Natalia stood there watching them: It had become sort of a habit for her. Watching these two gave her something to look forward to everyday. No matter how bad her day was she knew that she could come to lab and see these two, and watch their love unfold before her own eyes. Because even if they deny it, everyone around can tell that these to are madly, deeply and irrevocably in love with each other. Natalia knows they love each other; she can see it in their eyes.
Calleigh Duquesne and Eric Delko are meant to be together. They are like Johnny and June, or Barbie and Ken, they have their obstacles but Natalia has no doubt that they would overcome them all; she would never believe any different. Natalia had had her own past with Delko; but that is what it was and was where it belonged, in the past. Their relationship—if that is what you wanna call it—was nothing but physical. What Eric and Calleigh have together though is much more. Not only does he want a physical relationship with Calleigh he wants the mental and emotional parts to. He wants it all with Calleigh; he is in love with her.
Natalia watches really close—she sees all the small things—all the things they try to hide. She has noticed how close they have become since Eric was shot, and even more so since Calleigh's abduction. She was there with Eric when he was looking for her after her kidnapping, when he found out Coop had posted her new number, she knew how worried he was for Calleigh. She was also there with Calleigh when she realized that she may never see Eric alive again. The whole team took Eric's shooting hard but it had hit Calleigh the most. Natalia started thinking that that was the day that Calleigh realized she was in love with Eric. Natalia doesn't understand why those two aren't together yet. She knows the answer though and his name is Jake Berkley, not that Jake is a bad guy or anything, he is just not the guy for Calleigh. He has broken her heart two to many times. Eric would never do that and Calleigh knows this.
Natalia sees them standing at the front desk. He sees the way Calleigh leans into Eric when she is laughing at something he says, or how no matter what they are talking about Eric has he attention directly on Calleigh. Or how when someone else works a case with Eric, just at the mention of Calleigh's name his eyes light up and you know she has his heart. Then you look back at Calleigh and you realize that she also knows that she has his heart. Calleigh knows and she has known for a while, all she needs to do is say something but Natalia and Eric both know that that is the greatest challenge of all getting Calleigh to admit to the truth. It is not really the truth she has a problem with, it's not the rules of the office that are keeping them apart, none of those things is what is keeping Eric and Calleigh apart. It is rather Calleigh's own insecurities that are doing that for them.
She sees it then, while watching them again she sees Calleigh slowly move closer to Eric, slowly lean into him as she has wanted to do for a long time. She looks up at Eric's face and sees the love in his eyes. She sees in his eyes that their will never be another woman for the great Eric Delko, Calleigh has his heart and he will never get it back. Not that he would want it back though. It is the that Natalia knows that the two people standing in front of her, have an epic love story, one that will be looked back on for many years to come, one that will go on forever; even if they don't know that themselves.
