Ryan's POV

"It seems to me that the victim could have died from blunt force trauma. The injury in the back of her head shows. She has been beaten too. She has bruises all over her arms." Jason, the M.E. said.

"Did we get an I.D.?" I asked. Before I got an answer, Sarah came.

"Her name is Jessica Romero, age 16." Her sweet melodic voice filled the air. I started to think back to last night, when we kissed. Awww man, it was great.

"Ryan, can I speak to you really quickly?" She said, snapping me out of my daze.

"Um yeah, sure." I walked away from the M.E. with her.

"So…." She started.

"Um…" I replied. I kicked the gravel around until one of us spoke.

"Well, um I don't know how this dating thing really works…" She started again.

"Dating?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Um, I really don't, uh… Damn! Uh, Horatio's calling me. I gotta go." She said, forgetting about everything that she just said. She started to walk away.

"Well, if you want to date, then that's fine with me." I smiled. She pivoted on her heels smoothly, with a smile.

"Sure." She smiled.

"Well alright then. How about on Friday, I take you on a real date. Dinner?" I offered.

"Sure!" She was grinning like the Cheshire Cat now.

"Alright." I said. We stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do. We looked around, and just decided to walk back to the scene.

Sarah's POV

Calleigh once told me that dating should be confidential in the lab. Because once everyone knows, and especially if people like Rick Stetler find out, they can use it against you, and then it may jeopardize your job. And as much as I want to tell someone, I can't. I don't want to put my job or Ryan's job on the line.

But I'm just so happy! I've been waiting for this for so long. Let's see. It's Tuesday, and our date is on Friday. 3 days. 3 days to worry about what I'm going to wear. 3 days to worry about how my hair will look. Only three days! How can time be so short, but so long?

"Hey Sarah, I found a black strand of hair. It's not our victim's though. The hair is curly, while our vic's hair is straight." Ryan said.

"So someone else was with Jessica." I watched as he put the hair in a small envelope and threw it softly into his case.

"It was lodged between two rocks." Ryan said. I searched around for some more evidence.

"I found something. Small. Looks like a piece of a bracelet. A Chanel bracelet." I inspected it some more.

"How did you know that it's a Chanel bracelet?" Ryan inquired.

"A girl knows her jewelry." I smiled. "Alright well let's head to the lab." We walked to the Hummer. I got in the passenger seat. My eyes focused on Ryan most of the ride. He finally caught one of my constant glances.

"What?" He asked.

"Nothing! Gosh I can't look at my boyfriend without an explanation?" The word boyfriend tingled in my mouth as it forced itself out. Ryan just laughed and kept looking on the road. In a couple of minutes we arrived at the lab.

"Hey I'm going to the morgue to see if the Jason found anything else." Ryan said.

"Alright I'll call you if anything shows up." I walked into the lab with the data that I collected and the data that Ryan collected.

"Hey Valera." I started.

"Hey Wilson. Watcha got for me?" She asked politely.

"We found a piece of hair & we found a piece of a Chanel bracelet. We can't do much with the bracelet. But you can analyze the hair." She slapped on some gloves and took the hair. She ran it through the DNA machine. A name popped up on the computer.

"The hair belongs to a Christina Florey."

"Thanks, Valera." I walked out the lab and texted Ryan.

Ryan's POV

"So she got shot before she was pushed." I reassured.

"Yeah, she got shot first. The bullet didn't kill her though. The push did. The push was so hard that she fell & bled out, causing her to die." Jason explained.

"Whatever she did, it must have meant a lot to the person who killed her." Right then, I got a text from Sarah.

From: Sarah

Hey, I got a hit on the hair. We have a Christina Florey. I'm bringing her to interrogation as we speak. Meet me there.

I walked to the interrogation room. Sarah was already there, as was the suspected murder.

"I don't know why I'm here. I didn't kill anyone." She claimed.

"Then why did we find your hair at the beach where Jessica Romero was killed?"

"I don't know! I went to the beach to have fun. So, does everyone else! A strand of my hair must've fallen out when I put my hair in a ponytail. Big deal. Can I leave now?" She started to get up.

"No. See," Ryan started. "Your hair was lodged between two rocks. That indicates that you must have fell and when you got up, you lost a piece of hair." I looked closely at her bracelet.

"Is that a Chanel bracelet?" I asked.

"Yes it is. Why?" I took the bracelet off of her wrist. I analyzed it.

"Like I thought." I mumbled.

"What?" She asked, frantic.

"This broken piece of your bracelet, matches the piece that was found at the beach. This places you at the crime scene." She started crying.

"Okay. I was best friends with Jessie. Until I found out that she slept with my boyfriend. So I took her to the beach. We chilled for a while, and then it got dark, so we decided to walk home. On our way home, I asked her did she sleep with my boyfriend, Ben. And she said yes. When I asked her why, she responded, quote, unquote 'Ben said that he needed something new.' I told her that she was just easy, and he wanted sex, so he asked her. She got mad, and pushed me down. I got up, pulled a gun from my purse, and shot her. She staggered a bit. I wanted her dead, so I pushed her down. Hard. Then I ran home. If that bitch would've never slept with my boyfriend, she'd still be alive." She got up as the officers escorted her to the police cruiser. I looked at Sarah.

Sarah's POV

"Wow. Unbelievable." I looked at Ryan with an uneasy feeling. Would he ever do that to me?

"I know. Don't worry, I would never do that to you." He flashed his stunning smile. I breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Okay." I smiled back. We walked to the locker room. I got my stuff and looked at the clock. It read 8:37 pm. The day went by fast. But it was a good thing, because that would mean that I am another day closer until my date! I noticed Ryan waiting for me by the door.

"Are you going to walk me to my car?" I asked.

"Why, yes, yes I am." He grabbed me and picked me up bridal-style. I laughed and kicked my legs, pleading for him to put me down. He carried me outside to my car. He finally put me down. Boy, I never thought this is how I'd spend my first day dating Ryan! But, I loved every moment of it.

I opened my car door and started the ignition. I looked at Ryan. He looked at me. We both leaned forward and kissed for what seemed like eternity, but were only a couple seconds.

"Goodnight Ryan." I smiled. I got into my car and rolled down the window.

"Goodnight Sarah. You know, you're something special. And I like it." He smiled. "See you tomorrow." He walked away, leaving me dumbfounded as to what just happened. I'm special? I'M SPECIAL! I drove home repeating the words in my head.

I'm special …

I'm SOOOOOOOO sorry I cudnt update sooner. School has rlly qotten the best of me. And plus, have you guys heard about the quy named Jeffrey Parlemon that qot shot & died? That's my best friend's brother. Yeahh so I've been helping her cope with that. Anyways, so I won't start crying, please rate !