Authors Note: Mainly the idea was that if Calleigh was dating Julia, he needed someone as well and I also wanted all three labs into the story. So this is what I came up with to make all three labs fit in, hope you like it.
Authors Note 2: This is set about four years in the future so the characters will be a bit older.
DISCALIMER: I don't own CSI : Crime Scene Investigation, CSI Miami or CSI: NY and i don't make any money from it
Complications.
Chapter 1.
Julia Winston was at work having a very bad morning when her phone rang, she looked at the number Miami Dade PD again, so either Horatio wanted something or Kyle was in trouble again, she wasn't in the mood for either at the moment, but she still picked up saying "Winston".
"Hey Julia, it's Calleigh, Kyle has….." she heard Calleigh's southern drawl in the other end, but didn't care too much about listening until Calleigh said "Julia, are you there?"
"I'm here, why isn't Horatio dealing with it, I thought he was down there," said Julia tiredly.
"He's outta town for a couple of days, something related a case, I though you knew," said Calleigh surprised.
"Oh yeah, he told me… I just forgot, so I guess I have to pick up that idiot son of mine," she said with a sigh.
"Julia, are you all right?" Calleigh asked concerned, as it was not like her after what she knew to say something like that about Kyle. He was after all her little angel.
"Not really, no. I'll be right there," said Julia and hung up before Calleigh could say anything else.
"You go wait in the car, I'll be right out," said Julia to Kyle in a warning tone so he didn't dare to do otherwise.
Calleigh looked over at the other blonde, she looked both sad and tired and this probably didn't help her at all, Julia sighed and asked, "Will this get on his record as well?"
"No, demeanor, we can let it slide this once," said Calleigh honest.
"Thanks, I'll try to talk to him so it won't happen again," she said with a sigh.
"Is there anything I can do?" Calleigh offered.
"For him, hardly, you know how he's been lately," said Julia.
"No, I meant for you, I'm a pretty good listener," said Calleigh looking into Julia's green brown eyes.
"I dunno to be honest," said Julia with another sigh.
"Well call me if there is anything," said Calleigh with a vague smile, handing her a note with her number on.
"Mhm," said Julia before she nodded and left.
"Why would you do that?" Calleigh heard Eric ask behind her as he placed his hands on her waist.
"Do what?" she asked confused as she turned to reach up and give him a light kiss.
"Offer to help Julia," he answered.
"Well she's isn't having an easy time at the moment and to be honest I think she might need a friend or two," said Calleigh.
"It's Julia, you can't make her nice" said Eric with a sigh.
"You know you can be a jerk sometimes," she snapped at him.
"Sorry," he said shocked.
"You know just because she's not the easiest to deal with that doesn't mean she doesn't need any friends," said Calleigh annoyed.
"You're hopeless," he said with a huff, just as Calleigh's phone rang, she replied "Duquesne" as she held Eric on arm's length so he couldn't see who was calling.
"Yeah, sure I can over tonight, do you want me to bring anything, uh-huh, ehm, mhm, yeah right, yeah, see you then," she said and hung up.
"So I take it we are no longer up for that date tonight," said Eric annoyed and started heading out of the building.
"Stupid Eric," Calleigh thought with a huff before heading to firearms.
Why Calleigh was dating Eric she did in fact not know, of course she cared about him a lot and she did respect him, and she did also love him, but she didn't quite know if she was in love with him or if she only was with him because he loved her.
She looked at the screen, pictures of the two of them floating by one after another, it looked so harmonic, she startled when she heard Natalia say "It's not as harmonic as it looks is it?"
"Tell me a relationship that is, we all have our problems" said Calleigh with a sigh.
"True, mine hardly is," said Natalia and smiled vaguely at her, she was at the moment in a long distance relationship.
"Yeah how is that going?" Calleigh asked.
"Good, really good actually if you don't think of the fact that we wanna spend every single moment of every single day with each other and that we can't," said Natalia with a sigh.
"One of you could move," said Calleigh.
"If only it was that simple," said Natalia.
"Mhm," said Calleigh thinking of Eric that more or less lived at her place now. She didn't know if she liked all his stuff all over her place, but she didn't have the heart to throw him out either.
"Are you happy with him?" Natalia asked.
"I guess," Calleigh replied not really knowing anymore as she and Natalia headed towards the break room to have a coffee break together.
It was late night at the Winston residence two blonde ladies was more than tipsy drinking and talking.
"So then I said Eric, you can't just fire a rifle like that no training, what do he do, does it and end up with a black eye, not very sexy," said Calleigh and broke apart in giggles.
"For how long did he have it?" Julia asked.
"I dunno, a couple of weeks at least," said Calleigh honest.
Julia giggled as they heard the front door open and Kyle entered the room looking at the two of them and asked, "Calleigh, what are you doing here?"
