It had been a long day at the Miami crime lab, Stetler had been on everyone's back all day. Eric and Calleigh had been trying to keep out of his way, They had managed to keep there secret relationship from him until last year when the twins were born. Twin girls, Calleigh had a easy pregnancy. Eric had managed to sell his condo and move into Calleigh spare room, which was now the girls nursery. One of the twins looked just like Eric but in female form and the other twin was Calleigh's mini-me. The girls were just starting to walk and talk. Eric laughed every time one of them tried to stand but would fall and make a face. He would just help them stand and watch the smile they got when they were standing. They had also started to teeth. One of the girls had two front teeth on the upper jaw and the other had two front teeth on her lower jaw. They had cute smiles but they also looked kinda funny since they didn't have a full set of teeth yet and it was still mainly gums.
The other main thing was that both girls had Eric's cheeky grin, Calleigh and Eric had called the girls Christina and Philippa. Both girls loved to snuggled up to there daddy, Especially after he had bathed them, Eric would lay on the sofa and would read to them until they had fallen asleep, Calleigh had often walked into the living area to find that all three had fallen asleep. Pip would often be on his chest and Christi snuggled into his side. Both with they thumbs in there mouths. Even at One yr old, both girls were into everything Eric would often find things missing from his kit or one of the girls had placed a toy in there,
The girls liked the pink fingerprint powder, Anything that was bright and colourful, The girls would like to empty it all over the floor, So he and Calleigh would have to put their kits up on a high shelf or something so that the girls couldn't get into them and get into something that could hurt them.
Eric and Calleigh would take it in turns to feed the girls. Eric did Pip while Calleigh feed Christi or the opposite way around. Carmen and Pavel loved the two little girls and Carmen would baby sit them while Eric and Calleigh were at work.
Eric and Calleigh head home and on the way pick up some pizza.
When they get home Carmen looks up and points over to the door as they walk in.
"DADA!" Christina shouts and crawls quickly over to Eric and tugs on his pant leg and sit and holds up her arms and pouts. Pip is right behind her sister. "DADA" she also says. Pip also tugs on his pant leg, "UP" both girls say together. Eric grins and scoops both his adorable baby girls up before he heads towards the sofa. The girls had already started to fight over who would get all of Eric's attention. This Time Christi had won. just as Eric sat down she moved onto Eric's lap and Pushed Pip off Eric's other hip, making Pip fall back wards and hitting her head on the armrest. Pip bursts into tears and crawls back towards Eric, "Dada" Pip sobs holding her little chubby arms up to her dad. Eric holds his arm out to her, but everytime Pip tried to climb onto Eric lap, Christi would push her off again, In the end Pip climbed down and crawled towards her favourite place. A hidey hole behind Calleigh favourite chair. Pip had dragged her favourite soft toy and her Pink comforter blanket behind it, Wrapping herself up in her blanket and snuggling into her toy bear. She sobs her little heart out as she hears Christi giggling as Eric tickled her,
"Momma, No!" Christi says in an angry little voice, As Calleigh scoops her up from Eric's lap
"Christi, it Pip's turn for a hug with dada"
"Want dada!" She says trying to reach out for Eric again. As he walked by them and moved Calleigh's chair. Eric's heart broke in two everytime Christi pushed her sister away just to get to him. Scooping his eldest up {by five minutes} Eric holds Pip's little body to his. Moving the comforter down so he could see her face. A pair of little blood shot green colored eyes peer back at him.
"Hey." Eric said as he bounced her to try to get her to giggle. Pip sniffs and whimpers "Dada". Eric runs his hand over the back of her little head, There was a small bump. Pip sniffs some more. Eric sits down in Calleigh's chair and hugs her to his body.
"Shush, Pipsqueak, Christi didn't mean it. Daddy loves you both. Tomorrow you get first hug ok" Pip sniffs and snuggles into his arms a bit more. Eric looks down and plants a kiss on her head, Pip had fallen asleep in his arms.
"Come on let's put these two to bed." Calleigh whispered as Christi was asleep in her arms as well.
"Why does Christi do this to Pip. There only one year old" Eric asks Calleigh after they had put the girls down in there separate cribs "I don't know. Maybe she's jealous or something." Calleigh said.
"What at just a year old?" Eric asks
"Yea I guess." Calleigh mused.
"Pip, got a small bump on the back of her head." Eric says just as Pip lets out a scream.
Eric runs back up into the Twins Room. Scooping her up, Eric gently bounces her, but Pip just screams even more,
"CALLEIGH, Something really wrong with Pip" Eric yells down.
Calleigh calls Carmen and she comes over to watch Christi and Eric and Calleigh rush Pip over to the ER.
As Soon as they enter the ER. Dr Alexx Woods looks up and Heads towards them, Seeing how distressed little Pip was, Alexx scoops her out of Eric's arms.
"Alexx she got a bump on her head, She keeps crying and screaming, Christi pushed her off my lap earlier tonight, Pip hit her head on one of the sofa's armrests. She woke up screaming, ………………."
"You probably got a headache haven't Sugah" Alexx says hugging her little god-daughter to her chest. Pip sniffs and sticks her thumb in her mouth. Alexx runs her hand over the back of Pip's head. The Little girl whimpers and then screams. The Bump really hurt her head.
"Alright let's go and get her back to an exam room." Alexx said.
Meanwhile
Christi has woken up from a bad dream.
"MAMA! DADA!" the little girl screams in tears.
Carmen goes into the girls room and goes and scoops Christi up.
"It's okay nena. Nana's got you." Carmen cooed as she gently bounced the young child.
"Air Ippi?" Christi asked sniffling looking at Pip's empty crib.
"Mommy and Daddy had to take Pip to see Aunty Alexx. Pip not feeling too well."
"ippi urt?"
"Si, Pippi hurt. She hurt her head when you pushed her off Dada's lap" But Christi wasn't listening she had fallen asleep in Carmen's arms. Carmen lays her gently back in her crib.
Carmen had just dozed off on the sofa when Calleigh arrived back home alone.
"Where Eric and Pip?"
"Alexx has kept her in over night just so the doctors can observe her. They give her some Infant Ibuprofen syrup. Alexx has examined her and diagnosed that she must have had a headache"
~Next Morning~
Eric comes home with Pip. The little girl is laying with her head on his shoulder,
Opening her eyes she looks around the room,
"Momma?"
"Hey Sweetheart, Did Aunty Alexx look after you?" Pip nods,
"DADA" Christi shouts making Pip finch with fear, Christi crawls towards Eric,
"Dada, ome, ippi ome" Christi says looking up at them.
Hearing Christi voice Pip mutters "Dada mine" grabbing hold of Eric more tightly. Calleigh scoops Pip from Eric's Lap
"No, Dada, ant dada" Pip says bursting into tears,
Christi had pulled herself up by Eric's pant leg "Up Dada".
Calleigh had bounced Pip to get her to stop crying, Pip had stopped crying but still whimpered and sniffed, Both the girls were Daddy's girls.
"it's Pip's turn to be cuddled nena." Eric told Christi who flopped down and started to cry "Nena, please don't cry" Eric said scooping Christi up and letting her snuggle into his side, Calleigh puts Pip down on his chest.
"See I can cuddle the both of you" Eric says kissing both their heads
"Orry Ippi." Christi said looking at her sister.
Eric put his finger to his lips "Shush Nena, Pippi gone to sleep"
Christi nods causing her curls that slowly going pin straight to bounce.
