Calleigh sat down at her desk, dead tired and aching all over. Her latest run in with Jack had really exhausted her, and that shot had really hurt, even though she'd done her best to hide it. Now all she wanted was to get her report of the day's events finished, go home, crawl into bed and sleep.
After working for approximately 30 minutes, she heard a timid knock on the doorframe. Looking up, she saw Natalia standing outside, smiling shyly.
Calleigh waved her in and Natalia stepped into her office.
"Hay Natalia, what can I help you with?"
Calleigh gave the other woman a warm smile. She always ( nearly always, there had been a couple of days there some months ago when she'd wanted to strangle her) wanted to hug Natalia, to take away the hurt and insecurity she saw in the other woman's eyes.
Natalia blushed.
"Well, um. I thought that after today you might be very tired, and I was wondering if maybe you'd like for me to cook for you? That is if you're not too tired, and if like you're not doing something else tonight and – ummmmmm…. Maybe this was a bad idea?"
Calleigh was surprised and secretly very happy about Natalia's invitation. She knew from the Natalia's party a while back that she was a great cook though, and frankly speaking, Calleigh could really need some pampering.
"Natalia, that is a wonderful idea. I'd love some of your homemade cooking. Your place or mine?"
Natalia felt a rush of relief at not being turned down.
"I was thinking yours, since you must be tired. I can cook from basically nothing but maybe we should get a bottle of wine?"
"Great idea! I'll get my jacket and then we'll go!"
Both women laughed. Maybe today was not such a bad day after all….