Here we go for the last part :)

Elizabeth Caine had the most serious face that Ryan had ever seen. She was too concentrated on her work to notice Ryan had stepped in her lab for about tem minutes. By the look of what she was doing, Ryan guessed she is looking for prints. No, that was not prints alone. She let the computer searched the prints while she turned to work with the bloody T-Shirt. Trying to get DNA? Wow, this girl is amazing. At the other corner, oh my God, she is checking the ballistics records. Three tasks at a time. She is not human. Ryan didn't notice that other people started to whisper because he was standing there and watching her for a long time.

"Beep! Beep" – The prints got a hit. Ryan heard the sound but seemed like Elizabeth didn't.

She was too focus on getting the DNA. Elizabeth sighed slightly when she put the DNA for the machine.

"The prints got a hit on AFIS." Ryan started to say.

"Thanks." She replied, didn't notice he standing there.

"You're welcome." Ryan said with a smile, but he doubted she saw it.

"Now the bullet. Case #3178 in 2008." Ryan read from the computer. He didn't touch anything, but he did move closer to Elizabeth.

"Not quite an old case right?" She said. God! Hello! I just talked to you! Ryan "screamed" inside his head.

"Yeah, not too old. And the bullet's shape is quite unique. This guy returns to the game?" He asked, staring at her.

"Oh… yeah…" Elizabeth startled. She turned around to look at Ryan.

"Welcome to Earth, miss Caine." Ryan finally said with a smile.

"Oh thanks. I don't know what do you, or my brother, want from me but I must say I don't need any help with my life or my work." She said coldly, moving to see her DNA result. She smiles at the paper. "Got 'cha!" And she ran out of the lab, totally ignored Ryan.

Ryan waited for Elizabeth to catch the guy. When she walked out of the room he immediately followed her back to the lab. After she handed in the report on Mac's desk, she grabbed her things and headed to the locker room. At this point, Ryan thought that his existence already broke her tolerance.

"Didn't I tell you I need no help from either you or Horatio?"

"Oh now you're speaking to me?" Ryan said in a sarcastic tone.

"Let me tell you one thing Ryan Wolfe. You really don't want to mess up with me."

She knew his name? How could she know his name?

"I checked every employee of my brother to make sure I can avoid all of them." She took out her jacket. "I repeat, you don't want to mess up with me!"

Now she can read his mind? Yeah! He definitely won't mess up with her! She was just like her big brother. They are good at getting on people's nerves.

"Good! Now leave me alone!" She said. "By the way, I'm not my brother. I don't care about little things like he does."

"Wow!" Ryan didn't know what to say except this word.

"What do you mean by saying 'Wow'?" Elizabeth asked aggressively.

"How did you do that?" Ryan asked, still amazed.

"Do what?" She snapped back.

"Say exactly what I'm thinking?"

"Oh, that's my specialty!" She smiled.

His heart stopped. It really did stop! Her smile was so beautiful. Its beauty was beyond his imagination. He didn't know how to put his feelings into words. It was just like something magical. The world stopped spinning and he stopped breathing. Unlike when she was working, her smiling face gave people the ease feelings. Ryan thought that life would be much easier when he saw her smile. What should he do? He had fallen into her 'trap'.

"Just by looking at your face now, I have to say that, don't fall in love with me!" Elizabeth warned Ryan.

"Hah?" He laughed out loud, waking up from his dream. "You said that to all of the guys sent by Horatio?"

"Uh huh." She nodded.

"I can't promise you that, Ellie. I have to admit that I love your smile already. I'm not flattering you. "

"Oh, I like your honesty. Other guys, they promised."

"And they couldn't keep it! I can imagine. You're beyond everyone's control, Ellie. You are…" Ryan stopped to think "… I just can't put into words."

"Best kept secret! I like that better." She smiled. She knew Ryan like her smile, so she smiled again.

"Just keep smiling, you know. You will see things better. The world is bigger than this lab, girl! I'll show you!"

Ryan grabbed her arm and dragged her to the highest level of the building. It was not so dark, Elizabeth can still see New York. There were some lights already. Suddenly she realized that it has been such a long time since the last time she paid attention to see what was really happening in life. She saw cars were moving along the streets. She saw life passing by in front of her own life. She never knew it. Until today. Other guys just couldn't make her see it. Until Ryan. She just simply saw life, not observing it.

"You just see life, not observing it." Ryan took a deep breath, "Just slow down, you know."

He can read her mind? No way, she showed no emotions. It was the first time she thought her life was somehow… boring!

"You can't just hide your emotion under your face. The colder you look, the more your sorrow shows." Ryan turned to her, as she looked at him, somehow surprised.

Great, now he can say things that she just doesn't want to say! And at this point he is talking too much. She knew she missed lots of things. She knew her world was boxed in this department. She just couldn't admit it.

