Song fic about Calleigh, mostly, and it has Horatio too, but it's not romance! When I heard this song, I immediately thought of this! (I heard it after watching Horatio's marriage to Marisol) And I am working on my other story, "Emotional Roller Coaster" and I'll have the next chapter up soon, but I'm not done with it yet! I haven't forgotten about it, I just had to do something different for a change. ENJOY!!!
--
Thousands of people
Live in this town
And I had to run into him
When I saw him there
On that busy street
Those feelings came back again
There was nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide
He walked up to me
Looked in my eyes
Calleigh Duquesne fought against the Miami wind as she shoved her hands into her pockets, striding through the streets of Miami. She bumped into quite a few people, but they didn't matter. She remembered the past few months of her life, how she had switched to SWAT. She just couldn't work with Horatio Caine anymore, not since she had finally acknowledged that she loved him.
She hadn't told him that, though.
He had started dating Eric's sister Marisol, and she knew that she couldn't compete with Marisol. Apparently dark haired Latinos were Horatio's type, as that was what Yelina had been too. Not that she had anything against those two women at all, she honestly liked Yelina, and Marisol was a good woman. She was a good choice for Horatio, and she wished the both of them nothing but the best of luck.
But that didn't mean she had to like Horatio dating and loving someone other than her. It honestly broke her heart, and she just couldn't work like that. She had taken the coward's way out, by giving her transfer papers to Stetler, who processed them immediately for her. He had never liked her, and he was only too happy to push her transfer papers through. When she had gotten the news that she was transferring to SWAT, she had told the team, who was shocked.
She hated the looks on their faces, but she had to do it, and they no doubt wouldn't understand. At least, they might, but she couldn't tell them the truth. She had lied to them, telling them that she just needed a change, that the hours would work better with her father anyways. She knew that there was one person that hadn't bought her story, and that one person was the one she was so desperate to have him believe her.
That man was Horatio Caine.
He knew her too well to think that all she needed was a change, and he knew that if she needed to go early or come in late all she had to do was tell him and he wouldn't have a problem with it. But Calleigh couldn't think of any other excuse, so that was the one she used. A few days later, she was transferred to SWAT, though she worked with the CSIs on numerous times. She avoided the lab, as she had seen Marisol sneaking in to see Horatio a few times, and her heart couldn't take seeing that again.
Her reverie was interrupted as she almost ran into someone. She muttered "Sorry" and kept walking. She kept her head up now, making sure the same thing didn't happen, but her thoughts still strayed to Horatio. And then, all of a sudden, she saw red hair appear in the crowd, walking along the streets. She almost stopped in her tracks. It was the red hair of Horatio Caine, her former boss and friend.
Horatio's blue eyes met her green ones, and his lit up at the sight of her. She smiled at him, her first genuine smile in a while, and he jerked his head towards a small alcove near the end of the street. She followed him there, freaking out about what in the heck she was going to say to him.
And still
The world stood still
I couldn't move
And all I could feel
Was this aching in my heart
Sayin I loved him still
He turned around and looked her straight in the eyes, and she almost stopped breathing. She hadn't seen those blue eyes in such a long time; they were like a balm to her very soul. She couldn't take her eyes off of him as he studied her.
"You look great, Calleigh." He said quietly, and she twitched a smile.
"Thanks. You too." She said, a smile quirking on her face. She thought to herself that she was doing good, that all she had to do was keep up the charade. His blue eyes latched onto hers again, and she couldn't move again. Her heart sped up a little, and she thanked God that he couldn't hear it. "So, how's the lab doing?" She asked, and he ducked his head, smiling a little.
"We're hanging in there. Eric has a new girlfriend, Jennifer I think her name is, and I think it's actually serious this time. Ryan is adjusting to his new position as Level 2, and Natalia, well, let's just say she's spending a lot of time at Ryan's, and she answered his cell once." Horatio said, and Calleigh laughed.
"Wow. I heard about Ryan's promotion, that's great. I've had lunch with those two a few times, and I've got to say, I think Ryan's pretty helpless when it comes to Natalia." She said, and Horatio snapped his head up.
"Oh? And I didn't get an invitation?" He said teasingly, and she blushed before ducking her head.
"Well, um, I didn't think of it, actually, I should've called you, I'm…" before she could finish Horatio interrupted,
"Calleigh, don't worry about it. And relax, I'm still your friend, no matter what you did, okay?" She nodded and smiled at him.
"So, how's Valera doing?"
"Pretty good, though I don't think she's going to be a CSI soon. She doesn't really like the field that much, I don't think. But, I've heard she's got a boyfriend."
"Wow. The lab's turned into one great big soap opera, huh?" Calleigh said, laughing. Horatio nodded, laughing himself.
"And Alexx is doing okay." He said, and Calleigh nodded.
"I know. I heard she got an intern, Dr. Tara Price."
"And you know this how?"
"I've had lunch with them too. It's amazing how much time I get for lunch." Calleigh said teasingly, and Horatio laughed.
He said "How've you been?
It's great to see you again,
You're really a sight for sore eyes"
I said "I can't complain
Oh I'm doin fine"
We talked, as the people rushed by
We laughed about old times
And all we went through
That's when he hugged me
And said "I've missed you"
"Enough about the lab, how've you been?" Horatio asked seriously, and Calleigh shrugged.
"Not bad, really."
