1Disclaimer: I only own my original characters. Everything else belongs to Anthony Zuiker... are we sure? I really thought I saw my name in the credits.... no? Oh. Darn.

Prologue

"I'm worried about her." Horatio said quietly. He, Alexx, and Eric watched as Calleigh shot off her 9mm over and over.

"She loved him." Alexx said. "She still does."

"She needs to get over it." Horatio said.

"Get over it? Is that what we're going to do?" Eric asked. "You make it like Speed's not that important. We're not just going to get over him being dead. Its going to take a while for us to realize what happened."

"He's right Horatio. Not all of us can be like you, un-flinched by Tim's death." Alexx said and walked away.

"Eric go get Wolfe and get over to the crime scene." Horatio said.

"I'm not working with him. He thinks he can come in here and replace Speed."

"That's what he's supposed to do!" Horatio yelled. "Now get going or you can start cleaning out your locker."

Calleigh turned around.

"You know I know y'all have been standing there watching me and since you were so caught up in your conversation you didn't know I had stopped and was listening. Eric's right Horatio. Ryan comes in here everyday thinking he owns the place and he doesn't. You know what he said to me yesterday? He said if you need me I'll be in my lab and he walked into Trace. That's not his lab."

"Yeah. Its Speed's." Eric said. Horatio stared at his subordinates.

"You two have to get on with your lives. Ryan is now part of this team and you'll deal with it. If you don't then you can quit or I'll fire you. Your pick." he said.

"Get on with our lives? Obviously you didn't care for Tim too much if you think you can throw him away like this." Calleigh exclaimed.

"Calleigh, he's dead. People die all the time. You know that. You've seen it. Get over it." Horatio said. "Do you think he would want you to be moping around? No. He'd want you to get your ass outside and do your job. Now go."

"Horatio I am so sick of you." Calleigh said. He turned around.

"Excuse me?"

"I am sick of you living in this shell making everyone believe that you have nothing wrong with you. You don't have to be the tough guy all the time."

"And if I don't who would?" Horatio asked and walked out.

"I hate him!" Calleigh hissed.

"You don't hate him." Eric said, hugging her.

"Yeah I do. Because he makes it seem like there's its not a big deal." Calleigh said, tears filling her eyes. "Eric, I miss him so much."

"I know. I do too." he said. Calleigh pulled away from him and wiped her eyes. She was about to speak when her cell phone went off.

"Duquesne."

"Calleigh its Dr. Collins."

"Oh hi. What's going on?"

"I got your test back. You are pregnant."

FIVE YEARS LATER

"Calleigh, I need to talk to you." Horatio said. She followed Horatio to his office.

"Okay... a few months ago I got a call." Horatio started, stopping at his closed door. Slowly he opened it and Calleigh let out a gasp. Behind Horatio's desk sat Tim Speedle.