'Bye Cal." She said, kissing his cheek.

His whole face turned a dark shade of red and he smiled, "Bye Lisa." She turned and walked to her father's car.

Cal smiled and stared at the ground as he walked away, "Who's that pretty little girl?"

"Shut up Collin." Cal hissed madly.

"Oh, baby brother has a girlfriend, does he?" Collin asked with a laugh. Cal glared at him and he laughed again, "Am I supposed to be scared? Don't forget that you're nine."

Cal kicked a rock on the ground and said, "You're not much older."

"You've forgotten, haven't you?" Cal shrugged and he chuckled, "I'm thirteen today! You can't forget my bloody birthday! I am officially a teenager!" Collin exclaimed.

Cal nodded, "Oh yeah. Happy birthday." He said with a small smile.

"What's wrong baby brother?" Collin asked, throwing an arm around Cal's neck and pulling him close. They continued to walk down the sidewalk, searching for their ride.

"Do you think Lisa likes me?" Cal asked, innocently looking up at Collin.

"Well, you are quite the charmer." Collin said in thought, "Yeah, I'm sure she does."

Cal smiled and then stopped and stared at the car in front of them, "Where's mum?" He asked.

Collin looked at the car that was occupied by their father, "Oh, yeah. She's in the hospital again."

Cal sighed, "Why?"

"You know why." Collin said.

"Collin."

"She's depressed. You know that. She isn't happy. She is trying to get happier." Collin said with a shrug.

"Why isn't she happy? Do we make her mad or sad?"

"No. It's just... it's like she's sick, but a little bit different." Collin opened the door for his little brother and then jumped in front with his father, "School was good." He answered his father's usual question.

.:.

Cal stared at the file in front of him. He was bored and looking for something interesting, He almost fell out of his chair when his cellphone rang loudly, "Lightman." He said, answering it.

"Hey baby brother. I'm in town, thought I might stop by and see my niece." Collin said happily.

"You are in town? Bloody hell, you live in London. What are you doing in D.C?" Cal asked, looking out the window.

"Vacation. Thought it might be nice to stop in with my only family."

"Nah, you have a wife."

"Yeah, she's coming along. Aren't ya love?"

Cal heard a woman mumble something in the background and he smiled, "Alright I'll see you in...?"

"Baby brother!" Collin yelled as he walked into Cal's office. He slipped his phone into his pocket and swooped Cal into a hug.

Cal laughed and hugged him back, patting Collin's back, "You came just for the hell of it, yeah?"

Collin chuckled and nodded, "Indeed I did. Now where is the lovely Emily?"

"She will be here in... about twenty minutes. She's on her way back from school."

Collin nodded and fell onto the couch, "Oi! Lisa! Come see your old boyfriend."

Cal glared at Collin and then smiled at the beautiful woman who slowly walked in. He kissed her on the edge of the lips and hugged her, "It's nice to see you again love."

She smiled, "The pleasure is all mine."

"Oh Cal, my darling partner, I have another boring - whoops." She stared at the other two adults in the room and blushed, "I.. I'm sorry."

"When did I become your darling partner?' Cal asked with a smile.

She gave him a look that she knew only he could read, "I was lightening the mood, because this is a really boring case." She smiled and slapped the file down in front of him.

"Oh gross." He shoved it to the edge of his desk and fell onto his chair, and stared at the ceiling.

Gillian awkwardly stood with Lisa and glanced around the room. Collin sat on the couch, staring at Gillian, "You gonna introduce us, baby brother?" He asked impatiently.

Cal looked at him and then to Gillian, "Sorry love." He said to her with a smile, "This is Gillian, my best friend and my business partner. This is my older brother Collin and his wife Lisa." Cal said, gesturing to the couple. Lisa had joined Collin on the couch and smiled.

"It's nice to meet you." Gillian said happily. She turned and pointed to the file, "It'll be the death of me. Have fun." She winked and was gone.

"Oh dad!" Emily said, running into the room, ignoring Collin and Lisa on the couch, "I got an A+ on my AP Chem test!"

"That's great." Cal said, taking the test and examining it, "Good job darling. Now look around."

"Huh?" She asked, "Uncle Collin!" She exclaimed. He had stood up and opened his arms with a smile. She threw her arms around him and buried her face in his chest, "Why are you here?"

"An uncle can't just show up to see his niece?"

"Not when he lives in London."

"Eh, Lisa and I were in town, thought we would stop by." He smiled.

Lisa hugged Emily as well and said, "It's very nice to see you. You look just like your father."

"I know! It sucks." She said, laughing at Cal's hurt expression.

.:.

"Baby brother. You gonna bring 'ome your girlfriend so I can meet her, yeah?" Collin asked, leaning back on his chair and smiling at his father.

"Down. Don't break my chair Collin." His father ordered.

"Yeah, she's comin' over tomorrow." Cal said, taking a seat at the table and taking a bite of his dinner.

"Nice. Is she that little Lisa girl from fourth grade?"

Cal nodded with a small smile, "Yeah. I didn't even ask until you were off for college. Couldn't bring myself to."

Collin laughed, "You been together for two years now?" Cal nodded, "So you got with her when you were fourteen?" Another nod, "That's cool."

:::

"Hello Collin." Lisa said sweetly, shaking his hand.

"'Ello." Collin smiled and winked at Cal, "She's changed alot since fourth grade, yeah?"

Cal nodded and took Lisa's hand, "Let's go."

"Don't stay out too late now." His father said as they walked out the door.

A/N: JUST in case you were wondering... this chapter was SUPPOSED to be really confusing! and it was ALL flashbacks! the first one was Cal and his brother Collin when Cal was nine and Collin was 13... the next was a couple months ago and the last was when Cal was 16 and Collin was 20... and trust me I have big plans for this so just stay with me, and no you have NO CLUE what will happen... actually... Jojo... you might know what, but that doesn't matter! Just read the next chapter please!