Everything's the Same
From the moment they reunited at her apartment it was like no time had passed for Ryan and Emily. They never to ask whether they were a couple again. They knew. They could banter in the same easy way and simply enjoy each other's company doing nothing. The team would get a taste of their banter when they saw the two at lunch.
Eric and Walter overhead that Ryan was meeting his girlfriend at the Mandarin Buffet.
"Maybe that's where we'll go for lunch today. And introduce ourselves to the couple," Eric grinned.
Unknown to both however, Calleigh was standing behind them.
"We shall," Calleigh said, giving both of them a start. "Then we shall leave them for their lunch for two, understand?" she said, holding both men by their back collars.
"Yes, ma'am," both said.
Ryan was teasing Emily as she tried in vain to eat with chopsticks.
"After eleven years, you still can't use them right!" He teased her.
"How would you like these chopsticks shoved up your nose?" Emily replied.
The CSI wasn't surprised to see his co-workers show up at the restaurant and introduce themselves.
"You know Frank," Ryan said, then he introduced the others.
It wasn't said but it was evident to Emily that Calleigh and Eric were a couple. She asked Ryan how that was going on. Ryan chuckled and went into how long the couple had "beat around the brush" for a long time and how much the two had been through before finally confessing their love.
"Wow," Emily breathed.
"How long do you think it's gonna be those two move in together?" Calleigh asked Eric as they drove back to the lab.
"Six months I'd say," Eric said. "And I see Wolfe bein' a daddy within two years."
"What makes you say that?" Calleigh asked.
Ryan was good with children but Calleigh hadn't heard him talk about parenthood.
"I don't know. Just the way he talks about Emily. I get the feeling a family might be in the works for them."
Emily and Ryan had most definitely talked about a family. He may have never talked about it with his friends but Ryan indeed wanted fatherhood at some point in his life. Now that Emily was back in his life it was sooner than later.