"Uhm drinking with your mother apparently," she said with another giggle.
"I thought you weren't supposed to drink with your meds," said Kyle looking over at Julia.
"Who cares," said Julia smiling at Calleigh.
"So dad goes away and you become gay," he said, glaring at them.
"I will not have you speak to me in that manor, now go to your room you have to get up early for work," she said in a warning tone.
"Whatever," he replied and rolled his eyes at her before he left.
"See… That's what I'm saying, he doesn't listen and he's like that all the time," she said.
"He's a teenager what did you expect, I bet you weren't all too nice to your parents either that age," said Calleigh honest.
"Not all the time at least, what about you then, did you sneak out to meet guys?" Julia replied with a smile.
"Uh-huh all the time," said Calleigh looking into Julia's eyes.
"But you always came home in time," said Julia.
"Had too, had school," said Calleigh honest.
"How old were you first time you….?" Julia asked curiously.
"Uhm fifteen, per pressure and I didn't like it at all, you?" Calleigh replied just like that.
"Seventeen, boyfriend, my dad's Porsche, he just used me," she said with a sigh.
"How nice, oh gotto go, be right back," said Calleigh and headed for the bathroom while Julia just smiled after her.
In another house which Valera and Natalia were now sharing as Valera's apartment were being renovated Natalia were now chattering with her boyfriend on MSN.
BoaNat: I really, really wish you were here, kinda lonely without you.
Det. Taylor: I know sweetheart, I wish I could be there too, so how long is Val staying?
BoaNat: Dunno exactly, but I don't mind this house is more than big enough for us both.
Det. Taylor: Sure is and maybe for I dunno children in the future.
BoaNat: You want that?
Det. Taylor: Kinda do as Reed is not mine if you get me, you don't?
BoaNat: I do, just not yet I think.
Det. Taylor: No hurry, so what are you up to at the moment.
BoaNat: Relaxing after a bad day at work with a glass of wine, you?
Det. Taylor: Reading a book and thinking about you :o)
BoaNat: Aren't you just the sweetest.
Det. Taylor: No you are ;o)
Natalia was at this point reaching for her glass of wine, but somehow managed to spill it all over her laptop so it came some sparks up and the screen went black.
"No, no, no, No," she shouted out in frustration.
"What's going on?" Valera asked that came storming into the room.
"I wrecked the laptop and just when I was in the middle of a conversation with…" she stopped.
"With whom?" Valera asked curiously.
"Uhm boyfriend, I have to call him so he doesn't think I ditched him," she said, dialed his number and said, "Detective."
"Sweetheart, what happened?" he asked concerned.
"I spilled wine over the computer and killed it," she said with a sigh.
"Not good, so I take it you are going to shop for a new tomorrow then," he said a tad amused.
"Yes, you are amused aren't you?" she said.
"A little," he replied.
"I so can't afford this right now," she said with a huff.
"I can always buy you one," he said.
"Really you would do that," she said happily.
"Yes just tell me which one and I'll make sure a store right next to you holds one," he said.
"Thank you so much, but I gotto go," she said.
"Yeah I know, need your sleep so talk to you later and I love you," he said.
"I love you to and yes I'll talk to you later," she said and hung up.
"So are you gonna tell me who you are dating?" Valera asked.
"Maybe later, now I need to sleep," said Natalia and ran upstairs to her room.
Calleigh sleepily opened her eyes and looked around trying to remember where she was, and how she had ended up there.
She sat up and saw Julia sleeping next to her on the couch fully dressed like her thinking, "At least we didn't do anything."
Calleigh got up and headed for the bathroom hearing Julia say "Leaving before you had any breakfast?"
"No, just gonna freshen up a little bit," said Calleigh calmly.
"Sure about that?" Julia asked as she could see that Calleigh was panicking.
"Uhm, I need too…" Calleigh said as she did walk fast towars the bathroom.
"Calleigh please come out, I need to use the bathroom too," Julia begged from outside the door, it had gone thirty minutes.
"Just a moment," said Calleigh, finished up and got out to let Julia in.
"Don't go, OK," said Julia looking into her emerald eyes.
"OK," said Calleigh and went back out to the living room when her phone rang, she took it and said, "Duquesne."
"Hey sweetheart, it's me, where are you?" she heard Eric ask in the other end.
"Nowhere," she replied, not caring too much to explain.
"You're still with Julia aren't you?" Eric asked shocked.
"Well I don't have to tell you where I'm going every minute of every day now do I?" she said tiredly.
"No, but it would be nice to know where my girl was, I was thinking of taking you out for breakfast before work," he said with a sigh.
"Well even if that was a nice though I have to pass as I'm having breakfast here," she said and hung up before he had time to say anything else.
"Eric?" she heard Julia say.
"Mhm" she replied.
"How long have you been a couple?" asked Julia.
"Almost six months now, but…." She stopped looking down.
