In a way

Ryan walked through the halls of the crime lab, getting ready to leave for the day. As he walked into the locker room he was elated to see his new beau standing in front of her locker.

"Hey Hun," He said, as he leaned in and kissed her, "How are you feeling?"

Jessica knew Ryan would ask her this eventually after the whole lunch fiasco.

"Well, I'm doing pretty good."

"Really? Are you sure?"

"Yes Ryan, I'm fine. I'm just sore, that's all." She smiled at him and they kissed again.

"So you must have meant it last night when you said…uh….that I was….uh…..huge."

Ryan had never really thought of himself as being large, but clearly Jessica must have thought other wise.

Jessica smiled and giggled at him. "I think as Amtrak train driving into me would have been smaller." She laughed some more as Ryan's ears began to glow red. She kissed the left one softly and wound her arms around his body.

"Can I ask you something else?" Ryan questioned.

"Sure, anything for you Pumpkin." Jessica replied, releasing him and looking up into his eyes.

"Did you know when I left last night that I was going to get a condom?"

"Yes, I figured you were."

"But you're on birth control?"

"Yes, I am."

"But you let me go anyways. Why?"

"Because, I wanted to see if you were actually going to be a gentleman and offer to wear one. Not that I doubted you or anything. I've just had experiences where guys didn't want to wear a condom and attempted to convince me we would be ok without one."

Ryan looked at her thoughtfully. "Was that really your first time? Were you actually a virgin?"

Jessica looked at Ryan and kissed him one more time. She gathered her things from her locker and said to him "In a way yes. You were the first time I was willing."

Ryan looked at her and suddenly felt sorrow for the woman that had walked into his life out of no where. He had no clue where she was from or what her past was like. Ryan suddenly wanted to know more. He wanted to know what that statement meant, why there were scars all over her torso, and, damn it, he wanted to know how she knew Horatio Caine!

Ryan didn't get to ask these questions, because at that moment Jesse and Calleigh walked into the locker room.

"I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow Ryan." Jessica said and then turned to walk away.

"Hey Jessie!" Calleigh said, "You going on another hot date tonight?"

"Well, I'm going on a date, but it's not going to be so hot." Jessica replied.

"Why's that?" Calleigh prodded.

"Because I'm having dinner with my father tonight." Jessica smiled at all of them, waved good bye, and walked out the door.

Ryan began rummaging through his locker, acting like he was trying to find something, all the while pondering a new question that had just come to mind. Who was Jessica's father?