"I know I'm talking to much and I am not the person to judge but just look at what you see now. It's life. It's free. And all you need to do is… just go with it." Ryan said "And don't tell me you are going with it now because you not. You're going with crimes and criminals and all the stuff here, not outside."

"Wow!" Elizabeth finally said.

"What do you mean by saying 'Wow'?" Ryan asked surprisingly.

"How did you do that?" She replied.

"Do what?" She confused him.

"Say exactly what I'm thinking?" At this line, Elizabeth realized they were just repeating the conversation in the locker room.

"Oh, that's my specialty!" Ryan realized it too. He just said what he needed to say to finish this conversation. He ended it with a smile.

"Now I like your smile!" Elizabeth said.

"Then it's 1 – 1." Ryan smiled. She smiled back. His face changed. He did not use to see her smiling face. It was too sweet to handle, and too cute.

"I guess it's 2 – 1 now." Elizabeth laughed. She knew he felt for her smile, again. And she liked it.

"Now you are Horatio's sister to me!" Ryan realized she just 'beat' him.

"Ouch!" She laughed.

Ryan asked, she made excuses. Ryan asked again, she refused. Ryan still asked, she still refused. After long conversation with repeating lines and changing in tones, Elizabeth gave up. She ended up having dinner with Ryan at her favourite place in New York. It was crowded. She didn't know it was crowded today. Then she realized it was always crowded. She just walked in, grabbed her food and walked out. She didn't look at the people. Today was different. No, she felt like with Ryan, everything was different.

She had the strangest feeling in her chest everytime she touched him. It was crowded, and she had no choice but stayed close to him. When a man hit her accidentally, she almost lost her balance. He held her gently, helped her stand straight, and gave her a smile and asked if she was okay. That was when she realized his eyes were the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen. She fell into his world through those eyes. And she knew that his arms were strong, his body was warm. She liked it.

Elizabeth started it. Ryan had no idea when it came to this. That was fast. Actually when he knew it was not fast. She was just slow down like what he told her before. He didn't know that he just filled the hole in her life. She needed him close. She wanted him to be in her life. What she did just to create memories between then and now. Then was when she missed all the fun. Now was when she met him. She wanted him to stay in all the distance between 'then' and 'now'.

"Horatio will kill me." Ryan said.

"I just don't care." Elizabeth giggled. "You want me to slow down, I'll slow down. But you are the one who's moving too fast."

"Why so?" He raised an eyebrow.

"You can't just skip from the day I forgot life to today. You need to be in between. I'm just doing that for you." Her eyes were sparkling when she said this. This touched Ryan deeply.

"That means…"

"A relationship needs to be created. A strong one."

"What type of relationship is this?" Ryan got confused. That was so 'Caine'. They just got everything under control.

"What do you want?" She smiled, his favourite smile, and asked.

"Do I have a choice?"

"Actually I don't think you have… any at all." She was close. Too close.

Elizabeth gave Ryan the sweetest kiss ever. No one kissed him like that before. It was just too gentle, yet too passionate. He didn't fight back. He loved the way her tongue touched his. It was hot. Her hands made their way to his hair, his neck, and his back. Her scent deluded him. All his consciousness had gone away. Finally, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulled her near. She smiled when he did so. They were too close then.

They were at Ryan's room. He didn't know how to resist her sweet sweet smile. At first she just said she needed somewhere to talk. Then she suggested this place. They actually didn't do much talking. Elizabeth pushed him on the bed as soon as they got inside. She seemed like it.

"That's not what I call 'slow down', Ellie." Ryan said when she stopped kissing him. She was leaning on him. Her hands were on his chest.

"I want to thank you Ryan." Elizabeth softly said.

"Just 'Thank you' is fine." He smiled, ran his hand through her hair.

"This is not 'fine' to you?" She raised her voice. She looked a little bit disappointed.

"Too fine, Ellie, too fine." Ryan smiled. "I'm afraid I can't help myself. I think I'm in love with you already. But I don't know if I feel right…"

"You wan to know my feelings?" She asked, moved closer "What I feel when I see you, I don't think 'like' is enough to describe. So can you put it as 'love'?"

"I don't know. I really don't know."

"Me neither. Why don't we… just go with it?"

"I agree" Ryan nodded.

He held Elizabeth, 'placed' her next to him. Then he gently turned to face her. His fingers were running on her cheek. Her eyes were so beautiful that all he can do is look into them, fall into them. She also moved closer to him. Her head rested on his chest. His fragrance took away all her sense. She smiled and wrapper her arms around his body.

"Why don't you tell me about yourself?" Ryan suggested.

"Alright, that's a good idea. We should take turn." She said with interest.

"Who sleeps first lose!" Ryan added. "As I remember, New York is the city that never sleeps."

Sorry for taking too long... Uni is busy =(( I didn't have time to edit :(

Anyway, I hope you like the story :"

It's the end now... However, I guess I'll do one or two extra :) For Natalia and an NY guy, as promise...

Please R&R