Okay well this is something I thought up so I hope ya'll like it...

ERIC AND CALLEIGH--

She walked over to the coffee shop, all she wanted was coffee and a little peace and quite. After the weekend she had, dealing with her nieces she was definitely re-thinking the whole children thing. She loves kids but dealing with that for 24 hours 7 days a week may not be possible. Then there was the problem of finding a man. The dates she has been on were all busts. She never realized how many jerks there were out there till now. She hated blind dates...her friends are awesome but really don't know what kind of man she likes. She likes a man who is nice and funny, cute and who has a sense of humor but not the kind that says something or tells a joke that's not funny and he only person who is laughing, then they get mad at you if you don't laugh so you just let out a little giggle. She has met a lot of them. She wants a man who is smart AND sexy. Yes that's right she wants the combo and she defiantly won't settle for anything less. She is a CSI for the Miami Dade Police Department; she loves her job and the people who work there. Her specialty? Guns, lots and lots of guns. She loves them just as much as her family, she even thinks of them as a part of her. This would usually scare off the guys because most of them think that women would be scary with guns, granted some of them are but not her. Calleigh is a sweet, bubbly, always smiling, southern girl. She is determined, competitive, and stubborn and is nice to everyone, but only if you deserve it. She trusts certain people and she's known them for ages. Her boss Heratio is one of them, including Natalia, whom she didn't trust in the beginning, Valara, Ryan, and Eric, who she trusts with every fiber of her being. These people ARE her family, they fight like a family, they work together like a family, the support each other like a family and they simply act like a family.

She opened the door to the shop and sat down at a table. A waiter came over to her with a big smile plastered on his face. She's seen him around before; he seems to be nice and very personable. He was about six feet tall and had sandy brown hair; his eyes were a very pretty shade of hazel. She realized that she had been staring at him for longer than was necessary.

"Miss? Excuse me miss, but do you want to order or shall I come back?"

"Oh yeah sorry, umm may I have a black coffee please?" she said with a smile. He nodded and wrote it down, then left.

She was a little baffled by this, it was only one cup of coffee, really its not rocket science, lord knows she could do it. Wow was she really this mean? She was having an off day and to add to that she only had about three hours of sleep but was that really necessary? Even though she had only thought it, she still felt bad. She was going to try and be a little nicer like her usual self. The waiter came over to her with her coffee and placed it down in front of her. She thanked him kindly and he left with a bigger smile on his face.

Sitting there sipping her coffee, she found herself thinking about work again. It was her day off for God sake! She was supposed to be relaxing not doing or thinking anything pertaining to work.

She heard the bell on the door ring, signaling someone coming in. She didn't pay to much attention to it except for the fact that the bell pulled her out of her thoughts. She looked at her coffee and took in the sweet smell, it almost calmed her. The next thing she knew there sitting in front of her was Eric. She looked up at him and smiled. She was graced with another one of his famous smiles. She always loved his smile and the way he would act towards her. If he was in a bad mood he wouldn't show her that emotion but she knew it was there. He would always put on a smile when he went to see her and then the next minuet he would be talking to someone else with a frown on his face. They were best friends or were they more? She honestly didn't know...she likes him more than a best friend but to what extent? Again she didn't know. One of the things she loves about their relationship is that they know what the other is thinking, they could finish each others sentences...it was uncanny.

"Penny for your thoughts?" He asked sweetly.

"Hmm? Oh sorry umm, no I'm just thinking about stuff."

"So you do have coffee at your place...right?"

"Yeah why?"

"Well then why are you here wasting money when it's easier, not to mention cheaper to

drink it at home?" He inquired.

"Because I drank it all." She simply said.

"You drank ALL of your coffee in your house?" He chuckled.

"Yup."

"Why? I mean there must have been a reason that you HAD to drink all of it."

"Nieces."

"Nieces? What about them?"

