"This guy thinks he's gonna be alone forever," Walter said to Eric and Natalia who were approaching the bar table where Frank, Ryan, and Tom where sitting. Ryan was still upset about Sam and the team was trying to pick him back up on his feet. It was only hours since he talked to her in the hospital room.

"Maybe awhile, but not forever," Eric assured him in a brotherly tone.

"Any girl would be lucky to have you," Natalia added with a smile.

"Really?" He looked down skeptically.

"Yeah really, you're handsome, you're funny, you're smart..."

"I'll take you right now on the table," Ryan challenged, pretending it was only Natalia and him in the room.

The whole group burst into laughter and exchanged "ohs" and "wows."

"Alright, we'll leave you two alone then," Eric said under the laughter, jokingly.

Natalia put her finger on her chin, playfully, as if she were thinking. She grinned as wide as she could, "How about the Hummer?"

A Few Hours Later…

It was approaching midnight when the CSI's left the bar. After a long night of drinking and talking, they were all tired and ready to go home, except for one who had other plans in mind.

"Nat," Ryan grabbed her arm just as she stepped one foot in the parking lot. He swallowed hard hoping the potential words would come out of his mouth. "I'll take you up on the hummer offer."

Natalia threw her head back and laughed, "Ryan I was joking-." She looked into his eyes, past the bumps and bruises that were on his face. He was sober, but most importantly, he was serious. "O-okay," she heard herself say.

Before she could change her mind, Ryan turned around to where Horatio was. He was so drunk he could barely walk. And Eric had his arm around his shoulders, trying to-balance him. "Hey H...can I have the keys to the hummer tonight?" He winked at Eric who was giving him a funny look.

"Yeah...sure thing." He mumbled and patted around his pants a few times before he could find his pocket. He pulled out his wallet and held it arms length in front of him.

Ryan could hear Natalia behind him laughing hysterically.

"Uh, H, that's your wallet..."

"I have never seen H this drunk before," Walter laughed, "Or drunk, period."

Eric shook his head, "Let me help you." He reached into Horatio's pocket, pulled out his ring of keys and threw them at Ryan.

"Thanks, "I'll be there next time when it's you and Calleigh," he winked again as he caught the keys.

"You really want to do this?" Natalia asked as she jumped into the hummer.

"I REALLY want to do this." Ryan replied and he patted the leather seat next to him, signaling her to sit down. "I've had a bad day."

"Alright," she rolled her eyes but couldn't help smiling.

Ryan made the first move. He leaned in to kiss Natalia, her lips soaked in the taste of alcohol. She quickly took off her blue jacket and placed her hands on his shoulders, gripping them tighter and tighter. After minutes of constant, passionate kissing, he tugged on his collar and began unbuttoning his shirt. Soon enough, everything was out of memory's reach.

Sorry it starts out a bit slow, I will get chapter 2 up as soon as I can. Tell me what you think