"I heard Jake left town." Horatio said quietly, and Calleigh sighed.
"Yeah. I told him I couldn't wait for him anymore, he asked me to wait for him, I told him I couldn't. And I can't, Horatio, I can't live like that. Ask Yelina how that's like; I really get what she was going through now." She said, and Horatio nodded.
"It's really great to see you again, Calleigh." He said softly, and she ducked her head, smiling.
"It's great to see you too. I think you and Eric are the only ones I haven't seen in a while."
"Eric? Why not?"
"He never got to have lunch with me. I guess I know why, because of his new girlfriend. She's more important than me, I guess." Calleigh said with fake jealousy, and Horatio laughed, knowing it was fake. He looked at her for a long moment, and sighed. "What's wrong?" She asked him, and he twitched a smile, saying,
"You are really a sight for sore eyes, I have to say." She blushed and ducked her head, though her heart leapt at those words.
"I could say the same thing about you." Calleigh said, and Horatio smiled, repeating,
"Could."
"Yeah, could." Calleigh said, teasing him. He smiled, and said,
"So seriously, how are you doing in SWAT?"
"I can't complain, it's pretty good, actually. Kind of exhilarating, the feeling that I got whenever I put a bad guy away." Calleigh said, and Horatio nodded, knowing the feeling.
And still
The world stood still
I couldn't move
And all I could feel
Was this aching in my heart
Sayin I loved him still
The two of them talked about past cases and the great times they had shared as partners and as friends. They stayed away from a touchy subject, though, and that subject was Speed. In a way, Calleigh was grateful to Speed, as that was the only time Horatio had ever hugged her. She had relished the feeling of him holding her, though her heart was breaking from Speed's death.
She mentally slapped herself, she had to stop thinking about the dark times of her life and focus on the one at hand, the one where Horatio was talking to her, joking with her, laughing with her like they used to do. Until Marisol had come along, and then they had barely spoken at all.
Then, Horatio had looked at her for a moment, and then said quietly, "Come here, Calleigh." She wrapped her arms around his neck, while he put his arms around her waist and pulled her close. She laid her head on his shoulder, while he rested his chin on the top of her head. He held her for a long moment, and Calleigh prayed that he couldn't feel her heart racing.
She couldn't move from being held, actually held by Horatio. It had been a fantasy, a dream of hers, and now it was coming true. She knew that at that moment, her world was standing still, and all the people walking by had disappeared, they were no long there, and they no longer mattered. All that mattered was Horatio, and herself, and they were in a world of their own.
And all she could really feel was an aching in her heart that simply told her that she loved him still.
Horatio released her gently, and they both stood back. Horatio held onto her hands for a long moment, and then released them. They kept looking at each other for a long moment, until something broke the silence.
That's when she walked up to him
He said
"This is my wife"
I gave my best smile
But I was dyin' inside
He said "We've got to go now
It's
getting late
It was so good to see you"
And then he walked away
Heels clicked along the street, and a voice called, "Horatio!" Horatio broke his and Calleigh's gaze and turned to the voice.
"Marisol!" He said, a broad grin stretching across his face, a grin Calleigh hadn't seen in a long time. Her heart began sinking as she walked to him and he took her hand. Horatio turned to Calleigh and said, "Calleigh, this is my wife, Marisol Delko-Caine."
Those words pierced Calleigh's heart like one of her beloved bullets.
She couldn't breathe.
Her heart stopped.
Her brain stopped working.
She couldn't even see.
Her world stopped turning again, but for the wrong reasons.
It couldn't be true. It just couldn't. Calleigh's trained eyes found the matching wedding bands on their fingers, and an irrational part of her screamed that it was all fake, it was all a trap, but the rational part of her calmly told her that she was too late, that he already was someone else's, and that someone was Marisol Delko-Caine.
"You must be Eric's sister. It's good to finally meet you." Calleigh managed to say with a smile, but inside she was dying of a broken heart.
No, not just broken. Completely shattered.
She and Marisol shook hands, and then Horatio said, "We've got to get going, Calleigh, it's getting pretty late." Calleigh nodded, and managed to say,
"Yeah, I'd better get home, I've got work tomorrow." They three stood there, until Calleigh bit the bullet, so to speak, and said, "It was great to meet you, Marisol, and it was so good to see you again, Horatio."
"Same here, Calleigh." Horatio said, and Marisol nodded, adding,
"Yes, you must come over our house for dinner one night! The way Eric and Horatio talk about you, I thought you were a long-lost family member! I'll give you a call sometime, all right?" Calleigh nodded, her throat closing up on her for a moment. She would really love to have dinner with them, but she knew her heart couldn't take it.
"Sure, that'd be great." Calleigh said, and Horatio turned to walk away with Marisol clutching his arm. He turned and said to Calleigh,
"Don't be a stranger, Cal, I'd love to have one of those lunches with you." She nodded and managed to wave before staring at the pair of them as they disappeared down the street. She stood there, as the people rushed around her, and she stared after Horatio.
All she could think of was that she still loved him, but now she couldn't even tell him that. She loved him still, and that was never going to change.
And still
My world stood still
I couldn't move
And all I could feel
Was this aching in my heart
Sayin I loved him still
--
My first DuCaine angst ending story! Usually I end happily, but with this song I just couldn't. I love Reba and her voice is awesome, and this song is great! I love this song! Thanks for reading, and I hope you liked it! Please review, and adios!!!