"They slept over my house all five of them. My god I can deal with two maybe three kids but five? One I don't even know how my sister-in-law could just pop out five kids without a second thought, I mean she's like a freakin' bunny! Two, why five, why not three or better yet one. I mean if you have on there's no-one to fight with. I spent the whole weekend with them and got how many hours of sleep? Three, yes that's right three! Out 24 hours in a day, only three of those hours were spent sleeping! Don't get me wrong I love children; hey if I find the right guy I'll have them but not five definitely not five. Hell not even four maybe three or any less." Her rant was finished and with a loud huff she looked down at her coffee cup and thought about everything that had just come out of her mouth.

"Wow Calleigh gets cranky when she's tired." He said with a laugh. She put her head in her hands and took in a deep breath. Finally she looked up at him and smiled sweetly.

"Sorry. And yes when I don't get enough sleep I get nasty and tend to bite off anyone's head if they get in my way. I have to try and control that because one day I'm gonna' bite off the wrong person's head. Plus it's rude and I'm not usually that person. So again sorry." He smiled at her. Even though she was in a bad mood because lack of sleep, she still would try to be that nice and bubbly Calleigh that he and everyone else loved.

She took the last sip of her coffee and put it down. As Calleigh was looking out the window, the waiter walked over to her.

"Miss." he said loudly, Calleigh jumped at his tone of voice. She was so involved at looking at a cute man walking by. She turned her head back to the waiter and gave him an apologetic smile.

"Sorry how much?"

"Four fifty." She dug around in her purse for money but Eric beat her to it.

"Eric, you don't have to do that."

"I want to so don't argue, your gonna' loose this one." They both got up and walked out the door.

As they were walking, she spotted the same man she was distracted by. He made eye contact with her and smiled, she being who she was, smiled back. He walked over to Calleigh. She just then realized that she was with Eric and it would be extremely rude of her to flirt with another man...why? She had no idea, but it just felt wrong...he was very cute though. He got close enough to her so that he could talk to her.

"Hi." He simply said.

"Hello." Right then she had no more words that she could put into sentences. He was staring at her for a long time, that is until he realized that she was starting to blush.

"Sorry I'm Sean O'Conner and you?" He asked sweetly.

"Calleigh Duquesne and this is my friend Eric Delko." She pointed out.

"Hi, so do you mind if we can get coffee at some point." His beeper went off, he looked down and sighed. "You know what here's my cell phone number I always have it on so you can call me anytime and we can set up a time and place." He wrote down his number and placed it in her hand. "It was a pleasure meeting you. I'll talk to you soon?" He asked hopefully.

"Yes, I'll give you a call. And it was a pleasure meeting you too." She smiled sweetly.

"You know I really like that smile of yours. It's very beautiful and if I may add you are too." This time she turned even brighter color red and suddenly found her shoes very interesting. "Well I should go and stop embarrassing you."

"Bye." She said as he left. Just as Eric was about to say something when Calleigh's cell phone rang. "Hello? Samantha you cant be serious...but they are gonna kill me! I already spent two days with them...I know I'm their aunty but I will be working on only three hours of sleep...okay fine but you so owe me...yeah okay love ya too...mmhmm bye." She put the phone back in her pocket and let out a huff.

"You okay?" He asked.

"I have to baby-sit again tonight. The same five children as before. I'm gonna' be so tired. Well I better go and get ready for the 'angels'. See you later?" She asked hopefully.

"If you want I can help, I'm good with kids. I baby-sit all the time."

"Don't you have other things to do?"

"Like what?"

"Oh I don't know, you must have a date tonight. I mean when I heard Ryan ask you out for drinks you always say you have a date. So I just figured that you would be busy." It came out a little curter than she would have liked but it just slipped out and she would've loved to take it back.

"Wow. Umm I don't know how to respond to that ummm-"

"I'm sorry. It's that whole not getting enough sleep thing. And yes I would love your help...that is if you still want to be near me after the little out burst and also on how snippy I can be."

"I can't say no to you. Yes I will." He smiled.

ERIC AND CALLEIGH--

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