty-one year old.

"Thanks for coming out with me tonight." Detective Kevin Ryan said as they reached the door to the loft where Alexis Castle lived with her dad.

"I had a nice time. Even though I am sure that my constant talk about my new job probably annoyed you." she replied, pulling her key out of the black clutch she had carried the whole night. She also pulled out her phone, seeing that the time was almost 11:30.

"I can't believe we stayed out for six hours." she told him with a smile as she put her key in the lock.

"Neither can I." He said from behind her. She turned around before unlocking the door, smiling up at him, her hair falling out from behind her ear. "Do you want to tell your dad who you were out with tonight?" he asked her.

"Maybe after I get back from one of my trainings that I have to leave the state for." she shrugged and put her hand on the door knob. She heard someone inside, sounding kind of like Detective Beckett, probably saying that she was about to leave.

"Okay, you need to go. I think Kate's leaving, and she can't see you." Alexis whispered, pushing his shoulder the opposite direction of the elevator, towards the stairs.

"Okay, Okay. I'm leaving." He told her, but before he walked away, he bent down, giving her a soft, gentle kiss. She kissed him back, then pushed his shoulder, watching him walk off. She turned and opened the door, pulling her key out of the lock, smiling widely.

"Hey, Lex." she heard her dad say from the couch. She looked to her left, seeing Kate putting her black leather jacket.

"You look like you had a good evening." she told the redhead.

"Yeah. It was great." she replied, tossing her bag on the counter. "Oh, I have training next week, and I have to go in tomorrow to get shown around the building and to meet all the other teachers."

"I knew you'd get the job, Alexis." Her dad told her, and Beckett pulled her into a hug.

"I'm gonna go to bed." She told them as soon as Kate pulled away.

[ - - - ]

The next morning, Alexis woke up at 7:15, and grabbed her phone off the bedside table, seeing that she had a new text message from Faye.

Hey babe, heard you got the job! Be requestin' yuuu for Gale's teachah! Oh, and Megs told me she saw you in the park with some cute guy yesterday, tell me ALL the details over lunch? Mi Madre be watchin' the little one. I need a break! xox Fayabella.

To FayaBella From Alexis: Yup! I'm now a workin' lady! I gotta go in for a tour and to meet the other teachers, but I'll text you and let you know if we can do lunch, be warned, there aren't many details. Yet.

Alexis sighed and looked up at the ceiling before she threw her blanket off and stood up, pulling her white robe off the door, throwing her blanket back over her bed neatly and walking down to the kitchen.

"Morning" She said to her Dad, who was sitting on the counter, as she grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. "Any reason you are sitting on the counter?" She continued with a raised eyebrown.

"Can't a guy try something new?"

"Sure. Sure, of course." She pulled a box of poptarts out of the pantry, and took out a sleeve, putting the box back. "I'm gonna go get ready to go, but do you think you can do me a favor?"

"Hum, it depends. Do you want me to.. Rob a bank for you?"

"No. I was wondering if you could drop me off at the school and then take my car to get the oil changed?" She asked him, a very childish smile on her face.

"Yeah, I can do that." He told her, jumping off the counter.

"Thank you." She stood on her toes and kissed her Dad's cheek, and then ran up the stairs to get dressed.

[ - - - ]

It was 11:45 when she finished her tour around the school, and she was now sitting in a classroom. No, her classroom. There were desks lining the walls, waiting to be arranged how she wanted them to be, she had two boxes of brand new black dry-erase markers, and three new erasers, she even had a smart board that would be hooked up to her computer, and her laptop if she wanted it to be. To put it simply, she was super excited about her new job, she even had great co-workers, which was a huge bonus for her.

Her phone began to ring, and she pulled it out of the back pocket of her phone, sliding the answer button across the screen.

"Hey Faye." She said into her phone, sitting on one of the desks

"... hey Lex, so, I was wondering if we were gonna crab lunch?"

"Sure, I'm at the school right now, just got done with my tour slash meet the staff thing. But my Dad took my car to get the oiled changed, so I'd have to take the subway to meet you."

"Whats by you?"

"I think there's a McDonalds a few blocks down the road."

"Meet me there in twenty."

"Alrighty, can do."

"And bring your details, girl."

"What little there are?"

"Yup, those. See you soon." Alexis hung her phone up, locking it and setting it in her pocket. She grabbed the Lanyard off her desk which had keys to her classroom and the closets in her classroom, and where she would need to keep her ID badge when she got it, and closed the door to her classroom walking out of the school.

About fifteen minutes later, she walked inside the McDonalds, seeing a ton of people inside, which was to be expected because it was around lunch time. She leaned up against the wall, pretending to be reading the menu above, but she really wasn't, because she knew what was there, she had been eating at McDonalds so much.

"Lexeh!" she heard from her left, and she smiled when she saw her black haired friend.

"Hey Faye!" She told her friend, giving her a hug.

"I'm freaking hungry. Let's get some food."

They walked up to the counter, ordering their food. Alexis got a Hot -n- Spicy McChicken and a large MnM McFlurry, and Faye got a Chocolate Shake and a Southern Style Chicken Meal. They walked over to a table in the back corner, and sat down across from each other.

"Okay. We aren't even going to dance around it, tell me who he is."

"Well, if you must know, he's someone my Dad has worked with for years, he's a really good friend. But he's like.. fourteen years older than me." Alexis said, taking a spoonful of her McFlurry.

"So what. It isn't that big of a deal about your age. My Parents are sixteen years apart. " Faye told her with a shrug. "You like him, right?" Alexis nodded taking a bite of her sandwich "He likes you?"

"I think so?"

"Then go for it, babe!"

"I don't know.. it's complicated." Alexis said as she finished off her sandwich and wrapped her wrapper up in a ball. She felt her phone vibrate and she pulled it out of her back pocket, seeing a message from her Dad telling her that her car was in the parking garage, all good to be driven. She set her phone down on the table and stood up to throw her wrapper away.

When she got back, she saw that Faye had taken her phone.

"Faye, what are you doing?"

"Being a teenager again." she replied with a smile.

"Give me my phone." when she didn't respond Alexis reached over the table to grab it. "Faye, seriously!" Alexis laughed.

"Okay.. and done." She handed Alexis her phone. Alexis noticed right away that she was on her facebook application, she scrolled to her profile and gasped when she saw what Faye had changed.

Alexis Castle Note to Lexi, don't leave your phone on the table, babe. I'll make sure that your facebook is updated like it should be. xox Faye.

Alexis Castle went from "Single" to "It's complicated"

Alexis groaned and put her phone back in her pocket, standing up.

"I'm gonna go home now.." she told Faye, who stood up, giving her friend a hug.

"Just go there. Go after him, you can't risk not doing it." Faye told her.

"Okay, Faye. Whatever you say." She told her, and walked out of the McDonalds. She knew that Faye had a point, and maybe she should get advice from her friend.