Ryan's POV

I quickly regretted the words that came out of my mouth. I took a paper off the table and reached towards the floor where Sarah had fainted. I fanned her until she regained consciousness. She rested her head on my legs. I met her gaze.

"What just happened?" She asked.

"I told you that I love you." I pointed out.

"Oh right." She looked elsewhere, trying not to meet my gaze. After a few moments of awkward silence, she got up and dusted herself off.

"Well, um, can I get those result please?" She stuttered. I moved to fast. I knew it. I'm so stupid. I sighed in defeat.

"The tired marks belong to a Jeep model S45. ((That was totally made up lol)) The fibers are very rare type cotton made in Africa." I said. She wrote the information down in a notebook.

"Thanks." She walked, practically ran if you ask me, out of the lab. I ran my hands through my hair.

Nice going Ryan. You definitely made an ass of yourself.

My self- consciousness taunted me in my head, much to my dismay. I shook my head, making it vacuous. I tried to go on with the day.

Sarah's POV

Ryan loves me. He just told me he loves me. And I fainted like an idiot. I should've said something back. I love him too. Why couldn't I have said something back? I'm so stupid. Ugh.

I made my way to the ballistics lab where Calleigh was anatomizing the bullets and the casings.

"Hey Sarah. I've analyzed the bullets and casings. They are a match so we know there was only one gun used. A 9 millimeter. Two bullets hit Omar, and 8 bullets and casings surrounded the area. A standard 9 millimeter gun carries 10 bullets, so the shooter emptied out his gun on Omar. What did you get?" She asked. I laid the notebook on the table and went over the facts that I received from the trace lab.

"The fibers are rare type African cotton. The tire marks belong to a Jeep model S45. This is all enough evidence to get a warrant, but on who? We have to go back to the crime scene." I sighed.

"Let's go." Calleigh said. As we walked outside, I caught a quick glance with Ryan. I turned my head and kept walking. I felt hypocritical. Seeing as I just yelled at Ryan for ignoring me, but I do the same. It's not that I'm ignoring him; it's just that I'm… avoiding him? I didn't want to, but I didn't want to even exchange looks with him after what happened in the lab. Calleigh and I made our way to the Hummer. We drove back to the crime scene.

"We need a name. We need DNA." Calleigh searched around and so did I. After 15 minutes of searching, I finally found something.

"Calleigh, I found a nine millimeter." I shouted across the crime scene area. Calleigh walked over.

"This is it. The prints can verify the shooter. Let's head back to the lab." She assured. I sighed, not wanting to head back to him. We got in the Hummer and drove to the lab.

"Hey Cal, do you mind running the evidence? I have to make a call." I asked.

"Sure. Is everything alright?" She inquired.

"Yeah, everything is fine." I lied through my teeth. I walked outside to the parking lot. I dialed my mother number.

"Hello?" She answered. I smiled a warm smile that I was sure she could feel through the other end of the receiver.

"Hi mom." I replied.

"Sarah! How are you my dear?"

"Not so well. I have a little problem."

"Share it with me."

"Well when I first came to the lab, I met this amazing guy named Ryan Wolfe. About a month later, we started dating. We've been dating for about 2 weeks. Mom, when I'm with him, my whole world changes. He always manages to make me smile. His warm embrace, his bright smile, everything thing he does makes my heart move."

"Awww, darling, you're in love." She stated the obvious.

"That's why I called you. Today, he told me that he loved me. And I just stood there like a complete idiot. I didn't say anything. I just fainted like a loser. Mom, what do I do?" I pleaded for an answer.

"Well, there's only one thing that you can do. Tell him you love him."

"Is it possible? We've only been dating for 2 weeks."

"There's no such thing as time when you're in love, sweetie. It's possible. No go on dear, I know this isn't your lunch break." I laughed at the fact that my mother knew me so well.

"Alright mom. Talk to you later. I love you."

"Love you too darling." With that, I hung up the phone and walked back inside. I knew mom was right.

Ryan's POV

I don't understand what I did wrong. I thought she felt the same as me; at least that's what it looked like.

"Hey man, how'd it go?" Eric asked, resting his hand on my shoulder.

"It didn't. I told her how I felt, and she fainted." I admitted.

"Dude, are you serious? You both are in love with each other and it's obvious. Why did she faint?" He asked confused.

"I don't even know. I thought she felt the same way. Obviously she doesn't. So now I feel like a fool."

"Well maybe she's in shock. I mean, when anyone says those 3 words, it throws them off."

"I guess so. Delko, I hope you're right."

"Trust me Wolfe. I gotta run. I'll be back in a few. He walked out of the lab and towards his car. I sat in the lounge and just relaxed. I'm probably too worked up about this. Maybe Delko is right. Hopefully he is. If he's not I- well, let's not think negative. Sarah could've been in shock. Who knows? All I know is that I'm way too eager and I need an answer before I explode.

Sorry luvies, short chapter I know. I have to go to rehearsal. The next two chapters will be BOMB, I can promise. (: I want to dedicate this chapter to Superdani a.k.a. VioletFairChild for always reading my chapters ! Thank you all sooooooo much !