Welcome to Château du Wolfe

As they walked to Ryan's usual lab, Ryan and Jessica attempted small talk. Ryan jokingly apologized that Horatio couldn't find anyone more qualified to teach her and Jessica again complimented him on his obvious intelligence.

"I'm really not all that smart you know, Dr. Stone." Ryan said.

"Well clearly you're the better choice than some of those people. Like that Walter guy, he seems….weird. No offense if you guys are friends or anything! I mean he seems like an ok guy he's just too goofy for my taste."

"Well Walter and I aren't exactly friends. He's only been working here for a few months and we just haven't quite got to know each other yet. You're right on about the goofy part though."

"Good, glad to know I haven't lost my people skills." She looked Ryan directly into his beautiful hazel eyes. "I'm really glad that Horatio picked you Mr. Wolfe."

"Please, Mr. Wolfe was my father, and uncle, too. Call me Ryan."
"Well then, I guess now would be the time to tell you that Dr. Stone was my mother. Please call me Jessica. Or Jessie if you prefer. Or even Jess for something different."

"Ok, Jessica." Ryan smiled at her and Jessica felt her insides melt and her heart flutter. She needed to call Sami and tell her about this gorgeous man he had been placed with. Sami would be so jealous!

At that moment both realized that they had been standing and staring at each other in the hall for quite sometime. Ryan quickly turned, cleared his throat, and opened the door to his lab.

"Welcome to my humble adobe, Jess."

"Adobe? You make it sound like you live here."

"Well some days I think I just might as well move in and sell my apartment." Jessica laughed at his joke, helping Ryan feel more confident around her.

Jessica walked into the lab and began looking around. Ryan clearly spent a lot of time here; his wonderful scent lingered in the air, mixing with the smell of dirt, vegetation, and the bitter smell of blood from different evidence that was brought through. She looked at the computer, the microscopes, and the board in which he completed many math equations and jotted down evidence notes. Jessica became slightly over whelmed that she would be spending hours a day locked in this room with this incredibly handsome man. The very thought of being alone with Ryan made her body respond in ways that it hadn't in years. She stood there for a moment and wondered if maybe Ryan was what she needed to help move on with her life after all those years with James.

The thought was quickly interrupted when Ryan asked Jessica something.

"I'm sorry, what?" she replied.

"I asked if you wanted to try and find a lab coat that you can wear until Human Resources gets yours."

"Yeah, that would be great. Where to, boss?"

For reasons he couldn't explain the way she called him boss made every muscle in Ryan's body tense and release in an amazing way. Ryan decided right then this was going to be a long year.

"Let's head over to the locker room. There might be old ones there that you can use and we can get you set up with a locker while we're there."

"Alright," Jessica said, taking hold of Ryan's arm, "Lead the way."

Ryan couldn't deny what her touching him did to his body. His arm tingled where her bare skin touched his forearm. She felt almost cool to his touch, which he assumed had something to do with his reaction to her. Her fingers grazed against his skin, and he wondered briefly if she realized she was ever so slightly stroking his arm. Ryan decided not to question it and instead enjoy his new intern's presence. Even if she didn't want him the way he could already tell he wanted her, he could still love every minute of it.

Ryan made sure to take the long way to the locker room past Walter's work space just so he could show off his new accessory to his coworker. Sure enough Walter gave him a look that obviously meant Walter would have killed to be in Ryan's place right at that moment. Calleigh and Natalia smiled and waved at the pair as they passed the DNA lab and Ryan grew leery as they made way past his boss's office. Ryan was still unsure of what the relationship between Jessica and Horatio was, but he was relieved to discover the red head was out of his office at the moment. When Travers called out to Ryan that he had some trace evidence for Ryan to look at later Ryan made sure that his head lingered just close enough to Jessica's while looking over his shoulder at Travers so he could smell the sweet scent of her shampoo. Ryan knew he shouldn't be parading around with his newly placed intern like this, but she was the one that pulled him this close so what harm could be done?