"No need to explain," said Julia, gently placed a hand under her chin and raised it to plant a kiss on Calleigh's red lips before backing away before placing some of her blonde hair behind her ear. As Calleigh looked at her she leaned her head against Julia's hand with a sigh, before Julia removed it saying "So how do you take your coffee?"
"With sugar," said Calleigh and followed her to the kitchen.
"Awww you were up all night thinking of me," said Natalia. She was on the phone with Mac walking into the lab.
"I was yes, you are my favorite thing to think about," said Mac in the other end.
"You are just the sweetest," she said with a giggle.
"No you are as always, oh I have some news" said Mac.
"Oh what?" she asked curiously.
"I can take the weekend of so I can come over to see you," he said.
"Really you can come to see me, oh my I can hardly wait," she said excitedly.
"I can, but now I gotto work, so I'll call you later," he said.
"Yes same here, I'd rather talk to you though," she said with a sigh.
"I know, but…" he said.
"Yes…., She replied.
"I love you," he said.
"And I you," she said as she hung up she heard Eric ask "So are you going to tell me at all what happened with Julia last night and this morning since you didn't manage to get back home?"
"No I don't see why I should have to, don't you trust me?" Calleigh replied annoyed.
"Of course I do, but….," He said.
"You don't trust me do you?" she said, the question hung in the air.
"Says the one wearing the same clothes she was wearing yesterday," he said.
"Oh so I cannot wear the same thing two days in a row now," she said.
"Of course, it's just that and the fact you weren't home at all last night," he said honest.
"Just say it, you don't trust me, you think I've done something with her," she said.
"Well yeah I do, so is she better than me?" Eric yelled.
"God you're so stupid you know that and we're so over," she yelled back before running to Horatio's office that was hers now that he was out of town.
A moment later Natalia knocked on Calleigh's office door and asked, "Calleigh are you OK?"
"Fine, just fine," she answered with a sigh.
"So I take it you are not gonna make up with Eric?" said Natalia, looking at her friend.
"No, it doesn't feel right anymore," she said with a sigh.
"If you don't mind me asking, were you with Julia all night?" Natalia asked a tad curious as she didn't think Calleigh would cheat on Eric and from the conversation got that she had been at Julia's.
"I was, we were talking over some wine, it got late and I slept on the couch," she said honest.
"Really, how did you end up there?" asked Natalia a bit surprised.
"She came to pick up Kyle yesterday and I said if you need anyone I'm here or something like that, it was actually quite fun," said Calleigh with a giggle.
"That I can actually for some weird reason imagine," said Natalia and smiled at her.
"The best part was when Kyle came home and accused us of being gay," she said.
"Were you?" Natalia asked.
"No, we were just joking and having fun like friends do," said Calleigh thinking, "At least not until this morning, if you can count that at all".
"So she's not as bad as you first think then?" Natalia asked.
"No, at least not what I could see," said Calleigh.
"I see, will you call her again?" Natalia asked.
"I think so, maybe," said Calleigh thoughtfully.
"Oh you would never believe what happened right before you and Eric…" Natalia suddenly said.
"What?" asked Calleigh, now it was her turn to be curious.
"Boyfriend got the weekend of and he's coming to see me," said Natalia excitedly.
"Cool, do I get to meet him then," said Calleigh.
"Maybe, but I gotto go, I need to go back to the crime scene," said Natalia and left.
It was later that day and Calleigh picked up her phone and dialed Julia's number, but got the machine saying: "You reached Julia Winston, I'm sorry I can't take the phone right now, but if you leave me a message I promise I will get back to you as soon as possible."
Calleigh listened to the beep and said, "Hey Julia it's me Calleigh, just wanted to say that I had the most fun last night hope you're not as hangover as I am, well call me later OK, bye."
Julia was not only hangover she had nerves and she was even further down than the day before, at least before she and Calleigh was having fun that was.
Calleigh, Julia didn't know why but there was something about her that seemed very appealing at the moment, so without thinking more about it she went over to the crime lab.
Calleigh startled by the door to her office being opened and Julia coming in, she did not look good.
"Julia, are you OK?" Calleigh asked concerned.
"I think, I think I want you," said Julia, her voice was shivering.
"Excuse me," said Calleigh calmly.
"I think I want you," said Julia again.
"You can't just walk into my office and do that you know," said Calleigh.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have done so," said Julia and looked down.
"No, you shouldn't," said Calleigh with a head tilt.
"So is there any hope?" asked Julia.
"Maybe, but not here and not now," said Calleigh.
"Really you would," said Julia excitedly.
"Easy there," said Calleigh as she was in fact not sure.
"Either you do or you don't," said Julia.
"I dunno, this is all very new for me, I need to think, just don't do anyone else right now OK," said Calleigh.
"As you wish," said Julia and left her.
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